Thank you, comrade! VC
On 27 January 2011 07:33, Ndinisa Maviyo <[email protected]> wrote: > DOES DEMOCRACY EXIST? > > Democracy is defined as a system which consists of four key pillars: > > 1 CHOOSES AND REPLACES THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS > > 2 ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITIZEN IN POLITICS AND CIVIL LIFE > > 3 PROTECTIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE ENTIRE CITIZEN > > 4 A RULE OF LAW, IN WHICH THE LAWS AND PROCEDURES APPLY TO THE ENTIRE > CITIZEN > > People choose their leaders through voting, and the majority win. The > protection of the minority is always guaranteed in the democratic society. > Democracy is a system of rule by law, not by individuals. The majority > usually do not contribute much in the campaigns of the political parties > competing or the individuals contesting, but the minority support the > campaigns through monetary resources and their vital arsenal which is the > mass media. Is democracy for whom? Is for the poor (majority) or the owners > of the means of production (minority)? > > Free campaigning and access to the mass media, which is so influential are > key elements for free and fair elections, which is the pillar of democracy. > As the minority are owners of the monetary resources and media therefore who > chooses are leaders? Is the poor masses or the bourgeoisie class? Remember > the influence of the mass media in the formation of COPE and its election > campaign, the massive spending of the ANC election campaign as it was > reaching to its masses proves that access to the mass media and the monetary > resources can determine the outcome of the elections. > > In the world politics, we have the powerful nations (first world) which are > representing the minority in terms of the world population and the third > world which represents the majority f the world population but the first > world controls all the world institution of power, the UN; IMF; SECURITY > COUNCIL; WORLD BANK etc which through their monetary and mass media support > for an individual candidate they are secretly choosing leaders for the > people of the third world. In the 2000 US presidential election the bush vs. > gore the Us Supreme Court which represent the ruling decided on the outcome > of the election by declaring bush the president, the whole world accepted > the outcome as part of democracy: pillar no 4 the rule of law. The election > were declared free and fair despite the dispute on regularities from Gore, > bush was declared a winner despite that the night before the people went to > sleep knowing Gore has won the election. In November 2010 the people of > Ivory Coast went to the polls, the French media, the UN official, and the > chairperson of the IEC declared Quattara a winner while the constitutional > council declared Gbagbo the victor. The world institutions supported > Ouattarra without considering the constitution of the country which gives > the constitutional council powers to declare the winner, and this is the > rule of law in a democratic society. > > We need to appreciate the ANC processes of choosing local councillors, > which promote democracy but is being threatened the minority who are using > financial resource and organisational machinery to undermine the will of the > entire membership and the community. We must applaud the poor working class > of Tunisia in their fight for democracy; unfortunately democracy in a > capitalist society only works for the ruling class and the bourgeoisie. The > Tunis masses fought but are not asked to forward their representative to the > interim government. The people of Bolivia, Cuba, and Venezuela are defending > their popular democracy and their economical system against capitalisation > of democracy. We vote for democracy but capitalism is imposed on us. > > Maviyo Ndinisa (MPUMALANGA PROVINCE 072 7481677) > > > -- > 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] . > -- 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. 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