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Vol. 71/No. 26      July 2, 2007

 
SWP National Committee honors life
of Cuban communist leader Vilma Espín
(front page)
 
The following is a message to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba sent June 20 by Jack Barnes, the national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the SWP National Committee.

Dear Comrades,

The National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party joins you in paying highest tribute to Vilma Espín Guillois. A courageous leader of the clandestine struggle, who along with Frank País set an example for all, and an outstanding combatant of the Rebel Army, Vilma was part of the generation of leaders forged in the battles that led to the revolutionary victory over the U.S.-backed Batista tyranny. That triumph opened the socialist revolution in the Americas and transformed world politics forever. The political leadership of women in that revolutionary struggle, exemplified by Vilma, was the weightiest of any popular revolution the world has yet known.

Vilma’s decades-long leadership of the Federation of Cuban Women—which, together with the party she helped lead, fought for the conquests won by the revolution in the struggle for women’s emancipation—sets a lasting example for the workers movement worldwide.

Her political contributions, in deed and in word, will be emulated by revolutionary-minded working people and youth, both women and men, in the sharpening struggles against the imperialist world order we all see approaching. This is the highest honor we can pay her.

s/Jack Barnes
for the SWP National Committee  
 
 
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