RSH 49 -- Kenosha on Fire (8.27.2020)

Recorded August 26, 2020. Adam and Peter return to bring the flames. They mostly talk about the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the protests and Black resistance, and armed white racist terrorist Kyle Rittenhouse shooting 3 protesters, killing 2. Adam also talks about how California is (finally!) learning from Native American tribes on how to manage wildfires, which are becoming deadlier throughout the state. 

 

Links: Jacob Blake paralyzed from waist down: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/25/21400481/jacob-blake-kenosha-police-shooting-riots-evanston?fbclid=IwAR3Ws1KsZObL-2BZvZGslZprwBcm--IMYsEhde3ffE_Shjn5SWRwAysWROc ; Kenosha protesters burn down Wisconsin corrections building in aftermath of Jacob Blake shooting: https://nypost.com/2020/08/25/kenosha-protesters-burn-down-wisconsin-corrections-building/?fbclid=IwAR3daWmZPHylkcJXKOcdNyUy8hIcK5-C-nkWbltnRqtBy1mEtUd6oE76VmI ; 17-year-old white vigilante shoots and kills Kenosha protester: https://nypost.com/2020/08/26/chilling-photos-show-moment-gunman-fatally-shoots-man-in-kenosha/ , https://www.the-sun.com/news/1371066/black-lives-matter-protester-shot-head-kenosha/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ussunnewsfacebookbreaking ; video footage of Rittenhouse shooting protesters trying to disarm him (CONTENT WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlUcPJSxS1M ; Rittenhouse is charged with murder: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8pxj/a-17-year-old-aspiring-cop-has-been-charged-with-murder-in-kenosha?fbclid=IwAR2socs446W_coR4SY2SBgSYIMjA02nsK4_yhRmKTT8epvxjfi4R2oEr4Ec ; Kenosha police chief blames protesters for their death: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/kenosha-police-chief-daniel-miskinis-blames-protesters-for-own-deaths.html?fbclid=IwAR209cGzZnhz0zWNc6wEvNm9JM0omUMZ24wTUCCLL7UPfuQN_LO2uQhigqc ; Kenosha car dealer whose dealership was burned down at the protests supports protesters: https://twitter.com/aleemmaqbool/status/1298300499230425088?s=21&fbclid=IwAR3LSuyw-mkCGIguNwFXLF8Wk47x7DNFhXpuvMrwmPrIV3cmsh1VW2BEXTQ ; St. Louis couple brandishing guns at BLM protesters speak at RNC: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/mccloskey-convention-speech-guns-suburbs-401297 ; Lakers, Clippers "boycott" (technically, go on strike) the NBA season: https://thespun.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-clippers-boycott-nba-season?fbclid=IwAR3E7x-nrKUZ0TRIwR93ShLoammeWPYQJLwc9E4bMfkKRzbLdPTCimrXRBk (the strike ends: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/27/sport/la-lakers-clippers-boycott-nba-season-jacob-blake-spt-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2j8vHE1qBFEt5dgrxi_4Jks-midQdduQ01IgYMgpnrju2-HubDozyYAfI); Republican National Convention got 6 times more viewers than the Democratic National Convention: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/513507-first-night-of-gop-convention-delivers-nearly-six-times-more-views-than-start?fbclid=IwAR1ElSQlTDTE4xMnRSqT6nDM8ez2JCFnGRO8L-ZDX7wyNV00o56TBwQu8sM ; Kenosha shooting victims: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/victims-kenosha-jacob-blake-protest_n_5f4801a3c5b64f17e13a9546 ; California learning from Native American tribes to manage wildfires: https://theconversation.com/what-western-states-can-learn-from-native-american-wildfire-management-strategies-120731, https://www.npr.org/2020/08/24/899422710/to-manage-wildfire-california-looks-to-what-tribes-have-known-all-along ; the literature of white liberalism: https://bostonreview.net/race/melissa-phruksachart-literature-white-liberalism?fbclid=IwAR2au8N74zjRzdrC76HxY4YhOkvXIv-mQPcveu3m7pVEEZe78rn_b5imgYs ; Black Lives Matter in France: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-europe/assa-traore-and-the-fight-for-black-lives-in-france ; Nick Tilsen's arrest, facing 17 years in prison: https://www.newsweek.com/i-stood-indigenous-rights-mount-rushmore-now-im-facing-17-years-opinion-1526763, https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/leader-of-mount-rushmore-protest-faces-new-charges-up-to-17-years-in-prison/article_c51eaadb-ff08-545d-88d5-47701ae620de.html?fbclid=IwAR3BHwty_BmJ-kKgMzHxDRzHDTR_V8xiZ3RQ6sz3r-VMdKHKFzOn6tOHaGs, https://twitter.com/ndncollective/status/1298306370345656320 ; racism in Milwaukee: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbnzv3/crime-and-punishment-racial-injustice-in-milwaukee?fbclid=IwAR1QHx1kD1EzTbg5ipMSHV0K6xxdE-qiVfZQAOQuzxe7BxxFZhDn-APkOVI ; 

 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

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