In the first 10 weeks of the campaign, which began March 26, nearly 1,860 copies of New International and the Spanish-language Nueva Internacional have been sold. During most of this period these sales were carried out as part of the successful Militant subscription campaign. Partisans of the magazine in most areas have already sold more than half of their quotas, some substantially more. In most areas, however, there has been a slowdown in sales over the last two weeks.

The international goal includes a quota of 3,000 to be sold in local areas—an increase of 316 over current quotas. To this will be added sales at the world youth festival as well as individual sales of New International through www.pathfinderpress.com. All sales through August 22 will be counted. The extra week at the end will allow campaigners to follow through on discussions with other youth returning from the Caracas festival.

The campaign will get a boost by the fact that issues 7 and 8 of the French-language Nouvelle Internationale will be coming out shortly. Number 7, featuring the articles “Their Transformation and Ours” and “Capitalism’s Long Hot Winter,” will be available in early July. Number 8, with the lead article “Our Politics Start with the world,” will be released in early August. This provides six magazines that can be sold as part of the campaign.

A recent example of campaigners taking advantage of the opportunities to get these political tools into the hands of workers, farmers, and youth was provided by Becky Ellis in St. Paul, Minnesota. She wrote that partisans of New International attended a June 5 rally against proposed cuts by the University of Minnesota regents to the General College, which makes it possible for many working-class, Black, and Latino students to enter the university who otherwise would be shut out. Among those campaigning were Jacob Perasso and Rebecca Williamson, Socialist Workers Party candidates in St. Paul for mayor and school board, respectively.

Ellis reported that a student just out of high school stopped by the literature table to discuss the political and economic reasons behind such cutbacks and what can be done about them. The student decided to buy both New International 12 and 13 along with a Militant subscription.

“Several students who are actively building the world youth festival in the Twin Cities have purchased these two issues of New International and attend weekly classes on them at the socialist campaign headquarters,” Ellis wrote. “Lively sessions are attended by two students at a local community college, a recent art school graduate, and a couple of workers originally from El Salvador, along with socialist workers and young socialists.”  
 
 
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