Luís Almeida Cabral was born in Bissau, capital of the colony of Portuguese Guinea, a child of mestiço (mixed-race) parents originally from the Cape Verde islands. He was brought into political activity by his brother, and was one of the founders of the clandestine PAIGC in 1956 and a member of the party's politburo and central committee. When the Portuguese secret police began investigating the party, he moved to the city of Conakry, across the border in Guinea, but by 1961 he was back in Bissau organising the National Union of Guinean Workers (UNTG), of which he became secretary general.

The start of the liberation war later that year saw him take to the bush, and by 1963 he was put in charge of the Quitafine frontier zone. In 1964 he joined the party's war council and, in 1970, became a member of the executive committee for the war, with responsibility for reconstruction in liberated zones, which by then were substantial. He was also in charge of the party's bureau in Dakar, important for external relations, as the support of a moderate country like Senegal was a useful counter to the leftist party's solid network among radical African countries.

PAIGC was one of the primary agitators for freedom against Portuguese colonial rule, and fought the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence against Portugal, winning the country's independence in 1974. Luís Cabral became the leader of the party in 1973 after Amílcar was assassinated that year.

Carbal served as president of Buinea-Bissau from 1974 to 1980, when a military coup d'état led by João Bernardo Vieira deposed him. After losing power, Carbal was exiled to Portugal, where he died in 2009.

Hola Camaradas :fidel-salute-big: , Our Comrades In Texas are currently passing Through some Hard times :amerikkka: so if you had some Leftover Change or are a bourgeoisie Class Traitor here are some Mutual Aid programs that you could donate to :left-unity-3:

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Here are some resourses on Prison Abolition :brick-police:

Alexander, M - ‘The New Jim Crow’ (2010)

Davis, A - ‘Are Prisons Obsolete’ (2003)

Jackson, G. - ‘Blood in My Eye’ (1972)

Vitale A.S - ‘The End of Policing’ (2017)

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