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the unity of the international
communist movement on the firm
principles of Marxism-Leninism
and proletarian internationalism
and just as vigorously combat-
ted anti-Leninist conceptions
which undermines that unity and
creates more favorable condi-
tions for imperialism to pursue
its aggressive, predatory aims.

In some quarters this consist-
ent Leninist position of Comrade
Buck has been called dogmatic.
What these “‘critics” of Comrade
Buck wanted is that the Com-
munist Party throw overboard
its internationalist position and
adopt a posture of nationalism.
True to itself, to the principles
of Marxism-Leninism and to the
working class and democratic

movement, the Communist Party:

will always stand firm on the
principles of true patriotism and
true internationalism.

Tim, perhaps more than any
other Canadian Communist,
understood in’a deep sense the
Marxist-Leninist conception of
the Communist Party as the
vanguard of the working class
and vigorously fought those
who would revise Marxism-
Leninism, or would stand in the
way of its creative development
at each new stage of the work-
ing-class struggle.

Tim never underestimated the
role of the Communist Party,
no matter how small it might be
under certain political condi-
tions, and consistently fought to
help to transform it into a mass
party, one able to lead the work-
ing class at every stage of the
struggle. In this he was always
concrete, starting from the real-
ity around us, never giving way
to empty phrasemongering but
also never losing sight of the
goal of socialism.

In this he has shown himself
to be a revolutionary optimist,
a model for Communists, young
and old. Tim never tired of say-
ing that one has to keep one’s
feet on the ground but always
look to the stars. It expressed
his outlook, his convictions, his
revolutionary optimism, and his
ability to inspire Communists
and non-Communists alike.

The younger generation and
future generations have much
to learn from Tim. His books,
articles and pamphlets are a
source of inestimable value for
all those, young and old, who
want to bring an end to the ex-
ploitation of man by man, and
build a new system of society
based on public ownership
under the political rule of the
working class. Comrade Buck
wrote with passion and purpose.
His writings are a significant
contribution to the creative de-
velopment of Marxism-Leninism
to Canadian reality as his life
is an inspiration to the working
people of our country.

We shall make sure this is
recorded in an appropriate way.

Comrade Buck’s death is a
grievous loss to his wife, to his
children, his grandchildren, his
sisters, three of whom live in
Toronto.

It is a great loss to the Com-
munist Party which he did so
much to build, to the working
people for whom he fought all
his life, for Canada which has
lost an outstanding Canadian.

Comrade Buck will always be
honored for his activities, his
creative work, his contribution
to the building of the working-
class and democratic movement,
and. to the cause of socialism.
He left a great heritage, a solid
foundation upon which the revo-
lutionary movement will con-
tinue to grow and develop in the
years to come.

The capitalist press, the mass

In honoring Tim Buck, Peter Kerrig

an of the Communist Party of Great Britain said, “My experience of

Tim was of a kindly and human person, a man of great understanding. His life span was a long one,

filled with many battles for the cause

media generally, have been
compelled to note some of Com-
rade Buck’s contributions to the
cause of democratic advance and
socialist thought. At the same
time they try to minimize them
and cast scorn on his boundless
optimism and confidence in the
inevitability of the victory of
socialism in our country, and
pretend that capitalism has
solved all its contradictions.
These gentlemen are whistling
in the dark.

Who has more right- to be
confident about the future? The
philistines and political pygmies,
the sell-out artists, the rene-
gades from the revolutionary
and working-class movement? Or
men like Tim Buck who gave of

his strength, talent and energy

to help the working people see
beyond the immediate, to help
them understand the mechanism
of the exploiting system and to
indicate how to find the path
forward to democratic advance
and to socialism.

Comrade Buck's optimism
and confidence was not based
on sand. It was grounded in the
reality of a new world which
came into being in Tsarist Rus-
sia and in which he saw the
bright future of mankind. It was
grounded in the formation of
the world socialist community
that arose on the ashes of the
Second World -War. It was
grounded in the collapse of the

colonial system. It was ground-
ed in the growth and rising poli-
tical consciousness of the work-
ing-class movement in the capi-
talist world as a force which in-
creasingly challenges the power
of monopoly.

Before his death’ Comrade
Buck saw how right he and the
Communist Party were in evalu-
ating the inevitable outcome of
U.S. imperialist aggression in
Vietnam, and the historic defeat
inflicted upon it by the coura-
geous, selfless struggle of the
Vietnamese people, aided by the
socialist world and all progres-
sive mankind.

He could likewise note the
growing leftward trend which
typifies political developments
in Latin America and in Europe.

Yes, during his lifetime Com-
rade Buck could see the drama-
tic changes brought about in
the world — the ever deepening
crisis of imperialism on the one
hand and the irresistible advance
of the world socialist commun-
ity on the other. The historic
successes of heroic Vietnam,
the detente in Europe, the fact
that peaceful co-existence has
become a main factor of world
politics, illustrate the changes in
world relationships. There is
every reason to believe that the
70’s_ will see more dramatic
changes as other countries leave
the orbit of capitalism and take
the path to socialism.

‘We will cherish his

/
memory —

Following are excerpts from
the address of British Commun-
ist Peter Kerrigan at “the me-
morial meeting for Commnuist
Party of Canada Chairman Tim
Buck.

“Qn behalf of the Communist
Party of Great Britain, I wish to
associate our Party with the
homage being paid to our late
Comrade Tim Buck, and to ex-
press our condolences and deep
sympathy to the Communist
Party of Canada.

“We, of course, knew Tim
better through his work in and
for the international labor and
Communist movement.

“In the course of his work
Tim visited Britain many times.
He always took a keen interest
in British affairs and the work
of our Party, but often took ad-
vantage of the chance to slip
down to his native East Anglia.

“As an example of his inter-
est it is worth. mentioning that

British CP

in the telegram of greetings
which our late General Secre-
tary, Harry Pollitt, sent to Tim
on the occasion of his 60th
birthday, Harry expressed our
Party’s thanks to Tim for the
contribution he had made in
1947 to the Empire Conference
of Communist Parties held in
London, and in which the Cana-
dian Party had played a very
active part.

“we followed closely the
Canadian Party’s struggle in-
cluding the period when Tim
got 44,148 votes in the munici-
pal elections for the Toronto
Board of Control and only lost
by 254 votes in 1937.

“In saying goodbye and pay-
ing this tribute we can in truth
say: Tim lives on in the Cana-
dian Communist Party, in the
international Communist move-
ment. In this sense he is with us
today and his memory we will
always cherish.”

to which he dedicated his life s.:2""

If today Marxism is as yet a
minority view in Canada, it is
well to remind ourselves that on
a world scale it is increasingly
becoming the majority view.
And there is no reason to doubt
that the present minority will
sooner or later become the ma-
jority view in Canada as well.

Comrade Buck did not live to
see the fundamental changes
that are inevitable in Canada,
but he helped lay the basis for
them by his efforts and his
work, by his tenacious and
stubborn struggle to integrate
Marxism with the broad labor
movement, by his consistent
struggle -against those who
would sidetrack the Communist
Party and push it into a class-
less dead-end, by his constant
effort to build the Communist
Party and make it a vital politi-
force in Canadian political
ife.

Comrade Buck left a legacy
which is a monument to him.
Speaking over Moscow Radio in
January 1971 he said at that
time: :

“J am the happiest of men,

for I was at the roots of prole- -

tarian solidarity and fraternal
friendship with the world’s first
socialist state. I am proud that
I have devoted all my life to the
struggle for the triumph of
Leninism.”

In this short paragraph is em-
bodied a lifetime of effort, of
struggles and of achievement.

We pay our respects to a
great man, a revolutionary, a
man of courage and devotion to
the cause of socialism, an out-
standing Communist and Marx-
ist-Leninist, a leader of the
working. class, a true Canadian
patriot and internationalist.

Such a man was Comrade Tim
Buck. We shall hold his memory
ever high.

All of us will have an oppor-
tunity to do this, The Commun-
ist Party has a Memorial Fund
which it has decided to rename
the Tim Buck Memorial Fund.
This Fund will be used to ad-
vance the cause to which Com-
rade Buck devoted his life.

In paying our respects to
Comrade Buck we pledge at the
same time to strengthen the
unity of the Communist Party,
to build it into an ever more
effective instrument of the
working class in the struggle
against monopoly, for genuine
Canadian independence, for
peace, democracy and socialism.

This will be a lasting monu-
ment to Comrade Buck.

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