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==Policies and Criticisms== | ==Policies and Criticisms== | ||
One of the major criticisms levied on Sankara was the lack of political power from the masses for his "People's Democratic Revolution". During the military coup of August 4, 1983, Sankara has relied on a military [[bourgeois]] line of allied officers which outmaneuvered the right-wing imperialized government and relied on the support of urban left elements common and influencial in the [[petty bourgeoisie]], claiming to have said that "Our main support is from the organised workers". Sankara never relied on the [[peasantry]] and instead shifted his line on the aformentioned petty bourgeoisie, even with his . Power was never seized from the bottom by the people, preferebly through [[people's war]].<ref>A World To Win (1988).[https://www.bannedthought.net/International/RIM/AWTW/1988-10/AWTW-10-BurkinaFaso.pdf Why You Can't Make Revolution without the Masses] ''Bannedthought.Net''</ref> | One of the major criticisms levied on Sankara was the lack of political power from the masses for his "People's Democratic Revolution". During the military coup of August 4, 1983, Sankara has relied on a military [[bourgeois]] line of allied officers which outmaneuvered the right-wing imperialized government and relied on the support of urban left elements common and influencial in the [[petty bourgeoisie]], claiming to have said that "Our main support is from the organised workers". Sankara never relied on the [[peasantry]] and instead shifted his line on the aformentioned petty bourgeoisie, even with his . Power was never seized from the bottom by the people, preferebly through [[people's war]].<ref>A World To Win (1988).[https://www.bannedthought.net/International/RIM/AWTW/1988-10/AWTW-10-BurkinaFaso.pdf Why You Can't Make Revolution without the Masses] ''Bannedthought.Net''</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Revisionists]][[Category:Christians]] | [[Category:Revisionists]][[Category:Christians]] | ||
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Captain Thomas Sankara | |
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| Born |
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara 21 December 1949 Yako, Upper Volta, French West Africa |
| Died |
15 October 1987 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Burkinabè |
| Ideology |
Revisionism Pan-Africanism Anti-imperialism |
| Political party | African Independence Party |
Thomas Sankara was the Burkinabè military leader of Burkina Faso from a popular coup in 1983 to his betreyal by French funded puppets who assassinated him in 1987.
Policies and Criticisms
One of the major criticisms levied on Sankara was the lack of political power from the masses for his "People's Democratic Revolution". During the military coup of August 4, 1983, Sankara has relied on a military bourgeois line of allied officers which outmaneuvered the right-wing imperialized government and relied on the support of urban left elements common and influencial in the petty bourgeoisie, claiming to have said that "Our main support is from the organised workers". Sankara never relied on the peasantry and instead shifted his line on the aformentioned petty bourgeoisie, even with his . Power was never seized from the bottom by the people, preferebly through people's war.[1]
References
- ↑ A World To Win (1988).Why You Can't Make Revolution without the Masses Bannedthought.Net