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The fifth anniversary of the beginning of the armed struggle in Mozambique
was this year marked not only by the usual events in the liberated areas
of Mozambique - public meetings in all bases and villages, feasts and
dances, plays performed by school children - but also by our friends
outside - Tanzania, Zambia, England, Holland, etc.  The form and content
of their meetings varied considerably but they all had the same aim of
signifying 25 September as a very special date in the' lives of the
Mozambican people - the day on which the revolution really started.
Our friends in Holland, for example, organised several meetings in various
towns including the university of Leiden, attended by members of many
different organisations:  The Angola Committee,  the Labour Party, the
Youth of the Labour Party, the Committee of Mothers that Want Peace, the
Party of "Radikalen", the Pacifist Social Party, the Southern Africa
Committee, NESBIC, and the Workgroup on Southern Africa*  In Zambia
there was a public meeting in the African Liberation Centre and an
exhibition of photographs.  In Tanzania the University College Revolutionary Front organised a march and demonstration on the campus, followed
by an open-air meeting.  They also arranged an exhibition of photographs
illustrating the various aspects of the struggle in Mozambique.  From
England we have received the following report from the Committee for
Freedom in Mozambique:-
In England the 25 September v/as celebrated at an informal gathering
organised by the Committee for Freedom in Mozambique.  Film, poetry,
drama were used to illustrate the nature of the struggle in Mozambique
and a tape recording of Mozambican music was played.  These were followed
up by a brief report from the Secretary of the Committee on the development of the struggle over the past year.  The rest of the evening was
left open for a general discussion which v/as to concentrate on  the
relationship between the struggle in Mozambique and the struggle of
progressive forces in England.
The film Veneeremos was shown, and the poetry read was selected from the
work of poets from Mozambique,  Angola and Guin£.  The most controversial
item was a short play produced by members of Agitprop and CAST, two
groups which have been experimenting with drama as a means of political
mobilisation.  The performance was of special interest because it was the
first time that either group had worked on an external political issue,
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