Vol. 73/No. 5      February 9, 2009

In Miami two one-year and one six-month renewal along with a new six-month and two introductory subscriptions were sold last week, reports Deborah Liatos. A woman who had subscribed from a table at the post office in the Black community of Liberty City asked for a visit at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday after she had gotten off her midnight-shift job.

“She had read half of the New International no. 14 she bought when she subscribed,” said Liatos. “In addition to getting a six-month renewal to the Militant, she bought New International no. 7, featuring the article “Opening Guns of World War III: Washington’s Assault on Iraq,” and Cuba and the Coming American Revolution.”

Another Militant supporter met for three hours with a subscriber who had sold several subscriptions last fall to friends and other supporters of Puerto Rican independence. He got on the phone right away with those he had gotten to subscribe, urged them to renew, and signed up one new subscriber.

The renewal campaign offers supporters of the Militant a chance to introduce the newest titles from Pathfinder Press—Capitalism and the Transformation of Africa and a new expanded edition of Is Socialist Revolution in the U.S. Possible? Each is in English and Spanish and on sale for $6 and $5 respectively through April 15.

Those who subscribe for the first time for six months or longer through February 24 will be counted toward quotas along with renewals.

Ben O’Shaughnessy of Chicago reports, “We have a regional team this weekend to Peoria, Illinois, in response to the announcement from Caterpillar that it will be laying off 20,000 workers.”

All Militant readers can join this campaign. To contact a distributor near you to find out about activities in your area and to help, see listing on page 6.

2009 'Militant' Subscription Renewal Drive: January 24 - February 24 (chart)