it will be good if someone could unpack the whole question of new year and the calender we use. In my view this is not really new year because when the calender we use emerged years already started. In a way when numbers and the calender itself was discovered life already exstisted or at least people were already around. Can someone resolve the confusion I have.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] SASCO Says make yourselves a happy new year > Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:15:44 +0200 > CC: [email protected] > > Powerful > > Sent from my iPad > > On 30 Dec 2010, at 2:31 PM, Lazola Ndamase <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don’t just wish for a happy new year: Fight for it > > > > 30 December 2010 > > > > Coming from a year of World Cup joy and tears for lack of Free > > Education, it is not surprising that we are eager to celebrate the end > > of 2010 and mark the beginning of 2011. We, those of the poor, bear > > the scars of financial exclusions, grinding poverty, unemployment and > > disease of the past year. We have, in the same year, seen the rise of > > the sushi elite, Tenderpreneurs, the new tendency with its > > anti-communism, taste for lavish lifestyles even by the most > > left-leaning of Ministers, thousands of unemployed thrown into the > > streets and thousands of students spewed into street corners by an > > ever intransigent higher education system. Things must not be allowed > > to go on in this way in 2011. > > > > In the past year alone, we have also seen restrained but heroic > > working class struggles – from the Free Education campaign mounted by > > thousands of students at the beginning of the year to the public > > service strike mid-year. The past year alone, has fixed the matter > > firmly in the eyes of all who do not deliberately close their eyes > > that the state cannot and will never be an impartial referee in > > ongoing class struggles, it takes one side and that has been the side > > of the rich capitalist class in the past year. If 2011 has to be a > > happy new-year, a radical shift is needed. > > > > We will not only wish a happy new year to the working class and the > > poor, but will pose a challenge which we believe will lead to a REALLY > > happy new year for the poor. We call on the working class to make 2011 > > a happy new year through taking power with their own hands by fighting > > for: free education, increased access to institutions of higher > > learning, better salaries, full employment, better and more houses, > > nationalization – not bailouts, but most importantly to defeat > > capitalism and abolish private property. If the working class and poor > > do not fight for the realization of these, 2011 will certainly NOT be > > a happy new year but will once more be a year of disappointment and > > dashed dreams. > > > > As we drink cheap whiskies and beers, we should gaze up towards the > > rich as they down expensive whiskies and tell ourselves that they do > > so at the expense of the majority. As we are squashed in > > accident-prone overloaded taxis to the beach, we should look to the > > expensive air-conditioned German cars driven by the rich and tell > > ourselves those are products of the sweat of the working class whose > > hard-work it cannot enjoy. As we braai our Christmas meat leftovers, > > we should look at the Sushi enjoyed by the rich and tell ourselves > > this will not take place the next year. As we enjoy our little savings > > of the past year, we should watch the rich buy willy-nilly with no > > limit with the money it stole from the working class as profits and > > tell ourselves this could have been used for free education. > > > > We will tell ourselves in the new year that we will not only wish for > > a happy new year, but we will fight for it. We will ensure that we > > destroy all that ensures that we remain poor and cannot afford basic > > necessities. We will ensure, like those who fought apartheid that we > > will fight for a better economic and educational future, one that will > > be filled with happy new years’, one after the other, without the need > > for consistent wishes at the beginning of every year. As a start, our > > organization will launch a most ferocious free education campaign from > > the moment institutions open with a determination that no student must > > be excluded from institutions for lack of funds. The achievement of > > all these goals to us will constitute a truly happy new year. > > > > Nonetheless, we wish everybody a happy and prosperous new year. > > > > For details Contact > > Mbulelo Mandlana (President) > > 071 879 3408 > > > > Or > > > > Lazola Ndamase (Secretary General) > > 082 679 8718 > > > > -- > > 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. 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