Through experience, the national struggle tends to develop a social content, Inevitably certain political lessons follow, | D'Allemagne cites the current strikes at the newspaper La. Presse and the department store Dupuis Fréres, two of the biggest enter-prises owned by French-Canadian capital. Both strikes demonstrate, he says, that "the national bourgeoisie in Québec cannot play a | progressive role, and in fact is now making it clear that it will be less and less willing to make compromises and concessions," The separatists must look to other classes in society for their allies,
It is from this point of view that d'Allemagne projects a ‘growing liaison between the working class and nationalist movements: "The current strike struggles will oblige a greater solidarity and unity between the anticlerical, pro-independence and protrade~union forces, OS
Kinship with similar struggles throughout the world is recognized, The same issue of L!Indépendence (Official organ of the RIN) containing their political program also featured an article on the colonial struggle of the Puerto Ricans in which the RIN expressed solidarity with that country!s Pro-Independence Movement.
_ Pierre Bourgault has announced publicly that the party has invited organizers from the American Negro Congress of Racial Equality [CORE] to come to Québec to teach their demonstration techniques to RIN militants. oe ,
DtAllemagne has told this writer that in his personal opinion a RIN government in Québec would have the best chances of oo~opera~ tion with the Canadian government in Ottawa if that government were held by the New Democratic party, “After all," he said, “our think» ing is the same on a great many issues," - |
But, dtAllemagne went on, "I find it impossible to explain the abysmal miscomprehension and ignorance of English-Canadian socialists when it concerns developments in Québec." He has a. point there, | = os.
MINE STRIKE IN CHILE.
Some 5,000 .workers at the "El Teniente" mine in Chile owned by Braden Copper declared an "unlimitod" strike July 9. - They~eharged the company with not living up to a wage agreement.
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