Kenyan youth rebellion against imperialist super-exploitation
Posted by: John Phoenix
During June and July this year Kenya suffered major unrest, as thousands took to the street day after day, not only in Nairobi, the capital, but also in other towns throughout the country, to protest against a Finance Bill designed to further impoverish a population that was already suffering serious deprivation. With “MPs due to take a final vote on the legislation on 25 June, protesters called for countrywide street action to urge legislators to rethink. Tens of thousands heeded the call. The scale and geographic spread of the protests was striking, with marches taking place in major cities that are traditional opposition bastions but also in small towns that have rarely ever witnessed protests and even in some of the ruling party’s biggest strongholds...