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Vol. 81/No. 38 October 16, 2017
SWP FUND DRIVE TO RAISE $100,000
BY CHRIS HOEPPNER
The Socialist Workers Party’s $100,000 fall fund drive helps finance the
work of the party. There is increasing interest in the SWP, the
Militant, and revolutionary books that explain why the capitalist world
order of imperialist alliances and “spheres of influence” that have
marked politics for decades are coming apart — from the unraveling of
the European Union, to the Kurdish fight for independence roiling the
war-shaken Middle East, to rising challenges to Washington’s hegemony
from China, Russia and more.
Recent contributions to the SWP fund give an indication of what’s
possible. Jacquie Henderson writes from the Twin Cities that party
members there are sending in $140 from “contributions from five people
we met when we knocked on their doors over the past week.”
“I don’t know that we can promise this amount every week from taking the
party to working-class neighborhoods throughout the state,” she said,
“but if we keep asking, if we continue to give people that we meet the
opportunity to help in the work of the party in this way, it should add
up to a substantial amount towards our quota of $4,800.”
Cecelie Brown, who works at a Philadelphia-area Walmart store, donated
$10 to the SWP fund. “I believe in the working class, and if we can take
over and rule, the world will have a better chance,” she said. “But we
need unity and I think the SWP is a big help in establishing that. I
hope other workers will join in contributing to the fund.”
If you’d like to sign up for a Militant subscription, order books on
special or make a contribution to the party Fund, contact the party
office nearest you, listed in the directory on page 8.
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