This bookstore "is an armory to liberate humanity from the claws of capitalism," said Ma’mud Shirvani at a meeting June 29 to celebrate the opening of the Pathfinder bookstore at a new location in Newark, New Jersey. Shirvani, the featured speaker at the event, pointed to the key role of oil and rail workers and impoverished peasants in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which overthrew the U.S.-backed shah. Some two dozen participants attended the celebration. On display were photos from the recent Tehran book fair and a sample of Pathfinder titles in Farsi.  
 
 
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