Cde Ian I trust you are well my leader.
I have for a long time hesitated to address you on this ZAPU thing that you always making reference to. I can see however that you do not intend to stop. Let me try then my leader ! The reality is that the political currency of ZAPU has long weakened, if not out right expired. I submit without, hesitation, that there is no meaningful role which a group of people attempting to do that which only Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo could do can do. To state or pretend otherwise is as futile as trying to reverse time. While it is correct that the MDC has for all sorts of reasons, failed to articulate a clear, unequivocal and most importantly, consistent pan African and working class ideological orientation, to engage oneself in imaginary politics will not assist in creating a political framework suitable for, and needed by the working people of Zimbabwe. I can, and do appreciate the attachment, in most cases emotional, cdes may have, in particular cdes in the ANC, with ZAPU given the history of the two organisations-but it must end there. The sooner there is a realisation of the obvious, which is that Zimbabwe needs a new political vehicle anchored by a Communist Party (Zimbabwe Communist Party) the better for everyone concerned with the plight of the people of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, and here I mean Zimbabweans, have long moved away from unbridled attachment to liberation politics, parties and movements. Zimbabweans have been betrayed, in varying degrees by the two main liberation movements, ZANU and ZAPU and after the Unity Accord , ZANU (PF), that while they appreciate, accept and and indeed honour the sacrifices made in the defeat of (political) imperialism and colonialism, they long for a post colonial movement which carries the same values as those which brought the formation of the liberation movements and brought many to fight imperialism and colonialism. Zimbabweans want the values which the liberation movements carried at the crucial time, but they nolonger want the liberation movements themselves because they betrayed them. They want those (liberation) values in a new post colonial formation. Put more honestly, they wish MDC could speak the language of a liberation movement. They will never trust both ZANU PF, ZAPU and anyone claiming to be the authentic reflection of either. Is this not just obvious? We should not tire in winning back the MDC and ensuring the the working class are dominant in what is otherwise their creation. ZAPU today and ever will not achieve anything and later alone be taken seriously by any critical mass in Zimbabwe. Be that as it may, Zimbabweans wishing to organise themselves into what they would otherwise call a political party are more than, in fact encouraged to do so for the sake of multi-party democracy, but let there be no illusions and in particular the planning of illusions in the minds of those beyond the geographic area of Zimbabwe who are concerned about the working people of Zimbabwe. Comradely With communist love from Zimbabwe. Mlilo On 9/3/10, Ian Beddowes <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 9th Congress of ZAPU, and the first full congress since withdrawal from > the Unity Accord with ZANU(PF) took place from Friday 27th to Sunday 29th > August at the Trade Fair, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. On the first day there were > about 3 000 delegates. On the second day buses were still pouring in from > places like Hurungwe, Chipinge and Binga, very far from Bulawayo. Anybody > still with the impression that ZAPU is a regional party had that illusion > shattered by the large delegations coming not only fom every province of > Zimbabwe but also from South Africa, Uk and Canada. > > The ideological and economic policy documents clearly put ZAPU in line with > all those parties and governments pursuing a National Democratic agenda. > When these become available, I will post them on this forum. > > Also, at the Congress, as Editor of ZIMCOM Publishers, I was allowed a > short time to talk about the publishing house and the current worldwide > growth in revolutionary democracy and communist party membership in many > countries. I spoke openly about the creation of ZIMCOM Political Education > Groups as the first step towards establishing a Zimbabwe Communist Party. I > received rapturous applause: more importantly, the first staps towards > creating groups in 5 centres, including Harare and Bulawayo, has already > begun. > > -- > 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. 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