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Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and international politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture. Hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. Website: https://realsankarahours.org/ Subscribe to us on Patreon to get bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Our SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/realsankarahours
Episodes
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Recorded December 15, 2024
In this free episode, Adam and Peter discuss the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson – the massive public sympathy for the alleged shooter, Luigi Mangione, and the massive bipartisan outrage at America’s privatized healthcare system. They also touch on the 2024 election and Trump’s win and Daniel Penny’s acquittal for killing Jordan Neely.
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'This Is A Sickness': People Are Calling This Fox News Clip About Luigi Mangione 'Hypocritical' Because It Bashes Him While Praising Daniel Penny https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-luigi-mangione_n_675c99c3e4b0a6324e3b5709?d_id=8493569&ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main&fbclid=IwY2xjawHMHZVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR2ZShHAx3ZZW8axNtFhtJSDWVUeR1b8GGw8SbOpHP2_OyXLwCNtxmgO6w_aem_72RK0wP8WHTE_bIyX2-rBA
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How Wall St. Is Subtly Shaping the Harris Economic Agenda https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/business/harris-economic-plan-wall-street.html
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Saturday Aug 24, 2024
Recorded August 4, 2024
It’s been a LOOOONG time since Adam and Peter recorded a new Real Sankara Hours episode and…A LOT has happened! They discuss the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race, and Kamala Harris’s run for president.
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Text messages, radio chatter show confused communications around tracking Trump’s would-be assassin https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/politics/trump-shooting-text-messages/index.html
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Trump Assassination Attempt Laid Bare Long-standing Vulnerabilities in the Secret Service https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-assassination-attempt-laid-bare-long-standing-vulnerabilities-in-the-secret-service
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Recorded April 15, 2024. In this free episode, Adam and Peter mostly discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza by Israel. In particular, we discuss Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel, and Israel’s other AI kill list.
Links:
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‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
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Israeli attack that killed aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-analysis-intl/index.html
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Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria killed 2 generals and 5 other officers, Iran says https://apnews.com/article/israel-syria-airstrike-iranian-embassy-edca34c52d38c8bc57281e4ebf33b240
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Iran launches retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, missiles https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-launches-drone-attack-israel-expected-unfold-over-hours-2024-04-13/
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Recorded January 28, 2024. First free episode of the new year – 2024. In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, the ICJ’s interim ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza, the 2024 election and the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, and Houthi rebels in Yemen attacking Israeli ships in the Red Sea.
Links:
- U.S. strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen https://apnews.com/article/biden-houthis-yemen-shipping-attacks-fc5c1ed40f4e370bed81670bfdda0899
- Yemen: why is the war there getting more violent? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423
- Who are the Houthi rebels and why are they attacking Red Sea ships? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67614911
- The ICJ ruling could implicate the US in war crimes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/27/ijc-verdict-israel-gaza-war-biden-pressure
- What has the ICJ ordered Israel to do on Gaza war, and what’s next? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/26/what-has-the-icj-ordered-israel-to-do-on-gaza-war-and-whats-next?traffic_source=KeepReading
- The ICJ ruling (full text) https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2024/01/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Recorded December 10, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss the death of war criminal and former U.S. national security advisor Henry Kissinger, the conflation between anti-Semitism and pro-Palestine solidarity on college campuses, and Israel’s mass assassination factory.
Links:
- Henry Kissinger’s crimes and blood-filled legacy
- Henry Kissinger, War Criminal, Dead at 100 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
- On Top of Everything Else, Henry Kissinger Prevented Peace in the Middle East https://theintercept.com/2023/11/30/henry-kissinger-israel-egypt-soviet-union/
- Survivor’s of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/
- Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100 https://theintercept.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-death/
- Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus https://www.npr.org/2023/12/05/1217459477/harvard-penn-mit-antisemitism-congress-hearing
- “A mass assassination factory”: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Recorded October 22, 2023. This is a special episode – the first episode where Adam and Peter record in the same room! In this episode, the two discuss Las Vegas police arresting Keefe D for his involvement in the murder of late rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. Then, for most of the episode, they discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israel’s current war in Gaza.
Fact check: The Central Powers of World War I were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Italy didn’t side with the Central Powers, even though it nominally joined the Triple Alliance in 1882.
Links:
Tupac Shakur
- Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-duane-keefe-davis-vegas-3f7050c2a68813d86a96b96fbb3f1d1a
Israel-Gaza war
- Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861
- Live maps and charts tracker of Israel-Gaza war from Al Jazeera English https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker
- How Britain Started the Arab-Israeli Conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXfuqUhzESg
The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Olive-Branch-Violence-Middle/dp/1560254831
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Recorded August 26, 2023. In this free episode, Adam and Peter cover BRICS welcoming new nations, which is disrupting the Western-led world order, Donald Trump’s arrest in Georgia, the coup in Niger and West Africa’s dissatisfaction with French neocolonialism, and how the Democratic Party fearing low Black voter turnout, especially low turnout among Black men.
Links:
Mapping Police Violence: https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/
Trump arrest: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/donald-trump-to-be-arrested-in-georgia-live-updates.html
BRICS welcomes new countries https://www.reuters.com/world/brics-poised-invite-new-members-join-bloc-sources-2023-08-24/
Niger
- Burkina Faso and Mali warn against foreign intervention in Niger https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/1/burkina-faso-and-mali-warn-against-foreign-intervention-after-niger-coup
- Burkina Faso and Mali say foreign intervention in Niger would be considered a declaration of war https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230801-burkina-faso-and-mali-say-intervention-in-niger-would-be-declaration-of-war
- How dependent France is on Niger’s uranium https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2023/08/04/how-dependent-is-france-on-niger-s-uranium_6080772_8.html
- Is France to blame for instability in West Africa? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66406137
- Niger is among world’s biggest uranium producers https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/uranium-mines-niger-worlds-7th-biggest-producer-2023-07-28/
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French nuclear giant to explore potential of uranium deposit in Niger https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/19/french-nuclear-giant-to-explore-potential-of-uranium-deposit-in-niger//
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Former French Intelligence agent exposes dirt on uranium mining operation in Niger https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/economy/1691490311-former-french-intelligence-agent-exposes-dirt-on-uranium-mining-operation-in-niger
Democrats fear low Black voter turnout (and ignoring of Black male voters)
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Recorded July 2, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss the Wagner Group coup in Russia, the African peace mission being detained in Poland, French police killing an unarmed North African teenager and protests against racist police violence in France, SFPD quiet-quitting, and the Supreme Court’s decisions gutting affirmative action and Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
Links:
Wagner Group coup in Russia
- Russia’s Coup with Mark Ames and Yasha Levine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDdRNIqhEDs
- The Wagner uprising https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/prigozhins-march-on-moscow-chronology-of-an-attempted-coup
African peace mission: Ramaphosa’s security stuck in Poland https://www.africanews.com/2023/06/16/african-peace-mission-ramaphosas-security-stuck-in-poland/
French cops kill North African teen; protests erupt
- Twitter thread from Yasmine Jibril https://twitter.com/YasmineJibril/status/1674399557986181120
- France: teen shot by police given private funeral as crisis grips government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/crowds-gather-for-funeral-of-nahel-merzouk-shot-dead-by-french-police
- France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052104
- France is roiled by protests after police killed a teenager. Here's why https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185394143/france-teen-police-shooting-protests-nahel
- France riots: Why are police using guns during traffic stops? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66066438
- ‘I blame one person,’ mother of teen killed by police says as hundreds arrested in fresh violence across France https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/nanterre-france-police-shooting-protests-mother-intl/index.html
French cops kill North African teen; proteste erupt
- Twitter thread from Yasmine Jibril https://twitter.com/YasmineJibril/status/1674399557986181120
- France: teen shot by police given private funeral as crisis grips government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/crowds-gather-for-funeral-of-nahel-merzouk-shot-dead-by-french-police
- France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052104
- France is roiled by protests after police killed a teenager. Here's why https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185394143/france-teen-police-shooting-protests-nahel
- France riots: Why are police using guns during traffic stops? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66066438
- ‘I blame one person,’ mother of teen killed by police says as hundreds arrested in fresh violence across France https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/nanterre-france-police-shooting-protests-mother-intl/index.html
SFPD’s low morale and staffing issues
- Police report low morale https://missionlocal.org/2022/06/police-report-low-morale-hundreds-of-officers-may-leave-sfpd/
- SFPD has a staffing crisis but it goes deeper https://missionlocal.org/2023/03/police-staffing-crisis-san-francisco/
Supreme Court guts affirmative action
- Supreme Court rejects affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/politics/supreme-court-admissions-affirmative-action-harvard-unc.html
- White women benefit the most from affirmative action https://www.vox.com/2016/5/25/11682950/fisher-supreme-court-white-women-affirmative-action ; https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/06/29/affirmative-action-who-benefits-white-women/70371219007/
- Who’s who in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case https://www.reuters.com/legal/whos-who-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-cases-2023-06-29/
- The “Unseen” Students in the Affirmative Action Debate https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/affirmative-action-students.html
Supreme Court kills Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rule-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-friday-rcna76874
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Recorded May 21, 2023. In this free episode, Adam and Peter discuss the Walgreens guard killing of Banko Brown, African leaders’ peace summit with Ukraine and Russia, and the rise of AI warfare.
Links:
Video shows Walgreens guard killing trans organizer Banko Brown as he left store https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’s paid involvement in the Chesa Boudin recall https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/theyre-like-hillarys-emails-powerhouse-behind-boudin-recall-dismisses-ethics-concerns-over-brooke-jenkins/
African leaders plan peace summit with Ukraine and Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-ramaphosa-africa.html
AI warfare and killer robots
- US launches artificial intelligence military use initiative https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-china-the-hague-artificial-intelligence-d49c5fb442fa825e0a7a7419d6f04469
- Drone advances in Ukraine could bring dawn of killer robots https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-advances-6591dc69a4bf2081dcdd265e1c986203
- Killer robots are the future of warfare and the ‘inevitable next step’ in Russia’s long bloody invasion of Ukraine https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/killer-robots-a-i-future-warfare-russia-ukraine-invasion/
- How missiles and drones shape the future of the military https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiHFtubW4JM&ab_channel=CNBC
- How killer robotics are changing modern warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8L5-gecho&ab_channel=TheGuardian
- How AI is driving a future of autonomous warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwHszy7bMk&ab_channel=DWNews
- San Francisco bans killer robots, reverses plan to allow them https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/san-francisco-lawmakers-ban-killer-robots-u-turn; https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23497922/killer-robot-policy-san-francisco-reversed
- SFPD may resubmit killer robot proposal https://abc7news.com/killer-robots-san-francisco-sfpd-deadly-force/12761983/
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Recorded April 22, 2023. Adam and Peter are back…this time in the same time zone to record another episode. In this episode, they discuss Sudan, U.S. war on terror in Somalia and why it doesn’t make sense, the possible end of capitalism due to greedflation, and Antioch cops sending racist text messages to each other.
Links:
A counterterrorism mission in Somalia doesn’t make it a “vital U.S. interest” https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3953360-a-counterterrorism-mission-doesnt-make-somalia-a-vital-us-interest/
“Greedflation” and the possible end of capitalism https://fortune.com/2023/04/05/end-of-capitalism-inflation-greedflation-societe-generale-corporate-profits/
Antioch, CA cops’ racist text messages
- Inside Antioch Police Department’s racist text message group https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/11/exclusive-inside-the-antioch-police-departments-secret-racist-texting-group/
- More racist text messages https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/13/new-text-messages-show-antioch-gang-unit-boasted-about-injuring-suspects-kicking-heads-like-a-field-goal/
- Resident angry at racist Antioch police https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/antioch-police-racist-text-message-scandal-confirms-resident-suspicions-about-local-officers/
- 45 Antioch police officers, nearly half of the department, are involved in the racist text message group https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/public-defender-da-antioch-police/3206129/ ; https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/antioch-police-racist-texts-nearly-half-of-department-now-involved-in-scandal/
- Lawsuit against Antioch police https://apnews.com/article/racist-texts-antioch-police-lawsuit-552c5026bd049e4eaaddeabd12e4e93d
Akron bail fund https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-akron-bail-fund