The Militant - April 5, 2010 -- Communist literature well received in Montreal

Vol. 74/No. 13 April 5, 2010

Communist literature
well received in Montreal

MONTREAL—Supporters of the Militant actively promoted several meetings here March 15-19 featuring Armando Choy, a Cuban general of Chinese descent and coauthor of Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution. They sold the socialist weekly along with Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power by Jack Barnes, the new Pathfinder book that is at the center of the Militant spring circulation drive. The paper and Workers Power book were well received at the meetings where Choy spoke, at literature tables on several college campuses, and in working-class districts during the week.

Throughout Choy’s visit, 30 introductory subscriptions to the Militant and 61 single copies were sold, along with 44 copies of Our History—18 in English, 18 in Spanish, and 8 in Chinese. Participants bought 8 copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power and 11 signed up to get the French edition as soon as it is published. One hundred eighty-five Militant supplements containing the introduction to Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power were sold or given out with subscriptions or copies of the paper. Overall, a total of 77 books worth $1,489 were sold at activities during the week of Choy’s tour to Montreal.

—JOHN STEELE