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Vol. 72/No. 23      June 9, 2008

 
‘Militant’ Fund concludes
with $108,600 in donations
(front page)
 
BY ANGEL LARISCY  
With all contributions tallied, Militant supporters in every area met or surpassed their quota, bringing the $100,000 Militant Fund drive to a successful conclusion. More than $108,600—9 percent over the international goal—was raised in eight weeks. Congratulations to all those who helped raise money and contributed to the fund!

The drive ran concurrently with the successful effort to win more than 2,500 new readers to the paper. Supporters around the world noted that the positive response to the circulation campaign was an aid to winning new contributors to the fund.

A high point of the circulation drive was the week of May 1, when nearly 700 subscriptions were sold, many of them at rallies demanding legalization of undocumented workers. Hundreds of copies of the new pamphlet Is a Socialist Revolution in the U.S. Possible? were sold along with the subs.

“In the wake of the May Day actions and the excellent response the Militant got at them, there were spontaneous raises of pledges and additional contributions,” said Andrea Morrell from New York. Seventy-eight subscriptions to the paper were sold on May Day by New York supporters.

“Most of those who contributed to the drive in San Francisco also donated last fall,” reported Joel Britton, “but some increased what they gave this time, inspired by what’s happening in politics and how effectively the Militant campaigns week after week for a course of action to strengthen the working-class side of the class struggle.”

In all, supporters in eight cities raised their goals during the drive because of an increased response.

In Miami and other cities Militant supporters kept cans on tables when they were out selling the paper. Maggie Trowe from Miami reported that “One contributor, a Puerto Rican independence supporter, kept a big jar in his apartment and when friends came by to visit he encouraged them to drop a dollar or some change in.” He raised $9.35 that way.

Bev Bernardo of Montreal reported that supporters there received a $25 contribution from a meat packer. “We’d asked him to renew his subscription, but not for a donation,” said Bernardo. “The lesson: every Militant reader is a potential contributor.”

Once again, thank you and congratulations to all those who worked to make this campaign a success.

Spring 2008 $100,000 'Militant' Fund chart: Final results

 
 
 
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