Here we go

There is a new, dedicated ANC Local Elections 2006 web site. It has place for the Manifesto (see below, together with Guardian article by Andrew Meldrum), the candidates, speeches, statements, diary of events, and campaign material. Helena Cobban, the distinguished US journalist, mentioned my name for giving her a link to Evo Morales’ great “I believe only in the power of the people” speech. It is on her “Just World News” blog here. I read that blog every day. Helena kindly gives a link back to the CU web site. Today is the day that http://www.reporter.co.za/ goes live. In case you didn’t notice my previous mention of it, let me explain. It is an initiative of the media group that includes the Sunday Times and the Sowetan, among others. It allows you to be a reporter or just to report your events, directly on line. It also gives some very good advice on writing. Registration is free. It is well worth doing. Below is the Communist University draft programme for 2006. Feedback will be welcome. Mikis Theodorakis is a famous Greek Communist writer. The linked article is about a shocking new wave of anti-communism in the “Council of Europe”. In the document you will find a link to the offending document and to a petition against it that you can sign on-line, and pass on to others to sign. Links: 1. ANC 2006 Local Election Manifesto (6 pages) 2. Mbeki unveils 37bn pound spending plan for poor, Guardian (1 page) 3. 2006 Study Group Draft Programme (1 page) 4. Theodorakis on Anti-Communist Memorandum, MLToday (2 pages)