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By Kevin Gauthier

Greetings, Comrades! Permit me this . opportunity to correct a fen mistakes that’ appeared in last week's issue of the SIM in' a column entitled Natimal Youth Festival, by Kate O'Connell. Please reread that article, just to refresh your memory and tidcle your funny bone. ‘

Over 500 revolunticnary youth attended

the Festival in Tormto cn Oct. 5-7th. Although most were from mtario and Quebec, there was also a delegate from P.E.I. (Guess who!) The visiting youth from Albania explained that theirs is a country in which the rid: have been made to pay. The future of the youth in Albania is bright (but short). There is no unemployment. In fact there are more jobs than slaves (oops) workers to fill them. (The work camps are cnly half full.) There are no taxes. (There are no wages.) Yet, education and health care are provided free of charge (up to 11 years of age, provided you don't require formal schooling or professional medical treatment.) There is no inflatim in Albania (because no one has any money) , and the standard of living of . the Albanian peq>le is steadily increasing (since it could not possibly be any lower.) When asked what was the source of the happiness and the bright future of the youth of Albania, the Albanians replied, "Fear". In Albania the dictatorship of the proletariat has been establish- ed, and there is no exploitation of man by man. (Exploitation is only allmed by the dictator who established the dictatorship of the proletariat).

The Albanians stated that there is a socie of progress, and that it determines the ’ aspirations of the youth and guarantees all rights (at least those approved by the Party)._ Some of the rights enforced by the dictator of the

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Proletariat are: (l) the right to work. Because the eccnomy is planned there is no memployment. Every sieve (owe) worker, is kept busy. Jobs

are closely connected with the abilities of the peqale towork. (Thosewho canworic 20 hours aday

K without collapsing, do.) In Albania, workis

cmsidered a right, a duty, and a means of survival, because all work is a ccntributim to the building of a new summer palace for the Dictator of the Proletariat. (2) The right to rest. A wide net- work of rest hoUses, "cultural centres", psychiatric hospitals, detention centres, and ' "special" camps where the youth can pass their time has been established across Albania. In these centres, the youth can be entertained with films, and brainwashing, or the youth may participate in arts and crafts, creative writing, and many other pursuits (pursuits WhiCh usually take place at

\ night and involve sirens, dogs, guards, shot guns

and me or two high—spirited Albaiian youth.)

(3) The right to education. ‘Qie out of every three. people in Albania attends school at one level or another. Graduatim‘ occurs after grade 3, when the newly—trained energetic young slave (oqas) worker ' is put in his prcper‘ place in the work force.

The Albanians were asked if drugs and alcohol were a, prdalem ammg the youth of Albania. They replied that, (except in the psydiiatric asylums) , there was no drug abuse at all in Albania. And while the Albanians certainly drank and enjoyed alcohol, they have no prdalem with alcoholism.

(As a matter of fact, they rather enjoy it.) When asked about crime and the role of the police in Albania, the Albanians broke into a cold sweat. Eventually, under the watchful attention of their diaperone, (Col. Yuri Vladimir of the Albanian People‘s Police Force and Populatiai Control Centre) ,' the Albanians replied that there are sure ., crimes in Albania(particularly in the area of human rights) , but that these were much like ’ passing gas in the bathtub. 'Ihe Albanians explained that when a crime is committed they analyze it and find out where it could have been

prevented, so that it won't be allowed to happen

again. "Research" done on "criminals'Fby the Police in the 5hospitals" has shown that most criminals evolve early in diildhood, so in Albania, children are taught very, very early in life not to step out of line. Special camps are established for this purpose.

At the end of their discussion,the Albanians explained that the Youth labour Unim and the whole of socialist society are geared toward the devalopment of the "new man": cne who is sacrificed for his fatherland. ('Ihe '.'new man"is developed eliminating all the "Old men".) Special pains are taken to develq> this attitude in the youth (the youthare the oneswhotake thepains) andthe youth do not hesitate to arbrace this attitude (or they lose their arms). .

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My apologies, Dear Readers, for making you suffer through this smewhat irreverent and not wholly factual bit of propoganda. 'lhe author of last week's original article should realize that the SUN is for news. If our little red friends insist m publicly extolling the virtues of their political organization, the least they could do is present the facts in a sane marmer rather than ranting on with blatant bold-faced propoganda that has been heard time after time after time without change. It's- bad enough that "Make the Ridl Pay"

1 posters deface our campus andour town; mustwe

suffer the same annoyance in our om, hallowed I It's not that I disagree with the ' need for political change in Canada, but the I particular organizatim in questim, (Marxist- Ieninist) , and the manner in which they present

their opinions seems to me quite obnoxious and insulting.

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