Cde, 1.Nationalisation is not inherently "progressive or revolutionary", but creates a platform, that makes it easier for us to socialise surplus labour....This means that under state rule, its easier for the government to rally around worker and practically enact laws that will democratise the work places....
2.The government's role under socialism would be to marginalise capital, or whatever capitalist tendences, even if they come from the working class.... 3. Planning is not inherently progressive, and theres nothing from Karl Marx that suggests such...Plannig was a product of WAR COMMUNISM which led to Stalinism...and I'll have a problem if we were to characterise that as victory....Socialism can be unpacked through three strtegies namely: a) command economy(which sucks really) b) Incentive structure, which is a social psychological approach to economic management...thats why Marxism fitted well with social psychology andpropaganda... c) regulatory structure... the combination of the above is what makes it possible for Socialism to survive for centuries to come.....and its what has made Capitalism to survive all these centuries... 4. A revolution is not essentially anarchist..to say that if it's not violent , then its not revolutionary....if it were so then, there is no Bolivarian revolution...or gramsci must have been a gradualist.... our revolution is the SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION OF A CAPITALIST SOCIETY...that's all..the essence is on socialisation of the investment fund...period 5. From a military, or true strategic perspective..what I'm saying is: LEAD THEM TO WHERE THEY WILL ALL DIE...THE FAMOUS COME-ON IRA TECHNIC....Let them nationalise...for whatever reaso...and we'll transform those enetrprises...period...and that will save us a lot of energy... 6. the national and class formulation of our stuggle doesn't really have any stages, but has points of emphasis...and they are not dichotomous but are dialectically interlinked...and I believe that (as I've said in the NIDS document), we are at a strategic inflection point...we do it or we loose for a long time... 7. Lastly, I've imagined a communist Party that would OPENNLY, WITH GUNS BLAZING come up standing against Natioalisation... We support the Nationalisation call...or face extinction...SOCIALISM IS THE FUTURE...BUILD IT NOW... Xoli On 2/3/10, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply Cde Xoli. I think it brings us closer to the heart of > the matter. > > The value that is extracted from mining is surplus value of labour-power, > and nothing else. In that respect mining is not qualitatively different from > any other kind of exploitation of workers' labour power. > > If nationalisation of mines is not going to change this, then what is > nationalisation for? It will not by itself change the exploitative > relationship with labour, which is a capitalistic relationship. > > There will not be a gradual conversion to socialism. There will be a > proletarian revolution, or not. The communist parties have their origin in > precisely this opposition to "gradualism". > > The NDR is about democratisation. It is a necessary revolution, and a > prerequisite for socialism. We are not talking about two stages, but of many > stages, and of many prerequisites. > > Another prerequisite is the planning of the economy, and the challenge that > planning makes as against the tyranny of the "market", or to the fiction of > the market, which under monopoly capitalism is not a free market, anyway. > > In this regard the ANC is indeed, and must be, "progressive", if that word > means anything at all. The ANC was made to lead, and it must do so. It must > plan and it must lead the whole country, including the capitalists. The > communists have been as responsible or more responsible than any others for > the building of the ANC, and it must do what we built it for. It must lead, > or it is a waste. So it must lead. > > The planning of the economy can proceed before the demise of capitalism. > That much is clear from history, including the history of South Africa. > Capitalism was not always "neo-liberal" and "globalist", and it does not > have to be. > > The planning of the economy requires a concrete grasp of the whole of it, > and not a wild grab at one part of it. In the present circumstances, it also > means the encouragement of capitalists to employ more people, which is a > long-standing demand and actually the principal demand of organised labour > in this country. > > The historic role of capital is to employ and create a proletariat. > > If you find that there are contradictions in the above, that is because > there are contradictions in reality. > > Lenin was very good at understanding such contradictions. Lenin did not > denounce "stageism". On the contrary, his language is full of reference to > "rungs on a ladder", "links on a chain", and other such similar metaphors. > > Joe Slovo in "The SA Working Class and the NDR" wrote that the main thing > about a stage is that it is followed by another stage. > > Like all other kinds of human work, a revolutionary process is conceived of > in this way: short term, medium term and long term. It is characterised by > short term tactics and a long term goal. > > As communists, our immediate tasks are, I think, to continue the work of > democratising the country, especially in mass democratic formations, all the > way from national to local and even street level, and including women and > old people as such. At the same time we push for a rational ordering of the > bourgeois economy, and the expansion of secure employment. All of these > constitute the building of a basis for socialism, and tend towards the > socialising of the country as a whole nation (and not a "sack of potatoes"), > but they do not by themselves constitute an actual proletarian revolution. > These are my views. > > By the way, we are still awaiting the full, published resolutions of the > Special National Congress. Only two of those resolutions have as yet been > published, as well as the Declaration that went out immediately following > the SNC. > > VC > > > > > > On 3 February 2010 10:52, Xoli Dlabantu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cde VC, >> Well doesn't that offer us a chance to transform those institutions to >> bring them under workers, control. I mean which one is easier to transform >> : >> A state led institution , or a privately owned enterprise?...I think we've >> got lot to learn from the 1996 class project...if we can look and adopt >> the >> projects buy-in approach we can be able to make giant strides...thats the >> essence of alliances...the ANC from a Marxist perspective is inherently an >> anti-progressive structure, but because we are in alliance with it, we are >> able to stretch our hegemony towards it...othrwise anything else is >> tatamount to saying...we shouldn't as ASCP members addressed the Natioal >> question in the first place... >> >> This is what I suggest that the SACP should do( and I've long outlined >> that >> in the proposed economic policy document I long posted in the CU website): >> 1. Pilot the joint ownership of the State Owned Enterprises. >> 2. Form sector associations in every industry to lobby the government to >> unpack to the socialist agenda. >> 3. Model the rural development Strategy along socialist lines. >> 4. develop a Time-compressed catch strategy that will rake -in >> Universities, Csir, Pic as well as the Department of Science and >> technologies to duplicate our economy and the give the technology to the >> working class. >> >> Up to som far, no one has really commented on the proposals...it is in tha >> t light that i have always been of the view that we need a more >> independent >> platform to develop these percpectives... >> >> We are now at the tresh-hold of socialism..and we shouldn't really expect >> to come across any huge Chinese Wall...the two stage revolution theory is >> but a theory...to simplify issues...Socialism starts today...now is the >> time... >> >> Xoli >> >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Nationalisation by the bourgeoisie is nationalisation for the >>> bourgeoisie. >>> >>> In history, most of nationalisation has been of this character. >>> >>> It is not true that nationalisation, as such, automatically leads to >>> benefits for the working class. >>> >>> Now, tell me truly, is not Julius Malema part of an Mvela group that is >>> sponsored by Tokyo Sexwale, a big mining businessman? >>> >>> So what is going on? >>> >>> By the way, we have had this debate before. No way can the communists be >>> accused of silence. When the communists did speak, they were met with >>> screaming rage and insults. Why do people forget so fast? The insults, >>> which >>> I will not repeat, but there were many of them, and they included all of >>> us, >>> are the reason why comrades objected to the impertinent presence of >>> Julius >>> Malema at the Special National Congress. >>> >>> Or have you been blinded by Tokyo Sexwale's "report", which somehow fails >>> to mention that Malema had been publicly insulting the communists, and I >>> mean all the communists, for weeks prior to the moment when Tokyo >>> pretended >>> to notice for the first time that something was happening? >>> >>> Comrades, you are getting a lesson in something called demagogy. >>> >>> >>> VC >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3 February 2010 07:40, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Qabane, cde mantashe articulates the decisions of the ANC as ANC GS and >>>> articulates the views of the SACP as SACP chairperson and let us not >>>> confuse his different roles. Infact I agree with the view that we need >>>> to >>>> have more radical approach but that can not be done by Gwede alone as >>>> ANC >>>> GS. That can be done by being more influencial to ANC NEC at large, >>>> become >>>> more influencial in all structures of ANC in particular and ultimately >>>> to >>>> have more radical change in ANC policies during ANC policy conferences >>>> and >>>> congresses. >>>> >>>> Cdes im very worried by the silence of SACP, COSATU AND YCL in issue of >>>> nationalisation of mines even if we dont agree with ANCYL version we >>>> must >>>> put more flash on it. May that is why we hear likes of Shabangu so >>>> strong >>>> about impossibility of nationalisation of mines and i wonder why. Infact >>>> cdes, there might be a reason beind the ANCYL call which we might not >>>> know >>>> but one will ask what is our position. >>>> >>>> Malemas say that Gwede is a goner might not be undermined maqabane. >>>> Malema >>>> thinks he is the POWER HOUSE of this ANC led movement and we must teach >>>> him a lesson. Cdes if we allow Gwede to be out voted, that will mean we >>>> are not at all ready to start building socialism. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> South Africa's premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> For super low premiums, click here http://home.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You are subscribed. 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