Selling the Socialist in Ilford, east London, photo Isai Priya

Selling the Socialist in Ilford, east London, photo Isai Priya   (Click to enlarge: opens in new window)

Chris Newby, the Socialist sales organiser

Throughout the summer, Socialist Party members have continued to build on the excellent sales drive for issue 1000 with tremendous sales across England and Wales.

There were sales at big events: 373 sold on the massive anti-Trump demo in London, over 200 sold at the Durham Miners’ Gala and 170 sold at the Tolpuddle Martyrs rally in Dorset.

Many more copies of the Socialist were sold on picket lines and demos in support of striking workers, such as the Birmingham home care strikers; South Western Railway and Arriva Rail North workers.

This is on top of all the tremendous campaigning Socialist Party members carry out week in, week out, such as opposing social cleansing, defending the NHS, fighting the far right and defending local jobs and services.

Our members are doing a tremendous job getting the Socialist newspaper into the hands of as many people as possible.

We want to make sure that we finish this sales quarter with as big a flourish as possible by linking up with our Fighting Fund ‘collectathon’ and aiming to sell 500 extra copies of issue 1011.

Many of our members will be involved in stalls at university freshers’ fairs and colleges. These will be good opportunities to increase our sales, particularly if we set a target for the week.

Can you organise extra activities in your area such as a midweek campaign stall, workplace or station sale? Can you run your Saturday stall for an hour longer? Every copy of the Socialist that we sell will help us smash through the sales drive target for this quarter and boost our finances.

Do you want to become a seller of the Socialist? You don’t have to be a member. Contact us to arrange a supply of papers on a sale or return basis.