PART | i, Over Fascism fies of the United Na- ve been completely helmingly victorious Nand Asia. The com- fs; of the armed forces hon of Soviet Socialist i the capitalist democ- ; the peoples’ liberation + have brought total fazi Germany, fascist- Japan and all their fies. tet Union, after bear- @ mt of the war against tind playing a decisive ‘defeating Hitlerism, ‘lelivering the culmin- -; against Japan. Only “nity of the Western the Socialist Soviet “2 it possible to crush Only the firm main- ' that unity can se- and lasting peace! "won by the national ational unity of the ‘ring peoples, creates _-ity of winning such a ‘7i]1] command. good rs the overwhelming 3 the peoples of the } banish. the scourge zof war for many gen- Popular struggle for at forth in the Atlan- » and in the Teheran, sta and Potsdam dec- now the supreme ‘task 3 to be maintained and -] liberation of the op- - onial peoples is to be 3 ; Sas Operas acne 8 ERE FE OE ie Peoples’. War there - a radical change in '.1 of forces in Hurope and on a world scale. of democracy and emerge strengthened ijlitary struggle against ‘he forees of world im- merge weakened, with > contradictions and a base. Victory in the eated the conditions for ste extirpation of fas- at historic. change is * place in Hurope. Ina '£ countries the anti- -orees are carrying ye agrarian revolution. _- privileges are being ‘> Jandlordism is being ' and its vast estates are ided among the peas- iyples’ governments are > re-establish their in- ‘nd national economies \ the sinister influence ational finance-capital \mperialistie monopolies the complete emancipa- _ the peoples. they are able to advance $ path free, in the main, ‘oreign military interven- > @ tribute to the strength liberation movements and decisive anti-fascist and ing role of the Union of Socialist Republics _ For Jobs -- Peace and Progress On the other hand} those*tases where intervention has taken place (at an earlier stage, Bel- gium and Italy, and still in Greece) are a stern warning and a reminder to all anti-fascists that powerful imperialist, fi- nance-capitalist imterests are striving to prevent the continu- anee of democratic advance. Vighting every inch of the way to maintain their privileged po- sitions and their opportunities for exploitation of the workers and farmers at home and the eolonial peoples abroad, these interests are intensifying their drive against the forces of liberation. In this situation, Social-Dem- ocratism — with its record of assistance to reaction in the days of fascism’s rise. to power and threat to world democracy —onee again comes forward as the main obstacle to people’s unity, and as a bulwark of im- perialist reaction. Social-Dem- ocratism is seeking to under- mine the new-won Socialist- Communist unity, and to pro- mote a revival of the criminal anti-Sovietism that paved the path for war. Socialist-Communist unity is the core of tthe anti-fascist lib- eration movements; given con- tinued unity the peoples can continue to advance. But this advance, requires the defeat of the renewed Social-Democnatic attempts to help imperialism in its struggle against the camp of progress and democracy. 3 The sweeping victory for the social reform forces ex- pressed in the election of the Labor government showed ‘that the democratic upsurge extends to Britain also. The Labor-Pro- gressive Party hails that great electoral victory. The resound- ing defeat administered to Tory reaction will weaken reaction’s power to block ‘the forces of progress in Britain and on the continent. While hailing the electoral victory of the democratic forces in Britain, the Labor-Progres- sive Party warns against illus- ions as to the policies tthat the Attlee government will pursue. The Attlee government may in- troduce some reform measures, but its main concern will be to help British capitalism meet the Grisis’ that the end of the war will bring. In foreign affairs the Attlee government is continuing the policies of the Churchill govern- ment — as was glaringly exem- plified in the speech of Ernest Bevin. It is striving to_prottect the interests of British export industries and finance-capital by | maintaining the Empire and its imperialist privileges — as ex- emplified in its seizure of Hong Kong from our ally,China. The British elections demon- strated the widespread desire of the people there for social pro- gress and international coopera- tion; but the real struggle against entrenched privilege and reaction in Britain and the Em- pire has only just begun! . Decisive for the maintenance of peace and for a progressive course in world development is the solution of the problems of Asia, of the colonial and semi- colonial peoples. 9 — PACIFIC ADVOCATE Statement of the LPP National Committee Defeat of Japan by the United ministration, supported by the Nations opens the path to -tre- mendous democratic advance for the peoples of China, India and South-East Asia—provided that the liberation movements achieve full, democratic unity, and re- ceive the active support of all popular forees in Britain and America. In the Far East as in Europe, the role of the Soviet Union is that of a bulwark of democracy and liberation as demonstrated in the Soviet-Chinese Treaty which scrupulously observes the sovereignty of China, while pro- viding for joimt military secur- ity and economic and political co- operation. Achievement of unity through a democratic coalition govern- ment, as proposed by the, Chi- nese Communists, is the key to all future advance in China. In India, the liberation forces, given increased suport from the workers: and progressive people in Britain and tthe Dominions, face new possibilities of strug- gle for their independence. In Japan, stern punishment of all war-criminals and carrying out in full the Potsdam declaration, ean alone uproot all vestiges of fascism and clear the path to that country’s democratic recon- struction. The problems of Asia are of vital concern to all democratic Canadians; it is the task of la- bor to arouse the country to ac- tive support of the liberation movements in the colonies and semi-colonies, as an integral part of the world-democratice struggle against imperialist reaction. The Labor-Progressive Party pledges itself to redoubled effort in this cause. 5 Finance-capitalist imperial- * ism is no longer in a position to dictate world policy at will. In the course of the war, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has come forward as one of the three decisive powers of the world—the greatest power in Europe and Asia. Monopoly capital, which hrought Hitler to power in Ger- many and built up fascist Japan, is under widespread demlocratic fire. Defeat of fascism in Europe and Asia was defeat of its proteges, partners and de- fenders. With the final defeat of the Axis powers, thle consolidation of antifascist governments and deep-going changes in world po- litical relations, divergent fben- dencies are developing and deep- ening within the capitalist class. Against the powerful interests which are impelled by the basic drive of finance-capitalist im- perialism for domination, im- portant sections, including sec- tions of monopoly capital, are impelled by their own profit- seeking aims and popular demo eratic pressure to support poli- cies of, international economic and political co-operation. - Even in the strongholds of finance- capitalism, Britain and the United States, its defenders, are on the defensive against the broad popular demand that mon- opoly capital be brought under control and its power fon evil destroyed. This relation of forces is clearly reflected in the United States, where the Truman ad- Ces forces of the Roosevelt-labor- democratic coalition, is under growing pressure from the most reactionary circles of monopoly. Combatting every concession of the Administration to reaction, the Jlabor-democratic camp is rallying its forces in the fight for 60 million jobs, for the ful- fillment of the Roosevelt pro- gram, and for the defeat of the fascist threat that stems from the most reactionary circles of U.S. monopoly-capital. The conflict between the two * opposing trends in world poli- ties today is brought into sharp- est focus on the decisive issue of the fight for peace. At San Francisco the major struggles centred on the efforts of imperialist reaction to dictate postwar relationships, as against the strivings of the peoples for effective world security. The Charter of the United Na- ttions Organization, despite the efforts of reactionary forces to weaken its provisions, embodies the essential requirements for checking future aggression. It. embodies, in the composition and authority of the Security Coun- cil, the principle of great-power unity which is the sole guarantee of a stable peace. It recognizes and contains elementary pnrovi- sions for curbing some of the acute economic causes of inter- national instability. The Charter cannot by itself safeguard peace; it represents agreement upon, and states the means by which peace can be maintained. Its effectiveness will depend entirely upon the sustained action and unity of the peace - loving peoples throughout the world. The need for struggle in the cause of peace is emphasized by the weaknesses revealed at San Francisco: Imperialist reaction sueceeded through its pressure in seating the government of fas- cist Argentina, excluding that of democrating Poland excluding ‘the World Union Congress; and, in the formulation of the Chart- er, the spokesmen of reaction were able to block the inclusion in its aims of the right to work and of independence for the col- onial peoples. Yet despite these setbacks, the Charter does represent the solution of a problem of inter- national agreement never before achieved. The Labor-Progressive Party unequivocally supports ithe Unit- ed Nations Charter. We call upon all democratic Canadians to uphold the principles of tha Charter in order that Canada may become a force for stable peace in the world. The Labor- Progressive Party warns demo- cratic Canadians that Canadian imperialism which, along with United States imperialism, is emerging from the war in a strong position, will seek to pre- vent Canada from playing @ pro- gressive vole in the postwar world. Canadian imperialist in- terests may well seek to rein- force British imperial interests in the struggle against all re- forms in the colonial system. The Labor-Progressive Party urges all sections of the labor movement to register their sup- port of the Charter and to strengthen the national unity of all peace-loving Canadians to en- sure that Canada shall become a positive factor in the fight to achieve the Charter’s aims. Decisive for the future of Europe and of world peace is the agreement reached by President Truman Prime Minister Attlee and Marshal Stalin at their con- ference at Potsdam. This agree- ment marked a continuation and elaboration of the policy and aims announced in the historic Teheran Declaration. In =< 'the matter of the Polish frontier, dis- solution of German cartels, dea- struction of Germany’s economic domination of Europe, the at- titude expressed towards tthe lib- erated countries and the un- equivocal rebuff of Franco’s Spain, the Potsdam Declaration constituted endorsement of and support for the greatest demo- cratic changes being made in Europe. It is imperative that popular support be won for the earrying through of the provi; sions of the Declaration—includ- ing the speedy and stern pun- ishment of the fascist war crim- inals! The Potsdam decisions on the background of Teheran, Yalta and the San Francisco Charter show that, if the democratic forces remain united the postwar years can be ones of stable peace and far-reaching demo- cratic progress. PART Il The Labor - Progressive Party In The Struggle For National Unity And Victory It is two years since the ° Tabor-Progressive Party was established by hundreds of dele- gates gathered in Toronto from” all parts of Canada. They have been years of victory for democ- racy—and fascist defeat. They have been years of tremendous, historic change for all mankind. In its fight for national unity in a total war effort the LPP lemphasized that this war for national freedom must merge with the struggle for social pro- gress—that victory over fascism must 6pen the path to far-reach- ing democratic change. In the effort to make Canada’s contribution to the war for the peoples’ freedom complete,- and to make Canada a positive force in the struggle for a just peace and continued world-wide demo- cratic progress, our Party has made a contribution which, in proportion to its members, has been second to the contribution of no other group of Canadians. We subordinated all considera- tions of immediate Party ad- vantage to the fight for national unity to win the war. The LPP and its members fought consistently and unflinchingly for uninterrupted war produc- tion and for labor’s no-strike pledge. The LPP and its mem- bers fought energetically, with broad public activity, for a “yes” vote in the plebiscite on con- seription for overseas service and in: the continuing struggle for a correct manpower policy. The LPP fought energetically and systematically for a demo- cratic Labor Code, for elimina- tion of the shamefully low wages which still prevail in large sec- tions of the country, to extend trade union organization, and to help the labor movement to a fuller understanding of the new role it was playing because of the war and must continue to play in the peace. The Labor- Progressive Party gave its best to the nation’s war effort: the names and the memories of its SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1945. Pyrbs aleeee al