Vol. 74/No. 20      May 24, 2010

The fund effort has been combined with a successful campaign to win 2,000 new and long-term readers to the paper and a similar number to the new Pathfinder book Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power by Jack Barnes.

Mary Martin and John Naubert of Seattle sent in a report that $1,565 was collected at a May 9 meeting. “Thirty participants heard a talk by Naomi Craine, of the Socialist Workers Party, who had participated in the May Day march of over 50,000 in Los Angeles,” they wrote. Craine spoke about the world capitalist crisis and the importance of struggles exemplified by the recent marches for legalization for undocumented workers and the example of the Cuban Revolution.

The meeting also heard greetings from Cheik Keita, a worker at an electronics factory in Seattle. Keita, who is originally from Africa, said, “Under capitalism you can never be comfortable. You think you have some stability and then they lay you off. Malcolm X said ‘the American dream is a nightmare.’ I believe we can work together to make a revolution.”

In Miami 19 people attended a May 8 program where the collection put Miami supporters over their $3,000 goal, reports Bernie Senter.

“In addition to longtime readers of the paper,” Senter said, “one person came who got a subscription at the May Day action for immigrant rights. Another individual who was introduced to the paper and Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road the Workers Power the day before at a grocery store in the Black community also came.”

The fund drive ends May 12 and all contributions are due in the Militant office by Tuesday, May 18. It’s not too late to join the effort! Send your donation to the Militant at 306 W. 37th Street, 10th floor, New York, NY, 10018. Please make out checks to the Militant.
 
 
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