THE KENYA POLICE; A look at Imperialist Influence
Over the couple of months, Haiti has dominated local and global news for insecurity reasons. The insecurity and other related challenges have increased especially after the assassination of country’s president Jovenel Moïse on 7th July 2021. Heavily armed gangs and...
The Kenya Socialist – Issue 8
Editorial
The eighth issue of The Kenya Socialist comes at a time when the factions of the ruling class are uniting in an effort to solidify their power. Some of these factions, which over the years have used progressive rhetoric to deceive the masses into supporting them, can...
In This Issue:
THE KENYA POLICE; A look at Imperialist Influence
Over the couple of months, Haiti has dominated local and global news for insecurity reasons. The insecurity and other related challenges have increased especially after the assassination of country’s president Jovenel Moïse on 7th July 2021. Heavily armed gangs and...
The Kenya Socialist – Issue 8
Editorial
The eighth issue of The Kenya Socialist comes at a time when the factions of the ruling class are uniting in an effort to solidify their power. Some of these factions, which over the years have used progressive rhetoric to deceive the masses into supporting them, can...
Editorial: We Are All Palestinians
While thousands of people in Kenya and Britain march to condemn Israel for its genocidal attacks on Palestine, the rulers of both countries side with Israel and give it material and/or moral support for its inhuman actions. Even the opposition Labour Party in Britain...
Editorial: Class Struggle in Kenya
Class Struggle in Kenya and the Search for ‘Uhuru’ is the title of the first article in this issue of The Kenya Socialist. It is a review of Two Paths Ahead(1) by Tom Odhiambo, which first appeared in the Saturday Nation of April 1, 2023. No, it was not an April...
INTERVIEW: Shiraz Durrani interviewed on Information as a Tool of Liberation
Questions from Julian Jaravata. an MLIS student at San Jose State University taking a course in international librarianship. Interview date: 07-12- 2018. The interview took place in the context of Julian Jaravata’s research for his librarianship studies. However the...
Editorial: The World is Changing; will Kenya Follow Suit?
The world is changing. Or is it? Vladimir Putin sees ‘truly revolutionary, tectonic changes in geopolitics, the global economy, in the technological sphere, in the entire system of international relations’ [which are] ‘fundamental, pivotal and inexorable’(1) And yet,...
Lessons from the Underground: How DTM Linked Theory With Practice in Kenya
Introduction Kenya was among the leaders in Africa in its anticolonial struggle waged by workers and peasants under Mau Mau. This resistance achieved independence in 1963 and broke the back of British colonialism. But capitalism and imperialism were not to be defeated...
The 59th African Liberation Day
Every year on May 25, the world commemorates African Liberation Day (ALD). ALD was first established by Kwame Nkrumah in 1958 during the first Convention of Independent States in Accra, Ghana. It was declared that the 15th of April would be designated as ‘African...
Is Women’s Household Labour a Form of Exploitation?
Debates about paying for housewife labour at home have raged for many years. In most capitalist countries, housewives perform almost all housework (cooking, childcare, cleaning, etc). This debate is mostly steered by feminists who argue that the work at home deserves...
Revolutionary Rhetoric and
Populist Politics: Elections in the Age of Neo-colonialism.
As the country chokes in the stranglehold of structural unemployment, massive displacement for the downtrodden, extrajudicial killings, systemic corruption, failed healthcare and education systems, those vying for elective seats are vigorously seeking votes ahead of...