30th anniversary of victory of Nicaraguan revolution
July 19, 2009 - 12:33am
On July 19, 1979, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional entered Managua shortly after the flight of U.S. puppet Anastasio Somosa. This act - the culmination of a decade of victories over imperialism and colonialism around the world - was neither the beginning nor the end of the struggle of the Nicaraguan people for freedom. But I can tell you from personal memory that it sure felt great, and I thought I'd invite everyone to commemorate that historic occasion today.
Check this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpEhi9XYllA
Nicaragua celebrations in pictures:
Found myself looking at some old photos from my trip there in 1986...brought back some wonderful memories.
Was also in El Salvador...and it was sort of a "before the revolution" and "after the revolution" experience.
There was a real "energy" there at the time...and you could feel it in the air...despite all of the hardships of hyper-inflation caused by the Reagan administration's contra war.
Thirty years later, the FSLN is back in power. But the FSLN of today is not the FSLN of long ago.