I'm sorry comrade I don't know anything about any Thomas Mbeki, although I do see that the YCL mentions a Thomas Mbeki in anniversary statement called "In Praise of Communism".
Do you mean Govan Mbeki? If not, then I think you had better ask the YCL who Thomas Mbeki is. VC On 25 May 2011 15:33, Tshidiso Nkhahle <[email protected]> wrote: > VC > > > > I know you have a lot on your plate, but could you help with the Thomas > Mbeki file please … whenever you have the time….thank you. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dominic Tweedie > *Sent:* 24 May 2011 02:29 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [YCLSA Discussion] Burn, Baby, Burn! > > > > > > *“Burn, Baby, Burn!” * > > > [image: Bill Epton] > *Bill Epton being interviewed* > > > According to the Wikipedia entry for *Bill > Epton<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Epton> > *, he was "the first person convicted of criminal anarchy since the Red > Scare of 1919" - reportedly for the crime of uttering three words: "Burn, > baby, burn”. This was in 1966 and it was the consequence of the July, 1964 > “riots” in Harlem, New York, USA, that in turn followed the shooting in cold > blood of a young 15-year-old black man, James Powell, by a white policeman, > Thomas Gilligan. > > As in the instance of Cde Faku in Nelson Mandela Bay, the alleged > incitement to incendiarism was the essential content of . > > A furious media stampede preceded Epton’s trial and was the *prima > facie*motive for the trial. But the accusation was not sufficiently well > founded > to secure a conviction. So the prosecutors completed a “bait and switch” > manoeuvre. They altered the charge to one of “criminal anarchy”. > > It might as well have been called “unprofessionalism with extreme > prejudice” or "generally corrupt relationship" for all the difference it > would have made. The jailing of Epton on Rikers Island was the consequence > of a media campaign, and not of any fine points of the law. > > Epton was permitted to make a speech to the Court in which he stressed the > nature of real free speech as opposed to the fraudulently overbearing > “rights” of the bourgeois mass media. This is the part that is quoted by > Wikipedia: > > “You didn't have to have a trial to "prove" these things. All you had to do > was ask me and I would have told you – Yes! There's no problem – There's no > secret – whatever we write and publish we sign with our name, address and > phone number. We are willing and not afraid to put out ideas in the public > view. ... Did you, at any time, think that we would deny what we do and have > done? Did you think that we would deny what we hold to be true and what we > believe in? Do you think that all people in this country have been so "brain > dirtied" and have been so thoroughly corrupted that they are afraid to > express an independent thought – to stand up for what they believe and fight > for it? Well, there are people in this country who are governed by ideas > that do not come out of the pages of the Times and the Daily News, and their > numbers grow every day. And I am sure that this so-called "trial" has opened > up many more eyes. Whatever we do and whatever we believe in – we do and > believe that it is in the interest of the people of this country; And yes – > we are proud to have done it and to be doing it and we stand behind our > actions four-square!” > > At the bottom of the Wikipedia entry on Bill Epton there is a link to his > Speech to the Court, which I have also transcribed and attached to this > message. > > There seems to be no record of any legal consequences of the murder of > James Powell to the policeman Thomas Gilligan. > > > VC > > > > > > -- > 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. 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