Cde Dumisani I agree with you that there should be a way to interact with our people which demonstrate that we are part of them. We in this case referring to those who are privilaged to be in government/state institutions and in leadership/public representatives. It is however crucial to acknowledge that the state is a machinery of suppression, meaning it is designed to enforce certain ideas and practices. It has by its design mechanisms that ensures enforcement, that's why you have state aparatus/institutions like the army, police, courts etc, the super structure. The super structure is supposed to be the reflection of the base.
Whilst agreeing with you one should be quick to say there should be a balance between the two aspects, people first and the suppressive nature of the state. This brings you as an activist to fill the gap. You are privilaged to mediate and ensure that the working class is not exploited, they explore the recourse that is there in the statutory laws and even to ensure that public representatives take resolution that put our people first so that by the time the state machinery acts it does so in the interest of the people. Remember that the history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles! On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Tuis Dumisani <[email protected]> wrote: > Cde’s something disturbed me this morning and I would like the forum to > debate about this, ever since we had democracy in our country and most of > the municipalities are ANC controlled but we find day in day out that a > court order was granted for the Municipality to forcefully remove people in > informal settlements as it happened yesterday in the Eastern Cape leaving > people about 15 families homeless. Is it a new way of talking to the people > through court orders? Those are our own brothers, sisters, parents, can’t we > speak to them in a more civilized and ubuntu manner and come with a solution > rather than using the sheriff and security forces? May be we lost touch and > base with our own people. > > > > Lets talk > > > > Dumisani Tuis > > > > "The possibility that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us > from the support of a cause we believe to be just"- Abraham Lincoln > > > > -- > 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] . > -- PK NDLALA -- 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] .
