Editorials written by Richard Fidler and Ross Dowson
Jan. 8th Art. 1 | WV # 140 (unsigned, editorial) Young Soviet Critics tried for ‘Treason’ |
Jan. 8th Art. 2 | Alberta NDP debate: a contribution to the discussion, by Ross Dowson (for a broad, free ranging debate) |
Jan. 22nd | WV # 141 Outcry over C-186; Ignores Quebec rights, by Ross Dowson (CLC’s inside track with Canadian Labor Relations Board) |
Feb. 5th Art.1 | WV #142 (unsigned, editorial) Citizens’ support for jailed Soviet critics |
Feb. 5th Art.2 | Only NDP can fight U.S. economic control, by Ross Dowson; …’Nationalism’ |
Feb. 5th Art.3 | Fidel (Castro) flays CP inaction (Cuban CP at Cultural Congress) |
Feb. 5th Art.4 | (Editorial) No concessions to pro-war red-baiters! (McCarthyite smears in Toronto Telegram) |
Feb. 19th Art.1 | WV # 143 U.S. control and the NDP; Alternatives for Canada, by Ross Dowson (polemic with Charles Taylor) |
Feb. 19th Art.2 | Editorial) ‘A monumental political hoax’ (Ottawa constitutional congress on Quebec language equality) |
Feb. 19th Art.3 | (Canadian) CP admits Ukraine Russification (but clears Stalin’s heirs), by Ross Dowson |
Mar. 4 Art.1 | WV # 144 Who owns Canada? Report of Gordon’s Task Force, by Ross Dowson |
Mar. 4 Art.2 | (Editorials)The meaning of the parliament ‘Crisis’ (tax surcharge maneuver shakes confidence in stability) |
Mar. 4 Art.3 | (Review):“Education in Soviet Ukraine” by John Kolasky (author’s confusion on issue of national rights) |
Mar. 18 Art.1 page 1 page 2 | WV # 145 Dim outlook for Prairies, by Ross Dowson (grocery chains behind massive increase in cost of living) Prairie outlook; Vanguard publication fund drive |
Mar. 18 Art.2 | (Editorials) Pax Americana: the lesson of Vietnam; Rose Karsner Cannon 1890-1968 |
Apr. 1st Art.1 page 1 page 2 | WV #146 (Editorials) Expose Liberal gov’t complicity in the war! Revolt in East Europe (Czechoslovakia & Poland); Mastering Stalinism (CPC confirms Ukraine rights violations but slander critic John Kolasky) |
Apr. 15th Art.1 | WV #147 (Editorials) Who are they kidding about Trudeau (the “left winger”?) The renewal of NORAD (ties Canada into the US war machine) |
Apr. 29th Art.1 page 1 page 2 | WV #148 (Editorials) Vote NDP to power (federal election) Editorials) Vietnam and the (failure of the) CLC; Radical pioneers (review of “The Wobblies” by Patrick Renshaw) |
Apr. 29th Art.2 page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 |
“The status of women in Canada” (brief to the Royal Commission by the LSA-LSO): What must be done? Birth control, abortion; write women back into history; the myth of woman’s inferiority, what determines woman’s status? Capitalism the source of inequality; Full partnership – under socialism; Footnotes; Some key reading on the situation of women, by Ruth Blake; American suffrage movement; on woman’s role |
May 13th page 1 page 2 | WV #149 (unsigned, editorial) Vote Class, Vote NDP! (says B.C. big shot) Clyne calls the line (but NDP lacks a clear class line); Socialist press fund drive: We made it, over the top! |
May 27th | WV #150 (Editorial) Defeat the war parties! |
June 10th Art. 1 | WV #151 Liberals, Tories are avoiding the issues; why they fear the NDP |
june 10th. Art.2 | (Editorial) The candidates (wealthy Stanfield, Trudeau, Winters, etc.) |
June 24th Art. 1 Page 1 Art. 1 Page 2 | WV #152 Left groups vow to fight DeGaulle ban (Balance sheet of French events) Statement (of solidarity) by YS/LJS |
June 24th Art. 2 | (Editorial) Federal elections: Win, Lose, draw, NDP votes win |
June 24th Art. 3 | Crisis of U.K. labor; Lessons for Canadian socialists, by Anne Macdonald (Wilson betrays everything BLP ever stood for) |
July 10th Art. 1
page 1 page 2 | WV #153 (Editorial) Trudeaumania wins; NDP remains firm NDP blocked (analysis of failure of program) |
July 10th Art. 2 | Vive le Québec libre, LSO-LSA rally theme, by P. Kent (photos of Arthur Young and Ross Dowson speaking at convention) |
July 10th Art. 3 | Big gains for LSA-LSO, by Ross Dowson (57 delegates at Montreal convention) |
July 29th Art. 1 | WV #154 (unsigned, editorial) Trotskyists play vital role in French revolt (youth JCR in massive general strike); Campaign for end to ban (by DeGaulle regime) |
July 29th Art. 2 | (Editorial) The ‘public interest’ (Trudeau refuses wage increase to postal workers) |
July 29th Art. 3 | Which way for the NDP? Members discuss the election, by Anne Macdonald (Dan Heap calls for an activist party) |
Aug. 12th Art. 1 | WV #155 (unsigned, editorial) Czechs publicize Trotskyist views; Manifesto |
Aug. 26th Art. 1 | WV #156 (Editorial) Czechs resisting (Soviet) invasion |
Aug. 26th Art. 2 | (Review) “Soldiers of the International” (History of the CP of Canada 1919-1926) by William Rodney) by R.D. |
Aug. 26th Art. 3 page 1 page 2 | Maurice Spector (1898-1968); Pioneer Canadian socialist, by Ross Dowson (biographical notes) (continuation) photo: Pioneers in the 1920s |
Sept. 9th. Art. 1 | WV #157 (unsigned, editorial) Soviet occupation meets stiff Czech resistance |
Sept. 9th. Art. 2 | (Editorials) What the Czech workers accomplished; Another case of Canadian hypocrisy (government denounces Soviet intervention) |
Sept. 23rd Art.1 | WV #158 Liberal MLA in Nfld. Comes over to NDP, by Anne Macdonald (NDY paper Confrontations hails ‘French revolution of 1968’) |
Sept. 23rd Art.2 page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 | (8 pages) (LSO-LSA convention Document) « Quebec, The socialist viewpoint » photo: Faithful servants of foreign capital”; National struggle mobilizes Québécois workers, farmers, students”; (some relevant reading); "the class struggle"; (photos) “new faces on Quebec picket lines"– teachers… and hospital workers”; (cartoon) Bertio, Le Devoir (Quebec throws all the old crap out of the window); (photo) Quebec solidarity with Vietnam |
Oct 7th. | WV #159 Picton’s war on Poverty, by P. Kent (strike at Proctor-Silex) |
Oct. 21st | WV #160 Ontario NDP leaders compete for Left label, by Anne Macdonald (Federal and Ontario NDP notes) |
Nov. 4th. Art. 1 | WV #161 Challenge to labor ranks: Cost of living, by Ross Dowson |
Nov. 4th. Art. 2 | (Editorial) New anti-war forces (old “peace” establishment and CP being replaced) |
Nov. 18 Art. 1 | WV #162 A radical program for the NDP …Socialist Caucus program, by Anne Macdonald |
Nov. 18 Art. 2 | (Editorials) The war goes on (Johnson’s “halt” to bombing Vietnam); 4 pages –and a pledge (Vanguard) |
Dec. 2nd Art. 1 | WV #163 Tenants fight soaring rents, by P. Kent |
Dec. 2nd Art. 2 | (Editorial) Quebec: New stage in the student revolt (sit-ins follow French example) |
Dec 16th Art. 1 page 1 page 2 | WV #164 (Editorials) Changes in the NDP (pressure of events shift leaders but require a socialist leadership) End the repression of student militants!(witch-hunts and school closings in Quebec and Ontario) |
Dec 16th Art. 2 | Deutscher on the Jewish question (review of “The Non-Jewish Jew and other essays” by Isaac Deutscher) by P. Kent |
Dec 16th Art. 3 | (Review by Ross Dowson) “Poundmaker” by Norma Sluman, and “The new Indians” by Stan Steiner |
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