Janet Roth, a leader of the Communist League in Auckland, New Zealand explained that the Fund was launched in there "at Militant Labor Forums straight after the Active Workers Conference" (at Oberlin, Ohio, August 5–8) where the international fund was a central feature. "We then followed up on everyone who had made pledges to find out how they planned to pay —lump sum or weekly payment — by the November 15 deadline. Some of the larger pledges have already been paid in a lump sum, hence getting us ahead of our goal."

Throughout the United States supporters are planning to get on target with special events, broadly-mailed letters explaining the importance of the fund, and outreach to co-workers and other toilers.

For instance, a fund rally will be a feature of the southern regional educational conference being organized by the Socialist Workers Party and Young Socialists in Atlanta, Georgia, October 23–24.

A special meeting to celebrate the political experience and communist activity of Ethel Lobman, a member of the Socialist Workers Party for 56 years, is scheduled for October 10 in New York City. To further Ethel's lifelong commitment to building the communist movement organizers of the meeting are urging sizable contributions to the Pathfinder Fund.

Joe Swanson and Jennifer Ponce, members of United Auto Workers 1672 in Des Moines, described how they have taken the campaign into work. "We have talked to four co-workers who bought Capitalism's World Disorder about the fund. We have also been showing these co-workers the Militant news coverage on the fund. All four have made pledges and two have made payments. All four have pledged to pay in full by November 1."

SWP members, party supporters, and other backers of the fund in San Francisco raised their goal to $12,500 "after doing a round of phone calls." Fund director, Karen Ray, said that "one of the results of widening the distribution of Pathfinder's titles into more commercial outlets is an invitation from Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Berkeley for an author appearance with Mary Alice Waters on October 11. The title of the talk is "The Cuban Revolution Today." Waters is editor of the Marxist magazine New International and the author of Che Guevara and the Imperialist Reality and Defending Cuba, Defending Cuba's Socialist Revolution."

In Australia, supporters have set a goal of raising $950 and have an event planned for October 23 to ensure they meet the goal on time.

To find out more about the fund, to get involved, or to make a contribution, contact your nearest Pathfinder bookstore listed on page 12. Please make all checks and money orders to Pathfinder, earmarked Pathfinder Fund, and send to: Pathfinder, 410 West Street, New York, NY 10014-2570.  
 
 
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