i | oo Poe oe ‘Still making Seems there are three positions on sanctions Th t apartheid in South Africa. __ He first is full support for the total isolation of the locidal, racist regime. That means complete, man- “on Sanctions: economic, diplomatic, cultural, Tting — and material and moral backing for the ae Struggle and to the people’s organizations in on; Africa. No “ifs,” “ands” or “buts.” (This posi- : 4 held by the UN, the socialist camp, commu- oy anti-apartheid activists everywhere, most Wehes, and many others.) Sh, Sain hurt € second opposes sanctions because they a: “will Blacks” (Thatcher and Stephen Lewis); or b: “Use the regime is pro-western and anti- munist, vital to “our national security” and is g Its best” to reform the system (Reagan). The third variant, is perhaps the most insidious: it’s New alignment brings far tight agenda into focus Past Precedents would indicate it wasn’t supposed E 1 long — and it didn’t. _€ rise of the conservative right as a highly- . hized, well-financed force in U.S. politics helped Pel Reagan to power and keep him there for two I that time, every social program, every civil rights Ee €very progressive law, every human rights sta- ne been targetted for rollback by the ultra-right. T unions are singled out and, not surprisingly, bor legislation blossoms under Reagan, with Tesult today that fewer Americans are unionized “1 10 years ago. America’s military stance and ~set, and with it rampant jingoism, is shrill and g. The ulta-right, once relegated to a lunatic fringe of |, damentalist bible-thumpers, southern racists and Gcinigre groups who disagree with the outcome of 4 cond World War, now includes top corporate Military figures, leading intellectuals, media king- a elected officials at all levels (including Reagan), » Using today’s media technology, have turned Thee USS. political clock dramatically. € precedent? It’s that it wasn’t supposed to take before this phenomenon, like others, spilled Ca the border into Canada. And it hasn’t. Nada, of course, doesn’t need lessons from i) Yone when it comes to right wing ideology. The Di 8 of Social Credit is uniquely Canadian. Per la, this country must rank tops when it comes to Ing anti-communist emigres, former nazis, and .Y Night-winger from anywhere where the right’s CXCUSES the one which “abhors apartheid,” “wants change,” wrings its hands in public but keeps right on trading and trucking in private. It’s the variant which secretely wishes for a way out without “radical solutions,” with “reason” and, needless to say, “under a free enterprise system.” ; It’s the varient which today finds it socially and politically de rigeur to oppose apartheid in public while advancing a thousand reasons against strong, effective action now. As news comes in of another 100 murdered by racist police, we see this variant with all the time in the world: “patience, patience,” they counsel the battered victim. And that’s the Tory government of Brian Mulro- ney. fortunes have slumped. Historically, our immigration policy has been racist — and it still is. Enter the National Citizen’s Coalition, set up by extreme right-wing big businessmen as a pressure group in 1975. It originated as a conspiratorial outfit, with closet supporters, dedicated to fighting the “creeping socialism” of Trudeau’s Liberals. Ten years later, it’s a Canada-wide outfit with a million dollar budget and full-time staff, openly sup- ported by top business, big media and big-name poli- ticians. Its well-packaged message is anti-labor, anti-social welfare, anti-non-white immigration, anti- womens’ equality, pro-Star Wars. From humble beginnings when 1,000.upper income-people donated $100 each, NCC now claims 30,000 members and has ties to Canadian corporations worth more than $70 billion. As expected, its top people are in tight with leaders of NCC counterparts in the U.S. such as the Heritage Foundation and High Frontiers. It enjoys a “western bower” think-tank in British Columbia, the Fraser Institute. And now, for the first time openly, the NCC has aligned itself with pro-fascist groupings in a public anti-Soviet television and newspaper ad campaign whch can be described as nothing but hate- mongering. The love affair has come out in the open. This alignment is a dangerous new element in Can- adian politics. Its agenda targets labor, peace, women, jobless, seniors, tenants, non-whites. It’s well financed and organized. It’s articulate and determined. And its program is a haunting reminder of Ger- many in the early 1930s. J eee 7 J EVICT/0ON Sou TH arrRrcAN See PS el ey = Profiteer of the week Many will recall the bitter seven-year battle U.S. labor had with the giant J.P. Stevens Co. The company, which makes textiles, fabrics and industrial products, fought union efforts to organize its sweat- shops with such verocity that it gave rise to a movie, Norma Rae, based on that struggle. You will be happy to note J.P. Stevens didn’t go down the tubes due to union wages. In fact it made $33.2-million profit the first nine months of 1986, up from a $22.2- million loss.a year earlier. - wen FIPRIBUNE Editor — SEAN GRIFFIN Assistant Editor — DAN KEETON Business & Circulation Manager — MIKE PRONIUK Graphics — ANGELA KENYON Published weekly at 2681 East Hastings Street Vancouver, B.C. V5K 1Z5 Phone (604) 251-1186 Subscription Rate: Canada — $16 one year; $10 six months Foreign — $25 one year; Second class mail registration number 1560 Sx is the growth of the peace move- ~~ Ment and peace sentiment across hada that dozens of municipalities — = through public referenda, or simply People and Issues farmers’ politics, holding office in the farmers’ cooperative movement. A sup- porter of the peace movement, he served for three years in the armed forces during World War Two and also contributed to Ough a vote of the local council — are deco Ming nuclear-weapons free zones. We sted 86 of them in the Aug. 6 edition of € Tribune, and, as it sometimes happens, “few got left off the list. ur readers aren’t asleep at the switch, Several took the time to write and set €tecord straight. © George Kyle of Sidney, thanks for Nding us that his town joined the ,'clear-weapons movement through a ‘own 1986 . No | 3 Pre le council declaration on June 10, - George also points out that both rth Saanich and Victoria are nuclear- “apons free. Meanwhile, Selmer Bean writes to em us that Kelowna, the Socred nghold that is the riding for former Mier Bill Bennett, made its declaration Snths ago. We add that Kamloops Suld also be on the peace list. Mally, John Severinsky of the Niagara Ce Movement wrote to remined the T ‘qibune that Welland, Ont. is also lear-weapons free. He adds that sev- eral municipalities in the area, including the Niagara Peninsula regional govern- ment, have endorsed the United Nations resolution declaring 1986 the Interna- tional Year of Peace. The municipalities include Fort Erie, Niagara-On-The-Lake, St. Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet, Wel- land, West Lincoln, Grimbsby, Pelham, Port Colborne and Lincoln. k ok OX ae entertained audiences and told the story of the famous Canadian depression-era fight for jobs at the Van- couver Folk Music Festival and at a week- long successful stint at the Expo 86 Folklife Pavilion. Now the story-tellers and musicians of the On-to-Ottawa Trek, 1935-1985, show are bringing their unique collection of recitation and song out in to the community. The show, which features veterans of the original trek Bob Jackson and Willis Shaparla, Jean Shiels, daughter of trek leader Arthur “Slim” Evans, and musi- cians Tom Hawken and Steve Gidora — will play to Vancouver east end audiences in two locations Sept. 7. The show goes on at 2 p.m. at the Ukrainian Hall, 805 East Pender Street, and again at 7:30 p.m. at the Carnegie Community Centre, corner of East Hast- ings and Main Streets. Admission to both performances is free. HTK s a farmer in Alberta for most of his life, he’d faced all the adversities — natural and man made that farmers face, and emerged intact. But there was one battle Neil Stenberg couldn’t win, and sadly, his fight with cancer ended with his death July 15 at age 72. Neil was a long time member of the Communist Party, serving for years as a member of the Central Committee and the Alberta provincial comittee. Born in Cardiff, Alta. Neil was active in the Finnish Cultural Organization and its sports association. Neil died in the Okanagan, to which he had retired in 1981. He leaves behind his wife, three children and five grandchild- ren. Ko Ke e have a note from reader Hazel Wigdor asking that anyone with reminiscences and any general informa- tion on veteran Communist Party member Beckie Buhay get in touch. Beckie was a member of the party’s central committee, chair of ity audit and review committee, party education direc- tor, an executive member of One Big Union (OBU) anda member of the Aid to Spain Committee. Hazel is aiming for an autumn publication date of an article based on such information. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Hazel Wigdor, 653 Indian Road, Toronto., Ont., M6P 2C8. PACIFIC TRIBUNE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986 e 5