The French Revolution Taught Us

Imperialism Is A System Of Exploitation That Occurs Not Only In The Brutal Form Of Those Who Come With Guns To Conquer Territory. Imperialism Often Occurs In More Subtle Forms, A Loan, Food Aid, Blackmail . We Are Fighting This System That Allows A Handful Of Men On Earth To Rule All Of Humanity.

The Greatest Difficulty We Have Faced Is The Neocolonial Way Of Thinking That Exists In This Country. We Were Colonized By A Country, France, That Left Us With Certain Habits. For Us, Being Successful In Life, Being Happy, Meant Trying To Live As They Do In France, Like The Richest Of The French.

It's Really A Pity That There Are Observers Who View Political Events Like Comic Strips. There Has To Be A Zorro, There Has To Be A Star. No, The Problem Of Upper Volta Is More Serious Than That. It Was A Grave Mistake To Have Looked For A Man, A Star, At All Costs, To The Point Of Creating One, That Is, To The Point Of Attributing The Ownership Of The Event To Captain Sankara, Who Must Have Been The Brains, Etc.

While Revolutionaries As Individuals Can Be Murdered, You Cannot Kill Ideas.

A Military Without Political Training Is A Potential Criminal.