RSH 99 -- Bay of Pigs II: Beautiful Boater Edition (7.29.2021)

Recorded July 28, 2021. It's episode 99! Adam and Peter talk about the situation in Haiti after the assassination of President of Jovenel Moise. Some of the assassins were trained by the U.S. military. Then they talk about #SOSCuba, the Black Lives Matter statement on Cuba, and the weaponization of identity politics and anti-racism for U.S. interventionism. During the last segment of the episode, the guys talk about the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of the Delta variant, the rise in cases, how the U.S. fucked up its pandemic response from the beginning, and the importance of getting vaccinated. 

 

Links: Movement for Black Lives statement on Cuba: https://m4bl.org/statements/cuban-people-and-the-spirit-of-the-cuban-revolution/ (Black Lives Matter statement on Cuba: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRU5kYYp-UU/?hl=en); some Colombian mercenaries involved in the Moise assassination were trained by the U.S. military: https://theintercept.com/2021/07/26/colombian-mercenaries-haiti-jovenel-moise-assassination/, https://theintercept.com/2021/07/16/haiti-assassination-colombia-us-military/; COVID-19 cases on the rise (again): https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/unvaccinated-case-rate-delta-surge/ ; what to know about the Delta variant: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-things-to-know-delta-variant-covid , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/health/delta-variant-covid.html ; why the Delta variant is spreading so quickly among the unvaccinated: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-the-delta-variant-is-causing-an-explosion-of-cases-among-the-unvaccinated; how to understand vaccine efficacy (they're effective in preventing hospitalization and death): https://www.vox.com/22311625/covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-johnson-moderna-pfizer , https://www.vox.com/22362894/which-covid-vaccine-is-better-moderna-vs-pfizer-video ; Sean Hannity, who pushed COVID-19 denialism, now urges his followers to get vaccinated and then he backtracks: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-hannity-who-downplayed-covid-urges-viewers-take-it-seriously-n1274470 , https://www.rawstory.com/sean-hannity-vaccines-fox-news/ ; Fox News viewers less likely to get vaccinated: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/07/26/fox-news-viewers-vaccinations-enten.cnnbusiness ; more Republicans are now urging vaccinations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/growing-number-of-republicans-urge-vaccinations-amid-delta-surge/2021/07/20/52a06e9c-e999-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html ; in the U.S., patients dying of COVID-19 during Delta surge beg for the vaccine when it's too late: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/22/us-coronavirus-covid-unvaccinated-hospital-rates-vaccines , https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/health/hospitalized-patients-covid-19-vaccine/index.html ; 

 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

Support the struggle:

Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: https://gofund.me/4b276440

Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter)

People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak

Follow us on Twitter:

Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5

Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter

Real Sankara Hours -- @sankarahours

Adam's SoundCloud -- @adamhudson5

Get the RSS feed from our Podbean to stay up-to-date with new episodes: realsankarahours.podbean.com

Subscribe to us on Patreon to get bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/realsankarahours/

Make a one-time donation to our PayPal: https://paypal.me/realsankarahours?locale.x=en_US