What has corroded the strength of Political Education?
The ANC in last conference, resolved on the question of Political education, this include SACP and COSATU as well. ANC and SACP has its basic units in their constitutions in branches, but Brigades and elections teams have liquidated the power of these units, as the epicentre of lifeblood of the movements, where things start and end. The quorating of some of these branches is now an issue, some branches must meeting 3 to 5 hours beyond a scheduled times to quorate, at times these meeting must be reconvened. The lasted situation in Tshwane, is a manifestation of the type of branches we now have, and the political leadership level we have, as well. The sporadic protests we have all witnessed and now accustomed to them, is a mirror reflection of the Political Education of the leadership at the branch level, as the basic units, of that particular area or sphere. COSATU (as a robust and a shield for workers through campaigning) as well is not innocent, and with locals as a mirror of functionality of COSATU affiliates in various workplaces, has been confronted much more as the imperialist agenda of depoliticizing the workforce by extension the union leadership too, this has added impetus, while the imperialist enjoy the fair share of the slice, with retrenchments, downsizing and looting of profits to invest elsewhere (seeking maximum profit at the expense of workers). The buying and selling of companies now has been made much simpler and easier, while on one hand workers’ rights have been shrinking much more, and without political education the power to win this war remain elusive dream. *During the Cuito Cuanavale war....this is what Jorge Risquet said to Pik Botha* *"...and when Pik Botha voiced the South African demands, Jorge Risquet, who headed the Cuban delegation, fell on him like a ton of bricks: “The time for your military adventures, for the acts of aggression that you have pursued with impunity, for your massacres of refugees ... is over.” South Africa, he said, was acting as though it was “a victorious army, rather than what it really is: a defeated aggressor that is withdrawing ... South Africa must face the fact that it will not obtain at the negotiating table what it could not achieve on the battlefield.”[4]"* It is upon us all to go back to the basics, decentralize political education, and make it cool and fashionable to be part of the Political Education, including CU. Political Education can’t be one person delivering a lecturer (irrespective of the status of such a person), then ask (handful) of few questions and then call that a Political Education- lecturer, without unpacking or being robust, frank to one another. Mchunu -- -- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/CAD8w5J58AqXxE7sWLCDkFNNpkPq7x3DHk6oYiWFRsD-dP%2By9Nw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
