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Kipchumba Ochieng

Kenya’s Gen Z insurgency, the strike wave and the struggle for Permanent Revolution-Part 2

The recent strike wave by workers in Kenya, following the Gen Z-led uprising, reflects deep-seated anger towards the regime of President William Ruto and its International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures. Workers and the youth must forge a new path grounded in Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution—the programme that inspired the October 1917 Russian Revolution. It is essential to revive the struggle of Trotskyism against Stalinism, Maoism, Pabloism, and bourgeoisie nationalism.

Kipchumba Ochieng

Kenya’s Gen Z insurgency, the strike wave and the struggle for Permanent Revolution-Part 1

The recent strike wave by workers in Kenya, following the Gen Z-led uprising, reflects deep-seated anger towards the regime of President William Ruto and its International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures. Workers and the youth must forge a new path grounded in Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution—the programme that inspired the October 1917 Russian Revolution. It is essential to revive the struggle of Trotskyism against Stalinism, Maoism, Pabloism, and bourgeoisie nationalism.

Kipchumba Ochieng

Strike wave erupts across Kenya despite trade unions’ attempt to strangle it

The working class is confronting a supposed “broad-based” government—a newly installed coalition of President William Ruto and his United Kenya Party and the main opposition party—that is committed to IMF austerity and enjoys the backing of the bureaucrats who run the Central Organization of Trade Unions.

Kipchumba Ochieng

Ruto’s new Kenyan coalition government to reinstate rejected tax measures

Those who preach “no politics” and “no leadership” serve to maintain the stranglehold of the prevailing politics of the bourgeoise and its petty bourgeois accomplices and is solely a means of preventing workers and youth from adopting a socialist political alternative.

Kipchumba Ochieng

Austerity protests in Uganda violently crushed

The protests have instilled fear within the Museveni regime of unrest similar to that in neighboring Kenya. In a televised address Saturday evening Museveni threatened the protestors, "We are busy producing wealth… and you here want to disturb us.”

Kipchumba Ochieng

Kenyan protesters defy Ruto’s threats

The protests are a rejection of Ruto's announcement last Friday of the first batch of Cabinet Secretaries, replacing those dismissed on July 11 after weeks of mass anti-austerity demonstrations. In a provocative move, Ruto reinstated half of the officials he had fired just two weeks ago.

Kipchumba Ochieng

Ruto deploys Kenyan army onto the streets with US, European Union support

The US State Department hailed “President Ruto’s commitment to Kenyans’ constitutionally-endowed rights,” while European Union Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell hailed a “reduction of the tensions… conducive to dialogue.” This is a seal of approval for the massacre Ruto committed the day before.

Kipchumba Ochieng