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Fighting the Evil System
I want to share what motivates me each and every day to go out there and spread the word about communism along with fighting to demolish the capitalist society. At this moment I am currently not working. I have two kids and a partner who is working as a security guard. He is not earning much even though he is working long hours. Whatever money he gets, it is not enough. We end up borrowing money to have food on the table. On every payday, half of his salary pays our debt. That leads us to go back to the loan shark after two weeks to borrow some more money to survive the whole month. Loan sharks ask for 50% interest of the money you have borrowed!
It’s the same routine every month. It’s painful and sad. You end up thinking about negative things. When your kids cry to you, “Mommy, I’m hungry,” it can easily lead one to depression, frustration, even to an extent of being suicidal. But I’m using my situation to get up there, go to shopping malls, carry Red Flags even when going to the clinic. I meet up with people, visit people, going door to door sometimes. Distributing the paper to big factories, retail stores, even to the people I’m with in the public transport. I share the exciting vision that we all have as communists, how we will live as communists. Because I know a lot of people out there are going through what I‘m going through. Some even going through worse.
I believe the situation that I am in could change immediately if we lived in the communist society. I wouldn’t be worrying about what my kids are going to eat, how we will make ends meet, are we going to afford to buy new clothing for the change of season.
I’m spreading the word about Communism, to motivate people so that they too can go out there and meet people. When you share with them what is happening around the world, they too come to the realization that this system needs to go. They ask, “How are we going to end it?” That uplifts my spirit. We need to get more masses, to spread the word.
EXPLOITATION, CORRUPTION, WAR, POVERTY, CRIME, are all sources and roots of money created by the bosses and the government under CAPITALISM. This system that we’re living under is very selfish, unfair, and evil. We need to destroy it. We can destroy this world by uniting, reading the Red Flag, distributing, writing of letters, recruiting lots more to help fight this evil system together as one. The bombing in Gaza, war in Congo and Ukraine, and extortion in South Africa can all be stopped and put an end to it by us, for us, for the next generation. Together we can! Aluta continua! Red salute comrades!
—Comrade in South Africa
Election Illusions: “The System Does Not Change”
GQEBERHA (South Africa), September 30— It has been four full months since the South Africa elections and the formation of a ‘Government of National Unity’ (GNU). At the commencement of this government there was a lot of praise and propaganda. Political professors and other analysts called it our new “1994” (end of Apartheid). A friend of the party even said, “Maybe it’s a good thing because there will be less corruption now that the DA (Democratic Alliance) is in government.”
Comrade noTommy responded in Xhosa quite spiritedly, saying, “No, it’s not a good thing. The service delivery happens in suburbs when the DA is in power, corruption is still there but it is done by whites and goes under the carpet. Look, here in our municipality there is no stability, and corruption and crime are worse though we had a DA mayor.”
Comrade Shaun said, “It is a system, comrades. The system does not change. It’s almost like changing the driver of a faulty taxi, thinking that it will stop it from being faulty.”
Indeed, the Government of National Unity has shown us over the last four months that it doesn’t matter who is in charge of government. As long as capitalism remains in place, nothing will change for the working class. Instead, things will get worse.
The crisis of capitalism has intensified in South Africa. It has emboldened the right-wing fascist elements. But it has also brought opportunities to mobilise disgruntled masses and workers who have been retrenched (laid off). When GNU came, we were told that there will be new investment and strong currency. However, what we have now is massive retrenchment of workers including one thousand mine workers who were retrenched by the Black-owned company Seriti.
The right-wing capital elements practically own the government and the president as they can call him on WhatsApp and tell him to not sign a bill passed by parliament. As these things worsen, our opportunities increase. The appeal of communism is growing among the masses. We have new members in the auto industry who receive Red Flag regularly. Our collectives have stabilised. Tens of female comrades are stepping up.
Our future looks promising. However, we know that the changes we need will not happen spontaneously, but we will have to steer this change and steer this communist future. And we are steadily doing so. We fight for communism, not for less corruption. Join ICWP and read the Red Flag!