(The following article is from the June 1-15, 2008, issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $25/year, or $12 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $25 US per year; other overseas readers - $25 US or $35 CDN per year. Send to: People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 133 Herkimer St., Unit 502, Hamilton, ON, L8P 2H3.)
 
As this issue goes to press, People’s Voice business manager Sam Hammond and other volunteers are busy at the Canadian Labour Congress 25th Convention in Toronto - distributing papers, selling books, and watching the debates with keen interest. We’ll have coverage and analysis in our next issue.

Unfortunately for this report, preparations for the People’s Voice display at the CLC required considerable time and energy, at the expense of all the work necessary to calculate the latest report on our 2008 Fund Drive. We have now gone over $30,000, passing 60% of our target, but the detailed provincial breakdown will have to wait until next issue.

In the meantime, tickets are on sale for our 16th Annual Victory Banquet at Vancouver’s Russian Hall (600 Campbell Avenue) on Saturday, June 7, doors opening at 6 pm. Our guest speaker this year will be Stephen Von Sychowski, a leading member of the Vancouver & District Labour Council Young Workers Committee and the union-led campaign to raise the B.C. minimum wage.

Also on the west coast, the annual PV Walk-A-Thon, organized by the Lower Fraser Club CPC, will take place in Surrey on Sunday, July 20. Gather by 11 am at the 140 St. entrance picnic area of Bear Creek Park for the usual walk around the park, followed at 12 noon by a delicious international potluck lunch. The cultural program and speakers will start at 1 pm. It’s an event you don’t want to miss! For details, call Harjit at 604-543-7179, or Krishna at 604-940-0420.

Remember that this year’s “PV Shopping Bag” includes the following: - “The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism,” a 112-page booklet by David Lester, full of astounding facts and figures about the exploitative system which threatens our planet;

•  a 12-month complimentary PV sub (keep it or give it to a friend);
•  People’s Voice 2008 Calendar;
•  People’s Voice “Karl Marx” Tshirt (tell us what size);
•  a surprise music CD - pick classical, oldies, or folk.
  

For a $100 donation, you get your choice of one of these items. For each additional $100, choose another item from our Shopping Bag. For a donation of $1000 or more, take the entire Shopping Bag, and receive a lifetime subscription for yourself or a friend.