I was rather disturbed by the headline in Red Weekly of 23 September: Labour lir relatively small capitals], 'Arm African capitals), 'not white racists' [in smaller capitals].
Ho my mine inis expresses a dangerous reliance on the spontaneity of the present upsurge of the ODoressed Dack DooDie in ounainca and is born of a lack of analysis of South African society - something which has absent trom hea weekly Granted that Red Weekly is an intervenpaper and immediate solidarity the blacks imperative, but it is necessary to explain that South Africa is not just any capitalist It is, for example, disastrous to understress the importance of any fight to win democratic rights and overthrow national oppression in South Africa. In that field it is a grave mistake to side-step the impac the South African Communist Party an Iner Aircan National Congress colla borators have had, especially subjective consciousness, the demands, and the aspirations of the masses. This Red Weekly has not so far done Also, it will be disastrous to underplay ine orolelanan nature or ine revolution in South Africa. Therefore the 'national democratic procrammes of the CP/ANC alliance must be rigorously criticised especially from the point of view of their mopianism ai.e.. nanonarano cemocratic freedoms cannot be won unless the capitalist state is overthrown ].
and necess or orcasine me uroar black working class to lead the fight must be emphasised. Any attempt to raise the peasantry many of whom are commandos Vietnamese-style 'national liberation' war can oniy end in tragedy unless the blaci class is consciously aroused, organised and fighting.
Even inen rural guerillas will at best play a subsidiary role. Neglect of the black urban workers will leave them prey to black nationalism in its most chauvin istic aspects spontaneity, repression and eventual demoralisation.
since the 1s1s Diack workers uosura around pay and conditions, the ANC hav been talking of building Illegal trade unions, presumao somernine ike in Spanish workers commissions. • Revolu tionaries must take up any such initia. tives in order to bulld a revolutionar party in South Africa-LIONEL HOLLEY