Cde Sentle, I read your input with interest because you brought fresh ideas under current political climate. Indeed, the genesis of the problem in the movement broadly is not about nationalisation debate or succession debate but a small minority within the ANC, if not moles of the 1996 class project, driving a propaganda machinery bordering on ill-discipline and lack of tolerance amongst cadres of the Alliance structures. This minority is hellbent at rubbishing at the Alliance leadership and personalize issues to the level of championing a media frenzy to portray the COSATU as an opposition and the SACP as parasitically and opportunistically clinging on the ANC. All of this is done in the name of the ANC to undermine constructive engagement with intent to crush those who voice a dissenting view. This growing intolerance is suffocating our movement and the political significance of the Alliance traditions. What is to be done? Let all structures observe the long held set of protocols in the Alliance without questioning each other's bona fides. In the midst of this, the enemy is watching and taking notes to unleash a fight back strategy in the upcoming municipal elections. If we do not resolve petty things like this, it would be difficult to march alongside in deepening the national democratic revolution to have a direct relation to reality at the grass-roots level. Let's engage, mqabane! Remain, Morgan
"Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo --- On Tue, 3/9/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] What is to be done? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 6:41 AM Comrades it is sad to note how battles or debates for leadership play themselves out in the public discourse, our organaisation[the ANC] and the alliance have certainly made itself a victim of the imperialist media and the public is continously brain washed by this source of news. The unfortunate part is dat our own comrades are caught in the middle of this entire rapture. I have asked myself as to wether is this issue really about nationalisation n leadership in 2011&2012, but i have realised dat a huge majority of our membership in all the branches was actually unaware of many of these things, and one really wonders, are branches really basic units of the organisation? Though this is our organisational principle, it is quite notably a difficult task for those in upper structures to put this into practice. Personally i have noted dat brancches r only important for congresses n wen comrades in those branches r desperate to be ward councillors. And recently, there has been a spiral of community protests, which we claim have been caused by comrades again who r fighting for tenders and depoyment in the 2011 local government processes, i might b wrong and i should be corrected if dat is the case. But my question is, what is the state of service delivery in those communities, are the people getting what they promised, second to dat is wether are these ANC comrades who are said to b the chief architects of the temporary 3rd revolution really fighting for service delivery or are they fighting for an opportunity for self-enrichment. yours in persuit of wat is to be done Cde Sentle Oliphant -- 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] . -- 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] .
