Trade Unions in Kenya’s War of Independence

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Cover......Page 1 Title page......Page 2 Copyright page......Page 3 Dedication......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Preface to the Series, Kenya Resists: Looking Back to Fight Forward......Page 6 Preface to Kenya Resists No. 2: Trade Unions and Kenya’s War of Independence......Page 10 Trade Unions and Mau Mau......Page 13 Organising for Economic and Political Rights......Page 19 Classes and Class Struggle......Page 26 Enter Makhan Singh......Page 34 Kenya’s Trade Unions in the Context of Trade Union (TU) Struggles in Africa......Page 40 Workers and Peasants Unite for Armed Resistance......Page 42 Trade Unions......Page 47 Three Pillars of Resistance Attacked......Page 48 Opposition Continues......Page 50 Worker Resistance......Page 52 Shiraz Durrani: Reflections on the Revolutionary Legacy of Makhan Singh. Every Inch a Fighter......Page 58 The “disappeared” history of Makhan Singh......Page 60 Enter Makhan Singh......Page 61 Classes, class divisions and class struggles......Page 64 Makhan Singh – the early years......Page 65 Power behind the scene......Page 66 Early influences on Makhan Singh......Page 68 Class, trade union and worker rights......Page 69 Achieving workers’ rights......Page 71 Linking economic and political struggle......Page 76 The trade union movement influences Mau Mau......Page 82 Documenting resistance......Page 85 Conclusion......Page 88 References......Page 89 Back cover......Page 117