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27 Latin American countries
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strike is evidence that it has been forced to do
battle for the economi¢ needs of the seamen. The
president of the SIU, Leonard McLaughlin, is
quoted as saying that he hopes the strike will win
them “social respectability.” If he means that the
current struggle can further the demand of Can-
adian seamen to ‘build an effective union, demo-
cratically controlled, and one that defends their
interests—every trade unionist hopes with him.
But while hope springs eternal, it doesn’t win

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S | UJ Str k strikes.
e The seamen face a tough struggle with a deter-

mined group of bosses and a government that has
demonstrated its willingness to do the muscle
work for the employers.

It is evident that the government tactic will be
to play the strike out for the next week or so
hoping for a break in the union. The chorus is
already developing for parliamentary action to
force the men back to the ships, and the labor
department has indicated it will take this course
when it feels the time is ripe.

Thus the struggle of the Canadian seamen mir-
rors not only a resurgence of unionism on the
lakes but also a battle of the whole labor move-
ment. The unity that has already developed by
workers in allied industries can be extended to
the whole labor movement in order to stop our
strike-breaking government in its tracks.

ly rooted in the Colombia coun-
tryside, the government has de-
tached more than half of its
army, some 25,000 men. The
heroic guerilla fighters, under
the command of Manuel Maru-
landa (Tiro Fijo), Ciro Trujilo,
Oscar Refod and more revolu-
tionary leaders, each time hit
the repressive apparatus harder,
with mobile columns of 30 and
40 men. This has caused more
and more despair in the high
command of the army, which has
tried to gain prestige by severe
attacks against the guerillas, as
in Vega Zarga and in Huila,
where they fought fruitlessly for
more than 24 hours against our
heroic operations . . .

“Colombia,” the Communist
leader continued, “while it is a
country of great mountain rang-
es, is also a country of cities, 53
percent of whose inhabitants
live in the urban centres. For us
the urban population, and par-
ticularly the working .class, will
play an outstanding role in our
revolution .. .

“For Columbia communists
and all the revolutionary fight-
ers in our country, we think that
the most effective form of solid-
arity in Latin America is that
which can deliver the unity of
the popular movements.”

In an interview with the San-
tiago de Chile daily, El Siglo,
Jorge Montes said that “the ma-
jor contribution to the cause of
the struggle for liberty consists
in the unity of all for the pur-
pose of confronting the com-
mon enemy, imperialism.”

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all PT readers

“It is necessary to broaden
this anti-imperialist front,” he
continued, “and under no cir-
cumstances to restrict it. Any
intent on our part to impose our
point of view on others, or of
any other organization to im-
pose theirs, would not favor the
necessary unity of action and
breadth in the struggle against
the common enemy. For this
reason we believe that we must
put the accent on the common
tasks that unite us, on the con-
crete tasks in which we are in
accord, and not put the accent
on that which separate us...

“The people of Latin Ameri-
can must unite in the struggle
against the common enemy, im-
perialism and the national oli-
garchies; it is necessary to main-
tain and develop the most active
solidarity with the struggle of
people all over the world, and
much more with those who have
seen the need of taking up arms
in their battles and also with
those who fight in secrecy.

“Ags imperialism . becomes
more aggressive, revolutionaries
must increase their aggressive-
ness, even participating directly
in the struggles of other peo-
ple, if required by those people
and always working under their
direction . . -”

“Speaking frankly, we must
say that the idea has been for-
mulated here that the armed
struggle is the only form of
struggle on our continent, and
that guerilla warfare is the only
form of struggle that can be
practiced.

“We are not in accord with
this position. Our reality indi-
cates something else to us, our
position is in response to an ap-
preciation of our reality. Probab-
ly the armed struggle will . be
correct in the majority of Latin
American countries, but it can-
not be made an absolute form...

“The conditions of economic
and social development are pe-
culiar to each country. One can-
not conceive of an identical re-
volutionary tactic in Chile, Uru-
guay or Costa Rica which could
be elaborated for Brazil, Colom-
bia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Peru,
or Bolivia. It is evident that the
development of the revolution
in the different countries will
adapt itself to the particulars in
each one of them. . Aa!

Canada and China

HE blatent hypocrisy of Canada’s Prime Min-
ister, Lester B. Pearson in relation to China
can be seen in his recent statement that we

would not press for the admission of the People’s
Republic to the United Nations because of the
internal situation in that country.

One would think that Canada had recognized
the People’s Republic of China and had fought
like a lion for her admission into the UN. Nothing
could be further from the truth as everyone
knows. We were only shamed into doing a little

bit on the admission question last year because of
the vast money being made out of sales of Cana-
dian wheat to China.

Regardless of the internal situation there is no
doubt that the People’s Republic of China should
be recognized by Canada and we should favor her
admission to the UN.

The weasly words of Pearson are only a cover-
up for our continued subservience to the United
States policy in relation to China.

CARLESS

THE FIDDLER

: : A remarkable young generation .

While the country sickens for lack of moral leadership, _
—q@ most remarkable younger generation has taken up. the _
stand of American idealism. Unlike so, many of their elders, _

they have perceived the fraud and sham in American life |
_and are unequivocally rejecting it. Some, the hippies, have

simply withdrawn; and while we may rcgret the loss of their _
energies and their sense of decency, we can hardly gainsay
their evaluation of the state of society. Others of our youth _
are sardonic and skeptical, not, | think, because they do
not want ideals but because they want the genuine article _
and will not tolerate fraud. Others—students who wrestle
-_ with their consciences abcut the draft, soldiers who wrestle —
with their consciences about the war, Peace Corps yolun- _

teers who strive to light the spark of-human dignity among a

the poor of India or Brazil and V.I.S.T-A. volunteers who try
~ ¢0 do the same for our own poor in Harlem or Appalachia —

Gre striving to keep alive the traditional values of American _

democracy... —

The focus of their protest is the war in Vietnam, and |
the measure of their integrity is the fortitude with which |
they refuse to be deceived about it. By striking contrast _
with the young Germans, who accepted the Nazi evil be- _
cause the values of their society had disintegrated and
they had no moral frame of reference, these young Ame- |
ticans are demonstrating the vitality of American values. |

They are demonstrating that while their country is capable

of acting falsely to itself, it cannot do so without internal

disruption, without calling forth the regenerative counter-_
force of protest from Americans who are willing to act in
defense of the principles they were brought up to believe
in. oe : : :

—Senator J. W. Fulbright

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