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Over 150,000 attend Manila book fair in Philippines
??By Mike Tucker
Vol. 83/No. 35
September 30, 2019
Militant/Baskaran Appu
MANILA, Philippines ??? Over 150,000 people took part in the 40th Manila
International Book Fair here Sept. 11-15. Above, fairgoers line up
outside the exhibition hall on opening day. Many were high school and
university students, and other youth. Because of an earthquake Sept. 13,
a number of colleges closed the following day, boosting those attending
to 50,000.
Over 100 exhibitors were at the fair, including the Philippines??? two
national book chains ??? National Books and Fully Booked. Publishers and
distributors of novels and educational textbooks and of children???s,
religious and comic books drew many wanting to meet their favorite
authors who were in attendance.
There was widespread interest in books presented by New York-based
Pathfinder Press, one of several publishers from other countries at the
fair. It publishes books by leaders of the Socialist Workers Party in
the United States, of the Cuban Revolution and of the modern communist
movement back to its founding. Titles cover workers??? struggles to build
unions, women???s rights, and movements for national liberation and
socialism. Pathfinder participated in last year???s fair and also some
three decades previously. One repeat visitor, who bought several titles,
said, ???There???s a buzz about that there are communist books here.???
The booth was organized by Pathfinder Books in Sydney, the publisher???s
Australian distributor. Over 500 books and pamphlets as well as 37
Militant subscriptions were sold.
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???Coal miners at Blackjewel ???stand up for what???s right???
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???Hurricane Dorian exposed depth of class divisions in the Bahamas
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Feature Articles ??????There will be a clash between the oppressed and the
oppressors???
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people???
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???In race to speed up deliveries, retail bosses squeeze workers
???Cops fire Taser on customer in Walmart, drawing outrage
???Over 150,000 attend Manila book fair in Philippines
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