Vol. 77/No. 5      February 11, 2013

Topete bought a subscription to the paper that morning at a picket line set up by her union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, at the Board of Education in Manhattan.

Some 8,800 school bus workers have been fighting a concerted union-busting effort by the school transport bosses and the city administration. (See article on front page.)

Readers have been going door to door in working-class neighborhoods, reaching out to workers—be they involved in struggles or trying to figure out what’s happening in the world and what working people can do about it.

Walking the picket line outside the warehouse of United Natural Foods in Auburn, Wash., striker Jeremy Ray, 39, a truck driver for the company, told Militant distributor John Naubert that he likes to bring his copy of the paper down to the picket line, read it, and share it with others.

One hundred sixty-three warehouse workers and drivers at United Natural Foods are members of Teamsters Local 117. They walked off the job in December to protest the firing of 72 of their coworkers.

Ray bought The Cuban Five: Who They Are, Why They Were Framed, Why They Should Be Free, one of six books offered at reduced prices with a Militant subscription. The book tells the story of five Cuban revolutionaries framed up and jailed in the U.S. for working to expose violent assaults being planned here against Cuba.

Greg Sanderhauf, a Local 117 official, signed up for a six-month renewal and picked up a copy of the Cuban Five book.

After visiting the picket line, Naubert and other Militant readers went door to door the area.

With the addition of two new titles, six books are now offered at reduced prices with a Militant subscription. (See ad below.)

Cuba and Angola: Fighting for Africa’s Freedom and Our Own describes the key role the 16-year-long internationalist mission by Cuban volunteers in Angola played in driving South African troops out of that country, and through this experience deepening the Cuban Revolution at home.

Women and Revolution: The Living Example of the Cuban Revolution discusses how the fight for women’s equality in Cuba has been inseparably intertwined with the uncompromising battles through which Cuba’s toilers have defended their socialist revolution, transforming themselves in the process.

The Militant just published a special four-page supplement with the introduction to Cuba and Angola by Mary-Alice Waters to help promote the book. It is available for 25 cents—or 10 cents apiece for a bundle of 10 or more.

We urge all readers to join the effort to expand the readership of the paper.

You can order a bundle and subscription blanks at themilitant@mac.com or (212) 244-4899.  
 
 
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