Writing does not need time my friend. It just requires a few minutes to put down what is in your head. Anyway thanks. We certainly cannot agree on everything. That would be worrying.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 2:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Lazola is a man with lots of time in his hands...haai uyhabala my Leader... > > Iyanconya into entle ne lungileyo... > > I agree fully with your views (on this point)... > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * [email protected] > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:45:23 +0000 > *To: *<[email protected]>; < > [email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Revolutionaries do not conduct > themselves this way > > Comrade Lazola you are a man of truth...I salute you. > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Lazola Ndamase <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:23:24 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]>; yclsa-eom-forum< > [email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] Revolutionaries do not conduct themselves > this way > > *REVOLUTIONARIES DO NOT CONDUCT THEMSELVES THIS WAY* > > > Yearnings of glory and praise are never those of revolutionaries but those > of pop-stars who join revolutionary organizations with the hope of > inscribing their names into history books. These and their ilk will never > join a revolution if it appears to be doomed. They wait for it to gain > currency and then they hop on the bandwagon. One thing marks them out, they > are not willing to sacrifice anything in the course of struggle. All they > want is to don borrowed robes tailor made for glory. I suspect this is > exactly what Shivambu’s recent articles which cast aspersions on every one > else but the YL are actually about. > > > Bravery, devotion, determination, selflessness and love are the lifeblood > that propels the heartbeat of those that shirk all personal development for > the development of all. Revolutions, rather than bring immediate glory to > those who abandon their youth, instead result in poverty, incarceration and > mostly death in the immediate. Many a revolutionary is shunned by their own > communities, with family members calling them irresponsible, for leaving > school or work to pursue something that brings them suffering rather than > prosperity. The media often treats them with disdain, until worker > journalists realize the importance of their actions. > > > Revolutionaries are careful with their conduct and how it affects their > organization because they appreciate the negative perceptions it creates > about them and their organization to the oppressed and the demobilizing > impact it can have on the struggle being pursued. Revolutionary discipline > to them does not become a catchword but something to live by. > > > They are well aware that because theirs is a contest with prevailing > conditions, the act of revolution has highs and lows: times of heightened > revolutionary ferment and those where there is not even an iota of > revolutionary movement. They also understand that people’s organizations > too are imperfect. What else can they be, they are a microcosm of the > society from which they sprout after all and as a result at times slide > into backward practices. There are times when one’s organization mistreats > the best of its cadres and but because these cadres have deeper > appreciation of the issues they sacrifice themselves for the greater good. > > > They do not square up against their movement threatening to tear it > asunder to save their skins. Where would the ANC be if Chris and others who > felt the ANC had abandoned them while arrested in Botswana would have > exposed all about the movement in order to buy their own freedom and save > their own skins? > > > The ANC knows that it clearly had not treated MK cadres very well in the > early 80’s when these soldiers engaged in mutinous behavior, but still it > was not the ANC that had to bow to the mutiny but the mutineers who had to > trust the ANC’s capacity to correct its behavior and they laid down their > weapons and soon the ANC realized that it was not the mutineers that were > in the wrong but itself and labored to correct its wrongs appointing > commissions and replacing those responsible and even convening the Kabwe > Conference partly as a result of this. > > > Had the mutineers chosen to continue with their mutiny, the ANC would not > have survived exile and would not have fulfilled its struggle against > formal apartheid. Thus not only would the mutineers saved themselves from > what they were unhappy about but they would have delayed the acquisition of > political freedom for many by decades. In the act of saving oneself, a > revolutionary can put the lid on the candle of revolution for years to come. > > > Clearly faced with what many cadres even those in the fray believe are > weak charges and rather harsh sentences, Malema and Shivambu show their > true colors. They square up against the ANC and drag its name into the mud > for more than four weeks threatening that if the ANC does not back down it > runs the risk of public attacks which diminishes its stature presenting it > as a movement at war with itself. These felons would rather wreck the ship > because they believe there is a problem with its captain and how he > navigates the seas. > > > Rather than quietly replace him and if they do not succeed and are thrown > off the ship accept that the lives of those inside and those who depend on > its success are too precious to sacrifice in exchange for the life of two > they put themselves first. Shivambu can harp on about how the ANC has fell > under a dictatorial spell but our wannabe Cassandra exposes his own lack of > revolutionary blood: the yearning and the ability to self-sacrifice. > > > Clearly, the ANC is in a trouble of a sort. Unlike the mutineers of the > early 80’s, this time it is not faced with members who feel aggrieved but > still have confidence in their movement but have only lost confidence in > individuals, here it is confronted by a totally different animal. It is > faced with people who would rather have the ANC struggle diminish the > public stature of the movement in order to advance their own public > credentials. > > > When they said they will die fighting, I thought they would die fighting > for Economic Freedom, I did not know that this actually meant they would > die fighting our revolutionary movement. > > > As far as I am concerned, if Malema and Shivambu are the revolutionaries > they claim to be, they will realize the folly of their recent behavior and > mend their ways. They must also be careful not to act as though they are > saints nailed to the cross for doing nothing but good deeds. One thing > Shivambu and his ilk ought to remember is that the weakness of the current > charge does not absolve a criminal of previous criminal activity for which > they have never been charged. > > > *Lazola Ndamase is a member of the ANC & SACP Ntlangano branches* > > -- > You are subscribed. 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