To the SACP on Its 13th Party Congress
The Basque National Liberation Movement wants to convey our deepest revolutionary regards to the SACP Secretary General, Central Committee as well as to the communist rank and file on this 13th party congress to be held in KwaZulu Natal.
South African and Basque liberation struggle are living crucial moments on the development of their respective national democratic revolutions. South African masses after the defeating of formal Apartheid struggle today against its economic legacy. The path to real freedom and justice, the path to the complete fulfillment of the Freedom Charter is still a long road.
That is why is so important a clear understanding of the concrete phase your freedom struggle is living as well as the balance of the forces and terrains of struggle for those who really believe on a no racial, no sexist and just and equal society. Something we are sure South African communist will properly do as history shows us.
We in the Basque Country also are struggling on the advancement of our goals for freedom and justice in our country, on the constitution of a democratic scenario to develop a free and socialist Basque Country. On that sense those years have been very intense. New alliance of forces among progressive sectors becoming the largest representation on last elections, engagement with the international community to move forward a peace process, or the last success on the unbanning of the party SORTU are good examples also of the development of the new strategy based on the debate process " Wake Up Basque Country". But still are a lot of challenges to make our struggle to advance: The imprisonment of party leaders like ArnaldoOtegi, or LAB trade union former Secretary General RafaDiez, the maintenance of more than 600 political prisoners dispersed in Spanish gaols despite the end of the armed campaign of ETA, the negative to address the issue of the right to self determination of Basque country… Those are the challenges of our struggle which can only be defeated with internal strength and international solidarity.
From our solidarity in struggle we want to convey to SACP comrades a successful delivery on this 13th party conference.
Viva SACP Viva. Viva ANC Viva. Viva COSATU Viva.
A Lutta Continua!!
Abertzale LeftNational Executive Committee.