The Members, Leaders in lower structures and Convocants of SASCO and the entire MDM must be proud of your work Cdes Mandlana and Ndamase. Foward with uncompromising and unapologetic Marxism-Leninism! Your message is indeed powerful!
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Cedric Gina <[email protected]> wrote: > Viva internationalism > > Sent from my iPad > > On 30 Dec 2010, at 7:30 PM, "Richard Neva" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lazola, It took a lifetime of working in a state penitentiary in America > to know all about racism. I left there in retirement and always got out > safe because I spent time listening to the inmates and empathizing with > them. America is a lock up country and poor people of color are the target > as elsewhere. I am so glad I found your web site and hope to contribute > soon. I too am a Marxist Communist and I support the world revolution of the > poor dispossessed. I want to learn more about Africa and maybe visit some > day and join you in your daily struggle for survival! I am with you in > heart and spirit! Comrade Richard > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cedric Gina" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: "yclsa-eom-forum" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:15 AM > > Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] SASCO Says make yourselves a happy new > year > > > > > > 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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