YCL Defy Rubber Bullets

The YCL courageously fulfilled their Defiance Day programme yesterday. In spite of being fired upon by the police they regrouped and returned to the Gauteng Premier’s office, where they presented a memorandum of demands, and then proceeded to the Zimbabwe Consulate as planned. This is the second time rubber bullets have been used against our comrades within a week. The Johannesburg YCL’s political education is tonight. They will discuss Colin Leys’ “Underdevelopment in Kenya” at 17h00 in the SATAWU offices, 13th floor, Old Mutual Building, 29 Kerk Street, between Loveday and Harrison, Johannesburg. Next week (Friday, April 26th) at the same venue and time the YCL comrades will discuss Kwame Nkrumah’s “Neo-Colonialism, Last Stage of Imperialism”. See link below. On Sunday (April 23rd) the Wits University YCL comrades plus SASCO are holding a joint one-day political school from 10h00 to 14h00. See linked notice below. Also linked is a report on the persecution of the “Israeli Arabs” from Ilan Pappe via xymphora’s blog. These are the Palestinians who live in Israel as opposed to the West Bank or Gaza. See link. Links: Nkrumah, Neo Colonialism, Last Stage of Imperialism, 1965, Compilation (10643 words) YCL one day Wits University Political School 060423 (Notice) Demographics and democracy, Ilan Pappe, xymphora (490 words)