he political importance of

labor unity is based squarely on the recognition of the history- making role of the workers in today’s society. The proper understanding of this measures and determines success or fail- ure in the struggle for unity. It is the workers who are the great force for democracy today. This is what was so clearly proved in Oshawa,

Kenneth Bryden (NDP, Wood- bine) was a hundred times right when he told the Ontario Legis- lature on Feb, 15, there was no threat to public order in the Oshawa newspaper strike, At the same time, and in spite of this well known fact, ‘‘everything possible was done to create an atmosphere of hysteria to con- vince the public that Oshawa was teetering almost on the brink of a civil war,”

This calculated effort to put labor in a bad light is evidenced in eachand every strike situation, The pattern is to stir up opin- ion against the workers on strike. Then come the court injunctions, followed in turn by police es- corting strike-breakers through picketlines and stirring up vio- lence which is then blamed on the workers,

In many cases strong provo- cations result in someone fighting back, or in someone taking it on himself to retaliate for the wrongs done in a way which later on distorts the image and pre- sents a wrong concept of the union involved, None of these shady tactics succeeded in Osh- awa, simply because the workers were united to the last man and woman, Unity was and is thekey to victory.

«Ontario failed the courts” said the lead editorial ‘in the scab- produced Toronto Globe and Mail the day after the strike was settled, The Globe bemoaned the fact that ‘*. . .In the 11 days that elapsed between the issuing of a court injunction limiting the

- ‘number of pickets at the Oshawa

\ By CHARLES BOYLAN

The Rhodesian crisis isa world

: and unless Ian Smith is

di of, the flames of inter- racial may engulf the south- ern sub-centinent of Africa. So winoira, a Zimbabwe ) nationalist leader

_ dents ahd ty at U.B.C, last

Tuesday, Mr. » who is being ona Canadian uni-

versity speaking tour by the Can- - adian Unidn of Students, said there were two ‘doctrines con- testing for’ the Mleadership of Southern Afri

The first ee Seocribed as -#multi-racialism,’? which em- _ phasizes the importance of race

_ and advocates the political, mili- tary and social supremacy of the _ whites over the’ blacks and col- -ored (mixed white and black).

Times and the settlement of the strike, masses of pickets flouted the court’s order and no effort was made to enforce the law.” (My emphasis—B.M.).

The facts are that Lord Thom- son with his $300 million news- paper and TV empire was allowed to make use of a bad iaw to try and break a perfectly legal and justified strike of 49 workers on his Oshawa Times, He failedand the strike was settled, It could have been settled in the first place without a strike had Lord Thomson recognized that no one today can live on $43 to $50 per week,

Solidarity of all workers, not only those directly involved in the strike, won in Oshawa, The victory is the most significant first step towards a nation-wide campaign against the court in-

junction as a strike-breaking —

weapon,

*¢We are very pleased at what happened in Oshawa. We believe the right of lawful assembly takes precedence over a judge’s ruling when the two clash,” said David Archer, president of the Ontario Federation of Labor,

“tf the auto workers want to put 16,000 workers arounda plant

they should have the right to ; do so as long as it is peaceful, - They certainly have a righttothe 1

streets, The streets don’t be- long to the corporations,” said Claude Jodoin, president of the Canadian Labor Congress,

This was the general consen-

sus of more than 70 labor leaders -

who met. in Oshawa after the strike and decided on a Canada- wide campaign to abolish injunc- tions in labor disputes and to defy them by mass picketing wherever the local circum- stances make this expedient, as in Oshawa,

The lesson of Oshawa is that |

only unity in action of all workers can bring victory for labor in today’s conditions, as always.

‘The second he called a non- racial ‘‘inclusive political sys- tem” based on one man — one vote, “We are confident this second, more democratic alter- native will win,” he said. “In the meantime southern - Africa suffers under the first doctrine,”

“The policy of Ian Smith is a ’carbon copy’ ofapartheidism,” said Zwinoira, The history of Zimbabwe is one of resistance and struggle by the African people against the spirit of Cecil Rhodes’ imperialism, In a further dis- cussion of Rhodesian history, Zwinoira pointed out that the local imperialist policy of the South African settlers has con- stantly been appeased by suc- cessive Tory and Labor govern-

ments in Britain, *When other colonies have re-

belled, the 13 American colonies, Kenya, Malta, Cypress, Aden, Malaya, and British Guiana, just to name a few, Britain had always

QUEBEC LEADER’S PLEA:

‘Adopt a new, two-nation constitution for Canada’

‘¢We in Quebec have known for weeks that the Pentagon had ordered a study of Quebec under the code name ‘Project Revolt’ and in fact we have had a copy of that study,” said Sam Walsh, president of the Parti Com- muniste du Quebec, when he visited the PT office last Friday.

“This study by the U.S, army should disturb every Canadian, It is an insult as well as a threat to both people — Frenchand Eng- lish,’’ said the Quebec Communist leader who spoke at many func- tions during his recent visit to B.C,

In an interview with the PT, Walsh said that it is “imperative that those concerned witha united Canada should act as quickly as possible to demand the convening of a constituent assembly of both nations in Canada to work out a new constitution guaranteeing the rights of self-determination to both nations and to adopta made- in- Canada constitution,”

He said that with the collapse of the Fulton-Favreau Formula it was essential that democratic Canadians should lose no time demanding that the out-dated B.N.A. act be scrapped and a new Canadian constitution be adopted,

Referring to the Fulton- Favreau Formula, which -was worked out at a secret. meeting

SQ & Fred Wright (UE News)

“Well, do you know another way to keep 'em from going Communist?”’

Wilson Rhodesia policy hit

used armed force to put the rebellion down, But ‘when Ian Smith rebelled, Wilson consid- ered him “kith and kin.”

Zwinoira said the economic sanctions of Britain were a sham, “South Africa supplies Southern Rhodesia with oil and British and American banking interests con- tinue to support South Africa,” he charged,

«The only solution is to demand that Britain use military force to put down Smith and establish a government on the principal of one man, one vote,”

He went on to say that unless a non-racial policy of “inclusive political institutions’? were adopted in Southern Africa, the continent would soon explode in violence, “In this age of modern science and technology,” he con- tinued, “mankind cannot afford to allow this to happen,”

_ time

j but if all

of Canada’s 10 provincial prem- iers and the Federal government; Walsh pointed out that at the the Lesage government whole-heartedly supported the Formula and the Liberal premier of Quebec even said he would place the life of his government on the line on this issue.

“Now,” said Walsh, Premier” Lesage has made a full retreat, He soon discovered that opposi- tion to the FFF was almost unanimous and that if he continued to try to impose it on Quebec he faced almost certain defeat inthe next provincial election expected in May or June,”

Walsh said the French Can- adian people saw the FFF as a “straightjacket” which would prevent the French-Canadian na- tion from achieving national inde- pendence,” Under the Formula, said Walsh, any change affecting the jurisdiction of Quebec would have to have the consent of all provinces,

«The method of amending the constitution under the FFF was on a nine to one ratio, not one nation to one nation which is the sole acceptable basis for a united Canada,” said Walsh.

“The only real solution to the constitutional crisis in Canada is not on the basis of ten prov- ‘inces but as two national en- tities united on a voluntary basis and jointly granting certain juris- dictions to a confederal govern-~— ment,” said Walsh,

He pointed out that when Le- sage retreated from his stand on the FFF he declared that he stood by the BNA Act and that all that was necessary was for Quebec to occupy the jurisdic- tions granted in the provisionsof the BNA Act and to use the opting-out clauses.

Walsh said “there is no ob- jection to opting out on certain — issues for the immediate period, the provinces pro- ceeded under opting-out pro- visions it can shatter unity among the English-speaking provinces and undermine national unity.”

The Quebec Communist leader | pointed out that solution of the crisis of Confederation today re- quires a new democratic consti-. tution and that under such a constitution Quebec cannot be

treated as just another prov-

ince — as the other nine prov- inces. To do so, he said, is to deny the right of self-deter- mination to the French-Canadian people,”

Walsh said a genuine unity of Canada’s two nations can only be based on each having full rights of self-determination, He said having that right does not mean that it will be exercised, It does mean that by having that right, unity can be achieved on an equal basis.~ He likened it to people having the right to divorce

but not necessarily using it.

He said the action of Lesage in dropping the FFF was a vic- tory for democracy but it will not stop there, and it won’t pre- vent the fight for full national self-determination. :

Walsh gave the PT a vivid picture of the large movements sweeping Quebec, He related the struggles among the workers,

farmers, students and peace workers, “The people of Quebec are uniting around many issues,’’ ‘he said. He pointed to the wave

“of labor struggles and the threat

of a general strike last year which forced the Lesage govern- ment to withdraw anti-labor legislation.

The Communist leader. also outlined the big battle of thou- sands of students from technical universities who struck against the attempt of the provincial gov- ernment to extend their school year which would cut down their chances of working to earn tuition fees, “The students are on the move in Quebec and are showing great militancy and unity,” Walsh said.

“The big question today is whether the big monopolies will get all the fruits of the modern- ization of Quebec or whether the people will get a share of the new wealth being produced. The workers, students, farmers and others are. fighting to prevent the monopolies from grabbing everything,” said Walsh,

The Communist leader pointed to the growing sentiment for unity of the left in Quebec. He said the Parti Communiste du Quebec had evolved in response to necessity, Quebec needs a Marxist party which will be part of the growing left in Quebec and which at the same time will have an internationalist program, “The formation of the PCQ is not a move to split the working class of Canada but rather a move to unite the working class

-of both nations on the basis of

full equality and a recognition of their common interest in the struggle against monopoly cap- ital,” Walsh said.

The Quebec Communist leader is on a tour across Canada to explain the events in Quebec and to clarify the basis on which unity of Canada’s two nations can be achieved, and to explain the recent action in establishing the Parti Communiste du Quebec as a distinct entity.

Walsh told the PT that the Quebec Communists hope to raise enough funds to make their paper “Combat’’? a twice-monthly by May 1 instead of a monthly, which it is now. “This will tremendously help our struggle in Quebec,” he said. Hundreds of dollars have already been donated in B.C. to the Quebec Solidarity Fund to help the work of the PCQ and to expand *“Com- bat.”

Walsh said contributions to this fund will also help greatly to insure the publication of more leaflets and pamphlets addressed to the French Canadian workers, and generally strengthen the public work of the Party in Que- bec. “They will also show that the working class of English Can- ada are inéerested in helping their French-Canadian brothers, and would be a source of unity and strength for all Canadian workers,” Walsh said,

Contributions to the Quebec Solidarity Fund may be sent to the provincial office of the Com- munist Party, Room 502, Ford Building, Vancouver, B.C.

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