Vol. 71/No. 17      April 30, 2007

"Another team met with a longtime subscriber, a truck driver. He renewed his subscription for one year and got copies of The First and Second Declarations of Havana and Teamster Politics. And he made a $20 contribution to the Militant Fund."

These are the kind of reports the Militant is getting more and more. At the end of week two of the eight-week campaign to win 2,400 new subscribers by May 27, Militant supporters had signed up 620 subscribers and sold thousands of copies of the paper.

"We took a big step forward this week with 13 new readers and two renewals," reported Mary Martin, a meat packer in Seattle.

Many of the new subscriptions come from students, workers, and others attending meetings to promote Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution, a book published by Pathfinder Press. At such an event at the University of Washington in Seattle on April 10, 5 people subscribed and 21 bought copies of this book, as well as a range of other titles on revolutionary working-class politics. "The next day, a student who is a subscriber joined a literature table at Western Washington University in Bellingham, along with a member of the Young Socialists and another Militant supporter. They sold another five subs," said Martin.

In New Jersey, Militant supporters helping to build an April 12 meeting on Our History Is Still Being Written at Montclair State University sold 100 copies and five subscriptions to the paper on campus the two days prior to the meeting. At the event itself, another five people subscribed.

As this issue comes off the press, Militant supporters are beginning a "target week" of sales that will last through Sunday, April 29. To get involved, contact the Militant or its distributors nearest you listed on page 8.

Click here to see the subscription drive chart