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Trade Unions in Kenya's War of Independence /

Durrani, Shiraz,

Trade Unions in Kenya's War of Independence / Shiraz Durrani. - Nairobi, Kenya : Vita Books, 2018. - 118p. - Kenya resists ; no. 2. . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Series, Kenya Resists: Looking Back to Fight Forward; Preface to Kenya Resists No. 2: Trade Unions and Kenya's War of Independence; Selection from: Durrani, Shiraz (2018): Kenya's War of Independence: Mau Mau and its Legacy of Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism, 1948-1990.; Trade Unions Light A Spark; Trade Unions and Mau Mau; Organising for Economic and Political Rights; Classes and Class Struggle; Enter Makhan Singh; Kenya's Trade Unions in the Context of Trade Union (TU) Struggles in Africa. Workers and Peasants Unite for Armed ResistanceTrade Unions; Three Pillars of Resistance Attacked; Opposition Continues; Worker Resistance; Shiraz Durrani: Reflections on the Revolutionary Legacy of Makhan Singh. Every Inch a Fighter; The "disappeared" history of Makhan Singh; Enter Makhan Singh; Classes, class divisions and class struggles; Makhan Singh -- the early years; Power behind the scene; Early influences on Makhan Singh; Class, trade union and worker rights; Achieving workers' rights; Linking economic and political struggle; The trade union movement influences Mau Mau. Documenting resistanceConclusion; References; Back cover.


Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, MI
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9789966114532 9789966189073 996611453X




Labor unions--Political activity--Kenya.

HD 6866.5 .Z65 / D87 2018

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