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April 18, 2008
The party-builder will not add to your “to do” list – rather, it aims
to keep you up to date on our political focus – the elections – and
provide food for thought with articles on the experience of the Party
organization, especially the clubs.
In
this Issue:
- Global Warming: The Communist
Solution
- Solidarity Pack - PWW Special
Offer!
- PWW on the Picket Line in Detroit
 Global Warming: The Communist
Solution
On March 29th, 2008, Marc Brodine delivered a
milestone report to the Communist Party USA National Committee on
global warming. In the report, he develops and refines the Communist
Party USA's ideological understanding of global climate change and its
root causes. He also outlines a dynamic communist plan for stopping
global warming and creating a sustainable environment for all humanity.
You can read
the report, listen
to the report, and even download
the audio onto your iPod or other portable mp3 player.
Solidarity Pack - PWW Special Offer
Dan Margolis, PWW Business and Circulation Manager, has created a
special offer for increasing both the use and the circulation of the
People's Weekly World newspaper:
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Solidarity Pack - PWW Special Offer
by Dan Margolis
While we have cut the number of weekly bundles of
the People’s Weekly World, we are continuing to look for ways to
increase the use and subscription base of the paper.
The National Organizing Department and the PWW have a new tool that
keeps with the core ideas around building the paper: Every member of
the Party (and friends of the PWW) can make a contribution to building
it, and the best way to do so is by giving it to people we work with on
a routine basis before selling a subscription.
The idea is called a “Solidarity Pack”: For $45, you get a one-year
subscription of two copies each week. One copy is for you to read, and
one to give to someone else.
This solves a practical problem: We’ve said that we want clubs to each
get a small bundle where every member takes a copy or so to circulate
to friends. However, with clubs meeting once or twice a month, and the
paper coming out weekly, there was always the issue of how to get
papers to each member. The Solidarity Pack provides the answer.
Also, unlike the subsidized bundles, this is a financially sustainable
practice for the paper; because the $45 cost is a couple dollars above
what it costs to produce and ship the papers, your subscription will
pay for itself and also add much needed funds into the PWW treasury.
It is now easy for every member to be involved in selling subscriptions
and getting the paper out, something crucial to building the movements
for peace, equality, democracy and socialism, and, of course, building
the Party.
Order your Solidarity Pack now: Call 646-437-5362 or e-mail
"subs *at* pww /d0t\ org". If you have a subscription already, we can
work out a
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PWW on
the Picket Line in Detroit
 By April Smith
Our district organizer here in
Michigan, John Rummel, had the idea that we should take food to the
picketers at American Axle (now on strike
for 7 weeks). A group of us PWW readers, some from the Party and some
friends, made over a hundred sandwiches.
Then three of us met at the
plant. First we stopped in to see the union VP, who told us the idea
(of bringing food) was great – he said to take them around to the
picket line and make sure people “know who you are.” (He had previously
told John that they like the paper when he leaves them at the union
hall.) So then we got in the car and started driving around to the
dozen or so gates into the plant. At each place we'd offer people the
food (which, by the way, were very gourmet, nicely prepared
sandwiches); they’d thank us, and often ask who we were. We'd give a
copy of the paper containing an article on the strike, and then go on
to the next group.
It was a nice day for picketing. People talked to us, then would look
at (in some cases, study) the paper, and tell us how much they
appreciated our support. We had a good time, the paper was given
attention, and we have even better relations at the local. The VP has
said he hopes to be at our May Day picnic to say a few words about the
strike.
Elena Mora
Director of Organizing
Communist Party USA
http://cpusa.org
emora */at/* cpusa *\d8t/* org
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