From Washington, D.C., Glova Scott reports that socialist workers who are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers union at a local packinghouse received donations from two co-workers.
Fund-raising meetings featuring public presentations on key political questions facing working people have been held in cities across the country.
Ryan Scott of San Francisco reports that a successful event was held September 27 at New College in San Francisco’s Mission District to hear Wendy Lyons, a Socialist Workers Party leader in Los Angeles, speak about the crisis of imperialism and the prospects for building the revolutionary workers movement. The audience responded to a fund appeal by Young Socialist Chessie Molano by contributing close to $1,700 toward the San Francisco goal of $8,000. Many of those present had been campaigning for Joel Britton, Socialist Workers candidate for governor of California, and were more than glad to contribute to the party that is offering the only revolutionary working-class perspective in the election campaign.
In Seattle, Olympia Newton, organizer of Young Socialists for Britton in California, spoke on “The Road of Moncada and Party Building Today.” Connie Allen reports that more than $1,400 was collected at the meeting.
Dave Prince, a member of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, spoke in Atlanta at a program entitled “Defend the Cuban Revolution: Its Lessons for Fighting Workers and Youth Worldwide.” Ned Measel reports that the audience included a sewing machine operator who had heard about the event from socialist co-workers, and a warehouse worker originally from Cuba attending his first socialist event in the United States. They along with others at the meeting contributed and pledged enough for Atlanta supporters to decide to raise their local goal to $6,800 from $5,200.
In addition to Atlanta, Twin Cities and Des Moines fund supporters have raised their goals in the past couple of weeks. Pledges to the fund now stand at $84,500.
Fund organizers have until Saturday, October 18, to send in payments to be included in the final chart in issue no. 38 of the Militant. All payments should be sent to SWP, 152 W. 36th Street, Room 401, New York, NY 10018. Please make checks payable to the SWP.