This shows the revolutionary calibre that Che was and still is in our memories and the way he knew that when he differed with Fidel it did not make Fidel his enemy and to be selfless like that shows that he was truly fighting for the people.
He reflects how he leaves his family with nothing trusting that as long as their welfare is fine, his role is to continue with the struggle on the global front. Others currently in our revolution have already ammased in the name of the people and when they read such letters I am not sure whether their conscious hits them or they will do like they always say, call it counterrevolutionary. I am inspired to fight on and to appreciate that there is more to do and elements which are truly counter to eliminate without fear or favour, relations matter not when its about the people when we engage. Hit harder, smarter, faster to remove all rogue elements that have tainted our struggle, corrupting our struggling comrades and using the demon of patronage to feed the monster of factionalism they worship in pursuance of elitist movement All cadres to the front in defence of our revolution from tenderpreneurs Viva el commandante viva On 15 April 2010 10:32, matankana mothapo <[email protected]>wrote: > This is a very emotive letter. just imagine Ngobese and other Cdes when you > have to apart to the people that you were close to..... > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Sikhumbuzo Thomo < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ngobese >> >> This was the most revolutionary and heart warming letter that l have ever >> read!! >> >> Rgds >> >> ST >> >> >> On 4/14/10, Castro Ngobese <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Ernesto Che Guevara >>> Farewell letter from Che to Fidel Castro >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> « Year of Agriculture » >>> Havana, April 1, 1965. >>> >>> Fidel: >>> >>> At this moment I remember many things: when I met you in Maria Antonia's >>> house, when you proposed I come along, all the tensions involved in the >>> preparations. One day they came by and asked who should be notified in case >>> of death, and the real possibility of it struck us all. Later we knew it was >>> true, that in a revolution one wins or dies (if it is a real one). Many >>> comrades fell along the way to victory. >>> >>> Today everything has a less dramatic tone, because we are more mature, >>> but the event repeats itself. I feel that I have fulfilled the part of my >>> duty that tied me to the Cuban revolution in its territory, and I say >>> farewell to you, to the comrades, to your people, who now are mine. >>> >>> I formally resign my positions in the leadership of the party, my post as >>> minister, my rank of commander, and my Cuban citizenship. Nothing legal >>> binds me to Cuba. The only ties are of another nature — those that cannot be >>> broken as can appointments to posts. >>> >>> Reviewing my past life, I believe I have worked with sufficient integrity >>> and dedication to consolidate the revolutionary triumph. My only serious >>> failing was not having had more confidence in you from the first moments in >>> the Sierra Maestra, and not having understood quickly enough your qualities >>> as a leader and a revolutionary. >>> >>> I have lived magnificent days, and at your side I felt the pride of >>> belonging to our people in the brilliant yet sad days of the Caribbean >>> [Missile] crisis. Seldom has a statesman been more brilliant as you were in >>> those days. I am also proud of having followed you without hesitation, of >>> having identified with your way of thinking and of seeing and appraising >>> dangers and principles. >>> >>> Other nations of the world summon my modest efforts of assistance. I can >>> do that which is denied you due to your responsibility as the head of Cuba, >>> and the time has come for us to part. >>> >>> You should know that I do so with a mixture of joy and sorrow. I leave >>> here the purest of my hopes as a builder and the dearest of those I hold >>> dear. And I leave a people who received me as a son. That wounds a part of >>> my spirit. I carry to new battlefronts the faith that you taught me, the >>> revolutionary spirit of my people, the feeling of fulfilling the most sacred >>> of duties: to fight against imperialism wherever it may be. This is a source >>> of strength, and more than heals the deepest of wounds. >>> >>> I state once more that I free Cuba from all responsibility, except that >>> which stems from its example. If my final hour finds me under other skies, >>> my last thought will be of this people and especially of you. I am grateful >>> for your teaching and your example, to which I shall try to be faithful up >>> to the final consequences of my acts. >>> >>> I have always been identified with the foreign policy of our revolution, >>> and I continue to be. Wherever I am, I will feel the responsibility of being >>> a Cuban revolutionary, and I shall behave as such. I am not sorry that I >>> leave nothing material to my wife and children; I am happy it is that way. I >>> ask nothing for them, as the state will provide them with enough to live on >>> and receive an education. >>> >>> I would have many things to say to you and to our people, but I feel they >>> are unnecessary. Words cannot express what I would like them to, and there >>> is no point in scribbling pages. >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Written: April 1, 1965 >>> Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins >>> Online Version: Ernesto Che Guevara Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2002 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Ernesto Che Guevara >>> Archive<http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/index.htm> >>> >>> -- >>> You are subscribed. 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