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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

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Sunday Jan 17, 2021

RSH 75 -- Reichstag Fire But From The Left (1.16.2021)

Sunday Jan 17, 2021

Recorded January 14, 2021. Welcome to 2021! Adam and Peter are back and, in this episode, they talk about the pro-Trump, far-right near-insurrection at Capitol Hill, how it's a harbinger for more white supremacist extremism, and why left-wing anti-fascism is necessary.

Links: Capitol Hill siege was openly planned but ignored by law enforcement: https://theintercept.com/2021/01/07/capitol-trump-violence-law-enforcement/ ; mass resignations follow Trump riot: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-officials-resign-white-house-b1783622.html ; U.S. allies say the pro-Trump, far-right near-insurrection had help from law enforcement: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1?fbclid=IwAR2VIichAZHGBjndmpAPHIsWvSxqni5KnQi2F9CocdI8StzoaV6wzXnl0jc ; inaction of Capitol Hill police was by design: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/01/inaction-capitol-police-was-design/617590/ ; Trump mob was not policed as hard as BLM protesters: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/trump-rioters-weren-t-policed-like-blm-protesters?sref=AN2927tl ; Republican lawmakers who sought to overturn the 2020 election results: https://truthout.org/articles/here-are-the-names-of-every-republican-who-voted-to-overturn-election-results/ , https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/07/co-conspirators-sedition-here-are-names-every-republican-who-voted-overturn-election; Rep. Ayanna Pressley's panic button was ripped out before the riot/mob: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534064-pressleys-chief-of-staff-said-her-offices-panic-buttons-had-been-torn-out ; Rep. James Clyburn suggests fascist mob may have had "inside intel": https://nypost.com/2021/01/10/rep-clyburn-suggests-capitol-rioters-may-have-had-inside-intel/ ; Rep. Cori Bush remands expulsion of Republican lawmakers who incited the Capitol Hill violent siege: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/06/progressives-back-rep-cori-bushs-resolution-expel-lawmakers-who-incited-violent ; Capitol Hill cop took selfies with pro-Trump mob: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/01/capitol-police-member-caught-on-camera-taking-selfies-with-trumps-insurrectionists/?fbclid=IwAR0YJVhXPy1EGydpbprFTHeIHPNwJ39IPzsjH6DsG4EN6zBYG_iN7PKCumI ; the pro-Trump mob was not working-class: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/thoroughly-respectable-rioters/617644/ , one of them (Jenna Ryan) was a Texas realtor who flew to D.C. in a private jet: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Trump-Frisco-Texas-realtor-broken-window-capitol-15855673.php , https://www.newsweek.com/jenna-ryan-texas-realtor-capitol-riots-sign-vandalised-1560515 ; armed right-wing protesters protest outside Kentucky state capitol during the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill far-right siege: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article248392675.html; FBI, DHS, White House adviser foresaw possible far-right riot and looked the other way: https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-homeland-security-white-house-advisers-foresaw-possible-riots-looked-other-way-1559535; months of red flags led to far-right Trump riot: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/deaths-capitol-pro-trump-far-right-mob-months-red-flags-ncna1253205 ; West Virginia state Republican legislator participated in far-right mob at Capitol Hill: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/politics/delegate-derrick-evans-insurrection/index.html ; off-duty police were in the far-right mob at Capitol Hill: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/surprise-surprise-off-duty-cops-180000845.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/capitol-police.html) ; police departments investigate which of their own members participated in the near-insurrection at Capitol Hill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/09/investigating-police-rioters/ ; U.S. police three times more likely to use force against left-wing protesters than against far-right protesters: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/us-police-use-of-force-protests-black-lives-matter-far-right ; the austerity politics of white supremacy: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-austerity-politics-of-white-supremacy ;