Many of those who bought the subscriptions were not familiar with the Militant, the Socialist Workers Party, or the Young Socialists. However, they were eager to learn more about the working-class perspective on politics the newspaper has to offer.

With the help of the Houston branch of the Socialist Workers Party as well as other YS members, we plan to organize a sale at the plant gate of the two Levi’s plants in Brownsville and San Benito, which are scheduled to shut down soon. This will be a great opportunity to get Perspectiva Mundial and the Militant into the hands of working people of the Rio Grande Valley.

It was a little over a year ago that I received my first copy of the Militant in the mail. My aunt had bought me a subscription and sent me a copy of James P. Cannon’s Socialism on Trial when she found out I was writing a paper on socialism for my American Political Parties class at UTB/TSC.

I was amazed at how different the Militant was from any other newspaper I had read. It contained articles about working-class struggles from around the world, something I did not have access to here in Brownsville. When my subscription expired, I found myself on the Militant web site twice a week.

I finally decided to get involved in the socialist movement and contacted the Houston SWP. After exchanging a few letters by e-mail, I was on my way to my first Militant Labor Forum there, and about three weeks later, I joined the Young Socialists. Since then I have been collaborating with the Houston branch and was able to attend the Southeast Regional Socialist Conference in Atlanta where I went to my first YS meeting. Members of the Houston branch and I have been able to set up three literature tables this semester at UTB/TSC.


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