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Episode 179 - The Somalia Proxy (w/ Samar Al Bulushi) (Patreon)

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Briahna speaks to Samar Al Bulushi, UC Irvine professor with a focus on imperialism, East Africa, & geopolitics, about Biden's choice to recommit troops to Somalia following Trump's withdrawal. It's everything you really wanted to understand about US imperialism in Africa that you can't get from seven minute news segments.

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Comments

Isaac

I keep returning to the idea of a militarized United Nations peacekeeping force. It's probably naive to expect the UN to operate as anything other than an American puppet, but leftists need some positive policy alternative to US imperialist intervention, and as long as there's no international coalition managing regional conflicts people who want us to be the global policeman can always claim the moral high ground of protecting the vulnerable around the world.

Anonymous
>>84598487

I hear what you’re saying but the left can’t rely on existing organizations that already allow imperialism to run rampant. Maybe use them here and there but it seems like too much of a task to take over the UN by the left. There needs to be an international left coalition that is built from the ground up. Not saying the UN can’t be used but shouldn’t be what we’re aiming for.

Anonymous

Can we get the name of the author that wrote the piece for "The review of African polital economy", I believe the author is Amy (I can make out the last name). Very interesting take away from Samar Al-Bulushi.

J Lit

Thanks for covering this topic, Bri!

Anonymous

Great episode, Bri! Having spent parts of my childhood and young adulthood in West Africa, it frustrates me how Africa is ignored by mainstream media in the U.S., especially when it comes to conversations about our imperialist foreign policy. Thanks for dedicating an episode to these issues, and thanks for finishing the episode with that Johnny Clegg song. Made my day!

Anonymous

This was one of my favourite episodes, incredible insight and so informative. Aroha from Aotearoa - New Zealand

Van A Dulles

That was very interesting. Ms. Briahna Joy Gray when you have time look at a globe or Google earth at some of the most contested parts of the world. You will see the elephant in the room and the vital role of the U.S. navy and coast guard. Technology and techniques shared around the globe. Stuff that is not so apparent. I'm being discreet for a reason. 😉 🚫☎️ hello hello.....click

Anonymous

Definitely would’ve stole your brothers bike on that dirt road! Favorite pass time back in Kenya! Pay cops shillings and let them know TUMEMALIZA HAPA no need to worry about the foreigners. Used the bike to do that Taxi thing. If I was feeling really generous I might of paid him back what it was worth! Call it a foreigners Tax no hard feelings! Hahahaha 😂😂😂😂 cool episode though. Professor Lady a bit too naive to be a professor of East African studies but maybe because she’s knew to it I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.

Louis Waweru

Edit: TJ Coles wrote for the excellent Gray Zone: https://thegrayzone.com/2022/05/21/us-somalia-imperialism-military-biden-redeploy/ I have this source open, from a very good article that that explains how al Shabab means “the children” and that before the US destroyed their legitimate place in an Islamic institution into a lawless society. An economic interest the article brings up, and links to the following as support of, is the enormous amount of traffic—and long term holding of high-value concentrated cargo if I interpreted the numbers in the paper correctly—on the coast, in this region is highly petro-based. We all know the function of our military is to protect our interests, which is almost always corporate, but inherits national security status when petroleum is involved. https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/72105/QM-03-21-328-EN-N.pdf Hopefully East Africa can federate and ween itself away from the West as it learns about true partnership from places like China. Oh, I’ll try to find the article tomorrow. But yeah, it was striking to hear al Shabab was a youth group with some harmless societal function that due to US actions led to its al-Qaeda affiliation (and being orphans).

Anonymous

Brie, please invite Raj Patel on to answer your question about why Africa is dependent on the US and other nations for it’s grain. He has done so much work answering this question and more like it.

enter_krzysz

Good episode, very insightful topic