EDITORIAL
Today marks the occasion of the first English publication of
"MOZAMBICAN REVOLUTION':  For us it is a welcome day.  Appeals from
our friends for news from and about Mogambique has been tremendous.
Preceeding this new English edition are publications in Portuguese and four African National languages.,  All efforts have been
concentrated on news dissimination and the organisation of the people. Until now it has been impossible to finance an edition in a
foreign language, but with the growing strength of the Mogambique
Liberation Front and the increased demands for news of the revolution, we now feel that we have no alternative but bring out an English edition.
The bulletin "MOZAMBICAN REVOLUTION" will tell cf the struggle
against Portuguese colonial regime - of our triumphs and of our difficulties in fighting the fascists. Some of the articles appearing
will be translations of those used in our national bulletin. But
perhaps most important of all will be to explain to other nations
the position of FRELIMO in relation to the concrete problems that
daily beset our struggle for independence.
So here we are. For those who have inspired us to begin this
publication we hope it will fulfil the need you have so often expressed. For those who are "just watching", we hope that you will
our need for freedom and the determination to win it as deeply as
we feel it ourselves.
WHY MOZAMBICAN REVOLUTION
?
For FRELIMO, the struggle in which the Mozambican people are
now engaged is only one phase, only the beginning of a long revolutionary process toward a radical change in the present situation in
Mogambique. It is Mozambique shrugging her shoulders to shake off
subjugation and exploitation that has harnessed her since the beginning of Portuguese domination. It is her fight for human dignity.
PRELIMO strives today for the destruction of colonialism so that
tomorrow the people of Mozambique can build a nation, properous and
thriving, based on the well-beeing of a people whose freedom is secure. Our struggle will not end when independence is won. We will
always guard our country against our old enemy (imperialism) in new
disguise, against exploitation and social degradation , camouflaged
by a"new" friendship. Our friends are those who help- us now, and do
not stand aside, waiting for brighter days. The struggle for the
realization of national well-beeing and social progress demands a
continuing fight against imperialism.  For FRELIMO, national independence is a means, and not an end.  That why, MOZAMBICAN REVOLUTION.