Party News: Uganda (2003)

Party News from the December 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard

On 26 October the Kabale Socialist Club in Uganda held a meeting with people who had been reading socialist literature. They have sent the following report on the meeting :

Ariiho Geoffrey thanked the visitors, who had been reading Socialist literature lent to them by members of the club, for such an attendance. Mwebaze Jimmy as one of the old members of the club explained to the visitors how the club was formed, its objectives and activities - which most of the visitors agreed to have knowledge of. The discussion was mainly otherwise based on exchange of views including participation of the visitors. However almost all the visitors expressed the confusion and not understanding the "Religious Issue/question". All the visitors come from religious families and at most of them still show a lot of religious tendencies and beliefs. Comrades Mwebaze.Weijagye and Ariiho each explained the religious issue at length. However still most of the visitors showed dissatisfaction with the explanations in relation to how capitalism operates and how socialism will work. A leaflet 'Questions and Answers about Socialism* were distributed to the visitors. Also given out were the October-December African Socialist magazine (which had arrived a few days before) to all including the members present. Those who had not yet come across the July-September Issue also got from what had arrived. Weijagye informed the visitors that we have books, although some not written by Socialists, which explained the issue of Religion. The books include : Three photocopies of the Age of Reason (two of which were lent out). The Jesus Mysteries, The World without Wages, The Evolution of the Idea of God and Gibbon on Christianity. He also explained that we are expecting a pamphlet (which was presently out of stock): How the Gods were made.