This year we are all marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution in our own way, and perhaps together in conferences like the one in Saint Petersburg later this year (I wish it and all celebrations success). Perhaps also in common statements.
If you have not already heard of a conference taking place in my local city, I am writing to you to draw attention to the “Revolutions” conference in Winnipeg, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, one of the few conferences organized to date in North America to specifically mark the Russian revolution (see link below).
I am also writing to offer info about local conditions (attached, or ask away) and offer help with billeting. And I’d be happy to meet up if you are able to attend and maybe show you sites related to the 1919 General Strike (significant in Canada, heavily influenced by the Russian Revolution) and the 1869-1970 provisional government of the Metis Nation (Red River Resistance, revolutionary-democratic in content).
The conference is organized by academics, but anyone is free to submit papers and attend. So if you have such members (worker intellectuals and academics) in your party, please consider passing along this invitation. The conference is international; the organizers are inviting people from around the world.
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for paper and panel submissions is March 15. The deadline has been adjusted already, so I don’t know if there is any more wiggle room.
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http://geopoliticaleconomy.org/revolutions-conference-2017/call-for-papers/

Geopolitical Economy Research Group, 527 Fletcher Argue, University of Manitoba

Winnipeg MB, R3T 2N2 Tel 204.474.9818

I am sure we would all agree there are plenty of things we could be doing together, as we have in the past like the timely 1984 statement against continental free trade by the CP of Mexico, the CPUSA and the CPC, anticipating NAFTA. It could be a broader statement today, and include the Central American comrades and touch on the war danger and condition of the working class, for example, but that is just my view and you’ve probably thought of that already. I can’t recall a similar continental statement since then.
It would be good to hear about similar conferences on the 1917 Russian Revolution and its lessons, and I wish them all success.

Darrell Rankin

Leader, Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba