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     Aelook to the Left through; magazines 
     
    
   
   
    
     For this week's review I 
     
     decided to look at three of 
     
     the more important magazines 
     
     on today's Canadian left 
     
     scene, "This Magazine", 
     
     "Canadian Dimension", and 
     
     "Last Post". 
     
    
   
   
    
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     0f the three, "Last Post" 
     
    
   
   
    
     is probably the most well 
     
     known and provides the most 
     
     international view point. 
     
     It provides a world wide 
     
     objective rarely achieved 
     
     by anyone in the Left or, 
     
     for that-matter, elsewhere 
     
    
   
   
    
     on the Canadian snanew Emr:s . 
     
    
   
   
    
     example, this month's ed- 
     
     ition contains articles on 
     
     Guatamala, Greece and Jam- 
     
     aica, among others, all of_ 
     
     which show some advance or 
     
     retreat of the international 
     
     socialist cause, or merely 
     
     a fresh viewpoint on some 
     
     newsworthy happening. As 
     
     well, there are always art- 
     
     icles on Canada. 
     
    

    
     Two of the best articles 
     
     in this month's issue incl- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ude one of Rhodesia which 
     
     shows clearly and consisely 
     
     the isolation of Rhodesian 
     
     Whites in their little play. 
     
     world and the frustration 
     
    

    
     of the blacks, desperate 
     
    

    
     to free themselves from opp- 
     
     ression all in a style of 
     
     now hidden, now vocal out- 
     
     rage too rarely achieved 
     
     without descending into the 
     
     depths of rhetoric. The oth- 
     
     er deals with reform city 
     
     councils such as David Crom— 
     
     bie's in Toronto or Dorthy 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~3Wyatt$5uin St. John's. It 
     
    
   
   
    
     demonstrates what I suppose 
     
     we already know but only 
     
     instinctively that the ligh- 
     
     tly touted "new looks" are 
     
     merely another example of 
     
    

    
     a government‘which claims 
     
    
   
   
    
     .to be responsive and actu— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ally is (to the developers) 
     
     Canadian Dimension, by 
     
     contrast is more parochial, 
     
     dealing mainly with the 
     
     national scene, although 
     
     the international is not 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     forgotten. Compared with 
     
     Last Post it is probably 
     
     less readable but without 
     
    

    
     a dOubt is better researched 
     
     and backing its conclusions 
     
     with more evidence. Any art- 
     
     icle in Dimension is almost 
     
    
   
   
    
     certain to provide facets 
     
     of a story that you'd never 
     
    
   
   
    
     thought of before. And it 
     
     is not afraid to admit its 
     
     mistakes., For example this 
     
     month tears apart the NDP 
     
     government in B.C. while 
     
    

    
     two years ago Dimension 
     
     toutes it as the first truly 
     
     socialistic government in 
     
     North America. Whether that 
     
     is favourable to the maga— 
     
     zine, depends on your View 
     
     point. , 
     
    

    
     Its main malaise is its 
     
     tendency to jump from one 
     
     thing to another without 
     
     definately,establishing any— 
     
     thing of the relationship 
     
     between the two.éven if the 
     
     point is well taken this can 
     
     prove frustrating to the 
     
     reader and interrupts the 
     
     generally smooth flowing 
     
     style. 
     
    

    
     "This Magazine" by contr- 
     
     ast, takes a different tack. 
     
     While it can and does deal 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ISLAND emu — Good place to go for lower prices 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island Grill restaur— 
     
     ant was selected for this 
     
     .Week's review. This estab- 
     
     lishment, situated on Queen 
     
     Street between Grafton and 
     
     Kent, serves both Canadian 
     
     and Chinese food. The decor 
     
     is agreeableg‘the walls are 
     
     hung with lovely Chinese - 
     
     Style tapestries, and there 
     
     is an area partitioned off 
     
    
   
   
    
     chorlottoto'wn- 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ‘ All} . 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     _) 
     
    
   
   
    
     with the major events of 
     
    

    
     the day it prefers to keep 
     
     closg.to home and with, for 
     
     example, a Newfoundland out— 
     
     port or an Ontario prison.p 
     
     At one time it was totally 
     
    
   
   
    
     _aboutaeducation4and still 
     
    
   
   
    
     is deeply involved with the 
     
     education system and any of 
     
     its articles on the topic 
     
     can be guaranteed to pro— 
     
     vide a fresh and thought 
     
     provoking look. Its other 
     
     major topic of concern is 
     
     the closely related one of 
     
    
   
   
    
     ."culture", whether defined 
     
    
   
   
    
     as a new Canadian film, comm- 
     
     unity theatre group or the 
     
     latest Arts Council'fiasco. 
     
     In sum, each of these mag— 
     
     azines provides something 
     
     of interest. If a wide-rang— 
     
     ing view is your bag, Last 
     
     Post is the ticket. Canadian 
     
     Dimension is probably ideal 
     
     for an intelligent analysis 
     
     of current Canadian problems, 
     
     while This Magazine provides 
     
     a fine insight into the com- 
     
     mon, man's life and every 
     
     day problems. Each should 
     
     Provide a good introduction 
     
    
   
   
    
     \to leftist thought. Choose 
     
    
   
   
    
     one to suit your taste and 
     
     look in to it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     number of Chinese staff. 
     
    

    
     The food was brought in 
     
     ,only a few minutes. The por- 
     
     tions, although not huge, 
     
     were reasonable, and the 
     
     food was fairly hot. Tasting 
     
     it,_we decided that the 
     
     fried rice was excellent, 
     
     and the chop suey adequate. 
     
     Unfortunately, our favorite 
     
     dish, the pineapple chicken 
     
     was slightly soggy. All in 
     
     all, hOWever, the meal was 
     
    
   
   
    
     were brought. We chose 
     
     Chicken_Fried Rice, Chicken 
     
     Chop Suey and Pineapple 
     
     Chicken. Inspecting the menu, 
     
     forth. We found the prices compar— 
     
     We went down Friday night iatively Speaking, to be 
     
     after Ash Mountain. Although quite low. We looked around 
     
     the place was quite crowded, and noted approvingly that 
     
     the proprietor found us a this Chinese restaurant 
     
     table in a very short time. apparently backed up its 
     
     We sat dawn and Our menus ; imasebbysEHE~hiring of a 
     
    
   
   
    
     with metal grills and more 
     
     lavishly appointed than 
     
     the rest of the restaurant, 
     
     for dinner dates and so 
     
    
   
   
    
     filling and quite good. 
     
    

    
     Over coffee, we discussed 
     
     our impressions. We decided 
     
     goverall, that the Island 
     
     Grill was a good place to 
     
     go for lower prices, excell— 
     
     ent service and adequate 
     
     food. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wendy Sauer 
     
     Albert MacDonald