How the youth of Bakur rose up in defense of communal life By Marcos Pacheco The fireworks illuminate the sky with red, green and yellow colors throughout the night. In the streets, bonfires have been lit everywhere and people of every age have congregated around them. Many of them are dancing in circles around the fires to the rhythm of the deafening music that plays through speakers. Whenever there is a pause in the music, the young people use their powerful voices to chant

Written by Gathanga Ndung’u, a community organizer and activist with Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) and a political organizer with Revolutionary Socialist League – Africa (RSL). Kenya gained its flag independence in 1963. The much-awaited sovereignty never came, as the tools of economic emancipation, such as land and industries, remained in the hands of the colonial powers, together with their local proteges, the comprador class, led by the first president, Kamau Wa Nge

Reader’s submission: A Reflection on the Southern Question and Democratic Confederalism. It is not an exhaustive analysis, but a first step into developing a debate on the topic, and a revolutionary theory based on our history. For this reason, we invite our readers to send any answers, insights, further elaborations or critiques, which may be published on our website. The southern question represents the largest single contradiction of the Italian nation-state. The roots of