Dear Friends, Sisters and Brothers,
The Communist Party is again hosting our annual End of the Year Open House:
Monday, Dec. 29, 3:00 to 6:30 pm
387 Selkirk Ave. (at Salter)
Buses 16 or 38
Music, guitars, poetry and dancing welcome
It is pretty clear that working people will be confronted by many challenges next year. From the U.S. Congress’ heavily censored report on torture to NATO efforts to have Europe prepare for war against Russia, reaction and militarism are on the rise.
Food bank use is way up in Manitoba since the 2008 economic crisis. Canadian government finances are in crisis because of a failed gamble to spend 1/3 of our capital investment each year on energy, mainly on the heedless expansion of carbon energy.
It truly is a year where we need to rally for a new country, and change course away from its corporate destruction.
Looking farther ahead, this holiday season please remember you can give the gift of socialism to your family and friends. We have a fine 2015 People’s Voice calendar available at our office ($10, $15 mailed from here), and books, too. Phone to be sure we are here before stopping by!: 792-3371.
Another thoughtful gift is a PV sub for your child or relative who is asking lots of questions about socialism and why the working class has a historic role to achieve a socialist society in Canada. (20 issues per year, $30 or low income $15.)
The calendar has an arts and cultural theme, celebrating great communist artists including Pablo Picasso, Bertolt Brecht, Dorothy Livesay, Louis Aragon, Ousmane Sembene, Violetta Parra, Mikhail Sholokhov, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Pablo Neruda, Mercedes Sosa, Nicolas Guillen, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Oswaldo Guayasamin.
We have a few copies still of Stephen Endicott’s Raising the Workers’ Flag ($35). Twenty years in the writing, it is I think the best working class book in many decades. It is more than the history of the Workers’ Unity League; it was written with an eye to the problems facing the labour movement and all workers today. A page-turner with stories of incredible courage against great odds!
In the spirit of the holiday season, you can also help the Communist Party and our efforts to strengthen and unite the labour and democratic movements and to advance socialism as the only realistic future for humanity. A gift donation to our party is welcome indeed and qualifies for a 75% tax credit (if you have a taxable income; the rate is reduced after $400 for both the federal party and “Communist Party of Canada – Manitoba”). Quite simply, we need your support to keep going and to grow!
Comradely holiday and New Year’s greetings,
Darrell Rankin
Manitoba office, Communist Party of Canada
