NEWARK, New Jersey - From Athens, Greece, we received the following E-mail message from Pathfinder fund supporter Georges Mehrabian: "This is to inform you that we have adopted a goal of $200 for the international fund here in Athens. We are also raising funds for the publication of the Greek edition of the manifesto of the Cuban revolution, The Second Declaration of Havana, which is due out this fall."

Garment worker Arlene Rubinstein from Atlanta, Georgia, reports that in that city pledges now total $2,750. Socialist workers there are discussing raising their goal. Checks totaling $400 arrived this week from Atlanta.

A special weekend in support of the 1996 Pathfinder Fund will be taking place in Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia, later this month. The main presentation will be on "The 1996 U.S. Elections and the Capitalist Two-Party System." There will also be a class on "The October 1917 Russian Revolution and Its Importance for Revolutionary Fighters Today." Fund supporters in the area have put out an attractive two-color flyer to promote the events.

Meetings like these are one of the most effective ways in the international effort to raise $125,000 to keep in print, and gradually upgrade, some 300 titles Pathfinder distributes. These books are needed by working-class fighters, from those protesting the court acquittal of a killer cop in New York to GM workers on the picket lines in Canada and Palestinian patriots.

Pathfinder is now preparing a new edition of the Action Program to Confront the Coming Economic Crisis with a new cover similar to the recently issued French-language edition. In addition, an expanded edition of the Education for Socialists bulletin The Chinese Revolution and Its Development is in the works.

As we go to press, supporters have sent in $26,000, when the fund should be at $62,500 to be on track. While contributions are arriving daily, the pace is not yet up to speed to put the fund on target. Supporters in every city that is behind should discuss what measures are needed to step up weekly collection of payments and win more pledges.  
 
 
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