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\n\n\t\t\n\t\tGreetings Fellow Workers,\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please find our February 2019 Monthly Report for your review and comment.\n\nThis month we had an amusing contribution sent from a sympathizer, \nMatterNatter, which we though you may enjoy. Find it as a second \nattachment below.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yfs,\n\nJohn, Mehmet, Steve & GAC members
\nSocialist Party of Canada
\nPO Box 31024 Victoria BC Canada V8N 6J3
https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/canada\/<\/a> | https:\/\/twitter.com\/spc_news<\/a>[https:\/\/twitter.com\/spc_news<\/a>]\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA
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\nPO Box 31024 Victoria B.C. Canada V8N 6J3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary\u2019s Report for February 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email Report<\/strong>
\u2013 WSP (India) EC meeting minutes No. 195, Sunday, January 6, 2019 received with thanks. Announcement:
SPRING SCHOOL & TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 will be held on Saturday 2nd and
Sunday 3rd March 2019 at the WSP (India) Head Office: Theme: TRADE UNIONISM \u2013 under decadence of capitalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good of the Movement<\/strong>
\u2013 Socialist Party of Canada meeting, Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 6:30pm to 8:30pm, The Second Cup Coffee House, 324 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1W5.
\u2013 Upcoming SPC Toronto Branch meetings \u2013 Visit https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Toronto-Branch-Socialist-Party-of-Canada-1120836671294008\/<\/a> for upcoming events.
\u2013 SPC enquiries independent web forum: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Canadian_Socialism\/<\/a>
\u2013 SPC involvement re: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: 100th anniversary of Winnipeg\u2019s 1919 General Strike will be marked with monument, movie, books \u2013 http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/1919-winnipeg-generalstrike-<\/a>
centenary-1.4669345<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Peer collaborators generating socialist articles and summaries \u2013 write to worldsocialismbc@outlook.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Open E-Letter Dec. 2018, World Socialist Party New Zealand <\/strong>\u2013 an official letter from the party. Replies would be appreciated:
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear comrades,
Lately our branch has discussed the lack of progress within our party and whether overseas has had the same lack of progress. Within this discussion we have concluded that proceeding with the same methods would not be an intelligent way of dealing with the problem of advancing the cause.
Some of the suggestions made are to do with the name Socialism. We can continue using this word but by far the majority of the world\u2019s population understand Socialism to mean different to what we know it to mean. Thus,
the mere mention of the word creates a barrier to those who who are averse to the what they believe Socialism is.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also discussed, that Socialism will be voted in by the majority. We have noted that none of the changes from primitive Communism to human slavery to feudalism or to capitalism has been selected by a majority vote but in fact it has been changed by social evolution. Our part it seems is to be the catalyst for next stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Maybe it would be wise to demonstrate to the people of a wonderful world that is evolving. It only needs people to understand that the old ways of employment for sustenance will be phased out.
We are asking companion parties their thoughts on these matters and any suggestion they have.
Addendum
i Trevor. Could you point out its the meaning behind the word and not the word itself which has no reference in the real world that matters. Showing people what is possible now and let there imagination do the rest, rather than looking back at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A comprehensive study needs to take place in regards how the receiver of the message interprets the message.
regards Gerald<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Administrative Committee<\/strong>
\u2013 One GAC seat remains open. Member nominations forward to spc@iname.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dues \u2013 $25 per year or $2 per month. Funds conduct Party post, photocopies, public meeting expenses and internet
\nservices. All other Party activity is voluntarily run. Dues waiver \u2013 please contact general secretary to arrange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food for Thought<\/strong> \u2013 views & contributions to spc@worldsocialism.org<\/a>
\u25cf A recent issue of the Canadian Jewish News ran an article which focused on the plight of the Yazidi\u2019s, the aboriginal people of Iraq, which are now being raped, murdered and enslaved by ISIS. Their history goes back 7,000 years, but their numbers have dwindled from a high of 23 million down to one million. They are now experiencing their 74th genocide. Yet there are still people who want capitalism to continue, but
without atrocities \u2013 and they think Socialists are dreamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Recently there has been a rash of convenience store robberies in Hamilton, Ontario. Young men have been driving
\ntrucks into them and stealing the ATM machines. So far there have been \nno injuries and no arrests. That such actions are crazy, callous and \ncriminal, is symptomatic of capitalism these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Ford\u2019s Ontario government lost no time in slashing reform measures.\n It has cut $25 million in funding for programs that provide \nafter-school jobs for needy teens, class room tutors for kids as well as\n projects focusing on indigenous issues. Maria Rizzo, chairman of the \nToronto Catholic School Board, said,\u201dI\u2019m sick to my stomach because I\u2019m \nafraid of the steps we\u2019ve taken on poverty, on indigenous education and \neven in
\nthe Focus on Youth Program \u2013 we\u2019ve hired our kids in the most
\nvulnerable school communities, in the neediest neighbourhoods, just to \ngive them a leg up. Now I have serious concerns. A spokesperson for the \nMinistry of Education said,\u201dsuch funds must be better managed so they \nthe greatest impact on the students\u201d. The fact that the province is \n$14.5 billion in debt has, of course, nothing to do with it. NDP \neducation critic, Marit Stiles, said,\u201dThese cuts are going to
\nbe deeply felt by our kids in the classroom. For Doug Ford to take the \naxe to schools is inexcusable. It would be better for all concerned, if \nwe had a society that didn\u2019t need reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Toronto is a city with a severe lack of affordable housing. The \ncurrent wait list for subsidized housing in Toronto, which includes \nToronto Community Housing, Cooperatives and private non-profit housing, \n(if you believe it), is close to 99,000 households and about one third \nof those waiting
\nare seniors. Average market rents for a three bedroom rental is
\n$1,633, according to data from the Canada Mortgage and
\nHousing Corporation. Those figures are occupied units,
\nlandlords can charge what they want for newly empty units.
\nResearch firm Urbanation recently published a report showing
\nthe average cost of renting a studio condo averaged $1,800 and a two \nbedroom condo $2,700. With prices like that no wonder so many are \nhomeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf The Ontario government on their boundless generosity are intent to \nshare the pot of all their soon to be tax revenues from the sale of \ncannabis with the municipalities. This does not please Toronto Mayor \nJohn Tory, who expects the city to get about $3 million and whose \ncouncil voted to allow cannabis shops to open on April 1. His staff has \nestimated cannabis legislation will put the city on the hook for, \u201dtens \nof million\u2019s of dollars in additional policing, paramedic, fire, public \nhealth and other costs.\u201d Just leave it up to capitalist society to \ncreate
\nproblems it can\u2019t solve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Most Canadian\u2019s were, naturally, happy to see gas prices go down \n8.6 per cent in December, but wait a minute not everything is \npeachey-dandy \u2013 inflation overall in Canada went
\nup 2 per cent, according to Stats-Canada\u2019s figures which were released \non Jan.18. Canadians paid 14.9 per cent more for fresh vegetables and \n28.1 per cent more for air fares. The Bank of Canada\u2019s governor Stephen \nPoloz kept his benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent as the\n economy goes
\nthrough what he described as a temporary period of softness due to the \ndrop in oil prices. At the supermarket shoppers can experience such \nsoftness, that it would make them wonder what hardness would be like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Tesla announced, on Jan.18 that in order to produce cheaper \nelectric cars it would have to cut 7 per cent of its work force, which \nwould be 3,150 people. As CEO Elon Musk put it,\u201dWe face an extremely \ndifficult challenge, making our cars, batteries and solar products \ncost-competitive with fossil fuels. While we have made great progress \nour products are still to expensive for most people.\u201d There it is folks \nthe basic hard facts of capitalist economics which inevitably mean \nsomeone will suffer and as always it will be the working class who \nsuffer the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Coldwater First Nation Chief Lee Spahan is pretty upset because the Canadian Government want to build another pipeline through his tribe\u2019s reservation and claims they never consented to the first. This is the Trans-Mountain pipeline; the 1,100 kilometer tube which carries Alberta crude to the coast of British Columbia and was built in 1956. The government hopes to expand by building a twin line along the existing route, thereby tripling capacity. The First Nations Don\u2019t want them to; Stephan said,\u201dIt\u2019s very hard to trust them. The honesty is broken\u201d. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. One thing we know for a fact is that the political stooges of the capitalist class have never let aboriginals stand in their way yet, so its unlikely they will now.
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner<\/strong>
From my mother\u2019s womb I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1914 \u2013 1965 \u2013 Randall Jarrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AESOP, ON A MISSION TO DELPHI, WAS THROWN OVER A PRECIPICE BY THE PRIESTS, INFURIATED BY HIS WITTY BLASPHEMIES<\/strong>
Wise hunchbacked slave, your wisdom did not save
Your falling into error.
The servants of the Gods, jealous and grave
With dignity, no terror
Saw in straight-laced rectitude; no mirth
In mock of gods man-made;
But deep self-danger in the birth
Of keen disparagements, by laughter taught.
You erred
In thinking man-gods could permit
Laughter at self or what their hands had wrought.
So, sacrificed,
You fell a prey to wit \u2013
Rare luxury, for those the unafraid
Konrad Egilson, n\/d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socialists Readings in the Modern Rage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socialist Party of Canada 2019 Calendar \u00a319.25:
\nhttps:\/\/www.zazzle.co.uk\/socialist_party_of_canada_2019_calendar-158951425439478504<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greatest Impossibilists 2019 Calendar \u00a319.25:
\nhttps:\/\/www.zazzle.co.uk\/greatest_impossibilists_2019_calendar-158115142299860432<\/a>
\n\u2013 Edgar Hardcastle Archive 1900-1995<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/hardcastle\/<\/a>
\n\u2013 Producers and Parasites (1935). By John Keracher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/keracher\/1935\/producers-parasites.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 History of the Socialist Party of Canada (1973). By J. M. Milne
\nhttp:\/\/www.socialisthistory.ca\/Docs\/SocialistParty\/HistoryofSPC.pdf<\/a>
\n\u2013 W.A. Pritchard address to the jury in the Crown vs. Armstrong, Heaps, \nBray, Ivens, Johns, Pritchard, and Queen: Indicted for seditious \nconspiracy and common nuisance,Fall assizes, Winnipeg, 1919-1920. \nWinnipeg: Defense Committee, 1920.
\nhttp:\/\/peel.library.ualberta.ca\/bibliography\/4627.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHardy\u201d | Bargaining researcher, Trade Union Council, UK
\n\u2013 Socialist Studies http:\/\/www.socialiststudies.org.uk\/<\/a> | Marxian Economics YouTube Channel
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXq0kw9sU6xvrr34yezA_Tw<\/a>
\nArchive of Socialist Studies (except no. 36): https:\/\/1drv.ms\/f\/s!AvbgU4NFjvNHgV9xDR5_Om8AtJjF<\/a>
\nKenworthy, John Coleman (1900). The Anatomy of Misery: Plain Lectures on Economics.
\nhttps:\/\/archive.org\/details\/anatomyofmisery00kenw<\/a>
\n\u2013 History of Economics: A Scientific Investigation into the Political Economy and Its Swindler \u2018Economics\u2019
\npublished. 50.00 Rupees\/CD$1-1.50. Contact http:\/\/www.worldsocialistpartyindia.org<\/a> for more
\ninformation to purchase.
\n\u2013 Red Lion Press:
\n\uf0b7 Revolutionary Socialist: Life of the Socialist Party of Canada and the OBU, 1910-1922.
\n\uf0b7 Thinking: An Introduction To Its History and Science.
\n\uf0b7 Method in Thinking: An Introduction to Dialectics.
\nInquires to the publisher: https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/search\/more\/?q=Larry+Gambone&init=public<\/a>
\n\u2013 Rosa Luxemburg on Socialism (2019). The Socialist Party of Great Britain.
\n\u00a34.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n