These shifts mirrored a broader global upsurge, from the US anti-war and civil-rights movements to the French general strike of 1968, Italy's 1969 ...

The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
The December 9 Protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Four

In Nigeria, the general strike of 1945 involved more than 200,000 workers across transport and public services. In Ghana, the 1948 ex-servicemen's ...

As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
The December 9 Protest, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Two

Two days on safari in Africa, and still no sign of a tiger. They'd better get their act together tomorrow or I'll be wanting a refund.

#Safari #Tanzania #Selous #Nyerere

#Tanzania's first president, Julius #Nyerere, abhorred #pomposity and hated being called "your excellency". Instead, during his tenure as president, his staff referred to him as "Mzee", a #Swahili word meaning "old man".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Nyerere?wprov=sfla1