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Vol. 74/No. 37      October 4, 2010

 
Higher local quotas push up
SWP fund goal to $98,000
 
BY TOM FISKE  
The Socialist Workers Party has raised the goal for its fall party-building fund from $95,000 to $98,000. This advance comes after party branches adopted quotas that total $97,800—$2,700 more than the original goal.

The fund is organized to help finance the work of the party to reach out to working-class struggles in the United States and around the world. It began on September 11 and will continue until November 9. The fund runs concurrently with a campaign by supporters of the Militant newspaper to sell 1,800 copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power by Jack Barnes and 2,100 subscriptions to the Militant. The fund depends on the contributions of workers and other supporters of the communist movement.

The Washington, D.C., SWP branch is setting an example of organizing to make its quota of $7000. “We had a discussion and decided to reach out broadly to ask for contributions from working people,” said Omari Musa, a leader of the fund effort there. “Our members in the factories have been selling copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power to coworkers. They plan on following up with each one to discuss the book and also ask for a contribution to the party-building fund.” Musa noted that many workers who had contributed to the fund the previous year have made higher pledges this fall.

The D.C. branch has announced a fund meeting on October 9 featuring Róger Calero, the SWP candidate for U.S. Congress in New York’s 15th District.

Contributions to the fund can be sent to SWP, 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, New York, NY 10018. Make out checks to SWP.
 
 
Related articles:
Party-building fund Sept. 11-Nov. 9.  
 
 
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