Reform Or Revolution

The Communist University meets tonight in the Women’s Jail, 1 Kotze Street, Constitution Hill, at 17h00 to discuss Chapter 9 of Frederick Engels’ “Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State”. The opening will be done by Ntombi Mutshekwane. Next week we will discuss excerpts from Rosa Luxemburg’s “Reform or Revolution”. See the linked document below. This fortnight’s Umsebenzi Online contains an 85th Anniversary article by South African Communist Party Deputy GS Jeremy Cronin and a polemical article by Young Communist League National Secretary Buti Manamela. Wee the link below. William Lind is a US military theorist who calls his concept “fourth generation warfare” (4GW). This amounts to the same thing as saying that in an anti-colonial struggle, the victory of the revolutionaries is certain, not only in spite of, but actually because of the mismatch of forces. See his linked article about Lebanon. At least it is not liberal hand-wringing. Click on these links: Reform or Revolution compilation, Luxemburg, 1908 (10250 words) Umsebenzi Online, 19 July 2006, 85 Years of Unbroken Communist Struggle (3571 words) Why Hezbollah is Winning, William Lind, Counterpunch (768 words)