Remembering
someone in life comes with a sharp meaning behind it especially when such a
person made impact to advance the cause of humanity through breaking every day
in profit hands. March 20th, 2016 was the
His
death has been a huge loss and difficult to bear among those who one way or the
other had personal and political relationship and experience with him when
alive. These are people who he had, through his exemplary and revolutionary life,
impacted positively when he was alive both in political and literary
discussion. And for those who have personal experience with him said he was one
person, having the charisma and quality a human being have to effect huge
difference amongst people; even in hours of struggles.
From
those closed to him as friends and comrades, it was said he was a person whose intelligence
and consciousness represent the scientific idea piloting for the building of the
mass in freeing themselves from the shackles of the elites, which has been what
Uche stood for. He never for once compromised to divert from this idea even in
times of difficulties when the economy hit very badly has seen in recent time
that ordinarily any opportunistic person without conscious clarity of idea will
do because of the inability to understand the crisis confronting the human
race.
Instead,
in the thirty five years of his personal and political life he stood to defend
and struggle alongside with the poor against the policies of enriching the rich;
policies that are austerity and antis against the development of this country
in order to resolve the social contradiction of improving the living condition
of people who dig earth to feed. In fact, he participated in all the peaceful
protests/rallies and struggles of the poor working mass in the organization he
belonged (DSM), that has intervened and participated in all workers struggles in this country of rape life to
death.
For
example, he participated with other socialists, activists in one of the thundering
protests of January, 2012 against fuel increment that lasted eight days in the
Jonathan administration for government to reverse the pump price of petrol back
to #65: 00, but at the end suffered a bad fate in the hands of Labour Leaders
who before dawn of the struggle called the protest/rally off; while the protest
was already an explosion. He also participated in struggles like against austerity
measure, police brutality in the Ajegunle ghetto community which was classical
in April 1st to 3rd, 2010 etc. because he believed in the
ideas of better society against the system digging grave for people.
Living
by this commitment in his whole life, Uche patiently studied the scientific idea
of bettering the society and correcting the mess digging grave for the poor
class living below a dollar in a country that has enormous resources to turn
around the dark age of poverty. He doesn’t have faith on the system of
inequality to take forward this country out from the chains of profit economy.
That is why in the years he spent in this world of inflicting social madness, and
in the organization he believe on her ideas, he only knows that without
fighting against policies of private economy impoverishing people, nothing good
will ever come freely in a world knowing no freedom and equality for the
working mass to determine the future of society.
As
a fighter in the cause of revolution and for better society when with his committed
comrades, he tried to listen attentively to fundamental issues being spoken in
public discussions and made tremendous effort to delve into the ideas of
revolutionary philosophy, method and strategy of Marxism. He did not like being
distracted by worthless thing meaning nothing to him. He paid attention to
discussion which was meant to build the mind and the mass to the height of
consciousness and to sharply think through. He tried to follow the trend of
activities even in the structure of where he groomed his intelligence by
ensuring he attended all political meetings in the revolutionary organization
he had spent his whole life with.
Because
of this learning ability, he tried to be consistent to the cause of political
struggles in order to learn faster the method and strategy embedded in the
scientific idea of socialism to move forward society. This for him was the utmost
necessity for any person that wants to ascertain intellectual development. There
is nothing that can make difference for someone who wants to participate in
political struggles consciously without such person getting ready to understand
the philosophy holding revolutionary struggles and movement as spine to backbone
to transform society for the better. For him, this is one fundamental point
that meant a lot to him bold mind should be ready for.
And
as socialist fighter, Uchenna Dike never hesitated to mold his intelligence to
the climax of human reasoning to understand better the world of pain, empire
expansion and domination held down by private economy. It is though building
ones conscious mind can one’s intelligence climb the ladder of learning and never
stops learning the art of revolutionary struggles. Uche saw this as tabloid in
the heart of political struggles. In the heart of the organization he spent active
parts of his thirty five years of life with. His death for some who were his
friends, families, comrades observed this fact about him. Literarily, it was
said by his closest relations and friends that he did not rigmarole with his
potential and the ideas he stood for when alive. He always takes fundamental
issues wholeheartedly very serious without blinking an eye for it.
For
him, he took it upon himself as priority to direct everything he did towards
this path in life politically with time commitment to the organization (DSM).
Even after his academic graduation from the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo
State, Nigeria he did continue to keep the light burning compare to some hiding
in the tunnel of weakness and ignorance. In 2006/07 before his admission into
the university to study as public administrator in the cause of Public Administration,
he had already gotten himself acquainted into the art of politics and
participated in political and workers struggles against the iron government responsible
to millions of people living at the edge of poverty and deprivation.
In
this period of his life, an exception has been made with his potential compare
to some youth in the community, which again can’t be accredited as their fault
that they were drowning into the depth of ignorance and psychological
frustration; the ruling philosophy and market designed for us to follow without
frowning and questioning the fundamental. A philosophy that never stands for
the building of people’s consciousness when it is necessary, instead it is to
continue to enslave people, chain them and make people eat their heart as if
psychologically they were the one responsible for the economy crisis grinding
humanity especially in this 21st century of market breaking itself.
Politically
and even psychologically, he cast the stone of understanding better why this
world was never originally made the way as some junky ideas preaches. He
believed through the clarity of ideas consciously that youth roaming the street
frustrated is centre on the cause of private economy responsible to the
psychological trauma of people, running people into the tunnel of frustration
that some belief tag superstitious. Through the scientific ideas of Marxism he
groomed himself into up to the level of consciously arriving to the point of what
he strongly believe as a way forward for human society was that; the existence
of life can’t continue to rest on the shoulder of junky ideas, millions of
people were cowed into.
This
junky ideas floating like kite in the atmosphere without being concrete to
explain the backwardness of human civilization and destiny. For him, it is all
trash and weightless to lift the reasoning of human thinking when inside the
mud. That has been the attitude of those in the affairs of government who
determine society’s future to tell the poor class; life is never made to be
equal for people to live happily. While he was alive, he never for once
patronized this ‘junky ideas’, even when some say is ‘private’. What he did was
to remove the blindfold from his eyes and sailed in the boat of scientific idea
to better the life of people. Sometimes, when he discussed these things with friends
over the way the private economy of big shoes run millions to ignorance, he
would say hunger creates illusion.
With
this in his mind before his sudden death on 20thMarch, 2015, he
maintained the trend of padlocking out this idea responsible for not developing
the human mind to think sharply and rationally, prompt him to move away from it
like light from darkness. It is not an idea that can blow the trumpet of
revolution closer. They are ideas which have perpetually locked million of
people inside the cage of ignorance and darkness. Making people not to think
outside the traditional ideas they were taught to believe all through their
life, putting people in the lane of fear and quilt. Uchenna Dike Chukwujekwu saw
this idea as chains in the neck of people around him. He sometimes made the
point clear when he literarily discussed with friends about the state of this
belief and the elites using it to rope human mind as it occurs in capitalist
society.
Due
to the fact of understanding better the weakness of this idea that represents
the market of profit putting millions on the edge of unemployment, economic
frustration, homelessness, poverty, psychological trauma, health crisis, lack
of stable electricity and water to drink etc. that can’t breathe freely in the
palm of capitalism. It is only through a socialist society can life be better
for millions of poor people. Uche understood that the private sector economy
can’t lift the mountain from the shoulder of the mass; made him to consciously
in the political struggles of this country join movement of the working mass
against government unleashing profit agenda.
In
many of this struggles like in the 2003 general election in this country. Uche,
amongst some youth in the community he resided when joined the organization he
groomed himself into the cause of revolution. He participated as polling agent for
the NCP, the party that had welfare program, before it was taken over by
rightwing elements, against the pro-rich parties which unleash anti-poor policies
on the masses. He never compromises himself for an exchange of token as some
desperate persons will do. Instead, all through the period of the election that
year, he stood firm alongside with other socialist fighters who were DSM and
NCP members to defend votes cast by the mass for better condition of living;
entrusting their votes on party they believe and can trust.
Even
before the fixed date and month of the election in 2003, when the pro-rich
caesarean parties like PDP, AC and APGA etc were investing stolen resources to return
back to public offices. Uchenna Dike Thomas gave his time and commitment with
other socialist fighters in the party (NCP), were busy day and night working
and moving into the dense ghetto community to canvass the party program by
pasting posters and leafleting people for why the pro-rich parties can’t really
make life better for the poor. He never allowed things that weren’t fundamental
to eat his time all through that period. He was always following the method and
strategy of the organization to learn the art of this struggle.
However,
it doesn’t mean in his entire life there was no mistake he had committed. Mistake
has always been something every person will fall into. Even the most
intelligent minds do fall for it. But making
a mistake doesn’t mean a crime to humanity. The most important thing is to
sharply learn from it by also allowing the wind of criticism and self-criticism
blow and penetrate into your consciousness as fighter. That is the only way to
learn fast and faster in whatever we do. And the moment we begin to wear the
coat of pride and exoneration disregarding mistakes, we left ourselves into the
floating state of concussion. For Uche, as revolutionary fighter, it is a
progress and an exemplary thing to learn from mistake especially when there is
a cause of making better society lies ahead.
And
not mention his later life, is trimming it off history. History remembers him
not because of his name but what significantly he has committed his life, time,
and mind to the struggle of bringing a better world. A system that makes life
unbearable for people on minimum wage to live as he did exist in the Nigeria
under private economy and corrupt government feeding those fat cats living on
the sweat of the poor class. We can’t
have a world free from brutal assault of capital when people like Uchenna
Chukwujekwu Dike didn’t sacrifice time in the cause of socialist revolution he
strongly believe upon, to ensure the poor masses in communities and the Nigeria
society at large, get all the necessary armour of consciousness to turn around
this world of the banks stealing from us to enrich the elites.
In
life, death and remembrance, Uchenna Chukwujekwu Dike was a symbol of
discipline, consistence, and learning the art of struggle and revolution. A life
of thirty five that he never allowed himself to be wasted but seized the
opportunity of learning intellectually the scientific ideas of revolution and Marxism
in order to better the world private economy ruined to disasters as it is has
been doing then and now; digging more tunnels, pits and graves for millions of people
living in the vortex of poverty. He will ever be remembered for his life in
struggle. The great life that will live in the memory of history for us to read
and learn from the significance believing the world can be made better by the
power of struggle and revolution.
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