25th
Anniversary of the Death of Comrade Hardial Bains
August 24,
1997 Farewell
Message of the Youth Funeral of Comrade Hardial Bains
August 30, 1997
 
Comrade
Bains, we had the great honour of closely working with you and although
only for a short time, it seems as if we have known you for all our
lives. Such was your intense passion for the youth! Such was your
patience, generosity and warmth! Such was your dedication to assisting
the youth and all those who shared your resolve to open the door for
the progress of society! Comrade Bains, you are
gone but your words and deeds live on and comfort us in our profound
grief. "Do not shed a tear," you said shortly before you were to fall
asleep forever. "March on!" Let us follow this advice and turn our
sorrow into strength. Comrade Bains, we will march on! "The
past only has beauty if it exists in the form of the present, and the
revolution only has relevance if it finds its adherents from one
generation to the next." We will never forget your
inspirational words, dear Comrade Bains. You will always be remembered
as the founder of The Internationalists and the
Canadian Youth and Student Movement in the sixties. It is true, the
struggles that lie ahead will be momentous, but thanks to the
revolutionary traditions that you founded in Canada, the future of the
youth shines brighter than ever. Step by step, under the experienced
leadership of the Party, we are preparing for the revolutionary storms
that glimmer on the horizon. Comrade Bains, your
life and work will live on forever. Today we are a small force in the
same way that you and your comrades were a small force in 1962-63. But
this is still the epoch of imperialism and proletarian revolution and
the retreat of revolution is as certain to turn into flow as the sun
will rise tomorrow. This is what dialectics teaches us. Your life and
work will live on forever and your name will be spoken by millions of
workers, women and youth who will come to know of your immeasurable
contribution to humanity's forward march. In 1967 you declared: "This
great humanity has said enough and has started to move forward!"
Today, we are marching forward; tomorrow humanity will join in.
You can be sure that in the struggles to come your spirit will
always be with us. We will carry on the glorious struggle for socialism
and communism, guided by the proletarian world outlook, and transform
the success of revolution in the 20th century into its final victory.
As you told us in January, "As young people, let everyone know
your stand through your revolutionary actions. Already, you have made
great headway. You did not have your study groups before. Now you have
them. You did not have your Voice of Youth before.
Now you have it. Go on like this until the time you have revolution. It
is at that time that you will speak out with utmost happiness and joy
-- Hurrah! We have now acquired our world outlook! And you will declare
to the world: The world is ours." All Glory to the Life and Work of Comrade
Hardial Bains!
We Will March On!
Long Live the
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)!
This article was published in
Volume
52 Number 7 - August 25, 2022
Article Link:
Hardial
Bains -- A Man of Revolutionary Action
Website: www.cpcml.ca
Email: editor@cpcml.ca
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