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EDITORIAL
FRELIMO OPENS
A NEW FRONT
The announcement that, on July 25th, FRELIMO began the armed struggle in the Province of Manica e Sofala signals a particularly momentous
event in the development of our struggle.
One glance at the map tells part of the story. Not only does the opening
of this new front mean that FRELIMO is now operating militarily in four
of the nine provinces of Mozambique, but also that our blows are striking
increasingly close to the heart of the Portuguese colonial monster. For
Manica e Sofala is a rich province, one over-ripe with economic interests
vital to the Portuguese and to their imperial partners.
It is also densely populated; in Manica e Sofala the prospect of "the
people in arms" must be a truly frightening one for Kaulza de Arriaga
and his henchmen. And in this province there also lies Beira, key to a
network of exploitation which penetrates deep into the continent; in
Manica e Sofala, for example, the roads and rails which service Rhodesia
and Cahora Bassa will be even more nakedly exposed to our assaults.
Clearly, fighting in this province raises the stakes of our struggle considerably.
This advance is also important for other reasons. It tells us something
not only about the "quantity" of our struggle — the number of provinces
in which we are now operating — but also about the quality of that struggle. For such progress has been made possible only because of the degree
of consolidation achieved in the other provinces in which the fighting has
raged in recent years. Such has been our success there that Cabo Delgado
Niassa and Tete now provide strong and effective rear bases — both militarily and politically — from which forward movement can spring. Moreover, as the advance continues and as the Portuguese are stretched ever
thinner on the ground and in the air, the consolidation of these other provinces will be even further guaranteed.
Another lesson is one that our adversary is learning only slowly and painfully: that our struggle is now well underway in all parts of Mozambique.
Thus we have not advanced into Manica e Sofala, as some would have it.
FRELIMO has been active there over an extended period, just as we are in
Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 52 (1972 July-Sept.) |
| Description | Contents: Editorial - The opening of a new front (p. 1); We value Africa's aid - FRELIMO at the conference of East and Central African states (p. 3); War review - Developments over the past 12 months (p. 4); FRELIMO's women envoys - In Africa, Europe and Asia (p. 7); The crimes of colonialism - Testimony to the un human rights commission (p. 9); Visitors in free Mozambique - British solidarity group; Canadian lecturer; Italian delegation; Bulgarian doctor (p.11); A soldier escapes from Caetano's war - A Portuguese deserter speaks (p.17); FRELIMO's new recruits - Mozambicans desert the colonial army and join FRELIMO (p.18); O.A.U. Secretary-General visits FRELIMO (p.19); War communique - Latest report from the front (p. 20); Economic development in the liberated areas - Report to the economic commission for Africa (p. 22). |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273474 |
| Coverage date | 1964/1972 |
| 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 | 1972-07/1972-09 |
| 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-354 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-354~03 |
| Filename | CENPA-354~03.tiff |
| Full text | EDITORIAL FRELIMO OPENS A NEW FRONT The announcement that, on July 25th, FRELIMO began the armed struggle in the Province of Manica e Sofala signals a particularly momentous event in the development of our struggle. One glance at the map tells part of the story. Not only does the opening of this new front mean that FRELIMO is now operating militarily in four of the nine provinces of Mozambique, but also that our blows are striking increasingly close to the heart of the Portuguese colonial monster. For Manica e Sofala is a rich province, one over-ripe with economic interests vital to the Portuguese and to their imperial partners. It is also densely populated; in Manica e Sofala the prospect of "the people in arms" must be a truly frightening one for Kaulza de Arriaga and his henchmen. And in this province there also lies Beira, key to a network of exploitation which penetrates deep into the continent; in Manica e Sofala, for example, the roads and rails which service Rhodesia and Cahora Bassa will be even more nakedly exposed to our assaults. Clearly, fighting in this province raises the stakes of our struggle considerably. This advance is also important for other reasons. It tells us something not only about the "quantity" of our struggle — the number of provinces in which we are now operating — but also about the quality of that struggle. For such progress has been made possible only because of the degree of consolidation achieved in the other provinces in which the fighting has raged in recent years. Such has been our success there that Cabo Delgado Niassa and Tete now provide strong and effective rear bases — both militarily and politically — from which forward movement can spring. Moreover, as the advance continues and as the Portuguese are stretched ever thinner on the ground and in the air, the consolidation of these other provinces will be even further guaranteed. Another lesson is one that our adversary is learning only slowly and painfully: that our struggle is now well underway in all parts of Mozambique. Thus we have not advanced into Manica e Sofala, as some would have it. FRELIMO has been active there over an extended period, just as we are in |
| Archival file | Volume23/CENPA-354~03.tiff |
