WELCOME to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week the Tweet of the Week goes to@SACP1921 for: “The Oldest and Largest Communist Party in Africa, 2nd Oldest Political formation in SA.” Profile: @SACP1921 is the official Twitter handle for the South African Communist Party. Its profile reads: "The Oldest and Largest Communist Party in Africa, 2nd Oldest Political formation in SA." It has 10k followers.Citation: Revolutionary democrats? There is revolution, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system"; and there is democracy, defined as "a form of government in which citizens can vote for representatives to govern the state on their behalf". So, they’re...
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