*Sing the national anthem and the Internationale *
We should settle the debate and agree that the national anthem must be sung and instilled in every South African. Every South African citizen must embrace the national anthem, and thus playing it every day is an important step. Having said that, it is important that the working class learns to sing the *Internationale *as well. Every communist must know the history and relevance of the *Internationale*, sing it and also teach other workers. The *Internationale* is not a song of indoctrination at all. It is a song to conscientise workers about their situation. As such, the bourgeoisie shivers (and must always shiver) every time they see workers sing it. Unfortunately, many of our comrades cannot sing this song. I have noticed in our meetings how our own comrades simply fail to sing this very important song. How then can we call ourselves communists? The song forms an integral part of political education and should never be taken lightly. Communists must therefore know it by heart and sing it on a daily basis. In order to instil this discipline, it is important that the song be thoroughly practiced in all communists’ meetings, conferences and at work. There should never be a communists’ meeting without the *Internationale* being sung, and in other relevant cases should be discussed so that its importance is understood. The working class’ consciousness will be slowly but surely eroded is we ignore this issue. Branches of the Party must ensure that every branch meeting begins and ends with the singing of the *Internationale*. In this way the workers in the communities will start singing the song and in no time it shall be an unofficial national anthem. Music is one of the many ways which help conscientise the working class. The best place to begin, therefore, is the singing of the *Internationale*. Thabo Thwala Bothaville -- -- 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/d/optout.
