Vol. 76/No. 46      December 17, 2012

Contributors in Des Moines continue to lead the effort, having sent in $1,743—73 percent of their goal of $2,400.

Workers in Omaha sent in their first contributions totaling $71 this past week. This means every area with pledges has sent in some funds. With only four weeks left extra attention is needed in every area to bring the fund home, in full and on time.

One of the first-time contributors in Omaha is Maria Rosa Diaz, a worker who said she was making a $33 “down payment” for the fund after purchasing a subscription to the Militant and six Pathfinder titles, including the four on special sale during the subscription drive. Diaz is originally from El Salvador and fought against the U.S.-backed military government there during the civil war of the 1980s.

“I was so pleased to learn about the Militant and the books and find out about this movement,” Diaz said. “I learned about the Cuban Revolution when I was six. My father was a doctor who treated everyone, even if they didn’t have money. He listened to a radio station that supported the Cuban Revolution.”

New contributors are being won as part of the simultaneous effort to sell Militant subscriptions door to door in working-class communities. In New York, 20 people have contributed to the fund for the first time. Over the Dec. 1-2 weekend, a young woman in Far Rockaway, Queens—an area hit hard by Hurricane Sandy—gave $20, and three other workers in the city contributed a total of $25.

In Houston, 25 workers and young people donated $1,200 to the Party-Building Fund at a Dec. 1 Militant Labor Forum titled “Legalize Immigrant Workers Now” that drew half a dozen students from University of Texas-Pan American in the Rio Grande Valley, including two who contributed to the fund for the first time.

The Socialist Workers Party is a revolutionary workers party that depends on contributions from workers and young people to fund its work.

Contributions can be sent to the SWP address nearest you (see page 10) or directly to the SWP National Office at 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, NY, NY 10018.
 
 
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