So we all know about the soviet union, china, and Cuba but what are some lesser-known socialist countries or sizeable socialist movements in history? An example of this could be the Zapatistas, Burkino Fasso, the Paris commune, or republican Spain. I don’t really care if they are specifically Marxist Leninist(although that is preferred and I know not all the examples above are ML or even socialist according to some people but that’s not the point) I’m just looking for some leftist history.
Could you give me some reading recommendations or videos on South Yemen and Libya? Specifically for Libya the nato involvement and the crackdown on protesters by Gaddafi cause that’s all I can find online about him. Were they western-backed
On South Yemen there isnt much written. One exception is “South Yemen: A Marxist Republic in Arabia” by Robert W Stookey, keep in mind this book is from before communism collapsed in the 1990s so it doesnt explain how South Yemen collapsed. On Libya i havent read any book so i dont know what to tell you. I can recommend this short video though, it explains Gaddaffis Green Book, which was the basis of the Jamahiriya: https://youtu.be/IKMDFDnF7oE
Yes they were 100% western backed and formed by mainly islamist elements opposed to Gaddaffis secularism. The revolt in Libya was part of the Arab Spring, a series of CIA color revolutions. It followed the usual color revolution scheme. NGO and media funded by the US whip up these random protests with vague meaningless objectives like “freedom” and “democracy”. Then they arm violent thugs who start riots and clashes with the police. Finally they use the chaos to stage a coup. Since that failed in Libya because Gaddaffi was extremely popular, they resorted to invent “atrocities” committed by Gaddaffi against wholesom Al Qaeda “freedom fighters” (most famously that Gaddaffi was using “Viagra fueled rape squads” to mass rape all libyan women for some reason, after the war the west admitted this claim was false) to justify an invasion. They carpet bombed the country, got Al Qaeda and ISIS to power and tortured and raped Gaddaffi to death. Since then Libya has been controlled by warlords including Al Qaeda and ISIS and open air slave markets are now a thing in Libya.