MOSCOW (TASS)—The Great
October - Socialist Revolution
“turned a new page in world
history,” said Arvid Pelshe,
member ofthe Political Bureau
of the Communist Party of the

tee. He delivered a report Nov.
6 at the Kremlin meeting mark-
ing the 58th Anniversary of the
October Revolution in Russia.
“The great cause of the Octo-
ber Revolution was destined to
become the cause of revolution-
ary transformation of the
world,” Pelshe said. ‘After pass-
ing the test of history and de-
monstrating its irresistible force
it inspired other peoples to the
building of socialism, instilled
greater confidence in the class
struggle of the proletariat, lent
wings to the national liberation

TORONTO—The Young Com-
munist' League distributed a
leaflet to Toronto high school
_ Students last week, urging them
to support the city’s high school
fe. teachers,

_ about exams and your marks,
right? What do we do when the

line!
“The Metro Board of Educa-
tion has forced teachers to
. Strike by refusing to accept the
_ Wage proposals of the govern-
* ment. appointed ‘fact-finder’, The
_ Metro Beard is trying to use the
plight of students, and our
honest worries,- against the
_ teachers, trying to break their
Strike. a:
“But it’s us — students and
teachers alike—who are the real
_ loosers. The way to get classes
going again is not by crossing
the picket line. We must pres-
_ Sure the school board to settle
__ the strike. We need to lower
Class size. We need quality edu-
Cation as a right. Tell William
Ross, chairman of the Metro
Board where you stand.

“Get involved — put your two
cents’ worth into the discussion
On the fight for a better educa-
tion.”

Soviet Union’s Central Commit- .

The leaflet said: “Worried .

teachers strike? Honor the picket -

A reader writes: “If the government

movement and gave a powerful
stimulus to the struggle for
peace, democracy and social
progresses.”

Toward Communism

The 58th anniversary of the
October Revolution holds special
significance, he said. Our coun-
try is moving toward a great
event, the 25th Congress of the
CPSU. “The Congress will sum
up the results of the tremendous
constructive work done by the
country in the closing five-year
plan period, generalize the expe-
rience gained, outline new pros-
pects for Soviet society’s ad-
vance toward communism, and
lay down the main guidelines
for the activity of the Party and
the State in the foreign policy
field.” :

Pelshe said that during the 58
years after the October Revolu-
tion industrial output in the
Soviet Union has increased more
than 200 times over. At present
the Soviet Union produces more
oil, pig iron, steel, cement, mine-
ral fertilizers, tractors, cotton
and woolen fabrics, leather foot-
wear, sugar, milk and butter than
any other country in the world.

Radical changes: have taken
place in Soviet agriculture. “Our
country is carrying out a long-
term program for putting agri-
cultural production on an indus-
trial basis, a program for further
strengthening the collective and
state farms economically,” Ar-
vid Pelshe said. :

The cattle breeders have done
a good job. The five-year plan
for purchases of meat and poul-
try, eggs and wool has been car-
ried out ahead of schedule. ‘The
growth of agricultural produc-
tion in recent years was achiev-
ed in difficult conditions, despite
the fact that the elements stag-
ed more than once a serious and
rather tough test for the Soviet
farmers, and they stood the test
with credit.” ;

11 Million Housed

Arvid Pelshe stressed that,
“never before was the task of
raising the living standards of
the people tackled in such depth
and on such a scale as in the
current five-year plan period.”
The real incomes of more than

.75 million Soviet people have in-

creased thanks to pay rises, can-
cellation of taxes and tax cuts.
More than 40 million people are
now paid higher pensions and
student grants.

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58th anniversary of the
October Revolution marked

During the current year alone,
11 million Soviet people have
moved to. new, more spacious
apartments. The Soviet Union is
building more housing than Bri-
tain, France, the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany, Italy and other
common-market countries com-
bined.

Pelshe said that as Soviet
society advances towards com-
munism, the public activity of
its citizens is growing and they
are drawn deeper and on a larg-
er scale into running the affairs
of the state.

“There are still some people
in the West,” Pelshe said, “who
like to speculate on the question
of human rights, and in this con-
nection shoot arrows of critic-
ism at our country. But they
will not find a vulnerable target
here. Human. rights in our coun-
try are quite real and effective.
They are guaranteed and en-
sured by the socialist system, by
genuine people’s power so fully
and effectively as in no capital-
ist country. It is precisely there
where capitalism is omnipotent
that the proclaimed democratic
rights are illusory.

Opponents of Relaxation

_Arvid Pelshe stressed that po-
sitive changes have taken place
in the international situation
lately. He described as a “histo-
ric event” the European confer-
ence held this year.

He pointed to the need for
stopping the arms race. He said
that the Soviet Union will con-
tinue to strive for “further pro-
gresses at the talks on troop and
arms reductions in central Euro-

pe and at the Soviet-American _

talks on a new long-term agree-
ment on the limitation of strate-
gic offensive arms.”

The USSR, he said, ‘‘is deter-
mined to contribute in every

,way toward establishing a just

and lasting peace in the Middle
East.”

Pelshe called attention to at-
tempts by the opponents of the
relaxation of tension to prevent
an improvement of the interna-
tional climate. “The Maoist
leadership of China is raising
serious obstacles on the way to
peace, relaxation and social pro-
gress, and this is being done un-
der the slogans of anti-Sovietism
which lie at the basis of Pek-
ing’s entire policy,” Arvid Pel-
she said.

‘participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the Geneva

WORLD NEWS

UNITED NATIONS PASSES RESOLUTION EQUATING
ZIONISM WITH RACISM

UNITED NATIONS—The UN General Assembly voted Nov. 10
to approve a resolution that denounces Zionism as a form of
racism and racial discrimination.

The resolution was passed by a 72-35 vote, with Arab, socialist
and most African, Asian and Latin American states forming the
approving majority. Canada, the United States, Israel and the nine
EEC countries led the votes against the resolution. There were
32 abstentions.

The non-binding resolution was first adopted in the UN Social
Committee in relation to the UN campaign to wipe out racism.
It labels Zionism as an exclusive and therefore racist ideology. |
The resoluticn makes no mention of the Jewish religion or people.

Earlier in the day, two resolutions were passed calling for the

Peace Conference on the Middle East, and reaffirming the United
Nations’ support for the Palestinian Arabs’ right to their own
state. The U.S. voted against both motions, although it is co-
chairing the Geneva Conference with the Soviets. The resolution —
instructs the U.S. and USSR to do everything possible to ensure
equal participation of the PLO. The Soviet Union had supported
and called for PLO participation previously. :

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GREEK POLICE SENTENCED FOR TORTURE
PATRAS, Greece — Twelve Greek policemen were found guilty
last week of torturing political prisoners during the seven year
military dictatorship which ended last year. The twelve received

sentences of up to six years and eight months in jail:

In Athens last week, treason charges against former dictator
George Papadopoulos were dropped by a court of appeals. Sixteen
members of his cabinet were also absolved. The charges were
separate from previous convictions of high treason and insurrection
connected with the 1967 coup. The men were sentenced to death for
these convictions, but the government said it will commute the
sentences to life imprisonment.

BRITAIN TO INCREASE ARMS SALES TO EGYPT
LONDON — The British government announced last week it is
ready to increase arms sales to Egypt, and will lift its ban on the
more lethal weapons it previously refused to sell Egypt. The an-—
nouncement came during a visit to England by Anwar Sadat, Egypt-
ian president, for talks with government officials.

_- GANDHI CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY

DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called for national
unity after being absolved by the Supreme Court last week from
a conviction of corrupt election practices. Gandhi’s charges meant
she would have been unable to run for public office for six years.

Her government was the victim of a right-wing attempt to
destablize it after she had been convicted, but Gandhi called a —
state of emergency to prevent it.

After her absolution, the prime minister appealed for national
unity to meet “internal and‘ external dangers” threatening the
country with destabilization.

: SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM TO REUNITE :

HANOI — The governments of the Democratic Republic of Viet-
nam and the Republic of South Vietnam announced Nov. 8 that
talks aimed at reunification of the country and calling of general
elections were underway. The two countries, split into north and
south in 1956 by the peace agreement signed in Geneva, stressed .
often that the Vietnamese people were fighting to rid their country —
of foreign invaders and for their reunification.

By ALFRED DEWHURST

interests of each and every working
person in the country, and in so do-

governs the country on behalf of all

the people, how can one explain the

Strong bias of the federal govern-

_ -Men’t Attack on Inflation in favor of
_ the big corporations?”

the following manner: because the
_ Corporations taken as a social group
are the masters of the government.
This being the case it would be
Strange indeed if the government did
Ot strive to resolve the problems

_ Confronting monopoly in the interests
Of the corporate community. How-
€ver, such a statement requires some
elaboration.

The government owes its allegiance

to a specific class in Canadian society

— the capitalist class of which the
Corporate elite is the dominate sector.

_. Asa result government policy, as
€xpressed through programs such as

Class interests of the big and powerful
Capitalist groupings first. The govern-
- Ment approaches all economic, poli-
tical and social problems confronting

This question could be answered in’

its anti-inflation program, places the

the country from a capitalist class
pceint of view.

The social system in Canada is
capitalism. The government is a capi-
talist government. Its motto: what's
good for the corporations is good for
Canada, regardless of the cost to the
working people and the country.

te a *

Ina class divided society such as
the Canadian, the interests of the
working people taken as a group
(class) and those of the capitalists
taken as a group (class) are diamet-
rically opposed. The workers, as a
social group which creates all social
wealth, must sell their power to labor
to the capitalists in order to live and
reproduce. The capitalists, as a social
group, take as their own all of the
socially created product over and
above that paid to the workers as
wages (direct and indirect). This is
the source of the antagonistic rela-
ticn between the working class and
the capitalist class.

This antagonistic relationship “be-
tween capital and labor is a fact of

life which cannot be ignored. When
.the crunch is down this antagonism

forces its way to the fore, and in the

- course of doing so, shattering and

dispelling pro-capitalist and above
class illusions of “people’s capital-
ism”, “the affluent society”, ‘‘a crisis
free society”, “the welfare state”, and
“capital and labor are partners”; all
cf which are fostered by monopoly
and propagated by. the apologists of
capitalism.
* * *

- The government’s Attack on Infla-
tion is a program which in effect tears
the mask off capitalism, exposes the
class nature of the government, and
serves to dispel illusions as to the
nature cf state-monopoly capitalism
and the governments that do its bid-
ding.

The government’s anti-inflation pro-
gram tramples roughshod on the self-

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ing, arouses their class (group) inter-
ests. That is why working people and
their unions have responded to the
government’s program with a sponta-
neous NO.

‘The battle to defeat the rn:
ment’s anti-working-class, anti-peo-
ple’s measures built into its anti-
inflaticn program will, without doubt,
raise the class consciousness of the
workers as a group. In other words,
it will stimulate the process whereby
workers begin to think of themselves
as belonging to a definite class in
Canadian society — a class with com-
mcn basic interests — the working
class. ase

It will stimulate the class as a
whole to think and act as a class for
itself — to attain the same level of
political consciousness as that of the
capitalist class. To approach all eco-
nomic, political and social problems
facing the working people and the
country from a working class point
of view. :