eee as GR AGES A ee speererennnetnnneaes, ine reae. - Pep On pa as 3 eye spain % ween er 1. thee cinew sabe aang. anpee ose Fo eee ns EAL OTNE PRE ARE ONG BTL: OS APT SOE Se salle ng. Te ene Anion AR AA RARE GRADO DOT. ep api OO Triton wppiberte Paaeesond + ee ee ee s Bee ae ee ee tec nRltoe wae fe Aap htc CRRA Dt EBOED SD COOP ELE* a nmtnaiyty toot tte att bet OPOR EDR DI LE LOOECALE Liye OCR PPLE LAD ARE FE: In the midst of the growing monopoly offensive. against the working people, prime minister Trudeau injected a number of questions into the debate on con- trols which further charged the political atmosphere. Clearly, Trudeau’s New Socie- ty, like his Just Society, is not a socialist society. Far from it, monopoly will be as firmly in the seats of power as before even more so, and exploitation will continue as before. The oppo- nents of Trudeau’s New Society mix up state intervention with socialism. State intervention is not socialism. Socialism requires the transfer of political power from one class to another class, to the working class and its allies. This is furthest from what Trudeau is proposing. His ‘‘New Society’ is aimed at making the system work better in the in- terests of capitalism and thereby Strengthen the position of monopoly. One should make no mistake about that. Trudeau's policies are directed to protect the over-all interests of monopoly. The Trudeau program is di- rected to bringing about cen- tralized management of the economy. However such cen- tralization under state monopoly capitalism inevitably leads to limi- tation of democracy and creates fertile soil for the development of authoritanan and _ bureaucratic tendencies. Trudeau's New Society of cen- tralized management and _in- creased regulation of the trade unions must be rejected and be replaced by a democratic alterna- tive. The booms and busts, the “stops and goes’’ which typify capitalism must be replaced by a society free from periodic crises, poverty, unemployment and inflation. Inflation can't be fought with- out getting at its underlying cause. ing worth o The crisis is not aresult of specific mistakes in managing the economy; it flows from the very nature of the capitalist economy. On that score, CLC president Joe Morris's criticism of the Trudeau program misses this point com- pletely, While Morris is correct in drawing attention to the au- thoritarian tendencies inherent in centralized management, where he falls down completely is in fail- ing to advance a democratic al- ternative to this state monopoly capitalist line. Such a democratic alternative necessarily includes a program of democratic nationali- zation and democratic planning, the bringing into being of a demo- cratic coalition which would open the door to a fundamental reor- ganization of society ona socialist basis. Without such an alternative which includes giving the working class the right to a say over economic and social policy! technological change, investment policy, safety, health and produc- tion in plants and industry, Morris is finally left giving tacit support to the program he criticizes. This is implied in his statement. AS against centralized man- agement the working class ou: to fight for democratic nationali- zation and democratic planning with a democratic coalition to im- plement such a program. As against regulation of the trade union movement and re- strictions on its democratic rights, the working class should fight for workers’ control over monapoly power as an integral part of the struggle for working class politi- cal power. This link is essential to avoid turning the working class off into an anarcho-syndicalist di- rection. The struggle for full workers’ participation in management of enterprises must be tied in with the struggle for political power outside the enterprises. f Jac s marks his centenni LAST WEEK marked the centenary of the birth of Jack London, a literary glant, who created 53 books In a short 17 years becom- ing the most widely-read American writer of his time. Born In grinding poverty in San Francisco on Jan. 12, 1876, his pen won him an enduring and world-wide reputation for both fiction and social criticiam — fiction that was romantic and highly entertaining and social criticism that struck at the heart of the wealthy privileged class and gave hope to the disadvan- taged and dispossessed. Today, 60 years after his death, London Is still widely-read and assured a lasting place in American literature. His works have been translated Into 68 languages, Including Japanese and the native tongue of Greenland Eskimos, and new col- lected editions have recently appeared In England, Germany, France and the Soviet Union. in hie novel The Iron Heel, published In 1908, London foretold the coming of fascism, and now 68 years after its original re- lease, it has appeared in a new edition in England, its jacket depicting the iron heel Jackboot crushing the late Salvadore Allende and democracy and treedom in Chile. ,anadian consultative council Iticulturalt Tt | conference econd bie Ottawa — John, Munro, Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, has anno- unced that the Canadian Consultative Council on Multiculturalism will hold the Second Canadian Confe- O ho | @| rence on Multiculturalism in Ottawa, February 13th to 15th. The theme of the confe- rence is ‘Multiculturalism as State Policy” with main 10th-highest Increase In consumer prices over the 12 months to November In a re- cent survey of 24 countries. The consumer price rise over the 12 months to November averaged 9.5 percent among the 24 coun- tries surveyed. Canada’s In- crease over the period was 10.4 percent. Those countries with less inflation than Canada’s were Switzerland, Japan, the U.S., France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Au- stria and Sweden. Higher inflation rates wore recorded by the United Kingdom, Australla, New Zealand and ita WASHINGTON — Despite the | deep economic crisis in the U.S., | with high unemployment and § inflation, the Commerce Dept. has confirmed earlier private surveys in- dicating a resurgence in third-quarter corporate profits. After-tax earings in the July- Sept. period rose 17 percent from the previous quarter, the steepest upturn since 1950. It was the second quarterly corpo- rate profit increase in a row, coming on top of a 12.8 percent rise in the April-June period. Profits of American branches or subsidiaries in foreign countries rose to a $5.7 billion annual rate from a rate of $5.5 billion in the previous quarter. ood chain profits up TORONTO — Dominion Stores profit take for the 26 weeks ended Sept, 30, 1975, was $9,593,000, a 35 percent jump over their $7,098,000 for the same penod a year earlier. Steinberg’s Ltd. of Montreal also garnered a handsome profit take of $4,535,000 in the 12 weeks ending Oct. 31, 1975, compared with a profit of $3,289,000 in that period in 1974. The federal Anti-inflation Board is reported to be investigating to see what made food prices rise so high during that time. Undoubtedly Mrs. Plumptre will conclude that workers encouraged the profiteering by squandering too much on food. $70 BILLION WINDFALL... THE founding convention of the Public Petroleum Association of | Canada was told Nov. 29 that Cana- dian oil and natural gas industries have received $70 billion through ris- Ing prices in the past three years. Bruce Wilson, an engineer and vet- eran in the industry, said the money should be used to assure a sound energy future for Canada (by being retained by the oil moguls?) rather than go to the Alberta or the federal government. — The Globe and Mail, Dec. 1, 1975, ring on francophone and anglophone viewpoints to- wards multiculturalism. This conference will be of great assistance to the Council in its advisory role to Mr. Munro. The first Canadian Confe- rence on Multiculturalism was held in October 1973 and recommendations from that conference formed the basis of the First Annual Report of the Council which was tabled in the House of topics of discussion cente- .Commons in June 1975. . Sinn tas pots vino site %«! a sien eee fn Me “+, + *. i rahe Sein Ki Oat %,