On March 15, when our subscription base stood at 331, World-Outlook issued an appeal to our readers to help us reach 350 subscribers by June 15. We went way over that goal. We now stand at 477 subscribers.
Welcome to all our new readers! And a heartfelt thanks to all our subscribers, many of whom — new and long-term — helped us reach out, especially to a younger audience.
In early May, podcaster Marcus, whose program Struggle_4 live streams on Twitch, recommended World-Outlook to his listeners. “Do yourself a favor, subscribe,” he told his followers as he read off the headlines of articles recently published on World-Outlook. Our subscribers list jumped by 48 within 24 hours, surpassing our goal five weeks before the deadline. It continued climbing steadily for the following three weeks as some of the new readers in turn recommended World-Outlook to their friends.
In addition, Stephanie from the Struggle_4 team took time to create a beautiful carousel on Instagram using the text of the letter from a Cuban soldier to a U.S. soldier, a heartfelt explanation of why U.S. GIs should not be in favor of U.S. military attack against Cuba. This carousel, which listed World-Outlook as a collaborator, netted nearly 500 likes.
The World-Outlook volunteers extend a sincere “thank you!” to Marcus and Stephanie — both activists in the movement to broaden opposition to the U.S. blockade of Cuba who recently returned from the May Day mobilizations on the island. Their initiatives on our behalf helped us expand the site’s reach way beyond our expectations.
Those seeking social justice today are trying to absorb the implications of Washington’s humiliating blow in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran; Cuba’s adoption, in the face of the brutal U.S. blockade and threats of military assault, of major economic reforms to preserve the basic conquests of the Cuban revolution “without renouncing socialism”; and of the lessons of the initial waves of working-class resistance to attacks on immigrants and democratic rights and to the road toward autocracy in the United States.
The materials World-Outlook publishes help connect today’s struggles to lessons of the past and to discussions among revolutionary-minded people in other parts of the world. These include the recent review of Out Now! A Participant’s Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the War in Vietnam, and the 1999 article by Edward Said on Palestine/Israel: The One-State Solution.
We invite all World-Outlook readers to join us in continuing to broaden the site’s reach.
Our goal is to top 500 subscribers by October 15. You can help by reaching out — in person, by phone, email, on social media — to your friends, family, coworkers, and fellow activists. The articles linked above and in the collage below will take you to several recent posts that can be used as examples of our coverage. And remember, the subscription is free of charge!
In addition to these efforts, we are working on expanding the site’s reach through social media. Thank you to those who regularly share articles on their social media accounts.
With an eye toward younger audiences, Stephanie’s work inspired us to take another look at our Instagram account and begin to figure out how to bring it alive. If you have ideas on this or other ways of branching out, we’d love to hear from you at world.outlook.2021@gmail.com or in the comments below.
In solidarity,
World-Outlook editors
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