Support the U.S. Delegation to the Revolutionary Youth Camp (Aug. 28-31)
INTERNATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY YOUTH CAMP
Please Support the Gathering of Young People from All Over the World Fighting Against War and For Revolution
Dear comrades and friends,
Thanks to the support of so many of you, we have been able to raise $3,475 toward our goal of $5,000. We thank you for your contributions to this fund drive. With your support, we hope to meet our goal.
Please help us raise the additional $1,525 to enable us (1) to send five youth from the United States to this youth camp and (2) to contribute to the general travel fund for youth from Africa and Asia. Please fill out the coupon below and return it to us ASAP.
We are asking you, our friends and supporters, to make a donation of $25 (or more, if possible) toward this fund drive. Please fill out and return the coupon below.
I SUPPORT THIS FUND DRIVE!
[ ] I will send $25 toward the youth camp fund
[ ] I will make an additional contribution of _____ .
NAME:
CITY:
(fill out this coupon and send it to theorganizer@earthlink.net. Send your check or money order to The Organizer, P.O. Box 1782, New York, NY 10025 or donate through PayPal at www.socialistorganizer.org.
The five U.S. activists participating in the youth camp are the following. (You will find their statements at the end of this posting):
1) Paul Flowers, member, Black Alliance for Peace; lead organizer of Pro-Palestine encampment at SUNY New Palz campus (New York)
2) Sarah Walker, union organizer, New York, N.Y.
3) Roger Evans Jr., member, Ujima People’s Progress Party (Maryland)
4) Petros Bein, member, Ujima People’s Progress Party (Maryland)
5) Brandon Walker, member, Ujima People’s Progress Party (Maryland)
We are asking you, our friends and supporters, to make a donation of $25 (or more, if possible) toward this fund drive. Please fill out and return the coupon below.
I SUPPORT THIS FUND DRIVE!
[ ] I will send $25 toward the youth camp fund
[ ] I will make an additional contribution of _____ .
NAME:
CITY:
(fill out this coupon and send it to theorganizer@earthlink.net. Send your check or money order to The Organizer, P.O. Box 1782, New York, N.Y. New York, NY 10025 or donate through PayPal at www.socialistorganizer.org.
We thank you, in advance, for your support to this urgent and vitally important fund drive. For more information about this gathering, you can contact us at <theorganizer@earthlink.net .
Yours in Struggle,
NNAMDI LUMUMBA
Organizer,
Ujima People’s Progress Party
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Co-Sponsor, U.S. Support Committee,
International Revolutionary Youth Camp
ALAN BENJAMIN
National Organizing Committee,
Socialist Organizer
(New York, New York)
Co-Sponsor, U.S. Support Committee
International Revolutionary Youth Camp
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Why We Are Traveling to the International Revolutionary Youth Camp in France
1) Paul Flowers
“I would like to participate in this event to gain a better understanding of the various left wing’s movements occurring globally in-order to further build international solidarity so that we can better articulate the historical place and mission of the working-class youth of today. Additionally, I seek to give first hand reports on the state of the Free Palestine movement occurring in the US, specifically on university campuses, but throughout working-class communities as well.”
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2) Sarah Walker
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“I want to go to the conference because I believe that socialism is a moral imperative but it’s no use to be a socialist by yourself! I want to learn to be a better organizer because unions and a class-conscious workers’ party are the only way we can create a just world (and avoid getting burnt to a crisp by climate change).”
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3) Petros Bein
“I am eager to participate in the summer study in Paris with my comrades because it will significantly enhance my organizing efforts both locally and globally. As an active organizer at Clopper Mill Elementary School and with Young People for Progress in Montgomery County, Maryland, this opportunity will allow me to gain invaluable insights from French organizers and their approaches to class struggle. Engaging with their perspectives will deepen my understanding and effectiveness in my work with the Ujima People’s Progress Party. Additionally, this will be my first visit to France, offering a unique chance to witness firsthand the working class’s response to the heightened contradictions of imperialism. Observing and learning from the Parisian context will provide fresh perspectives and strategies that I can bring back to my community.”
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4) Roger Evans Jr.
“When I first started organizing during the pandemic around housing in Baltimore, my scope was limited to the conditions I saw locally in my community. As I began to study it became clear that tenants all over history and every part of the world at some point recognized that their situations as tenant-workers were untenable and that something drastic had to happen to force a change in their conditions. While we haven’t achieved the goal of housing no longer being a commodity (a reality that will only occur with, first, the destruction of Capitalism) more people are awakening to the reality that another world is possible and it’s our goal as organizers to help to create it. Having the opportunity to learn and train with revolutionaries from all over the planet and connecting local housing struggles to global ones will greatly help build a militant working-class tenant movement. I look forward to drawing on the experiences of my fellow comrades as well as engaging in rigorous study to sharpen my analysis.”
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5) Brandon Walker
Uhuru Sasa (Freedom Now)!
I would like to participate in the conference to become more familiar with the gathering of kindred spirits in struggle and forge a bond around the world, including in the country where I reside. My interest(s) in participating is to gain hope and genuine connections with political forces and inter-communal relationships from our respective communities, nations, and countries. I am seeking the importance of allyship in the certainty that when you feel disconnected from others around you in the fight against global imperialism, you can reference the power of connecting to others who are deeply committed to a common struggle while building within our respective organizations and institutions.
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Socialist Organizer 