Bunge la Mwananchi has revolutionized grassroots politics in Kenya since the 1990s. In this second part of reflections on the movement, the writer examines Bunge’s challenges and its future. Part I of this article appeared last week.

Bunge la Mwananchi has revolutionized grassroots politics in Kenya since the 1990s. Against the backdrop of elite politics and entrenched neo-liberalism, the movement has created a critical space for democratic participation from below and its impact has been far-reaching. Part II of this article appears next week.

Comrade Kimani remained steadfast in his commitment to the liberation of Kenya ever since he joined the reform movement in the early 1990s. Though uncelebrated nationally, the social justice movement in Kenya is the poorer with his untimely death.

The late president of Venezuela was not only a great socialist revolutionary but also a passionate pan-Africanist. On the first anniversary of his passing, his eminent example of the struggle against imperialism is a model for all those who aspire to truly empower themselves and their people

He spent his life struggling for democratic reforms in Kenya and suffered much for it, spending long years in prison under the Moi dictatorship. His commitment should inspire new generations of revolutionaries

Should social movements take part in national elections they are unlikely to win due to the fierce competition, shameless manipulation of voters by clever politicians and the heavy finances required? Patrick Schukalla sought the views of a Kenyan social justice activist

As industrialised nations in the West look for technological fixes to climate change that enable them to carry on with ‘business as usual’,

It was social movements that mobilised many poor Kenyans to vote in the referendum, and it is social movements that must mobilise to ensure the country’s new constitution fulfils the people’s hopes for a better future, writes Gacheke Gachihi.

From left, Olivier Fanon, Gacheke Gachihi
and an Algerian diplomat in Tanzania
(cc Gacheke Gachihi)Following his attendance at the Julius Nyerere Intellectual Festival Week from 13 to 17 2009 in Dar es Salaam, Gacheke Gachihi discusses the engaging talks given by speakers like Issa G. Shivji, Oliver Fanon and Adebayo Olukoshi and the inspiration he draws from the Pan-Africanist struggle.

I salute you comrade Horace Campbell: . I agree with your great advise for progressive forces in Africa to organize to bring social change in Africa. The agenda for Reparations very crucial to Africa recovery as the modern imperialism is build on blood and slave labour of African people and the people of the south.

The issue of illegitimate debt will be also a concern for Obama administration. We must in Africa dismantle also the instruments of Imperial control , that World Bank, IMF and many others. The Congo story is horrible. I hope Obama as he confesses the atrocities caused to his Grandfather in Kenya by British colonial forces will extend the same touch to the people of Congo … and also offer apologies for the historical injustices committed to Africa by the past USA regime.

The Obama administration must start with accounting on evils committed by USA security agencies in the World ...But time will tell the jury is out for Obama...But we must organize and organize!