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This is huge. You couldn't have asked for a more thorough, honest and damning critique of the ANC's policies. And I have to say that the timing is fortuitous, even if for unfortunate personal reasons. Nelson Mandela is once again in dire physical straits. We can be sure that his passing, whenever it happens, will be greeted by 99% of the younger activists with completely uncritical praise for his role in abolishing formal apartheid, that almost none of them will have any clue of the history and politics Kasril details. There are other accounts of the same process -- by John Saul, Patrick Bond, Ashwin Desai, etc. And the editors of Amandla (which Kasrils links to via the comment on Terreblanche's book) share this critique. But no-one of Kasrils' insider status has yet written anything like this to my knowledge. So we can share this with the youth -- when, of course, it will not seem offensive to those still grieving. Andy P. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > ============================================================= > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/**commentisfree/2013/jun/24/anc-** > faustian-pact-mandela-fatal-**error<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/24/anc-faustian-pact-mandela-fatal-error> > > ________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
