Cdes Cde Somcuba Samuel has in my view raised critical issue central to our political woes in the alliance & broader mass democratic movement. I hear many cdes referring to NDR in their deliberations but I must submit it looks like we just referring to it for the sake of it. Communist University amongst others was suppose to be platform where we unpack writtings & revolutonary materials like cde Joe Slovo' s discussion paper. It is a naked true like it has been said by cde Amilcar Cabral that national bourgeoisies will become elements instrumental to negating revolution & effectively used by imperialists & oppressors to dilute the revolution by reform.
It is very unfortunate that the teachings of these great leaders have been pushed in to the trenches of archives, the only teachings are of patronage, tenderpreneurship, factionalism, professional campaigning etc. The legacies of these leaders cde Hani, cde Slovo, cde Cabral, cde Kotane, are ignored on purpose because if cdes can be armed with this wisdom there will be no space or room for such capitalist tendencies with demagogic rhetoric to hijack our revolution for selfish & personal interests. Resuscitation of political education based on these teachings coupled with cadreship development inspired by the spirits of the above cdes in necessary. Cde VC may you please as facilitrator make discussions of this nature possible & dominant in our forum, because they have much needed impact in helping our MDM's to cleanse themselves of this infiltration by the agents of doom [capitalism]. Sometimes you may ask why we lost such revolutionaries far too early, it has taxed us a lot but I quess is not all lost. We can still make it by confronting the new enemy head on. Aluta continua! On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Somcuba Samuel (GAU) <[email protected]>wrote: > Good day Comrades > > > > Kindly assist, am in need of your wisdom (each one, teach one) > > > > If I can ask something concerning the current course NDR, I would like to > relate it to South African political landscape, when we took a resolution > that adopted the NDR for post1994, did we had the stipulated document that > explanined the NDR in details. > > > > For instance I was reading cde Joe slovo’s discussion paper The South > African Working Class and the National Democratic Revolution, where he > outlined some of the tendencies that were likely to occur afer post 1994, > and now some are true reflection of that like the black bourgeoisie and > black middle strata: > > > > We have said that the national democratic revolution expresses the broad > objective interests of the working class and most of the other classes which > make up the nationally-dominated minority. We will return to the special > position of the bureaucratic bourgeoisie in the bantustans and in the > townships, whose very existence depends upon collaboration with race > domination. > > Our approach to the multi-class content of the present phase of our > struggle has received a great deal of attention from some of our 'left' > critics. But because they have distorted our approach by knocking down > skittles which they themselves have put up, we need to devote a few words to > the obvious. > > *It is obvious* that the black capitalist class favours capitalism and > that it will do its best to influence the post-apartheid society in this > direction. > > *It is obvious* that the black middle and upper classes who take part in a > broad liberation alliance will jostle for hegemony and attempt to represent > their interests as the interests of all Africans. > > *It is obvious* that (like their counterparts in every part of the world) > the black middle and upper strata, who find themselves on the side of the > people's struggle, are often inconsistent and vacillating. They are usually > the enemy's softest targets for achieving a reformist, rather than a > revolutionary, outcome. > > And again where he spoke about the *The Instruments of Working Class > Leadership, Trade Unions and the Working Class, The ANC and the Working > Class, The SACP and the Working Class, * > > * * > > > > What I mean many negative tendencies he warned us about, today they are > happening. > > > > My comrades kindly explain briefly about the NDR, maybe am lost. > > DISCLAIMER: > This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for > the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please notify the > system manager/sender. Any unauthorized use, alteration or dissemination is > prohibited. 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