Vol. 74/No. 40      October 25, 2010

It took place against the background of the Swedish elections in which Conservative Frederik Reinfeldt won a second term as prime minister, defeating the Social Democratic-led coalition. The rightist Sweden Democrats, which made anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim demagogy the center of their campaign, won 5.7 percent of the vote and 20 seats, entering parliament for the first time.

Visitors at the Pathfinder booth wanted to talk about the election, including the rise of right-wing forces and how to combat them. Several of the discussions led to purchases of the new Swedish-language edition of the book.

One young woman, who got the book along with a subscription to the Militant, said, “I was angry when I heard the election result. I decided, I need to get involved, since it’s obvious the politicians can’t deal with this.”

Is Socialist Revolution in the U.S. Possible? explains how revolutionary struggles are forced upon workers by the employing class’ crisis-driven assault on their living and work conditions, and how solidarity and a fighting vanguard of working people will grow in that struggle.

The book’s cover photo is from one of the large protests in 2006 for legalization of undocumented workers, leading up to the 2 million strong mobilization on May Day around the United States that year. Twenty-six copies in Swedish and two in Spanish were sold.

Eleven copies of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power, by Jack Barnes, were sold. The book is available in English, French, and Spanish. It details the vanguard place and weight of workers who are Black in the broad proletarian-led social and political struggles in the United States. Twelve subscriptions to the Militant were also sold.
 
 
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