Comrades l have pasted a letter by cde Africa in response to Mazibuko Jara!
Rgds ST A reply to Mazibuko Jara Afrika Katze 29 October 2009 Afrika Katze says those who call for a new left are complicit in the failures of the old The outdated pseudo political analysis (see here<http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=148833&sn=Detail>) of the dynamism characterizing the nature of the political state in South Africa by disgruntled used to be party hacks of the calibre of Mr Mazibuko Jara must be challenged head on. In his article conveniently titled "Time for a new democratic Left to enter onto the political stage, Jara advocates for the reconfiguration of the political landscape by calling for the establishment of a "new democratic Left". On the surface of it, Jara appears to succeed in convincing his audience that ideologically the country is in crisis due to the irreconcilable, but manageable differences emanating from the unfaithful and polygamous relationship between the SACP, Cosatu and the ANC. On this level Jara comes across as an honest and reliable messenger of the people, a true vanguard of the interest of the poor. The one who, upon realizing the first signs of impending danger, wastes no time in alerting his compatriots to scurry for a safe zone somewhere on top of a cliff. A good fellow indeed, at least this is what Jara wishes us to believe. However, upon closer inspection and application of basic tools of analysis into Jara argument, it becomes quite clear that calling for a "new democratic Left" is in fact nothing but another sadistic ploy by schadenfreude communists hell-bent on implanting confusion in the hearts and minds of the people of this country. For the most part of his life, Jara has been working incessantly to convince the working class and the poor that the hegemony of the tripartite alliance is the most critical and best strategy to realize the objectives of the now ill-fated National Democratic Revolution (NDR). Subsequently, for the past three elections it is the poor, mostly illiterate and downtrodden masses who have been securing sweeping election victory for the elitist ANC. Instead of thanking these poor souls with habitable houses, clean water and sanitation, quality education for their kids and a responsible response to the HIV/Aids pandemic, the Alliance government has outrun itself in entrenching the power and wealth of a few well connected comrades. Alliance leaders cruise in big and flashy German sedans while children from poor house-holds are faced with the reality of walking tens of kilometres barefoot to be taught to read and write under trees and when it pours there is no schooling. It is mischievous of Jara and company to be calling for the establishment of a "new democratic Left" without first publicly denouncing and castigating the folly of the ‘old Left '. *Afrika Katze * *Johannesburg* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
