Umbiko is back!

 

Umbiko

15, 2010, March              

Off the cuff issue

Let’s talk about these things…Umbiko

The JHB Central Branch of the South African Communist Party has decided to revive its publication of the newsletter called Umbiko. The newsletter will first be published as an online publication with a prospect of publishing Umbiko on hard copies in future.

The expectation is that Umbiko must focus on political content and take a space available; as the monopoly print media is more focus on commercializing everything (profit making) when it report about politics and/or Mass Democratic Movement(s) and obscure information that seems to them (monopoly capital) is not viable or does not serve its interest.

As we welcome Umbiko, it is with the understanding that comrades will contribute meaningfully and advance the politics we need, with substance and clarity.

Various organizations and civil society of common persuasion will be allowed to contribute and advance their cause as, this without limiting it to the Alliance organization but the invitation is extended to International and Solidarity organization. With Solidarity organization this will give us first hand information about the plight and frustration that is met by our brothers and sisters, like in Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Sudan, Palestine, Somali and etc. we all know that the bourgeoisie media even when they do report about these countries it is not substantive and/ or is covered as a small corner story with no value.

We also do hope that Alliance branches (of ANC, SACP, COSATU & SANCO) and Solidarity organization will not only use Umbiko to issue media statement but we expect them to politically express themselves without fear or favour.

Umbiko will not be a discussion forum as this is done better by the YCLgoogle group with short concise debate amongst comrades challenging each other, yet Umbiko will allow comrades to express politically their views and understanding of things. Since Umbiko will be online comrades are not limited to word counts like in print media.

Communist cadres to the front,

Socialism is the best

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Deputy Chairperson, SACP JHB Central Branch

Co-chair Communist University & Umbiko

Cde Sibusiso Mchunu