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Millions of people in the U.S., around the world, and in Canada, will join hands this
coming weekend — Nov. 13-15 — in giant protests to demand an end fo the war and

the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Centre of the giant protests is
to be Washington, D.C., where
an estimated 200,000 people
from all parts of the U.S. will
stage a huge peace march on Sat-
urday, Nov. 15. Despite efforts
by the Nixon administration to
block the march, the govern-
ment has been forced to retreat,
and the march will go ahead.

In an attempt to stir up an air
of violence aimed at frightening
American citizens from taking
part» in the peace demonstra-
tions, the Nixon administration
officially called for the “‘silent
majority’? to make last
Tuesday’s Veterans Day cere-.
monies massive demonstra-
tions of support for the Nixon
policy. The scheme ended in a
giant fiasco.

In Washington,
about 7,500 took part in the
widely publicized rally to
support Nixon’s Vietnam policy.
In Los Angeles, the vast Coli-
seum was booked to hear Gen.
Omar Bradley and other
prominent supporters of the
U.S. war, but a bare 600 people
attended. Other centres fared no
better in stirring up support for
the Nixon policy.

One of the most encouraging
signs of the growing mass
movement against the war in the
U.S. are reports of growing
participation by the trade
unions in the fight for peace.
Indicative of this was the
announcement this week in New
York that 150 buses will carry
representatives from more than
30 unions to take part in the
‘March Against Death’? im
Washington.

The B.C. Federation of Labor
convention last week adopted a
resolution condemning the war,
calling for withdrawal of
foreign troops, and urged the
CLC to press the Canadian
government to demand with-
drawal of U!S. troops.

Exposing the hypcrisy of
Nixon’s st’ ‘2ments in his Nov. 3
speech, t. he has worked for
ending we war since his
inaugeration, was the disclosure
this week that since Nixon took
office last January the U.S. air

D.C. only

and compares with 2,800,000
tons of bombs dropped by the
U.S. Air force on both North and
South Vietnam during the four
years of President Johnson’s
administration.

Protest demonstrations are
planned in most major Canadian
centres this coming weekend.

In Montreal four major events
are planned, including a candle-
light parade, a public rally at
which a delegation representing
the Provisional Revolutionary
Government of South Vietnam
will speak, along with David
Lewis of the NDP and Fernand
Daoust, vice-president of the
Quebec Federation of Labor. .

In Toronto, plans call for
a march on Nov. 15 which will
assemble at Queen’s Park and
march to Nathan Phillips Square
for a giant rally.

In Victoria, peace
organizations have united to
organize a teach-in on Friday,
Nov. 14 at Victoria College the
theme of which is to be:

“Canada’s Role in Ending the
Vietnam War.”’

In Vancouver, the giant anti-
war rally at the QET Wed., Nov.
5 is being followed by a ‘‘Candle-

. unconditional

light Procession’”’ Friday, Nov.
14 starting at 8 p.m. at the Court
House fountain. The procession
will march to Christ Church
Cathedral at Georgia and
Burrard for a meeting. It is spon-
sored by the Voice of Women.

On Saturday, Nov. 15 trade
unionists and other peace
workers are gathering at the

south end of Granville bridge at

11:15 a.m. to take part in a silent
march wearing black armbands,
which will proceed to the
Georgia Street side of the Court
House where a giant rally is to
take place. The Vancouver
Labor Council has urged all
unionists to take part.

The Communist Party of
Canada in Toronto last week
called on Canadians to join the
nation-wide protests against the
war and urged unity around
these three slogans: ‘‘For the
and immediate
return of all U.S. troops from
South Vietnam; For a broadly
based coalition government in
South Vietnam, including the
Provisional Revolutionary
Government; End Canadian
complicity. Stop the shipment
and sale of arms to the U.S.”’

force has dropped 1,200,000 tons
of bombs on South Vietnam
alone.

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