Freedom from a fascist dictatorship that set us back decades.

Freedom from a dictatorship that wouldn't let us speak freely or unionise.

Freedom from a dictatorship that heavily censored the arts, the media, the books, the music, the education.

Freedom from a dictatorship where women were seen as housewives and property of their husbands.

Freedom from a dictatorship that would send men to fight useless wars in the name of the empire.

Freedom from a dictatorship that would arrest people on the street and torture them.

Freedom from a dictatorship that isolated us and made us ignorant to the rest of the world.

Freedom from a dictatorship that wanted us to live under the guise of fate and church.

Freedom from a dictatorship that hopefully will never be forgotten because, if it is, then we will be back in its policies.

Today, we celebrate freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of art, freedom of religion, political freedom, and freedom to simply exist as you are.

25th of April always. Fascism never again.