JSCHTMMOGT+LERPOLD SCH POULSCHTUDEL WALT SCAT +MLSCHINMTGRUEM+ SCH IA: {TUT +EMULSCHITNTT+E S240 TO SCHTMIT+PETER SCKM HA. SEHTNITT+LU, SCHTMITHAL FLOSS SCHTMIZ+CORNEL.SCHT BERT SCHTMIZLIOSEF SCH 1Z SCHMUHGER+IWILH SEHTG RO SCHTIEIDER+BERH S R+HUGO SCHTIEIUER*S CHIE IEWERLOMEARD+0.50 WALT.SCHREIDER +L HERS+WILH.SCHTIEIMERS WIGLLBATHER+UAL"” ; NCHTUTZLER CERI’ PAL SCHOCWOALTHLS, *HEINRSCHOLL* SCHOMEBERGERS SE ARNSWEPRTIERS FE +PUM SCHOP Boe 2 RI RE oe A tin soldier calls for a hot war Major General Rene Gutknecht, Canadian repre- sentative at NATO head- quarters in Brussels, last month led the howling pack of Western military dogs in cal- ling for more money to repell the ‘‘Soviet threat.’’ “The USSR will probably Start an armed clash with the West in 1983’’, said this modern-day Bismark. Gut- necht surveyed the scene and saw ‘Russians in Afghanis- tan’’ and disquieting ‘‘unrest in Korea and Iran’’. He called for -—— INTERNATIONAL FOCUS a “tougher position” and for ‘more funds on defence’’. Who the hell is this grown- up boy scout anyway? Not _ content with the biggest arms spending spree in decades — new F-18 fighters, new tanks, guns, ships and other death- dealing hardware, Gutnecht wants more. And worse, this tin soldier actually wants to use them against the USSR in a war to end wars. Somewhere back in Camp Petawawa, or Camp Borden, or Gagetown or some other military factory run by the Canadian armed forces we must have a functioning idiot machine grinding out such people. The Warsaw Pact states have repeatedly called on NATO for an agreement to disband both military pacts as one step toward stability in Europe. NATO has refused every offer, railing instead through mouthpieces like Gutknecht, for more guns and a hot war. : This creep should be told. that his family, too, will sizzle in a nuclear exchange. He should understand that advo- cacy of war is a crime — espe- cially in an age where millions will perish. Where are the Soviet gener- als calling for war? Wouldn’t that be news? They would be charged under Soviet law for such a crime. But here we have a two-bit Canadian Major General play- ing at war along with the other NATO ghouls as if they were playing scrabble. As the saying’ goes, wouldn’t it be nice if the schools has all the money they need, and the military had to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber . Kidnapping by any other name... Imagine the KGB holding a 12-year old American boy in Moscow in defiance of his pa- rents. Think of the howls of rage if the U.S. dad publicly protested, if he issued pleas for the return of his son so that the family could move back to Idaho from where they earlier emmigrated to the Ukraine. Can you just hear CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite: “This is day 20 of the U.S. hos- tage in Moscow ...’’ Jimmy Carter would forget all about his little brother’s indis- cresions and pick up the Red Phone to Leonid Brezhnev and threaten extreme action unless the Americans are freed. We would have ‘human rights”’ cries to the high heavens; pub- lic opinion would be mobilized. Even Children’s Aid might be brought in. In Chicago Michael and Anna Polovchak want to re- turn to the Ukraine with their 12-year. old son Walter. U.S. Federal authorities say Walter has asked for political asylum and are refusing to allow him to, return with his parents. A 12-year old asks the Feds for © asylum? He’s a Soviet dissi- dent? In this country (and the U.S. too) 12-year old children are under the care and legal pro- tection Of their parents. What a travesty of law to wrench a child from his parents under the blanket of ‘‘political asylum’’ and expect anyone to buy that. It'll be interesting to see, if the Feds succeed in kid- napping Walter, whether they allow him to sign for a bank loan, or an auto loan, or a mortgage, or join the army, or run for the Senate. . Nicaragua’s struggle, Canada’s indifference Half a million Nicaraguans jammed the streets of Managua for a joyous celebration of the - July 19 Revolution which one year ago ousted the -butcher Somoza after months of bloody fighting. The year has been marked with might efforts by the people and their government to overcome the ravages of war and years of Somoza rule. He ’ feft the country in ruins and the economy in shambles before he fled with his massive per- sonal fortune to the USA. You would think the Cana- dian government would. be — . for social and human rights, © --any kind of help. Nicaraguais | joining in the marking of this event in a real way. More, you” would hope our government,” with its pristine pure concem ~ might have been actively help- ing rebuild Nicaragua. : No such thing. : Aside from some rival groups, Canada has ignored the” reconstruction of a country — which paid so high a price for its liberty. We can’t find” money, or expertise, or aid or — not designated in Ottawa as an — aid-receiving nation. Chile gets _ investment. South Afna. does, too. We don’t even have an em- | bassy in Managua. The impor-— tance Ottawa places on the de- veloping liberation movement | in Central America is seen by Canada’s representative at the July 19 celebrations. Donald - Sirrs, our ambassador to Costa Rica, also handles Nicaragua, ~ E! Salvador and Panama. : Bolivia — a histo This background on Bolivia’s political history and the role of U.S. involvement was compiled by Karen Khachaturov of Novosti Press Agency. * * * Bolivia, named in honor of the great fighter against colonial op- pas pression, Simon Bolivar, spreads across the highlands of the Andes in the very heart of South Ameri- ca. It is rich in gold, silver, tungsten and tin. But, to the impoverished Boli- vian, the country has been named “the pauper on a gold throne.”’ Abject poverty is the fate of Boli- ] Tite IT i ull vian workers, especially the In- dians who make up the majority of the country’s people. The French journal, L’Ex- press, once observed: ‘‘Take the Frenchman’s average income, divide it by half and you will have the income of the Argentinian. Divide that by half and you will have the income of the Ecuado- rian, and once more halving will produce the Bolivian’s income "Several decades ago the then. U.S. Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg said the only way to deal with Bolivians was by force. That : colonialist principle underlies the entire history of relations bet- ween the two states. But Bolivian history did not al- ways evolve according to Washington’s scenario. In the tulmultous 1950’s the Bolivans rose in an uprising involving the entire people. Miners, farmers and students dethroned the tin ba- ~ rons and cracked the tyranny. A decree on agrarian reform was 'passed for the first time in South American history; the tin mines and oil fields were nationalized. A civilian government ruled for 12. years — a record by Latin American standards, but was finally toppled by CIA interfer- ence and a former graduate of a U.S. Air Force academy installed as president. He in turn was replaced by the commander-in-chief of the milit- ary who declared his intention to end foreign interference in Bolivi- a’s affairs. So the CIA toppled one more president, but over- ~ looked the ‘growing national - sentiment growing in.the country .which installed Juan Jose Torres in office with an anti-imperialist, democratic program. Once again the CIA acted and ry of treachery ' The following statement was released by the Central Execu- tive of the Communist Party of Canada calling on Canadians to support the struggle of the Boli- vian people against the fascist . takeover: On July 17 the armed forces of Bolivia seized power, annul- led the outcome of last month’s election, ordered the Congress disbanded, declared the coun- ‘try a military zone and imposed a 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew. The headquarters of the Boli- vian Workers Confederation a Communist member of Con- gress, was reported critically wounded and kidnapped along with the general secretary of the Confederation Juan Lechin and Socialist Party leader Marcelo Quiroga, while scores were re- ported under arrest. - CPC condemns coup was attacked and Simon Reyes, - Interim President Lidia Gueiller, was seized along with 17 of her aides. Our party condemns this bloody fascist coup master-— minded by Bolivia’s three mili- | tary service chiefs on behalf of | U.S. imperialist interests and | those who benefit by super ex- | ploitation of the working people — and resources in Bolivia. 3 ‘We call upon the Canadian | people and all who abhor fascist | and imperialist reaction to con- | demn this outrage, demand 2 | release of Simon Reyes and all the others who were arrested, Mideappedsonins other inca counted for. It is of utmost importanal that organized workers express their disgust at this outrage and express their solidarity with our Bolivian brothers’ and sisters. Torres died five years after the coup which toppled him at the hands of gunmen. Finally, the CIA found their man, General Hugo Banzer Suarez, who estab- lished a harsh dictatorship which collapsed in 1978 only to be re- placed by another CIA stooge, Juan Pereda Asbun. A few months later Asbun was replaced: by a group of patriotic army officers who, one year ago, handed power to a constitutional civilian government. A process of ‘democratic reform began. Politi- cal prisoners were. freed and a coalition of working people’s par- ties, including the previously out- lawed Communist Party, was moulded in the Front for Demo- cratic and Popular Unity. This June, the coalition w the presidential. and parlia mentary elections and it was thet the CIA masterminded anothef coup: The military unleashed a 1 of terror on the country to supre: Sy the heroic resistance, especially of. the Bolivian miners. Thousands were arrested and the country’s stadiums were filled — a page taken from the book of Chilean fascist junta. While Washington publicl tries to deny its involvement, even criticizing: the generals" 0 their “extremes”, it is clear re cent events in Central America where right wing dictatorships are falling have prompted them to | tion in Bolivia.