Wisdom and Folly

The Communist University meets at 17h00 this evening at the Women’s Jail, 1 Kotze Street, Constitution Hill, Joahhannesburg, to discuss SACP GS Blade Nzimande’s very recent writing on “The urgency of building a working class-led, progressive women’s movement”. Next week’s session (March 3rd) will be on Liesl Orr’s “Socialism and Gender Equality” (linked below). If comrades would be prepared to purchase at least 20 copies of Umsebenzi for (R25 – resale price R60) then we can make a contribution to the reselling of Umsebenzi at the Siyanqoba election rallies on Sunday. The election is on March 1st, which is next Wednesday, and it will be a public holiday. It’s incredible to think that the great Issa Shivji of Dar-es-Salaam will speak in Johannesburg next week. See linked notice below. Articles on things like fingerprinting don’t come along often. The linked one from Counterpunch below is an eye-opener. The clearing of terrible old buildings to form a square in the centre of Johannesburg is of great interest to those who have battled with the lack of urban public space in this town, for political purposes (in the broadest sense). See linked article. Khutsong still boils. See linked article. Links: Orr, 2001, Socialism & Gender Equality (8877 words) Issa Shivji speaks in Wits Senate House, 13h15, March 6 (242 words) Myth of Fingerprinting, Cockburn - St. Clair, Counterpunch (2422 words) Gauteng provincial precinct tunnel given go-ahead, Star (845 words) Heavyweights fail to calm restive Khutsong, The Star (510 words)