(Forwarded) > THE CUBAN REVOLUTION LIVES! > > The All-African People's Revolutionary Party and its women's wing, the > All-African Women's Revolutionary Union, are pleased and proud to once > again express our uncompromising solidarity and support for the > courageous Cuban People, the Cuban Communist Party; the Committees in > Defense of the Revolution; the Federation of Cuban Women; Central > Organization of Cuban Trade Unions; Federation of University Students of > Cuba; Federation of Students of Intermediate Education and all other > Revolutionary Cuban organizations - our respect for the Cuban people has > grown through the years. > > With the advent of the fearless and bold attack on the Moncada Army > Barracks in Santiago de Cuba and the birth of the July 26 Movement, the > people of Cuba advanced their struggle for freedom. With every mile > walked and every crest conquered; with every bullet discharged and every > cartridge spent, the Cuban people demonstrated with deeds and not just > words, their determination and commitment to freedom, not merely for the > Cuban people but for the oppressed and exploited of the world. > > The glorious and spectacular triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January > 1, 1959 culminating with the Grand March into Havana, led by Commandante > Fidel Castro Ruz, Ernesto "Che" Guevara and surrounded by the jubilant > victorious Cuban people, is cause for celebration and Cuba continues > today to inspire Revolutionaries around the world. We, the all-African > People's Revolutionary Party, are inspired and energized daily from our > study of the Cuban Revolution, and the vision of your miraculous victory. > We are driven forward toward our primary objective, the liberation and > unification of the Continent of Africa under a Socialist government. > Africa is our touchstone. Cuba is our model. > > After forty years of a continuing and progressively repressive blockade, > the kidnapping and degradation of its children, the brutal and criminal > attacks visited upon Cuban land and people, financed and orchestrated > from the very shores of the blockades; the "special period" and the > natural disasters that inevitably come - - the brave Cuban people not > only survive, they thrive in ways that are enlightening, admirable and > inspirational. We witness this in the thousands of Cuban > Internationalists in health, sports, and education who continue to serve > in many African countries and throughout the world always under adverse > circumstances and often at their own peril. > > > Therefore, the All African People's Revolutionary Party wishes to thank > and congratulate the gallant Cuban people on the forty-second Anniversary > of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution and to state emphatically our > solidarity with and commitment to the Cuban Revolution. For all that > Cuba has done for Africans on the Continent of Africa and for the peoples > of the world; we shall forever be grateful and our gratitude shall > translate into deeds directed at destroying the immoral and illegal > blockade of Cuba and in support of the Cuban Revolution. > > We thank you for giving us this opportunity to express our gratitude to > the peoples of Cuba. > > We stand, as always, READY FOR REVOLUTION! > > VIVA CUBA! VIVA FIDEL! VIVA CCP! VIVA! > > Aluta Continua (The struggle continues)! > Vinceremos! > >
