Comrades, The press conference convened by Lekota & Co. has indeed angered a lot of comrades, understably so, but I think we should not fall into their trap. These are times when the our movement's ability to apply political strategies and tactics is put to test. I was delighted by the calm response of the NEC towards this provocation, when they are unanimusly calling for "unity in the movement, and listening to the concerns of the ANC members". The actions by the terrible Terror demonstrate that they have finalized their preparations for the formation of the new party, and nothing that the ANC will say can change their minds nor plans. These political hooligans do realize that their previous uncomradely actions, when they were in charge of the ANC and government, have alienated them from the masses within our ranks, mainly the working class and the poor, and they are pushing us to expel them, so that they can look as victims.
I don't think we are in any way shaken by these pronouncements or threats by Lekota & Co., but all we are saying is that let us not play into their hands. The ANC knows that these hooligans have resolved on their plans, and I don't think that there is any one who is genuinly trying to stop them from either leaving the ANC or forming their own party. The intention is to minimize the impact that these actions might have within our movement firstly and on the opinion of the South African public in general. If they think they are going to win the battle of publicity and galvanizing public opinion, then let us beat them in their game by amending the rules of the game instead. They will ultimately disappear into oblivion, like many others who have parted ways with the ranks of our movement. We must bear in mind that they still have the backing of the capitalist media houses who will do anything possible to weaken our revolutionary movement. Our immediate task as the ANC, SACP and COSATU should be that of consolidating our organizational structures and ensuring that they take a lead in winning the public opinion on this issue. These hooligans are intending to use our own constitutional structures to sow confusion and divisions. LET US CLOSE RANK & RID THIS MOVEMENT OF THE SELF-CENTERED OPPORTUNISTS AND SELL OUTS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
