Four hundred and seventeen of these readers took advantage of a special 25 percent discount to buy a Pathfinder book—83 short of the goal of 500.

During the drive campaigners used the Militant, PM, and Pathfinder books to build solidarity with several important labor battles—from the union-organizing fight by workers at the Co-Op mine in Utah, to the ongoing struggle by workers at Iceland’s Kárahnjúkar Power Station Project to improve conditions and wages for all.

Tony Lane from Pittsburgh reported on a sales trip to West Virginia in the last week of the drive. The team sold dozens of copies of the Militant to miners at the Cannelton and Robinson Run mines, he said. Cannelton is owned by Horizon Natural Resources. The bosses’ attempt there to impose greater health-care costs on miners prompted a union-backed protest march in Ashland, Kentucky, on November 6.

From Atlanta and Birmingham, campaigners reported on two days of successful sales at the annual School of the Americas protest against the U.S. training of military officers for Latin American governments. Pathfinder titles carrying the speeches and writings of leaders of the Cuban Revolution proved especially attractive. Twelve people bought Militant subscriptions, and volunteers also sold $450 worth of books.

Campaigners in Birmingham also reported that in the past two weeks two fellow workers in an underground mine renewed their Militant subscriptions. One delivered a clear message to his co-worker, a supporter of the Militant: “Don’t let my sub run out!” he said.

In the last week of the drive 241 people subscribed to the Militant and 96 to Perspectiva Mundial. Welcome aboard!

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