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FRED M’MEMBE, incoming president, offers #realchange with on August 12 the Socialist Party’s policies based on jus- Socialist staff reporter In a statement ahead of the par- ty’s official campaign launch, Dr tice, equity and peace. ON AUGUST 12, Zambians M’membe spelled out some of the Manifesto download challenges Zambia was facing. will face a stark choice: a “One challenge is to revolutio- details and info about choice between the future and nise our hospitals and make health how to join the party the past, Socialist Party presi- services free and socialised. And are on our back page dent Fred M’membe says. above all, there is the challenge “Today the case I put before the to transform our education system Zambian people is that if we are and make it free and socialised,” – Page 12 to secure the future for our chil- he said. dren, for our communities and “The PF has no plans for the for our nation, the government future because it is not going to be there to deal with the challenges of Zambia must now change in of the future. It is being sent to the a real and revolutionary sense,” Campaign wire on August 12. he said. “The way forward for Zambia is “The neoliberal, capitalist poli- to elect a revolutionary party and permit cies being pursued and advanced president with progressive ideas to by our opponents belong to the meet the challenges of the future, past. Socialism is the future and we a new president and government denial ‘a must build it now. that understand and respect the val- ues upon which our independence Challenges struggle was fought.” mockery Dr M’membe said those values “After a decade in power, the included honesty, equity, humility PF has lost touch with the poor and solidarity. of Zambian and working people. It no longer “We need to build a Zambia an- understands what fairness, justice, chored on justice, equity and peace. democracy’ equity and peace actually mean. It We need a nation where there’s The campaign launch – Page 6 simply doesn’t understand the new decency, fairness and respect. You challenges we face, now, and in the Socialist Party president Fred M’membe and general secretary and first vice-president Cosmas Mu- – Page 3 future.” l Turn to Page 3 sumali arrive at Kasama in Northern Province for the launch of the party’s election campaign JUSTICE • EQUITY • PEACE Tribute to KK, man of peace and justice The Fred M’membe literacy and agroecology campaign coordinated by the MST Samora Machel Internationalist Brigade and carried out in three provinces SOCIALIST Party president Fred M’membe issued a statement following the death of Zambia’s first president, Ken- neth Kaunda, at the age of 97, describing him as a man of peace and justice. Dr M’membe wrote: “I am helpless. I do not know what to say or how to say it. No MST and SP join forces on one is too old to die. “For now I can only urge you my fellow citizens to take a solemn pledge to work for unity, fraternity and peace as the best tribute we can all pay to KK’s memory. “KK was a man of peace and justice. literacy and agroecology The first thing for all of us to remember now is that none of us dare engage in THE FRED M’membe literacy in English is necessary The campaign important because as people on raising awareness, manufac- violence for whatever reason. for the population to access ba- become literate, they become turing and distributing masks literacy and agroecology is also important “We have to behave in a disciplined campaign, coordinated by sic health, education, citizenship multipliers of agroecology. In and hygienic material, including manner and face all the perils that sur- and other services and rights. because as people her words, “train one person (in hand sanitisers. round us, determined to carry out the Brazil’s MST Samora Ma- The emphasis on agroecology become literate, they agroecological practices) so they Before the start of the cam- mandate that our great leader has given chel Internationalist Bri- is part of the Socialist Party’s can train other people in the re- paign, all members of the MST us, remembering always that if his spirit gade and the Socialist Par- effort to promote an improve- become multipliers gion”. Brigade were advised to get looks upon us and sees us, nothing would ‘ displease his soul so much as to see that ty, kicked off in Zambia in ment in the lives of the poorest of agroecology . . In the district of Malambo, vaccinated through the Covax we have indulged in any small behaviour May. people through healthy food and . train one person Eastern Province, whose popu- consortium, which has donated or any violence. Based on the “Read, Speak income generation. To this end, lation is Cunda and speaks the AstraZeneca doses to several Af- “We must hold together, and all our it has the support of the MST’s (in agroecological language of the same name, rican countries. The same guid- petty troubles and differences and con- and Write the Words of the Internationalist Brigade, which, local coordinator Emmanuel ance was conveyed to members flicts must be ended in the face of this World” method, the campaign practices) so they together with the party’s com- N’mbanda commented on the of the Socialist Party of Zambia, great disaster. is being carried out in three rades, carries out workshops can train other importance of agroecology for who are directly involved in the “Pray for KK’s soul to rest in eternal peace. And while we pray, the great- provinces: Lusaka, Eastern and training in agroecological the local population. campaign. people in the region est prayer that we can offer is to take a and Western. The aim is to practices in conjunction with the N’mbanda said there were al- With the start of the cam- make rural and urban workers pledge to dedicate ourselves to peace, literacy classes. very high and that this initiative ready agroecology experiments paign, coronavirus protection justice and equity, and to the cause for literate in the country’s official In this first stage, which will will enable 600 people, divided in Malumbo, but the campaign, kits were distributed along with which this great countryman of ours lived. language, English. last three months, the campaign into 30 on-site classes, to be- “will help more people get their educational materials. The class- “That is the best prayer that we can The importance of the cam- aims to teach literacy to 2,000 come literate. hands dirty, while raising aware- es have a limited number of peo- offer him and his memory. That is the paign lies in the fact that more people in the respective regions “The campaign has a great ness about not using chemicals ple within the safety parameters best prayer we can offer to Zambia and ourselves.” than 50 percent of the Zambian where it is being developed. acceptance in the region, in the that destroy the land”. set by the country, but especially population cannot speak, read Dr M’membe later wrote: Paxcina Mundia Imikendu, local sense that people understand One of the most important is- by MST and the Socialist Party. “On June 17th, a man died who through or write English. Zambia is a coordinator of the campaign in that they will be able to write, sues that arose early in the plan- The campaign continues out his life was an example of courage, country with more than 72 lan- Western Province and a resident read and speak English, as this ning of the campaign was that of apace sharing hope with the coherence, and dedication. With his death guages derived from the Bantu of a region of the Lozi people, initiative will reduce the num- protective and sanitary measures Zambian population, but with- one of the last giants of a certain genera- migrations that gave rise to the where the Silozi language is spo- ber of illiterates in our region,” to prevent COVID infection. out neglecting health to better tion disappeared, a generation which sac- diversity of peoples that exist ken, says that the number of illit- Imikendu said. Since last year, the Samora Ma- serve the people. rificed itself to its very end for the cause in the country today. However, erates in English in her region is For her, the campaign is also chel Brigade has been working MST, Samora Machel Brigade of the liberation of the African continent. “KK, comrade dearest, you have left us a formidable legacy. KK has left the world with a grand legacy of words and deeds. Illiterates tend to be the poorest, most disadvantaged His personal example and his teachings, his faith and firmness, his sincerity and areas, and among women than among “The rationale behind this reality “Imperialist mass media are contin- cordiality will linger, always bringing ben- IT IS no coincidence that Zambia’s efit to all who learn from his life. distribution of illiteracy follows its men. and its cause is the situation of poverty uously, sometimes subtley and some- “You have passed the torch to us. Rest patterns of poverty, Socialist Party “It is not by chance, however, that that forces them to drop out of school, times openly, carrying out a process assured that we will not allow the flame to president Fred M’membe says. the geographic and social distribution the distances that have to be covered to of ideological and cultural penetration be extinguished. We will hold it high. You of illiteracy is almost the same as that get to school and the deplorable mate- aimed at eroding our cultural identi- will always remain a symbol of commit- “Underdevelopment is, among other of poverty. Illiterates are, as a rule, also rial conditions of many of the schools. ties, creating habits and patterns of ment and dedication to the struggle to things, lack of learning and lack of the the poorest, the most poorly fed, the “Another factor to be borne in mind conduct foreign to the needs of our free our people from poverty, ignorance, possibility to learn,” he said. least healthy, the most disadvantaged is the insufficient training of teaching people, belittling and deforming our disease, degradation and humiliation. “It is not only how many cannot read “KK was a true human being for our and exploited. staff and the lack of ways and means to people’s cultures in their own eyes. and write. It is also how many cannot country. A challenge to be humane. With “The illiteracy figures reveal the remedy this insufficiency, which has its “This, of course, has no bearing on read or write, or pass on to higher him, one cherished to be human. frustrated development of human ca- effect on the limited and poor quality the flow of ideas or on the legitimate “The African liberation struggle has levels of education, due to the lack of pacities and potential, the limitations teaching provided. exchange of the products of their cul- given rise to a galaxy of wonderful per- teachers, schools and the minimum on the individual as a human being and “To add to an already gloomy situa- tures among peoples. These very mass sonalities. KK should be singled out as conditions beyond those most elemen- as part of a community, exploitation tion, there is the number of university media are working to create a consum- one of them. tary for subsistence. and ignorance as to a better future, the graduates who are lost every year due erist image devoid of all rationality and “I feel honoured and proud to have “That is why our dramatic educa- dramatic social effects of underdevel- to the brain drain of the major capital- are trying to impose mesmerising illu- been close to, and to have shared a tional and cultural problems cannot friendship with, this extraordinary man. opment; loss of national identity, social ist powers. sions on our people as absolute truths. “KK, we say farewell to you. We will be isolated from our overall socio-eco- and economic backwardness. “It is imperative to stress another “An enormous percentage of the always remember you with pride and nomic situation. “Many of our children today lack aspect that hampers our efforts in the television programmes broadcast to- affection. Rest in eternal peace. You did “A characteristic of illiteracy is that schools or the means and possibilities pursuit of education and cultural de- day in our country come from devel- what you could. What more could one it is greater in our rural than in urban to attend school. velopment. oped capitalist countries.” person expect out of one life?” l I broke down – Reflections, Page 5

2 Socialist Monthly, July 2021 August 12 is our chance to build a new, caring future l From Page 1 future, and however many words didate today were it not for the were making huge investments in we do not help our universities at- we must help to lift them back up. and however much money the PF encouragement and instruction education. “They know that knowl- tract and retain our best scientists, That’s what decency and fairness is can’t have a plan for Zambia’s fu- may yet throw at these longstand- provided to me by the teachers edge-intensive economies will be innovators and researchers into the all about. ture if you have lost sight of such ing challenges over the next 11 who shaped my life. They made it the wealthiest economies of the fu- future.” “Another thing I have learnt is basic values. For us socialists, weeks, it is just not going to be real. possible for a child like me from ture. We must take decisive action Dr M’membe said he was ap- the absolute value of hard work, of these values are in our DNA.” The truth is, it’s all just too late to Lubemba and Bulozi to finish now. We need nothing less than an proaching the election “with a pas- not being wasteful, and the impor- Dr M’membe said Zambia be believable.” school, go to university and be here education revolution now to im- sionate commitment to Zambia’s tance of planning for the future. For needed a new leadership with fresh Dr M’membe said nation-build- today seeking to lead our nation prove radically the performance of future”. me, these are enduring values. ideas for the future. “With barely ing required vision. “And the cor- into the future. the education system. Universities “The values I bring to leadership “And these are the values that, as three months to go of this election nerstone of our vision for Zambia’s “I know the difference a great are critical to the education revolu- are the values instilled in me by my president, I would bring to our na- campaign, the PF government has future is an education revolution. education can make. Our vision for tion that Zambia so urgently needs. strong Bemba royal upbringing,” tion’s challenges. put forward no real new ideas for We believe passionately in the Zambia is to build a very good edu- Undoing the damage this govern- he said. “They are also the values “The nation now needs new the future. It has run out ideas. It power of education,” he said. cation system so we produce an in- ment has done to our universities that are intrinsic to this revolution- leadership for the future. The na- has clearly run out of energy. And “We believe education is the en- novative, skilled and well-trained will not be easy. But this challenge ary party. I understand that life is tion now wants new leadership for it has run out of time. gine room of equity and the engine workforce.” begins today,” he said. sometimes harsh, but I believe that the future. And today, I am ready “The Socialist Party is offering room of the economy. I would not Dr M’membe said the econo- “Zambia cannot be put on the as a people we have a responsibil- to deliver that new leadership for new leadership with a plan for the be standing as a presidential can- mies competing against Zambia path of a knowledge economy if ity that when one of us falls down Zambia’s future.” Musumali: ruling party making a mockery of democracy in Zambia Comments follow denial of permit to hold launch of campaign in Kasama

Socialist staff reporter mission to hold meetings in the area but had always been denied. THE GOVERNMENT is “Over the past two years we have tried more than seven times making a mockery of Zambi- to hold a meeting – and I’m not an democracy, Socialist Party saying a rally, to hold a meeting – general secretary and first in Kasama. The answer has always vice-president Cosmas Mu- been a ‘no’,” he said. sumali told a TV, radio and “Today we saw that the emperor was naked. The truth is coming online audience after the par- out. It has nothing to do with CO- ty was denied a permit for its VID. It has to do with a govern- campaign launch in Kasama. ment that is not sure of itself. It has The party’s campaign launch to do with a government being re- was held in a private house in jected by the masses of the people Kasama without a live audience of Zambia. following the permit decision. “The only way they can survive “We were supposed to have a is to ensure the Socialist Party [and] Fred M’membe are not given meeting in a hall. We got all the re- Party president Fred M’membe and first vice-president Cosmas Musumali on their way to the election campaign launch in Kasama quired documentation. We got the any political voice.” permits. At the end we were told In August last year Dr Musumali Following the arrest, Socialist which the opposition was contest- them being the only ones mobilis- Dr M’membe cautioned Presi- not to proceed,” Dr Musumali said. and 29 party members were arrest- Party president Fred M’membe ing against the ruling party. ing.” The ruling party – the Patri- dent Edgar Lungu that such abuse “There was no reason given ed during a meeting in Copperbelt said the charges, “don’t make “Those in the ruling party are all otic Front – he said, was “going of power would have consequenc- es. “Governments come and go. behind it The police were saying, Province. They were spuriously sense legally or otherwise”. over holding meetings without re- into a boxing ring with the oppo- Even this President, no matter the tent that you are using, close it. charged with “conduct likely to With parliamentary by-elections gard for any restrictions and with nent’s hands tied behind his back. cause the breach of peace” and re- set to begin in less than a month at total impunity,” he said. Can you really claim true victory what he does, he will not be presi- The health authorities were telling dent forever,” he warned. us, you can’t close it because the leased later in the afternoon of the the time, Dr M’membe drew atten- “And they are even boasting in such an unfair and unequal con- situation does not allow that. These same day. tion to the unequal playground on and mocking the opposition about test?” l Spirit of Cha Cha Cha – Page 6 are two organs of the state contra- dicting each other.” Followed The poor and vulnerable will suffer Diversity and pluralism Dr Musumali said the decision had nothing to do with the reasons if we delay environmental action are fundamental values given. “The truth is it had nothing to do with a tent, it had nothing to SPEAKING on World Environment Day – not the first, 75 per cent of all emerging infectious SOCIALIST Party president Fred be open and constructive in partici- do with the 100 people we had in- June 5 – Socialist Party president Fred diseases are of zoonotic origin. Ebola, SARS, the M’membe says Zambia “will not pating in the electoral process and vited and documented and spaced M’membe described it as a day of celebra- Zika virus and bird flu all spread from animals be a good place for any of us to live addressing the challenges we face. to people, often due to human encroachment on according to the WHO guide- tion, “a day upon which, for more than 40 in unless it’s a good place for all of “Everyone’s life in this coun- nature. us to live in.” try is inevitably mixed with ev- lines,” he said. “The truth behind it years, people the world over have advocated “But zoonotic illnesses are not the only warning He said in a statement that the ery other life and, no matter what is that the government – the ruling and acted for a healthy environment”. sign that the degradation of nature is threatening party – would not allow us to hold First held in 1974, World Environment Day has health, peace and prosperity. As ecosystems and current election campaigns should constitution or laws we come up even a meeting in a hall or in a tent. been a platform for raising awareness �������on ���en- biodiversity fall to cities, agriculture, infrastruc- not be confused with a battlefield with, no matter what precautions vironmental issues such as marine pollution, They denied us that option. ture, climate change and pollution, nature’s ability where the aim is to destroy the we take, unless the people we meet human overpopulation, global warming, sustain- “We are now at a home. But to provide food, oxygen, clean water and climate other. are kindly and decent and human, able consumption, and wildlife crime. It is a global regulation plummets. This directly impacts human “This is simply a competition to we going nowhere. Decency, in- even here we have been followed. platform for public outreach, with participation We don’t have an audience here, from more than 143 countries annually. health and wealth. serve, and not the annihilation of tegrity and love come from human but still more, they are not happy But Dr M’membe said that unlike previous years, “We face going out of the COVID-19 frying pan one another. To have peaceful, free beings, rather than from constitu- with this arrangement. They are the day was being marked under COVID-19 restric- into the climate fire. Now is not the time to set and fair elections, certain condi- tions, laws and institutions. not giving us any chance. They tions and things could no longer be done the usual aside environmental laws and norms. We need to tions have to prevail in our country “In any true democracy, more is are making a mockery of the cam- way. “And this in itself tells us that something is strengthen environmental protection. We need to and in our hearts. There ought to be needed than just laws and institu- keep our wild spaces wild, stop deforestation and paign. terribly wrong with our stewardship of the Earth,” a conducive atmosphere. Contes- tions. We must hold on to some he said. “This virus is not bad luck, or a one-off restore degraded land to protect biodiversity, boost “They are making a mockery values and norms, some expecta- event that nobody could see coming. It is an en- tants have to conduct themselves food production and store carbon.” tions and aspirations. This is the of Zambian democracy and it is tirely predictable result of humanity’s destruction Dr M’membe said COVID-19 had “hammered in a manner that does not put oth- environment – the atmosphere – unacceptable. We are sharehold- of nature, which will cause far greater suffering if home” that addressing inequality was one of hu- ers at unfair disadvantage. ers in this country we call Zambia. left unchecked. manity’s biggest pieces of unfinished business. “In the light of this, I make a that makes democracy work. They are the ruling party, they are “COVID-19, which was transmitted from animals “The World Bank estimates that COVID-19 is special appeal to the government “The fundamental value we controlling government, they have to humans, is a direct warning that nature can take likely to cause the first increase in global poverty and to the ruling party to realise must have is a respect for diversity government resources. What is the no more. COVID-19 is zoonotic, a type of disease since 1998. We cannot afford to delay environmen- that they have a serious responsi- and acceptance of pluralism. Gone that transmits between animals and humans. We fear? What is their desperation?” tal action, as it is the poorest and most vulnerable bility. As facilitators of the elec- are the days when everyone was are facing it in large part because humanity’s who will suffer the most. This is why we say it’s Dr Musumali told his radio, TV expansion into wild spaces and exploitation of spe- tions, they should ensure that the supposed to think the same way, and online audience that the party cies brings people into closer contact with wildlife. time for nature.” concerns of all key players are ad- belong to the same political party, had tried many times to gain per- “COVID-19 may be one of the worst, but it is l TIme to restore ecosystem – Global View, Page 11 equately addressed. We all need to and support the same programme.” Socialist Monthly, July 2021 3 We don’t see the value of LAZ’s ‘accord’ on political violence Association should ‘call a spade a spade’ over crimes, Musumali says

Socialist staff reporter Dr Musumali said LAZ should “Political violence is simply petrators of political violence. “We teach our members to be political violence to all the politi- instead be demanding the arrest violence, a criminal offence in our Why? Our simple and only expla- peaceful. We have a documented cal parties when the main culprits and prosecution of anyone carry- penal code. And those who com- nation is because it is not able and commitment to peace, justice and are well known. THE SOCIALIST Party ing out acts of violence, whether mit crimes must without fear or willing to take on the main, and equity in our party constitution and “We refuse to be part of this LAZ manifesto. Our members have on scheme to divert attention from the “does not see the value” of political or not. favour be arrested and prosecuted. politically powerful, perpetrators many occasions been attacked by well-known main perpetrators of Violence is violence and it doesn’t of this political violence.” the Law Association of Zam- In a statement of the party’s Patriotic Front members in Eastern political violence, and make us bia (LAZ) peace accord de- central committee, Dr Musumali matter whether it is being commit- Dr Musumali says Socialist Province. We have reported the at- look as if we have also been in- signed to get political parties said, “We don’t see the value of ted in the name of politics, religion Party members do not involve tacks to police but no arrests and volved in political violence. or otherwise. themselves in any form of political to abstain from election vio- the LAZ peace accord. What LAZ prosecutions have to date been “Let those who have been at- should have been advocating for is “LAZ has clearly failed to di- violence. “Without being pacifist, made. tacking or fighting each other sign lence, general secretary and the rule of law, the fair and impar- rectly denounce political violence, our party members have not re- “To us, this LAZ peace accord is the LAZ peace accord – a ceasefire first vice-president Cosmas tial administration of our country’s call a spade a spade and demand sponded to political violence with nothing but a scheme to try to ap- agreement – and refrain from po- Musumali has said. criminal justice system. the arrest and prosecution of per- violence,” he said. portion blame or responsibility for litical violence,” he said. BEYOND THE HEADLINES We’re competing with Siamese twins, M’membe says on Hot FM

THE PATRIOTIC Front and “Do you see why I’m saying United Party for National De- they’re Siamese twins? Do you velopment are Siamese twins see why I’m saying they’re feed- ing from the same umbilical cord? feeding from the same um- And it doesn’t end there, let’s look bilical cord, Socialist Party at their manifestos. president Fred M’membe told “I’ve got a master’s degree in a radio audience recently. economic policy management. Socialist Party president Fred M’membe being interviewed by Hot FM’s Kwangu Liwewe for Beyond the Headlines He was being interviewed by Part of that training is to analyse economic policies, so I have the over what?” Dr M’membe asked. presenter Kwangu Liwewe for SP is on an equal footing with others “There are many alliances that are Hot FM’s Beyond the Headlines expertise that is needed to anal- yse the manifestos of UPND and HOT FM presenter Kwangu Liwewe asked Dr two, UPND came number three. They lost to PF in formed in life. You can form an programme. M’membe about the size of SP and its strength and 2011, PF came number one, MMD came number PF. They’re the same. There’s no alliance with other people to fight “The president of PF today, Mr ability to contest the August election as a relatively two, they came number three. The only time they the public order act. You can form difference. That’s why it’s so easy Edgar Lungu, the vice-president of new party. came number two was in 2015 and 2016 because an alliance with other people to for key leaders of PF and key lead- PF today, Mrs Inonge Wina, where Dr M’membe relied that SP had “a big member- after the MMD lost power, the MMD more or less fight for this or that. The alliances ers of UPND to crisscross. To- ship that cuts across the whole country”. disintegrated. did they come from? They came you’re talking about, they’re hap- day they’re in UPND, tomorrow “That’s why we went and tried to field candi- “A good part of MMD went to PF and another from UPND,” he said. penstance alliances to win an elec- they’re in PF. Today they’re in PF, dates in all the constituencies of the country. And part went to UPND, so we had two parties contest- “Mr Lungu was a member of tion. Those are the alliances that tomorrow they’re in UPND. It’s we are competing in these elections on an equal ing. If you have two parties definitely you will have UPND. Mrs Wina was a member they’re forming. We’re not looking not possible with us. There is no footing with everybody else. The result will show,” one and two. That’s when UPND came to number of parliament for Nalolo under he said. two. Before that it was number three, number for happenstance alliances. We’re key leader of UPND who is in the UPND. The vice-president, the “If longevity was the measure, UPND would be three, number three, number three. looking for strategic alliances. We Socialist Party today. There’s no former vice-president of UPND in government today, not PF. How many times has “This year we’ll not have two parties, we’ll have have allies also, strategic allies. I’ll key leader coming from PF who is Mr Richard Kapita who served un- UPND lost to PF, a newer party? They lost in 2006 at least three parties contesting in a stronger way. give you a strategic ally we have. in SP today. None, because we are to PF, they came number three. PF came number At least three, if not more. So, the chances are der Mr Hakainde for many years We have the Catholic Church as a different. When you look at these two. They lost to PF in 2008, PF came number there for everybody.” as vice-president was his trusted strategic ally. parties, PF and UPND they’re the man, where is he today? He’s in five times? Did NDC lose- elec is? A multiparty political dispen- PF? If I’m not in the UPND alli- “We never sat with the Catho- same. That’s why people are just lic leadership to say we are allies, PF. He was provincial minister in moving; today they’re this, tomor- tions five times consecutively? It’s sation means just that. When we ance, then I’m with PF? If I’m not PF. not a small factor that they should put our names on the ballot papers, in the PF alliance, then I’m with let’s sign. No. Strategic alliances row they’re that. The policies are are not created that way. Happen- Expelled ignore. Yes, it may not be a fa- we are competing with everybody UPND?” the same, the programmes are the stance alliances are created that vourable message for them. We’re else. We’re not just competing Dr M’membe said SP was an same; it’s just the personalities and way. We have a strategic alliance “Dr Canicius Banda who was competing with them in these elec- with those in government, no.” independent political party with a the ambitions that they have.” because of the social teachings of vice-president of UPND, where tions, we’re competing with PF And Dr M’membe responded manifesto that was clearly differ- Liwewe asked Dr M’membe if a the Catholic Church. is he today? My relative Geoffrey in these elections. There are still to Liwewe’s comment that there ent from that of UPND and PF, Socialist Party billboard referring “If you read our manifesto, Bwalya Mwamba who was vice- more billboards coming, anyway. seemed to be “no love lost” be- which were similar. to “five losses too many” consti- you’ll find that it coincides a lot president of UPND and running We haven’t finished. tween himself and UPND’s “There’s no hatred. If being in tuted “taking a swipe” at “fellow with the social teachings of the mate in 2016 for Mr Hakainde, opposition” party UPND. He re- Dr M’membe rejected Liwewe’s Hakainde Hichilema. “It’s not a different political party from the where is he today? He’s in PF. And Catholic Church. So, in that sense plied that it wasn’t “a swipe” but suggestion that UPND was “fel- about love, it’s about multiparty other and opposing the policies of we are seeking the same things. where did he come from before “reality”, and there was no “fellow low opposition”. politics,” Dr M’membe said. another political party means ha- he joined UPND? He came from “What we are seeking are the opposition”. “There’s no fellow opposi- tred, then let’s move away from same things Christ was seeking. PF. He was minister of defence “Is five losses a small thing? tion, we’re not in an alliance with Different multiparty political dispensation. Christ was against the degradation in PF. He was a key leader in PF. Five losses, consecutive losses, UPND. We’re not in an alliance “And it’s not about personal re- of human beings. That’s what we But today he’s back in PF. He’s not intermittent but consecutive, with any political party. We are “In a multiparty dispensation, lationships. I don’t need to have a are fighting, we socialists. Christ the deputy national mobilisation is it a small thing? A party to lose competing in these elections with being in a different party does personal relationship with Mr Lun- was against humiliation of hu- leader for PF. elections five times consecutively, everybody who has put themselves not mean hatred for other people. gu, I don’t need to have a personal man beings. Christ was against the “UPND is in an alliance with it’s a small thing that should be ig- on the ballot paper. We are not in They’re stuck to the one-party relationship with Mr Hakainde to hunger of a human being. Christ Mr Felix Mutati and Mr Kelvin nored? It’s not a swipe, it’s a real- an alliance. mentality – it’s either, you are participate in the politics of this was against the illness of a human Fube Bwalya or Bwalya Fube, ity. Is it a lie? Is it a lie? “They are in an alliance with with us or you are our enemies. country. They’ve got their friends. being. He never watched these where did those two come from? “Do you know of anyone else Mr Mutati’s MDC. They’re in an No, we’re not enemies. We simply Mr Hakainde has his friends. Mr things, He never took them as a Mr Mutati was minister of finance who has lost elections consecu- alliance with a faction of NAREP, hold different positions; we sim- Lungu has his friends. I have got given; die you will go to heaven, under PF not very long ago. Fube tively for five years? Tell me. they’re in an alliance with a fac- ply hold different policies. It’s not my friends.” my Father will receive you there was seeking to become president Tell me if any of the key players tion of NDC, they’re in an alliance hatred. What is the value of hating Liwewe questioned SP’s posi- while I’m still here, No. Christ of PF, presidential candidate until have lost elections for five years with Mr Milupi’s ADD. They’re Hakainde? For what? Why should tion on political alliances given treated the ill, Christ fed the hun- they expelled him and he failed to consecutively, five times consecu- not in an alliance with us. We’re I hate him? For what? So, to love that its ideologies were so differ- gry, Christ dealt with the afflicted get what he wanted. They’re com- tively. Did PF lose elections five competing with them. Do they un- Hakainde I should join his pact? ent from other parties. in all sorts of ways. Christ came ing from PF. times? Did MMD lose elections derstand what multiparty politics To love Mr Lungu I should join “Alliance over what? Alliance here for the poor.”

4 Socialist Monthly, July 2021 REFLECTIONS Fred M’membe Lies and hypocrisy Socialist Party president Fred M’membe: Jesus models for us that sorrow is something that needs to be felt the way of political crooks, scoundrels It is difficult to believe a word they say

Socialist staff reporter What can be called upon to restore politics must be understood as a credibility to our politics? service. “We need clear, concise and “To govern means to serve, be- IT IS becoming increasingly compendious answers to these cause ‘in the house of the just’, difficult to trust and believe questions. We need to find credible as St. Augustine observes, ‘those any word coming out of ways to overcome the current cri- who command are at the service of sis of credibility, which some even those who seem the commanded. smell of the sheep,” the Pope said, repeating once Zambian politicians’ mouths, consider irreversible. Indeed, it is not out of passion for KK was my comrade, brother again the analogy he used in his homily at the Socialist Party president Fred Chrism Mass on March 28, 2013, a fortnight after M’membe says. “I will pull the string a little bit domination that they command, his election. and go back to Aristotle’s Rheto- but out of desire to give oneself; and friend, and I was his “Lies, hypocrisy, saying He said pastors should be “people capable of ric, in which he claims that we be- not out of pride in being leaders, I BROKE down being interviewed by the media living, of laughing and crying with your people, things they don’t mean, seems lieve more easily in honest people, but out of concern to provide for after signing the book of condolences. I couldn’t in a word, of communicating with them”. He ex- to be the political culture of our help it. I tried very hard to resist it but it hap- adding that this is even more so everyone’. pressed concern that sometimes reflections and politicians,” he said. “Today they pened. KK was truly my comrade, brother and thoughts on priesthood are laboratory sample: regarding questions that do not “Credibility therefore no longer friend, and I was his. this priest, that priest and so on. He said the criticise, repudiate, denounce or involve certainty, but doubt – re- concerns only political compe- In regard to crying, breaking down when priesthood isolated from the people of God, is insult this and that, tomorrow call how, both for the philosopher tence or discursive ability, but the mourning dear ones Fidel Castro said, “When neither a Catholic priesthood nor a Christian one. they are in bed with the same and in the common feeling, cred- totality of the personal character- an energetic and forceful people cry, injustice “Strip yourselves of your pre-constituted ideas, this or that. ibility appears as a personal qual- istics of the politician, in creating trembles”. And even Jesus wept over the death your dreams of greatness, your self-assertion, in of his friend Lazarus. Who am I? I am just human “Today they resign or are ex- ity. In reality one is not credible in an affective/emotional relation- order to put God and people at the centre of your like every other human being. ship between leaders and citizens: daily concerns,” the Pope said, stressing that a pelled from this or that politi- general and in the abstract, but for “Jesus wept”. These are just two little words, pastor is one who puts God’s holy faithful people cal party and start their own, or someone. It can be a few people why should I vote for him? The but they have an extraordinary meaning for us. at the centre. For those priests who would like to or millions of people, but always old Hegelian principle, which says I think when we read the gospels, we tend to join another, and start insulting, be an intellectual, not a pastor, the Pope said, it is that nobody is a great man for his forget the human side of Jesus – that He had denouncing, and accusing their someone and not in the abstract. human relationships throughout His life. It can better for them to be lay persons. A priest has to former colleagues of all sorts of Credibility is therefore a relation- waiter, returns, so that political be a pastor in the midst of God’s people because be easy to slip into reading Jesus as a higher crimes and evils. A few months ship, a risky bet, which leads us to leaders, accepting and often seek- being, which of course He was, He’s God!, who God has chosen him for that. ing the challenge of politics, must Pope Francis also advised the French priests later they are apologising, seeking ask ourselves what is credible and was so set apart from those around Him – that be aware of being at the mercy of regarding their community life, saying individual- forgiveness and reconciliation. what are the characteristics and his relationships were strictly of a leader-follower millions of waiters, the electors. dynamic. ism, self-assertion, and indifference are some of “They are taken back, but we virtues that are preferably associat- Of course, the gospel writers definitely high- the challenges of living together. He warned them don’t know if they are really for- ed with a political entity perceived “Political credibility is possible lighted his ministry in that dynamic to reveal against “the temptation to create small closed given, and then they start denounc- as credible. but in a community of shared val- groups, to isolate oneself, to criticise and speak his teachings and miracles as the prophesied ing and insulting those who, a few ues, standards and common aims. Messiah, but under all that, He had friends. He ill of others, to believe oneself superior, more Political credibility is not just an months ago, had welcomed them Expert had deep relationships with the people around intelligent”. analysis of credibility in politics. The Pope said that gossip was a habit of when they were in political lim- Him, whom He spent and lived with for three-plus After almost three decades of per- years. closed groups, of “bachelor’ priests who talked bo,” Dr M’membe said. “There’s a difference between sonal political parties and those Think about your friendships – from the mo- and maligned others, undermining all. We need “It’s sickening. It’s making credibility of the role and credibil- formed around a leader, there has ment when you first met to now (how many years to let go of this habit and look at and think about politics unattractive and seeming ity in the role; someone is believed since you’ve known each other). You’ve shared God’s mercy”. The Pope wished that they always been a break-up and rapid con- to be for scoundrels, liars, crooks because he knows and for what he countless inside jokes, similar interests, hobbies, welcomed one another as a gift. “In a fraternity sumption of intermittent leader- and hypocrites. How can one work knows. This is typically the credi- you’ve shared secrets, vulnerabilities, heart- lived in truth, in the sincerity of relationships ship, which may last only one breaks, joys, etc. and in a life of prayer, we can form a commu- with such politicians, enter into al- bility of the expert, that is one who morning. These are leaderships Jesus experienced all that as both man and nity in which we can breathe the air of joy and has a well-founded knowledge liances or pacts with them? This is gained, more and more frequently, God. tenderness,” he said. certainly not a recipe for winning of the facts and problems, which We are able to see his personal relationships on social networks, with an eternal The Holy Father encouraged a community life of people’s trust. means that he can speak with good on full display with the death of his friend Laza- sharing and prayer with joy. He said, “The priest return to oscillating and cyclical rus, and what this means for us, as friends of is a man who, in the light of the Gospel, spreads “The credibility of our politi- reason or with knowledge of the dynamics. In the age of permanent Jesus, who also experience the reality of death. the taste of God around him and transmits hope cians is in continuous decline. facts.” election campaigns, that format Jesus was moved with profound sorrow at the to restless hearts.” To those visiting their com- Credibility is very difficult to find Dr M’membe said that in poli- is intertwined with the processes death of his friend and at the grief that his other munity, they can communicate the Gospel values in our politicians today. But cred- tics it was crucial both to know friends had suffered. In addition, this sorrow was of personalisation – for which the of a “diverse and supportive fraternity”, and make ibility is supposed to be the cor- how to act and be able to act. intermixed with anger at the evil of death. them feel the fidelity of God’s love and His close- strong man is also a brand, and of nerstone of our people’s political “It is even more more necessary Not only was Jesus deeply moved, but John ness. mediatisation. says He was deeply moved in his spirit when He In this regard, the Pope offered to them the life and of our multiparty political to know how to communicate well “Mutual recognition assumes a witnessed the palpable grief around Him. model of St. Joseph, inviting them to “rediscover dispensation.” the decisions taken. In this neces- fundamental importance where it This grief is a human reality – felt by His human the face of this man of faith, this tender father, Dr M’membe asked whether sary fiduciary relationship between spirit – but life and resurrection are divine reali- is seen as the ability to guide and model of fidelity and trusting abandonment to “we still even know what credibil- those who claim to be credible govern others by assuming all the ties, the Holy Spirit. God’s plan”. St. Joseph, he said, teaches us that Jesus’ human spirit reveals that heartfelt ity means”. and those who are considered as responsibilities and risks that this faith in God includes believing that He can work such, in which personal values can mourning in the face of death is not an indication even through our fears, our frailties and our weak- “Who is credible and why? entails, while encouraging and of a lack of faith – of doubt – but it is honest grief nesses. What are the roots and forms of be summarised in the concepts of promoting real processes of lis- at the reality of death and suffering. Our frailties are a “theological place of encoun- political credibility? How does ‘virtue’ or ‘integrity’ and include tening, participation and active Death is a devastating reality of humanity. It ter with the Lord”, the Pope said, adding, a “frag- honesty, seriousness, self-control, happens to us all – our own mortality – and to it circulate within society? What involvement of citizens at all the ile priest”, who knows his weaknesses and talks those around us, yet with its unwavering com- risks is it subject to and what pa- ability to assume responsibil- levels and in all phases of demo- about them with the Lord, will do well. Instead, monality, it does not make it any easier to experi- thologies does it derive from? ity and to respect commitments, cratic political life.” ence. It’s especially hard to swallow when death “superman” priests end up badly. “With Joseph,” comes unexpectedly. the Pope said, “We are called to return to the ex- Therefore, the importance of “Jesus wept” is perience of the simple acts of acceptance, tender- recorded in the Gospel of John. Jesus models for ness, and the Joy and sense of humour.” us that sorrow is something that needs to be felt. The Pope also urged the young French priests Slander, libel, malice ‘won’t do’ Grief is a part of life. Even though He knew that, to build a Church that is entirely at the service in mere moments, Lazarus would be raised to life of a world that is more fraternal and in solidarity. THERE are just too many lies and there is too use only if it is absolutely truthful. The liar is no whit by Him, and that He would, one day, defeat death, They should not be afraid to dare, to risk and to better than the thief, and if his or her mendacity takes go forward, assured that with Christ they can be much malice and calumny in our political, eco- the final enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26; Revelation the form of slander or libel, he or she may be worse 21:4), Jesus still cried over the loss of his friend. apostles of joy and be grateful for serving their nomic, and social discourse, Socialist Party pres- brothers and sisters and the Church. ident Fred M’membe says. than most thieves. This joy should be accompanied by a sense of “And this is growing in intensity and magnitude as “It puts a premium upon knavery, untruthfully to at- humour, the Pope pointed out, adding, a priest we approach the August 12 elections,” he said. “Social tack an honest person, or even with hysterical exag- Pope Francis: teachings a who does not have a sense of humour is not liked, geration to assail a bad person with untruth. An epi- something is wrong. “Imitate those great priests media is awash with lies, innuendo and insults, and one demic of indiscriminate assault upon character does no source of daily inspiration who laugh at others, at themselves and even at wonders of what value all of this is. This is certainly good, but very great harm. The soul of every scoundrel their own shadow,” he said, adding, “A sense of not the most beneficial or good way of conducting pub- I LOVE this Pope – Francis. He is a great source humour is one of the characteristics of holiness,” is gladdened whenever an honest person is assailed, or of daily inspiration in my revolutionary work, and lic discourse on any issues. as he pointed out in his Apostolic Exhortation, even when a scoundrel is untruthfully assailed. especially in these election campaigns. I closely Gaudete et Exultate. “The most unfortunate thing is that it has permeated follow his teachings. “My plea is not for immunity to but for the most Recalling their priestly ordination, he reminded all echelons of our society. People occupying the high- Meeting a group of French priests pursuing them that they had been anointed with the oil of unsparing exposure of the politician who betrays his or est positions in our politics, religion and civic life are higher ecclesiastical studies in Rome recently, joy and were to anoint others with the oil of joy. her trust, of the businessperson who makes or spends Pope Francis recalled a favourite image of a pas- He said only by remaining rooted in Christ could not left out of this, they are trying very hard to take a his or her fortune in illegitimate or corrupt ways. There tor, urging that priests be “shepherds with the they experience a joy that moved them to win lead in this Olympics of lies, malice, slander or libel. should be a resolute effort to hunt every such person “smell of the sheep”, grounded in the situation of hearts. “Priestly joy is the source of your action Indeed, there are, in our body politic, economic and their flock. as missionaries of your time,” he said. out of the position he or she has disgraced. “The studies you undertake in the various Ro- Another virtue the Holy Father encouraged the social, many and grave evils, and there is an urgent “Expose the crime, and hunt down the criminal; but man universities prepare you for your future tasks young priests to cultivate was gratitude to God necessity for the sternest war against them. remember that even in the case of crime, if it is at- as pastors and enable you to better appreciate for what they were to one another. “With your “There should be relentless exposure of and attack tacked in a sensational, lurid, and untruthful fashion, the reality in which you are called to proclaim the limitations, your frailties, your tribulations,” Pope upon every evil person whether politician or business- gospel of joy,” he told some 19 priests of the “na- Francis reminded them, “There is always a loving the attack may do more damage to the public mind than tional church of the French” in the Italian capital. gaze resting on you and giving you confidence.” person, every evil practice, whether in politics, in busi- the crime itself. He said they should not go into the field to apply Gratitude “is always ‘a powerful weapon’”, he ness, or in social life,” Dr M’membe said. “There should be no rest in the endless war against theories without considering the environment in said, which “allows us to keep the flame of hope “I hail as a benefactor everyone who with merciless the forces of evil, but this war must be conducted with which they will be working or the people entrusted burning in moments of discouragement, loneli- severity makes such attack, provided always that he or to their care. “I wish you to be shepherds with ‘the ness and trials”. sanity as well as with resolution. Lies, slander or libel, she in his or her turn remembers that the attack is of malice, insults, calumny won’t do.” Socialist Monthly, July 2021 5 CAMPAIGN LAUNCH & PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES

SP campaign launch in Kasama: dancers provide atmosphere after president Fred M’membe and general secretary and first vice-president Cosmas Musumali address a radio, TV and online audience This is the spirit of Cha Cha Cha and it’s time for the poor to rule The ruling party is Dr M’membe said the disastrous lenges. “I will make sure I work Gertrude Chikampa is facing early marriages because childhood education from Pagrory state of the country’s economy together with the people in my of a lack of education and support College of Education. scared and that’s why it was the result of poor leadership constituency to end these issues,” WE ARE “all equal before the for youth, and high prices of mealie tried to stop SP holding and that as long as PF remained he said. Lord” is the message Gertrude meal because the government gives Felistina Kalunda in power the price of commodities “My message to the people in my Chikampa, parliamentary candi- fertiliser to people who don’t have its campaign launch in would continue to rise. constituency and Zambia at large is: date for Sinazongwe constituency farms and who are then selling it on FELISTINA Kalunda is just 22 Kasama. But the time “Nga twakonkanya ukwikalefi let’s vote for the Socialist Party on in Southern Province, sends to the to farmers. years old but has already estab- takuli uko tuleya. Ilyo baishile mu August 12 because it is the only one women of Zambia. “We are not benefiting from our lished a poultry farming business has come for it to go, buteko mu 2011 ubunga mwaleshi- that will end our problems.” “My fellow female voters: let us own minerals because we allowed and salon in Sesheke district. no matter what it does ta K33. Lelo muleshito bunga stand up and be counted. We are all the bourgeoisie to rule us,” she said. The parliamentary candidate for K140, 25 kg. (If we continue living Lasten Banda equal before the Lord with men. “We will address the challenges by Mangango constituency, Western now, Fred M’membe like this we will not go anywhere. We have the right to vote for who working together and focusing on Province, is an example of female told his radio, TV and When PF came into government in we want, please let us choose the our goals.” empowerment, and says she wants 2011 you were buying mealie-meal LASTEN Banda, parliamentary right leaders, like president Fred She says women are at the fore- to help others to also be able to online audience at 33 kwacha. Today you are buy- candidate for the Chawama con- M’Membe,” she said. front of the fight. “A woman can achieve with the help of the Social- ing mealie-meal at 140 kwacha for stituency in Lusaka Province, says Chikampa says she entered poli- change the world, a woman is a ist Party. he is looking forward to helping SOCIALIST Party president a 25 kg bag),” Dr M’membe said. tics so she can help address her con- stronghold,” she said. “Let’s stand “I joined revolutionary poli- “Bread mwaleshita K8, lelo enact laws as an MP that will al- Fred M’membe launched the stituency’s problems that include and make this one thing. It’s one tics because of its commitment to muleshita bread pa K16. Inkoko leviate poverty. insufficient health facilities, clinics Zambia, one nation.” party’s election campaign in young people and women’s leader- iyo mwaleshita pali K20 lelo Banda has lived in Chawama and medicine, not enough schools, a Chomba studied for grades one to ship because youth are the future since 1992 and says he has experi- Kasama, pledging to build on muleshita pali K90. Sugar iyo poor road network, and agricultural seven at Chakopo Primary School and when you empower a woman enced the many problems his con- the spirit of the Cha Cha Cha mwaleshita pali K15, 2kg lelo issues, with fertiliser and seeds in- in Mansa, grade eight at Chitam- you are empowering the whole na- stituency comrades face. uprising that contributed to muleshita pali K46. (You used to creasingly expensive. ba, grade nine at Kombaniya, and tion,” she said. buy bread at 8 kwacha, today you He says the main challenges are: Zambia’s independence. “These issues can be addressed grades ten to 12 at Mansa School Kalunda, who was educated at are buying it at 16 kwacha. You a lack of universal healthcare, lack The launch took place in a by working together with the com- for Continuing Education. She also Mangango primary and secondary were buying a chicken for 20 kwa- of access to quality education, poor munity, councillors, the ministries private residence following the studied general agriculture at Mansa schools, says her constituency fac- cha, today you are buying it for 90 water supply and sanitation, inad- of health, agriculture and educa- party being denied a permit to Trades Training Institute, and holds es the usual hardships, including kwacha. You were buying a 2kg of equate drainage system and gar- tion, and also our president, Fred a certificate in secretarial and office poor roads, a lack of agricultural hold it in a tent. sugar for 15 kwacha, today you are bage management, and high levels M’membe,” she said. management from the same college. development, and water and sani- Speaking in Bemba throughout buying it for 46 kwacha).” of poverty. “My message to the people of our tation problems. the launch, Dr M’membe said the Dr M’membe said the Socialist Banda, who is a trained teacher constituency and Zambia at large is “Vote for the Socialist Party be- ruling party was scared, hence its Party was contesting the election and has worked in a number of that the time has come again to vote, Misozi Kaleya cause it is the only party that puts attempts to stop SP from cam- because real change was needed primary and basic schools, includ- and your vote is very important and paigning. But he said the time had and there was a vital need to save ing stints as deputy head and head necessary. Please kindly vote for the MISOZI Kaleya, parliamentary poor people at the forefront,” she come for it to go, no matter what the nation from poverty, which was teacher, says he is in a good posi- right leader, Fred M’membe.” candidate for Chasefu constituency said. it did. affecting more than 70 percent of tion to help with education issues. Chikampa was educated at St in Eastern Province, says “it is time “Baletina, umwenso nawin- the population. “I have been privileged to work Michael’s primary, and St Jo- for the poor to lead the rich, time to Kevin Kanyama gila. But tabafike nangu kumo uno with the people on matters of edu- seph’s secondary schools, both stand by the truth and not lies”. mwaka, ifyabo nafipwa; ilyashi na- PROFILES cation (in government, private in Monze. She holds a primary “Let’s work together; the peo- THE FUTURE isn’t built in the fu- lipwa kuno. Abena Zambia nabelu- and community schools) and am school certificate and diploma ple, councillors, MPs, and incom- ture it is built today, and this is the ka. (They are scared. They’re filled capable of engaging the Ministry from David Livingstone TT Col- ing president Dr Fred M’membe. right time to prepare for it, Kevin with fear. But they will not reach Dominic Banda of Education on how community lege, and a craft certificate in Please vote wisely and choose our Kanyama, parliamentary candi- anywhere this year, their time is schools can be strengthened to in- cutting and tailoring from Living- leader. He will lead you in a good date for Manyinga constituency in up, it is finished for them. Zambi- DOMINIC Banda is parliamentary crease classroom space as a short- stone Trades’ Institution. direction,” she said. North-Western Province, says. ans have woken up),” he said. candidate for Vubwi constituency in term measure in solving the prob- “The reason I joined the revolu- “I believe in socialism, working “Uno mwaka abapina baleteka, Eastern Province and says he joined lem of accessibility of education,” Clara Chomba tionary movement is because of the for people and uplifting the lower uno mwaka abapina baleiteka. revolutionary politics because of the he said. challenges we face. We have a lot of classes,” he said. Uno mwaka abapina baleivotela. Socialist Party’s manifesto. Banda was educated at Kawa- difficulties in Chasefu constituency, Kanyama, who was educated at ONE of the youngest parliamen- Mwabepwa pafula; mwacula pa- “The manifesto is the best one wa Lower Primary School in the the three most pressing issues being Kabompo Secondary School, is an fula. Ivoteleni uno mwaka naim- for the poor masses,” he said. “It is Chipata district of Eastern Prov- tary candidates, 21-year-old Clara a poor road network, no medicines electrical technologist with quali- we mutekeko. (This year the poor the only party that will bring justice, ince, Chiparamba upper primary, Chomba is hoping to represent in the clinics and poor agriculture, fications from Northern Technical will govern. This year the poor equity and peace to the people of Nansenga primary, Lilayi primary, Mansa constituency, Luapula Prov- especially shortages of fertiliser.” College in Ndola, and Darme- will govern themselves. This year Zambia.” Matero secondary and Chipata ince, in government. Kaleya was born in Chitu- lin College in Johannesburg. He the poor will vote for themselves. As a farmer, Banda is only too day secondary. He worked for Ka- She says she joined the Social- kula village, Chief Kambombo in is studying online with Australian You have been deceived a lot, you aware of the difficulties caused by fue Textiles of Zambia for seven ist Party because she wants change Chama district. She was educated University for a BSC degree in elec- have suffered a lot. Vote for your- a lack of agricultural inputs, and years before training as a prima- and better living conditions for the at Emusa Primary School and Lun- trical engineering. selves this year so that you can says a poor road network and lack ry teacher at Solwezi Teachers’ people and the country. dazi Boarding Secondary School, He says the main challenges his also govern).” of medicines are also major chal- Training College. Chomba says her constituency later gaining a diploma in early constituency faces include a high JUSTICE • EQUITY • PEACE

6 Socialist Monthly, July 2021 CAMPAIGN LAUNCH & PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES

Kevin Kanyama Dorothy Mushoba Lasten Banda Philimon Mooya Dominic Banda Gertrude Chikampa Fridah Mbewe Terry Sangambo Clara Chomba

Felistina Kalunda Jimmy Simoonga Grace Namunyola Lovemore Mvula Purity N’gambi Milton Musukwa Fitzwell Moomba Agness Mwila Misozi Kaleya

rate of youth unemployment, the master at Munali mine and a holder of their basic needs.” She says that current egoistical political system roads as they face the challenge of and with the people so they can take need for new boma site infrastruc- of an all-mining operations licence, the poor road network, high level of inherently designed to keep the ma- trying to get to hospitals far from control of their own projects to fos- ture developments, and equity in says he will focus on improving youth unemployment and gender- jority poor”. their homes,” she said. ter development and a better living education, especially for young health services, agricultural policies based violence are all areas of major If elected, Mvula says he will “Today I see our children walk standard for all,” he said. females. and poor road networks, if elected. concern in her constituency. work towards improving the road long distances in the cold and Education, health, agriculture, Mushoba, who holds a certificate network and quality of education rain, crossing tree branches that and roads and bridges, are all areas Fridah Mbewe Philimon Mooya from the Chartered Institute of Mar- in his constituency. He also plans to are put up as a bridges despite be- that Sangambo says need urgent at- keting, says the plight of youngsters stop the corrupt practice of contract- ing dangerous, just so they can get tention. FRIDAH Mbewe, the parliamenta- PHILIMON Mooya was so con- and women must be a priority. ing firms annually that construct to schools far from their homes. “There is a high level of illiteracy ry candidate for Malambo constitu- cerned about the lack of educational “Women are the majority after substandard bridges which are then Youths experience major levels of due to a lack of quality schools and ency in Eastern Province, says that opportunities for the poor that he the youths and hence their partici- washed away by heavy rains. unemployment which leads them scarcity of teachers, the clinics and pation in politics is vital to make a He says his message to the people into all kinds of unacceptable activi- come August 12, people should vote opened his own college in Kabwe, health posts in my constituency are democratic change, and our youths in his constituency and Zambia at ties, including violence.” for themselves. PM College of Health Sciences, of- managed mainly by community have turned into drunkards and large is one of “ubuntu” and unity. Namunyola says the people of “Don’t vote for me, but vote for fering free tuition. health workers, few people have ac- hard-core criminals, and this has no Mvula was born in Jojo village Kwacha have suffered for far too yourselves because when we win The parliamentary candidate for cess to farming inputs because they return on investment,” she said. in Mwanjawanthu chiefdom, and long and that the time has come to we need to work together as one, Chisamba constituency, Central find it hard to transport them, and poor and rich,” she said. Province, had been a head boy at all holds a secondary school teaching say “enough is enough”. my constituency has neither gravel “My fellow women: let’s vote for three schools he attended; Lukoshi, diploma from Zambia College of “Let’s rise up, take a stand and Milton Musukwa nor tarmac roads from east to west ourselves, because every woman Mulugushi agro basic and Danford Open Learning. usher in the Socialist Party for a bet- or north to south,” he said. will get justice, equal jobs with Chirwa secondary, and went on to ter life and future,” she said. THE SOCIALIST Party’s values of Sangambo attended Chinyingi men. Rather than getting married Paglory University, where he gained equity, honesty, humility, and soli- Agness Mwila at the wrong time, we have skills to a bachelor’s degree in science with Purity Ng’ambi basic and Zambezi boarding schools darity, align with those of Christian- and went on to study philosophy at express and a better way of living in education. He is now studying for a ity, Milton Musukwa, parliamentary AGNESS Mwila is the parliamen- St Augustine’s Major Seminary in the future.” master’s in inorganic chemistry. candidate for Mafinga constituency, tary candidate for Mfuwe constitu- ONE OF the youngest parliamen- Kabwe, and theology at St Domi- Mbewe says the many issues “I have been a leader and head Muchinga Province, says. ency and says she joined the revo- tary candidates, 22-year-old Purity nic’s Major Seminary, Lusaka. her constituency face include over- boy in all three schools, and com- “Not only that, but the party’s lutionary movement because she N’gambi, who represents Chama crowded schools with too many ing from a poor background I won- manifesto is easy to understand wants to make a difference. North in Muchinga Province, is a desks, a lack of hospitals and a dered how I could help my fellow and speaks about solutions to our Mwila says Zambians should businesswoman and peasant farmer. Jimmy Simoonga shortage of boreholes. youths to attend tertiary education. anxieties,” he said. “We strongly support the Socialist Party because “The reason why the people of “There is poor networking, not That is how I opened PM College believe that the only solution is the of its emphasis on justice, equity Chama North should vote for me I AM not a politician. I am not look- enough employment in our area for of Health Sciences,” he said. “This Socialist Party under the leadership and peace and opportunities for is simply because I am one of the ing for a job, but to serve the people educated youths, and fertiliser is ex- institution, which is still operating, of Dr Fred M›membe. Zambians are all, especially women and young residents who is familiar with the of Kanyama constituency and Zam- pensive,” she said. “All the above is for poor people who cannot man- problems we are going through,” ready for change. They are no lon- people. bia at large, parliamentary candidate problems can be solved by the peo- age to pay for tuition. They just pay she said. Those problems include ger interested in capitalist policy.” “My message to my fellow fe- Jimmy Simoonga says. ple when they vote for me as MP their exam fee and registration to poor roads, dilapidated bridges and He says the bad state of the area’s males is that they should support “I joined the revolutionary move- and Fred M’membe as president.” keep it running.” agricultural issues. roads, access to education, and each other in politics and work to- ment due to the many challenges She says the Socialist Party man- Mooya says he joined the So- “I joined the revolutionary move- youth unemployment, are major is- gether to achieve developmental that have not been attended to since ifesto spells out how to tackle the cialist Party because its manifesto goals in the country.” ment because, as young as I am, I sues in Mafinga. independence,” he said. “Kanyama issues, and stressses it is important addresses the masses’ problems, Mwila says the main challenges needed to change things by acting Musukwa was educated at constituency has about 400,000 in- for people to work together to solve “which is in my blood”. “There is Mudzabwela primary and Chingola in Mfuwe are a poor road network, instead staying dormant,” she said. habitants, is one of the oldest con- them. a need to invest in people by pro- secondary schools and studied jour- shortage of medicine in clinics, “I will address the issues by work- stituencies, but is not developed. Mbewe, who born in Chikalaba viding them with trade skills and lit- nalism at the Zambia Institute of and early marriages due to a lack ing together with the party as well The people of Kanyama contribute village, was educated at Chiutika eracy so they can find a place in the Mass Communication in Lusaka. of education. as residents. Not only that, but also to the growth of the country by pay- Primary School and Matula Day dot-com era and among the employ- He has worked both as a teacher Mwila completed her grade 12 at lobbying various donors. The only ing taxes, yet they don’t benefit.” Secondary School. ment poverty we have,” he said, and manager of a radio station, and Samfya Secondary School in 2010 party with the vision to change Simoonga, who runs both a adding that the road network and has been chairman of a number of and is now a businesswoman. Zambia for the better is the Social- school in Makeni Villa and a water Fitzwell Moomba boreholes for drinking water were enterprises, including Mukutu ward “People should vote for me be- ist Party with its leader Dr Fred project for about 600 households, among his constituency priorities. development committee, Kapembe cause I have it in my heart to work M’membe.” FITZWELL Moomba, parliamenta- Co-operative, and Hope Savings with them together with our good Ng’ambi says the Socialist says drainage, the road network, ry candidate for Chikankata constit- and Credit Co-operative. He was leader, Dr Fred M’membe. Together Party is the only one that supports transportation and unemployment Dorothy Mushoba are the main challenges Kanyama uency in Southern Province, says he also secretary of Isoka District Rice we can achieve our goals,” she said. women. “Almost all the time we is facing. joined the Socialist Party because EVICTIONS and harassment of the Association. are excluded from the governance He says youths and vulnerable he wants to live in a country that poor led to the parliamentary can- Grace Namunyola of the nation, so let’s vote for our people will benefit from coopera- respects all its people. didate for Kabwe Central, Central Lovemore Mvula fellow women and the party that tive programmes. “Those who are He says he wants to live in a so- Province, Dorothy Mwashingwele GRACE Natasha Namunyola, par- supports us.” specialised will be deployed in their ciety where all children can have Mushoba, joining the Socialist THE CURRENT political system liamentary candidate for Kwacha respective fields, with all materials access to quality healthcare and Party. doesn’t serve the majority of the constituency, Copperbelt Province, Terry Sangambo supplied by the local people of Kan- education, “because they are human “The invasion of third party Zambian people, thriving instead joined the Socialist Party after cov- yama constituency. rights”. claimants towards houses that we on deepening absolute poverty, says ering its activities as a journalist. IT’S TIME for real and lasting “The people of Kanyama have an “This can only happen by chang- have been sitting tenants in from Lovemore Mvula, parliamentary “Listening to the speeches of its change and to say goodbye to the opportunity to vote for the Socialist ing the political system from one the closure of ZCCM prompted me candidate for Kaumbwe constitu- key leadership and reading its lit- old, capitalist way of governing af- Party if they want to see develop- that is designed to favour a tiny elite to join the revolutionary movement ency in Petauke district, Eastern erature, it didn’t take me long to be fairs of the state, says Terry Kahilu to one that focuses on human dig- as the advocacy to own the houses Province. fully convinced of the correctness Sangambo, parliamentary candi- ment. The Socialist Party believes nity,” he said. yielded no results,” she said. “This is a trend known to destroy of the cause and I joined the move- date for Zambezi West, North West- in equity, peace and justice and no “I am calling on the people of “Constant evictions and harass- societies by increasing criminality, ment without reservation,” she said. ern Province. one will be left behind in terms of my constituency and Zambia at ment are the order of the day from social unrest, domestic violence, Namunyola, 27, says Kwacha Sangambo says he is participat- development.” large to rise to the challenge of interested parties who are the elite, child abuse and other antisocial be- faces many serious challenges, in- ing in active politics “so that togeth- Simoonga was educated at Cho- liberating our country from a self- depriving the majority of their haviours,” he said. cluding youth unemployment, poor er with visionary leaders I can help na Primary School in Monze, St Ed- defeating political system and vot- rights to properties. The Social- Mvula says he joined the Socialist schools, and inadequate healthcare. bring change to the way things are mund’s Secondary School in Maza- ing for one that puts the welfare of ist Party’s ideology focuses on Party because of its people-oriented “Over the years we have seen done, although it may not happen buka, and studied for a diploma in all Zambians at its core.” the needs of the majority – all are philosophy under the leadership of our mothers and sisters give birth overnight”. law at City College of Management Moomba, a former magazine equal and none should be deprived Fred M’membe, “as opposed to the to their children in homes or on the “The Socialist Party works for Studies in Lusaka. JUSTICE • EQUITY • PEACE

Socialist Monthly, July 2021 7 GLOBAL VIEW CHINA Victory for WATCH INTEREST in China is grow- ing, yet most news and analysis outside the country is produced by mainstream media from the global north. To provide ac- Peru’s left cess to Chinese perspectives, the Dongsheng Collective – re- searchers from various coun- tries – offers a China digest of as Castillo news. This is an edited selection. Sanctions defence TARGET of numerous US and EU sanctions, China has passed an an- ti-sanctions law to create legal de- fences against western attacks. The wins vote law introduces penalties for those who comply with foreign sanctions Teacher, union leader and against China, such as visa cancel- lations and freezing or seizing of assets. son of peasant farmers Asia Times 5G developing well set to be new president DESPITE pressure from Washing- ton, a growing number of African Kimberly Barzola Alberto Fujimori’s time in office. and other developing countries are With the neoliberal model first embracing Chinese 5G technology IN A MAJOR breakthrough being implemented in the region With 70 contracts in 41 countries in neighbouring Chile by the mid for cloud infrastructure and govern- for the Peruvian left and 1990s, Fujimori’s policies, known working class, socialist public ment services, Huawei is the largest as the “Fujishock”, resulted in the telecoms equipment and technology school teacher and union lead- privatisation of state-owned com- provider in Africa. er Pedro Castillo has made panies, removal of price controls South China Morning Post history, winning election as and state subsidies for agriculture, and the major reduction of the role the country’s next president. of the state in virtually every aspect Vaccination boost WITH 20 million people vacci- Castillo is a member of the of the economy. This was all to the nated daily against COVID-19 (60 political party Peru Libre (Free benefit of Peru’s business class and Clockwise from top: Pedro Castillo gestures to crowds from the balcony of his party’s headquarters in Lima, Free Peru supporters rally to the cause, defeated right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori percent of global total), China ad- Peru), which cites the ideas of foreign companies looking to si- ministered more than 923 million Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and phon profits out of the country. The impact of the pandemic on for the benefit of the people instead military bases in the country, and vaccine doses by June 15. It ac- José Carlos Mariátegui as the The impact of this right-wing Peru’s working class and indig- of multinational corporations. the withdrawal of Peru from the counts for 37 percent of the world’s foundation for its programme. shift was immediate and triggered enous and peasant populations has Regionally, Peru’s leftward shift Lima Group – the bloc of right- vaccinations total (2.5 billion), His opponent, Keiko Fujimori, massive inflation as high as 7,480 only intensified the political - ten follows a growing tide of resistance wing governments in the region es- followed by the US (311 million) daughter of imprisoned former dic- percent in 1990, leaving at least sions leading up to the election. to US imperialism. This includes tablished in Peru’s capital that have and India (255 million). China has tator Alberto Fujimori who herself half-a-million workers unem- Peru has cycled through four presi- the 2020 election of Luis Arce of attempted to overthrow the govern- exported 350 million doses to more is currently facing criminal charges ployed and left to fend for them- dents in the past five years amid the Movement Towards Socialism ment of Venezuela. than 75 countries. for corruption, waged a vicious selves amid soaring costs for food widespread corruption scandals party as pres�����������������������ident of Bolivia, undo- Castillo’s victory, during the Global Times campaign relying on Peru’s corpo- and basic necessities. The effects and mass protests. ing the US-backed fascist coup led year of Peru’s independence bicen- rate media. of this model continue to be felt With an oversized pencil in hand by now-imprisoned, former dictator tennial, marks a new chapter in the These powerful interests spread strongly today through the current at each campaign rally, Castillo’s Jeanine Añez; protests against the country’s history. But it is a mile- Law to protect data a message of fear by attempting constitution, which was amended key proposal to rewrite the consti- repressive and anti-working class stone that will not go unchallenged. CHINA has passed a data secu- to link Castillo to “terrorism”, a during Fujimori’s presidency, tution through a popular constitu- policies of the far right government People around the world should rity law to protect domestically- common trope levied against left and the ongoing disinvestment in ent assembly process, mirroring of Ivan Duque in Colombia, a key remain on high alert as Fujimori’s stored data from US jurisdiction politicians looking to challenge the public services that continue to a process currently underway in US ally; and the election of a left- team makes unsubstantiated claims and strengthen national security, political status quo. fail working class and rural peas- Chile, echoes calls from the re- wing majority in Chile’s constitu- of fraud in an attempt to steal the effective September 1. Interna- They also arrogantly denigrated ant communities. This failure was cord breaking mobilisations in tional convention, members tasked election from Castillo. These com- tional companies in China must Castillo for his working-class per- on full display as the COVID-19 November 2020. These huge with rewriting a constitution im- pletely evidence-free allegations store data domestically, with fines posed in 1980 by CIA-installed dic- have already made headlines in sonal background. Despite grossly pandemic devastated the country’s protests successfully pressured of up to US$1.55 million for non- tator Augusto Pinochet. Peru’s corporate media and could outspending Castillo, Fujimori’s economy and healthcare infra- former President Manuel Merino compliance. Castillo is seeking to carry out in fuel violence similar to what hap- smear campaign – an attempt to structure. to step down after a mere five days South China Morning Post his first 100 days in office a series pened after the results of the 2019 distract the public from her own The elections occurred during in office. They also called into of steps to end Peru’s historic role presidential election in Bolivia. political record as the founder a period of preventable tragedy. A question the deep structural crises Investment up by 30% as an outpost for US interests in the Castillo’s democratic proposals of the right wing Fuerza Popular recent review of the official death that continue to generate poverty BETWEEN January and May, region. This includes the expulsion for long-awaited change will re- (Popular Force) party mired in toll from the COVID-19 virus in a country rich with natural foreign direct investment in China of the United States Agency for quire the participation of the entire scandal – was not enough to win nearly tripled what was previous- resources such as copper, of which (US $75.3 billion) increased 30.3 Peru is the number two producer International Development pro- country and struggle against those the presidential seat. ly reported by Peruvian govern- percent over the same period in in the world. A major theme of gramme that serves as a de-facto who attempt to reassert the power ment officials, making Peru’s per 2019. FDI grew in-service industry Castillo’s campaign has been US intelligence operation masquer- of the elite. Shock capita mortality rate the highest in (41.6%, US$59.7 billion) and the reclaiming Peru’s natural wealth ading as charity, the closure of US LiberationNews.org the world. Thousands have been tech sector (34.6%) year-on-year. Castillo, son of peasant farm- turned away from hospitals, unable Investments increased from ASE- ers in the Chota province located to keep up with the number of se- AN (56%), Belt and Road countries in the Northern Andean region of vere COVID cases exacerbated by Coup warning as right wing reacts (54.1%), and the EU (16.8%). Cajamarca, is most notable for his a shortage of oxygen. Just over four China Daily THERE will be serious challenges ahead for Pedro have worked to calm “the markets” by disavowing militant leadership in the 2017 na- percent of the population was fully Castillo, with open talk already in the media of a any radical measures. After a dramatic fall in the tional teachers’ strike. The strike vaccinated as of early June. coup. value of Peruvian sol and a sell-off on the financial The power of nature demanded higher wages, the pay- Peru’s economy experienced one The right-wing novelist and prominent Fujimori markets, Castillo issued a statement affirming that THE Three Gorges Renewable ment of social debts and an increase of the region’s worst economic de- supporter Mario Vargas Llosa wrote a column for as president he would “respect the autonomy of Company has raised US$3.5 bil- in funding for the education sector clines. The economic fallout was the Spanish daily El Pais after Castillo was the the Central Bank” and guarantee payments on lion to invest in wind energy, in the nationally. particularly devastating in part due leading candidate in the first round of the election, Peru’s crushing foreign debt, now equivalent to largest initial public offering (IPO) His first place finish in the initial to Peru’s large informal economy, declaring that if he were to win the second round roughly 40 percent of the country’s gross domestic in 17 months. The company’s profit it would “probably mean a military coup in short product. (US$558 million) and revenue (US round of the presidential election in which was virtually shut down order in Peru”. He went on to declare, “We reiterate that we April stunned political analysts af- overnight because of strict lock- Leading Peruvian columnist Juan Carlos Tafur, have never considered in our economic plan na- $1.7 billion) grew by about 27 per- ter failing to make the list of the top downs that have pushed an addi- while warning against civilian and military “hot- tionalisations, expropriations, confiscation of sav- cent last year. IPO capital will fi- six candidates based on polls con- tional 10 percent of the population heads” trying to overturn the election, allowed that ings, exchange controls, price controls or import nance seven coastal projects. ducted in March, which registered into deep poverty. a “restorationist coup” might be required if Castillo prohibitions.” Instead, he is now calling merely for Nikkei Asia his support at just three percent. With millions now unemployed were to take radical measures. improved tax collection on corporations and seek- His success came as a shock to and facing homelessness, many Most blatant was the right-wing daily Perú21, ing a better deal on royalties from the transnational which on the eve of the second round carried on mining companies. As far as agrarian reform is Leading the way many and represents the longstand- have been forced to resort to des- CHINA published the highest num- its front page the headline “The political risks of concerned, his campaign has also foresworn any ing inability of the mainstream po- perate measures, including build- communism which is today being irresponsibly expropriation or redistribution of land. ber of papers globally on decar- litical class to reach the deep rural, ing makeshift homes on the out- promoted”. It featured a large photograph of Chil- The statement seemed to have had the desired bonisation technologies in 16 of 18 working-class communities, which skirts of major cities like Lima. In ean dictator Augusto Pinochet side-by-side with effect, with Peruvian bonds regaining half the value research areas between 2015 and are Castillo’s base. a chilling example of the level of President Salvador Allende, who was overthrow in they lost and the stock market rising. 2020. With US$250 billion govern- Rather than appeal to Lima’s suffering currently faced by many, the 1973 coup led by the general, ushering in 17 The elections have provided a distorted reflec- ment budgeted R&D in 2018, Chi- political elite, Castillo ran a cam- a forceful mass eviction of an en- years of dictatorship and bloody repression. The tion of the immense social divide that exists in na leads in battery storage – critical paign rooted in a working-class campment that housed hundreds article stated that Allende had “provoked” the coup Peru. While wealthier Lima neighbourhoods like for renewable energy supplies – so- by seeking to “alter the economic system that then Miraflores and San Isidro voted between 80 and 90 perspective and put forth propos- of families in the Villa El Salva- ruled in Chile”, warning that Castillo would do the percent in favour of Fujimori, impoverished regions lar cells, and electric vehicles, and als that would drastically challenge dor district of Lima was carried same in Peru. in the interior like Ayacucho, Cusco and Huan- is reaching US lead in paper quality the current neoliberal capitalist out by more than 2,600 police of- While the right wing has grown increasingly bel- cavelica, voted by similar margins for Castillo. and impact. economy, which originate from ficers in April. ligerent in its threats, Castillo and his supporters wsws.org Nikkei Asia 8 Socialist Monthly, July 2021 GLOBAL VIEW

The price of inequality As food prices soar and Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) not only leads the sector hit developing countries with struggles against their terrible especially hard, Vijay working conditions, but that the Prashad says Tricon- workers have an integrated plan for the reconstruction of Argentina’s tinental’s researchers economy. Another report from the are gathering evidence, Research Collective on Work – Ar- gentina (Colectivo de trabajo Ar- not only of the prob- gentina) looks closely at the rise of lems, but also seeking inequality between the richer and to assemble the ele- poorer nations as well as within the poorer nations. These research- ments for solutions to ers are building a robust assess- the structural crises ment of the social reproduction of with countries needing poverty with special emphasis on the gendered division of labour to a long-term plan to exit equip the public debates about the the neoliberal nightmare way forward not only out of the crisis of the pandemic, but out of the crisis of capitalism. EACH month, the UN’s Food In 2019, the team in Buenos and Agriculture Organisation Aires set up the Observatory of the Conjuncture in Latin America (FAO) releases a monthly Top: Faisal Laibi Sahi (Iraq), Cafe 2, 2014. Above: Xul Solar (Argentina), Casas en alto, 1922 (detail) and the Caribbean (OBSAL) to food price index. erbating what we call the “three families, the colossal squandering erratic lockdowns, the unemploy- people no longer see themselves as produce an analysis of the strate- The release on June 3 showed apartheids of our times (money, of their gifts and possibilities, are ment rates are high and the external despairing, isolated individuals try- gies and policies that confound the that food prices have surged medicine and food)”. Stalled vac- not taken as a crisis for our state, debt service as a proportion of the ing to find work or to improve their region. The OBSAL reports are by 40 per cent, the largest rise cination programmes in countries the people that govern it or most of export of goods and services is de- workplaces on their own. published every two months. In since 2011. The impact of this such as India, which produces 60 our elite public sphere. bilitating (above 59 percent). l Create publicly financed -em OBSAL’s Report number 12 (May food price rise will grievously percent of the world’s vaccines, and Lives are rendered as waste, A key problem in the countries ployment centres to assist the un- 2021), for instance, the researchers hit developing countries, most grave debt challenges for countries voices as noise rather than speech, of Latin America is the rise of employed in seeking employment. travel from the massive protests of which are major importers of such as Argentina, which cannot protests as traffic issues or crime. poverty among the working class, These centres should be rooted in and crackdown in Colombia to food staples. get wealthy bondholders to give it People are told that their suffering which includes both those who are a network of the union of the un- the elections for a new constituent Prices rise for a range of reasons, a grace period for debt-servicing is a matter of personal failure, their employed and those who are un- employed. assembly in Chile. There is no the current rise largely fuelled by payments, prevent recovery and attempts to cope with their situa- employed. The employed, many l Provide robust publicly financed better place to get a handle on the the collapse of sizeable sections further the cascading phenomenon tion consequent to moral dissolu- of whom work for fewer hours systems of social welfare without density of events that reveal – after of the global economy during the of hunger and despair. tion. They can be murdered by the than before and under precarious means testing and work require- analysis – the structural tendencies pandemic. Warnings of general The editors of New Frame (Jo- state during a protest or an eviction conditions, are as likely to face the ments. at work on the continent. inflation due to lockdown-related hannesburg, South Africa) without consequence. challenges of hunger and indignity l Begin a process to shorten the During her presentation to the pent-up demand, shipping bottle- were struck by the fact that youth Nothing here will be alien to as those who have slipped into the work week, with a living wage for UN’s High-Level Committee on necks, and oil price increases loom unemployment in their country has readers in South America or South ranks of the almost permanently all. South-South Cooperation on June over richer states, which, due to the hit 74.7 percent (overall unemploy- Asia, Papua New Guinea or Equa- unemployed. We welcome any input regard- 2, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secre- power of the wealthy bondholders, ment is at 42.3 percent, itself a jaw- torial Guinea. Policies for the generation of ing these points, which will be part tary of the Economic Commission have few tools to manage inflation, dropping number). More and more The ILO report shows that the employment “must be at the centre of an integrated plan that includes on Latin America and the Caribbe- and by poorer states, which swirl in people struggle to survive. The “worst-affected regions in the first of the economic recovery”, said the a proposal to raise finances for it. an (CEPAL), said that the continent a cataclysmic debt crisis. words of the New Frame editorial half of 2021 have been Latin Amer- ILO’s Latin America and the If you have any suggestions, please needed to eradicate poverty, move Rising food prices come at a are worth lingering upon: ica and the Caribbean, and Europe Caribbean director Vin���í�cius��������� Pin- email them to plan@thetriconti- towards equality, and revitalise the time when unemployment rates in and Central Asia”. This is one of heiro, although the grip of interna- nental.org. process of regional integration. many parts of the world have sky- Despair those phrases – “worst-affected re- tional finance makes it difficult for This is a correct assessment, rocketed. On June 2, the Interna- gions” – which mean little. Every governments to adopt employment Robust although tempered by the intrusion tional Labour Organisation (ILO) “Millions of people endure region of the world is the worst- generating policies. of the United States and wealthy released its annual World Employ- blocked lives, passing time in a affected, each region dense with This is precisely why Tricon- Tricontinental: Institute for So- bondholders, the former seeking ment and Social Outlook: Trends stasis marked by tightening circles suffering. tinental: Institute for Social Re- cial Research is a decentralised to drive countries of Latin America 2021 report, which showed, as ex- of shame, failure, fear, and despair. Nonetheless, Latin America and search – in dialogue with a network network of research centres and against each other and the latter pected, that the pandemic-related Some start to sleep most of the day. the Caribbean has been the most of like-minded research institutes – projects based in the continents of preventing a healthy renegotiation economic collapse has meant the Some turn to transactional forms impacted by COVID-19, with 8.4 has begun to draft a Plan for the 7.9 Africa, Asia, and Latin America. of regional debt. loss of hundreds of millions of jobs of religion, offering submission in per cent of the global population billion under the leadership of Bo- One of these centres is in Buenos Our researchers are gathering and working hours. the hope of reward. Some succumb and 27.8 per cent of the deaths livarian Alliance for the Peoples Aires, where Instituto Triconti- evidence, not only of the problems, The ILO shows that this collapse to the temptation to dull their pain because of the pandemic (though of Our America – Peoples’ Trade nental de Investigación Social has but also seeking to assemble the – accelerated by COVID-19 – has with cheap heroin. Some take what these numbers are inaccurate, giv- Treaty (ALBA-TCP). We drafted been closely studying the crisis in elements for solutions to the struc- brought on the “worsening of long- they can from who they can, how en the collapse of measurement in a five-point plan that we hope will Latin America and the Caribbean, tural crises. Our countries need a standing structural challenges and they can. Some, often supported India). spur discussion and debate: but also looking carefully at modes long-term plan to exit this neolib- inequalities in the world of work, by the grace of family, friends, and Spikes of COVID-19 infections l Enhance the levels of social to exit the crisis. One report, for eral nightmare. Help us develop undermining recent progress in community, manage to find a way continue across Latin America and goods and services, such as public instance, looks in detail at the pre- such an agenda. poverty reduction, gender equality, to hold on to enough hope to keep the Caribbean, the death toll sur- health, public education, and public carious workers of Argentina, the Tricontinental and decent work”. going.” passing one million in late May. leisure to lessen pressure on wages. excluded workers whose labour The effects of the collapse are The weight of what all this As a consequence of long-term l Strengthen trade unions and the holds together society. In this re- https://thetricontinental.org/ “highly uneven”, further exac- means for these people and their vulnerabilities in the region and culture of trade unionism so that port, the researchers note that the contact/ Socialist Monthly, July 2021 9 GLOBAL VIEW Miners in worldwide action for fair play Global strikes over low wages, safety issues, bribery and COVID-19 Striking miners in Brookwood, Alabama, United States. More than 1,000 have taken action against Warrior Met over a sell-out contract Eric London enous tribes whose homes have rity goons. One local news report and mine occupations, largely de- sibilities for the development of production, and other emergency been massively polluted by the explained that “tempers flared manding back pay. In September the class struggle. The unification measures that are necessary to stop global mining corporations. Re- and there was an exchange of 2020, iron ore miners in the city with workers throughout the world the spread of the virus. FROM the nickel mines of cently, miners at the Cerrejón mine blows between workers and secu- of Krivoy Rog stayed underground must become an integral element The ICFI is initiating the for- Ontario and the coalfields of (owned by BHP, Anglo American rity personnel. Workers explained for 43 days, demanding wage in- of the strategy of conducting any mation of this alliance on a global Alabama to the Atacama des- and Glencore) began blocking the that for over a year, [the company creases in opposition to the trade particular fight. scale, which is the only way that ert in Chile and the jungles of entrance, stopping production. and union] have not renewed the union, which attempted to prevent The fate of the struggles of min- the pandemic can be fought. The Across Colombia, mass demon- collective labour contract even the strike from spreading. ers and other sections of the work- International Workers’ Alliance Colombia, miners throughout strations and strikes of industrial though workers have not stopped It is not possible to list all the ing class depends on the develop- of Rank-and-File Committees, the world are engaged in a workers against massive levels of labouring during the COVID-19 examples of ongoing sectors par- ment of new organs of struggle with the political assistance of wave of struggles against the social inequality and state violence pandemic, which puts the workers ticipating in this global resurgence capable of harnessing the inter- the Fourth International and the world’s most powerful trans- stopped the export of 200,000 tons at risk of contagion”. of the class struggle. Suffice to say connected social power of the in- Socialist Equality Parties, will national mining corporations. of coal and caused US$80 billion In South Africa, industry publi- it goes well beyond mining and ex- ternational working class against strive to unify workers in a com- The corporate media and trade in losses for the mining companies, cations are nervous over the pros- traction and includes autoworkers the global capitalist system, inde- mon worldwide struggle, opposing union bureaucracies have with- according to the Colombian Minis- pect of renewed miners’ strikes. in India and Virginia, steelwork- pendent of the trade unions and the every effort by capitalist govern- held this vital information from try of Mines and Energy. South Africa’s mining output ers at ATI in the US, BBVA bank capitalist political parties. ments and the reactionary propo- In Peru, iron ore miners at the jumped 21.3 percent between workers in Spain, oil workers in On May Day this year, the Inter- nents of the innumerable forms of workers to keep them in the dark Chinese-owned Shougang Hierro March 2020, when the pandemic Argentina, and more. national Committee of the Fourth national, ethnic and racial chauvin- and isolated. But these strikes are Perú mines are on strike because first spread globally, and March Certain critical lessons must International (ICFI) issued a call ism and identity politics, to split part of one global movement in at least 24 of their co-workers 2021. A pro-industry attorney be drawn. Miners occupy a criti- for the building of the Interna- up the working class into warring which workers face the same is- have died of COVID-19, which wrote an editorial in South Af- cal position in the global capital- tional Workers’ Alliance of Rank- factions. sues: low wages, a lack of safety spread through tent encampments rica’s Business Live worrying that ist economy. They produce the and-File Committees (IWA-RFC). The world Trotskyist movement precautions, trade unions that in which miners live 10 to 15 to the trade unions might not be able primary materials needed for cell In a statement announcing this – the International Committee of are in the pockets of the compa- a tent. Shougang made US$340 to contain working class anger. phones, batteries, car parts, con- initiative, the ICFI explained: the Fourth International and its af- nies, and profound anger over the million in profits from the mine in “We saw it with the National ductors and other advanced tech- filiated Socialist Equality Parties – deaths of countless co-workers 2020, a 20 percent increase from Union of Mineworkers (NUM), nology, without which the entire Resistance has initiated the IWA-RFC within who contracted COVID-19 on the pre-COVID profits in 2019. until it became known as the world economy grinds to a halt. the framework of a perspective of job and were sacrificed at the altar ‘sweetheart’ trade union,” the at- The imperialist powers are en- The IWA-RFC will work to world socialist revolution. Work- of capitalist corporate profit. Tempers torney noted. “Even though the gaged in a permanent scramble develop the framework for new ers in all sectors and in all coun- In Alabama, 1,100 coal miners NUM did the best it could for its over these resources and fight to forms of independent, democratic tries must be united in a common have been on strike against Warrior Across Mexico, coal, copper members with agreements being establish control through bloody and militant rank-and-file organ- political offensive to take power, Met for two months after rejecting and zinc miners are engaged in calmly reached, its members lost wars, such as the US conflicts in isations of workers in factories, expropriate the ruling class, and a sell-out contract proposed by the strikes in the states of Zacatecas, faith in its ability to act in their Iraq and Afghanistan. The trade schools and workplaces on an in- establish a socialist society based United Mine Workers of America, Guerrero, Baja California and best interests, suspecting union unions, by advancing the national- ternational scale. on social need, not private profit. which has refused to call out any Queretaro. At one mine in Cosalá, leaders had been co-opted.” In Au- ist lie that workers in each country The working class is ready to The developing strike wave other mine in support of the strike. Sinaloa, 175 miners have been on gust 2012, the NUM, police, and benefit by supporting the corpora- fight. But it is shackled by reac- among miners is a sign of the In Sudbury, Ontario, 2,400 miners strike for over a year against the Lonmin company thugs massacred tions in “their own country”, not tionary bureaucratic organisations growing radicalisation of the walked out against Vale Inco after Canadian Americas Gold and Sil- 34 platinum workers engaged in a only pit workers against each other that suppress every expression of working class throughout the rejecting a similar deal put forward ver Corporation. wildcat strike. in a race to the bottom, they also resistance. world. The transformation of this by the United Steelworkers, which At a Tayahua, Zacatecas, mine Strikes and protests have also help the capitalist class carry out its It will be a means through which objective process into a conscious agreed to a special one-year con- owned by Mexican billionaire taken place across Europe and wars of plunder. workers throughout the world can movement against capitalism and tract in June 2020 to keep workers Carlos Slim’s Ocampo Mining Asia in the midst of the pandemic. Workers in every country must share information and organise a for socialism requires the building on the job during the pandemic. Company, workers walked out on In recent months, uranium and understand that they are part of united struggle to demand protec- of the ICFI as the revolutionary Though miners speak many dif- strike on May 22 and were bru- coal miners in both western and an international movement. This tion for workers, the shutdown of leadership in the working class. ferent languages, their story is the tally assaulted by company secu- eastern Ukraine engaged in strikes very fact opens up enormous pos- unsafe facilities and nonessential wsws.org same everywhere. In Chile, several hundred office workers necessary for production at BHP’s Escondida copper mine went on strike re- Venezuela says US is blocking vaccine payments cently, while thousands of miners are preparing for what the industry ing it had received information from Swiss million doses of vaccines for the month as the Fatherland Card that has been press is calling a “prolonged strike” VENEZUELAN officials say the coun- try’s government has been unable bank UBS (UBSG.S) that four operations, of July,” the president said in a televised widely criticised as discriminating on the against the Australian-owned BHP. totalling US$4.6 million, “were blocked and broadcast. «We are also looking for the basis of political persuasion. Health Minis- Even though the Escondida min- to complete a payment required to receive coronavirus vaccines be- under investigation”. It was not immediate- Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Janssen, ter Carlos Alvarado countered the criticism ers’ contract is expiring, the trade ly evident who blocked the operations or and have requested it from the COVAX saying those who were not registered cause transfers to the global COVAX union has kept miners on the job, why. UBS, when asked for comment, said system.” under the Fatherland Card system could effectively crossing the picket lines programme have been blocked. that for legal and regulatory reasons it was The COVAX facility, backed by the World request vaccines via the health ministry›s The socialist government of President of the office workers’ strike. The “unable to comment on matters relating to Health Organisation and Global Alliance website. Nicolas Maduro has said for months union issued a pathetic statement potential client relationships”. for Vaccines and Immunisation, aims to COVAX earlier this year set aside 2.5 that it was unable to pay for the COVAX The COVAX letter notes Venezuela has secure two billion vaccine doses for lower- million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in advance of negotiations, saying programme because of US sanctions, and expressed an interest in the Johnson & income countries by the end of this year. for Venezuela, but Maduro›s government it would conduct itself “entirely then in March announced it had made Johnson and Novavax vaccines. The Pan American Health Organisation, prohibited its use following concerns within a framework of respect” almost all the required US$120 million Maduro›s government this year began about possible blood clotting, although for the corporation, which made payment. which fields media inquiries about the negotiating with opposition leader Juan COVAX programme, did not immediately the World Health Organisation has said US$8.7 billion in profits by forcing But Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez said the fears are insufficient to warrant halting Guaido to pay for COVAX vaccines us- respond to a request for comment. workers at Escondida to produce in a televised broadcast recently that the its use. ing funds frozen in the United States via In recent weeks, authorities have started 1.2 billion tons of copper in 2020. government had been unable to pay a re- At the time of writing, the country had Washington›s sanctions against Maduro. vaccinating medical personnel and senior Escondida is the largest and most maining balance of US$10 million because reported around 250,000 cases of CO- But in March, Venezuelan officials an- citizens using doses provided by Russia productive mine in the world. four operations had been blocked. VID-19 and nearly 3,000 deaths, although nounced they had managed to pay for the and China. Venezuela›s government said In Colombia, miners in Pacífico, “The financial system that also hides doctors say the actual figures are likely to behind the US lobby has the power to vaccines on their own, and have since it had received some 2.7 million vaccines Bajo Cauca, Antioquia, Caldas, be higher due to underreporting and lim- block resources that can be used to backed away from talks over using the from the countries and planned to distrib- ited testing. The government is currently Córdoba, and Sur de Bolívar, went immunise the population of Venezuela,” frozen funds. ute around 1.3 million doses through 27 investigating whether the Indian variant on strike on May 13 demanding Rodriguez said. Maduro said he was optimistic vaccines vaccination sites across the country. of the virus has entered the country via wage increases and environmen- Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza later would be available in July. “The COVAX However, the vaccination campaign is Colombia. tal protections for nearby indig- tweeted a copy of a letter from COVAX say- system has promised us more than five based on an identification system known Reuters 10 Socialist Monthly, July 2021 GLOBAL VIEW Capitalist system has eroded the planet’s capacity to sustain life World Environment Day emphasises the need for ecosystem restoration

Vijay Prashad 1990 levels by 2030 and commit to a pathway to further deepen these cuts by 2050.

AT THE 1972 United Nations Capacitating mitigation and adaption Conference on the Human En- Developed countries must assist vironment, the delegates de- developing countries by transfer- cided to hold an annual World ring technology for renewable en- Environment Day. In 1974, ergy sources as well as by provid- the UN urged the world to cel- ing financing to mitigate and adapt ebrate that day on June 5 with to the impacts of climate change. The 1992 UN Framework Con- the slogan “Only One Earth”. vention on Climate Change rec- This year, the theme was ognised the importance of the “Ecosystem Restoration”,����� em- geographical divide of industrial phasising how the capitalist capitalism between the Global system has eroded the Earth’s North and South and its impact on capacity to sustain life. respective inequitable shares of the global carbon budget. The Global Footprint Net- That is why all of the countries work reports that we do not live at the numerous climate conferenc- on one Earth, but on 1.6 Earths. es agreed to create a Green Climate We live on more than one Earth Fund at the Cancun Conference in because, by encroaching and 2016. The current target is US$100 destroying biodiversity, degrading billion annually by 2020. The land, and polluting the air and United States under the new Biden water, we are cannibalising the administration has pledged to planet. double its international finance A new report from the United contributions by 2024 and triple Nations Environment Programme its contributions for adaptation, (UNEP), Making Peace with but, given the very low baseline, Nature (2021), highlights the this is highly inadequate. The “gravity����������������������������������� of the Earth’s triple envi- Setu Legi (Indonesia), Take Care of this Land, 2010 International Energy Agency ronmental emergencies: climate, suggests each year in its ���������World En- then less than one percent of reefs ect shows that the United States biodiversity loss, and pollution”. Ecosystem degradation is accelerated by ergy Outlook that the actual figure will remain. – by itself – has been the largest These three “self-inflicted plan- for international climate finance As things stand, there is a good capitalism, which intensifies pollution and source of carbon dioxide emissions etary crises”, UNEP says, put “the should be in the trillions. None of chance the Arctic Ocean may since 1750. The main historical wellbeing of current and future waste, deforestation, land-use change and the western powers have intimated be ice-free by 2035, which will carbon emitters were all industrial generations at unacceptable risk. exploitation, and carbon-driven energy systems anything like a commitment of that disrupt both the Arctic ecosystem and colonial powers, mainly Euro- scale to the fund. and the circulation of ocean least 1.4 million deaths annually mental degradation feed into each pean states and the United States. What is the scale of currents, possibly transforming ‘ From the 18th century, these coun- the destruction? from preventable diseases that are other. Between 2010 and 2019, What can be done? global and regional climate and associated with pathogen-polluted land degradation and transforma- tries have not only emitted the bulk ECOSYSTEMS have degraded at weather. drinking water. tion – including deforestation and of the carbon into the atmosphere, Shift to zero carbon emissions an alarming rate. The Intergovern- These changes in the Arctic ice The waste in the waters is only the loss of soil carbon in culti- but they also continue to exceed The world’s nations as a whole, led mental Science-Policy Platform on cover have already triggered a race a fraction of the waste produced vated land – contributed a quarter their fair share of the global car- by the G20 (which accounts for 78 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Ser- among major powers for military by human beings, which is esti- of greenhouse gas emissions, with bon budget in proportion to their percent ���������������������������of all global carbon emis- vices (IPBES) report from 2019 domination in the region and for mated to be 2.01 billion tonnes climate change further worsening populations. The countries with the sions), must enact realistic plans to provides stunning examples of the control over valuable energy and per year. Only 13.5 percent of this desertification and the disruption of least responsibility for creating the shift to zero net carbon emissions. scale of the destruction: mineral resources, opening the waste is recycled, while only 5.5 soil nutrition cycles. climate catastrophe, such as small Practically speaking, this means l One million of the estimated door even further for devastating percent is composted; the remain- island states, are the ones hardest zero carbon emissions by 2050. eight million species of plants and ecological destruction. In January hit by its disastrous consequences. ing 81 percent is discarded in land- What are common Reduce US military footprint animals are threatened with extinc- 2021, in a paper titled Regaining fills, incinerated (which releases and differentiated Cheap energy based on coal Currently, the US military is the tion. Arctic Dominance, the US military greenhouse and other toxic gases), responsibilities? and hydrocarbons, along with the l single largest institutional emitter Human actions have driven at characterised the Arctic as “simul- or finds its way into the ocean. At IN THE 1992 United Nations looting and plundering of natu- of greenhouse gases. The reduction least 680 vertebrate species to ex- taneously an arena of competition, the current rate of waste produc- Conference on Environment and ral resources by colonial powers, of the US military footprint would tinction since 1500, with global a line of attack in conflict, a vital tion, it is estimated that this figure Development declaration, the sev- enabled the countries of Europe considerably reduce political and vertebrate species populations area holding many of our nation’s will rise by 70 percent to 3.4 billion enth principle of “common but and North America to enhance environmental problems. dropping by 68 percent in around natural resources, and a platform tonnes by 2050. differentiated responsibilities” – the wellbeing of their populations the last 50 years. for global power projection”. No study shows a decrease in agreed upon by the international at the expense of the colonised Provide climate compensation l The abundance of wild insects The warming of the ocean pollution, including the generation community – establishes that all world. Today, the extreme inequal- for developing countries has fallen by 50 percent. comes alongside the annual dump- of waste, or a slowing down of the nations need to take on some “com- ity between the standard of living Ensure that the developed coun- l More than nine percent of all ing of up to 400 million tonnes of rise in temperature. For instance, mon” responsibilities to reduce of the average European (747 mil- tries provide climate compensation domesticated mammal breeds used heavy metals, solvents, and toxic UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report emissions, but that the developed lion people) and the average Indian for loss and damages caused by for food and agriculture had be- sludge (among other industrial (December 2020) shows that countries bear the greater “differ- (1.38 billion people) is as stark as their climate emissions. Demand come extinct by 2016, with another wastes) – not accounting for ra- the world at the present rate of entiated” responsibility due to the it was a century ago. The reliance that the countries that polluted thousand breeds currently facing dioactive wastes. This is the most emissions is on track for warming historical fact of their far greater by China, India, and other develop- the waters, soil, and air with toxic extinction. dangerous waste, but it is only a by at least 3.2°C above pre- contribution to cumulative global ing countries on carbon – particu- and hazardous wastes – includ- Ecosystem degradation is ac- tiny proportion of the total waste industrial levels by 2100. This is emissions causing climate change. larly coal – is indeed high, but even ing nuclear waste – bear the costs celerated by capitalism, which thrown into the ocean, including far above the limits set by the Paris A look at the data from Car- this recent use of carbon by China of clean up; demand the cessation intensifies pollution and waste, millions of tonnes of plastic waste. Agreement of 1.5°-2.0°C. bon Dioxide Information Analy- and India is well below that of the of the production and use of toxic deforestation, land-use change and One study from 2016 finds hat,t by Planetary warming and environ- sis Centre’s Global Carbon Proj- United States. The 2019 figures for waste. exploitation, and carbon-driven 2050, it is likely there will be more per capita carbon emissions of energy systems. For example, the plastic by weight in the ocean than Australia (16.3 tonnes) and the US Provide finance and technol- Intergovernmental Panel on Cli- fish. (16 tonnes) are more than twice ogy to developing countries mate Change’s report, Climate In the ocean, plastic accumulates that of China (7.1 tonnes) and India for mitigation and adaption Change and Land, (January 2020) in swirling gyres, one of which is (1.9 tonnes). Additionally, developed countries notes that only 15 percent of known the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Every country in the world has must provide US$100 billion per wetlands remain, most having been an estimated mass of 79,000 tonnes to make advances to transition year to address the needs of de- degraded beyond the possibility of of ocean plastic floating inside a from reliance upon carbon-based veloping countries, including for recovery. concentrated area of 1.6 million energy and to prevent the large- adaptation and resilience to the real In 2020, UNEP document- square kilometres (roughly the size scale degradation of the environ- and disastrous impact of climate ed that, from 2014 to 2017, coral of Iran). Ultraviolet light from the ment, but the developed countries change. These impacts are already reefs suffered from the longest sun degrades the debris into micro������- must be held accountable for two borne by the developing countries severe bleaching event on record. plastics, which cannot be cleaned key urgent actions: (particularly the low-lying coun- Coral reefs are projected to decline up, and which disrupts food chains tries and small island states). Tech- dramatically as temperatures rise. and ruins habitats. The dumping Reducing harmful emissions nology must also be transferred to If global warming rises to 1.5°C, of industrial waste into the wa- The developed countries must ur- developing countries for mitigation only 10-30% of reefs will remain, ters, including in rivers and other Edgar ‘Saner’ Flores (Mexico), Hijos del Lago Perdido (Children gently bring about drastic emission and adaptation. and if global warming rises to 2°C, freshwater bodies, generates at of the Lost Lake), 2017 cuts of at least 70-80 percent of Tricontinental Socialist Monthly, July 2021 11 ON AUGUST 12 VOTE FRED M’MEMBE FOR PRESIDENT #ZIVOTELE

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