Dear supporter of independent media,

Critical Moment needs your help. We need to raise $2000 to sustain ourselves for the next two months.

In recent months, Critical Moment has suffered a loss of ad revenue. Several long-time advertisers, struggling with their own financial difficulties, have been forced to cut back on advertising.

The CM collective has taken a number of measures in order to cut costs, including printing in black and white and reducing the size of each issue. We are committed to rebuilding and expanding our advertiser base (our largest single source of revenue), and building alternative fundraising avenues.

What is more, we have several new volunteers in the collective dedicated to creating high-quality, truly progressive media for Southeast Michigan and beyond.

Yet despite our best efforts, we are facing a budget shortfall that threatens our ability to continue printing. In the face of these financial problems, Critical Moment needs you to help us get back on our feet.

Support Critical Moment today with a donation of $15 or higher, and you will receive a one-year subscription. Make a donation of $50 or more, and you will receive a copy of the classic “Detroit: I Do Mind Dying” by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin, a must-have for anyone interested in the history of Southeast Michigan.

To sweeten the deal, the person who makes the first $50 donation will also receive a new hardcover copy of Seymour Hersh’s “Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib.”

And, the person who makes the first $100 donation will also receive a new copy of “Who Built America?” a two-volume history text published by the American Social History Project; an incredible reference book and already a modern classic.

Please don’t let this important publication go down. We run on a relatively small budget. Our modest goal of $2000 will help us get back on our feet and sustain ourselves through this difficult period.

We look forward to a bright future of expanded circulation, greater frequency of publishing, and the ability to pay our wonderful authors. But we need your help today to secure the foundation upon which that future can be built.

Invest in alternative media. Support Critical Moment.

* To make a donation online go to criticalmoment.org/subscribe and click the “Donate” button.

* To mail in a donation, send a check to Critical Moment, P.O Box 442175, Detroit, MI 48244.

* Please contact us if you would like to make a tax-deductible donation.

Onward,
The Critical Moment Editorial Collective

Paul Abowd, Matthew Cross, Clara Hardie, Chris Lee, Carmen Mendoza-King, Adele Nieves, Bryan G. Pfeifer, Fred Vitale