🇨🇩#PeopleHistory | Today, on the anniversary of his brutal assassination, we remember the Congolese Pan-Africanist and African Liberation Fighter Patrice Lumumba.

Lumumba was a leader of the Congolese struggle for independence and the newly liberated country’s first prime minister. Within ten weeks of being elected, Lumumba’s government was deposed in a coup and he was imprisoned. From prison Lumumba wrote a letter to his wife Pauline. He said, “The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations. It will be the history which will be taught in the countries which have won freedom from colonialism and its puppets. Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity.”

His brutal assassination on January 17, 1961 was carried out in collusion with the CIA, Belgium, France, and England.

As Pan Africanism Today wrote, “On this day, January 17, let us remember Patrice Lumumba's unwavering dedication to the struggle for the Congo's political and economic independence. His vision of a united, free, and prosperous Africa remains an inspiration to all people struggling against the shackles of imperialism and colonialism - from the Congo to Palestine and beyond.”

#PeoplesDispatch | Today is the death anniversary of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Russian Revolution, theorist against imperialism, and friend and inspiration to anti-colonial struggles across the world.

His theories and praxis continue to guide millions across the world against all forms of exploitation and oppression, and for those who seek to build socialism.