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Vol. 71/No. 30      August 20, 2007

 
‘Militant’ supporters fan out across Iowa
 
DES MOINES, Iowa, July 30—Supporters of the Militant from across the Midwest fanned out across central Iowa last week to respond to a right-wing picket of the July 20 Militant Labor Forum. They sold 126 copies of the paper and nine subscriptions over the four-day effort.

Members of the Young Socialists and workers who support the Militant got the paper out to meat packers during shift changes at two packing plants in Des Moines, the Tyson plant in Perry, and the Swift plant in Marshalltown. They set up literature tables at Iowa State University in Ames and a Mexican supermarket here, and went door to door in working class neighborhoods.

They came here the day after members of the Minutemen and supporters of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Tancredo picketed a forum demanding legalization for immigrants. They also got out the word about a July 28 meeting to launch the socialist campaign for mayor and city council.

—KEVIN DWIRE
 
 
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