I don’t like blanquism, but there’s no denying that the old, old coup in Burkina Faso that installed Sankara left the people much better off than they were before.
Even if that’s the case (it isn’t always) it’s a lot better to have a local boot than a foreign one.
Africans deserve to be governed by Africans, not politicians who turn their country over to imperialists for profit. It’s much better to critically support coups in the imperialized world when they’re done by local interests than it is to make blanket statements and deny local voices their self-determination.
Military junta coups are just one elite ousting another.
I don’t think it’s that clear cut.
I don’t like blanquism, but there’s no denying that the old, old coup in Burkina Faso that installed Sankara left the people much better off than they were before.
Even if that’s the case (it isn’t always) it’s a lot better to have a local boot than a foreign one.
Africans deserve to be governed by Africans, not politicians who turn their country over to imperialists for profit. It’s much better to critically support coups in the imperialized world when they’re done by local interests than it is to make blanket statements and deny local voices their self-determination.