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Is a sub-Saharan ‘African Spring’ in the offing? (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There's no useful analysis here, since the author hasn't bothered to ask any protestors why they're protesting, but here's hoping these are more steps towards a Red Africa.

Countries with active or recent protest movements mentioned in the article include Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Angola, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique, and South Africa.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I know Libya and Syria were obvious color revolutions, but plenty of the uprising in the Arab Spring was legit, no? Tunisia, Bahrain, even the harshly suppressed and limited version in Saudi Arabia?

I also have trouble believing the US could have pulled off the scale of the uprising in Egypt. As much as 25% of the country was out protesting on Mubarak's final day.

Not to mention that the State Department and even Obama himself were openly supporting Mubarak until it became clear it was untenable to continue. Only then, as Chomsky pointed out is the pattern of the US, did they flip the script and say they supported the demands of the democratic movement all along.

Dare to hope, but also dare to question being led astray by such hope.

True, but I prefer Mao's version: dare to struggle, dare to win.