Pathfinder, located in New York with distributors in Australia, Britain, and Canada, publishes books and pamphlets by revolutionary fighters whose struggles against capitalism, racism, and all forms of exploitation and oppression point the way forward for humanity. Pathfinder bookstores are listed in the directory on page 12.

Pathfinder was one of more than 900 exhibitors at the March 19-21 London International Bookfair. More than 18,000 booksellers, librarians, and others associated with the book trade in Britain attended the fair.

The Pathfinder stand, staffed by representatives from Britain and the United States, centered on the forthcoming Lenin's Final Fight, a new collection that documents Lenin's struggle against the rising Soviet bureaucracy.

Alan Harris, director of Pathfinder Distribution in London, reports that individuals and booksellers from Malta, Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa, Mauritius, Turkey, India, and Lebanon were among those who stopped by to pick up a 1995 catalog. Visitors from most Eastern and Western European countries came by the stand as well.

A book buyer from a central London bookshop asked for a follow-up visit from a sales representative, commenting, "Pathfinder titles really count in the world today." More than 250 catalogs were distributed at the bookfair.

A London-based company that specializes in selling English- language books in Russia ordered six Pathfinder titles and 20 catalogs to display at the English Educational Books and Equipment Exhibition held in Moscow in early April.

Hundreds of people picked up copies of the 1995 Pathfinder catalog at several recent events. The Pathfinder bookstore in Washington, D.C., reports the new catalog was the best seller at the April 9 Rally for Women's Lives, and at the Young Feminist Summit that took place in the days leading up to the rally. Thirty-two catalogs were sold at these events. The cover price of the catalog is $0.50.

Supporters of Pathfinder from several cities sold more than $500 worth of books and pamphlets at the summit and rally. Sales included several copies of books by Evelyn Reed: three copies of Woman's Evolution, two copies of Cosmetics, Fashions, and the Exploitation of Women, and one copy each of Sexism and Science and Problems of Women's Liberation. Two copies of New International number 10 were sold at the Young Feminist Summit. Among the articles in this issue of the Marxist magazine are "Imperialism's March Toward Fascism and War," "Defending Cuba, Defending Cuba's Socialist Revolution," and "What the 1987 Stock Market Crash Foretold."

Volunteers from the New York Pathfinder bookstore sold 80 catalogs at the Socialist Scholars Conference held April 8-9 in New York City. The conference was attended by more than 350 people, who purchased $528 worth of books and pamphlets from the Pathfinder stand, some $200 more than was sold at last year's conference. Three participants joined the Pathfinder Readers Club.

The 1995 catalog was a central part of the Pathfinder display at the seventh national conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries held in Pittsburgh March 29- April 1. Sales representatives from Pittsburgh and Morgantown, West Virginia, organized Pathfinder's participation in this conference, which was attended by 2,700 academic librarians.

More than 100 catalogs were distributed at the conference and Pathfinder sales representatives collected names of some 40 librarians who sought more information or a visit by a sales representative.  
 
 
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