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They Fear Them Even in Death
By Arturo P.Garcia
The
ruling class always makes a mockery of those who rebel, fight or resists
their rule. They crucify them, burn them at the stake, cut their heads
or display them at different public places. Others even burn their
cadavers or refused burial to them.
Some threw them to the
seas or keep them in freezers. Some even says, " They beg not to be
killed." Like in the case of Libyan President Muamar Kadaffi who was
killed last October 20, 2011.
Some of them, Hannibal
Barca, William Wallace, Gabriela Silang, Ines Carinugan, Supremo Andres
Bonifacio, Dr. Jose Rizal, General Antonio Luna, Nicolas Ceasescu,
Captain Thomas Sankara, President Patrice Lumumba, Che Guevarra,
Salvador Allende to name a few.
Bigger than Life
In
the Philippines, Gabriel Silang, an Itneg warrior from Abra was hanged
when she led the Ilocos revolt against the Spaniards. She took over her
assassinated husband, Diego Silang. She was captured in a battle and after a show trial was made an
example to all. Her body was left hanging for days in the Vigan plaza.
And
so was Babaylan Ines Carinugan , an Itawes priestess who defied and led
the rebellion in Cagayan against the Spanish colonizers in the 1660’s.
Andres
Bonifacio, the founder of the Katipunan and General Antonio Luna, the
commander of Filipino Republic forces was assassinated by Emilio
Aguinaldo’s men and were buried in undisclosed place. Their remains were
never found.
So was Dr. Rizal who was buried in an
unmarked grave. after his execution in December 30, 1896.Luckily,
Rizal’s family were wise to order a watch on all freshly dug grave after
his execution so they found his remains.
William “The
Braveheart” Wallace of Scotland was no so lucky. He was executed by
disembowelment and his body parts hanged in all public places in London,
England. His head was kept in th famed Tower of London.
Captain
Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso and President Patrice Lulumba of Belgian
Congo was so hated by their enemies especially the French and Belgian
imperialist. They dismembered,burned their bodies and scattered it to
unknown places.
In Africa, they have s superstitious
beliefs that the dead will arise from their deaths if they will not be
burned and scattered. They fear them even in death so they made sure
they cannot come back to haunt them and be marytrs.
They fear them Even in Death
Ernesto
“Che” Guevarra was killed by the Bolivian army and CIA advisers in
Bolivia in October 9, 1967. They buried his body in his body in
unmarked in Valle Grande. On July 13,1997, the Cuban government and some
progressive elements in Bolivia was able to identify his remains.
They
know that it was Che’s body because they were missing two hands.
According to stories Che’s hands were cut by the CIA operatives and is
kept at the CIA Headquarters in Washington DC as a trophy of war.
His
body was brought back to Cuba in October 17, 1997 and was reburied in
Santa Clara. Now, his gravet is a shrine that tourist and
revolutionaries all over the world visits.
Salvador
Allende who was deposed by the Chilean army thru US prodding was killed
during the attack at the Presidential Palace in Santiago in September
11, 1973. He was buried in an unmarked grave. The Chilean authorities
let his remains be buried to Cuba. He was reburied again in Chile in
2002 after the Chilean dictatorship has gone.
But until
today there are two versions on his death. The military says he
committed suicide. While the progressives said he was executed by the
military.
And lastly, Hannibal Barca, the scourge of Rome,
one of the greatest military tactician in the world, was pursued by
Rome all his life. The Romans hated him so much that they pursued him to
the ends of the earth.
He remarked before he died when he was found by the Roman troops in exile in Thrace: “Why don’t you just let a man die in peace?”
But
as revolutionaries, we believe, people who are fighter and have
principles that die on their feet or fighting, firing to the last bullet
or wounded, will never beg. That we sincerely believe!
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