[DEBATE] : Maybe it is time for the ANC 'to replace itentiregeneration of leaders'

[Doug Henwood]

On Nov 8, 2007, at 1:55 PM, peter waterman wrote:

> It has to do with the left's archaic notion that power is at the  
> centre and the top, and that mass empowerment can lead to a change  
> in control of that power, after which the role of the mass is to  
> applaud those of their previous leaders or simple comrades who now  
> exercise that power.

What exactly do you have to show for that POV? To get more precise,  
what do the Zapatistas have to show for 13 years of being too decent  
to contest for state power?

Doug