Vol. 77/No. 36 October 14, 2013
Sales strong of ‘The Cuban 5’
at Paris festival
BY DEREK JEFFERS
LE BOURGET, France — Pathfinder supporters sold 110 copies of the French edition of The Cuban Five: Who They Are, Why They Were Framed, Why They Should Be Free at the Fête de l’Humanité in this Paris suburb during the Sept. 13-15 weekend. A couple of hundred thousand people took part in the event, organized annually by l’Humanité, the daily newspaper of the French Communist Party. Forty-seven copies of the book on the five Cuban revolutionaries imprisoned in the U.S. were sold to publishers. Others were bought by participants at the official Fête bookstore and at the stands of two Cuba solidarity organizations, France-Cuba and Cuba Si.
Each year, event organizers name pathways running through the large fairgrounds after political figures. In another sign of growing solidarity with the Five here, one area this year was named “The Five Cubans of Miami Square.”
Pathfinder supporters also sold 57 other books, including eight copies of Thomas Sankara Speaks, as well as three subscriptions to the Militant.
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