Guilt of Nations

Patrick Bond pbond at wn.apc.org
Sun Nov 4 10:07:04 PST 2001


----- Original Message ----- From: "Grinker" <grinker at mweb.co.za> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 6:17 PM


> It should be patently obvious by now that the whole South African Truth &
> Reconciliation Commission / reparations circus was part of a conscious
> strategy designed to wind down and demobilise the mass movement

Agreed, comrade, in part because as Mahmood Mamdani (one of Africa's leading marxists) pointed out, the class and wealth issues were totally off the table.


> Why bother putting your faith in a continuation of this useless tradition?

Huh? Come again?


> The reparations campaign is not an alternative option. It's part of the
> problem.

Well, go ahead, make the case. I assume you are referring to the campaign led by Archbishop Ndungane against international banks and corporations, and some of the Jubilee SA material on reparations at http://aidc.org.za ? And I assume you know it has nothing to do with the TRC?



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