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h S program can be won, but it will
© persistent and united efforts on
art of the-working class and demo-
“Cforces, the creation of ademocratic
F Ce which includes the Communist
-It will not be achieved by jumping
‘Stages, by concepts of. ‘‘instant
ism’’, by rejection of the need for
the struggle. The struggle to help
about such a democratic alliance is
Y a central task of the Communist

lve forces who are concerned with
€ present and the future of Canada
Place in the world.
Contrast to the crisis policies of
poly capitalism, crisis-free
Sm continues its steady advance,
ofinflation, unemployment, instabil-
€quality and insecurity. The
free development of socialism is
Possible because the means of pro-
°n belong to the working people.
Contrasts between the two social
, US strengthens the power of attrac-
 °f socialism and in turn stimulates
Orking people in the capitalist world
&r greater struggle for their rights.

WORKING CLASS AND
_DEMOCRATIC UNITY

aed action of the working class and
By atic forces is essential to
ard and consolidate détente and
Snt Monopoly from placing the bur-
Of the crisis on the backs of the
8 people, and shift politics to the
he +t is in this. way that monopoly
R mo get out of the crisis.
dy, the working class and democratic
ment nothing is to be gained by
'8 forces with the more reactionary
Pro-U.S. forces. The sole bene-

open

“Y all Communists, all left and pro-~

ficiaries of such an approach would be
the political right wing with their more
anti-working class, anti-
democratic, anti-Canadian and anti-
détente policies..

Neither is anything to be gained by the
working class and democratic movement
on tailing the Trudeau government with
its anti-labor program and thereby sub-

-ordinating the interests of the working

class and democratic movement to
monopoly and its crisis policies:

In this situation our Party is faced with
the two-fold task of supporting those
realistic and correct positions of the
Trudeau government which strengthen
the process of détente while exerting at
all times maximum pressures on the gov-
ernment to compel it to continue along
the road of détente, disarmament, trade
and cooperation with the socialist
countries.

At the same time the Party must of
necessity expose government policies
which are directed to uphold and defend
monopoly at the expense of the working
people. There is no by-passing this com-
plex and contradictory situation and du-

ality of struggle which requires consider-
-able skill, flexibility and persistence.

What is essential is the advancement
of a democratic alternative to the crisis
policies of monopoly, one which will
strengthen the working class and democ-
ratic movements leading up to the forma-
tion of an anti-monopoly alliance able to
challenge and change governments. In
face of the drive to the right the working
class and democratic forces cannot af-
ford to be disunited. They must unite
their forces around a common program.

_ This is the key to checking the drive to

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the right and creating conditions for con-
tinued democratic advance... ©

Of major importance in building such
an alliance is unity of action between the

‘Communist Party and the New Democ-
ratic Party.

Ideological differences which exist
should be no barrier to such united ac-
tion. However, to bring such united ac-

tion about will require an end to cold war
attitudes .and anti-Sovietism and anti-
communism. It will require an end to a

. viewpoint that unity of action is possible

providing Communists cease being
Communists and adopt social reformist
positions.

We work for joint action with the NDP
as a basis for bringing about an anti-
monopoly coalition. Our Party wel-
comes the growing support by the NDP

’ to policies of peaceful coexistence,

détente and disarmament, and its sup-
port of solidarity movements.

We work for the unity of the working
people class to enable it to fight more
effectively against monopoly and for its
rights. We work to win the working class
for struggle policies and for socialism.
With this in mind we work to overcome
reformist illusions amongst workers,
help them understand the role of the
State, of the mass media, of the right
wing. This is central to deepening the
class consciousness of the workers.

We work to bring about labor-farmer
cooperation against monopoly which is
the enemy of both.

The farmers continue to be an impor-
tant ally of the working class. Any ten-
dency to underestimate this in theory and
in practice can do great harm to the work-
ing class and democratic movement in
the struggle against monopoly and the
multi-national corporations.

Of particular importance are the vari-
ous democratic movements which have
arisen in reaction to the policies of
monopoly.

Our Party must give active support to
all such movements. These range from
the movement in defence of the rights of
the Indian, Metis and Inuit peoples, the
movements against racism,. movements
for tenants rights, senior citizens move-
ments, movements for equality for
women, movements in support of train-
ing and jobs for youth, movements to .
defend and improve educational stan-
dards, the movements against poverty,

ase

ae

The struggle for democratic rights must
Include full support to the Indian, Metis
and Inult peoples’ struggies.

movements for price control, the peace

‘movements, solidarity movements and

movements for municipal reform.

All these movements alongside the
struggles of the working class, the strug-
gle for Canadian independence and for a

' made-in-Canada constitution, constitute

an integral part of a growing anti-
monopoly movement. Our task is to
stimulate, support and participate in th-
ese democratic movements, combining
this with a consistent struggle for work-
ing class and democratic action.

As these movements out of their ex-
perience, begin to fight for more radical
solutions, conditions will ripen to bring
about a democratic, anti-monopoly and
anti-imperialist coalition. Involved here-
is the need for a proper integration of the
parliamentary and non-parliamentary
struggle so that each reinforces the other.

DEFEND AND EXTEND
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS

The struggle in defence of democracy
is an essential part of the struggle for
socialism.

As the crisis deepens monopoly in-
creasingly tends to restrict democratic
rights. In these conditions neo-fascists
and racist movements emerge, inspired
and organized in one way or another by
the reactionary forces of monopoly.

Racism is:widespread throughout the
country as is discrimination against im-
migrants and ethnic groups. Anti-
semitism has been give a further impetus
too in the recent period. Rather than
condemning racism the government,
throught its paper on immigration policy,
has helped legalize discrimination.

Under the guise of law and order the
Canadian goverment is training the
armed forces for direct intervention
against the legitimate struggles of the
working people and democratic forces,
as part of its ‘‘law and order’ program.

The working class and democratic
movement cannot be indifferent to these _
developments nor fail to act in defence of
democratic rights.

The Communist Party is called upon to
help bring into existence movements di-
rected against these evils.

The struggle for democratic rights —
does not end there. It includes support
for a made-in-Canada constitution which
guarantees national and democratic
rights. It includes support for a Bill of
Rights for labor, including the restora-
tion of collective bargaining and the right
to strike.

It includes full support to the Indians,
Metis-and Inuit peoples in their struggle
for their national rights and land claims.

It includes an all-sided struggle against
the monopolization of the mass media
and its dangerous consequences for
democracy and the working class. The .
working class and democratic movement
must take up the fight for a break-up of
monopoly control of the mass media and
for democratic control over them. This
should include support for measures to
ensure the further Canadianization of the
mass media, particularly TV, the de-
mand for a Canadian state press agency
and the break-up of the so-called press
agencies which in reality are media
through which U.S. imperialism carries
its poisonous line.

It includes measures to democratize
the judicial system, including extension
of the legal aid system, and the institution
of democratic control over the RCMP
and other.security forces.

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