The Big Decision
By John Spritzler
24 June, 2013
Newdemocracyworld.org
In How the ANC's Faustian pact sold out South Africa's poorest, by Ronnie Kasrils, the author writes:
"In the early 1990s, we in the leadership of the ANC made a serious error. Our people [are] still paying the price."
This is a very important article because Ronnie Kasrils, with inside knowledge, explains how the ANC's failure to pursue a revolutionary (pro-working class, anti-capitalist, egalitarian) path was a disaster for ordinary South Africans.
The same choice that confronted the ANC (make a deal with Big Money or rely on ordinary people to remove Big Money from power and create an egalitarian society) confronts virtually all people resisting oppression. Ordinary people (regardless of their religion) in Palestine (by which I include the part called "Israel") who are fighting against Zionism will need to make the same decision that confronted the ANC in its fight against apartheid: make a deal and accept capitalism minus Zionism, or wage the class war for egalitarianism minus capitalism.
It is time to start Thinking about Revolution.
John Spritzler is editor of www.NewDemocracyWorld.org
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