PLEASE DELETE ME FROM THIS CHATROOM, I NO LONGER WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D4UK2kWf5ik/SoGqBmS26BI/AAAAAAAABT8/x_iAV1QqyWU/s1600-h/IssaShivji3.jpg> > > [CU for Wednesday, 12 August 2009] > > We are still working through the CU’s *Basic > Communism<http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/Basic+Communism> > * series. We have dealt with workplace matters, with class politics, and > with the crucial question of The State. > > Exactly what is “Basic Communism”, and how far it extends, could be a > matter of discussion. Part of any “basic” exercise is surely to keep things > brief and simple. It does seem essential, however, to touch upon the single > biggest historic task of the Communists in the period since the founding of > the *Communist > International<http://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/index.htm> > * (a.k.a. Third International) in 1919: National Liberation. > > In 1920 the Comintern organised a *Congress of the Peoples of the > East<http://www.marxists.org/history/international/comintern/baku/> > *. It was the first international anti-colonial congress. The Comintern > recognised Communist Parties in many countries (including South Africa’s, > the CPSA, in 1921). In 1928 the Comintern and the CPSA adopted the “Black > Republic” policy for South Africa, making the CPSA the first South African > party (it was also the first South African non-racial party) to call for > black majority rule in South Africa. > > This is some of our part in the story. But the worldwide story of the past > century, under the impetus of the Communists more than any other single > political component, has been a story of political independence of the > former colonies worldwide. The masses of the world have risen time and again > in National Democratic Revolutions, with the invariable support of the > Communists. Our internationalist duties still continue. Any “Basic > Communism” series must mention this. > > Since the victories in so many (150, or more) countries, constituting the > vast majority of the population of the globe, that set them free of direct > colonial rule, the Imperialist powers have sought to re-impose themselves by > other means. Some of those means are false claims and plain, blatant, > shameless lies. Some of these lies came from the mouth of US President > Barack Obama very recently when he spoke in Ghana to the effect that > Africa’s problems are self-induced. This is an old story, which we can say > is just an attempt to blame the victims of Imperialist aggression, while the > Imperialist perpetrators get to stand in the positions of judges and > advisors, and even “donors”, as if they are not thieves, in fact. > > As an example of one who has made the anti-Imperialist case very well in > this regard, we use the Tanzanian professor Issa Shivji [pictured], to > remind us that it is we who are the humanists now, and it is the > Imperialists who are the barbarians, a message also reinforced by Kenan > Malik’s short linked piece. > > *Click on these links:* > > *The Struggle for Democracy & Culture, Issa Shivji, > 2003<http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/2003,+Shivji,+The+Struggle+for+Democracy> > * (5035 words) > > *All Cultures Are Not Equal, Kenan Malik, > 2002<http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/2002,+Malik,+All+Cultures+Are+Not+Equal> > * (1838 words) > > > -- > Blog at: http://domza.blogspot.com/ > Communist University web site at: http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ > Subscribe for free e-mail updates at: > http://groups.google.com/group/Communist-University/ > Library of documents (CU "CD") at: http://cu.domza.net/ > [email protected] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
