L On Sunday, June 1, 2014, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On international solidarity one is perplexed at exclusion of the Ukraine > situation. > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * "VC" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > *Sender: * [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Date: *Sun, 1 Jun 2 014 15:25:56 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] South African Communist Party - Central > Committee Statement > > > > [image: SACPblackStar.jpg] > > > > *South African Communist Party, 1 June 2014* > > > > > > *Central Committee Statement* > > > > *From election victory to a second, more radical phase of the national > democratic revolution!* > > > > > > The SACP Central Committee met in Johannesburg over the weekend of 30 May > to 1 June. The CC meeting provided the SACP leadership with the opportunity > to assess the outcome of the 7 May general elections, as well as to discuss > the key strategic priorities for the coming five years of the incoming, > fifth ANC-led South African democratic administration. > > > > The CC saluted the ANC-led alliance electoral victory, secured with an > overwhelming 62% of the vote. It is a popular mandate that was achieved > under extremely challenging conditions that included the impact on our > country of the global economic crisis and the unremitting, anti-ANC > alliance hostility of most of the commercial print and electronic media, > with some exceptions. > > > > The electoral campaign also coincided with serious challenges to the unity > of COSATU, and the emergence of a right-wing demagogic movement, the EFF, > posing as left-wing and mobilising opportunistically on the basis of > objectively grounded youth grievances. > > > > Under these conditions the SACP Central Committee at the beginning of > March called on the working class to close ranks to ensure an ANC election > victory to advance, deepen and defend the gains achieved over the past 20 > years. We are proud to record that SACP activists rose to the challenge. > Tens of thousands of SACP red brigade volunteers throughout the country > injected energy and consistency into the ANC election campaign. > > > > In many cases, Bekkersdal being one case in point, it was SACP volunteers > who were able to access community hot-spots and ensure that threatened > electoral boycotts and disruptions were averted. A major highlight of the > electoral campaign was the 123,000-strong march in eThekwini organised by > the SACP together with COSATU. > > > > The election results also provided an indication of challenges going > forward. In particular, the metros in Gauteng and the Nelson Mandela Bay > metro require dedicated alliance attention. > > > > The DA with 22% of the vote remains the major electoral opposition party. > The DA’s vote has climbed over successive national elections. However, > almost all of this growth has been based on cannibalising other opposition > parties, by appealing to sectors of South African society to think of > themselves as threatened “ethnic minorities”. > > > > In this election most commentators failed to notice the DA’s electoral > support has actually flattened compared to the 2011 local government polls. > In 2011 the DA obtained 24% of the PR vote, and 21,9% of the combined PR, > district council and ward vote. The DA’s anti-worker, deeply negative > campaign this time around was rejected by an overwhelming majority and, in > fact, contributed to consolidating the ANC vote. > > > > The text of last week’s COSATU CEC unanimous agreement, facilitated by the > ANC team task-team, was tabled for noting in the CC. The CC expressed its > full support for this important initiative to ensure that the unity of > COSATU and its affiliates is safe-guarded. We urge all affiliates to > implement the terms agreed upon. Rank and file members of COSATU affiliates > understand the critical importance of the founding principles of COSATU for > sustaining the unity of their federation and their affiliates. > > > > *Let us now carry forward the momentum - from our election victory to a > sec* > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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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