------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Dec. 12, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
WW WEB SIT IS A BIG HIT By Leslie Feinberg Workers World newspaper on the Web is a big hit--1,180,983 hits over the last two weeks of November, to be precise, according to the workers.org Web site logs. More than ever, people cruising the information highway are turning to our Web site. If you're a frequent visitor, you know why. With the airwaves and daily newspapers filled with war propaganda, jingoism and poppycock explanations for the economic downturn, Workers World offers the relief that only struggle can bring. You'll find news about workers in motion here and around the world struggling in their own class interests, anti-war organizing and front line battles against racism and other forms of bigotry. But you'll also find revolutionary analysis, theory and a historical perspective to the growth of capitalism, the evolution of imperialism, and what it will take to usher in socialism. We've been publishing Workers World, a Marxist newspaper, since 1959. We've been on the Web since 1995. In these tumultuous times of social and economic crisis, we're seeing a great deal of activity on our Web site. After Sept. 11, the number of online readers shot up. And in the following month the WW Web site had over a million hits. Since then, workers.org has been averaging about 100,000 readers every month. But in the last month that number has grown to about 80,000 visitors each day. Thousands more are getting Workers World articles sent to them as e-mail every week. And now that the newspaper is available in the portable document format (PDF), it has enabled many thousands more to download the digital edition of Workers World. That means that those who have high-speed connections like DSL or cable modems can click on the PDF button on the home page of workers.org and the pages of Workers World emerge from your own printer looking the same way as the newsprint edition: headlines, captions, articles, photos--even the page numbers. For those who are still using dial-up modems, well, as technology gallops forward at a dizzying pace it's comforting to know that Workers World is still available to read free online or receive as e-mail. You can order a print subscription for yourself, too. All this is available by visiting workers.org, which is a very "user-friendly" site, and clicking on the clearly marked instructions. And while you're there, consider giving a gift subscription of Workers World to a family member, co-worker, neighbor or friend. Another click of your mouse can provide a much-needed subscription to a prisoner--a newspaper that will most likely be handed around the tiers until it is tattered. All this action on our Web site and interest in our newspaper makes us want to work all the harder. All the research, writing, editing, copy- editing, graphic and text design, circulation work and weekly mailing are accomplished through our volunteer labor. But no matter how much sweat we put into the labor, it takes bucks to produce the newspaper. Offering the newspaper online and as e-mail, and providing research into back issues for free isn't free. Your help is very much needed. Voluntary contributions will not only keep WW newspaper online it will help expand this important coverage. Now you can donate and/or subscribe by credit card online at www.workers.org/orders. No matter how intimidating you may have found online financial transactions, this is a simple and secure action. There's a lot of traffic on the information super highway. But clearly Workers World newspaper on the Web is a well-traveled vehicle for change. - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe wwnews- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
