RSH 53 -- I Don't Mind...Stealin' Bread...From the Mouths of Decadence (9.12.2020)

Recorded September 9, 2020. This is a packed but great episode. Adam interviews McKenna Peterson, an activist who went on hunger strike to protest police racist violence in Antioch, California. The hunger strike ended because of the city's lack of response but the protest encampment continues. Then Adam and Peter interview Jess Folero, a housing activist and organizer in Portland, Maine. After those interviews, the guys talk about the newly-released tape of President Donald Trump saying he intentionally misled the public about the danger of the COVID-19 pandemic. They close out by talking about another Rachel Dolezal -- C.V. Vitolo, a white Italian person (activist and academic) who pretended to be Black/P.O.C. 

Time stamps: 

Djembe interlude #1: 4:58 

Antioch hunger strike and protest: 6:05 

Djembe interlude #2: 36:20 

Jess interview: 37:58 

Djembe interlude #3: 1:33:48 

Latter half analysis and commentary: 1:34:34 

 

Links: Antioch hunger strike ends but protest continues: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/09/09/activists-frustrated-by-lack-of-response-from-city-end-hunger-strike/ ; Trump intentionally downplayed the severity of COVID-19 pandemic to the public: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump/2020/09/09/0368fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html ; C.V. Vitolo, Rachel Dolezal 3.0, a white Italian person who falsely assumed Black/POC identity is outed: https://medium.com/@polite_keppel_dinosaur_57/cv-vitolo-haddad-another-academic-racial-fraud-c5c41fe32110, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/10/more-allegations-racial-fraud-academe?fbclid=IwAR20BMJUi5aynWvgcYiN5WjjJofgbL2EDf-yR2kEXyOjbyrC84sMD27IiEw#.X1oQ3tisX1E.twitter, https://medium.com/@cvvitolo/a-first-step-da38275071e1 , "apology": https://medium.com/@cvvitolo/a-second-step-9fe0c6511ff3(Jessica Krug -- Rachel Dolezal 2.0: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/09/jessica-krug-white-scholar-black-latina) ; sundown towns in California: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c1db3f66764249beb999f3a81290398c, https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/content.php?file=sundowntowns-whitemap.html, https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns.php, https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntownsshow.php?state=CA ; 

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Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums 

Djembe interludes by Adam Hudson (djembe) (SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/adamhudson5/) 

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