Thomas Sankara

How class oppression drives climate crises–a WW commentary

Originally published in Workers World, Sept. 30, 2020, this article is even more timely after Earth Day 2022. The U.S.…

April 27, 2022

After 35 years, killers of African hero Thomas Sankara condemned

The trial of the Burkinabè soldiers who in 1987 killed Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso, and some of…

April 18, 2022

Burkina Faso: Sankarist parties form united front

Ten political parties claiming to uphold the political legacy of martyred Burkina Faso Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary Thomas Sankara have…

May 30, 2015

Burkina Faso courts to allow exhumation of Thomas Sankara remains

Captain Thomas Sankara, martyred Burkinabe revolutionary Pan-Africanist and Marxist leader, was assassinated in a coup on Oct. 15, 1987. Sankara,…

March 10, 2015

The legacy of Thomas Sankara

Excerpts from a talk given by Larry Hales to a New York City meeting of Workers World Party on Nov.…

November 12, 2014

Burkina Faso: levantamiento de masas expulsa gobernante neocolonial

3 de noviembre - Cientos de miles de personas en Burkina Faso han obligado al Presidente Blaise Compaoré, líder apoyado…

November 12, 2014