The righties are apoplectic [16] that Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey [17] famously portrays [18] a Black Helen [19]—displaying their ignorance of the actual intercourse [20] between Africa and the ancient Greek world. But apart from the cultural politics of the movie, the geopolitics of the Trojan War have all too much to say about the contemporary world crisis. Then, the Bosphorus and Dardanelles constituted the strategic chokepoints at issue, just as the Strait of Hormuz [21] and Bab al-Mandeb [22] do today. And the Bosphorus & Dardanelles [23] could suddenly become [24] critically strategic [25] if Turkey becomes embroiled [26] in either [27] the Middle East war [28] or the Ukraine war [29]—or both [30]. Finally, Nolan shot his cinematic spectacle [31] partly in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara—not, as the film credits say, "Morocco." This is another near-forgotten conflict [32] that now shows signs of re-escalating [33]—and may have [34] been at issue [35] in the recent deadly incident [36] at the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta [37], situated just within the strategic Strait of Gibraltar. The current world crisis could bring about a civilization collapse [38] far more decisive and complete than the Bronze Age Collapse [39] that followed the Trojan War [43].
In Episode 341 [40] of the CounterVortex [41] podcast, Bill Weinberg breaks it down.
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