ANC MEMBERS ARE NATIONALISTS,NOT COMMINIST On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:40 PM, vusi frans ntuli <[email protected]> wrote:
> ANC MEMBERS ARE COMMUNIST > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Mzilikazi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are you a nationalist or a communist? >> MANDY ROSSOUW AND MMANALEDI MATABOGE: COMMENT | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH >> AFRICA - Dec 18 2009 08:37 >> >> That’s what ANC members will need to decide before the 2012 national >> conference, the battle lines of which are being drawn with much public >> kicking and screaming. >> >> Supporting Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula for the post of party >> secretary general will show you’re a nationalist. A vote for the >> present incumbent, Gwede Mantashe, will mean you’re a communist. >> >> Or will it? In the debates now raging within the alliance, ideologies >> don’t really feature. This is a game about playing the man — the ball >> is practically off the pitch. >> >> Nowhere in the world is the line between communists and nationalists >> fading faster than it is in the latest skirmish between the ANC and >> the South African Communist Party (SACP). >> >> Mantashe is the chairperson of the SACP but at the same time the >> darling of the business world. So to call him simply “red” would be a >> mistake. >> >> ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, who serves as Mbalula’s proxy, >> supposedly fights under the nationalist banner, saying President Jacob >> Zuma must not “surrender” to communists. But Malema introduced the >> debate on the mines, which he believes should be nationalised. So has >> Malema become a communist? >> >> Enter what Malema likes to call “the yellow communist” — cowardly >> fakes or the 21st-century version of champagne socialists. These >> communists say they feel the plight of the people, but they do it >> while living in mansions in upper-class suburbs with, to paraphrase an >> old struggle song, “garden boys and kitchen girls” all round. >> >> Malema’s favourite “yellow communist” right now is SACP general >> secretary Blade Nzimande. True, he’s no stranger to the good life and >> things only got better with the acquisition of a new R1.2-million BMW. >> >> In turn, Nzimande’s favourite “African chauvinist” nationalist is >> Malema. >> >> As for who is the pot and who is the kettle, both share a taste for >> the finer things in life, including their 4x4s — Nzimande loved his >> black Jeep Cherokee before he became higher education minister; Malema >> adores his grape-coloured Range Rover. Both have chauffeurs. Perhaps >> they would argue that they need their SUVs when visiting the rural >> masses who elected them in the hopes of a better life. >> >> ANC stalwarts say the “real ANC” operates within a nationalist >> framework — nationalism implying a common identity and entrenching >> ideas about “us” (the people) and “them”. In theory the ANC leans >> towards the left in its belief in nonracialism and popular sovereignty >> — meaning the party believes it can derive legitimacy only from its >> popular support. >> >> Yet, in effect, the nationalists find the leftwingers a nuisance, >> believing the communists are using the ANC as their ticket to the >> spoils of liberation. >> Maybe SACP deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin has the answer. He >> claims Malema displays communist tendencies to feed the greedy black >> bourgeoisie. Therefore, Malema is using communist principles to gain >> access to the same spoils for himself and his friends. Which is >> exactly the same thing the nationalists fear the c ommunists will do. >> >> -- >> 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 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] .
