Henry Makori

* Henry Makori is an editor with Pambazuka News.

It is international Women’s Day. Revolutionary salute to all women!

Our basic problem in the world is patriarchy; that is, a world constructed around elite male power. This deeply entrenched system sidelines, denigrates, marginalizes and oppresses not just women; it does the same to the majority of men as well – with the chief outcomes being violence, mass poverty, dictatorship and ecological destruction. Our total liberation as human beings depends on slaying the dragon of patriarchy and creating an alternative world of new relations based on respect, justice and collaboration....

After surrendering 30% of my salary to the Government of Kenya every month; after I surrender thousands of shillings every month in indirect taxes that have pushed the cost of living to the skies; after billions of shillings are acquired every year as loans in my name by that same government; after it has come to light that billions of shillings are wasted by people in that government and that several other billions are looted in one of the most corrupt governments in the world...the noblest thing I am expected to do is not to condemn this regime of filthy and shameless thieves and

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O Ruanda tem feito progressos notáveis ??para reconstruir depois do genocídio . Mas o país está sob o domínio de uma oligarquia Tutsi cruel que silenciou todos que não concordam com o presidente Kagame . Seus críticos ou são mortos ou estão na prisão ou no exílio. A luta por um país justo e livre deve ser intensificada urgentemente.