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A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), SaCut Denis Amenga-Etego says it\u2019s totally wrong to stage a demonstration against the government with guns. SaCut Denis Amenga-Etego<\/p>\n Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo\/peacefmonline.com\/ghana<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Featured Video\n<\/p>\n
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According to him, the idea for the \u2018June 4 \u2018armed\u2019 demo\u2019 may have another twist if the organizers are allowed to proceed.
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Some leaders of the pressure group, #Fixthecountry are seeking clearance to hold a three-day protest starting June 4 against the Akufo-Addo-led government
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The group had informed police that they will be employing their own security personnel and will be armed, in order to protect the marchers.
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But SaCut Denis Amenga-Etego who had joined the group and their previous demonstration seem not to support their proposed \u2018armed demo\u2019.
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\u201cArms\u201d takes on a different meaning when we want to win the hearts and minds of the people against a tyrannical government,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he told the group in a statement copied to Peacefmonline.com.<\/strong>
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Adding that,\u00a0\u201cThe pen is mightier than the gun. Don\u2019t these so-called intellectuals know this? Or they just got confused for a second?\u201d<\/em>
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Fixing The Country With \u201cArms\u201d Of Conviction <\/strong>
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Mr Kwesi Pratt and , who wined and dined with the radically extreme left all over the world from Cuba to Bolivia to Iran etc and learned their ways of social and political mobilization for political action – even they never contemplated the idea of an \u201carmed demonstration\u201d on the streets of Ghana.
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Obviously, they understood the mood and acceptably chosen methods of the people in their activism. They were not confused – not even for a second. And that\u2019s why they had a massive following, at least, until they faded out on the streets and stationed themselves in the studios.
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Political action requires strategic thinking along with the masses of the people. Once there is confusion about the strategic political goal of a movement, the group is reduced to a vehicle for misguided self-promotional gimmicks.
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\u201cArms\u201d takes on a different meaning when we want to win the hearts and minds of the people against a tyrannical government.\u00a0
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We need to be \u201carmed\u201d with the conviction of principles. Armed with social and scientific research and investigative tools to being able to know the exact mood of the masses at every point in time and the prevailing ills of the government. We need to be \u201carmed\u201d with the truth.
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We must also be armed with a moral high ground. In other words, the integrity of the leaders of any street protest is more inviting to the masses than guns and bullets.
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The pen is mightier than the gun. Don\u2019t these so-called intellectuals know this? Or did they just got confused for a second?
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Street protest is a tool for psychological warfare to undermine the prevailing psychology which is out of \u201cmanufactured consent\u201d exposing the ills of government and carrying the people along in an effort to wake up the spirit and sense of people-power among the masses.
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The end game is \u201cmass resistance\u201d to the establishment. A man’s resistance leads to a dead end.
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The last time, I and many others were on the street with #FixTheCountry organizers to lend our \u201carms\u201d of a collective voice to the mass resistance of the establishment.
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There are no doubts in the masses about a clearly misguided leadership after their call for arms on the street. And this is where the group may have to fix itself and come again! <\/p>\n\n
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