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scientific innovation, and also the contradictions in natural phenomena. Colonialism, capitalism, the different systems of exploitation of man in our society, have always been associated with religious institutions. The colonial State transformed the faith of believers into a tool for neutralising the people's legitimate rebellion. It is the duty of the State to guarantee freedom of conscience for its citizens which implies especially the protection of children against indoctrination within State institutions, as happened in the colonial schools which subjected children of differing religious origins to the evangelising of the Catholic church. In order to respect freedom of conscience, the State cannot be connected with any religions or appear to have links with any of them. It is up to the State to ensure the freely exercised right of every citizen to believe or not believe. The mobilisation of the masses is a right and a duty won solely by FRELIMO through arduous struggle against colonialism and imperialism. The close association of religious institutions with the machinery of aggression and domination over our people certainly does not give them any right today to demand something against which they have always fought. The Mozambican people did not struggle alone. Throughout the tough armed fight for national liberation FRELIMO established relations of friendship, solidarity and mutual help with peoples and countries sharing the same aspirations of freedom, independence and social progress. This assertion does not stem only from feelings of gratitude although, on this day of happiness, we cannot fail to say how much the Mozambican people appreciate and esteem the fraternal and disinterested help they received from peoples, countries, organisations and individuals who made their efforts and sacrifices effective and victorious. In the first lines of this combat front we find the national liberation movements, fighters in the same fight and the same trench , comrades in arms who struggled alongside us and with whom we have established fraternal and indestructible relations of solidarity. To them we wish to affirm, above all, in this liberated African land, that the People's Republic of Mozambique fully assumes the internationalist dimension of the fight for the liberation of Africa and mankind and that our common struggle continues. Through our Comrade and friend President Mohamed Siad Barre, current Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), we wish to hail all of independent Africa, our great and reliable rear base. Through his illustrious person as a revolutionary African militant, we wish to hail the political, moral, diplomatic, and material support of African countries and their consistent solidarity with our struggle. We wish, in particular, to hail our brothers from Tanzania and Zambia who, without any hesitation or calculation of any kind, accepted all the risks involved in their position as our strategic rear, who suffered loss of life and property because they did not compromise with colonialism and made their contribution to Africa's liberation. Because our struggle was, correctly, a part of the common anti-imperialist fight, the Mozambican people, under the leadership of FRELIMO, took up their posts in the great world front of revolutionary forces. It is within this context of political and ideological solidarity that we see our relations with the socialist countries, a liberated area of mankind where a new society is being built free from the exploitation of man by man. The People's Republic of Mozambique will develop and intensify its militant relations with all socialist countries, seeking to benefit from their experience, in so far as it is the common patrimony of mankind in the political, ideological, organisational, economic, social and cultural spheres. In hailing the progressive forces we cannot fail to salute the Portuguese people, who were always our allies in the fight against colonial-fascism and with whom we have bonds of fraternal solidarity forged through our mutual help and reciprocal contribution in the struggle for the liberation of our two peoples. Because our struggle never took on a racial character and because our people were always able to distinguish between the colonial-fascist regime and the Portuguese people, today we can extend a friendly hand to the Portuguese people, without any complexes of amy kind, so that we can build a future of friendship together, without hatred or feelings of revenge, on the basis of mutual respect and respect for the personality of each people. Within the context of its policy of peace, friendship and solidarity with all peoples, the People's Republic of Mozambique wishes to establish healthy relations of international cooperation with all States, irrespective of their social regime, on thc basis of non-interference in internal affairs, absolute equality and mutual benefit. These principles, however, do not permit us to sacrifice the true interests of the people to transitory historical circumstances. As has always been the case in the past, we shall not coexist with fascism and colonalism. We attach great importance to developing our relations with the States of Africa, Asia and Latin America, which are also victims of imperialist plunder and aggression. We also consider it important to develop our relations with the Scandinavian countries, Finland and Holland, which were able to understand the justness of the anticolonial cause. We are prepared to assume our responsibilities within the African and international community and, within this context, we shall apply for membership of the Organisation of African Unity and the United Nations Organisation, both international organisations which have served the cause of national liberation and peace. Mozambican women, Mozambican men. We have won our independence by dint of our struggle, our sacrifices and our revolutionary consciousnes. We marched, struggled and died to defend the interests of the masses of the working people. In starting out on this new path, illuminated by the heroism of our martyrs and guided by FRELIMO's political line, we have one unshakable certainty: WE SHALL MAKE REVOLUTION TRIUMPH! LONG LIVE FRELIMO! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE! THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES... 23
Object Description
Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 61 (1975 June 25) |
Title (Alternate) | Mozambique revolution - Independence - The People's Republic of Mozambique, no. 61, 25 june 1975 |
Description | Contents: Editorial: With our people's victory over colonialism and the establishment of the independent State of Mozambique, a new phase of struggle has begun (p. 1); FRELIMO delegations visit five socialist countries (p. 3); President Samora in Tanzania and Zambia, two bastions of support and solidarity during the armed struggle against Portuguese colonialism (p. 5); In the month which preceded independence our President toured Mozambique, holding meetings with the people in every province from the Rovuma to the Maputo. Pictures of the tour (p. 6); Independence was marked by celebrations and cultural activities throughout the country. Report and pictures (p. 9); The National Anthem of the People's Republic of Mozambique (p.13); Proclamation of Independence and the birth of the People's Republic of Mozambique. Full text (p.14); By decision of FRELIMO'S Central Committee Comrade Samora Moises Machel was entrusted with the task of President of the People's Republic of Mozambique. Declaration of the CC, read by Comrade Marcelino dos Santos, Vice-President of FRELIMO (p.17); The President's Message to the Nation on Independence Day (p.18); The Constitution of the PRM (p. 24); The first Council of Ministers of the (p. 28). Special independence issue. |
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 | -18.6696821,35.5273480 |
Coverage date | 1975-06-21/1975-06-29 |
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 | 1975-06-25 |
Type |
texts images |
Format | 32 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-360 |
Description
Title | CENPA-360~25 |
Filename | CENPA-360~25.tiff |
Full text | scientific innovation, and also the contradictions in natural phenomena. Colonialism, capitalism, the different systems of exploitation of man in our society, have always been associated with religious institutions. The colonial State transformed the faith of believers into a tool for neutralising the people's legitimate rebellion. It is the duty of the State to guarantee freedom of conscience for its citizens which implies especially the protection of children against indoctrination within State institutions, as happened in the colonial schools which subjected children of differing religious origins to the evangelising of the Catholic church. In order to respect freedom of conscience, the State cannot be connected with any religions or appear to have links with any of them. It is up to the State to ensure the freely exercised right of every citizen to believe or not believe. The mobilisation of the masses is a right and a duty won solely by FRELIMO through arduous struggle against colonialism and imperialism. The close association of religious institutions with the machinery of aggression and domination over our people certainly does not give them any right today to demand something against which they have always fought. The Mozambican people did not struggle alone. Throughout the tough armed fight for national liberation FRELIMO established relations of friendship, solidarity and mutual help with peoples and countries sharing the same aspirations of freedom, independence and social progress. This assertion does not stem only from feelings of gratitude although, on this day of happiness, we cannot fail to say how much the Mozambican people appreciate and esteem the fraternal and disinterested help they received from peoples, countries, organisations and individuals who made their efforts and sacrifices effective and victorious. In the first lines of this combat front we find the national liberation movements, fighters in the same fight and the same trench , comrades in arms who struggled alongside us and with whom we have established fraternal and indestructible relations of solidarity. To them we wish to affirm, above all, in this liberated African land, that the People's Republic of Mozambique fully assumes the internationalist dimension of the fight for the liberation of Africa and mankind and that our common struggle continues. Through our Comrade and friend President Mohamed Siad Barre, current Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), we wish to hail all of independent Africa, our great and reliable rear base. Through his illustrious person as a revolutionary African militant, we wish to hail the political, moral, diplomatic, and material support of African countries and their consistent solidarity with our struggle. We wish, in particular, to hail our brothers from Tanzania and Zambia who, without any hesitation or calculation of any kind, accepted all the risks involved in their position as our strategic rear, who suffered loss of life and property because they did not compromise with colonialism and made their contribution to Africa's liberation. Because our struggle was, correctly, a part of the common anti-imperialist fight, the Mozambican people, under the leadership of FRELIMO, took up their posts in the great world front of revolutionary forces. It is within this context of political and ideological solidarity that we see our relations with the socialist countries, a liberated area of mankind where a new society is being built free from the exploitation of man by man. The People's Republic of Mozambique will develop and intensify its militant relations with all socialist countries, seeking to benefit from their experience, in so far as it is the common patrimony of mankind in the political, ideological, organisational, economic, social and cultural spheres. In hailing the progressive forces we cannot fail to salute the Portuguese people, who were always our allies in the fight against colonial-fascism and with whom we have bonds of fraternal solidarity forged through our mutual help and reciprocal contribution in the struggle for the liberation of our two peoples. Because our struggle never took on a racial character and because our people were always able to distinguish between the colonial-fascist regime and the Portuguese people, today we can extend a friendly hand to the Portuguese people, without any complexes of amy kind, so that we can build a future of friendship together, without hatred or feelings of revenge, on the basis of mutual respect and respect for the personality of each people. Within the context of its policy of peace, friendship and solidarity with all peoples, the People's Republic of Mozambique wishes to establish healthy relations of international cooperation with all States, irrespective of their social regime, on thc basis of non-interference in internal affairs, absolute equality and mutual benefit. These principles, however, do not permit us to sacrifice the true interests of the people to transitory historical circumstances. As has always been the case in the past, we shall not coexist with fascism and colonalism. We attach great importance to developing our relations with the States of Africa, Asia and Latin America, which are also victims of imperialist plunder and aggression. We also consider it important to develop our relations with the Scandinavian countries, Finland and Holland, which were able to understand the justness of the anticolonial cause. We are prepared to assume our responsibilities within the African and international community and, within this context, we shall apply for membership of the Organisation of African Unity and the United Nations Organisation, both international organisations which have served the cause of national liberation and peace. Mozambican women, Mozambican men. We have won our independence by dint of our struggle, our sacrifices and our revolutionary consciousnes. We marched, struggled and died to defend the interests of the masses of the working people. In starting out on this new path, illuminated by the heroism of our martyrs and guided by FRELIMO's political line, we have one unshakable certainty: WE SHALL MAKE REVOLUTION TRIUMPH! LONG LIVE FRELIMO! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE! THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES... 23 |
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