BlackLivesMatter, Except in Africa?

"She says, "Hey, babe,
Take a walk on the wild side."
Lou Reed

There has been considerable discussion recently about the BlackLivesMatter movement and it's interactions with the Presidential candidates, particularly Bernie Sanders. Part of that discussion moved into the subject of U.S. imperialism relative to pressuring Sanders on his foreign policy positions, i.e., same as BLM has supposedly moved his meter on that issue.

It brings up an interesting dilemma. 

"The defense budget allocations for AFRICOM have increased substantially since the advent of the Obama administration. In many respects this U.S. war in Africa has remained hidden from both domestic and international news coverage often being depicted as targeted Special Forces commando and drone strikes against individual operatives of designated terrorist organizations.

HIDDEN U.S. IMPERIALIST WAR IN AFRICA

Turse writes of this expanding imperialist militarism saying, "For years, the U.S. military has publicly insisted that its efforts in Africa are negligible, intentionally leaving the American people, not to mention most Africans, in the dark about the true size, scale and scope of its operations there. AFRICOM public affairs personnel and commanders have repeatedly claimed no more than a 'light footprint' on the continent."

If BlackLivesMatter, what about those in Africa? There are many more black humans in Africa than there are in the United States of Imperialism, and many more who are in greater peril from violence and poverty than in the U.S. Do they matter too?

Of course they do. And it's incumbent on those involved in the U.S. BLM movement to recognize that now. 

"Only a revolutionary movement emanating from the continent in alliance with anti-imperialist forces in the West can reverse the current trajectory of destabilization which has characterized the situation in Africa. This book provides a useful tool for those who recognize that this burgeoning war must be stopped for the benefit of Africa as well as oppressed and working people around the world."

There's the dilemma.  Bernie Sanders might seem somewhat accommodating to the demands of the BLM movement but he is not at all interested in talking about, or doing anything about, the U.S, imperialist assault on Africa that has been going on for centuries. 

And as for the BLM movement, what about that?  Are they ready for a revolutionary movement that also addresses U.S. imperialism and the destruction of black lives on other continents?  Are they ready to form an alliance with other people of color to confront the Manifest Destiny of the Anglo Saxon western ruling class? 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201505112664.html

And the white liberals go, "Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."