RSH 124 -- I’ve Had Burritos More Supreme Than This Court (7.11.2023)

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.  

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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 

 

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