M-Afrika May I suggest that you read the late PAC founder president Mangaliso Sobukwe's February 1970 interview with Karis and Carter after his release from Robben Island in 1969 after he was banished to Kimberly. Sobukwe clarifies all these issues about African nationalism, Marxist/Communism, issues of class and methods of struggle. There is a section where Sobukwe says he was putting across a Marxist point of view in his analysis of the situation and the balance of social forces. In this regard he talks about "material interests" in arguing about not involving whites and Indian merchant class in the struggle of Africans. Sobukwe further refers in his analysis of communism especially practised in the Soviet Union to a book by Milovan Djilas "The New Class" arguing that while the PAC is socialist it does not subscribe to that form of Russian socialism which promotes the interests of pary elite or a nomenclature. I can e-mail u that and hope that interview puts the debate about whether the PAC is nationalist or socialist to rest. While Lembede had a strong influence on the thinking of the founders of the PAC, remember it was his Garveyist slogan "Africa for Africans" which the party adopted at its inaugural 1959 conference and both Mda and Sobukwe assert that Lembede had a tendency of equating African nationalism with Africanism until the advent of the PAC which gave proper definitions to these terms. Read the party Manifesto in order to understand this.
Mawande Jack Former Azanyu national deputy president -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 13 August 2009 02:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PAYCO] My heart yearns for PAC that is no more Greetings Sons and Daughter of the soil It's very sad to hear people claiming to be PAC member pushing class struggle at the expense of National Liberator Building. Pan Africanist Congress of Azania which was found in 1959 by Sobukwe and others is the nationalist organisation not a socialist one nor communist one. We are not apologetic to anyone about that. Class struggle is the communist term not Africanist for sure. Africanism is the path to Pan Africanism, and Socialism is the path to Communism. Allow me to borrow the words of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede " My heart yearn for an Africa that is no more. But, I shall labour for a new, free, independent and sovereign Africa that shall be respected by nations of the world." I remain an Africanist Lubabalo Popo 078 604 6098 ------------------------------------------- South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za ------------------------------------------------------------------ For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Sending your posting to [email protected] Unsubscribe by sending an email to [email protected] You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
