A kind man, one who made his country food self-suficent, vaccinated all children against polio and mengitis, planted 10 million trees, started a giant literacy campaign and did amazing work for womens rights. As a reward he got killed by the french and the US.
An amazing man, one in a long line of amazing persons killed for daring to work towards a better future for everyone.
Never forget the sacrifices of our past comrades.
:sankara-salute:
i think sankara is legit the only communist figure who i can say i unironically uncritically support :sankara-salute:
Sankara is probably my favorite communist revolutionary. Didn't seem to go too wild with repression, understood what needed to be done in his country, knew how to motivate people, etc. I've always liked his quote to never stop teaching people.
And he lost in the end because he couldn't believe that his long time friend would betray him. Too pure for this world :sankara-salute:
Here's some reading by him:
Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983–87
Women’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle
And this one is about him:
A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara
I maintain that he was too pure for this hellworld and his only mistake was not doing political purges. :sankara-salute:
His mistake was that he believed too much in his friends.
Rip. A true hero, don't forget the US killed him because he dared challenge the colonialist-capitalist grip on Africa.
Most of the fault for Sankara's death doesn't actually lie with the U.S, but rather :france-cool:
As Latin American is to the U.S, North Africa is to France, arguably worse. Much of the region is forced under the neocolonial CFA France currency , and since 1963, 22 African Presidents have been assassinated by France (Sankara included).
It's why I'm annoyed when French people brag about not following the U.S into Iraq, but see absolutely no problem with this
To the one lib who downvoted this: Show yourself and explain why, coward.
Repressed Unions (working against him / with French) and did some trials that he apparently later regretted.
"See how he's always wearing a military uniform? That's how you know he was a brutal warlord!"
Hold up, was the US involved? I remember looking into it and only finding french/counter revolutionary Burkina Faso involvement. Would love a link/source
Wikipedia really isn't ideal but here. Depending on language Israel is also involved.
It lists the US under "belligerants" but doesn't say anything about their involvement
