Thank you Domza. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote:
> *Dear Comrade President of NUMSA,* > > * * > > *As the currently deployed VC, by default, I feel called upon to try to > make a contribution.* > > * * > > *The best I can think of to help with explaining the NDR in general is the > piece of writing that has helped me most, which is the 1988 “SA Working > Class and the National Democratic Revolution” written by Joe Slovo while he > was General Secretary of the SACP. The full term of his General > Secretaryship was 1984-1991, after which he was succeeded by Cde Chris Hani, > whose daughter I was lucky enough to meet briefly today by chance in COSATU > House, where she was visiting the Chris Hani Institute. The past is always > present.* > > * * > > *This document of the late Cde Slovo’s is very deep and yields up more new > meaning every time one re-reads it. I assume that it was a product of > collective discussion, although I don’t know the whole story of how it came > to be written.* > > * * > > *Apart from this document of Joe Slovo’s, one thinks of the long > literature of race and class thrown up by the South African struggle. As you > say, we all should have graduated by now! There is surely no other country > that has produced so much good material about the National Question and the > way that it relates to the class struggle. Not that I think that the > National Question is resolved, by the way. But by now we should be firm in > the understanding that the National Question cannot be solved without at > least a great advance by the proletariat and the forces that the proletariat > leads, in the Class Struggle.* > > * * > > *As a taste of that literature, sometimes dramatic as it is, I am also > attaching a document relating to the expulsion of the three Communist > leaders from the ICU, which really led to the downfall of that once-huge > organisation founded 90 years ago this year. The expulsion and the > subsequent collapse of the ICU forced the Party and the ANC together, to > take up the main burden of the struggle, together. And that was the > beginning of the Alliance as we know it, that won the national election last > month.* > > * * > > *A luta continua!* > > * * > > *Domza.* > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *sabelo gina > *Sent:* 26 May 2009 12:12 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [YCLSA Discussion] Re: JZ cabinets > > > > Dear Comrades > > > > I am extremely disappointed with this question, especially on these forum. > Someone must help us with explaining the NDR in this forum. I think this > forum is for people that have graduated beyong the national question to a > class question. A relevant question for members of this forum is the class > composition of the cabinet. > > > > Comrade Hoveka and others must walk the walk with our comrade that we love > so much, Comrade Skizo. Let us not be afraid to ask questions in future. I > hope it was a genuine question. > > > > Comradely, > > > > Sabelo Gina. > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Skizo Skizo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Comrades, am very impressed with our cabinet my only problem is that > why there is no Venda minister?Can some 1 give us clarity regarding that > matter . > > > <br > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
