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Manitoba communists throw party
By JULIE HORBAL, SUN MEDIA
The Winnipeg Sun
They may be small in numbers, but Manitoba communists had one big party last night.
About 100 people were expected to gather at the Ukrainian Labour Temple to mark the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917, a political and social upheaval the leader of the provincial Communist Party called the "single most important event of the 20th Century."
"For us it marks the beginning of the end of capitalism as a social system," Darrell Rankin said yesterday. "Ninety years is a notable year."
Rankin estimated between 20,000 and 40,000 people gathered in Moscow earlier this week to celebrate the establishment of the world's first socialist government, which eventually became the Soviet Union.
A communist hasn't been elected to the Manitoba legislature since 1953 and the Communist Party of Canada -- Manitoba has had little support from voters.
Rankin, who was appointed leader of the provincial party in 1996, received just 66 votes in this year's election and finished in last place behind NDP incumbent George Hickes in Point Douglas.
Meanwhile, Lisa Gallagher was one of only two Communist Party candidates to run in the last federal election.
She received just 0.32% of the vote in Brandon-Souris and finished seventh in the riding behind two other small-party candidates.
Although it has just 50 active members in Manitoba, Rankin said "new blood" entering the organization keeps hope alive for the Communist Party.
"It's true that we're not that visible, but we are very dedicated to our dreams and our goals," he said. "We believe that socialism is the future for Canada."
Despite the dwindling numbers, Rankin said communists in Canada have advanced democratic demands and revolutionized trade unions and the peace movement.
He credited his party with giving women the right to vote and prompting a national medicare plan.
"Almost every single country where there's a large working class is celebrating this anniversary," he said of the 1917 revolution. "It affected a lot of different things, and that fight against colonialism is remembered right across the world."
By JULIE HORBAL, SUN MEDIA
The Winnipeg Sun
They may be small in numbers, but Manitoba communists had one big party last night.
About 100 people were expected to gather at the Ukrainian Labour Temple to mark the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917, a political and social upheaval the leader of the provincial Communist Party called the "single most important event of the 20th Century."
"For us it marks the beginning of the end of capitalism as a social system," Darrell Rankin said yesterday. "Ninety years is a notable year."
Rankin estimated between 20,000 and 40,000 people gathered in Moscow earlier this week to celebrate the establishment of the world's first socialist government, which eventually became the Soviet Union.
A communist hasn't been elected to the Manitoba legislature since 1953 and the Communist Party of Canada -- Manitoba has had little support from voters.
Rankin, who was appointed leader of the provincial party in 1996, received just 66 votes in this year's election and finished in last place behind NDP incumbent George Hickes in Point Douglas.
Meanwhile, Lisa Gallagher was one of only two Communist Party candidates to run in the last federal election.
She received just 0.32% of the vote in Brandon-Souris and finished seventh in the riding behind two other small-party candidates.
Although it has just 50 active members in Manitoba, Rankin said "new blood" entering the organization keeps hope alive for the Communist Party.
"It's true that we're not that visible, but we are very dedicated to our dreams and our goals," he said. "We believe that socialism is the future for Canada."
Despite the dwindling numbers, Rankin said communists in Canada have advanced democratic demands and revolutionized trade unions and the peace movement.
He credited his party with giving women the right to vote and prompting a national medicare plan.
"Almost every single country where there's a large working class is celebrating this anniversary," he said of the 1917 revolution. "It affected a lot of different things, and that fight against colonialism is remembered right across the world."
I find commies so cute. History has passed them by but they just don't realise it yet.
You don't get to vote for the future.
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