LaMont, who is a member of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), is among the socialist workers and young socialists who are working to build the upcoming regional educational conference in Birmingham.

"We sold 10 copies of last week's issue [of the Militant] with the article on the Goodrich strike at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, plus three of the current issue," she continued. "The workers in Tuscaloosa are members of USWA Local 351. `Oh yes,' one worker who bought the paper said, `we've been taking up a collection for them every week.'

"We talked about Iraq with workers and got an interested response -no real hostility and some agreement that working people should oppose Clinton's war moves. One worker who listened to us on Iraq returned the paper, but with no antagonism. One worker who looked at the masthead said, `Socialism?' Then he smiled and pulled out money for the paper. Another worker said, `Socialism can't be any worse than Clinton. I'll give it a try.' "  
 
 
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