I am not suggesting that we moved from the topic but just sharing my perspective. Yes the revolution have to be defended but the question against who and how. It is very important that the gains madde by the previous struggles must be protected whislt at the same time new advances have to be made. We can only do this by building strong democratic fighting units on the ground, create clarity and unite the working class against the capitalistic class. We do this by educating ourselves about class struggle- learning from our mistakes and victories, organise the working class and agitate against all forms of injustices. But beyond that we need to build a revolutionary organisation that can bring all the revolutionary elements together. We need very diciplined Cdes, not just anyone to become part of such a revolutionary force. i hope this helps.
Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] have we lost touch with our people Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:10:14 +0200 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Cde Thabang you are definitely on point as far as the topic is concern, but I am not getting you well in terms of what is to be done? Concerning the problem you have highlighted qabane, kindly clarify Not that I am trying to move away from the main subject of “have we lost touch with our people” but qabane Che was speaking to the young people of the revolution, about how can they defend the revolution which happened to be communist as he was, do you think the advices that he gave are irrelevant and if that is the case kindly give clarity, but please do not move away from the main subject. Samuel Somcuba 'the only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and faith to believe its possible" From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thabang Ngcozela Sent: 21 April 2010 03:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [YCLSA Discussion] have we lost touch with our people from the onset when the ANC was formed in 1912 it was an organisation of those you mentioned below, and it was only when the ANCYL was formed in 1944 that its character changed. Che Guevara is illrelavent since the ANC its nationalist organisation and Che was a Communist, so the ANC is not a Communist organisation but rather a nationalst dominated organisation with communist in it. The ANC started to distance itsself from the masses after the first democratic electons in 1994 and ever since then its politics detoriated and this will continue as its role or its basis for exsitance does not exist anymore. If the Union of 1910 did not exclude the blacks the ANC as we knew it would have never existed. Black and white nationalist united in 1994 under the government of national unity and this is what the ANC stood for before 1994. What does it stands for now? That is why we find it today behaving the way it does, pushing the very same capitalistic policicies the national party had, such as maximum resource exploitation regardless of what the people say on the ground, and incapable of delivering on its election manifesto and promises. Its leaders in business impoverishing the same communities and the people that fought for liberation and voted it into power. This the reason why we have the arms deal that benefitted the west and few elites in SA. Promoting nuclear energy as the national party has done. Evicting people from their land because of mining ineterest. Silencing popular grassroots movements. In reality there is no opposition, the DA and the rest in parliament all stand for capitalist democracy - capitalism with a human face and nothing more. It is become redundant day by day, and it will at some stage become reactionary as some of its leaders are already pulling towards that line, its a dying horse and its only time that will tell. Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:48:23 +0200 Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] have we lost touch with our people From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Maybe cadres you should address your concerns to shivhambu and his lord Julius malema! On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Samuel Somcuba <[email protected]> wrote: This is quiet true maqabane, we (as the ANC) have continuously distance ourselves from the mass, we are actually moving away slowly from the ANCYL that revive the ANC from being an organisation of the privileged lawyers, chiefs, academics and so forth, we need to be like the generation of 1944 because as the youth are the only capable force the defend the revolution, In the article that was posted on this forum of Che Guevara (What a young communist should be) he says “the youth must be the vanguard of all movements, the first to be ready to make the sacrifices demanded by the revolution” It is the youth that can interact with the people, and it is the youth that can make the ANC the parliament of the people, we need to go to the to our branches, regions, provinces and conferences and congresses and take a resolution to defend a revolution as far as the local government is concern, because local government is the heart of the state power, if you deliver on local government you are likely to retain the state power, But the solution is within our strength as the young people…. For a change lets debate policy driven issues not individuals… Samuel Somcuba 'the only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and faith to believe its possible" From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Percy Ndlala Sent: 21 April 2010 09:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] have we lost touch with our people 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. 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