CONVENTION PEOPLES PARTY INAUGURATES NEW IDEOLOGICAL WEEK-END SCHOOL

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• Publication Date: July 16, 1959

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SUBJECT Convention Peoples Party .
Inaugurates New Ideological
Week-end School
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ecture on the purpose of the.
school, the historical development of Ghana from colonial
status to independence. He pointed out that the school .
was formed to train Party Cadres in the ideology of the
Party, and tO teach students how to go out among the people.
He told them about the'Primellinister's straggle for
Ghana independence. On Sunday 21 June, he lectured on the
� "class struggle".. through the ages. Padmore -closed. this
lecture with the prediction that "'within the next fifty years
the whole world will be toeing the sod.. ist line". ,fiql-
2. Padmore told the students that KoABOPSIO,Minister Responsible
for Economic Affairs, and hibse a ore would direct the
courses of the school�
3. The new schoOl is located in the Airport Flats area at the
African Affairs Cenier. The students will be memberg of the
"Vanguard Activist" and the classes will be conducted in the
form of seminars.
4. On 28 June l959, the second session of the School was held in the
can Affairs Center'. George Padmore pereonally distributed copies
ntroduction� tojiarxiF,min by .Emile Burns and a new -weekly newspaper,
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\ boviet Weekly" He added that copies of the "Communist. Manifesto,' will
,5.. George Padmore lectui-ed to this s'cond session on 'Socialism,v-trid the
te distributed-atthe next sesfion. -
aims of "Pan-African.SocialisMY. He said in part: � , __,,,,a,
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(2) Equal opportunity for each cititen according to his ability,
to each according to his needs.
(3) Socialism shoUld provide for the citizen eqUal Oppertnnity for--
everyone, each one, one vote. We are -trying to preate in Africa
the "Pan African SOCigiligPla: This, is in threecfoldav
social; and economic.. . �
b. On Pan Afriean Socialism.
(1) Pan African Socialist shoud sf-rt.i.t.;� to prcemite -and safeguard....
popular democracy upon trniln.krse.. Adt.i14r.ff,r..af-itg;;T. One individUal
vote and a.l.so fundateartal huMn 1.7ighte.' FraScrom of -the press, speech,
movement, worship, social ;,-f-ice.and the rule -7.1'
(4. Pan African Socialliam prome:4 and -tfeguard. the..peopless
well being. To protota, crea-6,62.. 01,72i.rZo)ir, and the. -control of the essential
iteede of the peop).e.. To..e.bolich.T,uktiate- Ownereh4; of .the Vast lands and
control of means ok�lir, oduetiOn �e:?.4Sclistribut:f.on. -
The social itspects of Pan;11,-154e,In....S.oCist shall seek, promote and
safeguard the people .by prtAricking.:thetwill:':'full.'emplOYment,fOr. each
anO. the,:tlineo-eSsentials
of' lif6: housing, food ;and . 6:Ltd-al � '
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Padraore closed his lectUre .with quotatione e
Leading personalities attending this session -*rarer,
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Comment:. "Introduction to SoCialism" .( Oddment:: Sic) was
first publish.e4-in 1939 by Messrs. Victor :Ge_lanaz 2.1.t& a. "What is MaricLsia?."
and "reprinted .63-X times. New edition pub1.1,Shed 'by Messrs. Lawrence 'tc Wiehart
Ltd. 1952, New and Revised Editiem: 1957, W. 61 Printed and Bound in Great
Britain by. aftort Press. Ltd., Criften. Street; Deichester. Contents are
tat; follows:
Chailter A Scientific' View of the. World
" The Laws of Social:DevelOpment
" Capitalist ,:,3oCiety
ft IV: The Imperialist Stage of Capitalism
� IT: Class Struggleti and the stioe .
VI : socialist:zoo:ety
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2! VII: The Marxist View of Nature
" VIII: A Guide to. Action
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