Social-Democracy or Socialism?

The UPC has one main ideological problem: It’s ideology is not very distinct from it´s main competitors NRM and NUP. I am not saying that the UPC would be the same in practice as the NRM or NUP, but at least in proclamations they are. According to the 2008 Constitution of the UPC the party is a “social-democratic party”1. The thing is that the NUP also claims to be a “progressive, social-democratic organization”2. Even the NRM calls itself a “social-democratic

Remarks on the UPC´s “Aims & Objectives”

The UPC has ten points on its website titled “Aims & Objectives”1. This can be seen as a sort of short program. These points are too less to be called a “program of socialism”. From our perspective the question is if these points are suitable to rally the people for the transitional phase from capitalism to socialism. The Bible says: “Test all things; hold fast what is good.”2 So then, let’s check these ten points up. To build the Republic

Was the Obote II Government not following the socialist path anymore?

In September 2006 Patrick Rubaihayo made the following claim, which is reproduced on the UPC´s party website: “When the parties were allowed to function again after the fall of Idi Amin in 1980, UPC shifted its ideological position from socialism to a free market economy.”1 When this would be true, Obote´s second government would not have pursued the path of socialism anymore. But is it the truth? For that let us look at the 1980 UPC Manifesto. The UPC Manifesto

Set course towards Uhuru! – Message on the 62nd Independence Day anniversary

Happy Independence Day to you all country men and women, especially common citizens (peasants and workers): It is of great importance to assert that as a nation, we have reached at least a step a head compared to the past decades and regimes which were characterised by tyrant and military oppression as well political and constitutional instabilities. I thank God for at least a small mile stone that we have achieved so far with in a period of 62 years.

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