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Vol. 72/No. 41      October 20, 2008

 
Campaign to win readers starts strong
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BY ANGEL LARISCY  
In the past week 361 people signed up to subscribe to the Militant, the socialist newsweekly, getting the campaign to win 2,400 readers off to a strong start!

Partisans of the Militant in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, are at the top of the chart. “We went to Long Prairie and Melrose, Minnesota, to talk to meat packers and dairy farm workers about the unfolding financial crisis and the need for workers to take political power, presented in the statement by Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Róger Calero,” reports Natalie Morrison. The towns are home to Long Prairie Packing and Jennie-O Foods turkey processing plants.

Seventeen people decided to subscribe, including one renewal, and 24 single copies were sold.

In Miami, Socialist Workers campaigners sold 17 subscriptions to the Militant in the first week, reports Deborah Liatos. They joined with some 400 people at a meeting to protest deportations and demand residency status for Haitians. Margaret Trowe, SWP candidate for U.S. Congress in the 17th District, spoke in West Palm Beach at a vigil of 100 against the deportations.

Supporters of the Militant are urging those who subscribe to purchase New International no. 14, containing the articles “Revolution, internationalism, and socialism: the last year of Malcolm X” and “The Clintons’ antilabor legacy: roots of the 2008 world financial crisis” for only $10.

Janice Lynn of Washington, D.C., said four copies of the magazine were sold with subscriptions at the Baltimore Book Fair. “Those who got the offer were not only interested in the political evolution of Malcolm X, but equally interested in the article on the roots of the financial crisis and the legacy of the Clintons.”

The subscription effort coincides with intensified campaigning by SWP candidates and their supporters across the United States as well as Communist League candidates in other countries.

Join us in campaigning and help win new readers between now and November 23! Sign up a coworker, neighbor, or friend and contact a distributor (see directory on page 8) to find out about political events and activities in your area.

'Militant' Subscription Drive chart: Fall 2008 seek 1 of 8

 
 
 
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