edition mAntarctic oi The 17th expedi- tarctic—four ships tom ie people — will set bo tstad as soon as a S in the southern . Along with Soviet Hineo eagues from Bel- in, CY. the GDR, India, Rie wd the USA will ex- the M ttee of Amery glacier helicopters and a aid the work S, geophysici specialeste physicists € early explorations ae Kristensen, the fe ndsen and abla; Ntarctic remained World Spot on the maps Dutin until the mid- Vsical Bere International Ibh far (July 1957 Fon 2 Mber 1958) scien- A bitioys Countries conduct- \ Meare ams of Ant- Rologi. ‘her », S0Vj , ha Ag explorers _ built fe t-class observatory, Pon, ag Pionerskaya, Vostoy Novolazarev- ya, Sovetskaya, La- nd Molodezhnaya VY, * the pak Was construct- Mn, 0 td’s Pole of Cold. Mat ime tature was re- Us 88.3° Centigrade ey) Nan 5 Jee Peditions over the News Soviet, British, lei W Zealand, Japan- he Man's od = Australian 4 Xt Ost co: Owledge of the We! exte, puiment has been P to Nded. Mountain tiscoye 12,000 feet high Hittn Get Soviet biolo- itd fon 130 feet under a rich marine fish are white- Pity, harctic ii ir L ebbin, blood contains no n hie See 1 San Quentin Rt a this murder as tele eS Of efforts Cles in rePles? ae U.S. to v i fear, ements by I Y all oppres- i Dalitie idding them- be Fnce 5 l prisoners. \ hicks me U.S. apainst ) a Ot raci / Riltange*sions that have hy, Seat “8 & change has er Kin "oPortions—Mar-. Di, Bens” JT Malcolm X Pp, Kent’ gI8ePhYabion: A ang State Four Fred ® list a and on, ad the ' Victims bears act that ruling ! ange! murder Solve their ae ¢ : a threatened to h Black © Conditions Quen tSoners are n. He could tibery or © was mur- at d By” full-fledged im- to explore continent — Scientists calculated that the surface of the ice cap is 4,633,- 200 square miles. If the ice melt- ed it would raise the level of the world’s oceans by some 200 feet, flooding all major seaports. Rich in minerals Soviet scientists have given about 500 Russian place names to capes, islands, mountains and so on in Antarctica. The flow of meteorological information has helped weathermen everywhere on the globe. The Antarctic is believed to be rich in mineral resources, including gold, bery- lium and diamonds. In 1959 an historical interna- tional agreement was signed by 12 countries, stating that the Antarctic shall be used for peaceful means only, and ban- ning any type of military activ- ity there, including nuclear ex- plosions. A few years ago the USSR published the world’s first Atlas 6f the Antarctic, bringing to- gether the joint results of the various scientific expeditions. Early Explorers The early history of Antarctic exploration makes fascinating reading: Captain Cook (British) reaching 71° 10’ in 1775; Bel- lingshausen (Russian) discover- ing Peter I and Alexander I Islands, 1819-21; Charles Wilkes (American) following the coast for 1,500 miles in 1840 and an- nouncing that he had found a continent; Ernest Shackleton in 1908 introducing the use of Man- churian ponies in Antarctic sledging; and the triumphant moment when Raold Amundsen (Norwegian) with four men and dog teams reached the Pole on December 14, 1911. Today the huge ice continent is being explored thoroughly and in the near future scientists will find ways and means to exploit the great natural wealth of the Antarctic for the benefit of mankind. partial, independent examination of the events leading up to the murder. We demand that the lives of Fleeta Drumgo, John Cluchette and Ruchell Magee be protected. We demand that the injuries suffered by Fleeta Drumgo and John Cluchette at the hands of prison guards be investigated. We condemn the racist oppression in U.S. prisons and demand the protection of the lives and political rights of all Black prisoners. “We further demand that Angela Davis, now held in jail in Marin County, California, be granted bail immediately. Miss Davis is a victim of the anti- Communist, anti-peoples, racist ruling circles of the U.S. Since the murder of George Jackson, we can now see more clearly that the life of Miss Davis is in great jeopardy while in jail. It 1s only in the care of her friends that her life will be protected. “We demand freedom for political prisoners. We demand bail now for Angela Davis. We demand an end to genocide against the Black and Chicano peoovle of the U.S.” The statement was Peter Gehl, secretary of the Sas- katchewan YCL, and Myra Wiebe, secretary of the Mani- toba YCL. signed by Take over plant if DeHaviland tries closure The office of Ontario Premier Davis in reply to a letter from Gordon Massie, Toronto organiz- er of the Communist Party, implies that the purchase of two STOL aircraft by the Ontario government will save the jobs of 700 workers of the DeHavi- land Aircraft Company. The letter from the premier’s office states in part: “The pur- chase of Twin Otter planes from DeHaviland Aircraft company for use in the government’s new demonstration air service in Northern Ontario will assist the firm in retaining the skilled staff it hired to design and manufacture STOL type air- craft.” Commenting on the premier’s position, Mr. Massie said the “DeHaviland workers will not be deceived by such a sleight- of-hand trick. The government must be compelled to face up to the fact that air transport for civil purpose is an essential part of the future development of Canada and basic to_the se- curity of Canadian aircraft workers. Anything short of this is to play the game of big cor- porations who have never shown any concern for the wel- fare of their employees, or to the community in which they are situated.” Mr. Massie reiterated the Communist Party’s demand that the government halt the De- Haviland layoffs and institute a full inquiry as to the future of the DeHaviland plant in the context ‘of the overall needs of Canada and Canadian workers. If necessary in the interests of the planned development of the industry, the government should not hesitate to take over the plant and operate it as a crown corporation. A letter sent to Prime Min- ister Trudeau by Mr. Massie on this important matter elicited only a curt brush-off in the fa- miliar vein of “content noted” from the prime minister’s office. The Socialist State and Democracy Development of the socialist state and democracy was the subject of a round-table discus- sion by scholars of the socialist countries, sponsored by World Marxist Review and reported in the August 1971 issue “of the journal. In this discussion the participants strive to elucidate the question of power and poli- tics not only during the revolu- tionary take-over, but also dur- ing the reconstruction of society and the consolidation of social-_ ist and communist principles — all in the setting of the class struggle on the world arena. Other articles in the August issue include: 50 years of the South African GP;- ‘the world struggle against opportunism; existentialism — reflection of the crisis:in bourgeois society. Information Bulletin #14-15 ment to WMR) includes supe Eade Oe Tsedenbal to the repor the 16th Congress of the Mon- golian People’s Revolutionary _ Of special interest here ie ent of the enormous strides made by the Mongolian e in t : pe people’s revolution—strik- ing evidence that a people can, in the course of their social de- velopment, take the non-capital- ist path from a feudal society he 50 years, since. ; Sportsmen and women from the German Democratic Repub- lic scored many successes at the recent 10th European Track and Field. Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, Above: the winning women’s 400 metre relay team which set a new world’s record. Below: Trainer Guenther Sauer from the Dynamo Sport club, Berlin, flanked by two world record winners. Pollution—~Made in USA By E. ROGERS THUNDER BAY — Pollution is on the rise in Northwestern Ontario. A new fish kill in the Kaministiquia River makes monkeys out of the officials who last year defended the in- dustrialists along the river from blame when fish were discover- ed floating. Tests were made then, but findings were hard to come by. This time the Ontario Resources Control laboratory seems indignant. They were in- formed of the new kill of fish this month and when question- ed about it the head of OWRC is quoted as saying, “This type of investigation is becoming senseless; we already know and have already reported on the three factors contributing to the fish kills in the Kam’’. Heading up the list is “high industrial and municipal: pollu- tion’? — the industrial pollution has been described as a “‘critic- al factor”. In the circumstances the pol- lution control and clean-up of the Great Lakes is becoming a joke. The funds already set aside for this job by the Ot- tawa and Ontario governments of more than $250 million is mere wasted money if Ameri- can corporations operating in Canada can thumb: their nose defiantly at ordinary pleas to get on with installation of pol- (only 50 years ago) to modern socialist development. : Order WMR from Progres Books, 487 Adelaide St. West, Toronto 2B, or from your local bookstore. Yearly subscription (12 issues) $5.00, or 50 cents a copy. Information Bulletin is 10 cents a copy, free with sub- scription to WMR. lution control equipment in their plants. Or do they pollute, with the intention of gaining help by way of free access to govern- ment money handouts for their plants? The Ontario Water Resources Commission. head in Thunder Bay made a categoric statement about the pollution level from the Great Lakes paper mill which goes into the Kam river here. “Discharge from the Great Lakes mill is equivalent of a city with a population of two million,” he said. Northwestern Ontario is a Supplier to the U.S. of huge amounts of pulp, kraft and iron. This part of Canada, as a result of the historical develop- ment of Canadian capitalism as a dependent capitalism, has fallen prey’to dependence on U.S. imperialism. Their roots and capital are extensive here and the territory is regarded as being fit only for “chopping down, digging up and shipping out”. : : The resources from this ter- ritory should not be under- written with the taxpayers’ money, for export in the raw form. Neither should the U.S. monopolies get financial sup- port from us to install pollu- tion clean-up mechanism! Every region in Canada: can portray the disastrous — effects of monopoly and its integra- tion with U.S. imperialism. The growing unemployment in con- ditions. of sharpening political conflict and crisis places the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of ‘the working class to lead in the coming struggles for a decisive change of our country’s .course.. 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