Vol. 74/No. 40      October 25, 2010

The librarian in one of the largest French-language Montreal high schools ordered five books, adding to the half-dozen Pathfinder titles she ordered last year. In leafing through the French-language edition of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power, she said she would buy it since there were lots of photos and the print was large, making it easier for students to use.

The librarian noticed the biographical facts in the French-language Che Guevara and the Fight for Socialism Today, seeing it as a source on Guevara's life. She added that booklet and Socialism and Man in Cuba, written by Guevara, to the order.

As of October 4, 34 orders have been placed. Los Angeles is leading the way with seven. A day of visits in Long Beach included two independent bookstores, a state college library and bookstore, a major distributor of Arabic books, and a local mosque.

San Francisco-area volunteers report that a professor who focuses on African American history and culture liked the Workers Power book and said to mention his name to the selector at the main university library as recommending the book for that collection.

Pathfinder salespeople visited a public library in Greensboro, North Carolina, that orders books in several languages. Several weeks later the library ordered four books, including two copies in French of Thomas Sankara Speaks and Women’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle.

Pathfinder sales volunteers in a number of cities, including New York, took advantage of the October 11 Columbus Day holiday to step up their work.

One team visited for the first time a bookstore in Brooklyn that carries titles in French, Haitian Creole, and English. Inside the beautiful second-floor store was a bookcase already displaying Pathfinder titles, including the Workers Power book in French.

The buyer was especially interested in the Nouvelle Internationale (New International magazine) issues on the economic crisis, as well as Their Trotsky and Ours in French.

A mailing of the 2010 Pathfinder brochure reminded a Brooklyn librarian to place an order he had been planning, including two copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power.

A brochure of Pathfinder titles translated into Farsi, the official language of Iran, is now available to aid sales volunteers.

Candace Wagner in New York contributed to this article.
 
 
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