BY MIKE TABER
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.
Montreal Pathfinder sales representative Roger Annis reports sales of 117 books in the first half of August to bookstores in Montreal, Quebec City, and Halifax. Among the best-selling titles were The Second Declaration of Havana in French, Lenin's Final Fight, and the latest issues of New International in English and Nouvelle Internationale in French, both of which contain the article "Imperialism's March toward Fascism and War."
In the next several weeks, Annis reports, Canadian sales representatives will be phoning and visiting several more bookstores in Montreal, as well as phoning bookstores in Newfoundland and Halifax. A sales trip is planned for Ottawa in mid-September.
The summer 1995 issue of the academic journal Slavic Review contains a review that debates the views presented in the Pathfinder title The Truth about Yugoslavia: Why Working People Should Oppose Intervention by George Fyson, Argiris Malapanis, and Jonathan Silberman. Reviewer Nicholas Novosel argues that the book "ignores the ethnic, religious or nationalist factor" in the conflict. He takes issue with the presentation in the book of the Yugoslav revolution of the 1940s as a historic victory by working people.
Novosel also disagrees with the authors' opposition to imperialist military intervention, seeing in this a contradiction to the book's support for massive food and medical aid to the workers and farmers of Bosnia and its opposition to the imperialist arms embargo. "Who does Malapanis think will deliver these arms and humanitarian aid?" the reviewer asks.
The Truth about Yugoslavia is available from Pathfinder for $8.95. The book examines the roots of the carnage in Yugoslavia and describes the conflict as one between rival gangs of would-be capitalists - fragments of the former Stalinist regime - who are fighting a war for territory and resources as the U.S. and European powers attempt to intervene militarily to advance their competing interests. The book includes descriptions of the impact of the war in Bosnia, currently the arena of a bloody attempt by rightist Serbian forces to carve it up and trample on its right to self-determination, as well as a presentation of the history of the Yugoslav revolution.
Pathfinder has just issued an updated price list and order form. In addition to books and pamphlets published by Pathfinder in English, Spanish, French, and other languages, the list includes other titles that do not appear in Pathfinder's catalog.
Among these is a large-format series, Education for Socialists publications, which contains a wealth of material from the history of the working-class movement on the fight against fascism, the question of the workers and farmers government, the fight for women's liberation, defending working-class fighters from capitalist victimization, and more. Also included is a complete list of the classics by Marx, Engels, Lenin, and other communist leaders that Pathfinder distributes.
The new price list and order form can be obtained at no charge from Pathfinder, 410 West St., New York, NY 10014.
Pathfinder currently distributes two periodicals from Cuba. Granma International, a weekly published in English, Spanish, and French editions, has been available from Pathfinder since 1989. The last year has seen a jump in subscriptions purchased through Pathfinder. Recent orders have come from Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States. Subscriptions are $40 per year.
La Gaceta de Cuba, published in Spanish six times a year, is a leading forum for discussion on culture, politics, and the challenges facing the Cuban revolution today. Subscriptions are $40 for individuals and $75 for libraries and other institutions. Several libraries have already placed orders, and one has purchased a complete set going back to 1992.