How high can we regard religion?

There is a difference between religious faith and scientific knowledge: Knowledge can be proven, faith cannot. This is what even metropolitan Filaret of Moscow wrote in his catechism of the Russian-Orthodox Church: “Knowledge has for its object things visible and comprehensible; faith, things which are invisible, and even incomprehensible.”1 This creates a dualism of idealism and materialism: Idealism for the religion, materialism for the secular world. It reminds a bit of this quote from the Gospel of John: “That which

Lumumba – 100 Years after

Tomorrow marks 100 years since Patrice Lumumba was born. July 2nd, 1925. He didn’t live long, but what he gave us is something that still matters today. He gave his voice, his fight, and his life for Congo. For our dignity. For our independence. On June 30th, 1960, Congo became independent. And for that, we are thankful. Because without Lumumba, it might not have happened the way it did. He stood up and spoke for all of us. He reminded

An Overview on Capitalism, Socialism and Communism – A Reply to a Comrade

REQUEST: Hello comrade! Could you please talk to me about communism and classes in society? ANSWER: Communism is attained in the long term of class struggle around the world, and this is the last stage to be achieved in the class struggle. Note: There is not any single country that can attain communism, communism is attained by the whole working class of the world, the proletariat. At the initial stages we can attain socialism, this can be attained at the

Dumping the Common Man’s Charter? – A reply to Comrade Yoga Adhola

The Common Man’s Charter is until today seen by the Ugandan left as a major document, especially among the left wing of the UPC. In a statement from 2023, which can not be called a thorough analysis at all, Yoga Adhola addresses this matter. He claims that there is no need to study it just because “the author regretted it”1. Yes, Obote in his last years of life said that he regretted the Move to the Left. He said in

The Class Composition of the Ugandan Society

“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.”1 – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Uganda’s society is divided in classes. 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. The society of today’s Uganda is a capitalist one. Therefore the class structure is mainly divided between the bourgeoisie, the capitalist class, and the proletariat,

“Socialism with Ugandan characteristics” – Or: Does Uganda have to reinvent the wheel?

Generally Yash Tandon´s book “Common People´s Uganda” delivers a Marxist perspective on Uganda in history, present and future. Still, there is a question coming up by comrades regarding Yash Tandon´s proposal to “find an own model of development”1 and the refusal to “import the Western European model or the Soviet or Chinese model” regarding socialism, though he acknowledges that lessons from it can be learned2. He does not refuse to use the terminology of Marxism at all. Though Tandon does

Did the NRM fulfill the Ten Points Program?

One big political question is always: Did the ruling party live up to its promises? The NRM adopted the following Ten Point Program in 1984 which is their famous government program until today: Restoration of democracy; Restoration of security; Consolidation of national unity and elimination of all forms of sectarianism; Defending and consolidating national independence; Building an independent, integrated and self-sustained national economy; Restoration and improvement of social services and rehabilitation of war-ravaged areas; Elimination of corruption and misuse of

Okwogera n’ekibiina kya Communist League of Uganda (January 2025)

Dear readers, dear comrades! In the following we post the interview with the CLU in Luganda. Qn: 1. Ekibuuzo Watandikibwawo ddi era embeera eri wa? Nga 2nd October 2024, twafuna ekirowoozo ky’okutandikawo ekibiina ky’abakomunisiti eky’amaanyi mu Uganda nga twesigama ku nkola za kikula kya Marxism-Leninism. Era okutuukiriza kino mu bbanga ettono, kyategeerekese nti kijja kuba tekisoboka olw’embeera z’ebyobufuzi ezitali za bwenkanya ezibaddewo mu ggwanga, naye kiyinza okuba ekigendererwa eky’ekiseera ekiwanvu oluvannyuma lw’okukunga abantu abangi mu bujjuvu, okuwa okusomesa mu byobufuzi

How to organize our study?

It is a truism to say: Marxism needs efforts to be studied. But that mere fact does not help, only concrete ways to organize that study help. Self-study can work, but it is mostly without structure. The best would be of course establishing Marxism courses or even an ideological school, like the UPC operates one. That needs a plan of course. First of all, the content of the study. We need to set up a curriculum suiting the Ugandan national

Thoughts about the Language Question in Uganda

It is obvious that Uganda, despite its country name that is derived from Buganda, is not a national state of the Baganda. On Uganda these biblical words are not applying: “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language.”1 Instead Uganda is more like Babylon after the Confusion of Tongues2: There is no native language that could even closely claim to be a majority language. I agree with most points of Comrade Joseph´s important interview on fundamental questions.

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