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Moscow Trust Group Members forming Palach Press in 1975 to Czechoslovakia today is a and Charter 77 Co-founder Speak at make Charter 77 documents country ruled not so much by party ACT East-West Fest available to the West, and as Vice- ideology as by passivity, The term "peace" generally President of the East European opportunism, mediocrity, cynicism evokes either of two responses: a Cultural Association, publishers of and a preoccupation with private simple-minded" yay" with perhaps the excellent and informative East concerns all resulting from the an added comment on the sorry European Reporter (see pg. 5). regime's "normalization" after satate of the world, or a weary, 1968, which offered citizens a cynical "nay" that automatically resonable standard of living in suspects the speaker of being a exchange for political compliance. naive, foolish dupe if not an Charter 77 was launched in 1977 as outright KGB agent. Unbeknownst a human rights movement whose to either of the two camps function would be to issue represented by these opposing statements expressing the thoughts

views, there is. a middle ground, and ideas of the unofficial Czech represented by those who, acting opposition. This year, after a independently of their governments decade of sometimes severe police in either East or West, attempt to harrassment and imprisonment, "FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS link the struggles for peace with Charter 77 will become the longest the question of human rights and existing civic initiative in Eastern democratic freedoms. Kavan began his talk with a Europe. Described by Czech Late last fall, the ACT for breif historical overview of the playwrite Vaclav Havel as "an Disarmament Coalition, one of the Czechoslovak situation. This icebreaker with a kamikaze crew," small number of Canadian peace nation of 15 million has seen two the Charter has played a catalytic

groups active in supporting invasions in its recent history: it role providing encouragement to independent and unofficial Eastern capitulated under pressure from other Eastern bloc activists and bloc peace and human rights the Western alliances to Nazi initiating dialogue within activists, sponsored a week-long Germany in 1938, then 30 years Czechoslovakia, with other Eastern series of events in Toronto. later, to its Eastern "ally", the European oppositionists, and even Featured speakers at this "East- — an event that then with the larger European peace West Peace Festival" included Jan U.S. President Nixon called "a movement. Charter 77, Kavan Kavan, a founding member of traffic accident on the road to explained, is an open and informal Czechoslovakia's independent detente." With this kind of organization, without membership; human rights organization Charter history, Kavan explained, it is 77, Polish Solidarnosc easily seen why Czechs and Slovaks PEACE con't pg. 4 representatives, and several exiled dislike the Bloc system. members of the Moscow group to Establish Trust Between East and West. The week's opening plenary session was given by Jan Kavan. MAY - JUNE 1987 Kavan, since leaving Czechoslovakia VOL.20 N0.94 in 1970 (two years after Soviet tanks rolled in to quash that country's "socialism with a human face" experiment of the "Prague Spring"), has been intensely active, INSIDE

PEACE EH! PS- 1 EDITORIAL Pg- 2 LETTERS Pg- 2 RAMBLING MIND Pg- 3 Pg- 6 LES CONFUTS Pg- 7 DMYTRO CIPYWNYK Pg- 8 Pg- 10 CHORNOBYL REMEMBERED Pg- 11 KGB FILES Pg- 12 SHEVCHENKO LECTURES Pg- 13 BLOC NOTES Pg- 14 All signed letters ot reasonable length which comply with Canadian libel and slander laws will be printed unedited (save tor purposes ot clarity) in this column. will not print anonymous letters, but if lor personal reasons contributors wish to withhold their names or use a pseudonym, this can be arranged. In all cases, however, we require both a genuine signature and return address. We should all be extremely proud and joyous that the Deschenes commission has cleared the air surrounding war criminals in Canada, The Ukrainian community in particular is pleased with the report because

it states that the SS Division "Galicia" did not at any time commit any crimes against Letter from Ukraine humanity, as well it established that the

Ukrainian Canadian community does not HOW ARE we living? It is difficult asked the shop assistant, who harbour, shelter nor assist in any way Nazi to answer this question since was a friend of mine, "Where are war criminals. It clears the name of many even we do not know anything these berries from?" With a individuals which have been unjustly about ourselves, that is—how wink, she said, "From Odessa." slandered during the course of the long we have to live, what is Yet when other customers had left, she told commission. Some Ukrainians call the actually happening to us and me, "Don't buy should live them because these raspberries Deschene report "a Ukrainian victory". That how we now our lives? We have no information are from near Kiev." But people may be so, depending on your point of view. about what has happened. We buy them... But one must remember how this "victory" feel weak, but this is nothing The village of Novpshepelichi came about. It came about because the new. is situated 4 kilometres from the Ukrainian community momentarily forgot The main problem is food. I do river Prypyat. On the 6/7 May, their differences and pulled together and not buy any vegetables even people were evacuated from worked hard to acheive specific goal. a though the shops are full, of this village over a period of ten However what to be seems happening them. Since May, we have not days. I know this for certain. now is that the Ukrainian community has drunk milk. Very rarely do I buy They were taken to the been lulled into a sense of security which was cheese. We eat vermicelli and Borodyansk region, and will not brought about by the achievement of an old potatoes which are now be returning. The village will be apparent victory. The Ukrainian community nearing the end of their season. destroyed —the former inhabit- has once again fallen into a content sleep But what of the future? My gums ants were allowed to take their after the achievement of some goal. This bleed constantly causing me clothing and other essential happened after Mulliculturalism was pain, and my teeth are loose. items. Now, the question is There is no dried milk where to build a new village? established. The Ukrainians were very and we dare not even dream about We are informed by many prominent and instrumental in the shaping condensed milk. How shall we sources not to panic and to lead of and establishment of Mulliculturalism. live? I really do not know. a normal life, even to bathe and Unfortunately after the policy was Between 2-17 June, children sunbathe; even to use all the established the community went back into from classes 1-7 were food in our diet which is hiding, content with the bickering which is evacuated from Kiev for 45 available in the shops, although evident amongst itself. days—they were due to return it is generally known that it is Even SUSK (the Ukrainian Canadian but have been ordered to stay contaminated with radioactivity. where they are in Ukraine for Yet, where should we People Students' Union) has cancelled its' proposed go? another 45 days. are already saying that 150,000 lobbying effort because "there is no issue", Most frightening is the lack of have left Kiev... "we are not able to do anything else besides information— no one talks This samizdai document is in the Deschenes". To suggest that the Ukrainian excerpts about the subject. Yesterday, I form of from an anony- community has no issue to raise with the went to a fruit shop and saw mous letter circulating in Ukraine Canadian Government could lead to the some beautiful raspberries. I since the Chernobyl accident. conclusion that we are a happily contented lot. Why not do a smaller lobby effort focusing on human rights abuse in the Soviet Union, the entrenchment of the policy of Reprinted from UPC News Multiculturalism into the Constitution. There are many issue which concern the Ukrainian community as a whole. We must not allow the feeling of "victory" to spoil our newfound ability to cooperate and achieve political goals. SUBSCRIBE!

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it has elected "spokepersons" as well as (at the moment) 1300 to 1400 "signatories" of documents — sympathizers, information gatherers, distributors and co- workers, who have been identified by the authorities (followed around by the police, etc.) and, therefore, have little to lose in making their names public.

A different approach to peace Western "peaceniks" who actually is taken by the Moscow Trust did. go to the Soviet Union, and came

Group, whose exiled members back to tell about it. Mikhail Ostrovsky and Olga In a private conversation Lusnikova took part in a plenary following the Trust Group session, session later in the week. The Meesha Ostrovsky expressed his Trust Group was founded by 1 thoughts about the independant Charter 77 documents have Moscow academics, physicians and peace movement and the prospects with the aim of consistently stressed the artists in 1982, for political and cultural change in indivisibility of independently of their peace and human working Soviet society. Having travelled as rights, and the ineffectiveness of to build trust between government widely as he could and talking with "myopic pacifism," exemplified the citizens of the two by ordinary citizens in Ukraine and appeals for disarmament witho ut superpowers. Since its inception, other republics, Ostrovsky is recognition of the need to change of active members in the number pessimistic about the possibility of the political conditions trust groups and the Moscow or similar any short-term political changes. structures of society. Peace, than Soviet cities in more 20 He feels ordinary Soviet citizens according to Kavan, can (including Odessa), has grown to only be lack any sensibility that would secured by removing the causes over 5,000 — despite harassment, of prepare them for such changes, and internal tension within beatings and imprisonment, house society, be groups like the Trust Group are they hunger, or racial, political arrests and incarceration in mental or only "planting the seeds in the religious oppression, hospitals or labour camps. and these ground". The recent releases of tensions are "accenuated by the bipolar superpower management of the world." Those who think peace can come first before dealing with human rights and democratic options, according to Kavan, "often overlook the fact that the peace they might achieve could be comparable to the peace of a concentration camp." Similarly, those who argue exclusively for human rights without striving for peace "overlook the fact that they may enjoy their human rights in a

nuclear winter or in the grave." It is unfortunate, Kavan concedes, that the term "peace" has been In a joint action last year, and of Trust discredited and hijacked" by the four Westerners (Bob McGlynn and Group activists Aleksandr Soviet government and, as a Ann-Marie Hendrickson, of the Shatravka and Dr. Vladimir consequence, most Czechs and Brooklyn Ami -Nuclear Group, both Brodsky he calls "unprecedented"' Slovaks, upon hearing the word present at the plenary, and two and attributes these to the support immediately associate it with state Britons), with the help of Trust of Western activists, but denies propaganda. Kavan added, however, Group members, travelled to that they indicate any that the term "human rights" has Moscow to distribute fact-filled "democratization" of Soviet society. similarly been used by successive informational leaflets on the The kind of "democratization" we American governments, and "it is consequences of the Chornobyl are witnessing now was attempted this bipolar, black-and-white bloc accident to Soviet citizens at the twenty years ago by Khruschev, he thinking Charter 77 hopes to entrance to Gorky Park. The action say, but "where did it go? It went break." was terminated by the police and to Brezhnev next, and nothing the participants taken in for changed." Gorbachev, according to extensive questioning, but not Ostrovsky, is simply "more clever" before they had handed out almost than his predecessors. all of the leaflets they had to eager "What is needed is for people Moscovites. The action was to behave at all times with dignity, considered a relative success for not to allow themselves to be this reason, and because it recieved frightened and intimidated, but to some "relatively objective" (in speak the truth." McGlynn's words) world press — Jan Patocka, philosopher attention, ultimately getting and founding member of Charter across a message that a grassroots 77, who died following harsh "detente from below", trancending interrogation by Czech authorities. the bloc structure, was a possible goal to work for. These were

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Canadian representative to the Autonomous peace and controversy in the European press International Physicians for the " "peace-and-freedom movements upon being denied entry into the Prevention of Nuclear War and a in the Soviet bloc take various World Congress Devoted to the member of Canadian Physicians for forms. Czechoslovakia 's Charier 77 International Year of Peace, in Social Responsibility, had, for is now ten years old and continues Copenhagen. The group's delegates, example, explicitly warned the to put out statements that, with the support of Charter 77, group not to take up the case of arguably, influence the country's Moscow Trust Group and Freedom jailed Moscow Trust Group member political scene. In Hungary, the and Peace representatives, issued Dr. Vladimir Brodsky.) Peace Group for Dialogue had at one statements calling for a "nuclear- Other North American point been quite widespread on free Ukraine", and raising the nonaligned "democratic peace" university campuses, but has been issue of Afghanistan and the right groups and supporters include the disbanded to repression; due some of Ukrainians to refuse service in Campaign for Peace and Dialogucrs continue to be active. A the Afghan war. Their credibility Democracy/East and West, who large diffuse movement exists in in the European press was aided by publish Peace and Democracy News. East Germany, often under the their statements of support for the magazine Across Frontiers , the cover of the Protestant churces, and "both the Chileans and the Friendship Committee with the it is heavily influenced by West Afghans, the Polish underground Independent Soviet Bloc Peace Germany's Green movement. and the forces for democracy in Groups (c/o Bob McGlynn, 528 - 5&

P 1 n 's a d Freedom and Peace Central America." Street, Brooklyn NY 10040), and consists of several chapters, which Unfortunately, Canadian and the Trust Group Abroad, who recently tried unsuccessfully to American peace and disarmament publish Return Address; Moscow hold an independent peace organizations, for the most part, (c/o Sergei Batovrin, P.O. Box 1073, conference in Krakow, and the shun any recognition of human NYC 10040). Unfortunately, the underground Committee for Social rights violations in the Soviet mainstream North American press Resistance (KOS) has carried on a Union, and are contemptibly rarely gives a fair picture of the mutually supportive dialogue, like uninterested in the plight of East East European opposition. When Charter 77, with Western peace European independent initiatives. the New York Times, for instance, activists. ACT for Disarmament, Quebec's prominently published an open The Moscow-based Group for Union des Pacifisles, and isolated letter by KOR (Workers Defence Establishing Trust between East others make up a minority whose Committee) and Solidarity activist is perhaps and West the most voices get drowned out by the pro- Adam Michnik, written from his significant and accessible group, Soviets, Communist Party prison cell, it carefully deleted with several thousand members sympathizers and the vast majority every reference to the peace (despite repression), whose who are afraid to alienate the movement along with Michnik's activities include issuing Soviet-leaning elements and to play message of support to the statements, organizing occasional into the hands of Reagan and "the resistance in Chile. This typified a street actions and holding seminars right". The Toronto Disarmament pattern in which "dissent" in in private homes. Other groups Network (TDN), for instance, Eastern Europe is enlisted to the include a recently formed contains CP members on its extent it serves Western Ukrainian and Lithuanian executive. ACT for Disarmament, propaganda, with democratic Protestant Christian Independant explicitly nonaligned, walked out opposition to the Cold War being

Peace Movement in the USSR. of the TDN-organised founding robbed of its voice in the process. These various groups set convention for the Canadian Peace (For further reading, Bob themselves up as independent Alliance out of frustration with McGlynn's pamphlet "Blowing Away alternatives to the state-sponsored such types. Physicians for Social the Borders — Unity with the Grass

"peace Committees" and "Councils", Responsibility , despite the good Roots Disarmament Movement in the which serve as mouthpieces of state intentions of some of its Western Soviet Bloc: Can the U.S. policy. The independents consider members, seem to believe Disarmament Movement Live Up to

themselves nonaligned and primarily in the efficacy of wining its Name", expands on these and

implicitly or explicitly call for an and dining leading figures in the other sensitive themes. It can be integration of human rights and Soviet Union's notoriously state- obtained from ACT, 465 Spadina peace issues. controlled psychiatric Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. M5T The nonaligned peace establishment. (Don Bates, a 2G8) movement in the West, which frequently calls attention to the plight of the East bloc Regarding Pseudonyms independents, is particularly Articles appearing in Student under widespread in Western Europe. It pseudonyms do so for a" variety of includes the large European reasons. Some authors request anonymi- Nuclear Disarmament (END) and ty because their articles are of a political- Britain's Campaign for Nuclear ly sensitive nature and might jeopardize Disarmament (CND), whose well- any future plans they might have to travel known spokesman E. P. Thompson in Eastern Europe. Others don't want has frequently been criticized by their names revealed because they know Soviet mouthpieces for being a "CIA Student is read by various intelligence- absurd contention mouthpiece", an gathering agencies and don't want to to anyone who understands the make their job any easier. Still others use Western peace movement. Other pseudonyms because they fear a supportive nonaligned groups backlash from elements in the Ukrainian include France's CODENE ( community who don't appreciate candid pour le Ddsarmement Nucleaire en or critical journalism. The Student collec- the Europe), Dutch IKV tive regards these and other requests for (Interchurch Peace Council) as well anonymity to be legitimate and would like as the West German Greens and the to note, in conclusion, that this practice is ecology Belgian party. Last year, a hardly unused as there is a long tradition calling itself the Ukrainian group of- using pseudonyms in journalism. Peace Committee generated

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STUDENT, MAY-JUNE 1987, PAGE 6 Qu6becois LES CONFLITS EST-OUEST: d'Applewood Heights UNE REPONSE DE L'EST II

Continue de la derniere fois.

L'Ouest avait une opportunite Pour mieux eiaborer cette perception, pas suffisants a tourner les teles de l'Est. glorieuse a faire exactement ca au Congres je voudrai vous donner un exemple De l'aide des milliards de dollars aux de SUSK 1986 qui avait lieu pres canadien. Pendant plusieurs annees, les agriculteurs, et de I'abaissement des d'Edmonton. Ce Congres a eu une grande francophones se sebtaient qu'ils etaient des impots sur la production de petrole, sont representation de l'Ouest et une absence citoyens de deuxieme classe du fait que seulement des lignes de conduite qu'un evidente de L'Ex6cutif de l'Est. leur langue Pourtant, etait discriminee. Cette premier ministre conservateur Brain l'effort de l'Ouest etait faible. Un des discrimination linguistique a achemine, en Mulroney a fait pour arreter la popularite problemes est venu de leur confiance sur meme temp's, un manque d'opportunites en baisse des des gouverements un chef potentiel qui, luimeme, n'etait pas econ'omiques et sociales vis-a-vis les conservateurs provinciaux de l'Ouest et ne certain de ses propres capacite"s en prenant anglophones. Pourtant, leurs efforts, qui sont pas des efforts honnetes a identifier la fonction de chef. De plus, avec incluent leur rejection d'un gouvernement les problemes dans l'Ouest. manque de contribution aux resolutions et fortement francophone sous Pierre Trudeau Malgre tout, SUSK a beaucoup de aussi leur manque de preparation in et l'eiection d'un gouvernement fortement potentiel. C'est une des rares organisations general, ils ont seulement eux memes a nationaliste en Quebec sous Rene Levesque, qui n'est pas bas6e sur les principes blamer pour leur perte. a conduit vers le passage de l'Acte Officiel politiques ou ideologiques. C'est Si on considere la que l'Ouest des Langues en 1969, I'etablissement du simplement une organisation des etudiants ne veut pas vraiment prendre la direction francais comme une langue officielle en ukrainien-canadiens. Ces considerations de l'organisation, ce n'est pas Quebec et I'inclusion des droits complets sont importantes -que c'est une deTinnitiment le cas. Apres le Congres, j'ai dans l'Acte de la Constitution en 1982. organisation d'ukrainiens canadiens qui t£moigne\ en voyageant dans l'Ouest, Aujourd'hui, les une francophones se sentent amene tous les elements de la communaute grande colere et une frustration immense, libres, pour la plupart dessois, a conduire ensemble et va enrichir la communaute, meme des insultes personnelles, ventds leurs vies quotidiennes dans leur propre dans le futur, avec ses dirigeants. vers moi a cause fait du qu'ils se sentaient langue sans sentir que ce sera impossible L'organisation a accompli beaucoup dans "triches" au Congres parce qu'ils n'etaient de le faire. plus, De ils sont devenus des son temps et a une histoire dont elle devra pas capables de gagner le contrdle canadiens et de SUSK. federal is tes plus forts etre fier (e.g. le multiculturalisme et le Beaucoup de cette frustration evidents le est le dans declin du mouvement lobbying). Meme s'il a encore beaucoup resultat du fait que l'Ouest ne voit pas nationaliste en Quebec (specifiquement de travail a faire, SUSK fournit encore en d'espoir de devenir un jour le centre de parmi les jeunes) et la defaite du Parti forum pour les problemes de tous les pouvoir. Ce n'est pas le cas. Du contraite Quebecois en 1985. Avec ces evenements, ukrainien-canadiens; cependant, cet de ce que Daria Romaniuk a ecrit, le nombre le Canada a developpe en un pays plus fort objectif ne va pas etre accomni; r uuenu des membres dans les clubs locals dans avec une communaute francophone (qui les Mon message a l'Ouest, qui se sent l'Ouest est . actuellement tr£s haut. represente prfes de 30% du nombre discrimine qui croit L'organisation puissante et le nombre des d'habitants en Canada) qui sentent, pour la toujours mdprise, ou membres (75 a 100) aux Universites de plupart, qu'ils sont vraiment des canadiens qu'il merite quelque chose de plus, est que aider acquerir Calgary, Saskatchewan et Manitoba servent avec les memes droits et privileges que les cette pitie ne va pas vous a II faut sort ... et comme la preuve de ca. Ajoutons a ce fait anglophones. des resultats. qu'on que ces clubs ont une grande communaute De l'autre cote, l'Ouest, qui s'a soucie (comme Jerry Rubin disait) "do it!" ("fais- "dans le vieux ukrainienne, et une multitude de ses propres problemes, n'a presque pas le! ") ou comme ils disaient "Skazav pan, zrobyv sam" (le d'institutions dans lesquelles ils fait un effort a les faire entendre. Des pays", seigneur l'a dit, il I'a fait lui-meme). pourraient tirer leurs resources et que les mouvements politiques sans succes, comme De l'Est avec amour! gouvernements provincials de Alberta, du le Western Canada Concept (WCC), ne sont Saskatchewan et du Manitoba, en comparaison avec i'Est, sont, en general, sympathetiques aux concernes multiculturelles. L'evidence pour ce UKRAINIAN (TORONTO) dernier fait on peut trouver dans l'appui donne aux groupes multiculturelles du Comite du UNION LIMITED documente dans le Rapport CREDIT la Communaute Developpement de LOCATIONS Ukrainienne (CDCU) presente au Congres du -AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES AT ALL FOUR Comite Ukrainien-Canadien (KYK) en -SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 1986. On peut aussi constater que la -FREE, INTEREST EARNING CHEQUING ACCOUNTS du Rapport lui-meme etait une realisation -DAILY INTEREST AND REGULAR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS forme de l'appui gouvernemental. II n'y a pas d'excuse pour l'Ouest a dire qu'ils -TERM DEPOSITS AT ATTRACTIVE RATES n'ont pas la capacity a etre bien organises -CDN. AND U.S. TRAVELLERS' CHEQUES, MONEY ORDERS dans l'avenir. Si on ressent, a ce point, que je plaide OF SERVICES en faveur d'une revolution dans l'Ouest et INQUIRE ABOUT OUR COMPLETE RANGE que je plaide en faveur que l'Ouest se separe, ignore l'Est et fasse ce qu'il veut, LOCATIONS rien ne pourra etre plus loin de la verite. FOUR CONVENIENT Une opportunite 5 avoir l'Executif dans l'Ouest va servir a renforcer SUSK. 225 EAST MALL Ca va inviter une opportunite a 295 COLLEGE STREET THE amener des idees fraiches a l'organisation. TORONTO, ONTARIO ONTARIO Ca va developper des habilites de direction 922-1402 233-1254, parmi une groupe fraiche et nouvelle des individus et va aussi exposer un Executif 3635 CAWTHRA ROAD de l'Ouest aux difficultes d'administrer 2397 BLOOR STREET WEST une organisation nationals. De plus, l'Est TORONTO, ONTARIO MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO pourra commencer a comprendre 762-6961 272-0468 1'alienation a laquelle l'Ouest a subi pendant plusieurs annees.

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possibility in the decision making belong to some other Ukrainian process as the "Big Six" do. With organization, so one way SUSK can become more respect to the veto it hasn't been members the general process is used very much. What is invol ved in happening more frequently now and to join, and if you feel that the door entierly open to you then my seems to be happening more is not infiltrate and change them. succesfully now is this principle of advice becoming somewhat old zhidnenya (consensus), where the If they are fasioned in their position then parties meet in advance and if modernise them. So you could there is an issue that may be contentious and may be participate in that way. I think you could also participate more troublesome or irksome to any one organization. of the component organizations, directly as a SUSK One of the projects which we are they try to sort out and word it in is the reality of setting such a way that it will be examining rights right starting with Multiculturalism, acceptible to everybody so that the up a human network across Canada. I talked to Danylo STUDENT is privaleged to be able to human rights in Ukraine, family veto will not have to be used. So Rights present an interview with the reunification and a consulate in the the veto will likly be used only Dzwonyk (SUSK Human -Ed.) and asked him current Ukrainian Canadian Kiev. We want to open up stable in some sort of a crisis situation. representative Committee president, Dmytro develop a draft, that he could government funding of a number of It is something that I can't change to Cipywnyk. The interview was then present to the UCC national projects which are imporant to us but I can facilitate the process of conducted while Dr. Cipywnyk- was council, indicating the aims and as we as some core funding for the bringing it before the congress and on a business trip in Toronto by and the possible office as well. Another long term indicating that it is something that objectives Victor Korotky and Nestor Gula. structure such network. What objective is to establish a funding will have to be examined. People of a that perhaps base for UCC, that means the have asked me about that and I say, I had suggested was — could appoint, or nominate, ^ministrative end of it as well as "look, if there are enough people SUSK the or each STUDENT: Where would you programing end. U is important think that way and if you feel one two people from to develop like to see the Ukrainian a coordinated mechanism that it should be changed it is province, so that the whole country for dealing with involved. Canadian Committee (UCC) at the whole issue of really up to the people, and you is And then have funding. It the end of your term? behooves UCC as a have to work and lobby and make Christina Isajiw (a notable coordinating agency, as Ukrainian Canadian rights Dmytro Cipywnyk: I have a general an sure that the desireable changes human umbrella organization, to see that expert - Ed.) could travel to all ojective. The general objective is to transpire." 1 think that we have to raise the functioning, the that kind of setup is put into place, convince the "Big Six" that maybe these points were these efficiency and the image of UCC so we do not have to worry from when the organization was set up representatives live, study or work rather dramatically within my year to year as to where our money that there might have been a need and inform the Ukrainian is going three year term as UCC president. to come from. Aa well I for that kind of a structure. Maybe community living there, orient have a further point. I think possibly Organizationally I am convinced that that structure has outlived itself, them and point out some that UCC has to profile much more UCC should not just be a and that we should look at directions that such an effort could coordinating group it highly than it has in the past. I but should something more equitable. be taken in support of general provide have objectives for the first year; some leadership in the Otherwise I think it will be human rights. A third area is normalize the head office, appoint community. extremly difficult to get the young an executive director, people on board and participating computerization, establish a fully. For my money, you have to Ukrainian Information Bureau in participate otherwise you fall off, Ottawa, to coordinate with the you become disinterested, you can't World Congress of Free Ukrainians be a bystander. Either you get celebrations for the Millenium of S: Due to the need for the into it with both feet, a fully Christianity in Ukraine and the Presidium of the UCC to pass participating member or you lose preparation for the celebration of all motions with an interest, get bored, or you get the centennary of Ukrainian acclamation, many interpret disenchanted and you say, "Well, if

Immigration in Canada. The other this as a veto power for the I am a second class citizen then I

issue which is very important is an "Big Six". How do you see can find places where I am treated

open liason with government the situation? as a first class citizen." I think

beacause that too is lacking since D.C.: The structure of UCC is where the younger generation is fully

we do not have a bereau, everytime you have the six large within its right in that respect.

an issue arises we have to send a organizations and then all the rest. delegation to Ottawa to deal with Then with the veto issue, that that particular issue. I think it has seems to be getting more and more to be much more intense than that concerns, especially with the and I have already met with a large young. There are two things which see the role of number of our representatives in bother me about that. One is that I S: How do you Ottawa and have initiated that don't think we should have a student organizations such as

process. I think that there has to be dichotomy in the membership, I SUSK in the Ukrainian

a very intimate interaction between don't think that it should be the community as members of the representatives of our community "Big Six" and all the little ones, UCC, as well how do other and the representatives of and that they forever remain that youth groups fit in?

government. They need to know way. I think that we have to attain D.C.: They could make their imput

what we are all about and vice equality and I think that SUSK in a number of ways. One is, see versa. We have to work in sync members or members of any other most of the people who belong to with respect to a variety of issues group should have the same kind of SUSK, they or their parents already

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is primarily a UCC responsibility.

I think the bureau will be there to respond to issues regardless of WORDS your political or religious afilliation. It will have to be issue oriented otherwise there will be a

great danger of it becoming partisan and that is what we do not want. The bureau will deal with the major issues; human rights in Ukraine is important to all Ukrainians, Multiculturalism - we

all want it, the Ukrainian language

- we all want it, justice - we all where we seem to have a dirth of countries in the world. I can see sure that we have the manpower at want to make sure that justice is young people who are willing to go Ukrainians and even non- hand and the financial resources to adequate. So, there are so many into government. All the way from Ukrainians in Germany, France, develop policy. Whether the concerns to the community as a secretarial assistants to M.P.'s, Austrailia or South America, U.C.D.C. is the appropriate group. M.L.A.'s to executive assistants and contactig the bureau and mechanism is another matter, but other govermental positions. In the requesting information about we need an organization a group of department of Multicultural ism, certain matters in Canada, with people that are going to give this for example, there is not a single respect to the Ukrainian some serious thought, butressed S: Any remarks about the Ukrainian representative there. community, which resemble their with good research. We need them first year as the UCC We are a large community in own situations. I think that this to present this report to the UCC to president? Canada and very much in the lead Information bureau has to be the congress and say that it D.C.: There are lots of things to do. with multicultural issues and there ideomatic with the House of represents where we are and where It's rather exciting. I wish I had is no reason why we should not Commons. The people in charge we suggest the community move. more time. I am fully occupied have at least one assistant to will have to establish a very close with my own profession and this is Crombie. The other issue whi ch is working relationship with the spare time activity, evenings and close to that, is to be much more House, so that they can see things S: How will the information weekends. It would be nice if I had effective in the media. We are coming, interpret them to the bureau amalgamate the wide more time at least during the first rarely proactive, we are always Ukrainian community and they range of opinion available in year to get the community reactive. We have to break through could recommend positions on the Ukrainian community mobilised. It's kind of slow, it's the general media. these issues and vice versa. We into a unified policy comming along but not as fast as I have a lot of needs and concerns, platform to be presented to would like to see it. There is such someone has to inform, on an the Federal government and a dormancy. I think people are S: Is the Ukrainian ongoing basis, the appropriate to the Canadian Public? people are eager to see somthing go Information Bureau an members of the House. I'm sure It will not be the responsibility of because that for a change. example of the UCC moving that in the last year we have had the bureau to do that, into the twentieth century two or three incidents that would and what do you see as some not have arisen had we had an of the benefits and information bureau in Ottawa. drawbacks of this office?

D.C.: I don't see any drawbacks to

it. But maybe I'm biased because I want to see this bureau in place as quikly as possible. I see a lot of advantages coming for us, both in

Canada and abroad. I see the S: What are the limitations liason between bureau as being a of establishing a committee community and the the Ukrainian similar to U.C.D.C. outside But it will also be a government. the prairie provinces, in the Ukrainian liason between the East and in British community in Canada and other Columbia? D.C.: No limitations at all. In fact, U.C.D.C. is having a meeting in Saskatoon on the fith and sixth of June, where there will be representation from all of Canada. British Columbia has indicated a strong interest in the activities of U.C.D.C. and has had representatives at the lasttwo meetings. Ontario will also be sending a representative. One of the concerns about U.C.D.C. is that

it applies appropriately to the situation in West and does not reflect reality in the East. That may be ultimately true. We have done our pilot projects in the West and maybe at this point we should do a similar project in the East. Have involvement of Eastern people and see what their realities are and where they would like to see themselves go as a community. The U.C.D.C. concept is something which will project long term needs of the community. I think it is extremely important to have some sort of mission, some long term objectives which we could then turn into concrete projects and make

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STUDENT, MAY-JUNE 1987, PAGE 10 CHORNOBYL MEMORIALANDRIJ HLUCHOWECKY HELD IN MONTREAL

On Monday, April 27 over 1,000 official outdoor program, the 1 ,000- members of Montreal's Ukrainian strong procession continued along the community commemorated the first winding stairway towards the central anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear Basilica in step with the religious disaster with a candelight procession marches played by Montreal's S VM at St. Joseph's Oratory. This brass band Trembita, under the magnificent religious shrine, situated directorship of Rostyslav Kulish. on the northern side of Mont Royal, is Once inside, pastors from several world-renown for its numerous of Montreal's Ukrainian churches led miracles, as is evidenced by the scores the Moleben prayers for the victims of of crutches found at its main entrance. the Chernobyl disaster - past and The large crowd, perhaps looking future. Reverend Dr. Ihor Monczak for a miracle for their brothers and Ukrainian children was read to the the delivered an impassioned spiritual sisters in Ukraine, braved cold gathering. overview of this tragedy. weather and a paralyzing transit "... The explosion at Chornobyl Many of the faithful that evening, strike, suprising even the most candles in has brough us much misfortune. Many hand , sang along with the optimistic of community leaders. children have been taken away from Holy Ghost Parish choir, under the As the candle -lit procession their parents and the authorities do directorship of Jerry Panasiuk, made its way through the evening not always say where. This is one more creating an electrifying atmosphere of twilight towards St. Joseph's Oratory, sorrow to endure. I truly do not care high emotion and community two recently obtained letters from the about myself, but I do worry for the solidarity. Kiev area were read out describing the children ..." One heartening realization was horrors and misery experienced by the The keynote speaker, lawyer and that the devestating nature of the farmers and workers residing close to president of the Ukrainian Youth Chornobyl disaster brought together, the Chornobyl accident. Association S U M Eugene Czolij, in brotherly friendship, people of "The simple but moving words recalled the tragic events of one year many nations. Ukrainians, Quebecois, written in Ukrainian depict a reality ago when the fourth unit of the English Canadians, Lithuanians, that contradicts the information that is Chornobyl nuclear plant exploded Estonians, Latvians, Poles, Hungarians, presently being disseminated Soviet by spewing deadly radioactive particles Romanians, Czechs, Slovaks and others officials", said event coordinator into the environment. Mr. Czolij - all participated in this solemn vigil, Markian Shwec. accused the Soviet government of thus bringing home quite tellingly that One such letter recounts how criminal negligence in not informing this event was of world-wide livestock infected with radiation had the residents of the Chornobyl *area proportions. been taken away and burned by and the neighbouring capital city of The candle-lit procession and government officials. The few animals Kiev of what had transpired. He prayer service were part of the April that did survive had little to feed on, pointed out, that Mikhail Gorbachev 26-May2 commemoration designated by since the grain contaminated by the did not make any official public the World Congress of Free Ukrainians fallout from Chornobyl had to be statements about Chernobyl until as Chornobyl Commemoration Week. destroyed. nearly three weeks had elapsed, and Montreal's participation The subsequent excerpt then he confined himself to attacking culminated on May 2 with a walk-a emphasizes that even though many Western news reports. Thousands of thon in which close to 100 Ukrainian people died as a result of the lives were put at risk as a consequence students took part. All money pledged radiation, still others were forcibly of this government sanctioned silence. was designated for the Canadian Cancer sent to the disaster site to work. Following the completion of the Society. "... It is truly an enourmous tragedy that people are being sent to Chornobyl to work. Many people have died. Countless others are lying in hospitals, many of whom will not be FRIENDLY SERVICE cured as a result of the radiation ..." FOR COURTEOUS Perhaps one of the most moving experiences was when one of the letters describing the plight of the

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I will gladly pay the way for those peaceniks to go to Moscow and hold their demonstration on the Red Square, said Ontario M.P.P. Yurij Shymko. Unfortunately for him, ten individuals from the independant peace group ACT for Disarmament volunteered their services. As yet, STUDENT does not know if any further action has been taken in respect to this issue.

The Soviet Union has invested a great amount of resources (read roubles) to establish a impenatrable defence against hostile planes QUESTION: Who's going to congress this summer ? from the decadent west. The United States has

ANSWER: Everyone! .' ! ! invested a great amount of resources (read dollars) to design planes which could penatrate the impenatrable barrier and bomb the evil Soviet empire into submission. Both sides should have saved their money and

invested it somewhere else. The United States could have bought something like 1,000

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Although Toronto is always being put down by people, especially those who are not from Toronto and double for those who are from

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STUDENT, MAY-JUNE 1987, PAGE 12 Shevchenko lecture series

by Jeffrey D. Stephaniuk life does not disappear. "We are people, not mechanisms" he said, Two visiting scholars from the "and as long as there are humans, Soviet Ukraine delivered lectures vehicles for the expression of human at the University of Saskatchewan emotions and impressions will be last Thursday. The occasion for needed." He gave an example of how their visit was a Taras Shevchenko writers can express the feelings peo- Lecture series. The series, named ple harbour towards the area in after the famous nineteenth century which they live, where five, or ten Ukrainian poet, is an annual event generations have lived, and where

Both men, Dr. Zubkov from one's family is buried. Kiev, Dr. H'nytsky, from Lviv, are Dr. Il'nylsky, v ho has pub- highly respected scholars. The former lished ten of his own books of liter- is the director of the Institute of ary criticism, in addition to numer- Folklore and Ethnography in the ous articles, explained the principles Ukrainian Academy of Arts and he follows as a critic. First, he gives

Science, while the latter is a leading attention to works that interest him

literary critic and associate editor of personally. This is a good part of his a journal devoted to literature. In job, he said, because he has the free- addition, both promote the publica- dom to do this. If something inter- tion of books in the field of poetry, ests him, the next step is to see if novels, the history of Ukrainian there are common elements in the music, and cartography. author's other works, or in the Since Ukrainian literature and works of other authors. Ukrainian culture in general have a "One need not fear to critic- long and complex history of contact ize an author's work," H'nytsky with the neighbouring Russians, one stated. The literary world can refrain of the problems Soviet publishers from it, but criticism has a role. At the same time, he still protects the face is how to classify any particular freedom of writers to experiment, author. While some can be indis- even if those experiments do not putably categorized as Ukrainian, it earn a large readership. Criticism is not as easy to identify others. That starts with acknowledging the dig- is, some popular Ukrainian com- nity of talent. Finally, Dr. H'nytsky posers and authors areknown to the sees an important part of his job as outside world as Russians. Then one of publishing the works of less there are those who live, or lived, on known literary figures. Ukrainian soil but are not ethnically Among the literary figures from Ukrainian. Some authors employ the Western world best known in the Russian language for their work. the Soviet Ukraine are William Beyond one's nationality, or the Faulkner and Robert Frost. There language used, publishers consider are also South America writers, like the type of contribution and impact Marques, who have become popu- a particular author has made to lar in the Soviet Union, through Ukrainian society. The classification their use of folklore and imagery. in use at present, then, is to define the The way in which Marques authors and composers as being was to in his Soviet Ukrainian writers. able employ metaphor Considerable attention is given works led to his popularity. The two to the social function of the arts. Dr. journals which translate foreign Il'nylsky, who edits a monthly mag- literature in Ukrainian and Russian azine "October", with a circulation are presently looking at a few works which of ! 7,000, explained to the audience by Canadian authors, one of why poetry has a place in the con- is an article by Myrna Kostash. temporary world. At the same time The two Soviets have come to that men are honing their intellec- Saskatoon via Edmonton and Van-

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LOC Political prisoners incarcerated in the notorious Camp No. 36-1 in the Perm Region of the R.S.F.S.R. were not among those recently released by Soviet authorities. The special-regime camp, which holds political prisoners deemed especially dangerous by the Soviet slate, has a reputation as a "death camp." At least five of its inmates — Ukrainian Helsinki monitors Oleksa Tykhy, and , Ukrainian journalist , and Russian human rights activist — died there because of the brutal conditions of their imprisonment. The 20 STUDENT and would like to SUSK prisoners of conscience in Perm Camp No. 36-1 were on a list of 23 extend their warmest greetings prisoners which was made public by in mid- to who has just February. They are still thought to be in the camp, with the been set free from prison in the exception of Mykhaylo Horyn, who was reportedly moved in March to a prison hospital in the Ukrainian Soviet Union and allowed to city of Lviv after suffering a heart attack. It was also reported that Lithuanian rejoin his family in Canada. 73 Catholic priest Sigitas Tamkevicius was moved from Perm Camp year old Danylo Shumuk has (strict 36 regime) to Vilnius, although it is unclear whether he was spent 40 years of his life in the released or is being held in a KGB prison in the Lithuanian capital. often brutal conditions of Soviet Given below is the list of the 21 inmates of Camp No. 36-1, there are 10 Ukrainian activists, two Estonians, two Lithuanians, prison Camps. Although he is in two Armenians, three Russian, a Latvian and a Bashkir. frail health he still displays a vigorous and keen mind, Twenty Political Prisoners in Perm Camp No. 36-1 vowing to spread the story of the horrors of the Soviet penal Akhmetov, Nizametdin Navasardyan, Ashot (Bashkir) (Armenian) system in memory of those who Arshakyan, Azat Levikovich Niklus, Mart have died in those camps and (Armenian) (Estonian) institutions. Once again we Astra, Gunnars Ovsiyenko, congratulate Danylo Shumuk (Latvian) Vasyl (Ukrainian) for his bravery and Borodin, Leonid Ostroglyad, perseverance. (Russian) Vyacheslav Gajauskas, Balys (Russian) (Lithuanian) Prykhodko, Hryhoriy Gershuni, Vladimir (Ukrainian) (Russian) Petkus, Vlktoras Horbal, Mykola (Lithuanian) (Ukrainian) Ruban, Petro Kalynychenko, Vitaliy (Ukrainian) (Ukrainian) Kandyba, Ivan Skalych, Semen (Ukrainian) (Ukrainian) Lukyanenko, Lev Sokulsky, Ivan (Ukrainian) (Ukrainian) Mazurak, Vasyl Tarlo, Enn (Ukrainian) (Estonian) /.fe' OV£R A REPRINTED FROM , SMOLOSKYP SPRING '87 R. CHOLKAN & CO. LIMITED . REALTOR REAL ESTATE » APPRAISALS Be a spy for EXECUTIVE OFFICES

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