Son of the Soil I'm in full support the view that the party should be very ruthless in its own propaganda work. Opponents should be ridiculed by the effective of satire, cartoons, hyberbole, etc. and that battle should be as concrete as possible in that it shoild be at the level of mortals. Ridicule, to attain its purpose, must ne directed at prominent figures who pose as opponent's or enemies of the PAC, to disfigure their personalities through exaggeration and mockery, to be presented in the eyes of the public as the worst evil, be lampooned and thrashed for the masses never to believe in them and their organisation. Look at how the ANC had effectively portrayed the PAC as "racist, who are bent on driving whites to the sea" and surely the know it is not the party's policy but they continue to do it. Look also how effective they were in their booklet "PAC flat spare tyre or viable altenative" by spreading lies about the PAC and distorting its history. We were beaten in getting the mass support we want by not countering this ANC propaganda offensive of disinformation. I think now it's the time to launch a counter offensive while the media is opening space for the PAC to put its message across. I agree also that we should not only be reduced to the level of of intellect deformity of Malema or other spittlenecks. We should be above them and more sophisticated in our approach for the masses to respect and support us for being well-vexed with the issues of the day. We need to demonstrate a high level understanding of the history of the struggle in South Africa and even about the ANC itself more than its members do. We also need to show the country that there are alternative politics and that the country must follow a new political direction in terms of policy, democratisation, and reconstruction. In short we should be the true habingers of the political trajectory that we'll usher into a new social order. Let's be more explicit what new social order are we talking about.
Let's cease the initiative now!! Izwe Lethu!! Mawande Jack -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 24 March 2010 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAYCO] Fwd: FW: MALEMA MUST STOP TELLING LIES ABOUT PAC! 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 > payco+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. -- 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.
