Good day comrades. Those of you who watched news recently surely heard about a “coup” in the Republic of Niger. Apparently Westerners are very mad because I am hearing of the west cutting diplomatic ties and thinking of imposing sanctions.

Now, as you know, Western news sources are not reliable when it comes to the happenings in other countries - especially in those that are either not west-friendly or part of the Global South. My question is, can anybody here explain to me what exactly happened in the Republic of Niger and if possible, provide a Marxist estimate of the situation? Is the “coup” (I’ll use the term for now because of a lack of better knowledge about the situation) good or bad for the working class of the Republic of Niger? Is it good for the global working class movement? I have seen pictures of protestors waving the Russian flag and some Western media is already claiming this somehow benefits Russia. What is going on?

Thanks in advance.

  • albigu@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    I mean that is useful, but I at that point I didn’t even know much about the difference between Hausa and Tuareg culture (and still am not confident in my knowledge of that), so my base was way too lacking. I was mostly interested in understanding and dispelling common myths about Muslim and broader MENA culture, which usually can be summed up as lumping them all as a single homogenous imaginary culture and then going “foreigner bad.” Not sure how on-topic it would be for here, but I’d love to learn more about the cousins from Africa and Asia that are always misrepresented and simplified to absurdity by Northwesterners.