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takeaway demand by the automotive transport industry bosses. [See story on page 7.] In the debtor countries south of the border, tumultuous events are simmering and threatening to boil over.

The imperialist bankers are between a rock and a hard place: Either provoke revolutionary explosions in the debtor nations with insistence on payment, or risk the unpaid debts precipitating a breakdown in, the U.S. imperialist financial structure... and world monetary chaos. [See story on pp. 16 and 17.] In another part of the globe, the Black coal miners' union of South Africa is preparing an industrywide political strike in support of the massive people's struggle against apartheid. [See stories pp. 1 and 15.] In still another sector of the Solidarnose is down but not, means, out.

The lessons of Solidarnoso's rise and temporary suppression are being digested in preparation for the next surge forward that will end only when workers' democracy is established in the workers' states currently in the grip of Stalinist bureaucratic dictatorships. [See story on pp. 12 and 13.] These four events, among others, are inspiring confirmation of Socialist Action's optimistic perspective for world socialist revolution.

We have been told that Socialist world, by any Action is one of the best newspapers in the workers' movement. We think so too. We think it is the authentic politics of revolutionary socialism that gives our newspaper its special quality.

225 New Long-Term Subscribers nearly two years since we began publishing our paper, we have made great progress politically. But we now need you to help technically and uS circulation to ers.

Our campaign is focused on bringing those already familiar with this newspaper into regular readership as yearly subscribers. A special rate of $5 for a one-year subscription will help us reach the very modest goal of 225 new subscribers over a 10-week period beginning Sept. 9.

A second, but no less important, sector of new subscribers we are targeting Fund drive gift We'd like to announce the receipt of a gift of $2000 for the fund drive.

This donation has been made in the name of the late Tom Kerry and in memory of his many contributions to the socialist cause. Kerry was a supporter of the opposition in the Socialist Workers Party, which was later bureaucratically expelled for defending the historic program and traditions of the SWP.

The maker of this gift, a member of Socialist Action, prefers to remain anonymous.—The editors A new activism and interest in socialist ideas showed itself during the last Lant if the an single largest term. Students were a significant nent—of the anti-intervention and anti-apartheid actions last spring and summer. Activity and interest among students will grow. We urge supporters of Socialist Action to get out on campus close to the opening of the fall term to introduce students to revolutionarysocialist ideas.

While we are not setting any goal for expansion of individual sales of Socialist Action, we are certain to seè a rise in single-copy sales as a byproduct of the subscription campaign. Supporters who already have standing bundle orders should consider increasing them at least for the duration of the campaign.

$10,000 Publications Expansion Fund Since we were formed in late 1983, we have managed to produce a regular monthly newspaper of 16 to 20 pages. We have also published six issues of the Socialist Action Information Bulletin.

But this publications program, we realize, is very insufficient. We feel a great need to expand our publishing efforts to increase the number of pages per issue, produce regular theoretical supplements to the paper (until we are in a position to produce our own theoretical magazine), and-even more important—to produce timely and inexpensive pamphlets on the big political issues of the day.

We therefore need to expand our typesetting and technical equipment to permit us to make this important step