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Vol. 74/No. 12      March 29, 2010

 
Sell the book on ‘workers power’
 
Washington, D.C.
So far 13 of my railroad coworkers have purchased Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power. Seven of these were sold with subscriptions to the Militant. Nine of these coworkers had read the paper before and wanted to deepen their understanding of working-class struggle.

Whenever possible, I gave the book to the coworker to peruse, and suggested that the quickest way to get an idea of the scope of this book is to look through the photos and the table of contents.

“Road to workers power, OK, I’ll read that,” said one engineer. The fact that the book situates Malcolm X in the context of a fight for workers power seemed interesting to some. Others were interested in reading about leaders like Robert F. Williams and E.D. Nixon, who usually are not given their due in histories and documentaries about the fight to overthrow Jim Crow segregation.

Tom Headley

Seattle
A number of supporters of the Socialist Workers Party here are selling the Workers Power book to coworkers and others they are talking to. Carmen Maymi-O’Reilly, who works for the school district, recently reported she sold a copy of the book to a coworker.

“She told me that she had read a lot about Malcolm X before, so she wanted to see what the book had to say about Black liberation and workers power,” Carmen explained. “I also suggested she get an introductory subscription.”

“If that’s where you’re getting your information and facts,” the coworker told Carmen, “then I want to read that, too.”

Mary Martin  
 
 
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