Never Threaten

When Jack Abramoff rose out of the murk of a quarter of century ago to precipitate the biggest US scandal in a generation, he also resurrected ghastly memories that some people in South Africa would much rather stayed buried. You can read yesterday’s (linked) letter from Tony Leon’s lawyers concerning these revelations. You can see for yourselves what is denied and what is not denied. Perhaps they really do believe that Wayne Madsen’s is just “a random internet site”, as they call it. In that case they are mistaken. Threats and bluster are always a mistake. But you can be the judges. Max du Preez compares the DA to yapping dogs (linked). I wonder if he got a lawyers’ letter, too? Accusing him of trying “to injure the reputation of the Democratic Alliance and Mr Leon” and threatening him? These DA yap-dogs are too ridiculous. Why the press are holding back from grilling them about the Abramoff-Crystal-Williamson-Leon connection, I do not know. Amnesty has spoken up for the Cuban Five (see below). FAWU speaks up in another shocking case of physical abuse of a worker. Advocacy of this kind is how the truth is tested. The same testing should be applied to the Abramoff-Crystal-Williamson-Leon reports in all their detail. Tonight is the Communist University at 17h00 at the Women’s Jail, 1 Kotze Street, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg. The topic is “The Theatre of the Oppressed” and Critical Pedagogy. Next week’s topic (linked) is Lenin’s writings on Women in 1919 and 1920. Links: Leon-Abramoff, threats from DA Lawyers (556 words) Yapping DA out of place in Africa, du Preez, Star (838 words) Amnesty, US violating rights of Cuban Five, Counterpunch (894 words) FAWU on abuse of elderly farm worker (296 words) 1919 and 1920, Lenin on Women, compilation (4097 words)