EPISODE · Aug 8, 2024 · 23 MIN
SNV Special Interview: Kenya's Gen Z Still Protesting On The Streets
from Socialist News and Views · host Nicholas Shillingford
Special Interview Recorded (8/1/2024) and Uploaded (8/8/2024). In this special we speak to teacher Khadija Zeig. She was born and raised in Kenya. She currently lives in St. Paul Minnesota. She has a masters in Business Administration and is working on a masters degree in Education. She plans to open a school in the Sahel in the future. In this special we discuss the ongoing street protests in Kenya that lead to the firing of President Ruto's entire cabinet. Links to topics discussed in this podcast: Generation Z Is at the Forefront of a Powerful Uprising in Kenya: https://www.leftvoice.org/generation-z-is-at-the-forefront-of-a-powerful-uprising-in-kenya/ Kenya unrest: the deep economic roots that brought Gen-Z onto the streets: https://theconversation.com/kenya-unrest-the-deep-economic-roots-that-brought-gen-z-onto-the-streets-233463 Mass protests against Kenyan President Ruto’s IMF-dictated Finance Bill: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/06/20/mjqq-j20.html Kenyan protesters defy Ruto’s threats: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/07/23/ehaw-j23.html The US Plan to Outsource Its Imperialism in Haiti to Kenya: https://jacobin.com/2024/05/us-kenya-haiti-intervention/ Kenyan police contingent arrives in Haiti as protests roil Nairobi: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/25/kenyan-police-contingent-arrives-in-haiti-as-protests-roil-nairobi Why are Kenyan forces set to intervene in Haiti and how is the US involved?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/why-are-kenyan-forces-set-to-intervene-in-haiti-and-how-is-the-us-involved Kenyans wonder why police are deployed to Haiti while unrest churns at home: https://www.voanews.com/a/kenyans-wonder-why-police-are-deployed-to-haiti-while-unrest-churns-at-home-/7674952.html
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Special Interview Recorded (8/1/2024) and Uploaded (8/8/2024). In this special we speak to teacher Khadija Zeig. She was born and raised in Kenya. She currently lives in St. Paul Minnesota. She has a masters in Business Administration and is working on a masters degree in Education. She plans to open a school in the Sahel in the future. In this special we discuss the ongoing street protests in Kenya that lead to the firing of President Ruto's entire cabinet. Links to topics discussed in this podcast: Generation Z Is at the Forefront of a Powerful Uprising in Kenya: https://www.leftvoice.org/generation-z-is-at-the-forefront-of-a-powerful-uprising-in-kenya/ Kenya unrest: the deep economic roots that brought Gen-Z onto the streets: https://theconversation.com/kenya-unrest-the-deep-economic-roots-that-brought-gen-z-onto-the-streets-233463 Mass protests against Kenyan President Ruto’s IMF-dictated Finance Bill: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/06/20/mjqq-j20.html Kenyan protesters defy Ruto’s threats: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/07/23/ehaw-j23.html The US Plan to Outsource Its Imperialism in Haiti to Kenya: https://jacobin.com/2024/05/us-kenya-haiti-intervention/ Kenyan police contingent arrives in Haiti as protests roil Nairobi: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/25/kenyan-police-contingent-arrives-in-haiti-as-protests-roil-nairobi Why are Kenyan forces set to intervene in Haiti and how is the US involved?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/22/why-are-kenyan-forces-set-to-intervene-in-haiti-and-how-is-the-us-involved Kenyans wonder why police are deployed to Haiti while unrest churns at home: https://www.voanews.com/a/kenyans-wonder-why-police-are-deployed-to-haiti-while-unrest-churns-at-home-/7674952.html
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