"Me Tarzan, You, Are Either With Us Or Against Us: Joe Biden in Africa
Interview with prolific historian Gerald Horne on why African states are reluctant to follow US calls for global war
Episode 4 of I Fought The Law takes up the attempt to enlist Africa in the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. Author Gerald Horne recounts the history of U.S. and North Atlantic violence and colonization in Africa and suggests why the continent is reluctant to join the crusade.
On the opening segment “Dispatches” I recall the ‘60s paranoid TV series The Invaders and its relevance to today’s global invaders who have engaged in 251 incursions since the fall of the Soviet Union.
On “Global Jeopardy,” Gerald and I formulate a question for the Jeopardy category “It’s China’s Fault.”
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