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Coming Events

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democracy and the modern socialist alter-
native.

To meet this challenge, a united party,
and a united socialist left, which can consol-
idate and mobilize the creative talent among
Canadian socialists, is necessary.

_ The press is our main asset in the
battle of ideas and for extending our influ-
ce in labour and the social movements.
‘The press should receive priority in the allo-

- cation of our limited financial resources.

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~ The press must be at oncea consistent voice

for class struggle politics, working class
unity, and social solidarity, for peace and
the environment, for internationalism,
social progress, and socialism. As well as
projecting our party’s distinct vision, it can
become a force for socialist unity in Can-
ada. It should encourage co-operation and
coordination with other socialist publica-
tions.

To confront the global problems of
peace, the environment and world devel-
opment, to meet the challenge of the class
struggle in new conditions of the globaliza-
tion of capital, and to provide a socialist
vision capable of becoming the political
goal of Canada’s working people and social
movements, the Communist Party stands
ready to transform itself and to work for the
dynamic strengthening of Canada’s left.

The Communist Party appeals to Cana-
dian socialists to join the historic project to
transform our party of socialism. We pledge
to all socialists to create an atmosphere
where they can contribute to change and
where they can join our ranks without prej-
udice to the development of any new social-
ist formations.

Action resolutions

©. implement the
perspectives contain-
ed in the resolution
The Communist
Party and a New
Decade, the follow-
ing specific recom-
mendations are pro-
posed for adoption by the 28th Convention
of the Communist Party:

@ To call on the 28th convention to
endorse each part of the resolution, The
Communist Party and a New Decade, as a

_ CP change proposed

statement of aims, principles, and political
orientation to guide the work of the party
until a new program and constitution are
adopted.
© To call on the 28th convention of the
CPC to reconsider the name of the party as
part of the process to rebuild the socialist
movement in Canada on a new basis. A
referendum ballot on a change of name
should be presented to the membership
before the end of 1990.
© To call on the 28th convention to
appeal to all socialists to join in this historic
project; to authorize the central committee
and all party bodies to do everything possi-
ble to facilitate the meaningful inclusion of
new members into party life at all levels.
© To call on the 28th convention to
instruct the incoming leadership of the
party to give priority attention to the further
development of forms of socialist unity. The
party should actively explore opportunities
to meet with other socialists to discuss the
role of the party within the socialist move-
ment now, and what changes to the party in
form and action would best contribute to
building a united socialist party in the
future, or other formations that would most
effectively advance the struggle for social-
ism in Canada.
_ © To call on the 28th convention to
instruct the incoming leadership to further
develop the necessary forms for enhancing
unity of the labour and people’s movements
(NDP, trade unions, communists, socialists,
coalitions) in line with the changed interna-
tional and Canadian circumstances.
© To call on the 28th convention to
amend the constitution to directly elect the
party leader and members of the central
executive at this convention, accountable to
the central committee between conventions.
To further amend the constitution to
require direct election of leadership at all
levels of party organization,
© To call on the 28th convention to
establish a Canada-wide program commis-
sion and constitution commission to pre-
pare detailed drafts of these basic documents
for membership debate no later than Sep-
tember 1991.
© To call on the 28th convention to
adopt the resolution, A People’s Alternative
to the Neo-Conservative SellOut, to serve as
a focus for our practical political activity in
the immediate future.

TV series on perestroika

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annual Community Writing Exchange and

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REFRESHMENTS

Festival at the Carnegie Centre in Vancouv-
er’s downtown eastside on Saturday, April
21.

An 7p.m. evening reading on the theme of
poetry for peace is included, with the Down-
town Eastside Poets and Helen Potrebenko.
Workshops run 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Phone Sheila
Baxter, 324-5801, or the centre, 665-2220.

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TV: Seattle’s public television, KCTS, airs
the series, Inside Gorbachev's USSR on
Mondays beginning April 30, 8 p.m. and
Thursdays beginning May 3, 4 a.m. A four-
part, one-hour each series on glasnost and
perestroika hosted by Hedrick Smith.
Closed-captioned.

KCTS also airs The Forbidden Land, on
the struggle over land reform and the threat
to the Amazonian rain forest in rural Brazil.
The documentary promises to examine the
church’s progressive role and the Vatican’s
attempts to restrict it. Airs Tuesday, May 1,
10 p.m. and Tuesday, May 8, 4 a.m. Closed-
captioned.

The station also offers a dramatization of
a popular play on Chinese-Americans, “Eat
a Bowl of Tea,” on American Playhouse,
Wednesday, May 2,8 p.m. and Sunday, May
6, 4a.m. Closed-captioned. And, strictly for
political junkies and masochists, Tricky
Dicky tells all in Richard Nixon Reflects on
Friday, May 4, 10 p.m.

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COMING EVENTS

APRIL 19 — Saving the Urban Environment.
Cleaning up pollution in Greater Vancouver.
Public forum. Speakers: Larry Kuehn, COPE
Environment Committee and Arnie Tomlinson,
environmental co-ordinator, UFAWU. 1726 E.
Hastings St. 7:30 p.m. Auspices: Centre for
Socialist Education.

APRIL 21 — Join us after the Peace Walk for
dinner and refreshments at Heather and Reg’s.
2666 Eton St. Sponsored by Kingsway Club.
Proceeds to Tribune.

APRIL 28 — “Keep on Singing.” Songs of our
working heritage. Ukrainian Hall, 805 E.
Pender. See display ad this age.

PENTICTON ;
APRIL 28 — 3rd Annual May Day celebration.
Potlock, guest speakers, Leir House, Penticton.
1 p.m.

APRIL 28 — Goodbye and good luck to Olive
and Stan Padgham, who are moving to Vernon.
Farewell tea. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Gidora’s,
12715 66 Ave. Surrey. For info: 591-1638 or
536-6065. Proceeds to Pacific Tribune.

NANAIMO
APRIL 28 — Potluck dinner honouring Ed
Skeeles. Tillicum Haus, 602 Haliburton,
Nanaimo. 6 p.m. sponsored by Nanaimo Club.
Proceeds to Pacific Tribune. Refreshments and
entertainment. For info: 758-6854.

VICTORIA
APRIL 29 — Fundraiser at the Knotthole,

.4810 Sooke Rad., Victoria. Guest speaker: Fred

Wilson, provincial leader, CPC. Dinner and
refreshments. All welcome. 2 p.m. Proceeds to
Pacific Tribune.

MAY 1 — Celebrate May Day at the IWA Hall
(13th and Commercial). Speakers: Jean Claude
Parrot, president, Canadian Union of Postal
Workers; Peter Mahlangu, South African Con-
gress of Trade Unions. Entertainment, etc.
FREE. Doors: 6:30 p.m. Program: 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Vancouver Trade Union May Day
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MAY 12 — Latin American art show. Russian
Hall, 600 Campbell Ave. Art auction and sale of
Salvadoran art. Salvadoran buffet dinner,
refreshments, entertainment. $12/$10. Watch
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Group and Assoc. for Peace and Self-
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JUNE 17 — Keep this date open for annual
Father's Day Brunch. Sponsored by New
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COMMUNIST PARTY OF CANADA office
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worker who died
April 6, 1990

— loving and respectful relatives
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