All I can say is that Cde Gugu, you are spot on. There is no much to say on this matter!
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Gugu Ndima <[email protected]> wrote: > Revolutionary greetings > > I would firslty like to greet all disciplined forces of the left that take > time to engage fruitfully on this forum > This Forum primarly serves as a platform to make infromed inputs on > whatever issues that may arise within the political landscape. > > As reactionary as Lucas may sound, lest we forget that in reality and on a > daily basis we are confronted with attitudes like his. This is the best > platform to enhance the manner in which we respond to them .It should be one > (response) that is absent of emotion and mindful of the revolution. Our's is > to be consistent in whatever it is we seek to achieve despite the > antagonistic climate that we at times find ourselves operating under. > > Cde. Lucas > > It's quiet evident that you might have minimal understanding of poverty in > our society and variables that are entrenched in our system to keep the > poor, poor. I cannot blame you for this as I have no knowledge of your > school of thought and ideological beliefs. > > It's very simplistic and futile for one to simply think that one > perpetuates poverty upon themselves without simultaneously interrogating the > causations. We have a society that has been made to believe that resources > are scarce due to the capitalist literature that distorts the definition of > Economics: which places emphasis on scarce resources. The truth of the > matter is that the notion of scarcity is a farcade and the reality is that > there is unequal distribution of wealth in order to advance Capital. > > Poverty is systematic and it will always be rife in areas where the working > class is primarily situated geographically. This ensures that there is > always a workforce that will be at the mercy of those that want to produce > for profit maximisation. > The majority of our people do not have access to land that can be utilised > for production etc.....Yet we have farmers in the Eastern cape that own land > as big as the East Rand and if you investigate the manner in which the land > was acquired, it's through succession and forced removals of black people. > Currently as we speak we have matriculants that will be subjected to "booby > traps" such as crime and prostitution due to the fact that education is > still a commodity that is only afforded by the priviledged. > > I can only hope that you will utilise this forum to understand another > version of the truth and gain as much knowledge through THE Communist > University, as you can. As Communists it is our duty to teach where > ignorance prevails and we can only assist you to understand another version > of Economics. We hope that your attitude will not be a barrier to > potentially liberating information that will make you understand the class > struggle. Capital has no colour, it only knows the langauge of exploitation > and that is what we fight daily in our revolution as the working class with > the only tool we have to bring capital to its knees and that is Labour > ...... > > Cadres lets not lose sight of what we seek to achieve, > > Communist regards, > > Gugu Ndima > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Ian Beddowes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> "Cosatu and the leftists scored a major victory after Minister in the >> Presidency Trevor Manuel toned down the green paper on the contentious >> National Planning Commission. >> >> "The revised green paper strips the planning commission of its executive >> functions, which Cosatu strongly objected to and claimed would effectively >> turn Manuel into a prime minister." >> >> These opening words by Caiphus Kgosana in the 'Sunday Independent' tell us >> a lot. How can 'leftists' undermine the role of the planning commission and >> yet still be working in the interests of the working class? >> >> The elation of Helen Zille over the revision of the Green Paper has >> demonstrated clearly tha COSATU (and not for the first time) is objectively >> working in unison with monopoly capital which hates all planning unless from >> within its own structures. This is a step backwards fom the implementation >> of Polokwane decisions and will inevitably delay the uplifting of the living >> standards of the poorest of the poor. >> >> >> -- >> 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. 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