by Shiraz Durrani | Dec 23, 2024 | issue 8
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 push lava out of the ground. In the same way, social ‘eruptions’ do not happen without years and...
by Shiraz Durrani | Dec 23, 2024 | issue 8
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 perhaps shows a lack of understanding of relative strengths of the opposing forces in the class...
by Shiraz Durrani | Dec 23, 2024 | issue 8
A Brief Analysis on the formation of UMOJA The formation of UMOJA in 1987 fulfilled the main aim of those behind it: to unify the various external Kenyan organisations into a united front and support internal (Kenyan) struggles, in this case to support MWAKENYA. In...
by Shiraz Durrani | Jan 8, 2024 | issue 7
The attacks by ‘Israel’ on the people and the country of Palestine have increased in intensity in the past month. Palestinian resistance has once again forced the attention of the world on the plight of a people facing another massacre and a country being destroyed....
by Shiraz Durrani | Aug 23, 2023 | issue 6
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...
