Kenya

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!

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What is being revealed is the fragility of Western political and economic "solutions" for Africa.

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What changes can we make so that Kenyans can promise each other, "Never again"?

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The freedom of tone of the activists at the "Q Spot" tent was really extraordinary, and the public -- curious, intrigued, and rarely hostile -- were amazed.

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At the World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi, Kenya, African civil society rejected the Rockefeller and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations' $150 million Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa -- AGRA. The Green Revolution consisted of converting cropland to "high-yield" seeds which need to be purchased each season, and which require intensive fertilizer and pesticide use.

The creators of AGRA promise to bring benefits to the African continent's 180 million impoverished farmers who, they claim, have until now been bypassed by the first Green Revolution.

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Amidst armed conflict, humanitarian disaster, and entrenched gender inequality, these organizations struggle to end violence against women and girls.