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Vol. 78/No. 46      December 22, 2014

 
‘Blood money’ bribes go to party Capital Fund
 
Ray Parsons, an electrician in Albany, New York, recently turned over a $100 “safety bonus” to the Socialist Workers Party Capital Fund. “We all remember how a young electrician apprentice was killed at a nearby job site in September,” writes Parsons, who works for a contractor at a large construction site. He pointed out that most workers there see the company’s safety programs as a sham.

“I see the party and the Militant as an important way for us to strengthen the labor movement,” he said.

Naomi Craine and Anthony Dutrow work in a marine hardware plant in Miami that “is very stingy on wages, and doesn’t even give out much blood money,” Craine wrote. When they received $30 grocery cards to “enjoy the holidays,” they sent it to the Capital Fund for the party “to put to good use.”

Contributions from production, holiday and other “bonuses” from the bosses — designed to bribe workers to accept concessions, speedup and wage cuts — are referred to as “blood money” by supporters of the communist movement who turn them over to the party’s Capital Fund. These contributions are an important political foundation for the fund, which helps finance the party’s long-range work. To contribute, see page 8 for a Militant distributor near you.

— MAGGIE TROWE

 
 
 
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