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Podcast: Anti-Imperialist Network Podcast
Episode: “Sankara Lives!” Thomas Sankara’s Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Legacy in Burkina Faso, with the Thomas Sankara Center for Liberation and African Unity
Description: Though Thomas Sankara was removed and assassinated in a comprador counter-revolution backed by the West 36 years ago, his legacy is still a source of revolutionary inspiration for the Burkinabé people and their ongoing revolutionary struggle against imperialism. Today, after a period of great unrest, a military government led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré has signaled some shifts towards justice for Sankara and the continuation of his legacy - but work remains for the Burkinabé revolution.
That work is being greatly assisted by the efforts of the Thomas Sankara Center for Liberation and African Unity, an init...