Vol. 71/No. 45      December 3, 2007

The key to making the drive over the next week will be meeting with Militant subscribers. Young Socialists members at the State University of New York at Albany did just that. “Subscribers on campus see a political need for the paper and so they contribute,” said Ben Joyce, who was part of the effort that put Albany on track to make its goal.

At the end of the seventh week, we have received a total of $79,347. Many local fund organizers report that they are confident they will meet their goals. Many local areas have already collected enough to meet their quotas and plan to use the coming week to exceed them.

Organizers of the Militant fund effort in Australia surpassed their goal of $1,400, collecting $1,650. They took the initiative to raise their quota to $1,750—cutting in half the previous gap between local quotas and the international goal.

In Miami, 25 participants in a November 5 Militant Fund event contributed $900, reports Bernie Senter. The featured speaker was veteran Socialist Workers Party leader Tom Leonard, who spoke on “How the Socialist Revolution in Cuba Took Up the Fight to End Anti-Chinese Racism.”

Supporters of the Militant here in Washington have visited several subscribers. Ernesto Garcia, an operating engineer and long-term Militant reader, gave $30 to the fund and purchased a copy of Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution.

To make a contribution, contact local distributors listed on page 8 or send checks payable to the Militant at the address listed on page 2. The fund ends November 25. To allow for mail delivery, contributions received by November 29 will be counted in the final scoreboard, which will be printed in the December 10 issue.

Click here to see the fund drive chart