Message to the C.C. of the Communist Party of Cuba on the anniversary of the 26th of July 1953

 

 

 

On the occasion of the armed attack on Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on 26th of July 1953, the Central Committee of AKEL addresses its warm comradely greetings to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The Attack on Moncada Barracks by a small group of revolutionaries
led by Fidel Castro, may have failed then but it paved
the way for a new phase of the struggle of the Cuban people.
The “26th of July 1953” marked the beginning of the great popular
uprising against the US-backed Batista dictatorship which
ended with the victory of the Cuban Revolution on the 1st of
January 1959 and the beginning of socialist construction in the
country.

On the occasion of this anniversary, AKEL reaffirms its steadfast
solidarity with the people of Cuba and the Cuban Revolution.
We defend the right of the Cuban people to decide its own
future, its own way of socioeconomic development and its own
leadership. We are inspired by the achievements and social
gains of the Cuban people in education, health, welfare, science,
sports etc which are being achieved under extremely difficult
conditions. We demand an
end to the US blockade against
Cuba, as 186 states have precisely
demanded at the last UN
General Assembly. We demand
the immediate and unconditional
release of the five Cubans
who remain unjustly imprisoned
in USA.

We stress that Cuba today too remains a consistent ally of the
Republic of Cyprus in our struggle for vindication and that our
peoples are linked together by a deep long-lasting friendship.
Besides, both Cyprus and Cuba suffer from imperialist aggression
and both face today the dramatic conditions of the new
world order.

The 26th of July Movement reconfirms that, regardless of any
temporary failures and setbacks, History always vindicates the
peoples and their struggle for national independence, popular
sovereignty and socialism.