One of the most disappointing aftermaths of the South African liberation struggle and the so-called 1994 'revolution' has always been the relentless manner through which African people were robbed and continue to be robbed of their inalienable heritage, be it the country of their forebearers or the recognition of their toil through which they overthrew white domination in this country. This has recently manifested through machinations to use President Mandela's name to dispossess African people of their heroic liberation history that we continue to live. Some tell us to be thankful to President Mandela for the overthrowal of white domination. Pres Mandela himself knows that such suggestions are an insult to the blood shed and lives sacrificed during the heroic resistance wars and liberation struggle since 1652.
Frantz Fanon cautions us:" To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean making a political speech. What it means is to try relentlessly and passionately, to teach the masses that everything depends on them; that if we stagnate it is their responsibility, and that if we go forward it is due to them too, that there is no such thing as a demiurge, that there is no famous man who will take responsibility for everything, but that the demiurge is the people themselves and the magic hands are finally only the magic hands of the people "(1968.) We all need to tirelessly assert ourselvels and celebrate our accomplishments as a people, in order to further rededicate ourselves to current and future challenges. The Azanian people were their own liberators and shall emancipate themselves once again from their continued soio-economic pauperization. This can only be achieved when Azanian people and their true leaders strive for non-partisan, non-sectarian revolutionary unity accross the board, to rally behind the historical mission of the working class: that of establishing a socialist democracy through which the poorest of the poor can be empowered. Thus empowered, the shackles of socio-economic pauperization would be shaken away! This should be the mission of any political party, social movement or trade union worth their salt. Forward to the Empowerment of the Poor Forward! Our heroic struggles can never be forgotten! Khumbula i Afrika! Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -- 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
