Invitation to Talk by Sandra Smith/Leader MLPC

Hi Everyone,

I am inviting you and other workers to come to what I think will be a lively discussion this coming Thursday evening. Sandra Smith the leader of MLPC, The Marxist Leninist Party of Canada, (the party I ran for in the election) is going to be in Calgary next Thursday. Sandra is also the Editor of TML Daily. I thought it would be great to have people join together for some political discussion on the Agenda of the Harper government and on how we can organize so that CEO's do not continue to run this country.

Our right to job security, the rights of all , our social programs, the sovereignty of our country and opposing the war agenda of the Harper government are big concerns for all of us.

I listened to David Emerson on CBC this morning. As you know he was the CEO of the largest Forestry Company in Canada. He was crowing about the Softwood Lumber Free Trade Deal and blatantly said he went into politics to influence government policy and he did not care in the least that he was elected to one Party and jumped to another, one that received only 11% of the popular vote in his constituency in the Federal Election. To these CEO's and the Harper Government accountability and representation means nothing. Their system is an unrepresentative democracy. To us modern democracy, where elected representative are subordinate to the people and we have the ability to directly participate in selecting and electing our own candidates and participating in governance means everything.

Come if you can on Thursday and join what I think will be an interesting presentation and useful discussion on the Harper Agenda and developing practical politics to realize our own Agenda. For us to take up Politics ourselves as a way to defend our interests what better way than to analyze what this agenda is and how to organized for our rights and the rights of all within the current situation.

If you are interested or able to come please email me back so I will have some idea of who is coming, or give me a quick call at 283 - 7054.

The Discussion will take place at the Calgary Area Outdoor Council at 1111 Memorial Drive NW ( The Old Fire Hall on the corner of Memorial and 10th by the River) May 4th at 7 PM.

P.S. See you on May Day at 4.30 PM. Between last weeks Solidarity Action with the Six Nations , our Meaningful and powerful Day of Mourning March and Ceremony , May Day this Monday and the Building Trades Picket the afternoon of the 4th, downtown Calgary will be filled with our demands and Information.

All the Best to Everyone,

Peg Askin