“Over the last week, we campaigned with the Militant, responding to the U.S.-organized threats against Korea, and sold 43 subscriptions,” wrote Alyson Kennedy from New York. “We now have a shot at meeting our quota of 300. We did this by organizing sales teams every day and going throughout the city. Two teams in Harlem had a great response, selling five subs. Many African-Americans were attracted to the tables with the big sign ‘U.S. Hands Off Korea!’ One woman said, ‘They should get their hands off everyone!’ People in Harlem also welcomed the coverage on the Goodyear strike. An ironworker said he would bring it up at his union meeting and he subscribed on that basis.

“Two teams at Boricua College sold four more subs. We also sold three subs in Manhattan’s Little Korea and at Koreatown in Flushing, Queens. A young Korean who subscribed in Little Korea made a sign in Korean for our table, saying: ‘Reunification! U.S. troops out of Korea!’, which attracted more attention.”

“We concluded a very successful week,” wrote Alasdair MacDonald from Sydney, Australia. “We used the issue with the SWP statement on solidarity with the Korean people and turned around our results, selling 9 subs and getting ahead.”

“We sold 5 more subs in the Black community of Chester where there is an ongoing tug of war over the refusal of state and local officials to provide even the rudiments of education,” wrote John Studer from Philadelphia, where Militant supporters increased their quota after selling 13 subs last week.

With similar efforts, selling the remaining 871 subscriptions in the next two weeks to meet the overall goal is not out of reach.

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