Solidarity with

_ TORONTO — Participants at
the 40th Annual Labor Festival
Aug. 17 greeted the striking B.C.
fishermen and their families in
4 telegram sent from the gather-
Ng. The action was prompted
by the forced cancellation of a
Performance by George Hewison
Who was scheduled to sing at the
“vent. Hewison is an officer of
‘A€ United Fishermen and Allied

orker’s Union.

In a message to the festival

€wison said that “events in

Sur industry-wide strike regret-

TORONTO—The formation
Of a broad solidarity move-
Ment in support of democra-
tic Portugal is called for in a
Statement issued Aug. 14 by
the Communist Party of Can-
ada’s central executive com-
mittee, i

Headed: Hands off Portu-
Ball, the release charges that,
‘A well organized attack is
Under way in Portugal, the
timof which is the suppres-
Sion of democracy and-the re-
oration of a. rightist, pro-
ascist regime in that country.

__ “This campaign is being co-
-rdinated on an international

“Stale,” it warns. “The CIA,

NATO, the capitalist press, all
‘re uniting with. the reaction-
ary forces in Portugal. Around
the anti-Communist banner,
Counter-revolution is out to
divide the democratic forces,
Split up the Armed Forces
Ovement, separate the demo-
Cratic allies from the Commu-
hist Party of Portugal, bring
about internal changes in Por-
tugal and drive it to the
tight.” The Communist Party
Statement goes on:
The situation is serious and
ngerous.

fe ORONTO-—SPutting Ontario
3 ck to work is the major theme
f the Communist Party’s elec-
a campaign,” William Stew-
rt, Ontario leader told a press
onference last week.

The Communist Party will

field 35 candidates in the: elec-

on. called for Sept. 18 who will

‘ampaign around the slogan,

Defeat the Parties of Big Busi-
€ss, Vote Communist, Elect a
Tge Progressive Bloc to
Meen’s Park.”

Beate blame for high unem-
ten ment,” he said, “high prices,
: Nts, housing costs, crime rates,
Nergy costs, rests squarely on
the Ontario Tories. They, more
an any other party in Canada
we turned the control of the
ee over. to the big corpor-
i and control of key sec-
Ns of the economy over to
‘S.-owned and operated corpor-

.

ations. :

ele The basic question in this
3 Ction is whether jobs, living
andards, health, education and
Rratio's future is to be scaled
Wn to meet the narrow inter-

B.C. fishermen

fully force cancellation of my
scheduled performance. Employ-
ers, scabs and court orders are
at fault.’ Hewison asked the
festival participants to direct
their fire at those responsible for
not letting him travel to Toronto
as he could not leave B:C. with
the strike still on. .

The message tothe fishermen
expressed solidarity and moral
support for all the strikers and
a promise to work for support
from all organized labor in On-
tario.

Support urgent for
democratic Portugal

The Communist Party of
Canada appeals to the New
Democratic Party, to all de-
mocratic and socialist minded
Canadians, to the trade union
movement, to all anti-fascists,

to unite their efforts against ©

those in Canada who support
the fascist-inspired conspiracy
in Portugal, and to act to-
gether in solidarity with the
genuine democratic forces in
Prevent another

Chile!

The Communist Party 0
Canada, its members and sup-
porters throughout Canada,
expresses its complete solidar-
ity with the Communist Party
of Portugal and all democratic
forces in that country. It
pledges to do everything in its
power to unite Canadians in
a broad solidarity movement
of support to democratic Por-
tugal.

Hands off Democratic Port-
ugal! The Portuguese people
must have the right to deter-
mine their own destiny with-
out outside interference. The
pledge of non - interference
signed by 35 countries in Hel-
sinki must be abided by.

ésts of a handful of monopolies,
or whether a new direction can
be established in the political
life of-the province — where the
needs of people will not hinge
on what’s good for monopoly
‘and its Tory and Liberal par-
ties.”

He charged that the band-aid
solutions brought down by the
Davis government. (6-month re-
bate on 2% salés tax, gas
freezes, etc.) will not touch the
heart of the economic crisis but
are designed to fool the voters.

Emphasizing the need for bas-
ic policy shifts, Stewart called
for public control of oyr natural
resources including gas and oil,
as well as reclaiming our big
corporations from U.S. control
and setting up crown and joint
crown and private corporations
to engage in secondary manu-
facturing and marketing.

“Action to protect the family
farm and protect Ontario farm-
land,” he said, ‘“‘is required as
well as to ensure the mainten-
ance of farm income for small
and middle farmers.. ~

nist Party of Canada,
Annual Labor Festival on

TORONTO — Pickets from the African National Congress
protest the inclusion of South African \and Rhodesian athletes
in the World Masters Competition here last week. They ex-
plained to athletes and bystanders the need to ban these
racist regimes from international events dnd show solidarity
to the millions fighting for equality and freedom.

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“We propose that taxation
policy be reformed to place a
heavier load on corporate wealth
and reduce taxes substantially
for lower income workers.

“Communists propose housing
should becéme a public utility,
removed completely from the
field of private speculation and
made available to people at a
maximum of one quarter of their
income. Our proposal is for the
construction of 200,000 housing
starts in Ontario annually for the
next five years.

“We demand the extension of
educaticn, payment of stipends
for students attending post-
secondary educational institutes,
and an end to the elitist attitude
to education being fostered by
the Tories.

“We positively oppose the
proposal of the Tories to get out
of Canada-wide medical aid and

call rather for the allocation of
more monies to health services
while at the same time taking
action to stop doctors from rip-
ping off the health scheme.”

Put Ontario back to work

“Premier Davis doesn’t deny
that we have inflation and un-

employment,” William Stewart
told his audience at the 40th
Annual Labor Festival, .“he just
denies his government is respon-
sible. For 32 years the Tories
have been saying, ‘look how
great things are, re-elect us!’
Now they say, ‘look how bad
things are because of the Lib-
erals in Ottawal’”

Portugal in battle
todefendr

TORONTO — “What we are seeing
in Portugal today is a sharpening of
the struggle between the forces of de-
mocracy and of fascism,” William Kash-

tan, general secretary of the Commu-
told the 40th

August 17.
“The fascists are still in Portugal —
as are the landowners, the monopolists,
reactionary elements in the church and
others. They have not given up the
struggle to regain what they have lost

evolution
so-far. And they are being joined by
imperialism in their effort.

“The CIA, the multinationals, NATO,
are all in Portugal. And they are active
ly supporting those who oppose demo-:
cratic and progressive change there,”
‘he charged.

“This dangerous game is joined by
right wing Socialists headed by Soares
who, instead of uniting with the Com-
munists and other democratic forces in
a common front against monopoly, have

joined with right wing political
forces against the Armed Forces
Movement and the Communist
Party. But anti - communism
opens the door to counter revo-
lution and imperils liberty. It
creates the groundwork for a
coup which reaction is working
for. Only unity of Communists,
socialists and catholics; of all
anti-fascists, can prevent this
and defend the revolution.

“The right wing socialists

speak of a pluralist society,”
Kashtan explained, “but they
really mean uniting with | ali
right wing political forces in a
coalition government whose aim
would be the maintenance of
monopoly power.
_ “The struggle presently under
way involves two concepts, two
roads — the road back to mo-
nopoly power and the power of
the big landowners, oF the
road of democratic advance, of
a united struggle of all demo-
cratic and anti-fascist forces to
end monopoly power and ad-
vance to socialism. This is what
the struggle is about in Portugal
today,” he said.

“Tt js not only a crime that
the right wing socialists have
lined up with reaction against
the Communists and democratic
advance; it is no less a. crime
for spokesmen of some Commu-
nist Parties in Western Europe
to publicly criticize: the Commu-
nist Party of Portugal, rather
than uniting with and assisting
the Portuguese Communists in
their hour of need, when as Karl
Marx said of the Communards,
they are literally storming the
heavens. :

“If the socialists of Europe
are able to unite in support of
the dangerous line of Soares,”
said Kashtan, ‘then the Com-
munists of the world should be

-able to unite behind the Com-

munist Party of Portugal and

the struggle against reaction,

and imperialism in Portugal.

Kashtan appealed to all Com-
munist and Workers parties to
unite their efforts against the
drive to reaction and fascism in
Portugal aided by imperialism.
They want another Chile in Por-
tugal. They must be prevented
from achieving this objective.

“Weare all heartened by the
counter-offensive undertaken by
the Communist Party of Portugal
against right wing attacks on

- their meetings and headquarters.

In this fight-back they will be
encouraged by every action of
international solidarity Commu-
nists, democrats, anti-fascists
Continued on Page 6

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