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Vol. 1 No. 0 =_>~

New York. July 4. 1968

PREVIEW ISSUE SPECIAL—10 CENTS

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RESURRECTION DENIED
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A preview issue of the
new Marxist daily news-
paper, The Daily World,
made its appearance in the
U.S. last week. Front page
feature photo showed the
desolation left when police
drove the poor people out
of
Washington.

Resurrection City in

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THE CULT OF THE GUN

The assassination of promi- ©

nent public figures in the
United States, and most re-
cently Robert F. Kennedy, has
sharply focused attention on
the cult of the gun as a way of
life in that country. “There are

ore guns in Los Angeles,”
said 2 Negro leader recently,

«¢han in Saigon. . ." The fact’

js that since tht turn of the
century nearly 800,000 U.S.
citizens have been killed by
privately owned guns. This is
glmost 200,000 more than all
the Americans killed in all the
nation’s wars. The U.S. suffer-
more than 20,000 gun fata-
lities Jast year, of which 7,000

e murders and homicides,

accidental deaths, and

suicides. Add to this
00, who were wounded by
unfire- With 5.6 homicides per
000, the U.S. outstrips all
other industrialized nations

whic —Time

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A BETTER LIFE
THROUGH CHEMISTRY
Not so long ago the symbol

2 of the American way of life

eared as Coca-Cola or a
apP sy wad of chewing gum.
gie" the great export synonym
eee to be a tidy black aero-
oe con of Mace. This is the
ee. ay Produced in the land
ete we all live better through
wm, wonder of chemistry which
“ge ordinary tear gas with a
mix ent that breaks down the
so otective coating on human

skic copped to the belt of a

-g can of Mace becomes a
pore cure for any social ill of
sul’ Great Society. Imported
the Canada and given to the
0 jice forces around the coun-
pO"'"Mace becomes in the
try on a weapon in the “pre-
jontive warfare” plans of the

ice :
pol gt week it was used for

the first time against a group

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h have stringent gun laws.

of young people in London.
Ontario, Explaining the occa-
sion, London police commi$s-
sion chairman, Judge W. E. C.
Colter said the police were
not going to use it, “unless if $
absolutely necessary, and then
very sparingly. | think the
police gre entitled to what-
ever protection they can get in
a riot sjtuation — mind you,
Tuesday night was not a riot-

The question naturally
arises, why was it used then?

Naturally the supposition
occurs that it was used as an
experiment on a human target.
first of gll to judge its effec-
tiveness, and also to condition
public yeaction. Next time it
is used it probably won't rate
a report in the press. Once
Mace js part of the armament
of the police, it will be used,
and jt will become routine
police practice.

In the wake of last TueS-
day’s experiment there is ©@
new urgency to demand that
Mace be removed from the
police grsenal, and outlawe
in Cangda. The corruption an
disease of American society:
which Mace illustrates must
not wash over the border.

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MORE WAR TO HELP
THE KIDDIES
Blessed old Toronto, a com
vention city now.gets treated tO

© regular diet of so-called se*-

vice groups: Many recall the
smell tpat rose over Map!¢

Leaf Gardens some years back |

when thousands of Shriners '"
tassled pats listened to Gove™
nor Wajjace. Pickets ringed the
building in protest then:

This week, same place, the
U.S. egntrolled Kiwanis (he!P
the kiddies, say they) met af
had q jong list of Right-win9~
ers—from Ross Thatcher (rail-
ing medicare) to some nt
broadegster (railing the U.--
Poor gqnd applauding cop%/:

hen the Kiwanians passed ©
resolutign to “fight communis™

vn

at home and abroad, and sup-
port the U.S. armed conflicts.”
An effort by one Canadian de-
legate to get a resolution pass-
ed “supporting the ideals of
world peace” was overwhelm-
ingly defeated. Some lousy
service club. ;
MONGOLIAN ANNIVERSARY

On July 11, Mongolia celeb-
rated the 47th anniversary of
its revolution. This second old-
est of the socialist countries is
also one of the least known to
the world at large, though in
recent years, since its admis-
sion to the United Nations, the
Mongolian government has
played an increasingly import-
ant role in. international af-
fairs.

Mongolia leaped directly
from feudalism into socialism.
In the process the one million
Mongolian people’s heroic ef-
forts were assisted by the So-
viet Union and later by other
socialist states. Factories rose
up and agriculture developed
and the people themselves
changed.

At the time of the Revolu-
tion the average life-span was
less than 30 years; today it ‘is
65 years. Some 25 million
sheep, cows, horses, camels
and goats represent the basic
wealth of Mongolia, but in-
dustry and agriculture increase
in importance with each pas-
sing year. Living standards are
rising steadily and impressive
advances are being made on
the educational and cultural
fronts.

Mongolia is an important
part of the socialist camp. Its
leaders have avoided the pit-
falls of dogmatism and adven-
turism. Mongolia works for
peaceful coexistence, _ firmly
defends its sovereign indepen-
dence and gives unstinting
support to the struggle of the
Vietnamese people against
American imperialism. :

ethers gts t) OB) DIanY

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Mr. Trudeau was his usual frank self when
he emerged from the first meeting of the new
29-man Cabinet to tell newsmen that frankness
in public is the last thing he will tolerate in his
colleagues.—Toronto Globe & Mail.

In the election aftermath, one political com-
mentator wrote that Canada elected a President
rather than a Prime Minister. Perhaps that
statement is one of those which vulgarize as well
as describe a process where power becomes cen-
tralized in one man.

This is not so much a result of the nature of
the Liberal election victory,.or for that matter
the emergence of Trudeau as the strongman of
the Liberal Party. Rather it is a reflection in
Canada of the rapid process in which the whole
capitalist world moves away from democratic
forms evolved in a less crisis-ridden stage of the
system.

The decline of the influence of Parliament in
the conduct of the affairs of state, is matched by
the alienation of Parliament from the people.
More and more it becomes an after-the-fact
rubber stamp and a hot house of irrelevent de-
bate—a process which will be accentuated by a
strong majority government.

In this context, the proposed “Parliamentary
reform” looms rather ominously. The thrust of
this reform appears to be in the direction, of a
restriction of debates and prerogatives of the
House. More power will be concentrated in cabi-
net committees, but the main influence will in-
creasingly be from the elite of advisors.

A reform or a modernization of both the
workings of Parliament and the whole electoral
system is, of course, badly needed. We can do
‘with less of the trappings and ceremonies and
more meaningful debate and public participa-
tion in government. Such reforms mean more
public knowledge of and participation in the
framing of new legislation. Public hearings and
submissions by interested groups and individu-
als should become a normal legislative process
governing all aspects of policy.

- The Senate should be abolished as should the
divisive and anti-democratic Monarchy.

A. system of proportional representation
should be evolved so that all streams of public
opinion could be represented in Parliament.

The key to any Parliamentary and electoral
reform must be established within the frame-
work of a new Canadian constitution, based on
the existence of two nations mutually delegating
well-defined powers to a federal authority.

_ The above are of course neither the begin-
ning nor the end of suggestions for reform and
democratization of our Parliamentary institu-
tions. They, like so many other ideas go in the
direction of strengthening Parliament and mak-
ing it more reflective of the demands of the
people.

The pressure to undermine the democratic
forms which have been won by the people is
always present. It can only be thawarted by
counter pressure to expand and broaden the
base of our democratic institutions.

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Sine in Mondo Nuovo, Rome

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