• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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    The Sahwari people deserve self-determination, and have been occupied by Morocco. Western Sahara has the support of the African Union, and virtually every African country not in the Arab League, which supports Morocco for primarily religious reasons.

    If the US and France happily offer and agree to certify your claim over a disputed territory in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel, then you are most likely not in the right. Israel also released a statement declaring their support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the region in 2023. Which should be another massive red flag.

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      Added to that there’s a whole apartheid thing, the wall of shame that was built by Apartheid South Africa and Israel, and Israeli companies are mining in the occupied territories of Boujdour, there was a whole referendum that was supposed to take place more than 30 years ago that Morocco keeps delaying and they’re arresting Sahrawis in the occupied territories for being against being ruled for Morocco, No the reason other Arab countries don’t recognize isn’t because of religious reasons, but because they’re western lapdogs and western lapdogs together strong, there’s also a plan that Morocco put down of “self ruling territories” that was I think a 3 page long PDF.

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        You’re absolutely right the Arab League’s support for Morocco is primarily because of Western influence and several complicit lapdogs. I mentioned the religious support aspect as that is how it is billed and sold to the citizens of those Arab nations by their governments and the media. They want people to think that they are helping Morocco defend Islam and their traditions from evil, godless communists. Even though the Sahwari themselves are predominantly Sunni.

        So the religious aspect is more for optics, when it’s very obvious that the Moroccan monarchy and US don’t want to lose control of the territory because of its mineral and oil deposits.

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        Ironically it’s still a bit biased towards the US position since many Western Sahara articles on Wiki seem to unsurprisingly forget both Soviet and Chinese support for Saharan independence, along with the multitude of horrific war crimes and ethnic cleansings that the Moroccan military carried out against civilians in the region. Despite that; the analysis and explanation of Sahwari culture, governance, women’s rights, party beliefs and structure, and ultimate aims, are all well presented for a general overview.

        But I guess that’s not very conducive to trying to paint the occupation and the US’ support of it in the best light.

        The Sahwari people are also very progressive and ideologically strict with their Marxist-Leninist thought, with the party having strayed little from its roots despite being exiled to refuge camps in Algeria.

        • The Sahwari people are also very progressive and ideologically strict with their Marxist-Leninist thought, with the party having strayed little from its roots despite being exiled to refuge camps in Algeria.

          Is there anywhere I could read more about the POLISARIO Front, and its application of ML?