Be tact
0 A
tatu a seeking for new policies

yy. 2Way from the old li -
Wie e old line par.
F eC 1S increasingly eeiabint:
ty at in this situation of oppor-
Ror advan lenge the prospects for
icles of aa are endangered by the
0, in allian’ right wing in the NDP
M trade fee with the right wing in
Me Drecinen® aftiliated to the NDP,
ty, Heated a crisis within the
HHO, it is the crisis centres in On-
Udiate countrywide in scope. The
Psion tp .u8© Of that crisis is the
7 hin ea the Waffle from the

eBanizate dissolve their forms

inp "Sis lies

“ tee deeper cause of
. wt the adaptation of the
Piltable quitalist policies, and the in-
Position, sence of a left wing in
‘laborati 0 these policies of class
"Aflles ae If the expulsion of the
fitken a Place it will seriously
iy monopoly DP and help the parties
vattage ¢ Who would hope to take
efit. the situation to their own

wy decision
i) th ew, In t
» “Oe Cc

to expel is not some-
Rev 30’s the right wing
aRainst €rtook a similar opera-
, aN ene left wing, under the
attacked aning out the Communists.

and expelled all those who

of With Sas Who favored coopera-
. 1 Peratig Ommunist Party instead
~ Teg ce With capitalism. The
( rethen . that struggle was to
: aPitalist ideas within the

Ri :
‘ght Wing Strategy

Toq
ty wa :
4 lh Y the Situati
ade al lance
} Unions ;
Wi

Docent *Pulsion of the Waffles, if

OU, and C ;
Toga y Onservatives are to
- 26 Sime tend to blur what-
Hoje the po istinctiveness the NDP
Te * +3 pre ical spectrum. This of
tay” right st the electoral strategy
the wabitity ae give it an aura of
tase tty bour Which to appeal to
A 8edisie and the middle

By
hap: Wenge :
ig ; omits Orientation and of
Carate™Poly ed capitalism work
Napa of Mr : be seen in the de-
thar tt * Lewis that he would

thet gh a Pri
bye id Age Review Board, and if
Caray, hey are ¢, “88 and price con-
“| brag lO ty ‘ to be found in his de-
Moa that i; he Canadian Labor Con-
a = oe needed a “modern ap-
its 4 nective bargaining, that
hoe nds ae being unreasonable in
a mee x accept what monopoly
Ue Position StV® no more, no less
apPtesige®, °Yen Mr. MacDonald.
Ray ch iS sen oudn’t stomach. This
tt toather yn M the position of Mr.
‘| Mane” foreg “a called on the work-
8 increases. i
: some : s in the
Soi! in efor thical national inter-
“Orono oR of _ agree to intensified
Ay ey. € working class by

aSS concepts are ex-
a

st vllect cis - of class collabo-
.. Adership ‘Sah Tight wing trade

U
all nity for democratic pro-

; Quebec labor marching for their just demands.

The aim of the right wing is mot di-
rected to help the working class find a
way out of the growing contradictions
of capitalism at the expense of mon-
opoly, but rather of helping monopoly
resolve its contradictions at the ex-
pense of the working class, its jobs,
standards and trade union rights.

Social Democracy Role

At the same time the proposed ex-
pulsion of the Waffles is a clear warn-
ing against those who advocate genu-
ine autonomy and independence in the
trade unions, as it is a warning against
those who advocate socialism in the
NDP as a basic solution to the funda-
mental problems confronting the coun-
try and the Canadian people.

While right-wing policy is respon-
sible for i crisis within the NDP, the
position often taken by the Waffles has
made the struggle against the right
wing more difficult. The Waffle too is
in crisis reflecting the crisis of “New
Left” policies. The rhetoric of the Waf-
fles, their pseudo-radical posturing and
“New Left” theorizing has not been
calculated to win support for their
policies and has often repelled the very
forces which condemn right wing poli-
cy. Above all, by spreading the false
gssumption that the basic problems of
the Canadian people could be solved
through and within the NDP, that the

NDP is the vehicle through which to

achieve the socialist transformation of
cur country, the Waffles have misled
those who aspire for genuine social-
ism, and at the same time stood in the
way of uniting the forces of the social-
ist left for common aims.
Certainly there is more than enough
international experience as well as per-
formance in Canada, to disprove such
an assumption. The NDP was and re-

mains a social
rating within t
talism. It is no
the class structure
aims are not scien :
the seeking of reforms wi
= if the
If this situation is to change,

ome part of a democra-

NDP is to bec # ee abe

nadian independence and to
genuine Ca g policy in the NDP

he framework of capl-
t formed to challenge
of capitalism. Its
tific socialism but
thin capital-

jective requires un

enuinely soc
tie, as is suggested in some
in a breaking of th
CLC.

Left Trend Inevitable

elieve the expulsion of the Waf-
ioe sal only be helpful to the parties
of monopoly. Their expulsion roe
will not prevent to re-emergence one
left in the NDP. This 1s as inevitable
as day follows night.
Certainly the Communist Party
should do everything in its power SO

that the expulsions if they take place,

will not lead to a withdrawal of Waf-

flers from the struggle for Canadian in-

democratic party, OPe- .

dependence and for socialism. Rather
it should result in a more active in-
volvement by them in the many sided
struggle, including joining the Com-
munist Party for all those who want
genuinely socialist policies based on
the principles of Marxism-Leninism.
Irrespective of what takes place in the
NDP our Party should undertake an
open, friendly dialogue with Wafflers.
Experience shows that it is both pos-
sible and fruitful. This dialogue needs
to be devoid of sectarian hangovers
which would get in the way of coope-
ration for common aims.

In any event the crisis within the
NDP underscores again and again that
if changes in the relationship of forces
are to take place in the broad political
arena, and in the democratic move-
ment in the first place, the working
class must be’ the driving force for
such changes. This puts to the fore-
front the development of our policy of
industrial concentration whose aim
must be over the next period of time,
to have the unions become carriers of
left policies.

Labor on the March

The CLC convention mirrored the
struggle between two policies, that of
the right wing and that of the left
wing. The growing pressures of the
workers was seen in the various poli-
cies adopted, be it on economic policy,
on solidarity with the working class of
Quebec, on the issue of peace and for-
eign policy, on the question of bring-
ing unions into the CLC, on the or-
ganization of the unorganized particu-
larly the white collar workers, and not
least in the very significant vote given
Mr. Bell running for President and Mr.
Stewart running for the Executive.

What the vote signifies is that the
cold war is on the wane in the trade
union movement, that the. work-
ing class is faced with the reality of
a hot war by monopoly on its stand-
ards, its jobs and rights and sees the
need for policies to meet it and for men
to lead that struggle. The votes are a.
criticism of class collaborationist poli-
cies which are exposing themselves
more and more as completely bank-
rupt, other than that of propping up
capitalism at the expense of the Cana-
dian people.

Congratulations are due to all left
wingers at the CLC convention, to
men like John Clout, of St. Catharines,
Bill Stewart of Vancouver, to all those
who advanced sound working class

" policies. The convention showed that

our Party is not an isolated force. It is
a growing force based on the correct-
ness of its policies which the working
class is increasingly recognizing as
valid and necessary for their advance.

Communist Election Strategy

The essential element of our elec-
toral tactic is thus the election of

Fania Davis Jordan being greeted by

the Central Com
Party. es

NDPers and Communists. One should
note that we do not call for the elec-
tion of the NDP as such but of NDP-
ers. We believe the change is impor-
tant in that it gives the Party more
flexibility, and at the same time en-
ables the Party to pursue a policy of
differentiation towards the NDP, sharp-
ening its criticism of right wing policy
in the democratic and labor movement
while simultaneously pursuing a policy
of struggle for united action.

In addition to the above views there
are still some voices in the Party,
feeble it is true, which suggests the
Party only run a small number of can-
didates or none at all, and throw all
its energy into the battle to elect the
NDP. Experience however, has already
shown us that such an electoral policy
is self defeating, in that it tends to-
wards liquidationism in the Party,
opens the door to unqualified and un-
critical support of sccal democracy
and social democratism, rather than a
policy of conditional and critical sup-
port. This distorts the united front.
There will be no united front electo-
rally without: a strong Communist
Party, including Communist represen-
tation in Parliament, federally, pro-
vincially and municipally. ae

Moreover, our electoral policy is not
only related to a particular election; it
is an integral part of the struggle to
bring into being a democratic coalition
of which the Communist Party is a
part: The running of Communist can-
didates, irrespective of the vote, at a
perticular time, is therefore a decisive
component of our overall strategy and
needs to fit into it like a hand fits a
glove. At the same time our running
is bound to stimulate the left and pro-
gressive forces in the NDP, the trade
union and farm movements, amongst
youth and women and thereby become
an important part of the battle for

unity of the left.

In this regard one must say that
while all the objective conditions are
maturing for the realization of a de-
mocratic coalition, what is still lack-
ing and hampering its development is
the subjective fector, that is, the weak-
nesses in the democratic forces and
the resistance of the right wing in the
labor and democratic movement to the
formation of a united front which in-
cludes the Communist Party.

The ‘major factor in changing this.

situation and in bringing about a de-
mocratic alliance is the  all-sided
strengthening of the Communist Party.
At the expense of repeating, it must
be said again and again that there will
be no united front without a. strong
and effective Communist Party which

fights for it. There will be no change

of relationship in the working class
movement without a strong Commu-
nist Party rooted among the industrial
workers. There can, be no democratic
alliance without a strong Communist
Party including Communist represen-
tation -in Parliament.

mittee of the Communist

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