YCLSA Press Statement June 28, 2013
Buti Manamela speaking notes at the NOBAMA Protest march I celebrated with my friends and comrades when Obama won the elections in 2008 For the first time a President who was labelled a socialist, a communist and a Muslim was in office A President whose ancestral umbilical cord was buried right here in our African roots entered the Number 1 political office in the world A President who would lead Americans to truly fight for global peace and democracy was sworn in A President who knew no colour, no race, no gender and who cared no less about religion We hoped that WE CAN now start the road towards global peace and economic liberty Even Julius Malema thought he got a special phone call from Obama when it was just a fake call Our daughter wrote love poems in your honor Our mother told their sons that they too can be President of America Our fathers filled their eyes with tears as they saw you succeed where Jessie Jackson, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Marcus Garvey and many others failed We were all happy and merry We knew that the end of US global domination and military might have reached its end We hoped that Africa shall again enjoy freedom We knew that we have been freed from the claws of the hawk that America had become after 20 years of the Bush's and the Cheneys We never imagined drones, Afghan reinforcements, NATO killing Gadaffi, NATO killing Malians, NATO killing Tunisians, NATO now intending to interfere in Syria We hoped that America will allow Africa to use African solutions to their problems But NO. We had yet again a President who was more loyal to those who put the Benjamin's in his election funds than those who put the ballot in his name Never would Obama allow our perceived barbarism to continue He never burned the Bush's NOTES on continued ruling of the world He studied them like he was still in Harvard He bettered the pain which they instructed Yes We Can BECAME No We Cant Your oratory before elections was as tongue tied as your renewed answers on the Israeli questions You claim that you are here for TRADE to the benefit of Africa But in truth, you are here to device means of raping Africa of its Oil, it's platinum, it's gold and its other minerals In truth, you are here because China is also here, and you are threatened by the men from the EAST Can we remove the troops in Afghanistan Can we force Israel to halt further expansions into Palestinian territory Can we stop financing Israeli military capacity and power so that they stop maiming and killing innocent women and children in Palestine Can we stop Israeli racism and apartheid as did Martin Luther King and Mandela Can we compensate for US spread global poverty and unemployment that was created by its global capitalism Can we build a better democracy in the US and the world that serves the poor and the marginalized instead of the conglomerates who rape African and Latin American economies Can we close Guantanamo Bay Can we release the Cuban 5 Can we end the half a century US sponsored economic embargo in Cuba Can we build a better, humane, just and equitable world Can we redistribute the wealth of the 1% rich to the more than 80% global poor who leave on less than a dollar a day Can we end the Intellectual Property rights on health and education so that we treat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and also educate our children It is about time that we say: YES WE CAN YES WE CAN YES WE CAN Buti Manamela National Secretary Young Communist League Sent from my iPhone -- -- 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. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
