BY NANCY ROSENSTOCK
BROOKLYN, New York - Over the top! The Militant Fund drive ended with a smashing victory. When the final tally was completed on Tuesday, December 5, $138,224 had been collected, surpassing the $130,000 needed to sustain the publication of the Militant and its sister Spanish-language magazine Perspectiva Mundial.
Among supporters who took on goals in 41 cities around the world, 35 areas made or surpassed their goal. Militant readers in Canada took the lead with a final tally of 132 percent of their target.
Contributors from Boston head the chart of areas in the United States, with 117 percent of their goal. "Outside regular contributors, donations were received from 44 Militant supporters in sums ranging from $5 to $500," said Andrea Morell, who coordinated the drive in Boston.
Outreach to a broad range of new and longterm Militant subscribers and others was a feature of this fund drive. More than 950 people in the United States made contributions. Last-minute phone calling, including in areas where readers had surpassed their goals before the December 3 deadline, as well as several fund-raising events the last weekend of the campaign, made the success possible.
Supporters in Atlanta, for example, went over the top by organizing a successful fund-raiser on December 3. The event featured Betsy Farley, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party; Bernardo Gómez, a member of the Atlanta Network on Cuba; and Robert Shields, a member of United Auto Workers Local 882.
The Militant editorial staff and the team of worker and youth volunteers from Brooklyn who helped coordinate the organization of the international drive congratulate and send our deep thanks to all the readers who helped ensure that this tribune of the working class will continue to reach thousands the world over.
Nancy Rosenstock is a member of International Association of Machinists Local 1445.