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Trudeau Attempts to Justify Govérnmén‘thitervien‘tion

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The contemporary economic situation in Canada at pre— sent is characterized by the historical decline of the Capitalist class,.necessar—

ily accompanied by the rise‘

of the working class as it attempts to preserve its historical gains, while at the same time realizing its historical goal of establi— shing Socialism as the only alternative to capitalism. As capitalism attempts to justify itself, to ward off the socialist advance, it finds itself on the defen— sive which, as Engels poinf ted out, is the position of that which is moribund and

decadent.

Since capitalism can no longer substantiate its claim to rule, it is" forced, With its back aga— inst the wall, to resort to fascist methods (which are violent)\to maintain dom- ination over workers, st—‘ udents, farmers, intellec- tuals, small business, etc.

Trudeau's admission that the free enterprise (read: capitalist) system is no lo— nger workable, though true, outrages Canadian capital- ists and their mouthpieces (the press) sufficiently to bring their wrath to bear down upon the Prime Minis- ter . '

This admission does not'

" make Trudeau a Socialist - » on the contrary; he uses

this fact as justification

g for governmental interven—»

tion in the affairs of the

nations (English Canada

and French Canada)(v , In capitalist society,the

political structure is the

politics of the leading cl-

ass — the property—owning

class. This political str—

ucture, embodied for the

most part in the existing go—

' vernment (i.e. the Trudeau

Liberal government)-serves its capitalist masters by be— ing the executive arm of the capitalist class.

When it acts (through pa- rliamentary or legislative activity), it does so on be— half of the capitalist claSs as a whole: It may, where conditions warrant, punish an organization or corpora— tiOn, but in the interests of the class.as a whole.

The present wage controls is but the intervention of the capitalist government on be— half of the capitalist class to protect profits # which

are at an all-time high in p

I said, “Take up the collection, not TAKE it!” _

Christ died between thieves, so it’s fitting Redemptorist Priests be at home in prisons, and among those out off from society.

Are you interested in putting in time — or using it we"?

The demptort ,

In. Eugen. om. can. 121 com Avenue rm («0) new Toronto mess:

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our history. For the month' of October, 1975, alone, as a random sample,wthe profits of various corporations ’" were as followszra l) VerSatile Manufacturing Ltd., Manitoba, ' $12,174,000.00 in the first nine months — af— ter taxes. -" 2) Canadian Couvers, Ltdt Hamilton, $4,434,000.00 a 57.8% jump over_last . year! 3) Canadian General Elect- ' ric's. Jan to June ('75) profit was $15,87&,000.00 4) Northern Electric's pros ’ fit was $53,500,000.00- as compared with a pov- erty—stricken $42,000,-, 000.00 for 1974!

But the Trudeau formula says "Wage and Price Freeze. Nonsense! Wage freeze yes- to 8%. But the price free— ze is but verbal camouflage to cover up for what is, in fact, an all out attack on labour, which is merely tr— ying to stay abreast of in- flation. . .

No worker is ever pleased to go out On strike for the simple-reasons: he loses in- comé; he becomes subjected to malicious attack (espec- ially by the capitalist- kept press): his family su- ffers; the plant at which he Works may use the strakegy of closing down and moving elsewhere as a means of de— feating the strikers. Ne- vertheless, when Canada has' such a high rate of inflat— ion and unemployment (7.3%) the worker, to protect his standard of living, is for— ced to strike when managem- ent refuses to give him a decent living wage.

For_UPEI students, the immediate future is bleak. No longer does a "higher ed- ucation" guarantee-a job with security and freedom

' from desparity; on the con—

trary, the latter is fast becbming the rule in this moribund and decadent capit— alist society.

V It is for the students themselves to organize and unite to ensure that the ‘ content of their educatiop is relative to Island needs and to work to implement Island programs (agriculture industry, livestock breed— ing, fishing, etc) to ensure

(that Island youth will have' * a stable future in which to

grow and'develop.‘

UNITE ORGANIZE. . PLAN FOR ISLANDERS ' DEMOCRACY FOR STUDENTS

S‘tan Dalton