MALEMA: AMERICA HAS NEVER HELPED ANYONE

Trump’s White House has been increasingly hostile towards South Africa - making false accusations that the country’s White population is under attack. It’s a familiar tactic in the playbook of racialised fear-mongering. In this video, Julius Malema - the leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party - reminds us that it’s never a good sign when Washington starts paying you ‘attention’ in this way. He warns that history teaches us that this is a prelude to major US destabilisation efforts - citing the examples of Libya, Iraq (and its supposed WMDs) and Afghanistan.

Look also at the ongoing propaganda war against Burkina Faso. AFRICOM’s top commander insinuated that President Ibrahim Traoré is ‘misusing’ his country’s gold to fund private protection, echoing the same destabilising logic used against leaders who dare to defy the Western order.

Is Malema's warning one we can afford to ignore or one we’ve heard too many times, too late?

Video credit: Economic Freedom Fighters