Survivors of South Africa’s 34-Slave Massacre Leaving Jail, Ordered Back to Work by Their Owner; More Slaves Shot; Democrats Party On — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)
South African Government forces brutally Murdered 34 enslaved Platinum miners owned by Lonmin on August 16. Lonmin spokesman Simon Scott immediately told Bloomberg, the BBC, and others that the strike was “illegal,” and that the Slaves had to return to work. After a few days, Slaves who had survived the Lonmin Massacre were arrested and charged with the Murders of their comrades, under the theory that they were committing a crime by striking, and that crime had caused the Murders by police.
During the Lonmin Massacre police also wounded 78 other Slaves. In addition, police killed eight Slaves in the days leading up to the Massacre, and claimed that two policemen were also killed. Of course, the lying police also claimed that they Murdered the Slaves in self-defense, which the video of the event disproved. 140 Slave miners were said to be scheduled for “conditional release,” meaning they must go back to work and drop their pay demands. http://news.sky.com/story/980169/conditional-release-for-south-africa-miners
South African President Zuma immediately stood up to support the Lonmin Massacre as an unfortunate but sometimes necessary way to control the conduct of Slaves. That was two weeks ago. Now, at least four of Zuma’s own Slaves have been shot overnight. This is the Gold Fields corporation, which, like Lonmin, claims that Slaves striking against their owners is illegal. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-03/4-shot-at-mine-owned-by-safrica-presidents-nephew
Later reports cleaned it up, saying that the police had only Tortured the Slaves with Teargas – a Weapon of Mass Destruction that is illegal for use in wars – and that they had shot the Slaves with rubber bullets. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/us-safrica-mines-idUSBRE8820FM20120904?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71s
In the late 1970s, the underground documentary Last Grave at Dimbasa was smuggled out of South Africa: It exposed the Slavery there. Americans then and now were/are in denial about South Africa’s Racist Apartheid system. To this day, Americans use a propagandistic mispronunciation of the word to Cover Up its true meaning. Americans pronounce it “Aparth Hyde,” but it is actually pronounced “Apart Hate,” and that’s exactly what it is. It is Slavery. If strikes are illegal and survivors of Massacres can be ordered back to work, then Slavery persists there. Today Lonmin is ordering 40,000 striking Slaves back to work. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gr5fCu25ZKUG54v0HdW72zQQ6ufw?docId=CNG.47f141a25c2dcbb7e7255dad16622a61.501
And today the Democratic Party begins its Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Billed as the “Teargas and Taser-Torture Convention,” at least one Black man was already Tortured there, a child is dead, and police are apparently lying about an arrested protester having a gun – police in the US often claim people that they Torture were armed, as if that would excuse the Torture.
The Torture victim, Chris Stevens, was hospitalized and charged with Resisting Arrest: The “Resisting Arrest” charge marks it as a case of Torture: When police Torture, Murder, or mistreat US citizens, the officers often claim that their victims were either Resisting Arrest (as they did when they Tortured me in 1981) or that they were armed, as they did with Anna Wright, who was arrested for protesting in Charlotte. Lying police first claimed that she had a knife. Later, they changed it to a gun. http://www.wcnc.com/news/dnc-charlotte-2012/Police–168306526.html Both Stevens and the Murdered Slaves are Black.
Police near Charlotte are on edge: They Murdered a 16-year-old child last night after chasing him. Of course, they claimed that he had Murdered himself. http://www.crimeincharlotte.com/2012/09/update-suspect-identified-as-local.html
Remember, police killed the suspect at the scene of the recent Sikh Massacre, then lied that said suspect had committed suicide – police at first admitted to killing the suspect, then later changed their story to he killed himself. President Obama’s “Justice” Department always lets police get away with these Murders, which obviously emboldened them to Murder this child near Charlotte, who is President Obama’s and the Democrats’ first dead victim of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Let’s hope he’s also the last person killed by police around the Convention this year.
Now is the chance for the Democratic Party to come out against Slavery, and against the shooting of Slaves. Now is the chance for the Democrats to come out against the deadly Racist police actions in North Carolina. Now is the chance for Democrats to come out against Torture. But the leader of the Democrats, President Obama claims “We don’t Torture.” New videos to YouTube every day prove that he’s lying. But, who are you going to believe, your eyes or your President?
My friend Presidential candidate Vermin Supreme, the Political Theatre Performance Artist who finished third in the 2012 New Hampshire Democratic Primary, diffused a tense situation at the Republican Convention in Tampa a few days ago. Tampa has a very mellow police force. Even a man with long hair and a beard like me can walk around Tampa without getting into trouble. Not so easy in North Carolina. Ever ride a Greyhound through there? The police presence and searches there are combative and terrifying. So, if you’re there or going there, be careful. http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/politics/rnc-protest-vermin-supreme/index.html



12 Comments

Thanks, normanb.
I’m sorry to live in a country, a world, in which a post such as this is essential.
And, it is. Rec’d.
Thanks for more on the SA massacre, normanb; we’ve been talking about it with Bill Purdue. An addition is the report from a photo-journlist there who carefully explains that 14 of them were murdered in cold blood by police 300m away from the ‘fusillade of gunfire’: ‘The Murder fields at Marikana’.
Thanks also for bringing the links (will click them soon), for drawing the truth v. pretty word lies contrast, and for the outrage.
I don’t know your Torture history; I can’t think of anything to say except: how awful for you, and how awful for our nation.
http://my.firedoglake.com/normanb/2012/06/10/florida-what-it-was-like-being-tortured-in-the-united-states-31-years-ago-today/
Excellent, very passionate report.
Can I vote for Vermin Supreme?
i don’t see a way to leave a comment on your diary of your police/medical brutality. i’m so sorry this happened to you. this stuff’s been goin’ on a long long time. i’m glad you made it through and are sharing what happened with us. don;t know why there’s no LEAVE A REPLY BOX over there.
I wrote the other story two months ago, and the comments section on it is closed now. Thank you.
I’ve got bad news for you: South Africa is this whole other country. Other than condemning the killings and working conditions, what do you expect the “Democrats” to do?
If Democrats abhor what happened in South Africa, an ally, they should speak out against it. If they support it, they may act otherwise.
But they should definitely speak out against the attacks on people in and near the protests: Democrats, their name referring to democracy, should support release of the newly taken Political Prisoners from the protest, and the family of the child whom police killed in North Carolina last night.
I wholeheartedly agree that they should speak out. Strongly and immediately. But their silence on the subject is not in itself evidence of support for those crimes. I can’t help but notice that in your post, you’re far harsher with government officials in this country who have zero power in South Africa than you are with South African officials, who have, like power only in South Africa. You do an admirable job of pointing out their actions and inactions but you only fault the Americans. “Democrats” should do this and the DOJ “always” does that but crickets about what the South African government should do. Because other than reporting on some of their actions and positions, there is not one word of blame for them in your entire essay. Lots of outrage at the “Democrats” but nothing about Republicans or even South African officials. I’m sorry but that just doesn’t make any sense to me.
In my writing, I try to persuade or pressure FDL readers & Greens & Democrats and other activists I connect with to:
Adjust their positions toward what I see as “Left” or Peace or Sustainable or Sensible Economically.
I’m sorry that it’s so abrasive.
I have hope for our Government, and for the Democratic Party, which I’ve belonged to (via family) since long before I was born.
So, yes, I have no standing with other Governments, but I recognize that our client states act on consultation with our Government. I do have hope to change attitudes of our Government and the Democratic Party, and through them, the rest of the world.
aha!
Thanks for posting, Normanb. Recommended.