Western Clarion
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contributor: Pritchard, W.A.
issued: 2018-11-22
issued: 1916-10-01
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note: The Official Organ of the Socialist Party of Canada. NO. 785 VANCOUVER, B.C., OCTOBER, 1916 MONTHLY, 5 k THE ELECTION THE election is over. A new government is ushered into power, and the many who considered their social misfortunes to be directly attributable to the Bowser administration will now have the opportunity of watching the Brewster government introducing the necessary changes to the social structure. Strange, is is not, that a class pos- sesing tjhe ability to operate the means of production; invent gigantic machines of various designs to obviate the employment of human beings in the production of commodities; scientifically arrange commercial intercourse between every section of the civilized world; and able to control the intricate financial mechanism of the present form of society, should, at the the same time take so little interest in its own welfare as to elect, on every possible occassion, political parties that openly represent the aims and desinefs of the master class? Still this is precisely what always happens. It seems, indeed, as though We have resigned ourselves to the fate of industrial drudgery willing to produce to the point of exhaustion but carefully- avoid playing any part in the1 administration of our own affairs. In looking back over the campaign that has just closed we are firmly convinced that, from the standpoint- of propoganda, it has been the most successful one' ever engaged in by the Socialist Party of Canada. True, the number of constituencies contested has not been so great as in previous elections, and the number of votes recorded for the Socialist candidates jconsideralifcy less, even- in those districts where Party can- A Review of the Work Accomplished by the Socialist Party of Canada By J. A. McD: didates were placed in tlie field, than on former occasions. A large number of candidates placed in nomination cannot be regarded as a means to Socialist advancement if such candidates do not possess the I necessary qualificat…
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
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provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Socialist Party of Canada
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