Whats happening in Mali?

[Blanquist]

This seems like an interesting and important event.

I don't know much about it, what are Socialists saying about it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Tuareg_rebellion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Malian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

[honest john's firing squad]

The usual crackpots on "the Left" feel compelled to extend their e-support to this obscure national liberation movement, whilst actual workers in Mali and Azawad are stuck between a rock and a hard place.