I propose that we unpack the character of our media in this country. I am very sure that we all agree that our media does not play the expected role. In a class struggle ideas, beliefs and values are important and media is a very strong tool that cannot be left in the hands of class rivals. But to be honest in the spats of the past two months you one does not not the difference between a revolutionary and a reactionary, between communist and capitalist, between conscious or spontaneous assertions etc. Our media has also played a large role in pitting comrades against each other. This country, I repeat, is far from producing alternative media. *I was told that Kaya FM or Y-FM, I am not sure which one, is the product of the ANC. *If this is real, are we using it to the advantage of our revolution?
I believe Floyd we also close space when we attack people that we should have won to our side. The liberation movement, we say is an omnibus, meaning that we should mobilise communities and consolidate them behind the ideals of the working biased NDR. Journalists should form part of that. The recent internal and dynamic processes in the movement have shown that self-destruct is possible if there are no revolutionary checks and balances in what we do, these can come thru patriotic media, revolutionary Alliance, communities, revolutionary intellectuals etc. importance of ideas, beliefs and values with regard to the class struggle. On 3/18/10, Nyiko Floyd Shivambu <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The individuals composing the ruling class possess among other things > consciousness, and therefore think. Insofar, therefore, as they rule as a > class and determine the extent and compass of an epoch, it is self-evident > that they do this in its whole range, hence among other things rule also as > thinkers, as producers of ideas, and regulate the production and > distribution of the ideas of their age: thus their ideas are the ruling > ideas of the epoch"...... > > This stems from a correct scientific discovery by a revolutionary > scientific socialist, Karl Marx, whose correct observation was that "the > ideas of a the ruling class are in every epoch, the ruling ideas". I am now > worried that Dominic (whom you refer to as VC) is misguiding 'commmunists" > to defend Journalists, who in a capitalist society are agents of the > capitalist mental reproduction. factionalism has potential to annihiliate > our organisation. > > -- > 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] .
