Vol. 71/No. 46      December 10, 2007

Supporters of the socialist newsweekly surpassed the international goal of 2,300 by 10 percent. The campaign started strong and kept a steady pace over seven weeks. Militant supporters sent in an average of 315 subs in the first four weeks of the drive, and an average of 237 in weeks 5 and 6. The campaign finished strong, with 431 new readers signing up in the final week.

The overall top seller for the campaign was New York garment worker Dan Fein, who sold 47 subscriptions. Jacquie Henderson, a garment worker in Houston, came in second with 44. Garment worker Sara Lobman from Newark, New Jersey, sold 42, putting her in third place. Laundry worker Julio Campos from Des Moines, Iowa, came in a strong fourth with 40 subscriptions sold.

In the final week of the campaign, supporters of the Militant in Atlanta and Carrollton, Georgia, got a boost to the campaign by participating in an annual protest against the U.S. military training academy School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Click here to see the 'Militant' subscription drive chart