Included in the titles to be released by Pathfinder over the coming months are a new edition of Too Many Babies? The Myth of the Population Explosion by Joseph Hansen; a Spanish-language translation of The History of American Trotskyism by James P. Cannon (and a French translation later in 2002); a Spanish edition of Their Trotsky and Ours: Communist Continuity Today by Jack Barnes; an English translation of the pamphlet We Are Heirs of the World's Revolutions by Thomas Sankara; a book-length interview with Víctor Dreke, who commanded the cleanup operation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba against counterrevolutionary bands in the Escambray mountains and was second-in-command of the Cuban internationalist contingent in the Congo led by Ernesto Che Guevara; and The Organizational Character of the Socialist Workers Party in Spanish.

In addition, initial work is already under way on What Is To Be Done? in English and Spanish, the first of several major works by Lenin that are part of a "Birth of Bolshevism" series. The series will also include To the Rural Poor and One Step Forward, Two Steps Back.

The fund coincides with efforts by socialist workers, Young Socialists, and other partisans of the communist movement to substantially expand the sales of Pathfinder books off street tables, on the job and at college campuses, and through local Pathfinder bookstores, as well as to retail stores and other commercial outlets.

The publishing house has reported a jump in sales in 2001 over last year, a reflection of the increased interest in and receptivity to revolutionary literature among working people and youth. Socialist workers in a number of countries are discussing taking local goals in the sales campaign as they map out plans to widen the distribution of Pathfinder's titles in order to increase sales to a total of $500,000 from January 2001 through June 2002.

For the Pathfinder Fund, supporters in every city are encouraged to adopt goals and to send them to the Militant for a chart next week, work to win new pledges, and organize political fund-raising meetings early on the drive.

"The labor battles going on today are at the heart of the fight against the imperialist assault against Afghanistan, from the fights by coal miners to state workers in Minnesota," said Bill Kalman, fund director in the San Francisco area, on October 21. "Here in the Bay area, we have already begun preparations for a fund-raising meeting for early November featuring speakers participating in these struggles," he said.

As part of Pathfinder's international efforts to make its books accessible to workers and youth around the world, a team of volunteers has begun organizing to have a Pathfinder booth at the Guadalajara International Book Fair from November 24 to December 2. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend this event, one of the largest trade book fairs in the Americas. Among the recently published titles that will be available there are the Spanish-language editions of Playa Girón/Bay of Pigs; Cuba and the Coming American Revolution; Fertile Ground; and Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle.

If you would like to get involved or to make a contribution, contact your nearest Pathfinder bookstore listed on page 12, or send in your check to Pathfinder, 410 West Street, New York, NY 10014.  
 
 
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