[cid:[email protected]] Athens, Greece - July 17th, 2013 World Federation of Trade Unions on the International Mandela Day Nelson Mandela was born in a small South African village on July 18th, 1918. From here he would go on to become one of the most admired leaders in history. During the South African struggle, it was him together and thousands of other known and anonymous fights who struggled with persistence, self-sacrifice and determination to end the racist, inhuman apartheid regime and bring freedom and prosperity to the South African people. Even being imprisoned that did not stop him. During the difficult times of his imprisonment, the WFTU is proud to have launched and promoted an International Campaign for his freedom as one of the hundreds ways the international class-oriented trade union movement chose to express its practical solidarity to the South African Liberation Struggle. Today in his critical moments, once more we are joining our thoughts with the South African people. Nelson Mandela is the icon of peace and reconciliation against the hatred spilled by the exploiters. No one says it better than the man himself: "No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate. And if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite". We are positive that he has contributed significantly in educating and forming a South African working class, which will continue and advance the struggles of the past generations for the complete emancipation of the South African people from the tyranny of exploitation. THE SECRETARIAT Alexandra Liberi
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