I agree completely comrade.Your sentiments echo what was said by Samora Machel.
'The other face is that of the indirect and secondary enemy, who presents himself under the cover of a nationalist and even as a revolutionary thus making it difficult to identify him... THE FIGHTER MUST DISTINGUISH FRIEND FROM FOE EVEN IF THE LATTER IS CONCEALED UNDER THE SAME COLOUR, LANGUAGE, FAMILY TIES OR TRIBAL MARKINGS AS THEIR OWN, EVEN IF HE RAISES HIS FLAG WITH US'. - President Samora Machel With best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüssen /Ngeminqweno emihle/שָׁלוֹם Litha Thando Yono Mechatronics Technician DaimlerChrysler South Africa P.O Box 671 East London 5200 Tel(W) 043-706 2970 Fax(W)043 706 9308 "Afrikans, let us find ourselves happening to events, instead of always responding to events happening to us.” Es’kia Mphahlele - 1990 [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] 2008/12/18 10:28 AM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject [YCLSA Discussion] Re: the political Zoo of the elite I agree with you comrade. On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:39:45 +0200 "Mafika Mndebele" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The political Zoo of the privileged > > “Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a > question of the > first importance for the revolution. The basic reason why > all previous > revolutionary struggles in China achieved so little was > their failure to > unite with real friends in order to attack real enemies. > A revolutionary > party is the guide of the masses, and no revolution ever > succeeds when > the revolutionary party leads them astray. To ensure that > we will > definitely achieve success in our revolution and will not > lead the > masses astray, we must pay attention to uniting with our > real friends in > order to attack our real enemies. To distinguish real > friends from real > enemies, we must make a general analysis of the economic > status of the > various classes in Chinese society and of their > respective attitudes > towards the revolution.” "Analysis of the Classes in > Chinese Society" > (March 1926), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 13. > > The above citation is the line which must guide all the > patriotic > forces while analyzing the Shikota formation. At no stage > should we like > many among the society simple think that the shikota is > the mere out > come of opportunist who do not want to be led by others. > We must > remember that these people were political stooges who > became “yes > men” in the previous NEC refusing to believe any thing > that > criticize their min-god. WHY NOW THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF > HEART? Chairman > Mao called us to make the analysis that will include the > economic status > and the attitudes toward the revolution of the enemy so > to distinguish > it from friends. > > To start with the ANC is a multi-class organization, > which is assigned > with the mandate of eliminating the National grievances > in our land > which are as the result of colonialism and Colonialism. > This in the > sense makes it to be venerable to ultra leftism and > bourgeois > infiltration. As every one who except it aims and > objectives can join it > (irrespective of class status). Having won the political > power and > continuously doing so in each and every election, the > imperialist were > bound to be attracted by ANC. But having played the role > toward > exploiting Africa and knowing very clear that coming from > the front the > masses of our people will reject them. > > They then within the ANC, searching for dissatisfaction, > disagreements > and hostilities so that the can ‘divide and rule’. They > had done > this in our country in the past. They have done it in > India, in Ireland, > other African countries, in Latin America and even in > America under the > period of the so called “new world discovery” the form > and times may > change but the content is still the same. It imperialism > strengthen it > hold in the world and want to seize all developing > countries and control > them through “puppet government” > It is under this that the ANC (before Polokwana)was > turned in to > election vehicle, with masses being turned in to voting > caws, no > debates, no political development initiatives. The state > must be the > centre of everything. The ANC must follow the state. The > was even talks > within the post Polokwane ANC which say’s that simple > because of it > research effectiveness the State must be the centre and > the ANC must > take a line from it. > > The Polokwane congress in the other hand wanted the ANC > that is rooted > in the masses. The ANC which is not an electoral machine, > which > understand that, the masses of our people are their own > liberators and > thus must be equipped with the necessary tools so that > they liberate > themselves. They do not need a min-god in a form of the > state to do > that. The ANC walk-outs were the sons and daughters of > the white > monopoly capitalism, who pray that one day capitalism > will co-opt them. > > Capitalist want to patronize does who are in power, they > do not care > who that is, as long as he is able to deliver the > political power to > them, he becomes the employee. Once you lose the > political privilege you > are swiftly kicked out. You became a spend force and > capitalist then > look for new emerging stars. (Thus firstly Shikota is the > agent of > capitalist system) > The white farmer who decided to join this vehicle of > devastation Mr. > Grobler told delegate in the Convention to the convention > the > following.” Our policy about agriculture, to produce > food, and > secondly the way you intend handling affirmative action, > which would not > discriminate against anyone." Is what pushed him to join > COPE. A > lazier-fare policy on land redistribution, and the > revisal of the policy > that is aimed at redressing the inequity of the past is > the good reason > to join COPE. > > (Secondly) Shikota is the solidarity spring of the former > president of > the ANC. Under the leadership of Terror Lekota, the > political mayhem > escalated to what can be characterized as a cabal behind > the cult of an > individual (Thabo Mbeki) at the expense of organizational > principles and > its longest standing fundamental principle on democratic > centralism. > The ANC and the MDM has experienced yet another political > mischief led > by its former National Chairperson who sights the > betrayal of the > Freedom Charter and disregard for judiciary system by the > current ANC > leadership. Albeit the fact that Lekota and co. were not > able to make it > in the ANC NEC in Polokwane, the opportunistic praises of > the Freedom > Charter and the Judiciary System which he is more than > “prepared to > defend and die for” now, while in fact when he was Free > State Premier > 1994, ANC Chairperson for 10 years and Minister of > Defense, his zeal and > revolutionary commitment to the Freedom Charter remains > barely > discernible:- > > 1. Given the fact that this amount of political > deployments put him > into greener pastures as an individual and thereby > becoming media > magnetism and owning a multitude of wine empires in the > Western Cape, it > is not surprising that he had to mechanically render a > temporary divorce > from the Freedom Charter. Infact while he was Minister of > Defense, > Lokota was one among key officials who vehemently denied > South African > National Defence Force employees their right to establish > and join a > union. > 2. His loudest voice has never been heard on the slow > pace in South > Africa’s progress on Land Reform to which the Freedom > Charter and the > 2005 resolutions of the Land Summit are clearly > reflecting.( the white > farmers are joining him for this reason now) > 3. Again, his loudest voice on daily violation of > farm-workers’ > rights and wholesale privatization of State co-operations > in the > aftermath of the1996 GEAR economic policies adopted > against the RDP by > the government he served and the ANC he chaired for 10 > years, is nowhere > to be heard. > > Is it not the right time for ANC members and South > Africans in > general to ask themselves: - Why did Lekota and Co. chose > to resign from > cabinet after the recall of the then State President from > office, why do > they choose to cry foul of the ANC’s loyalty to the > Freedom Charter > and the Judiciary System immediately after they were > dealt with by the > democratic process in the ANC’s 2007 Conference? > (Notwithstanding the > fact that some among his company are a by-product of the > 2006 Cosatu and > 2007 SACP National Congresses) > Put blatantly, these questions result to a considerable > amount of > foolproof that Terror and Co. are nothing but a bunch of > political > bandits who masqueraded as revolutionaries while in fact > disguising > their lust for power and self-enrichment through > political office. > > History will correctly condemn their scandalous tactics > as it did too > many forces of counter-revolution in the history of our > revolution. The > less said about them the better. We expose this > opportunism within > Shikota to fully show that they were a ripe ground for > imperialist It > neither accidental nor narrowly opportunism that gave > birth to the > decedents but it was the well oiled program of the enemy > to destroy us. > As Chairman Mao told us many years ago we must study the > class status > and attitude toward the revolution of the enemy so to > distinguish it > from real friend. If you look through the needle you find > nothing but > the fact that Shikota is a political Zoo of the elite, > who blow the > trumpet of the white monopoly capitalism. > > Mafika Damane Mndebele is the Provincial deputy secretary > of YCL and > SASCO Provincial Deputy Chairperson (in KwaZulu Natal) > writing in his > personal capacity. > > > > > Please find our Email Disclaimer here: > http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/ > > > > Fundi Nzimande Mphephethwa Projects cc (011) 646 6403 Fx:(011) 646 6413 083 729 0212 _______________________________________________________________________________________ “EAST RAND SECURITY EXPO NOW ON” http://www.swiftsms.co.za/swiftT/track.asp?e=*em*&cid=113&u=8&tid=2011 If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. 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