Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles Book 3)

°°° Mário de Andrade (Oct. 9, 1893–Feb. 25, 1945) was a poet, novelist, critic, musician, photographer, etc., & arguably the most important figure in Brazilian modernism. He was a central instigator of the 1922 Semana de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Week). De Andrade lived almost his entire life in São Paulo, where he played a central role in shaping the avant-garde sensibilities of nearly every field of Brazilian art. Abbreviations Introduction (Basil Davidson) Biographical notes (Mário de Andrade) PART 1 The Weapon of Theory WRITINGS OF YOUTH 1 Two poems MAN AND LAND 2 Agricultural Census of Guiné PORTUGUESE COLONIAL DOMINATION 3 The facts about Portugal’s African Colonies PARTY PRINCIPLES AND POLITICAL PRACTICE 4 Unity and struggle 5 To start out from the reality of our land – to be realists 6 Our Party and the struggle must be led by the best sons and daughters of our people 7 Struggle of the people, by the people, for the people 8 Independence of thought and action 9 Not everyone is of the Party 10 Revolutionary Democracy 11 Fidelity to Party principles 12 For the improvement of our political work ON THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION 13 Homage to Kwame Nkrumah THE WEAPON OF THEORY 14 Presuppositions and objectives of national liberation in relation to social structure NATIONAL CULTURE 15 National liberation and culture PART 2 Revolutionary Practice THE STRATEGY FOR POLITICAL MOBILIZATION 16 Message to Guinean and Cape Verdian civil servants and employees in commerce 17 Message to the Portuguese settlers in Guiné and Cape Verde 18 Message to the soldiers, officers and NCOs of the Portuguese colonial army 19 Memorandum from the African Party for the Independence of Guiné and Cape Verde (PAIGC) to the Portuguese Government 20 An open note to the Portuguese Government ARMED ACTION AND MILITARY METHODS 21 Proclamation of direct action 22 The battle of Como and the Congress of Cassaca 23 The eighth year of armed struggle for national liberation 24 The situation of PAIGC’s struggle in January 1973 GENERAL WATCHWORDS 25 Be aware at every moment of the situation of the struggle 26 Continually develop and strengthen political work and Party organization 27 Constantly improve organization of our armed forces 28 Know well our own strength and the enemy strength 29 Strengthen security and discipline in all sectors of the struggle 30 Destroy the economy of the enemy and build our own economy 31 Improve our knowledge and defend our health 32 Apply Party principles in practice INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 33 The options of CONCP 34 The people of Guiné and Cape Verde before the UN THE STATE OF GUINÉ-BISSAU 35 Creation of the People’s National Assembly in Guiné 36 New Year’s message How was it possible for Guinea-Bissau, with no access to modern technology, ideas, or organizational forms, its population suffering under one of the most repressive of all colonial regimes, to build a victorious movement for revolutionary change? A key to understanding this process lies in the writings of Amilcar Cabral, one of the great revolutionary leaders produced by the long and arduous campaign for the liberation of Portuguese-dominated Africa of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and So Tom. Cabral launched the Partido Africano da Independncia de Guin e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) in 1956, and, by 1973, when he was assassinated, his movement had effectively defeated the Portuguese colonialists. As Basil Davidson states in his introduction, "Cabral can be recognized even now as being among the great figures of our time. We do not need to wait for history's judgment to tell us that. The evidence is available. Among this evidence are the texts that follow here." Cabral is among the great figures of our time — these texts provide the evidence.