#RutoMustGo as a Resistance Movement
Events in Kenya are moving at a fast pace in the year 2024. Resistance to capitalism and imperialism under another comprador government had given birth to a new upsurge in…
Shiraz Durrani
What Next for Resistance in Kenya as the Comprador Government Increases Repression?
The on-going resistance in Kenya is sometimes referred to as a revolution. This is perhaps because the hope for change from the status quo is stronger than the reality. It…
People’s Resistance to Capitalism and Imperialism in Kenya — Then and Now
Comparing war of independence with people’s resistance today Note: This is a companion article to the author’s ‘Historical Perspective on the Resistance of Gen Z in Kenya’ published in countercurrents.org on 14-07-2024 . Available…
Historical Perspective on the Resistance of Gen Z in Kenya
PART 1: The Story Volcanoes do not erupt suddenly, although they seem to do so. It may take years or decades of underground activities which build up the pressure to…
Combating Capitalism and Imperialism in the 21st Century – Some Experience from Kenya
Capitalism and imperialism have been exposed as anti-people forces like never before by their sponsorship of the genocide of the Palestinian people by their special agent, ‘Israel’, an illegal country created…
Stop the Capitalist World to Stop Genocide in Palestine
People around the world have been demonstrating and campaigning in all sorts of ways to stop the genocide in occupied Palestine by the imperialist-created ‘Israel’. The International Court of Justice…
Understanding the role of trade unions under capitalism and imperialism in Kenya
Trade Unions have played a crucial role in Kenya’s anti-colonial, anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist struggles in Kenya. This assessment is confirmed by several studies including one from 1998 and the other…
Kenya and Palestine Are Among The Victims of The Imperialist Power Games
The social media is an important resource for oppression — or resistance, depending on who you are and where you stand. A recent posting on Facebook from Khatija Suleman asked…
Fight Capitalism, Fight Imperialism by Any Means Necessary
The struggle of the people of the global South has gone through many phases in response to the changing nature of the enemy they faces. The people’s enemy has put…
The Voice of Ambu H. Patel, the Freedom Fighter from Kenya, must not be Silenced!
Written for the reprint of Ambu H. Patel (Ed): Struggle for ‘Release Jomo & Colleagues’. Nairobi: Vita Books (Forthcoming). The book, Struggle for Release of Jomo and his Colleagues…
Colonialism and Imperialism Can No Longer Sin Quietly
Europe and USA, under their colonial and imperialist policies, have massacred millions of people around the world and taken over their land on a massive scale in the last and…
Is the Left Dead in Kenya?
Kenya faces critical times today as the government of President Ruto moves full speed towards the agenda set by USA via IMF directives. The push on Kenya to turn ‘West”…
The Struggle for Palestine is the Struggle of Working People Worldwide
The attacks by ‘Israel’ on the people and the country of Palestine have increased in intensity in the last month. Palestinian resistance has once again forced the attention of the…
The Kenya Resistance Archives Adds the Missing Links to the History of Kenya
The official or ‘normal’ history of Kenya ignores or downplays resistance to capitalism and imperialism by the people of Kenya. Mostly ignored are organisations of those who opposed the rule…
Reflections on the Revolutionary Legacy of Makhan Singh in Kenya
Photo Credit: Amarjit Chandan and Manmit S. Jabbal This is an extract from a revised version of earlier articles on Makhan Singh. It will be published in Reflections on…
Tunakataa! Saying ‘No’ to Capitalism and Imperialism in Kenya
Preface to the book by Durrani, Nazmi: Tunakataa! We Say No! Resistance Poems in Kiswahili and English Reflecting Life in Kenya in the 1980s. Forthcoming: Nairobi: Vita Books. [Tunakataa: Kiswahili…
Capitalism, The Prison Without Walls
There are no walls in this prison It is built on a foundation of fear, intimidation, and threats. Keep the history book closed Keep the historian in prison The prison…
Trade Unions, Power and Politics in Kenya – No Politics, No Power!
Capitalism destroys every attempt by working class to end the exploitation and oppression created by capitalism itself. That is the only way capitalism has survived over generations. Workers have organised…
Why Study Socialism?
Look back at the history of Africa. That is where the need for socialism comes from. One of the recommended readings on Pan-Africanism in the Kenya Political Study Guide records…
Trade Unions are the Future of Kenya
Image the situation in Kenya in the 1930s. The most powerful imperialist country in the world was in total control of land, life and future of the country. Not only in…
Prospects for Trade Unions in Kenya Under Capitalist Onslaught
Workers in many parts of the world face similar challenges and advances as in Kenya. The situation for trade unions in many countries are also similar. In Britain, there is…
What role did trade unions play in the struggle for independence in Kenya?
It is instructive to compare the role of trade unions in Kenya’s War of Independence under Mau Mau with the situation under Maji Maji, the Tanzanian people’s war of liberation…
Trade Unions in Kenya and Britain in a Changing World
Trade Unions in Kenya and globally in the 2020s are very different from those in the 1950s. First, the global situation has changed a lot in the last 50 years…
Capitalist Exploitation Entrenched in Kenya
An important feature of life in Kenya, as in other capitalist countries, is the ever-present exploitation of labour and resources in every aspect of life. It is so prevalent that…
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