Vol. 80/No. 44      November 21, 2016

 

Party-Building Fund picks up, needs further boost

 
Collections for the Socialist Workers Party-Building Fund picked up this week with nearly $12,000 paid. With four weeks to go in the effort to reach $100,000 by Dec. 7, this is a trend that we need to build on.

The annual party-building fund, based on contributions from workers, is essential to finance the SWP’s work. Those who are interested in the party and its program are encouraged to contribute as generously as possible.

“The question is not whether we will make it, but how much we’ll go over,” said Joe Swanson from Lincoln, Nebraska. “We got off to a slow start, but now we’re on the move.”

Swanson said he always discusses funding the party with workers and young people he meets, whether it’s at the doorstep, a political meeting, or on a picket line.

“I ask everybody for money,” he said. “If they get a single copy of the Militant or a subscription or a book, I raise it. I explain that contributions like theirs are what the party stands on.”

Both before the elections and after, the party is expanding its political activity in the working class, centered on discussions with workers at their doorsteps. Members introduce the SWP, the Militant and books like The Clintons’ Anti-Working-Class Record, Are They Rich Because They’re Smart? and Is Socialist Revolution in the US Possible? and win workers to join its activities and contribute to advance its work.

To join the effort and make a contribution, contact the SWP nearest you.  
 
 
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