More than 750 people signed petitions the first weekend of campaigning, and nearly 50 bought copies of the Militant, and two subscribed. Seven candidates are running for mayor in Newark, including the fifth-term incumbent Sharpe James, a Democrat.

“We are getting a good response to the SWP campaign platform,” said Rosenstock. “Workers and youth are happy to learn about a working-class alternative to the capitalist parties that speaks to issues on their minds, like the need to organize unions, socialize health care so that it’s guaranteed by the government for a lifetime for all, and oppose the imperialist wars abroad and escalating threats against Iran. A member of the Teamsters signed right away when he read our first demand to support workers’ struggles to organize unions and use union power to defend themselves and other working people from the bosses’ attacks.”

Rosenstock, 56, is a meat packer and member of the United Food and Commercial Workers. Robinson, 19, is a retail worker and member of the Young Socialists. Robinson spent the first weekend of campaigning in West Virginia, helping to get the Militant into the hands of coal miners and others.  
 
 
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