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EDITORIAL
Our armed struggle has begun.
It began as FRELIMO had planned—organized and determined.
At the exact moment, after FRELIMO had prepared the minimum military
and political conditions within Mozambique, the people, under
FRELIMO1s leadership, took up arms and attacked.
Up till then, our struggle was on the plane of negotiation, that is,
attempted negotiation. It was only after exhausting all possibilities of a peaceful solution that we decided to take up arms.
We are now sure that this is the only means by which to convince
the Portuguese people in Mozambique to get out; to give back what
belongs to us; to restore to us our land.
We are aware of the difficulties we shall have to face: 35,000 Portuguese soldiers equipped with the most modern arms; cannons and
tanks; jet planes; napalm bombs; police instructed in the Nazi
techniques of repression and control; militias of colons specially trained in the "capa ao negro" ("hunt* for'the^blabk man").
This entire apparatus has already begun to work against us, with
its greatest strength.
Only, when we decided to confront Portuguese colonialism—when we
resolved, by a conscious and pondered decision, to destroy
the world of oppression and misery that strangers established in
our country, to build a world of Justice and Equality, we had
already weighed the forces of represssion. We knew that, for
many of us, death would be the price of that ideal. We are
ready to pay any price for it.
For us, we have the strength that comes to us from our ideals of
Liberty.; We have aid that other peace-loving peoples of the
world give to us. We have the History and the example of other
peoples: our-Algerian brothers one day decided also to be free—
and they got it, fighting against one of the most powerful
colonialist armies of the world'.
We have nothing to lose. Existence itself has no meaning in a
regime of servitude. V/e have nothing to lose but the chains
that destroy our dignity.
We shall never turn back. Nothing can stop our revolution. The
Mozambican revolution is an immense movement—irreversible as
a force of nature—with roots in the will and in the aspirations
of each Mozambican.
Our armed struggle has begun. It will not cease before Mozambique
is independent.
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| Title | CENPA-117~02 |
| Filename | CENPA-117~02.tiff |
| Full text | EDITORIAL Our armed struggle has begun. It began as FRELIMO had planned—organized and determined. At the exact moment, after FRELIMO had prepared the minimum military and political conditions within Mozambique, the people, under FRELIMO1s leadership, took up arms and attacked. Up till then, our struggle was on the plane of negotiation, that is, attempted negotiation. It was only after exhausting all possibilities of a peaceful solution that we decided to take up arms. We are now sure that this is the only means by which to convince the Portuguese people in Mozambique to get out; to give back what belongs to us; to restore to us our land. We are aware of the difficulties we shall have to face: 35,000 Portuguese soldiers equipped with the most modern arms; cannons and tanks; jet planes; napalm bombs; police instructed in the Nazi techniques of repression and control; militias of colons specially trained in the "capa ao negro" ("hunt* for'the^blabk man"). This entire apparatus has already begun to work against us, with its greatest strength. Only, when we decided to confront Portuguese colonialism—when we resolved, by a conscious and pondered decision, to destroy the world of oppression and misery that strangers established in our country, to build a world of Justice and Equality, we had already weighed the forces of represssion. We knew that, for many of us, death would be the price of that ideal. We are ready to pay any price for it. For us, we have the strength that comes to us from our ideals of Liberty.; We have aid that other peace-loving peoples of the world give to us. We have the History and the example of other peoples: our-Algerian brothers one day decided also to be free— and they got it, fighting against one of the most powerful colonialist armies of the world'. We have nothing to lose. Existence itself has no meaning in a regime of servitude. V/e have nothing to lose but the chains that destroy our dignity. We shall never turn back. Nothing can stop our revolution. The Mozambican revolution is an immense movement—irreversible as a force of nature—with roots in the will and in the aspirations of each Mozambican. Our armed struggle has begun. It will not cease before Mozambique is independent. |
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