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Is Ibrahim Traoré a Socialist or Just a Left-wing Nationalist? (europe.pub)
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Straight forward question. Been trying to gauge the man's politics and I think he leans more toward being an anti-colonial nationalist rather than an outright socialist. Still based and deserving of critical support, but maybe not the next Thomas Sankara; not that he needs to be, but it'd be cooler if he was.

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[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 3 weeks ago

He was part of a marxist student organisation, so we at least know he identified as a marxist in the past. So the chances of him still being a marxist are high. And I believe he is. My theory is that he wants to turn Burkina Faso into a DOTP but because there's so few marxists in Burkina Faso he hasn't taken any steps for it.