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ists, who base themselves on
Marxism-Leninism, the teachings
of scientific socialism, and those
socialist-minded Canadians who
do not agree with the Commun-
ist principles but do agree with
the necessity of actton to beat
back the monopolies and work
for change, ultimately to find a
socialist solution.

Socialist-minded Canadians,
young and some not.so young,
have tried various paths of
thinking and doing during recent
years. There was the New Left
with its denial of the experience
and lessons of the past and its
striking out ‘in all directions.”
There were the various ultra-
left tendencies, from different
brands of Maoists to “urban
guerrillas,” anarchists, terrorists
and what have you, including
some who fell into the trap of
Trotskyism, which has only one
reason for existence—hatred of
communism and the Soviet
Union.

Any sincere revolutionary or
radical can now check up for
himself and see where these
trends led to. They are now

‘bankrupt and all can see it.

It is not only foolish but fatal
for Socialists to refuse to learn
from experience in our Own
country and in the world. That
experience shows that it is the
people that make all fundamen-
tal social change. The working
people’s power lies in their
unity, their victory lies in: un-
derstanding what must be done.
It is the role of the vanguard,
the political party of the work-
ing class, to point the way. It is
the role of Communists and all
Socialists to join forces to bring
the people to victory.

Canada needs radical change.
Growing numbers of people are
aware of that. Unity is the
watchword to make the dream
come true. (J.W.)

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Edcttorial

Labor’s strength lies in unity—that’s
what the word “union” itself means.
From its inception the labor movement
was based on unity of the workers —
in the enterprise, the industry, the
country — and on a world-wide scale.

Canada’s working people have ad-
vanced on the road to unity as shown,

for instance, by Soucy with the.
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Quebec public workers’ strike, in which
the three labor centres in Quebec itself
worked in a Common Front and work-
ers from other parts lent their aid. The
tasks of united action and eventual or-
ganic unity of all organized Canadian
workers cannot be long delayed in these
times of test. ;

It is also heartening to see the
growth of international labor solidar-
ity. The great welcome Canadian work-
ers gave the Soviet trade union dele-
gates who came here as guests of the
United Steelworkers is a real break-
through for unity. The action of the
British Trades Union Congress in cir-
cularizing the world trade union move-
ment, including the AFL-CIO unions,
to express its opposition to Nixon’s war
in Vietnam is another important break-
through, as is the great movement, em-
bracing most U.S. trade unions, to sup-
port McGovern for president despite
Meany’s pro-Nixon “neutrality” stance.

Unity is in the air and it will win.

The government and trade union

leaders have just issued a joint an-
nouncement that salaries of school-
teachers are increased by 21% as of
September 1, of doctors by 23% and of
child care personnel by 29%. That’s part
of the plan to raise workers’ cash wages
30% on the average by the end of 1975.
With prices falling, not rising!

No, that isn’t the Trudeau adminis-
‘tration going wild on election promises.
It isn’t the Tory masterminds coming
up with some special bait for the simple
... You see, the news comes not from
Ottawa, but from Moscow.

Well, that’s to be expected from a
country where they don’t have unem-
ployment or inflation, no enlightened
capitalists or old-line. politicians to
guide them, where the peculiar notion
persists that a rise in productivity
should be followed by a rise in living
aa

y the way, that’s also the coun
where they don’t have any strikes. wen
are you going to get workers to strike
when the government and trade unions
conspire together to keep improving
conditions and raise wages? Mr. Meany
finds that most frustrating.

Yes, brothers and sisters, socialism

is good for the workers in the bread and.

butter sense as well as in democratic
rights and social progress. Don’t let the
professional anti-Sovieteers and red-
baiters scare you with bugaboos—look
at the facts.

The missing link?

Alberta Imperial Wizard of the Ku
Klux Klan, a certain Mac a’Pherson
(we knew the KKK to be anti-Black
anti-Semitic, anti-“foreign,” generally
anti-labor, and anti-human, and now
they’re demonstrating specifically anti-
Scottish bias by parading such a clan
name), has announced the Klansmen
hooded cowards and lynchers, are go-
ing to campaign for the Conservatives
in the coming election.

That was all that was lacking to
create the new image of the Tory cabal.
Stanfield’ and Diefenbaker are now
flanked by “Canada for Canadian capi-
talists” Hellyer and “hanging judge”
Wagner, a gang of runaway terrorists
sae and ee “cold war”
whooper-uppers from Central Eur
backed by the Western Guard es Ea.
mund Burkers (didn’t they boast in
nee bape pee ey helped elect Tory

remko in the Ontari ion?
now ee io election?) and

_anyone doubts that we hav
makings of a fascist outfit in Cae
that can be of dire menace to our demo-
cratic freedoms, let him look under the
Stanfield-Diefenbaker brooder.

Kashtan reports on Cuba's successes

Sunday, Aug. 20, was a beau- Fidel Castro. He told of the epic
struggle of the Cuban people, alone!” Mr. Ka

f ’ ! : sht i
on a small island only 90 miles telling how Soviet HE prea

tiful sunny day, “made to or-
der” for festivity, and a large

“Yes, and Vietnam is not

crowd from Toronto, Hamilton

and nearby points turned up at
the 37th annual Labor Festival
in the Shevchenko Memorial
Park grounds. There were all
the things that go to make a
festival, topped by the gather-
ing beside the pavilion, at which
folksinger. Perry Friedman en-

 tertained with a selection of

labor and freedom songs.

Bill Stewart then introduced
Communist candidates present,
and then turned the mike over
to CP leader William Kashtan,
candidate in Toronto-Davenport
and “leader of the team.”

Mr. Kashtan -brought greet-

ings “from the first socialist

country in the Americas —
Cuba,” from where he had just
returned after a two-week visit,
which included a long talk with

away from the U.S., who de-
feated military intervention and
economic blockade to _ build
their new way of life.

“Thanks to the efforts of the
Cuban working people, the sup-
port of the Soviet Union and
other socialist countries, and
solidarity of the workers of the
world, the blockade has been
effectively smashed!” he report-
ed to loud applause.

W. Kashtan described Cuba
as “one grand construction
site,’ building from the ground
up, not Hilton hotels, casinos
and gambling joints, but living
quarters, schools, industries and
diversified farming. (See next
week’s Trib for more detailed
description.) He quoted Castro’s
statement: “Cuba is not alone!
The Soviet Union has been very
generous, without its help we
would be in serious difficulties.”

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY,

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back the ferocious U.S. bombing ~
_has increased and will keep in-

creasing until the

Indochina are stati ae —
free to decide their own affairs
without outside interference.

Calling for stronger pressure
on the Canadian government to
demand that Nixon stop his
criminal bombing, withdraws
U.S. forces and stops support-
in the Puppet Thieu, thus per-
mitting the establishment of a
coalition government in South
Vietnam, Kashtan _ declared
“Either Nixon will retreat or he
will be defeated by the Ameri-
can people.”

His appeal for support t
Communist peimaiee oo Bese
large progressive bloc, includ-
ing Communists and NDP mem-
bers, to Parliament was received
with enthusiasm, and a generous
collection was taken.

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