Thanks for the problematic invitation. However it would seem that the seminar has everything to do with Euro-Marxism and nothing to do about Marxism-Leninism which had everything to do with forces both in relation as well as the defining mode. Let alone the fact that it stretches beyond book1 and 2 of Das Capital.
Lastly the association of the name Azania as an alternative left leaves much to be desired. Sikhumbuzo Thomo National Committee member of the YCLSA (WRITES IN HIS OWN CAPACITY) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick Bond Sent: 13 May 2009 05:08 AM To: [email protected]; debate: SA discussion list; [email protected]; Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition; [email protected] Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Reminder of CCS Semina todayr: Molefi Mafereka Ndlovu on 'demise of 1652 class project', 12:30-2pm Join us at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society for a seminar, "Azania Rising: The demise of the 1652 class project", which advances alternatives to capitalist class society in Africa Speaker: Molefi Mafereka Ndlovu, CCS Date: Wednesday, 13th May Time: 12:30-2pm Venue: CCS/SDS seminar room, Memorial Tower Building Room F208 University of KwaZulu-Natal Howard College Campus Queries: [email protected] or 031-260-3195 This seminar addresses the problem of a cosmetic elite in Africa. We consider whether the Marxist construct of class remains relevant in the struggle for total liberation from the fetters of the Colonial Capitalist Mode of Production which continues to nurture white supremacist ideology and gross socio-economic disparities across the continent. Capitalism produces and reproduces itself as an antagonistic structure of class relations; it divides the population again and again into antagonistic classes. Within the material and social relations are produced and reproduced the material conditions of existence. Marxist analysis maintains that the prior distribution of the means of production distinguishes classes between the ‘possessors’ and the ‘dispossessed’. The historical incorporation of Africa and its non-capitalist systems into an evolving capitalist mode of production has resulted in an even more complex set of class relations. The predominate mode of production in most of Africa remains the Colonial Capitalist Mode of Production. No class analysis of Africa is complete without considering this basic fact. In all regions on the continent, social class formations survive only as long as they complement Colonial relations of production. Molefi Mafereka Ndlovu is a CCS Community Scholar, in 2008 named as one of South Africa's leading 100 youth by the Mail&Guardian. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
