In all earnestness, as someone who isn't too aware of Nigerian politics - why shouldn't the elected government be helped back into power? What reasons do we have to believe that the junta has the best interests of the Nigerian working class more than the previous regime?
We KNOW that the French definitely don't have the interest of the Nigerian people at heart. (ask more if this isn't clear).
We also know that the French government is neoliberal capitalist, and opposes the aims of the global socialist movement.
It remains to be seen how "good" or how "socialist" the future government turns out to be, but their initial actions of being hostile to French colonialism have been good for socialism so far.
the most demonstrable action has been to cut off exports of uranium to France, putting the government of Niger in the driver's seat to control that. Now we wait (months, years?) to see if they use that to benefit their people.
Yes, my bad, and I agree but I wish (who tf cares what I wish lol) that they would do their revolutionary action under a socialist banner which isn't exactly how I see it at this point.
In all earnestness, as someone who isn't too aware of Nigerian politics - why shouldn't the elected government be helped back into power? What reasons do we have to believe that the junta has the best interests of the Nigerian working class more than the previous regime?
I'm not super well read on it, but to summarize:
Also:
Revolutionary action, in this case a coup, is important to drive out colonial/imperialist grip over the country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66562765
Note: I assume you mean Nigerien (Niger) not Nigerian (Nigeria)
Yes, my bad, and I agree but I wish (who tf cares what I wish lol) that they would do their revolutionary action under a socialist banner which isn't exactly how I see it at this point.
I mean, didn't they say that "Sankara showed that the only path forward for Burkina Faso is socialism"? Or am I misremembering?
thank you for teachin me that o7