What results I found- the comrade can google him. . . Trade Unionist
Little is known of his background except that he was Xhosa-speaking and born about 1900. About 1924 he enrolled in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) night school in Ferreirastown, Johannesburg and soon joined the Young Communist League as one of its first African recruits. When Clements Kadalie began to establish the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) in the Transvaal in late 1924, Mbeki became one of his principal lieutenants, serving for a time as Transvaal provincial secretary. According to Kadalie, he was a courageous and energetic leader, despite his youth, and “it was a treat to hear him address big audiences.” When members of the Communist Party were expelled from the ICU executive in 1926, Mbeki chose to stay in the ICU. He remained loyal to Kadalie in subsequent disputes in the union, but he lost his effectiveness as a leader when he became an alcoholic. He died in the early 1940s. Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 07:21:32 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Burn, Baby, Burn! 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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