Militant readers in Stockholm, London, and Edinburgh, Scotland, also increased their quotas last week, bringing the total of all quotas to 2,987—just 13 shy of the international target.

Here are some of the highlights of the last seven days:

On a visit to Fresno, California, Militant supporters from Los Angeles signed up 10 new subscribers while tabling in a community near a large beef slaughterhouse. Many workers were interested in reading about the struggle by poultry workers in nearby Livingston (see front-page article). These distributors then went to Livingston, where another nine workers subscribed. Militant supporters also had a good week selling in L.A. Responding to a walkout by high school students in the working-class suburb of South Gate, they fielded door-to-door teams near the school. Ten people subscribed there; half of them also bought a copy of the Pathfinder pamphlet The Working Class and the Transformation of Learning, which costs only $1 with a subscription, one-third its normal price.

Militant readers in the UK have stayed ahead of pace. Several from London, Leeds, and Manchester visited workers in Yorkshire outside a large Proctor and Gamble plant, a truck stop, a Heinz plant, the Kellingley and Rossington collieries, a meatpacking plant, and at Leeds University. In all they won six new subscribers and sold 40 copies of the paper.

In New York, Militant supporters remain ahead of schedule to make their quota of 450 subs. At Kennedy airport a team that included Socialist Workers Party mayoral candidate Martín Koppel sold four subscriptions at the taxi stand and two to American Airlines workers outside the employee entrance along with 22 copies of the paper on November 6. So far 80 taxi drivers have subscribed, many at the cab waiting areas at the city’s two airports.

Readers can order a bundle for 70 cents a copy to show the paper around and sell subs. Or you can contact distributors near you to join subbing teams they organize (see directory).

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