It is unfortunate that we have to see these defensive statements been released by our YCL NOB's as noted.
However I would like to express my agree with comrade Masondo and others, that we need to call things by their names. FIrstly to be noted in the article writen by Masondo it said nowhere of his writing to be the views of the YCL nor has he appointed himself the spokesperson of the YCL, from my reading I only understand a concerned leader of the Youth expressing critical yet important facts facing us. He has in no point insulted nor criticized President Zuma as a person, but opportunistic tendencies that may be envisaged by either those close to him or his family in usage of his current status as the President of the ANC and the Republic. It is to my surprise that we have not taken time to critically put these issues to be realistic or not. I would further understand little from the YCL statement to distance themselves only from the point that they believe Masondo's writing are insightful to attacks to the MDM structures, while I am neither convinced that there has been proper consultation with the YCL leadership by whoever released the statement. Lastly I would encourage comrades to be more open rather than defensive to the course of the Working class On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 4:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think that it is not corredt for structures to release such childish > media statement, more especially denouncing one of their own. Maybe the > problem has got to do with idling warm-bodies who are made to be > spokepersons and thgink that theirs is to release statements everyday, even > when it is not necessary for teh organisation to speak on an issue. > > The statement is, but an embarassment to the YCL, more especially when it > distances itself from such truthful issue that is eating the moral fibre of > our land. Are heading towards a commuhist movement that is being consumed by > the ruling partyu and has become a ghost of its former self? Or is it a > question of the organisation lacking its political and ideological direction > due to the absence of the political head, a full-time parliamentarian. > > I think people, mor espacially those who sit idly and fabricate lazy and > uncoordinated words on behalf of organisation must be careful not to be US > ED by others in the same leadership. They must also understand that > independent thinking is allowed in any democratic state, except China and > other dictatorial states with communist faces. If we are to learn from such > we will find ourselves exactly like them. > > Cde. Masondo has raised important views ansd we all know it is true on the > basis of what is happening in the country, recent deals with Acer-Mittal, > Indian connections, the now alleged Cele saga, and many others. Our problem > in recent South African politics is that we have (blindly) loved our leaders > to an extent that we think they are infallible. > > It will be intersting to see what the NOB will say when they meet., Are we > going to see teh Mazibuko Jara scenario. Only Buti and thiose loyal to him > know. But the YCL and the broader youth movement will rememer Cde. Masondo > as a true revolutionary who never comprosed his thinking over a seat and > left the movement to s uffer that only exists in lame and boring statements. > > > -- > 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] .
