On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the launch of the Lebanese National Resistance Front (Jammoul) and the liberation of Beirut, the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) organized a political and artistic celebration in the town of Libaya, where the comrades marked the occasion by candlelight.
The event began with the national anthem and that of the LCP. The secretary of the LCP in Libaya, Ahmed Aqel, gave a speech in which he saluted the heroes of Jammoul – the martyrs, fighters and prisoners, pledging to continue on the path of struggle until full liberation. He also noted the role of Jammoul and its operations of struggle, which caused the enemy many losses and forced it to withdraw from Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Beqaa, Saida and Nabatiyeh. He noted that this anniversary comes amid the need for a national, revolutionary movement that responds to the needs of the people and the political reality.
Yana Samarani, a member of the Political Bureau of the LCP, spoke about the founding of Jammoul, calling it a “great anniversary that is deeply engraved in the history of the national struggles of our people and the Lebanese Communist Party, with fire, blood, sweat, joy, sacrifice and pride.” She noted that “Jammoul had several advantages in the history of the country, including the long history of resistance to various forms of occupation and foreign intervention, such as the struggles of the peasantry, the Tanios Shahin revolution, the struggle against the French mandate, and the American defeat in 1958, leading to the experience of the Popular Guard and at Ansar in confronting Zionist threats.”
“When the Zionists entered Beirut, the first bullets were fired in the declaration of George Hawi and Mohsen Ibrahim,” she said, in the founding of Jammoul, to achieve victory. “After 10 days of resistance operations against enemy positions and military patrols in Beirut, including the battles of Ayoub station, Bustros pharmacy, the PLO headquarters, the Concorde, the Olympiad, etc, it was the first victory of Beirut. The resistance was a resistance of the people…The communists led a unique kind of armed struggle, far from media or publicity, planning, equipping and carrying out hundreds of heroic operations in silence,” she noted.
“The resistance was able to defeat the occupation forces and liberate Lebanon in the year 2000, thanks to the main role played by the Islamic resistance,” said Samirami. “Despite the difficult circumstances, the veins of Jammoul remained steadfast and the martyrs, captives and wounded continued until the last moment that the Israeli army were defeated….they provided more martyrs in the struggle for freedom during the July 2006 war.”
The Lebanese Communist Party issued a statement, saying that September 16, 1982 was a new beginning for an era of struggle by the national resistance confronting the Israeli enemy, which resulted in victory and liberation. Aggression can only met by comprehensive resistance that rejects appeasement and surrender. The communists, along with Lebanese national forces, responded to their party’s call to arms in rejection of defeat and in preparation to fight, whatever the sacrifices. The emerged from the rubble of steadfast Beirut, resisting and liberating it quickly, and continuing to pursue the enemy unceasingly, even defeating the enemy in Mount Lebanon and the western Beqaa and the resistance continued in the South, where it was victoriously completed in 2000 by the liberation achieved by the Islamic resistance.
From the beginning, the resistance project has always been a national one, viewing comprehensive confrontation as a key factor in the success of liberation through popular participation. The liberation process must be linked with democratic change for the Lebanese people, for freedom, progress and justice. The liberation of the land must be accompanied by building the homeland, for which so many fighters were martyred as the state was absent from its supposed role in carrying out its duties and national tasks in mobilizing political and military energies to defend our national sovereignty. The Lebanese people are still struggling for a homeland for all their children, living in dignity without subordination to the exploitation of the princes of capital, a homeland that is as great as the sacrifices made for its liberation, a country whose children do not live in destitution and poverty. A country not with a system of corruption and waste of public funds, but a state of social justice which provides all of the conditions of a dignified life, including quality housing, education, comprehensive health care, the right to retirement, electricity, water, unemployment insurance and more, that have not been and cannot be achieved under a state of sectarianism. Their sacrifices were not made for a corrupt governing authority.
Today, the Lebanese communists and national forces recall this occasion with pride. Our comrades and fellow strugglers in the Resistance continued through many various methods of struggle and combat against the enemy. On this occasion, the Lebanese Communist Party is committed to supporting our people, who have done their best in the most difficult conditions, to continue the resistance and struggle for liberation and to build the democratic resistance state for which the convoys of resisters fought, from Beirut to the far south, giving martyrs, many people injured, with every drop of blood shed for the people and the land.
The LCP invites all to participate in the 35th anniversary march commemorating the launch of the Lebanese National Resistance Front (Jammoul) and the beginning of the liberation of Beirut, at 5:30 pm on Saturday, September 16, and to participate in the central celebration at 6:30 to commemorate the completion of liberation and in honor of the martyrs, wounded and prisoners."
