March+2008+Current

===This is the daily circulation of the Communist University, dated for the day on which it is to be sent out. It includes documents received from different organisations, notices of events, study texts, and a selection of items from the press. Click on an item to read it. To see the covering messages that go along with these despatches, go to http://domza.blogspot.com/===

2008-03-30, USA, democracy or economy, William Blum, Anti-Empire Report
 * Commodities and Exchange**
 * 2008-03-30, Reprise 02, Capital V1, C1 and 2, Commodities and Exchange, 1867

Eskom and Counter-Revolution 2008-03-29, On the proposed hike by Eskom, SACP Media Release 2008-03-29, Billiton fires Standard Bank for reckless talk, Charlotte Mathews, B Day 2008-03-29, Energy-crisis myths, misrepresentations, fallacies, Bryan Hadfield, M and G 2008-03-29, Lies, lies, all gossip and lies, Phillip Dexter, Letters, M and G 2008-03-29, Seventeen years on, left strikes again to save ANC, Butler, B Day

ANC and COSATU 2008-03-27, ANC President Jacob Zuma on his return from Angola 24 March 2008 2008-03-27, Zuma steps on Mbeki’s toes with Angola visit, Hajra Omarjee, Bday 2008-03-27, Zuma's revenge, R W Johnson, Comment is Free, The Guardian 2008-03-27, Challenges for a poor province like E Cape, Z Vavi to ECSECC 2008-03-27, Why COSATU should focus on core business, Karima Brown, Bday

Zimbabwe Changing 2008-03-25, Tsvangirai draws record crowd in Harare, Lance Guma, SW Radio Africa 2008-03-25, Mugabe will not concede defeat, Lebo Nkatazo, Newzimbabwe.com 2008-03-25, Mugabe Says MDC Will Never Rule Zimbabwe, Tererai Karimakwenda, SWRA 2008-03-25, How Mugabe's faithful became the opposition, Tracy McVeigh, Observer 2008-03-25, Some foreign investors gamble on Zimbabwe, Nelson Banya, Reuters

Hamba Kahle Ncumisa Kondlo 2008-03-25, On the passing away of Cde Ncumisa Kondlo, SACP Media Release 2008-03-25, How Mugabe's faithful became the opposition, Tracy McVeigh, Observer 2008-03-25, Turning point at Cuito Cuanavale, Ronnie Kasrils, Sunday Independent 2008-03-25, Saki Macozoma’s election flawed and undemocratic, Wits SRC 2008-03-25, SACP 12th National Congress, 2007, Party and State Power

Political Economy 2008-03-24, Reprise 01, Intro to a Critique of Political Economy, Marx, 1857

Cuito Cuanavale of the Soul 2008-03-23, ANC commemorates the battle of Cuito Cuanavale 2008-03-23, Swaziland Coalition of Concerned Civic Organisations Easter Statement 2008-03-23, APF Statement, Democratic control of energy for all 2008-03-23, The undemocratic election of Macozoma as Wits Council Chairperson 2008-03-23, Argue about anything, Xolela Mangcu, Urban Legend, Weekender 2008-03-23, Titch, the crunch and me, Jon Ronson, Guardian Comment is Free

Impunity 2008-03-21, COSATU condemns Eskom's tariff hike proposal 2008-03-21, Electricity Tariffs, COSATU, Arms Deal, Sharpeville, ANC Media Release 2008-03-21, Eskom wants 67% tariff increase, Ethel Hazelhurst, Business Report 2008-03-21, Now Eskom seeks extra hike, this time 60%, le Roux, Njobeni, BDay 2008-03-21, Eskom's request for hikes sparks audit call, Enslin-Payne, BRep 2008-03-21, The Teflon top brass, Kevin Davie, Mail and Guardian 2008-03-21, Towers of Babble, Barry Sergeant, Moneyweb

The Revolution Is Ours 2008-03-19, Free State SACP PEC, March 2008, Press Statement 2008-03-19, Two Vice-Chancellors, Heidegger and Makgoba, Paul Trewhela 2008-03-19, Wrath of dethroned white males, Malegapuru Makgoba, M and G 2008-03-19, Coega and the Radiohead song, Reg Rumney, Thought Leader 2008-03-19, The Branding of Bolivar and the Cuban Revolution, Valdés, Counterpunch

Chris Hani, Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe 2008-03-18, COSATU condemns Swazi police brutality 2008-03-18, Chance for ANC to commit to public discussion, John Pampallis, B Day 2008-03-18, Architecture of SA red peril flawed, Anthony Butler, Business Day 2008-03-18, ANC National Executive Committee Statement, March 2008 2008-03-18, SACP 12th National Congress, 2007, Party and State Power

The Secret of Capital Revealed 2008-03-17, Capital Volume 1, C6, Buying and Selling of Labour Power, Marx, 1867 2008-03-17, Elites trying to blackmail ANC, Blade Nzimande, Sunday Times

Unity At The Base 2008-03-16, ANC tells COSATU, back off, Rossouw, Letsoalo, Mail and Guardian 2008-03-16, ANC alliance headache, Karima Brown, Weekender 2008-03-16, Rosa Luxemburg, last page of The Mass Strike 2008-03-16, Luxemburg, Mass Strike, C6, Organised and Unorganised Workers 2008-03-16, Alliance on Lack of Transformation of University of the Free State

A Man Called Horse 2008-03-14, Scorpion reaction to parliamentary investigations and findings, SACP 2008-03-14, SAMWU announces national strike action 2008-03-14, Gauteng SAMWU will strike in sympathy with NMM workers [|2008-03-14, Pre and Post Polokwane Proletarian Politics, 10h00, Bellville, 15 March 2008] [|2008-03-14, Chris Hani Month, Commemoration Activities, CHI] [|2008-03-14, Post Apartheid Capitalism, Colloquium, Cape Town, 4 - 6 April 2008]

Jara Post-Polokwane 2008-03-13, Post-Polokwane ANC, policy and governance, Mazibuko Jara

Lenin Replies 2008-03-11, Luxemburg, 1906, The Mass Strike, Compilation

Marx and Ms Bliksem 2008-03-10, Capital Volume 1, C5, Contradictions in General Formula, Marx, 1867 2008-03-10, Boychik, have I got the girl for you, Karen Bliksem, Sindy

Endogenous Right 2008-03-09, Endogenous Right vs False Left in Venezuela, Cicciarello-Maher 2008-03-09, How ANC chief Zuma sees party and country, Alec Russell, F Times 2008-03-09, Zuma says he is more powerful than Mbeki, Alec Russell, F Times 2008-03-09, Eskom announcement on new developments, ANC 2008-03-09, Saki in ANC payoff scandal, Buddy Naidu, Simpiwe Piliso, S Times

Barbarism 2008-03-08, COSATU condemns Israeli attack on union office 2008-03-08, Killing of civilians in Gaza, ANC Media Release 2008-03-08, SAMWU condemns the actions of Israel 2008-03-08, Stop the collective punishment of Palestinian people, ANC [|2008-03-08, Revolution and Counter Revolution in contemporary South Africa]

Some Of Our Own 2008-03-06, Class and Race, Cheche Selepe 2008-03-06, Reconciliation without justice, Andile Mngxitama, City Press 2008-03-06, Land reform plans do not get to root of rural ills, Makgetla, B Day 2008-03-06, The first time I was called a self-hating Jew, Mike Marqusee, Guardian 2008-03-06, Zuma on the state of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Politicsweb 2008-03-06, Workers shocked at human remains discovery at Assmang, NUM

Luxemburg Lashes Lenin 2008-03-04, Reply to Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin, 1904 2008-03-04, SACP Central Committee Press Statement, 2 March 2008 2008-03-04, Vodacom cuts off Ngcuka, Simpiwe Piliso, Sunday Times Business 2008-03-04, Article in City Press, YCL Media Release, 2 March 2008

Leviathan 2008-03-02, Capital Volume 1, C4, General Formula for Capital, Marx, 1867 2008-03-02, Malthus, Scarcity, Poverty, and Apocalypse, Martinez-Boal, Counterpunch 2008-03-02, Top Scorpions could be charged for Zuma report, Mkhabela, Sunday Times 2008-03-02, Scorpions boss to quit before the bell tolls, Quintal and Maughan, Sindy

Scoundrel Time 2008-03-01, Browse Mole Report, Democracy must be defended, ANC Today 2008-03-01, The Jevons Paradox, Robert Bryce, Counterpunch [|2008-03-01, COSATU CEC Political Report, 25 - 27 February 2008] [|2008-03-01, Annexure A, Analysis of ANC Resolutions against COSATU positions]

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