Vol. 77/No. 19      May 20, 2013

Unlike the big-business press, which relies on revenue from capitalist advertising, the Militant depends on financial support from its working-class readership. The annual drive is used to cover the paper’s operating expenses, as well as reporting trips to report on workers’ struggles and political developments here and around the world.

Every contribution is needed and put to use to advance the “interests of working people,” as the paper’s masthead says.

Supporters of the Militant are setting local quotas for the $115,000 goal and organizing to win new contributors among working people who value the paper.

Militant supporters in New York have adopted a goal of winning 50 first-time contributors during the campaign. One of the first to make a donation is Francisco Veloz, a school bus driver who subscribed to the Militant outside a Bronx bus terminal last month, following a monthlong strike by some 9,000 school bus workers against union-busting moves by the New York City government and private bus companies.

Veloz recently renewed his subscription for six months, bought a copy of Cuba and Angola: Fighting for Africa’s Freedom and Our Own and gave $5 to the fund.

“The Militant provides us with information so that we can all see the things workers are being subjected to and how we’re treated under capitalism,” said Veloz. “It orients us on how we can struggle, how we can fight to end exploitation.”

To contribute, contact a distributor or send a check or money order made out to the Militant to 306 W. 37th St., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018.  
 
 
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