Vol. 72/No. 46      November 24, 2008

In the face of the worldwide capitalist economic crisis and its mounting consequences for workers and farmers, working people need the Militant more than ever.

Seattle Militant supporters have set a good example by their campaign to get on target after being behind schedule. In the past week they sold a total of 21 subscriptions—4 renewals and 17 new readers—reports Edwin Fruit.

“Highlights included five subscriptions at the monthly vigil at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma to protest the incarceration of immigrant workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” said Fruit. “Two of the subscribers are students at Evergreen State College. A van load of people from Evergreen came to the action.”

Campaigners have also staffed weekly tables at Seattle Central Community College, where three new readers signed up this week for a total of nine in the past six weeks. Two coworkers at a grocery store and a member of the Machinists union at Boeing decided to purchase subscriptions. Supporters of the Militant also traveled one hour north of the city to Mt. Vernon, to sell in an agricultural region where many Latinos work and live. Four people subscribed.

Fruit says four people decided to get either New International no. 14 or Nueva Internacional no. 8 with their subscriptions this week. The magazine features articles on “The Clintons’ Antilabor Legacy: Roots of the 2008 World Financial Crisis”; “Revolution, Internationalism, and Socialism: The Last Year of Malcolm X”; and “The Stewardship of Nature Also Falls to the Working Class: In Defense of Land and Labor.” It is available for $10 with a subscription, a $4 savings. One hundred and fifty people have decided to take advantage of the offer over the past six weeks.

Campaigners in the Twin Cities have decided to raise their subscription quota again—to 155—because of the response they are receiving to the paper throughout the Upper Midwest.

This week three people who purchased an individual copy of the Militant later wrote in to get an introductory subscription.

If you would like to help bring the subscription drive to a successful conclusion, please urge others you know to subscribe or contact a distributor in your area to participate in sales teams (listed on page 8).

'Militant' subscription drive - week 6 of 8