Liberation movements mull joint campaigns

“The meetings called for the unconditional removal of the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and called for the release of the Cuban five.”
The liberation movements noted with con­cern the trend in some parts of Africa where democratically-elected governments were being overthrown through coups and other illegal means.
“The developments on the continent of democratically-elected governments being overthrown through coups, such as in Guinea Bissau and Mali, must be strongly condemned and seen as retrogressive in Africa’s quest to democratise, achieve peace, unity and devel­opment,” they said.
Calls were made for political parties of for­mer liberation movements to remain vigilant and defend their hard-won independence.
“Political parties of former liberation move­ments should monitor the increasing trend and machinations towards the balkanisation of Africa and develop strategies to prevent this,” it was agreed.
It was resolved that parliamentarians of political parties of former liberation move­ments should increase exchanges to share information and experiences.
The secretaries general of the liberation movements went on a familiarisation tour of the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland Province on Saturday and left Harare yester­day.
Last week, President Mugabe urged govern­ments led by the former liberation movements to be alert in the face of open aggression and insatiable desire by the former colonisers to reclaim the continent through their stooges.
“This is urgent as our revolutionary ideolo­gies have come under sustained attack, nay, renewed attack from our erstwhile colonial masters who are determined to replace our revolutionary parties with malleable, neo-lib­eral stooge parties deliberately formed and funded to reverse all the gains of the liberation struggle,” he said while officially opening the liberation movements’ summit last Friday.
During that summit, the liberation move­ments received situational reports on political, economic and social developments in their respective countries.