A quick response to your concerns: Anyone who has not read or came across the rubric (the framing of the discourse) on why the Pan Africans rejected the Muscovite communism will always assume - as the press has always done - that the PAC and its associates are against the ideals of a new society where exploitation is eliminated. In the book, Pan Africanism or Communism, the experience of being treated in the same downgrading racial terms as the colonialists by the communist international is criticised and rejected in toto. The Chinese also broke ranks with the "comintern" on more or less the same grounds. In Southern Africa, the interpretation of the national question by the Communist Party of SA was not genuine - they refused to name the problem and took to obfuscating terms such as "colonialism of a special type" and even asked white workers to unite against the miners recruited in Mozambique, Malawi and the hinterlands of occupied Azania who were indigenous to the land. That is why Oom Gqobs referred to the pseudo-communists as quacks, as in false doctors. A wrong diagnosis and a wrong prescription. This explanation helps to understand why in the PAC Basic Documents we refute the concept of totalitarianism and instead agree to democracy where the majority rules and basic freedom are accorded all citizens. The Soviet Union collapsed after seventy years because they chased the arms race, had a Kremlin-controlled state harassing and suppressing the views of its own people, applied bad practices and corruption in economic and foreign affairs policies, and exploited to the hilt its satellites in east Europe and in countries such as Angola and Mozambique in Southern Africa. They relied on propaganda to sustain themselves. In reality they suffered food shortages and a myriad of other challenges which led to stagnation of the economy and the final collapse. A close analysis will show that the Soviet Union practised state capitalism. The state traded on behalf of its citizens and suppressed initiatives by farmers collectives, business forums, worker-led innovations, and other free thinking patriots. The rich were party aristocrats and the masses suffered. That is not socialism. The principles of socialism are to generate wealth and redistribute it to benefit the majority who worked for it. Socialism is not poverty or it is not intended to glorify the poor in their parlous state. In fact, it promotes hard work and honest trading and the need for each to apply themselves according to their ability in the creation of a national economy. It also encourages creativity and innovation to modernise and reform for collective progress. What failed in the Soviet Union is the dictatorship of the state. Contrast this with the Peoples Republic of China where the Communist Party has developed socialism with Chinese characteristics. Ever since Mao met with US president Nixon in 1972, the Communist party leadership went on and enhanced their understanding of socialism, and worked on the building blocks such as education and training of their engineers and scientists, their practice of self-reliance and setting up the framework to build a foundation for economic growth. They created a vision for the well being of their people and their country, and made strategic plans. In 1978 China was backwards in many respects in its economic programmes. Today they are a leading nation in the world - and they are still communists and their planned economy is still socialism. The ANC and their youth wing and their partners in the so-called communist party always follow the four winds and go every which way the wind blows. They allied themselves to Bill Clinton after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and took his neo-liberal policies. Their colonial minded labour leaders modelled development on the scripts of the World Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Look at SA now after sixteen years. We should prepare ourselves for a round of popular uprisings - the masses catch hell and they have had enough. It is a ruse and a side show to argue with Peter Mulder whom they have appointed deputy minister of agriculture over who owns who and who came first. It is a clear example that we are in a neo-colonial state with the settlers still calling the shots. JakiFrom: msib...@randwater.co.za To: payco@googlegroups.com Subject: [PAYCO] Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:18:46 +0000
Cde’s Seroke, Ndebele With the waterloo of a somewhat reactionary ANCYL leadership that has hitherto presented itself as a vanguard of the liberation of the African people. On the past few days the YCL has emerged as an alternative to the poor, that is, the economically downtrodden African masses. Reacting to the ahistorical assertion of Pieter Mulder that Africans did not own 40% of the land before the advent of settler minority, it has called Zuma to sack him. In your own assessment, what is the significance of the communist formations in the 21st century after the fall of the Soviet hegemony in the late eighties. Mfanasekhaya Gqobose, addressing APLA cadres in the early 90s, once referred to the communist as quacks. kind regards Mduduzi Sibeko Admin/finance T +27-11-724-9281 C +27-71-101-2595 F +27-11-900-1929 F 086-754-2176 E msib...@randwater.co.za www.randwater.co.za This email and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information. This information is private and protected by law and, accordingly, if you are not the intended recipient, you are requested to delete this entire communication immediately and are notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of or taking any action based on this information is prohibited. Emails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. The sender does not accept any liability or responsibility for any interception, corruption, destruction, loss, late arrival or incompleteness of or tampering or interference with any of the information contained in this email or for its incorrect delivery or non-delivery for whatsoever reason or for its effect on any electronic device of the recipient. Views and opinions expressed or implied in this email are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being that of Rand Water. If verification of this email or any attachment is required, please request a hard-copy version. -- Sending your posting to payco@googlegroups.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to payco-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com -- Sending your posting to payco@googlegroups.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to payco-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com You can also visit http://groups.google.com/group/payco Visit our website at www.mayihlome.wordpress.com
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