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EDITORIAL THE COLONISERS, exploiters and oppressors of Africa will stop * at nothing in their drive to sustain their crimes against the African people. They will bribe, they will buy leaders, they will confuse the ranks of Africans. And finally they wiH kill leaders. We remember these tactics of colonialism, neo-colonialism and imperialism because three years ago to-day these enemies of Africa assassinated one of the foremost leaders of African Liberation. Dr. Mondlane, President of Frelimo. The Portuguese who are errand boys of imperialism and capitalism in the so-called Portuguese colonies resorted to the assassination of Dr. Mondlane in the vain hope that this would strike a decisive blow to the movement for the liberation of Mozambique. But their hopes have been decisively dashed. The assassination welded the Mozambique Liberation Front even more strongly, and the Front's fighting forces have executed the war against the Portuguese army of occupation in Mozambique more vigorously. All attempts to divide the leadership have failed, because in the last analysis the Mozambican revolution is so strong and authentic that it automatically weeds out the pretentious and treacherous leadership as it progresses. One of the prongs of the Portuguese has been to try to get deserters from the Mozambican Liberation Front. Those they have succeeded in winning over during the last three years have been little men. So little have they been indeed that the attempt on the part of the Portuguese to nresent these quislings as men of Mozambican stature around whom people should rally have proved both ridiculous and ineffective. On the battlefront Frelimo's fighting forces record more and more victories. Where the Portuguese used to deny any military activity, now they acknowledge it and put out some of their casualties. Where before they used to pretend that resistance to Portuguese occupation was confined to "a few pockets" in the northern Cabo Delgado province, now they openly admit that fighting '« going on in this, in Niassa and in Tete provinces. Where before they pretended that the Cabora Bassa Dam project was not threatened by Frelimo forces, now they admit of their being hard-pressed. It can thus be seen that Dr. Mondlane's assassination far from weakening the fighting spirit of frelimo has strengthened ft many times fold. But for the forces of colonialism and imperialism, the assassination was intended to be a blow also to Tanzania, ft was intended to intimidate us into relaxing our support for the liberation struggle in Africa as a whole, and in Mozambique in particular. In this regard also the enemy has miscalculated. Tanzanians have not and will not have "second thoughts" about the necessity for supporting the freedom struggle in Africa and in Mozambique. On the contrary TANU has reiterated that it is ftsetf still a liberation movement and Tanzanians must strengthen themselves to bolster their support for the liberation of our continent. And so as we remember the supreme sacrifice which Dr. Mondlane made 'm the service of the liberation of Mozambique, ft behoves us to reaffirm that our own "UHURU" is not complete until the whole of Africa and Mozambique are free from colonialism and imperialism. It behoves us to reaffirm that our struggle to build socialism will only succeed if we support the struggle of our brothers in Mozambique to rid their country of Portuguese colonialism. It behoves us to assert yet again that our commitment to be truly free means also a commitment to support to final victory the liberation movements fighting to eliminate colonialism on our continent. TANZANIA'S TRIBUTE TO MONDLANE On February 3, 1972, the national newspapers of Tanzania paid tribute in leading articles to the memory of Eduardo Mondlane. Above is the editorial from TANU's daily, The Nationalist. Below - the comment of the Government paper. The Standard. THE people of Mozambique today pay tribute to the memory of one of their embattled land's greatest sons, Dr. Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane. Three years ago today the first President of the Mozambique Liberation Front died tragically when a parcel bomb exploded in his face in Dar es Salaam. The people who perpetrated this vile deed, the Portuguese fascists and their stooges, were jubilant, confident that this loss to Frelimo would reverse the freedom fighters' march to victory. Today, the colonialists must be asking themselves what went wrong. / romment True, Dr. Mondlane's death was followed by a period of confusion and demoralisation among the militants. He was loved, respected and was a symbol of unity; so it was natural that his death was felt profoundly. But in spite of this and in spite of the massive military and propaganda offensive which the Portuguese launched following the murder, Frelimo fought on with undaunted spirit. They made sure that Dr. Mondlane's death was not a useless sacrifice. He had forged the unity of the Mozambican people in their struggle for independence. He had made the crucial decision that armed struggle was the only way to this freedom. Such a man's death had to be avenged. And it is being avenged, as the enemy casualty list grows, as the foreign capitalists fret over their precious investments in Cabora Bassa, as the people march to inevitable victory. The Portuguese need no further evidence of the failure of thc aim behind their brutal deed of February 3, I960, than the fact the Frelimo has since extended the struggle south of the Zambesi, and is now pinning down thousands of Portuguese troops around Cabora Bassa. Dr. Mondlane has not died in vain. Like all others who have died in the struggle against colonialism, his example lives on to light the path to victory. Throughout the world, everyone who cherishes the ideals of freedom and self-determina tion will join ith the oppressed workers and peasants of Mozambique in paying tribute to the memory of this great freedom fighter.
Object Description
Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 50 (1972 Jan.-Mar.) (copy 2) |
Description | Contents: Editorial - Building up victory (p. 1); On the 3rd anniversary of the assassination of FRELIMO's first president - Nothing can stop what Mondlane began (p. 3); Tanzania's tribute to Mondlane (p. 4); War communique (p. 5); After the massacres of Mukumbura - A victim's relatives join the struggle - A priest describes Portuguese butchery (p. 9); Interview with a Portuguese prisioner (p.11); FRELIMO at the Security Council (p.13); What is the Mozambican culture? FRELIMO's first cultural seminar (p.15); Angola's National Day - Statement on the 4th february (p.16); Visitors in free Mozambique - Chinese guests praise FRELIMO's success; FRELIMO and the people are one (p.17); FRELIMO at the all Africa fair (p. 20); $435,000,000 - Nixon's investment in Portuguese colonialism (p. 22). This version has a different cover. |
Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273470 |
Coverage date | 1951/1972-01 |
Creator | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Department of Information |
Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | Dar Es Salaam, U.R. of Tanzania |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date issued | 1972-01/1972-03 |
Type |
texts images |
Format | 28 p. |
Format (aat) | newsletters |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
Filename | CENPA-353 |
Description
Title | CENPA-353~06 |
Filename | CENPA-353~06.tiff |
Full text | EDITORIAL THE COLONISERS, exploiters and oppressors of Africa will stop * at nothing in their drive to sustain their crimes against the African people. They will bribe, they will buy leaders, they will confuse the ranks of Africans. And finally they wiH kill leaders. We remember these tactics of colonialism, neo-colonialism and imperialism because three years ago to-day these enemies of Africa assassinated one of the foremost leaders of African Liberation. Dr. Mondlane, President of Frelimo. The Portuguese who are errand boys of imperialism and capitalism in the so-called Portuguese colonies resorted to the assassination of Dr. Mondlane in the vain hope that this would strike a decisive blow to the movement for the liberation of Mozambique. But their hopes have been decisively dashed. The assassination welded the Mozambique Liberation Front even more strongly, and the Front's fighting forces have executed the war against the Portuguese army of occupation in Mozambique more vigorously. All attempts to divide the leadership have failed, because in the last analysis the Mozambican revolution is so strong and authentic that it automatically weeds out the pretentious and treacherous leadership as it progresses. One of the prongs of the Portuguese has been to try to get deserters from the Mozambican Liberation Front. Those they have succeeded in winning over during the last three years have been little men. So little have they been indeed that the attempt on the part of the Portuguese to nresent these quislings as men of Mozambican stature around whom people should rally have proved both ridiculous and ineffective. On the battlefront Frelimo's fighting forces record more and more victories. Where the Portuguese used to deny any military activity, now they acknowledge it and put out some of their casualties. Where before they used to pretend that resistance to Portuguese occupation was confined to "a few pockets" in the northern Cabo Delgado province, now they openly admit that fighting '« going on in this, in Niassa and in Tete provinces. Where before they pretended that the Cabora Bassa Dam project was not threatened by Frelimo forces, now they admit of their being hard-pressed. It can thus be seen that Dr. Mondlane's assassination far from weakening the fighting spirit of frelimo has strengthened ft many times fold. But for the forces of colonialism and imperialism, the assassination was intended to be a blow also to Tanzania, ft was intended to intimidate us into relaxing our support for the liberation struggle in Africa as a whole, and in Mozambique in particular. In this regard also the enemy has miscalculated. Tanzanians have not and will not have "second thoughts" about the necessity for supporting the freedom struggle in Africa and in Mozambique. On the contrary TANU has reiterated that it is ftsetf still a liberation movement and Tanzanians must strengthen themselves to bolster their support for the liberation of our continent. And so as we remember the supreme sacrifice which Dr. Mondlane made 'm the service of the liberation of Mozambique, ft behoves us to reaffirm that our own "UHURU" is not complete until the whole of Africa and Mozambique are free from colonialism and imperialism. It behoves us to reaffirm that our struggle to build socialism will only succeed if we support the struggle of our brothers in Mozambique to rid their country of Portuguese colonialism. It behoves us to assert yet again that our commitment to be truly free means also a commitment to support to final victory the liberation movements fighting to eliminate colonialism on our continent. TANZANIA'S TRIBUTE TO MONDLANE On February 3, 1972, the national newspapers of Tanzania paid tribute in leading articles to the memory of Eduardo Mondlane. Above is the editorial from TANU's daily, The Nationalist. Below - the comment of the Government paper. The Standard. THE people of Mozambique today pay tribute to the memory of one of their embattled land's greatest sons, Dr. Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane. Three years ago today the first President of the Mozambique Liberation Front died tragically when a parcel bomb exploded in his face in Dar es Salaam. The people who perpetrated this vile deed, the Portuguese fascists and their stooges, were jubilant, confident that this loss to Frelimo would reverse the freedom fighters' march to victory. Today, the colonialists must be asking themselves what went wrong. / romment True, Dr. Mondlane's death was followed by a period of confusion and demoralisation among the militants. He was loved, respected and was a symbol of unity; so it was natural that his death was felt profoundly. But in spite of this and in spite of the massive military and propaganda offensive which the Portuguese launched following the murder, Frelimo fought on with undaunted spirit. They made sure that Dr. Mondlane's death was not a useless sacrifice. He had forged the unity of the Mozambican people in their struggle for independence. He had made the crucial decision that armed struggle was the only way to this freedom. Such a man's death had to be avenged. And it is being avenged, as the enemy casualty list grows, as the foreign capitalists fret over their precious investments in Cabora Bassa, as the people march to inevitable victory. The Portuguese need no further evidence of the failure of thc aim behind their brutal deed of February 3, I960, than the fact the Frelimo has since extended the struggle south of the Zambesi, and is now pinning down thousands of Portuguese troops around Cabora Bassa. Dr. Mondlane has not died in vain. Like all others who have died in the struggle against colonialism, his example lives on to light the path to victory. Throughout the world, everyone who cherishes the ideals of freedom and self-determina tion will join ith the oppressed workers and peasants of Mozambique in paying tribute to the memory of this great freedom fighter. |
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