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Thami On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Luzuko Buku <[email protected]> wrote: > *How do you feel when recruiting members for the YOUNG COMMUNIST > LEAGUE?<http://reds.blat.co.za/2009/03/12/how-do-you-feel-when-recruiting-members-for-the-young-communist-league/> > * > > By Luzuko Buku, Rhodes University YCL Chairperson > > Ask a young communist operating in our present society as to how they feel > about recruiting people to join the Young Communist league of South Africa? > The response will be like this, “Ours is a beautiful organisation which has > gained fame for most of the good things that it has done and for the best > things that it seeks to attain in future…” Ask them to continue answering > the question and not to talk about what the organisation has done, but about > recruitment, they will tell you that it’s difficult, and then ask me why? > > > Yoh! It came as a great shock to me when we (as the Young Communist League) > tried to recruit someone for our organisation, bra! The young lady said she > was scared of communists – oh! > > > This type of response indicates the dangers of capitalism quite clearly. It > is not surprising, as we know that capitalism is based on promoting > consumerism and fracturing society into classes of exploiters and the > exploited. Because it controls the media, capitalism is able to naturalise > its evils while painting communism as a threat to many people, you see my > sister! > > > From this kind of response, it becomes clear that capitalism is a system > based on deception and wise lies that lure even the highly educated people. > For me my brother, that lady is indeed highly educated, but as Lenin said in > a capitalist society, the only education that you will ever get is that > which deceives people into ignoring other ideals that are contra to it. > > Our education system is mainly centred on capitalism and this means you > only get to learn about Marxism when it is criticised or provided as a > criticism to the dominant mode of production and distribution. In almost > every sociological textbook in Universities, Marxist-Leninist ideals are > only referred to when the dominant mode is being criticised. > > > I tell you, if you could ask someone studying economics about Marx or > Lenin, they would never know them even though Marx and Lenin wrote a lot on > economics. Even if you go to the economics sections in every university > library you will find Marx, Engels and Lenin’s works in this section, but > still the only people you will get to learn about are Adam Smith and David > Ricardo who were liberal economists. For me, having a degree in economics > means having a degree in liberal economics as it ignores other schools of > thought. > > > A degree in economics would require knowledge of economics which will span > across the ideological spectrum. This mean people will have to know what > Marxism, neo-liberalism and other schools of thought argue on economics and > this should not be inclined to one school of thought and the others > presented as its critiques. That’s why we are proposing for the inclusion of > Marxist-Leninism in the education curriculum but more specifically in an > economics degree. By this we will be able to end fears that people may have > against Socialism and Communism. > > > This will also help us a lot in terms of recruitment; honestly I am tired > of explaining the whole literature of Marxism before a person can fill a > form of the YCL. I am also tired of having to convince him or her about the > relevancy of socialism and communism today before the required R5 is payed. > What do you think? > > *Forward to PYA victory in the battle of ideas* > > > Luzuko Buku > > Rhodes University YCL > > 0786172286 > > Please read my Blog@ www.reds.blat.co.za > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
