We are pan Africanists and defenders of human rights that are in the context of Afrika and our constitution. We exist and advance, defend and promote the fundamental rights of the Afrikan people. As a party we prioritise focusing on Social and Economic Development. We believe a lot of politics has been done and we need to accept the call for delivering on the specific necessities of this dispensation.
As Labor, Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) we have SEED as our Manifesto which is Sustainable Empowerment and Economic Development (SEED). Our focus is mainly the economy. An economy that transforms the lives of workers from mere receiving of wages and salaries into shareholders in all cooperations that employ them. Workers must not have just pensions on retirement but posterity which can be passed on to the 10th generation.
Our Philosophy: The Afrikan Way
_Because Africa we are being told to import America’s democracy... its not easy...its working in America because that is how America was founded..they have been perfecting if for over 200 years. Africa we have our own characteristics and founding values, if we build a system based on our own values, culture, characteristics we will do well jus like China, China has always emphasised on implementing “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” they are doin well, Putin did that in Russia after Yelstin tried to import American democracy afta the fall of the Soviet Union and it was chaos all over until Vladimir Putin... Africa we only need to identify our characteristics and our founding values and culture then design our own democratic system based on those fundamental principles and we are good to GO...but unfortunately anyone who tries to push foward that idea is then considered a terrorist by those western imperialist._ Muamma Gaddafi
We lack IDENTITY as a people. A conglomeration of all things and do not know why things are not working for us as Africans. Without defining who we are means we going nowhere very fast. Thats why its not easy for our people to feel a sense of belonging in Africa. We are a fragmented society lacking a rallying point. For example being Zimbabwean means lots of different things to different people in Zimbabwe. Yet in USA their freedom carter recognises: all men were created equal, is guaranteed the right to freedom and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is a rallying point for everything American. What do we have as a nation or as Africans?
LEAD is a pan Africanist party pro economic development that seeks to make reparations for past wrongs and unite the country and build a nation with a common shared vision and identity. We resist racism white supremacy and capitalism which is an intricate part to it. We do not believe in being dominated by the West or begging policies and receipt of conditional AID and FDI that threaten our sovereignty. If ever foreign investment is to come it has to be welcomed from our position of strength and not of weakness or begging.
LEAD has the courage to be different. It might seem to be a mammoth task to bring forth a new political culture in Zimbabwe. We are committed to ensuring that Zimbabwe moves out of the culture of politics of patronage, personalities and populism and moves in to issue based politics that will transform Zimbabwe in our quest to ensure sustainable human development and sustainable economic growth.
Linda Masarira
LEAD President
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