Mapambano Newsletter Special Edition Download in pdf at:

http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/2005/Mapambano_Oct2005.pdf

We have produced a Special Issue of Mapambano which contains much of the material we have circulated on the on going campaigns on the Referendum in Kenya set for November 21st. We are on the "No" side although we believe that neither the "No" nor "Yes" sayers are an alternative to the political crisis in Kenya.

Our position is that the alternative force that can solve the crisis in Kenya are the Kenyan workers together with other oppressed layers in the country. While the big problem now appears to be the Constitution, the real problem in Kenya is the exploitative capitalist system of government which allows a few people to live on the sweat of the majority.

We advocate for the formation of a "Workers Party" in Kenya as a means of enabling workers to begin to play a role in Kenya's politics on grounds that workers are the producers of wealth in Kenya and so they should have a say on how the wealth they produce is distributed in society.

This will never happen if workers are not organized and if they have no ambition of seizing power. Our role in the situation is to help workers in Kenya organize for a power take over. Mapambano Newsletter is mainly the voice of Kenyan workers, peasants, students and the vast army of unemployed in our country. You are encouraged to distribute the Newsletter as widely as possible.