Episode 108
Shifts in the Sahel: Counterinsurgency & Media in the AI Era
June 18, 202528m 57sExplicit
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Show Notes
In episode 109, the FTT crew takes a critical look at Burkina Faso's revolution amid claims that it isn't "real" by US military generals & Black 'radicals' alike.
- Did AFRICOM's General Langley accusations against Captain Ibrahim Traoré & Burkina Faso, and the Pan-African backlash that ensued, get him fired by President Trump?
- Why does the view of Black 'radical' FD Signifier align with General Langley & US imperialism?
- What is the relationship between AI & counterinsurgency within the context of Burkina Faso's revolution?
- Why do postmodernists claim the Sahel revolution "isn't real"?