Vol. 71/No. 39      October 22, 2007

Militant

Gerardo Sánchez (left) sells Militant subscriptions and Pathfinder books at flea market in Gallup, New Mexico, October 6. Sánchez sold eight subscriptions this week, putting him in second place.

The top sub-seller this week was Alyson Kennedy, who sold 10 subscriptions.

Kennedy joined a team to the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico. Over three days, a team of Militant supporters sold 20 subscriptions there.

When introducing people to the paper, “I think we all began with the Jena Six,” wrote Leslie Dork, a nurse in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “One woman described the racism Navajo people face when they go into many of the towns and cities that surround the Nation to shop.

“It was also helpful to turn to the page with the photo and description of Natives in Canada protesting uranium mining,” wrote Dork. “This continues to be a hot issue on the reservation, where uranium mining is still banned for now.”

Cecelia Moriarity writes from Seattle that 12 subscriptions were sold there at tables on campuses and in working-class communities, at political events defending a woman’s right to choose abortion and demanding freedom for the Cuban Five, and elsewhere.

Moriarity described how supporters of the Militant there “explained the paper shows there’s a fightback by working people going on. It provides an alternative news source to things like the Jena Six and protests against the raids and deportations.”

Nearly every local area is ahead of schedule. By emulating the examples of the top sellers each week, we can go way over the 2,300 international goal!

To get involved in the subscription campaign, contact local distributors near you listed on p. 8. Or you can order a bundle at 70 cents a copy from the Militant; just write us at the address listed on p. 2.

Click here to see the 'Militant' subscription drive chart