On the anniversary of the Glorious December Revolution,
glory and salutations to the martyrs;
to the women and men revolutionaries;
to our struggling people, teachers of the peoples.
And to those who continue to walk the path of the revolution amid the rubble of war, displacement camps, exile and refuge—carrying the martyrs’ testament: that freedom be restored, peace be built, and justice realised as a lived reality, not a political slogan.
The greatness of 25 December lies in the fact that it was the moment when the demands of the women and men revolutionaries crystallised into a clear and defined programme, completing what the masses of the Sudanese people had begun in the uprisings across the states—from villages, neighbourhoods and cities—chanting “The people want the fall of the regime”: the fall of a regime of oppression, repression, terror and starvation (the coup regime of 30 June), and demanding its immediate and unconditional removal, going beyond all reformist demands and solutions. That was the night when the flame of the revolution reached the national capital and mobilised the will of its revolutionaries towards the Palace, signalling the launch of an unbroken series of revolutionary marches and legendary steadfastness, which did not pause until the sit-in at the General Command of the Armed Forces on the glorious 6th of April.
This year marks the seventh anniversary of the December Revolution, at a time when the forces of the revolution are divided among themselves: some continue to disavow the revolution’s slogans and objectives, while those who remain committed to them are still lagging in organising their ranks and forging a position equal to the brilliance that shone on that Glorious night.
Meanwhile, the forces of the counter-revolution dominate the scene. Their two wings share power, the country’s territory and its resources, reproducing the state as an apparatus of violence, and driving our people into exile, migration, asylum and displacement camps. They jointly deploy repression and intimidation against the forces of the revolution—through assassinations, arrests and the silencing of voices. What we are witnessing these days—of arrests, retaliatory trials and surveillance of revolutionaries, members of Resistance Committees and revolutionary forces across Sudan’s states by security cells, the security apparatus and Islamist militias—is inseparable from, and no different to, the crimes and violations committed by the Janjaweed militia and its allies against civilians in areas under their control and occupation.
The symbolism of 25 December does not derive its importance from the centrality of mobilisation in the capital. History records the spark of the revolution in the distant margins—from Mayirno and Damazin, to the trains of Atbara, to Gedaref, the beating heart of the nation. Its true symbolism lies in being the moment when our people’s collective conscience crystallised, when revolutionaries decisively settled their political position and translated their revolutionary movement into clear demands—foremost among them the overthrow of the Inqaz regime—as a revolutionary manifesto with no retreat. It was a pivotal step that anchored the revolution and later paved the way for the Declaration of Freedom and Change.
As the seventh anniversary of the December Revolution passes, projects of administrative division and secession re-emerge, threatening the unity of the country, while political elites remain mired in their old confusion, unable to rise to the level of the historic challenge.
The moment when our people’s collective will unified in the glorious month of December places upon us a historic responsibility towards the lives and safety of our people, and towards our children in displacement and refuge. It calls for courageous, dispassionate critique of the experience of the December Revolution, and for moving forward from it—making the sacrifices of the martyrs fuel for perseverance on their path by holding fast to the revolution’s objectives and slogans. This cannot be bypassed through declarations of principles or settlements that fail to make justice a central pillar, that implicitly provide safe exits for killers and criminals as the price for ending the war, or that do not condemn the terror of militias whose dissolution stood at the forefront of the December Revolution’s slogans.
Belief in the December Revolution as a point of departure and a historic turning point from which there is no return demands uncompromising revolutionary clarity: adherence to its values, spirit and slogans—not manoeuvring around them. It must be regarded as the sole option to block attempts to fragment revolutionaries along regional and ethnic lines; to demonise revolutionary and civilian forces; to empty neighbourhoods, workplaces and homes of revolutionaries; to militarise and militia-ise political life; and to sabotage or pre-empt all peace agreements and settlement formulas that fail to address the roots of the crisis.
As signatories to the Revolutionary Charter for the Establishment of People’s Power, standing in the trenches with our people and sharing their bitterness and tragedy, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the principles, values and slogans of the glorious December Revolution. We state this clearly and without ambiguity: no peace without justice and the application of the principle of non-impunity; no democratic transition without dismantling the militias and removing the military from political and economic life; no legitimacy for any political process that is not built from the grassroots on popular participation and direct public oversight, and that does not serve the interests of the Sudanese people.
We further affirm that grassroots people’s power is no longer a theoretical option, but a historical necessity for a new political reality in which all Sudanese—women and men—find themselves on equal footing, after the fractures and societal and political divisions left by the war.
Accordingly, we renew our call to all civilian forces not to support either side of the war, and to engage in the broadest grassroots mass front to end the war and address its roots—grounded in the widest popular mobilisation—so as to complete the revolutionary path and achieve its objectives.
Long live the resistance.
Long live the banner of the glorious December Revolution, held high and flying.
Long live the revolution. Glory and immortality to the martyrs.
Long live the struggle of the Sudanese people.
Sudan Resistance Committees and the Forces Signatory to the Revolutionary Charter for the Establishment of People’s Power
25 December 2025
