Vol. 74/No. 39      October 18, 2010

The big turnout of workers for the October 2 rally in Washington, D.C., for jobs and justice showed the potential for the fund. New York socialists at the rally collected $21, most of it at a literature table they set up at the entrance to the National Mall.

“Most of those who gave money either purchased the combination offer of a Militant subscription and the book Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power, by Jack Barnes, or a supplement with the introduction to the book,” said Angel Lariscy, who helped staff the table. “They liked what we were doing and when they saw a ‘party-building fund’ collection can on our table, they dropped another dollar or two in.”

Collecting donations at tables has become a regular practice for the New York socialists, who send out teams to working-class neighborhoods every weekend. “The first weekend of the drive to get out the book and paper, we received donations of $15 at tables,” reports Cindy Jaquith. “We have also started getting contributions outside a pharmaceutical plant in the Bronx where we regularly sell revolutionary literature.” Socialists who work nearby at an electronics factory in New Jersey have adopted a goal of winning five coworkers to become donors to the fund this fall.

The party-building fund is organized to help finance the work of the party to reach out to working-class struggles in the United States and around the world. The fund began September 11 and continues until November 9. It runs concurrently with a campaign by Militant supporters to sell 1,800 copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power and 2,100 subscriptions to the Militant. The fund depends on the voluntary contributions of workers and farmers.

Contributions to the party-building fund can be sent to SWP, 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, New York, NY 10018. Make out checks to SWP.
 
 
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