Until his appeal process is finished and concluded, he is still a member. I'm sure you should know that.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Comrade Lazola I would like to point out that Julius Malema is no more a > member of the ANC and therefore referring to him as comrade is misleading. > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Lazola Ndamase <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:01:51 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]>; yclsa-eom-forum< > [email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] Does Malema belong to the ANC and the > Congress Movement? > > Does Malema belong to the ANC? > > The ANC is not ideologically pure. It would be dishonest to suggest so. > Any way as a multi-class organization it is bound never to be. Any national > liberation movement worth its salt has a responsibility to attract the > broadest sections of the oppressed in order to succeed in its struggle. In > order to ensure unity within its ranks whilst maintaining its broad appeal, > it has a responsibility to set out an all inclusive, less stringent > ideological perspective whilst at the same time allowing enough space for > various ideological standpoints to contest for hegemony within. > > However, although tolerant to divergent ideological standpoints within its > ranks it has a responsibility to draw the line, or set broad parameters > about its ideological standing. That’s exactly what the ANC did in relation > to African chauvinism, or what in a more sophisticated sense is termed > Pan-Africanism. This does not mean our movement believes Pan-Africanists > are counter-revolutionary, it just believes that they are not as > progressive as it would prefer. > > Contrary to the ANC, comrade Malema is not a progressive nationalist, > something to which the ANC has evolved to base its Africanism; in contrast > he is a Pan-Africanist. The primacy of his ideas is Pan-Africanist rather > than Progressive Nationalist. His ideas resonate well with those of other > Pan-Africanist youth organizations in the continent which have openly > declared support for him such as Zanu-PF and the liberation movement of > Tanzania Chama cha Mapinduzi. This is in contrast to the silent treatment > he has received from our traditional allies such as Frelimo of Mozambique > and the MPLA of Angola. > > In him, Pan-Africanists in the continent saw themselves. His > Pan-Africanism is also the reason why the term “African Child” has found > new popularity since he became President of the ANCYL. Before him, by the > way, this term did not belong to the vocabulary of the Congress Movement > but to that of the Pan-Africanists such as the PAC, AZAPO and other similar > movements. > > Another term barely used in the movement popularized by Malema is the word > “settler”, a word Julius brought us from the Pan-Africanist dictionary. The > Congress Movement barely used this term, even in our songs, or chants. The > closest an ANC member got to this would be through the use of the word > Boer. Note, even the most controversial chant done in the movement “kill > the Boer: the farmer”, still does not contain the word “settler”. “One > settler, one bullet” was not a slogan of the ANC but that of the PAC, and > our cadres were not cultured to speak in this way, hence we could not chant > in this way. > > The fact that he is Pan-Africanist, does not suggest that comrade Malema’s > ideas are not left leaning, or less radical, in actual fact, he is a bloody > radical one. His Pan-Africanism, is what I believe drives his radicalism, > despite the fact that his location in class society should have driven him > otherwise. It is not in spite of his Pan-Africanism but because of it that > he is so radical. Although stinking rich, he being an “African Child” > cannot bear to see the impoverishment of another “African Child” > particularly while he, the rich one, is surrounded by “white settlers” in > rich society. This is completely painful for the “African child”. The fact > that comrade Malema, was born from an African working class family > strengthens this point of view, particularly his idea that the enemy is not > the capitalist per se, which he himself is, but the “white capitalist”. > > His infatuation with “white" monopoly capital does not stem only from the > ANC’s characterization of monopoly capital as a threat to development but > arises from his own realization that it is the face of white opulence. The > fact that monopoly capital to him, has a color is one other interesting > fact. Of course, I am not denying that Monopoly capital is largely white, > but the fact that in Malema’s eyes it seems not all Monopoly Capital is an > enemy of the revolution but only assumes that role because its white. Even > on the question of conspicuous consumption. Comrade Malema often retorts > whether it should only be white youth that should dress in a particular way > or not? He makes this point at every turn: even lamenting that rich “white” > boys drive expensive cars in Sandton and nobody complains. > > By the way, Pan-Africanism is not just radical but also uncompromising. > Comrade Malema is cut from the same cloth. My view though is that, its > South African version is unscientific. It will never be able to resolve the > race question in South Africa but would exacerbate it. Of course, when the > struggle for liberation is still in its infancy, Pan-Africanism or Black > Consciousness is necessary to uplift the self-worth of the oppressed and > rouse them to stand up against their oppression. But it usually can go no > further. > > Comrade Julius Malema should not have joined the ANC in the first place. > He does not belong there and he does not share its ideas. Of course, for > numerical purposes we must be thankful that he chose to join the ANC rather > than the PAC or AZAPO. He must be more thankful that his Pan-Africanist > tendencies were not discovered early on before he could rise up the > organizational ladder. For this, he must thank our now pathetic recruitment > system which holds that anyone with a membership form and fee is almost a > member. > > Surely, I am not suggesting that our movement should not have looked to > the Africanists to recruit. Anyway, the brightest in the liberation > movement are often located in these organizations, but it is an indictment > on our movement that it has not been able to win comrade Julius Malema over > to its viewpoint since it recruited him at the age of 9 as he would have us > believe. When an organization arrives at this realization it has no choice > but to let go of its recruitee, but this has to be a political function > rather than a Disciplinary one. > > -- > 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. 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