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🔥 Hot ▲ 75 r/AskSocialists

Oligarchs blaming socialism for the state of Africa

Thomas Sankara introduced a bold form of socialism in Burkina Faso during the 1980s, focused on self-reliance, equality, and anti-imperialism. He rejected foreign aid dependence and pushed for domestic production, especially in agriculture, to make the country food-sufficient. Sankara’s government redistributed land from feudal landlords to peasants, empowering rural communities. He also promoted women’s rights, banning forced marriages and encouraging female participation in the workforce and government. Massive vaccination campaigns and public health initiatives improved living standards. His policies emphasized simplicity—he reduced government spending, cut officials’ salaries, and led by example with a modest lifestyle. Sankara also prioritized education and environmental protection, launching reforestation drives to combat desertification. However, his radical reforms and strong stance against global powers created internal opposition. Despite his short rule, Sankara’s socialism remains a powerful symbol of African independence and grassroots development

u/Tenchi_Muyo1 — 5 hours ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 562 r/Palestine

Newly released surveillance video shows Israeli soldiers unleashing a military dog on a defenceless Palestinian man and terrorising him during a raid on the Imam al-Shafii Mosque in the town of Tarqumiya, west of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank

u/Tenchi_Muyo1 — 13 hours ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 134 r/AlJazeera

Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham referenced Iran and Jewish communities during a White House prayer, including a claim that Iranians seek the destruction of Jews worldwide. He also said US President Donald Trump had been chosen by God to lead the war on Iran

Meanwhile Iran has the largest Jewish and Hebrew population in the Middle East outside of israel

u/Tenchi_Muyo1 — 1 day ago
🔥 Hot ▲ 405 r/suppressed_news+1 crossposts

Meanwhile Iran has the largest Jewish and Hebrew community in Middle East outside of Israel

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🔥 Hot ▲ 537 r/Hasan_Piker

While the world sympathized with the lonely penguin and the monkey rejected by its mother, it largely remained silent about the suffering of children in Gaza

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🔥 Hot ▲ 463 r/Irony

Donald Trump claims US cannot cund daycare, medicaid and medicare due to ongoing Wars

u/Tenchi_Muyo1 — 2 days ago