tokolos-stencils

26 Aug 2015

A STATEMENT BY TOKOLOS STENCILS ON FACEBOOK BANNING

On Monday, exactly one week after our radical action on the campus of the University of Cape Town in which we made known UCT's collusion with white monopoly capital, and in particular Lonmin (#LonminHasBloodOnItsHands), Tokolos Stencils' Facebook account was taken down by Facebook authorities.

CENSORSHIP

The action which terrorised UCT management, Zionist supporting G4S Security, and many white lecturers at UCT, has clearly had enough of an impact that pressure has been put on Facebook to remove our account on the basis that we are not a real person. This is an act of censorship. Facebook has colluded with our haters to censor our work and our voice. We are not however surprised because it is about time we stop relying on massive corporations to ensure freedom of speech. Such freedoms can never exist when they are managed by a capitalist ruling class. Corporations will always do the bidding of those in power to maintain their profits and to undermine radical action for freedom and justice. Therefore, freedom of speech cannot exist under corporate capitalism.

THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

We would like to let all our comrades, supporters, fans, onlookers, friendly media, unfriendly media and of course the corrupt, murderous, and parasitic ruling class, that aluta continua, our struggle will continue. Whether or not we are able to get back on Facebook is irrelevant. Our struggle exists in the real world and we will continue to take political action in real life, on buildings, walls, pillars and statues, to bring forward our struggle for a better world, where land is returned to its rightful owners, were the people rule and the government (if it exists at all) obeys, and where everyone has food on the table because their labour is no longer stolen by blood sucking capitalists and their government.

Being excluded on Facebook will merely force us to work harder to share our work (whether it is under the name Tokolos Stencils or not). But this censorship will not stop us.

We are still available on the following platforms:

tokolos @ riseup . net (email)

@tokolosstencils (twitter)

tokolosstencils.tumblr.com (website)

YOUN SÈL NOU FÈB. ANSANM NOU SE LAVALAS!

Tokolos: Spotted on a main road #NoOneIsIllegal

Tokolos' massive MarikanaDay action at UCT

Greetings from the Tokolos Stencil Collective

‪#‎RememberMarikana‬ this 16th of August 2015

This weekend a tokolos went along the N2 Freeway to remind drivers of MarikanaDay, the 16th of August. Our work has been seen by thousands of people who use the N2 Freeway each day. We hope more people will get to see our work before it is inevitably taken down by the City of Cape Town's anti-art unit.

‪#‎UCTHasBloodOnItsHands‬

Over the past few months, we have been inspired by the persistent struggle of the ‪#‎RhodesMustFall‬ movement at UCT. We did our research and found out a few little known facts about UCT's link to the Marikana Massacre:

1. Judge Farlam is on the UCT Council. 2. UCT has been investing in Lonmin for several years since the massacre. 3. UCT therefore has blood on its hands. 4. Therefore Farlam has a conflict of interest.

The Tokolos collective would like to remind UCT , the ivory tower, that it has blood on its hands.

It has come to our attention through the public financial records of the University of Cape Town, that investments in the order of millions of Rands have been made to by Lonmin's shares on the London Stock Exchange - adding to the long list of shareholders who have blood on their hands.

Why is UCT investing in a company that is complicit in the massacre of 34 poor black workers?

Why is UCT investing in a company that exploits its own workers?

For this we cannot let UCT go amiss.

Since Judge Ian Farlam himself sits on the university council and has supported UCT's investments in Lonmin, does this not mean that there is a serious conflict of interest?

How can Farlam then head the Marikana Commission? The fact that UCT and Farlam are investing in Lonmin knowing full well the company's complicity in the massacre means they both both have blood on their hands. This cannot be more clear.

UCT you are not an Island. Even though we have not been fortunate enough to attend your #1 ranked university, your actions still affect us and you cannot hide from us.

We trust that this time UCT will #RememberMarikana

And we ask: What is the Max Price for black lives?

Aluta Continua,