The first review was published in the Tehran daily Kar va Kargar (Work and Worker), which is associated with Khane Kargar (Workers' House), an offshoot of the workers shoras (councils) formed during the Iranian revolution. The second one is from the Tehran daily Khordad (a month in Iranian calendar), where the review appeared in the back page with a color photo of the cover of the Farsi book with Malcolm's picture. Kar va Kargar's review also accompanies a photo of the cover.
In addition to Kar va Kargar and Khordad, the Tehran daily Sobhe Emrooz (This Morning), published a two-paragraph description of the book taken from its introduction in the July 14 issue. Two other publications announced the publication of the book: the Tehran daily Hamshahri (Townsman) on July 12, and the July issue of the monthly Hoghooge Zanan (Womens' Rights).
The monthly Jahane Ketab (The Book World) under the section on Politics and Economy wrote a brief description of the four Farsi titles recently published by Talayeh Porsoo - Malcolm X Talks to Young People; Imperialism's March Toward Fascism and War by Jack Barnes; Socialism and Man in Cuba by Ernesto Che Guevara and Fidel Castro; and Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas Sankara.
Pathfinder Press distributes these books internationally. For a list of all Farsi titles please see the 1999 Pathfinder Catalog.
Kar va kargar
June 20, 1999
This book is a collection of speeches by Malcolm X from the United States, Britain, and Africa translated by Masoud Saberi and published by Talayeh Porsoo. Malcolm X was a revolutionary fighter and Moslem who belonged to the oppressed Black people of America. Those who have read the autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley know that Malcolm X's early childhood, his juvenile years, and even his youth were filled with many hardships, deviations, and injuries. Then his life changed when he met a fighter in prison. After this his ideas and beliefs began to be transformed, so much that he chose Islam, made pilgrimage to Mecca, and changed his name to Malik El-Shabazz.
Since in his youth Malcolm X went through so many intense and instructive experiences, undoubtedly his speeches will be instructive to the youth. Although more than three decades have past since he was assassinated, Malcolm's speeches still have preserved their freshness, are filled with revolutionary ideas, and are calls to action.
Well done, lively photos add to the attractiveness of this collection of speeches. By looking at the photos and reading the speeches one is taken to the historic period in which Malcolm X spoke and fought.
We recommend studying this book to everyone interested, especially the young people.
Khordad
June 6, 1999
Malcolm X Talks to Young People is a collection of one interview and four speeches by Malcolm X that were given in the last months of his life in Ghana, Britain, and the United States.
The book was first published by Pathfinder Press in New York in the English language and is published here in Farsi for the first time.
Malcolm X says, "The young generation of whites, Blacks, browns - you're living at a time of revolution, a time when there's got to be change. People in power have misused it, and now there has to be a change and a better world has to be built."