Re: Armed struggle
First and foremost, you have to understand that the armed in this country waged
by Apla or PAC was principally the struggle against colonialism, to uproot all
elements of imperialism. Apartheid is the product of colonialism, that's why
has finds it useless to talk about the term apartheid without tackling
colonialism first. The term 'apartheid', was was first coined by the
late Hendrik Verwoed,who was the prime minister in the 1950's. He is the one
who initiated the 'divide and rule' tactic and that's how the term came into
being. Now, when the African National Native Congress [ANNC], now the ANC,
was formed on 12 July 1912, the direction of the struggle was aimed at toppling
all forces of colonialism not apartheid.
After the inflitration by the Communist Party in the 1920's the ANNC had to
transform into a liberal movement and it was renamed the ANC[ African National
Congress]. And after adopting the 1955 Kliptown charter [the so-called Freedom
Charter], the ANC officially abandoned the struggle against colonilism. The
struggle against colonialism, goes hand-in-hand with the struggle for land
because colonialsm is whereby colonial countries or the
imperialists entirely invade other countries exerting their hegemony
control. The colonised contries become colonies.
The ANC basically was fighting to dismantle apartheid and the PAC has been
fighting to eradicate it. By eradicating it, you must first claim the ownership
of your land through defeating colonialism. If you dismantle something i.e the
gun, you can again re-assemble it, now the best way is to eradicate it because
it will never re-surface. Now the armed struggle was partially effective
because it only led to Codesa and Kempton Park talks. During these talks the
PAC had no ally. The ANC once again collaborated with our oppressors, making
compromises at the expense of the vast African masses.
Today the same ANC will boast having brought democracy in this country, but to
prove contrary, the genuine freedom is yet to be attained. That's why there are
protests throughout the country. You must achieve freedom first and thereafter
apply democratic principles[democracy]. So in short, the armed waged by the PAC
through APLA, has achieved little until the land return to the rightful-owners,
the indigenous AFRICANS.
Jabu
073 286 7721
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