Revolutionary greetings! When we took over office in PAYCO we resolved to revitalise the socialist aspects of the PAC that had been tarnished completely. A mere mention of socialism or marxist leninism invited an avalanche of hostile attack from PAC members. Those who purported to be socialist were described as communist, anti-pan africanism and other such labels. PAC leadership also did not project PAC as a socialist party which allowed the SACP to dominate and monopolize the Left.
We have had an opportunity to engage with highly placed and respected party leaders who proudly proclaim to be anti-socialism and defend free market system. This if tolerated will make PAC not different from the ANC. PAC founding fathers defined PAC as a socialist party and entrenched it in its founding documents and aims and objectives. PAC cannot claim to be a broad church as its founding fathers chose the class they pursue its interest. The real point is that my analysis of those Africanist who are opposed to socialism or marxist leninism, the majority of them have no idea as to what animal is it. A majority base their arguments on hearsays without reading a single book by Marx, Angels, Lenin, Trosky, Nkrumah, Chairman Mao to name but a few. My question to Africanist is , are we really educated on Communism/ socialism? Have we read comprehensively the written material on marxist leninism? Can we theoretically compete with the SACP psdeo-communist on socialism and its implementation? I am afraid comrades I hold a view that "some amongst us" reject socialism/communism without substance. In my view you cannot claim to be politically conscious having not explored the writings of Marx, angels, lenin, Mao, Nkrumah, Fanon to name but a few. PAC Disciplinary Code defines ignorance as an offense. It further emphasizes reading, reading and reading. It seems in our party ignorance is now tolerated which is an act that is in conflict with PAC Disciplinary Code. Yours for a classless society. Kwame Ndebele 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
