All placed substantial orders of between 17 and 40 titles, ranging from Cuba and the Coming American Revolution by Jack Barnes and Che Guevara Talks to Young People to Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State by Frederick Engels, and titles on Palestine and Malcolm X.

One librarian picked up a pamphlet on Palestine and asked, "What would a Palestinian student think if they read this?" She ordered the title after being satisfied that it was not part of the anti-Arab propaganda prevalent today. Unlike many bookstores, librarians do not face restrictions on ordering pamphlets, since they can store them in vertical files for students’ use.

All of them commented that many students are assigned projects to define political concepts and that the Communist Manifesto by Engels and Karl Marx and Fascism and Big Business by Daniel Guerin would be useful for this. Reps have since decided to include Socialism on Trial by James P. Cannon in their display kits.

Explaining that a number of history courses include sections on Great Depression of the 1930s, one librarian ordered Labor’s Giant Step by Art Preis, Revolution and Counterrevolution in Spain by Felix Morrow, and Teamster Rebellion by Farrell Dobbs. She was pleased to find titles on labor history as she is a union member herself.

With more than 100 high schools in Toronto alone, Pathfinder reps are looking forward to many more such visits.

Katy LeRougetel is a member of the Graphic Communications International Union.  
 
 
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