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SACP Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee (PEC), 16 September 2014 PEC Lekgotla SACP Gauteng Province to Lead a March and Rally Against Fascism, in Defence of Democracy On Sunday, 21 September 2014 SACP Gauteng Province held a successful Special Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) Lekgotla in the City of Tshwane from Saturday, 13th-14th September 2014 at NEHAWU Regional Office. PEC Lekgotla was addressed by the Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the ANC, comrade Gwen Ramokgopa. PEC welcomed and appreciated the decisions of the last Central Committee held in August of this year on the re-emergence post our democratic dispensation of a fascist tendency that seeks to undermine democracy in our country. This dangerous tendency, often masquerading as a revolutionary practice, has in the last few months launched a series of attacks against key pillars of our democratic institutions, especially parliament and legislatures. PEC strongly condemned the severe and shocking attacks and trail of destruction against Gauteng Legislature led by these fanatics of violence. As was clearly evident for all to see, these fanatics of violence also left a trail of damage against poor hawkers and ordinary working class masses in the streets of Johannesburg. SACP strongly believe that if these forces that are clearly obsessed with violence and destruction are allowed to continue without any serious revolutionary intervention, such failure to act decisively will constitute an act of betrayal of Africa's long struggle for national liberation, freedom and emancipation. SACP believes that leaving pillars of our democracy to fascist fanatics and violence-prone anarchists freely riding the right-wing populist wave will be tantamount to betrayal of the values and principles of our democracy. Whilst SACP condemns the fact that these fascists and violence-prone fanatics are hell-bent on undermining the "decorum" of parliament, the launch of a programme and front against fascism is not about the "decorum" of parliament. It is essentially about pushing back the frontiers of Boko-Haram and Nazi inspired counter-revolution. Violence in parliament, destruction, and attacks of its institutions is a direct attack on democracy. It is also an obstructionist attempt to shift focus away from strategic issues facing our people, with the hope of obstructing the radical second phase of our democratic revolution The fight against fascism is a principled and historic struggle of communists and revolutionary forces in the world. PEC also identified a direct link between the fascists and violence-prone anarchists as a part of the "low intensity counter-revolution" that is desperate to gradually weaken and undermine the democratic rule of the ANC and its Alliance partners. It is in this context that the SACP in Gauteng will moving forward and work hard to launch and lead a front to mobilise the broadest sections of the working class, the revolutionary and progressive people to fight fascism and defend democratic pillars of democracy. Details of the Anti-Fascist Protest March and Anti-Fascist Rally The March and Rally will take place as follows: Sunday, 21st September 2014, 10h00, proceeding from Constitutional Hill to Library Gardens. At the Library Gardens an Anti-Fascist Rally will be held, and will be addressed by Alliance structures. As part of the Rally, a letter will be handed over to the Speaker of the Gauteng Legislature, comrade Ntombi Mekgwe calling for a full, open and transparent investigation of security breaches at the Legislature and for its destruction and damage. Through this letter, the rally will also seek full accountability against all those that exposed Honourable Members of the Legislature and workers to a live threatening danger. The SACP in particular will also request that those who were responsible for the security breaches, damage and attacks against the Legislature should be held criminally liable. SACP believes that failure to take decisive action and hold those responsible criminally liable may be perceived as ratification of, and tantamount to, collusion, and that such failure will be equal to betrayal of our National Democratic Revolution and everything our constitutional democracy stands for. Issued on behalf of the SACP Gauteng Province Contact: Mamabolo Jacob: Provincial Secretary: 082 884 1868 Mpapa Kanyane: 1st Deputy Provincial Secretary 076 817 0152 (RSVP) Antifa.png -- -- 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] . 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