Change of Venue for the CU this Friday

In accordance with our decision last week, a different venue has been secured for the Communist University on Friday, 27th October. It will be at 1st Floor, COSATU House, 1 Leyds Street, Braamfontein. The time will be 17h00 as usual. Some limited refreshments will be available. The main reading material is SACP GS Dr Blade Nzimande’s article from the current Umsebenzi Online, entitled “What is the National Democratic Revolution?” You may also wish to refer to the resolution passed last month at the COSATU 9th Congress on “The National Democratic Revolution and Socialism”. Another article you may read is from the liberal Helen Suzman Foundation’s current FOCUS publication, by the well-known bourgeois journalist Patrick Laurence. It is titled in full “Withdrawal from the ANC alliance in the offing”, although the article does not exactly bear out this title. Comrade Nzimande will not, as we had hoped, be available to open the discussion. We trust that Cde Dinga Sikwebu will not mind if we impose this brief task upon him. In any case, as always, what counts in the Communist University is the quality of the dialogue on the floor.