Traore was involved in Marxist and Pan-African groups, then was a captain in the military fighting western backed ISIS and jihadists. He upholds Sankara.

Everything he has done so far after seizing power has been decolonizing and pan-africanist and anti-imperialist. If communists don’t like that then they are being ultras

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well the communist party in the country likely understands the situation better than any of us, so I’ll reserve my judgement

Edit: I was thinking of the Niger coup, my bad. I haven’t seen anything from the BF party. Can’t keep track of all the coups

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago

Ultras can exist in every country, there’s nothing about being close in proximity makes one automatically correct. Imperialism is the primary contradiction and sometimes if you are too close to some domestic issue you can’t see that