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- Volcano spews straight commie stuff

DON’T TELL the boss, but I should be doing this job for nothing, seeing that it gives me so many laughs.

A Looney Sing-Along was held in Cates Park on Sunday. It was called Under the Volcano, or Colonialism on Trial.

The organizers were against colonialism and for that reason against the Commonwealth Games. Which is a litthe confusing. Isn't it the former colonies who are run- ning things these days rather than the other way round?

The Volcano folk call them the XV Stolenwealth Games, and state:

“The fifth Under the Volcano Festival is confronting the lies of the Commonwealth and the history of colonialism within Canada.

“In reality the Commonwealth, previously known as the British Empire, is a neo-colonial old boys’ club derived from the most murder- ous empire the world has ever seen.”

What, even worse than Stalin's little effort, not to mention Hitler, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane? Blimey!.

“The ‘deeply rooted history’ and ‘shared traditions’ are those of racism, colonialism, and geno- cide,” barked the Volcano flyer.

Mind you, to an old dog like me the names of some of the groups were funny. They included Zolty Cracker, Hanky Ann and The Moon, The Slice Collective, Open Jam, Crash Bang. the Malcolm Lowry Retro and the Victoria Anarchists.

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P.O.W.E.R. Jot from Portland, described as “hip-hop dedicated to world revolution”; plus the Zapatista Uprising and other good- ies.

Leftist weirdos of every sort fig- ured in this grand fandango.

Having “a sacred responsibility to protect the land,” native Indians “would always represent a threat to

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That's straight commie stuff.

Lavina White, a Haida elder, was scheduled to be on parade. Her ancestors declared war on Queen Victoria, she was quoted as saying, and she is now declaring war on the Games.

Be warned, you fascists and

-other right-wing bums now gather-

ing in Victoria.

Who helped with the funding of all this? Well, according to the flyer:

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“This event is being aggressive- ly promoted and funded by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia and a host of cor- porate entities including Coca- Cola, General Motors, BC Hydro, and {[BM, to name a few.”

Very INTerestinck, as that guy in the German helmet used to say on the old Laugh In program.

Pardon me while I do a little pondering.

Who wanted the Common- wealth Games to be held here? Didn’t the Government of British Columbia bust its gut to get them? Then how come it’s giving our money to this bunch?

And how does Mikey feel about playing host to a bunch of neo- colonialists whose daddies were guilty of genocide?

Why does he bow to the Queen? She’s the worst of a bad bunch, judging from the Volcano thinkers.

The flyer says, “Always read the fine print.” So I did, and there it was claimed that the North Shore municipatities had also thrown in some bucks.

Curiosity being my second name, I asked the mayors about it West Van's Mark Sager exploded with a loud “What?” when I read some of the above to him and it was apparent he knew nothing about it. He could trace no direct grants but didn’t know whether

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money given to the Arts Commission might have gone that way.

Mayor Murray Dykeman agreed that the District had given a grant but it had been “done through the Arts Commission.”

Would a grant of any kind be given to a far-right gang? [ asked.

“They would have the right to apply,” he said. Which of course did not answer my question.

Grants are made on the presen- tation of an event, he went on, not on the subject. Thus, a grant to a theatre would not take into consid- eration the plays that are put on. In the same way, council would not be aware of what the “Volcano” program was planning. It was just a

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North Van City’s Jack Loucks said no money had been given directly but that the Volcano orga- nizers received $4,500 from the North Shore Arts Commission, which money was part of funds provided by the municipalities.

He wasn’t “too thrilled” about the tenor of the Volcano program and would take a closer look at such things in future.

If you ask me, contributors were led down the garden path.

Art for art's sake is one thing, provided it’s art and not fart. It's also OK to let strange people have a party in a public park, but quite anciher to give them public money for it.

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