Cultivating a historical consciousness requires effort. Purpose. A desire to organize information in order to develop projects that intend to directly confront and heighten the contradictions that inform structural inequities, which have direct and indirect implications on the lived realities of every person, every community around the world. There is no debate that imperialism is a product of a by-gone era. As long as racial capitalism is the modus operandi of global interaction, the desire to exploit and extract natural resources and create narratives of a distinct other will live on. And there is no amount of educating on diversity, equity, and inclusion that will change this fact. John Bellamy Foster in an article titled, A Warning to Africa: The New U.S. Imperial Grand Strategy, highlights the vital point that as “imperialism passes through various phases, the system evolves. At present, the world is experiencing a new age of imperialism marked by a clear articulation of a U.S. grand strategy of global domination. One indication of how things have changed is that the U.S. military is now truly global in its operations with permanent bases on every continent, including Africa, where a new scramble for control is taking place”. The central aim of this strategy is to “secure U.S. Global dominance for decades to come”; an aim that is nothing short than a project for economic and racial survival (Foster, 2006, 2). Encapsulated in the White House’s National Security Strategy statement of 2002, which is rooted in the 2001 Cheney Report, Africa has become a strategic battleground for geopolitics. By nature, “grand strategies are geopolitical in orientation”. They are necessarily geared to dominate whole geographical regions—including strategic resources such as: minerals and waterways, economic assets, populations, and vital military positions.” With this, “the most successful grand strategies of the past are seen as those of long-standing empires, which have been able to maintain their power over large geographical expanses for extended periods of time.” What is different about this phase? How are we to understand the evolution in the practices of imperialism? Nowhere has the evolution of imperialism played out in its most articulate practice than in Somalia, where drone strikes are a consistent occurrence for years. This is coupled with support for regional “peacekeeping” forces, which has yet to tackle the task of state-and institution-building. In fact, the Biden Administration has just, two days ago authorized the deployment of troops back into Somalia. This is weeks after the introduction of the recent H.R.7311 - Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act, which is purported” “To direct the Secretary of State to develop and submit to Congress a strategy and implementation plan outlining United States efforts to counter the malign influence and activities of the Russian Federation and its proxies in Africa, and for other purposes.” Today, a closer look at the battle for the horn of Africa & the targeting of Somalia. AWNP’s Mwiza Munthali recently had a conversation with Dr. Sadia Ali Aden, writer, humanitarian activist who works in the healthcare sector, to dissect the politics of Somalia, the role of external forces in the nation and region, the impact of the current drought in the Horn of Africa and more. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana, Ayiti, and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Image: Fishing boats gather at dawn in the old port in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in front of destroyed Aruba Hotel: Nichole Sobecki