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our men must kill,,,but not fight against the colour of the enemy, fight against the things lie fights for, systems of economic and social control.., ,*t: All his efforts to provide all possible support to the armed struggle reflected a bitter and serious understanding of the power of the enemy, a clear understanding of who the enemy is. We now add to all this our knowledge of the brutal way in which he was murdered. This murder will be avenged and the enemies of the Mozambican people must expect our revenge to fall on them and their sons with inflexible justice,. It was a vain hope that they nourished if they thought -to discourage us by this barbarous elimination of one man, even if a great man. In this they showed their weakness, their ignorance of the Revolution which has taught us through the toughest experience how to make of every apparent setback a new point of attack, how to use .every momentary retreat as an opportunity for a run and leap forward, how to find in defeat the means for victory. We grow stronger from our calamities, and this case is no different from the other battles, It is a test for us, perhaps one of harshest, but v/e shall face it with the kind of determination that the man v/e lost symbolised to us. We honour him for having given us the example of courage. And we thank him because he v/as able to speak for us the language of other men - the language of the diplomats, the language of the universities; the language of power, Among all these voices, he ga,ve a voice to Mozambique, and, imposing ailence on others, he made that voice heard, commanding respect for our grievances and for our struggle, So we gave him the task of representing us before the world and of expressing us to the world. We thank him for having performed this task with intelligence and abilityc Thus, we commemorate his life and we mourn his death. We knew, as he knew, that this could happen, even if it seemed -3-
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Title | CENPA-034~05 |
Filename | CENPA-034~05.tiff |
Full text | our men must kill,,,but not fight against the colour of the enemy, fight against the things lie fights for, systems of economic and social control.., ,*t: All his efforts to provide all possible support to the armed struggle reflected a bitter and serious understanding of the power of the enemy, a clear understanding of who the enemy is. We now add to all this our knowledge of the brutal way in which he was murdered. This murder will be avenged and the enemies of the Mozambican people must expect our revenge to fall on them and their sons with inflexible justice,. It was a vain hope that they nourished if they thought -to discourage us by this barbarous elimination of one man, even if a great man. In this they showed their weakness, their ignorance of the Revolution which has taught us through the toughest experience how to make of every apparent setback a new point of attack, how to use .every momentary retreat as an opportunity for a run and leap forward, how to find in defeat the means for victory. We grow stronger from our calamities, and this case is no different from the other battles, It is a test for us, perhaps one of harshest, but v/e shall face it with the kind of determination that the man v/e lost symbolised to us. We honour him for having given us the example of courage. And we thank him because he v/as able to speak for us the language of other men - the language of the diplomats, the language of the universities; the language of power, Among all these voices, he ga,ve a voice to Mozambique, and, imposing ailence on others, he made that voice heard, commanding respect for our grievances and for our struggle, So we gave him the task of representing us before the world and of expressing us to the world. We thank him for having performed this task with intelligence and abilityc Thus, we commemorate his life and we mourn his death. We knew, as he knew, that this could happen, even if it seemed -3- |
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