Comrades This is may be one subject that needs thaughtful reflection if we are infact unhappy with the status quo in the party. The propensity to use Marxist literature to throw diatribes at Comrades and tag dissent in all soughts of unrevolutionary ways must be discouraged. As far as I am concerned members of the PAC sing in munison to denounce Mr Letlapa as a true custodian of the ideals of the PAC in thaught and deed. The departure from the ideals of the PAC guiding documents have been bemoaned by all except those that are deemed members by the 'Supreme Commander" and that forms the critical mass of the PAC as we know it before Letlapa took the reigns. According to Letlapa and those next to him only those that he gave membership cards are genuine members of the PAC and only them have a genuine claim to the name and symbols of the PAC. There have been a prolonged period of gestation of this political design. To reverse and undo this situation there has been all soughts of attempts, convetions, cout actions etc. Hitherto Letlapa's design prevails. This is indisputable.
There are initiatives by many Comrades of the party that have defined themselves outside the PAC led by Letlapa but believe that theirs is to bring sanity in the PAC and redirect it back to its historical path. Ngoku iphambukile (It is now being led completely astray). In my understanding PAM was formed by those dismembered cadres of the party who believed that Letlapa has abandoned the ideals of the PAC as we knew it so are many initiatives. To me Letlapa is by default defined and described by all non-Africanists including legal institutions like parliament and courts as a leader of the PAC. I would argue very strongly that party cadreship lost initiative to opportunists who masquaraded as champions of our cause and made their way to the commanding heights of the party. It is the historic duty of our revolutionary cadreship to regain initiative, cover lost ground, think strategically and position the vanguard party at the centre of political discourse and the revolution of our people. But it will be dillussional not to acknowledge the compelling reality that cadres of the party are displaced in all these initiatives we created and they all have role to play for us to regain initiative. It helps to recall Comrades that Joseph Stalin became the leader in Russia after the death of Vladimir Lenin because of the lack of a progressive and vibrant cadreship in Russia at that moment. Lenin wrote a letter in which he did not mince his words that Leon Trosky and not Stalin is his prefferred successor. The letter was never read to the Communist party and consequently not acted on. In the final analysis Trosky was assasinated in 1940 by Stalin's agents and Russia took a brand (Stalinism) of Marxism it followed that resulted to its implosion. I am saying this because there has never been any noticeable departure on the ideological and strategic thrust fro Stalin right to leadership characters such Cruschev, Brevhnev until atleat Gorbachev in Russia. Africanist cadreship from all factional and political devide must regain initiative as a collective and harmonise all the current initiatives and the PAC will emerge the giant it is meant to be. Truth being said organisations and groupings such as PAM, APC, Cde Jacki, PAYCO, Concerned Cadres, Purists in the sidelines, Armchair analysts, Opportunits are a colourful reflection of a well orchestrated political displacement in one instance and interventions (particularly PAM, APC, Cde Jacki, Concerned Cadres) in another. By design interventions are not permanent. The PAC is a revolutionary vanguard of the African masses if it maintains its ideals whose trajectory goes beyond the end of time. They all have a role to play towards rebuilding the PAC. Tembelani ----- Original Message ----- From: Nkrumah <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [PAYCO] Re: Dual Membership Comrade Charge-in When confronted by two line struggle, what should proponents of a revolutionary line do? As a revolutionary fraction? The reasons you advance as the basis motivating the departure from PAC to form PAM had been equally echoed by those who formed APC particularly Godi. Beyond what you wrote, of significance is the political programmes which represent and expose ideas from and on which a party formed proves and demonstrate without any form of contradictions in deeds what you argue to be the basis that justifies the perspective you advance. With the rising tide of public protests, the recent mineworkers struggles and upspring including the massacre of 34 mineworkers, PAM has been dormant Thus far, PAM has not demonstrated and proven on the basis of its ideological and political theoratical conviction that its is distinct from many middle class and other African comprador bourgouisie adventurism, thus far dual membership remain unjustified until proven otherwise! Regards Nkrumah Sent from Samsung tablet Chargein Mabaso <[email protected]> wrote: >Son of the soil > >I do not understand your reasons as you claim that I know them. I would >like to know if do not mind. Share with us your reservarions. > >I personnaly claim to be a loyal member of the PAC of 1959. I also claim >that PAM is the PAC of 1959, not the current PAC under Letlapa Mphahlele. >That is the reason I think genuine Pan Africanists can still join PAM, not >pseudo-Pan Africanists. I personally beleive I cannot join the current PAC >as it stands. On this issue, I raised my concern loud and clear in the last >PAC NEC I attend as a National Secretary for Finance. I still maintain my >position. > >For those who were not in that NEC meeting when Letlapa threatened to throw >PAC Basic Documents into the dustbin of history, I told those who attended >that meeting that to me what made the difference between the PAC and the >ANC was the 1959 PAC Basic Documents, especially the PAC Constitution, not >the name PAC or ANC. To me, the PAC or ANC name are irrelevant. They were >irrelevant even to Sobukwe. Before the 1959 PAC Inaugural Conference, they >never knew upfront their party would be PAC. Many of them confessed. They >never broke from the ANC with PAC name in mind. Those who are glued to the >name PAC are like O.R. Tambo who was to married to the name ANC more than >the ANC stand and 1949 Programe of Action. > >What made me to join PAC was not the name PAC but the Basic Documents (PAC >ideology, policies, traditon, principles and procedures. Before I joined >PAC, I heard about PAC name but not its Basic Documents. I saw no reason >to join it. The name PAC never influened me to join. I was later influenced >by the PAC documents to join PAC late after I returned to Mthatha where I >was intorduced to the PAC Basic Documents. They made me joined the PAC. To >me, the current PAC is not the PAC of Sobukwe, Mothopeng and Pokela I >joined as young man. That is the reason I cannot join it in its current >form. > >Currently, there are many conscious and unconscious charterirsts within the >current PAC. Unfortunately, I am not a charterists. And as such, I cannot >join such elemnts in their treacherous acts. . > >Izwe Lethu! > >Charge-in Mabaso > > > > > > >On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:58 AM, xolani makwedini <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think mna Charge-in, that is a bad idea for any person to be a member of >> PAM and PAC and dont I ask me why, u know th reasons >> >> >> On Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:19:54 AM UTC+2, Chargein Mabaso wrote: >>> >>> Comrades, >>> >>> Many people are wondering when the unholy marriage of convenience among >>> the Tripartite Alliance partners (ANC, COSATU and SACP) will come to an end >>> one day. After the Marikana developments, many political commentators >>> expected COSATU congress to resolve to either deliver divorce papers to the >>> ANC or at the least demand the change of leadership at the coming December >>> ANC Conference at Mangaung. They may now be wondering why it is not the >>> case. >>> >>> The truth is one. ANC is nothing without the Tripartite Alliance, >>> especially COSATU. ANC leaders knew this fact long ago when they decided to >>> form the Alliance. They know one thing that no serious-minded political can >>> rule South Africa without exercising political influence (hegemony) over >>> the unions, civic movements, professional bodies, NGOs, churches, etc. They >>> learn this fact from Soviet Hegemony, Gramsci's view on hegemony, US >>> dominance, etc. ANC understood very early the power of dual membership in a >>> political terrain. The same is true of Democratic Alliance (DA). As we >>> know, DA is a product of the alliance (unity) between the DP and NP, >>> possible Solidarity playing secretly the role of COSATU for the DA . The >>> two parties came to understand the power of unity / alliance of the >>> like-minded in the current terrain of struggle in our country. They called >>> for the realignment of all counterrevolutionary forces to contest power >>> against the reformist Tripartite Alliance. But, Pan Africanists, socialist >>> formations and BC forces are the exception to the rule. They do not believe >>> to the idea of unity or alliance politics. May be our attitude explains the >>> reason we marginalized in the new political dispensation. We all became >>> minority parties out of our own choice. >>> >>> Take an example of Julius Malema who is enjoying the support of mine >>> worker as we speak. He has been articulation our position on our behalf >>> because he sees the political vacuum left behind by the PAC in the New >>> Democracy. He is exploiting it, for good or bad reasons. Many people told >>> us time and again that voters do not want land and nationalization of the >>> commanding heights of our economy. They want only jobs but not land and >>> equitable distribution of wealth in this country. They said PAC must tone >>> down. Letlapa's project is intended to do just that. They said voters want >>> PAC to discard its Basic Documents. But, Marikana developments proved them >>> wrong. >>> >>> Ma-Afrika, Cde Letlapa and his cronies are working for our enemies and >>> rivals, consciously or unconsciously. They are conscious and unconscious >>> Charterists who are working day and night to silence PAC for good at the >>> time when it is needed mostly. Today, voters have no alternative to go to >>> because the work of the current PAC leaders. They want to bury the PAC >>> alive. Just imagine what will happen to PAC after the Butterworth Congress. >>> For the coming 5 - 10 years, there is possibility that PAC will remain >>> where it is or get worse. >>> >>> The question that many PAC members must ask themselves is: What is to be >>> done? The latest developments forces all Pan Africanists to stop folding >>> arms and wait for coming congresses. We must do whatever we can with what >>> we now have in our disposal. True revolutionaries cannot remain static. >>> They must be dynamic and position themselves strategically as developments >>> inform them. I know there those who will say they are active on the ground >>> and quote visits to Marikana and other programs. Without acting as a party >>> is self-defeating. Unless you are like Malema. If he loses at Mangaung, he >>> cannot waiting for five years for another ANC conference. If he does, he >>> will lose the momentum. He has no choice but to form another party. The >>> same is true of those PAC forces who working hard within PAC against >>> Letlapa. Those who will form parallel structure will banned from using PAC >>> logo and expelled by Letlapa faction like he did to us. Many comrades are >>> asking themselves one question: Then, what is to be done under these >>> difficulty conditions? We love PAC with all our hearts and minds. >>> >>> One PAC cadre phoned me some time ago wanting to know PAM position on >>> dual members. Does PAM allow either its members to be also PAC members or >>> PAC members to be PAM members at the same time bearing in mind the fact >>> that the policies of both parties are the same on paper? At that time, I >>> remember, I said no. After Butterworth congress I revisited my response and >>> said to myself PAM needs to address this burning issue bearing in mind >>> Clause 3 of 1959 PAC Constitution on Membership which reads as follows: >>> >>> " a) Any African who is of the age of 16 years or above and accepts >>> the principles, programme and discipline ofthe P.A.C shall be eligible for >>> membership, provided that: >>> >>> (i) He/She is not a member of any political organization whose >>> policy is inconsistent with that of the P.AC <http://p.ac/>. >>> >>> (ii) The National Executive Committee shall from time to time >>> determine whether a certain organisation is inconsistent with the cause of >>> the P.A.C." >>> >>> This clause was erased from PAC Constitution after Thohoyando Congress. >>> Under the current conditions of PAC quarantine, this clause Sobukwe's inner >>> circle wrote in the PAC Constitution is needed. We must remember how we >>> launched PAM in 1989. PAC President, Zeph Mothopeng, instructed us to >>> launch PASO and PAM as internal wings of PAC in addition to AZANYU. He said >>> he was the only one who was allowed by the racist regime to stand on any >>> platform as a PAC member. We were not allowed. As a result, we disbanded >>> PAM after the unbanning of PAC. Zeph was smarter than the Boers. His plan >>> worked well as he did on June 16. He saw the need for PASO and PAM. >>> >>> Ma-Afrika, I am raising all these points in a hurry to say, under the >>> current conditions, what is your opinion of dual membership for PAC, PAM >>> and even NACTU ? Will such a move take the struggle forward and prove our >>> enemies, rivals and their agents wrong in their infiltration of the Pan >>> Africanist fold? I want your input in this regard, positively or >>> negatively. Let's be objective in our response, not subjective. I cannot >>> freely say the same for APC with their slogan "Amandla Ngawethu!. 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