TWEET OF THE WEEK: The future of the SACP
It has been torture to watch the party’s slow decay
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: "#SACPpresser cde Solly Mapaila reads out the Statement on the removal of cde Blade #Nzimande.The removal of cde #Nzimande is a targeted move"Profile: @SACP1921 is the official Twitter handle for the South African Communist Party. It has around 25k followers. Citation: On October 8, SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande launched Red October, an annual event designed to help the party in its "struggle to build momentum towards, elements of, and capacity for socialism in the here and now". It’s the "elements of" that stands out. Seems like the programme of action of a party that has given up on any real prospect of ideological success. Af...
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