The chart shows that as of November 11 we are 10 percent, almost an entire week, behind schedule—a percentage point further behind than the week before. Campaigners must sell 335 Militant and 121 Perspectiva Mundial subscriptions to reach the goals of 950 and 400, respectively. We are further behind in sales of books to subscribers, with 249 to go to make the goal of 500.

Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) made up some ground over the past week, sending in 10 Militant and 9 Perspectiva Mundial subscriptions. Nancy Boyasko in Washington, D.C., told the Militant that of seven subs sold by UFCW members to fellow-unionists in that city, two were sold at a meeting of a union local. “Before and after the meeting,” Boyasko said, “slides were shown of picket lines put up by striking UFCW workers at the Kroger supermarket chain.”

A coalfield team was organized in Alabama that same weekend, reported Jeanne Fitzmaurice from Birmingham. Two subscriptions and a couple dozen copies of the Militant were sold at three mine portals and in coal mining communities. The paper’s coverage of labor struggles, including the union-organizing drive by Co-Op miners in Utah, generated considerable interest.

From Newark, Sarah Katz told the Militant about an all-day sales table at Rutgers University in the city’s center. That same day, she said, President Bush was due to sign a law banning a late-term abortion procedure. “We drew up a big sign saying, ‘Abortion is a woman’s right,’” she said, “and sold two Militant subscriptions and several Pathfinder titles on this fight and the roots of women’s oppression.”

From Houston, Brian Williams reported that literature tables have been organized at the University of Houston for the past several Mondays. The regular efforts have netted three Militant subs and a one-year PM renewal.

Two students at Los Angeles Community College bought subscriptions at a November 10 literature table, reported Frank Forrestal. Later that day, he said, campaigners joined 4,000 UFCW members and supporters picketing an Albertson’s supermarket in San Pedro. “We sold the 35 Militants we had in a matter of minutes,” Forrestal said. “Several longshoremen, who had the biggest solidarity contingent at the rally, made positive comments about the paper’s coverage of their fight last year to defend their union.”

Los Angeles campaigners have a ways to go to meet their goal, Forrestal noted. “Our plan is to get out all-day teams every day given how far behind we are,” he said. “We are inching our way up the hill.”

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