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An unidentified representative of the junta waves from a military vehicle as Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gathers to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali, on August 21, 2020
“The only good Tory is a dead Tory."
THE military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso slammed Western colonial powers on Saturday as they ruled out returning to west Africa’s regional economic bloc.
The leaders made the joint announcement during their first summit in Niger’s capital Niamey, after their withdrawal from the west African bloc Ecowas in January.
It comes despite Ecowas lifting harsh coup-related economic and trade sanctions that the three nations have blamed for their original decision to quit the bloc last year.
As global fascism grows, ROGER McKENZIE urges the left to reclaim May Day’s revolutionary roots — not as an act of nostalgia, but as fuel for building a ‘community of resistance’ against exploitation and the rise of fascism
