War and Relative Peace

The press and the radio media have been trying hard to cook up splits where there are no splits. COSATU’s Gauteng Province lays some of these attempts to rest with a firm statement (linked below) and takes the opportunity of confirming that the anti-Gautrain campaign is on track, unlike the boondoggle express itself. COSATU national meanwhile notes its vindication in the matter of other phantom splits alleged in the ANC (see link) as well as police incontinence with pump-action firearms and Sasol’s latest safety failure, one in a long line of such “accidents”. Some of the most literate, direct and shocking writing about the daily, actually-existing atrocity that is the US war-making organisation comes from the USA itself. Both Diane Christian and Chris Floyd are from there. See the two articles linked below. It is easy to think that the horror has become less. It hasn’t. It is getting worse all the time. As much as we have problems, they are not of this order. The US warmongers must never be permitted to do their dirty business on African soil. Swaziland has only 92000 workers out of a population of 1.1 million. What can one say? This bald fact speaks for itself. See the link below. DTSACCO meets on July 1st. See linked notice. Click on these links: COSATU Gauteng statement on CEC and Gautrain (374 words) COSATU on ANC, police violence, and Sasol explosion (342 words) Negatives, Diane Christian, Counterpunch (986 words) Lesson Plan, Chris Floyd, Moscow Times (946 words) Swaziland has only 92000 workers, Swazi Observer May 31 (395 words) DTSACCO Members Meeting 1 July 2006 (notice)