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Let's focus then on the Trade Union Federation, CASATU.

They had to reconvene the 2026 conference, but it appears they've got all the business done and included in that business is the election of the new office bearers.

Mike Shingange, a member of the SACP Central Committee said, and also a former president of the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union, Nehawu, has been elected president.

[audience applauding] And that is not really what the government is advocating on when we talk about employment creation.

South Africa's Federation of Trade Unions has condemned the burning of vehicles, shops, and buildings, as well as looting and property destruction.

The federation says no protest or political demand justifies violence, intimidation, or the destruction of livelihoods.

Its spokesperson, Asive Diani, says the unrest has been fueled by misinformation about a Constitutional Court ruling on undocumented foreign nationals.

general concern with the working class, but the concern is because the working class may get out of hand and may begin to organize on their own.

I would contrast that with the Chinese model, and this may surprise many, in saying that actually in China, workers make demands on unions, that the Communist Party of China is the dominant organization in China that also is responsible for setting policy or the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the National Trade Union.

And I think that's another point.

I'll make no, you know, I'm not cutting corners or I'm not obfuscating anything.

Further, I did mention the World Federation of Trade Unions, though I do examine them in the book.

WFTU was formed in 1945, just after the end of the Second World War.

It is actually an international trade union representing workers throughout the world.

It changed dramatically over the last decade.

This weekend, we have two opportunities, two very good opportunities that give us a chance to do that.

On Saturday, the DGB, the Union Federation, you know, all unions are in the DGB.

They have called for a number of demonstrations all over Germany against the social cuts of the government.

We'll see how big those demonstrations will be, but I'm very hopeful.

But, uh, in the meantime, you have the masses organizing.

Also, they, they had the new Trade Union Federation, the National Student Federation, the, uh, Federation of Cuban Women, different organizations that brought in the participation of the mass of the population.

And the new Communist Party was formed, actually formed on October 3rd, 1965.

Um, so this, you did have, you know, this degree of organization from below.

It was important to include people who were familiar with the local terrain.

and or had, you know, plausible reasons for traveling around their local environments to scout, you know, possible locations for wartime headquarters or landing sites, etc., The organization had at its top a small national leadership consisting of military and intelligence advisors, the heads of the two major labor market organizations, the Swedish Employers Association and the Trade Union Confederation, and various heads of public agencies, such as the Telecommunications Authority.

And they also had a small tactical staff, you might say.

And, you know, the national leadership consisted of roughly 10 or so people.