From the beginning of the Cuban Revolution, for example, the Militant has been the main periodical in the United States that published important documents and speeches by leaders of the Cuban Revolution. These were often then rapidly reprinted by Pioneer Publishers as pamphlets and used widely by the active defenders of the Cuban Revolution both in the United States and Canada, many of whom organized themselves during the revolution s opening years as the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. Depend on volunteer labor 6. Pathfinder is only able to maintain this kind of publishing program because of the generous support of communist-minded workers around the world. They subsidize our publishing program because they agree with it, and they make real sacrifices to keep these revolutionary weapons in print.
Pathfinder loses money on every book it publishes.
It has never had a year, or even a quarter, when it broke even. The economics of publishing quality books in small runs means that even with such subsidies Pathfinder books are expensive for working people. For this reason, several years ago we set up the Pathfinder Reader s Club to make our books accessible to more readers. And throughout the year we offer even higher discounts on selected titles. In fact, we have just begun what will surely be one of our most ambitious endeavors, ever, all with volunteer labor.