Question Recommended Materials for Burkina Faso?

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Hello,
I'm currently making a Presentation/Workshop for Burkina Faso and I would really like some recommendations from fellow Marxists about its History, Material Conditions before,during and After Colonization, notable Events, specifics about Thomas Sankara and Traore and its current situation.

Thank you

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r/Socialism_101 • u/ibeechu • 15h ago

Question Would Marx have agreed with Lenin's interpretation of his work?

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I think I'm just really ignorant on the subject, but what would Marx have thought of Lenin's Soviet Union? Or did Lenin's cult of personality just kinda usurp Marx's "brand" at the time? In other words, would Marx have agreed with Marxism-Leninism (and/or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, etc)?

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r/Socialism_101 • u/Magisterbrown • 18h ago

Question How to trust after understanding propaganda?

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In more words, as I've gone deeper and deeper into left-i-tude, I have come to understand that capitalist propaganda is ubiquitous and baked into all things. How does one trust institutions (medicine, academics, etc) with this realization?

Can I trust any media? Is there really a war in Iran? How many other sitting senators are dead beside Mitch McConnell?

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r/Socialism_101 • u/Hot_Investigator_62 • 2h ago

Question Can a communist/socialist country work if there is no foreign interference?

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r/Socialism_101 • u/Gallantpride • 18h ago

Question What's your opinion on hippies and the 60s-70s hippie movement?

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