Vol. 77/No. 39      November 4, 2013

Ned Measel reported from Washington, D.C., that Militant supporters visited a picket line of International Longshoremen’s Association members at the Port of Baltimore who had idled the port in a two-and-a-half day strike before they were ordered back to work.

Three strikers bought subscriptions, two of them with Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power, one of the Pathfinder books on special with a subscription. (See ad below.) The three were particularly interested in the article on the fight to defend prisoners’ rights and against press censorship by prison authorities.

As in the last two drives, a prisoners’ quota is on the scoreboard. Three workers behind bars renewed their subscriptions the first week. “I really appreciate the topics you provide on global issues. Please continue sending the paper because issues like the ones you print most times are not available to us through local news here in the facility,” wrote an inmate from Florida.

Jeremy Anderson, a barber in Stockbridge, Ga., was one of the more 150 subscribers who got The Cuban Five: Who They Are, Why They Were Framed, Why They Should Be Free during the last drive. When Susan LaMont and Sam Manuel visited him Oct. 13, he decided to renew because “it is important for working people to stay updated about what’s really going on in the world and to see behind the media’s lies.”

Naomi Craine reported from Miami that Valencia Miller, a cook, signed up for a subscription Oct. 16, after distributors knocked on her door in the Liberty City neighborhood.

“If it was a real government shutdown, they wouldn’t keep taking out my taxes,” she said, pointing to how “they pick and choose what gets shut down. Working people are paying the price for it regardless of what happens in the budget negotiations.”

Supporters in New Zealand campaigned in Auckland’s Takanini neighborhood Oct. 20, wrote Annalucia Vermunt.

“We sold three introductory subscriptions and got a good response as we raised the need to fight for workers’ interests, especially the fight for jobs.”

Rohit Shanker, a sheet-metal worker, said before his current job he worked as a temp and “the agencies don’t treat you well.” He asked supporters to come back and a couple of days later he signed up for the subscription.

Unlike the capitalist media moguls who seek to increase their readership to boost their profits, the Militant seeks to help build a revolutionary working-class movement. Readers can use each issue to win solidarity for workers and farmers in struggle, get clarity on political questions that affect the working class and reach out to others who are beginning to look for ways to respond to the assaults on the rights and standard of living of working people.

Help expand the readership of the Militant. See page 8 for a distribution center near you or contact the Militant directly at 306 W. 37th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10018 or call (212) 244-4899.
 
 
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