Move to the Left

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The Move to the Left was a policy direction undertaken in Uganda, most notably under President Milton Obote in the period 1968–1971. Despite nominally being a move towards socialism, it also had strong nationalist overtones.^[1]

The heart of the move to the left can be simply stated. It is... that political and economic power must be vested in the majority

— Uganda People's Congress, Common Man's Charter, 1969