Marxism is no ideology that newly emerged, but it is one of the most misunderstood ideologies in human history. It is the ideology we root our thinking in as communists, so we need to get a clear understanding of what Marxism means by definition. Confucius once said: “If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.”1
Read moreAt the moment there are no known anarchist groups in Uganda. That might be the case because anarchism is an individualistic idea of bourgeois urban intellectuals. The rate of urbanization in Uganda is not very high (yet) and the rural peasants’ society is very collectivistic. Therefore anarchism in Uganda does not have much soil to grow on. Despite that, it doesn’t mean that the issue of anarchism would leave Uganda out. Anarchist views could occur in the future. For the
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Also available as a PDF. So called “Socialism with Chinese characteristics” is leading to confusion among many comrades. There is a harsh debate going on about it for many years already between revisionist apologists and Marxist-Leninist critics. Let us look into the facts. Xi Jinping claimed in January 2013 in a study session in front of the back then newly elected 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: “Socialism with Chinese characteristics is socialism and nothing else. The
Read moreComrade Booker wrote in a recent statement on X (formerly Twitter): “Kenya is not a capitalist state. Kenya is a backward semi feudal neocolonial formation dominated by United States imperialism, comprador power and persistent landlordism. Nairobi is not a centre of production but a vast warehouse for imperialist substandard goods. NDR it is!”1 This view is wrong, very wrong actually. Why so? The reason is the following: A colony is put under a form of comprador capitalism, which is despite
Read more“People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be until they have learnt to seek out the interests of some class or other behind all moral, religious, political and social phrases, declarations and promises.”1 – V. I. Lenin Many Ugandans still see Idi Amin positively, foremost Muslim Ugandans. Many Ugandans were deceived by Idi Amin’s “economic war” against the Indians. But especially the anti-socialist forces were happy when they heard about
Read moreThe class analysis of the Ugandan society today contains a sentence that caused some requests. It is this one: “Before the arrival of the British colonialists most of Uganda already was a class society, a feudal one under the rule of local kings, such as the Kabaka of Buganda.”1 I will clarify this passage more in the following. Confusions about the essence of feudalism It is obvious that in East Africa class societies were already existing. The romanticization of the
Read moreThe pan-Africanist idea is far spread in Africa. That is an obvious truism like that there is much water in the seas of the world. This idea used to be connected to the socialist cause but increasingly turned into a vague phrase. No name is more connected to the term of pan-Africanism than Kwame Nkrumah, the Marxist-Leninist first president of independent Ghana. He already said in his independence speech in 1957 that Ghana’s independence would be “meaningless unless it is
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“Obote had long been an advocate of socialism.”1 – Xavier Ogena The 10th October marks the day on which our dear Apollo Milton Obote died two decades ago. He was the one who led Uganda into independence. He was the one who first tried to lead Uganda on a socialist path of development. He was truly a pioneer of Uhuru and socialism in Uganda. Uhuru and socialism are inseparable. On the eve of independence Obote delivered a speech on 8th
Read moreComradely Greetings, Dear Comrades, I extend my warmest congratulations greetings to the Communist League of Uganda on the occasion of your first anniversary. This day marks a potential turning point in the organization of the Ugandan mass movement — of workers and peasants — guided by Marxist-Leninist ideology, to transform society and overcome systems of exploitation, moving toward a classless society. I wish you success in your struggle to raise class consciousness among the oppressed masses and to challenge imperialism
Read moreAs Mwalimu Nyerere observed, ‘Socialism, like democracy, is an attitude of mind. Hence, defined by neither racism nor ethnicity, I presume. Utopian or Intelligent, this calls for Universal Socialism yonder African Socialism. In a word, socialism is egalitarianism. It transcends race, region or religion. Socialism in Uganda is enriched by UPC’s beginnings. Thence, a regional outfit with the likes of Kenya’s Felix Bukachi as a member. It’s marriage with Kabaka Yekka was for survival purposes. Gen. Sec. George Kakonge and
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