Son of the Soil, We really appreciate and acknowledge the concerns you have raised about our response to Julius Malema's foolish outburst about our revolutionary party and its achievements thereof. Your concerns are constructive and necessary to build the party going forward.
PAYCO wish to indicate though that it stands by the statement it made through our Spokesperson Sello Tladi. The statement had the following objectives and has to be judged based on these objectives: 1. To refute lies misinformation made by Julius Malema at Sharpeville about PAC 2. To put the correct historical perspective of Sharpeville/Langa massacre 3. To ridicule Malema or any organisation that challenges PAC role in the planning, organising and leading the Sharpeville/Langa status campaigns respectively 4. To remind Malema or anyone who intend emulating him that PAC is not a punching bag 5. To capitalise on media hype and put our message across In my limited knowledge of media operations, I know as a matter of fact that media would only publish you or give you space when you raise some element of controversy in your input, hence they often talk about "public interests". We often take this fact into consideration in all our media statements. It should be noted as well comrades, that the role of Spokespersons in political organisation is to serve as spin-doctors and to attract as much media attention to the organisation they represent as possible, hence the activities and responses of Sello Tladi are acceptable to us. We don't want our Spokesperson to be tame, we expect him to be a street fighter and cause trouble out there. It is the role of offices like that of the Presidency and Secretary General to handle issues in a rational and (to a lesser extend) diplomatic manner. PAYCO shall defend the legacy and history of the PAC and that of the African people by any means possible. Yours for a classless society Kwame Ndebele PAYCO President > Comrades, > > > > I happened to have watched and listened to Malema’s utterances about the > ANC leading the 1960 anti-pass campaign. It is clear that many other Pan > Africanists (either members of the PAC, sympathizers of the PAC or any > other > African person who subscribes to the liberating and scientific ideology of > Pan Africanism) watched and listened to him with trepidation. > > > > The critical question is “how then do we respond, and not react, to > Malema’s > statement?” > > > > I have had time to read Sello’s Media Statement critically. The > 4thparagraph does a sterling revolutionary job in setting the record > straight > and even goes to the laudable extent of quoting the ANC verbatim with > regard > to their perspective of the intended action by the Pan Africanist Congress > of Azania then. > > > > The 1st, 2nd and 4th paragraphs are exercises in spewing anger and > literally > assassinating Malema’s character. > > > > Is this how Revolutionaries in general and Pan Africanists in particular, > based on the understanding of their “LINE”, would handle issues in general > and respond to provocation in particular? > > > > I am not going to interrupt and adulterate his mini-discourse with my > personal response to the question > > > > I am cognizant of Comrade Mawande’s correction of the use of terms with > regard to “counter-reactionary and counter-revolutionary”. I thank him for > that as he is being revolutionary in his approach. We need to assist one > another. > > > > In the manner that Sello has responded to the provocation by Malema, has > he > actually reacted to what and who Malema is or did he respond to what > Malema’s was saying. This begs for another crucial question “Has the > Azanian/Africanist revolution been about individuals or has it been about > the ideology and the ultimate liberation of Africa from the shackles of > colonization and imperialism?” > > > > Let us trace the origins of any revolutionary ideology from a > Marxist-Leninist perspective. Simply put, it begins with the *concrete > analysis* of the *concrete situation* in which the colonized, oppressed, > exploited and dehumanized find themselves. After this scientific process > has > been completed, the outcome or result is handed back to the masses for > ownership. As Chairman Mao puts it, it will be *“from the masses to the > masses”*. > > > > Is there anything that the colonized, exploited, oppressed and dehumanized > masses are gaining in the three (3) paragraphs as contained in the Media > Statement? > > > > Revolutionarily, all that the response is igniting is a mudslinging match > between himself (Sello) and Malema. Is this what the revolution wants? Is > this what it needs? Will it keep the revolution on track? > > > > Let some of the above questions work on us! > > > > Izwe Lethu - iAfrika > > > > *Tsietsi Molebatsi* > > *Consultant/Consciousness Proponent* > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Mawande Jack [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:27 AM > *To:* [email protected]; Tsietsi; [email protected] > *Subject:* FW: MALEMA MUST STOP TELLING LIES ABOUT PAC! > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Mawande Jack > *Sent:* 23 March 2010 11:26 AM > *To:* 'PAYCO Azania' > *Subject:* RE: MALEMA MUST STOP TELLING LIES ABOUT PAC! > > Sello, please check your use of counter-reactionary. I think it should be > counter-revolutionary or reactionary, as those apparent attempts by Malema > to deliberately misinform, twist facts and distort the political > reality about the Azanian revolution and PAC's most succesful campaign > amounts only to counter-revolution. > > None among the true Azanian patriots must let quislings like Malema deface > the history of the PAC. For without that bold and courageous Postive > Action campaign under the principled leadership of Robert Sobukwe we would > not have seen major upsurges by the African masses throughout the 1960s, > 1970s, 1980s and in the early 90s, having eliminated the fear of > oppressors > laws, courts and jails including enemy bullets, rising in large > numbers determined to dislodge the fascist settler-colonialist regime by > whatever means at their disposal. > > Indeed, all historical accounts, acknowledge that the action by the PAC > was > a major watershed and a turning point in the struggle for freedom in > occupied Azania. This was at the time the ANC's captured leadership > was dilly-dalling, relenting and wavering while seeking ways to appease > the > oppressive regime. Such treacherous acts of cowardice by the ANC on the > alter of political expediency must be constantly exposed. > > > > Long Live PAC!! Long Live the fighting Spirit of Mangaliso Sobukwe!! > > > > Mawande Jack > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* PAYCO Azania [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 23 March 2010 10:40 AM > *To:* Undisclosed recipients > *Subject:* MALEMA MUST STOP TELLING LIES ABOUT PAC! > > *Media Statement * > > > > *MALEMA MUST STOP TELLING LIES ABOUT PAC! * > > > > The Pan Africanist Youth Congress (PAYCO) of Azania rejects ANCYL > President, > Julius Malema,’s foolish lies that the PAC 'hijacked' the Positive Action > Campaign which resulted in Sharpeville-Langa massacres, on 21st March > 1960. > For Malema’s information, this was a national campaign which took place > throughout the country and Sharpeville got the prominence because > multitudes > of unarmed and peaceful protesters, were killed by trigger-happy > apartheid > police. > > > > Malema is just a Mickey-mouse pop star who lives in Disney world and knows > nothing about the history of the liberation struggle. We will never allow > this political baffoon to rape the proud rich liberation struggle > credentials of PAC and screw the history of this country. A high school > drop-out like Malema who cannot even pass woodwork cannot be expected to > grapple with curious subjects like history. It is only in the ANC were > fools > like him are allowed to occupy leadership positions. > > > > The fact of history is that PAC organized and led the Positive Action > Campaign and the ANC rejected an invitation from PAC founding President > Mangaliso Sobukwe. Through its then Secretary General, Duma Nokwe, the ANC > refused to participate in the march saying "ANC is not going to > participate > in this protest because it lacks proper planning and it has no prospects > of > success”. We will never allow the history of the liberation struggle of > our > people to be distorted and shall defend our struggle credentials by any > means necessary. > > > > If Malema does not publicly apologize for his lies, he will suffer the > same > fate as those thugs who tried to disrupt the unveiling of the Langa > Monument > by the PAC on the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Sharpeville-Langa > massacres in Langa on Sunday. Malema will not be allowed to misinform our > youth and we would like to take a platform to educate this counter > reactionary populist and political adolescencent about the history of > Sharpeville-Langa Massacres. > > > > Issued by PAYCO > > > > *Sello Tladi * > > *Spokesperson* > > *083 859 1654* > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > payco+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Africa's 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to payco+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
