Revolution on Screen: CPM-K Launches Mobile Cinema Campaign to Reclaim African Futures
In picture, Booker Omole Secretary General CPM-K. addressing the media, alongside Mwaivu Kaluka, CPM-K Chairperson, Sobakwe Shakur of All African People’s Revolutionary Party and other members in Nairobi.
By Aoma Keziah,
Members of the Communist Party Marxist of Kenya (CPM-K) the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), and allied organizations gathered in Nairobi, together marking the celebration of African Liberation Day, to honor the continent’s ongoing struggle for self determination, unity, and economic justice.
“Today we want to honor the Mau Mau struggle that led our independence struggle, we want to reaffirm that our independence, in as much as we achieved formal independence, imperialism continues to rule us economically through their multinational operations, through the IMF and their neoliberal policies, which have caused economic crisis, caused economic havoc to most of the neo-colonial countries in Africa. We also know that we are still under the military rule of the same imperialist forces that used to colonize us, example, we have the African Command that was established in 2007 that still continues to create more military bases as a safeguard for imperialist interests,” commented Mwaivu Kaluka, CPM-K Chairperson.
This year’s theme, “Cinema for Consciousness: Revolution Through the Lens,” took a unique and innovative turn with the official launch of CPM-K’s Mobile Cinema campaign, a grassroots educational initiative aimed at deepening political awareness and building momentum for the National Democratic Revolution (NDR).
“ We say it without fear that what Kenya gained in 1963 was not freedom, it was a fraud, a false flag, waved by collaborators, sham independence, handed over to compradors by the British colonisers. It was a betrayal to the blood of our martyrs, they cheated us all. Our land remains in the hands of thieves, our labour remains enslaved by international finance capital, our women remain burdened by patriarchal tradition and feudal exploitation and our children are being trained to serve empire, not build Africa,” said Booker Omole Secretary General CPM-K
The Mobile Cinema units retrofitted vans equipped with screens, speakers, and community-curated revolutionary films, are scheduled to travel to rural counties and urban informal settlements over the coming months. The content includes documentaries on liberation struggles, historical analyses of African socialism, and dramatizations of current class conflicts.
“Comrades, we must tear off the mask of neocolonialism, we must speak its name, we must denounce the comprador-bureaucrat bourgeoisie who wear African names but serve imperialist masters.These imperialist dogs, whoring the African continent must be crashed, we must return to the true path lit by the blood of Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi, who fought not for a flag, but for a revolution. Not for the Queen’s pardon, but for the people’s victory. He’s the eternal symbol of our National Democratic Revolution (NDR),” declared Omole.
The All African People’s Revolutionary Party, echoing the Pan-Africanist vision of Kwame Nkrumah and Amílcar Cabral, called for deeper continental unity rooted in socialism.
“This isn’t just about Kenya, it’s about building the All-African Union Government. Our liberation is incomplete as long as neo-colonialism survives anywhere on this continent,” stated Sobakwe Shakur, A-APRP
Alongside speeches and cinema showings, the day featured performances from revolutionary poets, community theatre troupes, and drumming collectives, all reflecting the cultural backbone of the movement.
With the launch of the Mobile Cinema campaign, CPM-K appears to be banking on a strategy of political education and cultural outreach to shift Kenya’s political terrain.
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