It is my understanding that Apartheid was a class project, just like we are witnessing in Palestine. That is why our movement characterized our NDR as a programme that seeks to reverse class, race and gender contradictions in society.
Because of narrow, conservative neo-liberal policies, our society remains a racial, patriarchal society where the working class are subjugated to de-humanizing poverty, mass unemployment and deepening inequalities. It is in this context that the movement has called for a radical phase of the NDR. My point is, we are still under CAPITALISM. And, my view is that capitalism cannot, AND WILL NOT, be democratic. The vigilance we had during Apartheid, must still be there and be strengthened. The attack on the ANC President is an attack on the ANC, and the working class constituency it represents. Those who are attacking Cde Jacob Zuma, they are attacking him in his capacity as both ANC President and the President of the Republic. That is why we respond as a collective. We don't have a romantic relationship with Mr Jacob Zuma. We have a revolutionary relationship with him as fellow comrade, and a tried and tested cadre of our ANC-led MDM. This vigour we have to defend our leaders, the movement and it's posture is not Zuma-specific. We defend ALL our leaders. We reserve our anger for our arch-enemy...white monopoly capital. If it was Cde Kgalema Motlanthe being caricatured, we were going to be vocal and defend our cadre and leader as part of defending the ANC-led MDM from the DA-led liberal, right-wing offensive, of which the media is part. Just my view. Sent from my iPad On 29 Nov 2012, at 11:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > We are slowly but surely becoming radical clowns, sitting by the stage > waiting and hoping that someone(they) must make fun of our President and > they'll know us, we will strike and boycott them, this is indeed a very > destructive way of changing the country, did we know that every person gets > popularity by being criticized or shown or discussed in marketing mediums as > TV, Radio and News paper or word of mouth, with that being said, our > president is gaining publicity through all this mediums alleged to be > attacking him, but for my ANC and SACP to be always reactive to these clowns > alleged to make fun of President Zuma is rather useless if not destructive, > we should be smiling and say thank you for marketing our president. > > We have better things to do and boycott than media, it seems we are back in > the apartheid or struggle but rather a different kind, we are getting more > scarier day by day! > > But ohh well, if it will teach someone a lesson then why not, so let's > boycott these people if we can and want to. > > But they are people and not white people! > > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone. > From: Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:15:01 +0200 > To: YCLSA EOM Forum<[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Bua Thursday Durban, on Media - Boycott the > Fish and Chips Company! > > > Who said so, Mabunda? You waste our time. You pay no attention to what is put > in front of your face and then you pop up a straw man to knock down. > > For the benefit of those who listen, as opposed to those who lie in wait, > looking for opportunities to ambush, please note that this company of white > people, the so-called "Fish and Chips Company", was doing very well in > business selling fast food and takeaways to black working-class people. > > This is an example of white people benefiting from the end of apartheid, and > in my opinion, to that extent, there is nothing to complain about. It's > legal. It's normal. > > Where these guys, "The Fish and Chips Company", went wrong, was when they > moved from being capitalists to being direct, ruling-class capitalists who > interfered in politics with television propaganda against the elected > President of the country. Let alone that they insulted him and through him, > all of their black, working-class customers. > > It is one thing to make money in business, but it is something else to use a > semi-monopoly position in business so as to create a political lobby. > > Now, what is a boycott? It is a voluntary, individual, direct action. It > should not be coerced (forced). The power of this boycott will appear, not > through the collapse of the company, but through the reduction of its sales. > > Just a small reduction in their sales will tell these capitalists in language > that they understand better than any other, and will not forget, that their > best interests will be served by keeping out of politics. > > VC > > > > On 29 November 2012 11:01, Klaas Nono Mabunda <[email protected]> > wrote: > So everything that criticise President Zuma is boycotted? > > What is the logic of all this VC? > > . > . > Klaas Nono Mabunda > ANCYL Limpopo Provincial Spokesperson > 0827304331 > 0867182705 (fax) > [email protected] > From: Tebogo Anthony <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:28:55 +0200 > To: <[email protected]> > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Bua Thursday Durban, on Media - Boycott the > Fish and Chips Company! > > vc > > Why are they boycotting the Fish and Chips Company, what is the motive behind > the strike? > > Amandla > > Cde T > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Comrades of the YCL, especially in KZN, > > How are you planning to get a good crowd in for this event? > > It will be very crucial if you can make this a well-attended occasion. > > May I suggest that you all make phone calls to the SACP, the ANC Youth > League, SANCO, COSAS and the whole PYA to support this event? > > Please inform us, through this forum, of the support you are building during > the day. > > Amandla!!!!! > > > VC > > <hr> > > > > > On 29 November 2012 07:24, VC <[email protected]> wrote: > > <YCLlogo40.jpg> > > Young Communist League of South Africa > > > Bua Thursday on Media > > Boycott the Fish and Chips Company! > > Date: 29 November 2012 (Thursday) > Time: 18h00 > Venue: SADTU Auditorium, 1st Floor, SADTU House, 321 Anton Lembede Street, > Durban > Topic: "The Role of the Media in Social Transformation and Cohesion" > Speakers: > Jessie Duarte, ANC NEC member > Buti Manamela, YCLSA National Secretary > > Contact: Khaya Xaba, 074 520 4204 > > <BUA-THURSDAY-POSTER29NOV.jpg> > > <Fish and Chips Company Boycott.jpg> > > > > > > -- > You are subscribed. 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