Dear Cde Trevor, Thank you for endorsing the NDR series, *which can be accessed by clicking here<http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum/web/national-democratic-revolution-console> *.
I feel bound to say, however, that my own conclusion from reading that material, for what it is worth, is that the ANC is the embodiment of the class alliance that underpins the NDR. I don't see any necessity for a supreme authority that would sit over the ANC, COSATU, and especially not the SACP. All of these must be truly independent. The Party, especially, cannot be reporting to any higher body. That is unconscionable. It remains to be seen what will come out on Monday. Best, VC 2009/10/9 Trevor <[email protected]> > Comrades, > > > > This is the kind of thing that will continue to happen as long as we don’t > have scheduled Alliance meetings and structures. First and foremost, all > components of the Alliance need to understand and agree on the purpose and > spirit of the Alliance, and the roles of Alliance members in accomplishing > the NDR. The documents presented by Comrade Dominic on the NDR need to be > discussed and understood by all Alliance members. The ANC has a different > interpretation of what the NDR should achieve from the SACP and COSATU. > > > > After the Ekhurleni Declaration, I was involved in drafting the way forward > for the Alliance (although I was recruited by the SG of the ANC - Cde > Kgalima to perform this task). I was extremely disappointed by the lack of > participation by all the Alliance members. There was no agreement on the > establishment of proper Alliance structures, at all levels, nor on the need > for regular scheduled Alliance meeting to discuss policies and strategies. > > > > In the 1990s we had a very strong Inner-City Alliance structure in > Johannesburg, consisting of several inner city ANC branches (Hillbrow, > Yeoville, Joubert Park), COSATU Local, SACP Jhb Central, and SANCO. We had > regular meetings attended by all member representatives. We were actually > instrumental in drafting and having the first Landlord/Tenants Relationship > Bill passed in the Gauteng Legislature, that was then sent to National > Parliament until it was repealed in 2002. This is just to illustrate that > Alliance structures CAN work. There were many other initiatives we were in > involved in like the 7 Buildings Project, Johannesburg Innercity Community > Forum, to name a few. > > > > But the point is Comrades, we need to mobilise for a more structured > Alliance relationship, that is not something that comes to life before > Elections and ends with Alliance representatives getting absorbed into > Government. And we must reject the arguments that say that Alliance > representatives belong to the ANC NEC, therefore the Alliance is involved in > all decision and policy making. These comrades are in the ANC NEC and > Government as ANC members and not Alliance representatives, promoting their > individual Alliance component policies. > > > > Until there is no agreement and common understanding of the purpose of the > Alliance and NDR, we can expect outbursts of this nature. > > > > Lets discuss...... > > > > Comradely, > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Trevor Joseph > > Mobile: +27 82 946 3877 > > Fax: +27 86 606 2130 > > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Skizo Skizo > *Sent:* 09 October 2009 01:57 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [YCLSA Discussion] ANC BACKLASH AGAINST THE LEFT > > > > COMRADES, WHAT ARE YOUR TAKES REGARDING THE STATEMENT BY CDE BILLY. > > > > > > > > > -- Blog at: http://domza.blogspot.com/ Communist University web site at: http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ Subscribe for free e-mail updates at: http://groups.google.com/group/Communist-University/ Library of documents (CU "CD") at: http://cu.domza.net/ [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
