Vol. 73/No. 15      April 20, 2009

Militant supporters around the world are getting out to protests, picket lines, political meetings, and joining socialist candidates in talking to working people about the unique working-class perspective that the paper offers in face of the attacks on our standard of living, working conditions, and rights by the bosses and their government.

Supporters in Australia have sold 32 subscriptions in these two weeks toward their goal of 55. “The highpoint of the campaign here was the Celebration of African Cultures festival,” reports Bob Aiken. The April 4 festival attracted several hundred people, mainly African immigrants.

The subscription campaign in Boston has had success reaching out at political events on campuses. Five subscriptions were sold at a March 28-29 conference on “One State for Palestine and Israel” at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. One student at Brandeis University decided to buy a subscription after reading the article in the April 6 issue headlined “Israel boycotts and divestment serve as cover for anti-Semitism.”

In Atlanta 22 subscriptions were sold in one weekend, bringing the local total up to 45. Militant supporters report selling nine subscriptions in less than two hours in Doraville, a largely Asian and Latin American immigrant community near Atlanta.

The international goal is slightly higher than the sum total of local goals, currently at 2,106. The remaining five weeks in the drive present continued political openings to get a working-class perspective into the hands of those who need it. Actions in defense of immigrant rights on May 1 in various cities are examples of some of these important opportunities.

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Eddie Beck in Atlanta and Kevin Dwire in Boston contributed to this article.

'Militant' subscription drive: Week 2