That means fuck ECOWAS as a tool of the oppressors also. Critical support for every most coup(s) in Africa, and for the rights of Africans to demand the French and US militaries leave their country.
Critical Readings:
- Neocolonialism by Kwame Nkrumah.
- How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney.
- Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa by T.D. Harper-Shipman.
Recommended readings:
- Unsustainable Empire: Alternative Histories of Hawaii Statehood by Dean Itsugi Saranillio.
- Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society by Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl.
Maybe the coup should hold elections and invite international watchers. The colonial power being bad does not mean any action the subjects take is inherently justified. Each action needs to be morally weighed individually.
I could see that, however, what we’ve seen in the past in similar instances, is that the West will dictate who the eligible parties for the elections are, as they (the French and US, among others) did in Vietnam, among other places and times. So I also see why the revolutionary government would be wary of such an event. Especially given the only interactions the west has had with them so far has been to tell them to surrender power by X date or risk military action against them. It doesn’t seem that there’s any particular desire or effort towards anything other than immediate return of the compromised presidency, which clearly isn’t going to happen.