Leading Forces

SACP GS Dr Blade Nzimande’s fortnightly “Red Alerts” stand out as markers of a broad and sure line of march. The latest one looks back at the recent local election, dealing with some of the trite and shallow press comment on the firm ANC victory. Then it looks forward and proposes a much more prominent and definite role for the organised working class in making creative development, as opposed to mere utilitarian delivery, the primary task of local government. These outstanding texts put anything that can be found on the op-ed pages of the bourgeois press in deep shade. See link below. The South African Young Communist League never does things by halves. Their National Committee meeting will not only be addressed by Comrade Nzimande, but also by Welshman Ncube. Gwede Mantashe and Bheki Ntshalintshali will address their mass rally. If you do not know who all these comrades are, it’s time you did. See the linked document. The YCL’s Defiance Campaign calls upon youth to do what they must do so as to seize the time and live their lives as they should: “fight against and defy the conditions that they live under”. The Swazi people also appear to be on their way and soon we should be hearing our Swazi comrades say, with more confidence every day: “Victory is Certain!” The Swazi Treason Trialists are out on bail, their prosecutors are in confusion, and “an ever growing number of international organisations” as the ICFTU’s General Secretary, Guy Rider says, are militating for a revolutionary change in Swaziland, from a tinpot “royal” autocracy, to the sovereign democracy that the brave and long-suffering Swazis deserve. See the linked ICFTU statement. Links: Umsebenzi Online, The working class as leading force for developmental local government (2492 words) YCL National Committee and Launch of Defiance Campaign (504 words) ICFTU campaigning for democracy in Swaziland – COSATU (286 words)