Faith Kasina on false notions of power and social movements as a precursor to formidable political strength for the working class.

Do we take power on its own terms — and on its own terrain — or build our own alternative power?

DRC’s movement LUCHA navigates cautious space for its members’ participation in electoral politics.

Do political parties contest the structure of power, or meld together to entrench it?

Social movements and political parties both offer power, but movement history in Kenya shows how their convergence can change the system.

The Ugandan and Tanzanian government as well as CNOOC and TotalEnergies are aware of what catastrophes EACOP will have on nature, people and climate but their focus is on money

We diverted from our course immediately after independence.

The America I know - the one we have lobbied over the years, especially at the peak of the atrocious wars in the north and east — has been a steadfast backer of the NRA regime. Mr. Museveni knows it.

For several decades the indigenous Benet people have formally petitioned for the return of their ancestral land atop Mt. Elgon. They have occupied what is now Mt. Elgon National Park for time immemorial, but were evicted by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in 1983 after the area was declared a national park. Their struggle to regain their land has been a brutal one, leading to death and unending brutal harassment.