Joanna S.
>Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 12:48:29 -0400
>X-PH: V4.1 at router2.mail.cornell.edu (Cornell Modified)
>From: Socialist Party USA <announce at socialistpartyusa.org>
>To: "Socialist Party USA Announcement List @"
> <SPUSA-announce at socialistpartyusa.org>
>Subject: [SP-USA] Stick it to Dubya
>
>It's tax rebate season, and by now you've received dozens of letters and
>e-mails from a variety of worthy organizations, asking you to stick it
>to Dubya and use your money to support every cause that he's against.
>
>We, in the Socialist Party, would have asked you sooner, but we've been
>so busy working on our 100th Anniversary and Organizing Conference. By
>now you've received a few news articles that demonstrate how, in the
>words of "The Nation's" John Nichols, "The Socialist Party that was
>born on the cusp of the 20th century has entered the 21st century -
>younger, hipper and more relevant that at any time since party founder
>Eugene Victor Debs declared, 'I am opposed to all wars except one ...
>the worldwide war of social revolution.'"
>
>Please help support our continued momentum. Consider sharing part of
>your tax rebate with the Socialist Party USA, and help us put democratic
>socialism on the political map. Now is a perfect time to support our
>"100 Dollars from 100 Comrades" campaign. When other groups engage in a
>fundraiser like this, they like to point out that $100 is not very much
>to an individual, but $100 times 100 is a lot - $10,000! - to an
>organization like this. For a party that's overwhelmingly composed of
>working class people, we recognize that $100 is, indeed, a lot of money.
>We're hoping, however, that when $300 or $600 is suddenly dropped in
>your lap, that perhaps, for once, there will be enough money left over
>after paying your bills to give something substantial back to the party
>that represents your class interests.
>
>And, boy, do we need that money. As we gear up for our October
>convention, we need to ensure that there's enough money to pay for
>materials, meeting spaces, pre-convention discussion bulletins, and,
>perhaps, travel assistance for hardship delegates. As we prepare for
>October's joint IMF/WB meetings in D.C., we need to make sure that
>there's enough material for literature, meeting spaces, and, hopefully,
>legal aid for those comrades who will need it. And throughout all of
>this, we need enough money to public our magazine, "The Socialist."
>
>We know some of you hate it when we sound like PBS, but we *do* have
>some lovely thank-you gifts for your contribution. We have a new 100th
>Anniversary T-shirt (red ink on white shirt; union made in the USA). We
>also still have some Socialist Party sweatshirts left-over (Don't buy
>heating oil; let the Socialist Party warm you ;-) In addition, we have
>some multimedia gifts, including a 13-minute documentary on Socialist
>Presidential candidate David McReynolds and an interview CD with
>McReynolds. And, of course, we have lots and lots of buttons.
>
>For a $100 donation, we will send you one garment and one multimedia
>gift, of your choosing, along with some buttons. If you can't afford to
>give us $100, these items are available for individual sale, and buying
>them will help us as well. E-mail SocialistParty at sp-usa.org about costs,
>or go to our Merchandise section on the website:
>http://sp-usa.org/merchandise.html
>
>To donate online, using PayPal, go to: http://sp-usa.org/no/donate.html
>
>Otherwise, you can write to the address below.
>
>Thank you for your continued support.
>--
>Socialist Party USA Announcement List
>
>Socialist Party USA
>339 Lafayette Street, #303
>New York, NY 10012
>phone/fax: (212)982-4586
>http://www.SocialistPartyUSA.org
>
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