Viikkosanomat, March 10, 1986

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SPADINA AVENUE By Rose-mary
Donegan Douglas and
Mclntyre 192 pages $2995
Spadina Avenue in the heart of
Toronto' s downtown never had
any pretentions From the earliest
days of York it was intended to
service the hundreds of small
Finland
NWFZ Study
On 27 November last year the Fin-nish
Foreign Ministry set up a vvork-in- g
group to study questions related
to the establishment of a Nordic nuc-lea- r
vveapon-fre- e zone According to
its mandate which extends until 15
June 1986 the vvorking group will
prepare for publication a report giv-in- g
the full vievvs of the Finnish
government on the Nordic nuclear
vveapon-fre- e question
In a statement issued on 13
December last the Finnish Foreign
Minister urged that contacts betvveen
Nordic countries should be used for
studying the military political and
practical problems relating to the
zone and for narrovving down the
differences vvhich exist over the issue
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For the city's fathers content
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ous opposition to ali that was
"mainstream"
Spadina was (and still is) a first
stop for newcomers to Canada
svveatshops small vvarehouses
and stores ofiten provided that
first job The "welcome" the
immigrants received gave birth to
the many people's
whose storefront offices
squeezed in between the squat
factories: the (Finnish) Vapaus
Bookstore and Workers Res-taurant
the VVorkers Sports As-sociation
The Negro Methodist
Church the Workers Unity
League the offices of the Com-muni- st
Party and the unions —
furriers garment dairy and
Out of bustle emerged a
working class history of struggle
Dubbed Red Spadina vvorkers
rallied picketed and marched on
her pavement for union rights
free speech peace equality and
justice
Donegan' s book grew out of a
exhibit she or-ganiz- ed
last year at A Space Gal-ler- y
She scavenged through pub-li- c
archives private and publie
collections and nevvspaper files
including the Tribune's put to-geth- er
a visual history spanning
the 192ös to the present Thanks
to her tenacity she found a
publisher to give her work a more
permanent presence
The introduction by play-wrig- ht
Rick Salutin is not an at-tem- pt
at developing an indepth
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Young Pioneers front of the Vapaus Bookstore and VVorkers Res-taurant
in 1935 The building also housed the VVorkers Sports Associa-tion- s
vvhere gymnastics was specialty
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study of the people or the organ-izations
of the Street Rather in a
style founded by former city
mayor John Sewell it is a walk
vvhere Salutin provides a brief
sketch of the sights and land-mar- ks
The pictorial section duplicates
he walk but this time is supple-mente- d
by first person narrations
from the people who helped make
the history You'll find Lily II-lom-aki
who by 15 had learned to
identify the Red Squad by name
the special section of the police
force set up to harass left-vvin- g
and trade union activisls Jevvish
leader Josuha Gershman and ex- -
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not have been able to at-te- nd
college without getting
a loan from the bank the
FRG newspaper Stuttgar-te- r
Zeitung reports No
wonder hundreds of thou-san- ds
of US university and
college graduates start life
in the red vvith many
moreover swelling the
ranks of the unemployed
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cerpts from the vvritings of the late
free speech advocate Rev A E
Smith
A "then and now" comparison
of the architecture is provided by
photo strips running across the
bottom of each page vvhich shovvs
every building on the street as it is
novv
For Donegan's and SaluthVs
generation Spadina Avenue vvill
help provide that link so often
missing betvveen the old and the
new left For those who cut their
political teeth on the Avenue it
brings the kind of joy one gets
from reliving history
— Norman Brudy
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Vancouver
Peace Festival
Peace groups in Vancouver are
preparing an intensive programme of
events for a nine-da- y festival to mark
both the UN International Year of
Peace and the lOOth anniversary of
the foundation of the city The festi-valvvhi- ch
is to be held from 19-2- 7
Apnl vvill begin vvith youth activities
and vvill include a peace conference
as vvell as vaiious cultural events
organised by and for young people
Othet cultural events planned inc-lude
concerts films a poster display
and a peace exhibition An internati-onal
film festival on the theme of
peace vvill also be held One of the
highlights of the peace festival vvill be
a disarmament symposium from 24-2- 6
April This vvill feature a large
number of internationally renovvned
speakers on arms control and disar-mament
The festival vvill culminate vvith the
annual VValk for Peace vvhich vvill
end up at the British Columbia Place
Stadium vvheie a rally vvill be held
involving aiound 70000 people
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