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At the World Parliament of the Peoples for Peace,
convened in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 23-27, 1980, some
2,500 representatives of peace-oriented organiza-
tions, and public figures from 134 countries endorsed
Urgent priorities for the peoples and governments of
the whole world.

The essence of the conclusions of that mass, inter-
National gathering is presented in the accompanying

- Petition, designed by the Canadian Peace Congress,
_ Whose representatives participated in the People’s

‘Parliament. (About 40 Canadians took part.)

_ Weare presenting in three separate issues, elabora-
tions of the three parts of the petition, so that the
increasing number of concerned Canadians will have
Teinforced information for their use.

Each Canadian has a part to play in the ratification
Of the second stage of the Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks (SALT II) treaty, which is urgently sought by
the majority of mankind. Embodying as it does, steps
toward nuclear disarmament, and opening the way to

Stage three, discussions on limiting medium-range -

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nuclear weapons, this treaty is of utmost urgency.

Yet, the whole process is stalled on the U.S. Se-
nate’s refusal, so far, to ratify SALT II.

A growing number of Canadians collecting signa-
tures on petitions are urging Canada’s government to
press for top-level U.S. action for ratification.

The Soviet Union, whicis fost 20 million lives and
1,700 cities and towns in World War II, has pledged to
make SALT II binding, and to enter at once negotia-
tions on SALT III, when the U.S agrees.

The USA’s start on the MX missile program im-
mediately after the SALT II signing in Vienna in June
1979, emphasizes the need for urgency. The fact is,

_ neither side, without agreement, can be assured of

protection against nuclear death and destruction.
SALT II, which opens the door to SALT III, sets
limits upon the number of bombers and intercontin-
ental missiles each country (U.S. and USSR) may
deploy; limits nuclear warheads deployed on missiles;
and provides for dismantling some launchers. It
builds upon the SALT I restrictions of 1971-76.

The ‘‘interim’’ agreement in 1972 put ceilings on _

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Peace Is everyone’s business —

The nuclear arms race is growing at an alarmingly dangerous rate. Unless stopped it could end in a nuclear
holocaust that would destroy us all. The right to live is a sacred right of every person. Therefore, to help make
world peace secure we the undersigned, PETITION the Government of Canada to:

1 URGENTLY PRESS THE UNITED STATES FO
STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY AND TO START TALKS ON
LIMITATION OF MEDIUM-RANGE NUCLEAR WEAPONS;

2 WORK FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISSOLVING OF MILITARY ALLIANCES,
DISMANTLING OF ALL FOREIGN-BASED MILITARY BASES, AND

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Jand- and submarine-launched ballistic missiles only.
SALT II would limit heavy bombers as well as ballis-
tic missiles, and also put ceilings on rockets with
multiple warheads. In addition, in a protocol attached
to the treaty, mobile ballistic missiles and long-range,
land- and sea-launched cruise missiles: are banned
through 1981 — thus helping to preserve peace.

It provides for an equal number of arms for each
side; and it takes the first step toward controlling arms
modernization, something Prime Minister Trudeau
had advocated.

SALT II provisions establish the right of the USA
and the Soviet Union to check each other's compli-
ance with the treaty by technical means already avail-
able.

SALT II, when approved by the U.S. Senate,
means:

e parity of nuclear launchers (USA, USSR)

e destruction of some nuclear weapons; each side
must be down to 2,400 six months after ratification

e specific limits on land-based ICBMs (Inter Con-
tinental Ballistic Missiles) with multiple warheads,
and MIRVs (Multiple Independently-targetable Re-
entry Vehicles). :

There are numerous other restrictions and re-
quirements which represent a brake on nuclear
proliferation, a tilt of the international situation to-
ward disarmament. :

In the preamble to the 19-article Treaty of SALT II,
Brezhnev and Carter acknowledged “that a nuclear.
war would have devastating consequences for all
mankind,” agreed to proceed from **the Basic Princi-
ples of Relations,”’ signed between them on May 29,
1972, and set “the goal of achieving general and com-
plete disarmament.”

Detractors have complained that SALT II does not
finally solve the problem of nuclear arms. But what
the world needs are steps in the direction of disarma-
ment — however complex — rather than toward

Pe en ee a at

BANNING OF CHEMICAL AND GERM WARFARE;

. 3 ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE CONVENING OF A EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
yt ON MILITARY DETENTE AND DISARMAMENT IN EUROPE, SINCE IT IS
THE WORLD’S MOST HEAVILY ARMED AREA.

escalation. SALT II is such a step, and the U.S.
Senate is under pressure to ratify it.

Canadians are called upon to sign and circulate the
three-point petition to leave Ottawa in no doubt that
disarmament and peace are seen as the only guaran-
tees of the future.

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___ “No sooner is the exploitation of the la- Marxism-Leninism in Today’s World ported goods, Canadians pay an adel
___ borer by the manufacturer, so far at an : af tional 14 cents measured against the U Ss
|, end, that he receives his wages incash, __ time necessary forthe workerto produce _—This could be a foretaste of a future dollar as an international medium of
thanhe is set upon by the other portions = =new value sufficient to pay his wages, trend. exchange. oe
; (Of the bourgeoisie, the landlord, the and consequently increasing the mass of However, the most massive attack The most effective form of indirect
d Shopkeeper, the pawnbroker, etc.” new value (unpaid labor) which is appro- against wage standards is indirect. And, wage-cutting is, without doubt, inflation.
a | (Communist Manifesto 1848) : priated by the capitalist owners of the because of its indirectness, it 1s a more A recent report from Statistics Canada,
, | These words penne d by the fathers of | means of production. subtle and more effective means of using 1971 as an index base of 100, shows
¢ __ Scientific socialism, Karl Marx and Fre- 4a wage-cutting. This form is based on in- that as of November 1980 the selling
 _—- derick_ Engels 133 years ago, should While the foregoing is the principal flation and monetarism rooted in price index for manufactured goods
e ©——s«*TVer': ‘be forgetten by working people. | means by which modem capitalism government policy, which assures Its stood at 256.9. (It should be noted that
a For, they sum up in precise terms the cheapens the cost of production, there universal application. We will take a this category includes processed foods.)

Tange of exploitation of the working
People by the system of capitalism.
One. hundred and thirty-three years
ago capitalism, figuratively speaking,
was only in its infancy. Measured against
the giant monopolies and corporations of
today, and the state they have created in
their own image, the capitalist system of
1848 was but a pygmy; and the capitalists
of that time were but crude amateurs in
the ways of extracting surplus value, i.c.,

are other, auxiliary, means that can be,
and are, used. They include lengthening
the working day through overtime, mov-
ing plants to low-wage and low overhead
cost areas, closing down obsolete pro-
duction operations. All of which are used
as a means to swell the ranks of the
unemployed which serves to dampen
down wage settlements.

In addition to the foregoing, there is

brief look at this indirect form of wage-
cutting — that is of real wages not nomi-
nal wages.

Loan capital is a commodity for sale
on the market for prices (interest rates)
that are set by the largest banks and by
government edict. Of course, the price of
Joan capital, like all commodities, is sub-
ject to the vagaries of the market place.
The object of the seller of loan capital,
however, is to get the highest possible

This is an increase of 156.9 or better than
one anda half times more over the ten-
year period. This is inflation with a ven-

-geance. And as an indication of more

vengeance to come, the government
agency noted that the yearly increase in
the index has been in the 12% to 13% a
month range since April, 1980.

Thus high interest rates, a cheap - —

Canadian dollar and double-digit in-
flation mean bigger profits for the big

id i the road of direct wage-cutting through interest rate. At the present time the financial and industrial corporations.

14 ee and crags Zee various devices. The poe important of prime bank rate hovers around 17.5% for Conversely, they find reflection in lower
The capitalist system, driven by its such devices is that being presently pur- prime customers. This could mean up to living standards and lower real wages for —

- incessant urge for maximum profit, is sued by the Chrysler Corporation of 20% or more to the ordinary maker of a the working people — all of which is a

in _ impelled to constantly update and rev- pressuring its workers, under threat of bank loan, with a still higher rate for form of wage-cutting, resulting in an ever

e Olutionize the instruments of production company bankruptcy with its goods bought on the installment plan. growing mass of capital for the capitalists

Es in order to cheapen production costs, accompanying massive loss of jobs, to Money also assumes the form of a as a class.

1) Namely, the cost of labor power.  accepta $600-million wage cut during the commodity and is bought and sold on the : euae ce

S- Rationalization of the labor process by life of the present wage agreement. The money market. At the present time the The only lasting solution to monopoly

st technical innovation, push-button con- rationale for such a cut is based on the. Canadian dollar sells for close to 84 cents exploitation is to be found in bringing the

trols, automation and robot devices, in-

tensify the rate of exploitation of the
_ Workers and the amassing of capital.
This is achieved by lessening the labor

insistence of the U.S. Government that
such be a condition for additional state
financial assistance to Chrysler — aid
that comes out of the public treasury.

American. This gives Canadian expor-
ters an edge on the world market, but
means higher prices for Canadians be-
cause for every dollar's worth of im-

mode of production, appropriation and
exchange into accord with the social ~
character of production, namely,
socialism.
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