[lbo-talk] Meanwhile in Zimbabwe....

[Mike Ballard]

Politics loves a vacuum: if you don’t fill it with hope, it will be
filled with fear. What a pity that the mdc and civil society doesn’t
use this philosophy as a guiding light. But perhaps the reality at this
time is that we must build ourselves up outside of political parties
and create a powerful people’s movement where zvido zvevanhu (not
politicians’ ambitions) direct our activities. In many different
countries around the world it has been organised people power that has
eventually removed dictatorships. In our previous newsletters we often
spoke of the need to look further than the symbol on the ballot paper
and to engage more personal responsibility in selecting our mps or
representatives based on their integrity, insight and commitment to
community as well as broader areas of concern. At this time we as
individuals need to dig deep and find our own inspiration and
motivation for challenging injustice and intolerance. This often means
that we have to become our own leaders. We need to lead by personal
example whether it is organising small house meetings to discuss
challenging the regime, or making our own leaflets and sharing them in
community, or standing UP to institutional repression by refusing to
pay taxes to the state (in any form: income tax, levies, licences etc).
We cannot go face to face with an enemy that has all the state
machinery at its disposal so we must work with stealth like a thief at
night. Jambanja is not an option but we have an obligation to
neutralise the machinery that is used to enslave and impoverish us. Any
institution that doesn’t work for the people is against the people.

full: http://www.zvakwana.org/

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