Vol. 76/No. 20      May 21, 2012

Joe Swanson, a leader of the SWP in Lincoln, Neb., spoke on “Our Politics Start with the World: Resistance to Capitalist Crisis Opens Prospects to Advance Revolutionary Perspective for Working-Class Power.”

Swanson shared the platform with Jorge Ríos, a 28-year-old factory worker in nearby Aurora, Ill. Ríos had just participated with other Militant supporters in a picket line of Machinists on strike against Caterpillar in Joliet, Ill.

“Marx and Engels talked about struggles like those in the 1800s. You keep their work alive,” Ríos said as he gestured to the books filling the walls. “Here we can find out about the strike by getting to the picket line in Joliet. But workers around the country need the Militant to get the truth.”

Participants donated $2,405 at the meeting, and pledged an additional $995 toward the Chicago goal of $10,000, putting that city at the top of the chart.

“We went over the top on pledges,” wrote Chris Hoeppner about a fund event with 28 participants in Philadelphia. Louis Martin, Militant staff writer, gave a presentation on “Our Politics Start With the World,” where he described the world capitalist crisis, the coming apart of the European Union, growing unemployment and increased resistance to the bosses’ assault.

Philadelphia just raised its goal by $400.

An event for the Fighting Fund in Montreal collected $1,464. The main speaker, Michel Dugré, a member of the Communist League, spoke about the fight against the lockout by Rio Tinto Alcan in Alma, Quebec, and the Militant covering the fight.

Philippe Tessier, a student at Champlain College involved in protests across Quebec against tuition hikes, spoke about cop violence against the students.

Participating in the discussion, Abdel Mounym, a food worker, said he subscribed to the Militant because “the editorial line of the dailies defends the powerful’s view of things. The Militant gives another point of view.”

The featured speaker at a fund meeting in Los Angeles was Maura DeLuca, also from Lincoln. DeLuca recently returned from a Militant reporting trip to the Havana International Book Fair.

Leading up to the meeting, a longshore worker pledged $100 to the fund and a machinist, who is also contributing to the fund, took five Militant subscription cards to sell the paper at work.

With Philadelphia’s goal increase, the combined local quotas are still $930 short of the global goal of $120,000.

To contribute to the fund, contact distributors listed on page 6, or send a check or money order to the Militant, 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, New York, NY 10018.
 
 
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