A total of 57 subscription renewals to the Militant and 19 to PM came in last Sunday, August 17, alone. It is clear that momentum is building toward making, and perhaps surpassing, both goals of the campaign—convincing 225 Militant and 80 PM readers to re-up their subscriptions.

For this reason the drive has been extended by one week, to Sunday, August 24. During this final, fourth week of the campaign, 30 Militant and 39 PM subscription renewals are needed to hit the targets.

The challenge is differential, however. We are within striking distance of the Militant goal, and the prize here is to go substantially over. But reaching the Perspectiva Mundial target will take dilligence. After three weeks of work, partisans of the socialist monthly magazine, the Militant’s sister publication in Spanish, have reached just over 50 percent of the goal. The same ground needs to be covered in just one week, which means the pace has to be significantly accelerated.

In Orlando, Florida, Rudy Valentin, an organizer for the Carpenters Union, renewed his subscription to PM for a year.

Among those in Atlanta signing up to continue receiving the socialist publications is a young member of UNITE, the garment and textile workers union, involved in building the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride that will culminate in a rally for immigrant rights in New York City on October 4 (see ad below).

Frank Forrestal reported that supporters of the campaign in Los Angeles now have 15 renewals to the Militant and 7 to PM, surpassing both goals—including 4 and 2, respectively, which they got at an August 15 report-back meeting by participants in the Third Cuba-U.S. Youth Exchange. “This puts us in a position to get even more renewals over our goal to help with the international effort,” Forrestal said.

The pace of renewals among other unionists has also quickened. Supporters of the drive who are members and builders of the United Food and Commercial Workers have sold 9 renewals to the Militant and 6 to PM, as they close in on their goals of 13 and 15 respectively.

In St. Paul, Minnesota, two meat packers renewed their subscriptions to the Militant and two others signed up to continue receiving PM. Among them was a supporter of Róger Calero’s fight against government efforts to deport him. A Teamsters member who was a leader of the 1997 strike at UPS also signed up to renew his subscription to the Militant.

The Militant will not publish next week due to staff vacations. The final results of the drive, however, will be published in the on-line edition of the paper by Thursday, August 28, when the staff returns to work. There is every reason for confidence that the goals can be met by the August 24 deadline.

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