{"id":3694,"date":"2021-08-19T21:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2021-08-19T21:15:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:15:36","slug":"the-spc-and-the-2021-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/wsm\/the-spc-and-the-2021-election\/","title":{"rendered":"The SPC and the 2021 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 20th September our fellow workers across Canada will be called upon to register their vote in the Federal general election. The SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA sadly is unable to contest any seats. But it will be active in making known what it seeks working people to do – to lodge a protest vote against capitalism and its apologists in all the other political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working people are\u00a0striving\u00a0to eke out a\u00a0bare\u00a0existence\u00a0trying to save a little money to have something in reserve to offer\u00a0what they believe to be security.\u00a0There is no security under capitalism. There never has been nor will there ever be\u00a0any. Many of us have faced this harsh reality from bitter experiences. Most of the electorate vote will vote for the purpose of improving their lot in this society. But they will\u00a0only be petitioning for promises. The evidence shows that the effort has\u00a0been nearly useless. After well over a century of reform activity, and the sincere efforts of a multitude of reformers, the world is in a greater mess than ever it was.\u00a0In spite of the welfare state, numerous\u00a0social services departments, poverty and insecurity alongside fabulous wealth and enormous productive potential, remain widespread across\u00a0the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA\u00a0does not advance a wish-list of reforms and palliatives to make your life a little bit better. It, instead, advances an alternative way of life where we can all enjoy the good things in life. We seek\u00a0your support\u00a0for socialism\u00a0for a fundamental change in your lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a national election, but capitalism is worldwide. Our interests are identical with all the exploited of the world with\u00a0our problems basically being the same. Unfortunately, this system divides the planet\u00a0into different countries, which are\u00a0themselves often\u00a0divided again into provinces or states. Barriers are erected between peoples, language and ethnic groups, by capitalist power sections of the world, both east and west, as a casual look at an atlas of the world alone will testify.\u00a0The problems of working people are\u00a0universal, so they form world socialist parties\u00a0to\u00a0contest elections that are national or provincial, as our companion\u00a0parties have done and will be doing\u00a0to build a new world fit for humans\u00a0by dismantling\u00a0the old institutions of capitalism\u00a0and set up new administrative organizations to serve society. There is abundance at hand that can be made available to all when the socialist program is achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socialism is not state ownership\u00a0nor government control, such as existed\u00a0in Russia and supposedly in Cuba and China. Under state ownership, all the evils of capitalism still prevail. It is just the same old system with another label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA understands socialism to mean that production and distribution would be owned in common and democratically administrated. In other words, everything that is in and on the earth would be shared by all mankind. There would be no privilege of any description. Everyone would be on equal footing, and the principle of from each according to ability, to each according to needs, would operate. In such a system all the people of the world would work together in a cooperative commonwealth. There would be no buying and selling, no markets, no money, no state and no frontiers. World socialism is not a dream. This is a world where goods and services can be made available in almost unlimited quantities. Is it practical to organize distribution on the basis where all people shall have free access to the necessities of life? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is such a world possible? We say it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The task of the SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA\u00a0is to promote\u00a0socialism and convince our fellow workers of our case. Socialism cannot come until working people understand what it is, want it and\u00a0will\u00a0work for it. No type of leadership\u00a0can bring it about.\u00a0We do not trust\u00a0in leaders, because we know that people are not sheep.\u00a0We believe in the democratic way\u00a0of decision-making.\u00a0Changing society\u00a0must be the work of the people\u00a0themselves. All the political parties that seek your support, stand for the continuation of the present system, in one form or another.\u00a0Anything less than genuine socialism is inadequate\u00a0and insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We, of the SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA,  attach a very definite meaning to the word “socialism.” We have a declared objective and clear principles. These are consistently outlined on our website and literature. We say capitalism produces the major social problems of today. To solve these problems, we need a new system, based on the social ownership of wealth production, as distinct from the present private property order of today. While capitalism remains, so will the basic problems remain. We say that capitalism has no permanent solutions to these problems. Our case is that socialism is the only rational alternative \u2014 a society where production is for use to serve peoples needs, not for the benefit of a small minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA is an integral\u00a0part of the\u00a0World Socialist Movement.\u00a0We are a political party with a determined goal.\u00a0Our\u00a0record in producing socialist education to our workers is one in which we need not feel ashamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shed your scepticism, apathy and cynicism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support socialism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support the SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA today.\u00a0Tomorrow may be too late<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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