Comrades, It is a complete waste of energy and a distraction to respond to every criticism by Workers International, just as it is to respond to every criticism by the DA. We have a much greater task to accomplish and that is to plot the road to Socialism and ultimately Communism. Let us not be distracted by these petty arguments.
The important task right now is to fight Capital and demand the abolition of Labour Brokers and the casualisation of Labour, and use every tool available to us to achieve this objective. I just find that we waste too much energy debating and responding to petty arguments instead of saying focused on the task at hand. Kind Regards, Trevor Joseph Mobile: +27 82 946 3877 Fax: +27 86 606 2130 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BrendanLee Sent: 08 October 2009 09:08 AM To: YCLSA Discussion Forum Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Fwd: How the SACP betrayed the struggle against labour brokers and casualisation of labour- 7.10.09 im quite confused by the Stalinist bit, for an organisation thats intent on attacking the alliance, they are not very good at applying even reasonable arguments. what i am a bit confused about by the whole debate is that a press statement was released saying the ANC COSATU and SACP were for the banning of Brokers, if the ANC was then why hasn't this reflected in policy? wwho was responsible for this shift in policy? and should they be named and shamed if no publically then at least whitin the organisation? On Oct 8, 8:10 am, sabelo gina <[email protected]> wrote: > Comrades, > > I was in the Portfolio Committee in Cape Town when we made the submissions > to the Committee, I did not see a submission from Workers International. I > was in Germiston Civic Centre last night, I did not hear a submission from > Worker's International and now for Shaheed Mohamed to wtrite in this forum, > opportunistically so, and accuse the SACP for no apparent reason is > hypocrisy and it must be tolerated. WE debate in this forum and she is not > raising a debate but continue with their old campaign of vilifying the > Communist Party. > > A question that I would like to ask her, are they happy that they encouraged > workers to spoil the votes in the Western Cape and contributed to the > blunders of some people in the ANC Western Cape to deliver the province to > DA? > > Who is the enemy of the working class, is it the SACP or the DA that they > helped to install in the Western Cape through their campaign of encouraging > workers to spoil the votes. I am told even in the ILRIG Globalisation > School, instead of discussing opportunities that are brought by the crisis > of capitalism, they spent inordinate amount of time vilifying Cosatu and the > SACP... what are their intentions about the unity of the working class. > > I pause, > > Cedric Gina > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Dominic Tweedie > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > *Comments, anyone?* > > * > > * > > *VC* > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Shaheed Mahomed <[email protected]> > > Date: 2009/10/7 > > Subject: How the SACP betrayed the struggle against labour brokers and > > casualisation of labour- 7.10.09 > > To: news <[email protected]> > > > When the SACP 'discovered' that labour brokers were a problem and that it > > was necessary to have a campaign against them, the way the campaign was > > posed was deliberately to act militant for the sake of the Cosatu Congress, > > while at the same time to divert the anger of the working class from > > monopoly capital and its attacks on workers. When the campaign was adopted > > at the Cosatu Congress a day of 'action' was proposed (7 Oct 2009)- > > lunchtime pickets at some hearings and in some industrial areas. > > > Without the permission of monopoly capital, labour brokers would not exist; > > thus what was really necessary was a general strike to force monopoly > > capital to end these slavery conditions. This was avoided and faith was > > placed in the leadership of the alliance, the amabhulu omnyama of the ANC to > > legislate an end to labour broking. let's not hold our breathe to wait for > > the ANC to enforce this minimal democratic demand but let us draw the lesson > > of the counter-revolutionary role of the SACP and Cosatu leadership, who in > > the face of the world capitalist attack are now the vanguard of imperialism > > in the ranks of the working class. We cannot place a programme against > > stalinism in the hands of the stalinists themselves. > > > Forward to a general strike for an emergency workers plan, calling for the > > expropriation of the banks, mines, food, clothing, transport, energy sector, > > construction, health sectors, without compensation and for them to be placed > > under workers control. > > > -- > > Shaheed Mahomed > > Secretary > > Workers International Vanguard League > > 1st Floor, Community House > > 41 Salt River rd > > Salt River > > South Africa > > 7925 > > ph 0822020617 > > fax 0865486048 > > [email protected] > > webwww.workersinternational.org.za- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. 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