Smart Funny & Black Productions ILHAN OMAR IS A G! [EP 97]
Jan 28, 2026
A fierce recap of Ilhan Omar standing her ground during a public attack. A deep Africa tap-in with a Kenyan pan-African voice on Western influence, land theft, IMF control and calls for diaspora solidarity. Rapid fire headlines on TikTok surveillance, a biometric panopticon for Palestinians, shifting U.S. gun politics, and grounding practices to reclaim the body as a safe space.
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Resource Competition Drives Geopolitical Moves
- Global powers jockey for resource access, with China and the U.S. competing for influence in Congo's mines.
- Aid and peace-talk rhetoric often mask strategic resource competition.
Protect Migrant Workers And Pressure Home Governments
- Avoid migrating for work without strong protections; demand your government secure safer labor agreements abroad.
- Pressure local governments to create domestic jobs so citizens aren't forced into exploitive labor markets.
Read Foundational Decolonial Texts
- Read foundational works such as Cress Welsing and The Miseducation of the Negro to deepen decolonial analysis.
- Use those texts to inform organizing and education work.
