William Kashtan (1909-1993) became general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada in January 1965, several months following the death of Leslie Morris. The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions parties churches or associations History Origins The Communist Party was organized with great secrecy in a barn near the city of Guelph Ontario, on May 28 and 29 1921 Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Leslie Tim Morris (1904 &ndash 1964 was a Welsh - Canadian politician journalist and long time member of the Communist Party of Canada and its front The delay in his assuming the position was due to the opposition of Tim Buck to his appointment. Timothy "Tim" Buck ( January 6, 1891 – March 11, 1973) was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (known Kashtan never succeeded in winning election to the Canadian House of Commons, and retired in 1988. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and He was an orthodox, pro-Moscow Communist and consistently supported the Soviet Union through various shifts in policy at the Kremlin. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Kashtan opposed Eurocommunism in the 1970s when many other Communist Parties in the west embraced it. Eurocommunism was a new trend in the 1970s and 1980s within various Western European communist parties to develop a theory and practice of social transformation that
In 1970, Kashtan spoke out against the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) group in Quebec, describing it as a terrorist organization and claiming that its methods were not consistent with genuine revolutionary behaviour. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Front de libération du Québec ( Québec Liberation Front commonly known as the FLQ, and sometimes referred to as Front de libération Québécois Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk
In 1971 he asked James Gareth Endicott to resign as president of the Canadian Peace Congress accusing him of having anti-Soviet and pro-China views. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. James Gareth Endicott (1898&ndash1993 was a Canadian minister Christian Missionary and Socialist. The Canadian Peace Congress was a Pacifist group founded in 1949 by James Gareth Endicott. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
Kashtan retired as party leader in 1988 and was replaced by George Hewison. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) George Hewison (born 1944 is a former long-time member of the Communist Party of Canada, Trade unionist and folk singer. In the early 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Hewison and his supporters attempted to move the Communist Party away from Marxism-Leninism in light of the failure of Soviet-style Communism. The Soviet Union 's collapse into independent nations began early in 1985 Marxism-Leninism is a Communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted Kashtan came out of retirement to fight the changes.
| Preceded by Leslie Morris |
General Secretaries of the Communist Party of Canada 1965-1988 |
Succeeded by George Hewison |
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