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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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Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 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.
Links:
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
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Recorded May 21, 2023. In this free episode, Adam and Peter discuss the Walgreens guard killing of Banko Brown, African leaders’ peace summit with Ukraine and Russia, and the rise of AI warfare.
Links:
Video shows Walgreens guard killing trans organizer Banko Brown as he left store https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’s paid involvement in the Chesa Boudin recall https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/theyre-like-hillarys-emails-powerhouse-behind-boudin-recall-dismisses-ethics-concerns-over-brooke-jenkins/
African leaders plan peace summit with Ukraine and Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-ramaphosa-africa.html
AI warfare and killer robots
- US launches artificial intelligence military use initiative https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-china-the-hague-artificial-intelligence-d49c5fb442fa825e0a7a7419d6f04469
- Drone advances in Ukraine could bring dawn of killer robots https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-advances-6591dc69a4bf2081dcdd265e1c986203
- Killer robots are the future of warfare and the ‘inevitable next step’ in Russia’s long bloody invasion of Ukraine https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/killer-robots-a-i-future-warfare-russia-ukraine-invasion/
- How missiles and drones shape the future of the military https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiHFtubW4JM&ab_channel=CNBC
- How killer robotics are changing modern warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8L5-gecho&ab_channel=TheGuardian
- How AI is driving a future of autonomous warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwHszy7bMk&ab_channel=DWNews
- San Francisco bans killer robots, reverses plan to allow them https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/san-francisco-lawmakers-ban-killer-robots-u-turn; https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23497922/killer-robot-policy-san-francisco-reversed
- SFPD may resubmit killer robot proposal https://abc7news.com/killer-robots-san-francisco-sfpd-deadly-force/12761983/
Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”
Peter MGunn – bass guitar
Adam Hudson – drums
Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Saturday Apr 29, 2023
Recorded April 22, 2023. Adam and Peter are back…this time in the same time zone to record another episode. In this episode, they discuss Sudan, U.S. war on terror in Somalia and why it doesn’t make sense, the possible end of capitalism due to greedflation, and Antioch cops sending racist text messages to each other.
Links:
A counterterrorism mission in Somalia doesn’t make it a “vital U.S. interest” https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3953360-a-counterterrorism-mission-doesnt-make-somalia-a-vital-us-interest/
“Greedflation” and the possible end of capitalism https://fortune.com/2023/04/05/end-of-capitalism-inflation-greedflation-societe-generale-corporate-profits/
Antioch, CA cops’ racist text messages
- Inside Antioch Police Department’s racist text message group https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/11/exclusive-inside-the-antioch-police-departments-secret-racist-texting-group/
- More racist text messages https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/13/new-text-messages-show-antioch-gang-unit-boasted-about-injuring-suspects-kicking-heads-like-a-field-goal/
- Resident angry at racist Antioch police https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/antioch-police-racist-text-message-scandal-confirms-resident-suspicions-about-local-officers/
- 45 Antioch police officers, nearly half of the department, are involved in the racist text message group https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/public-defender-da-antioch-police/3206129/ ; https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/antioch-police-racist-texts-nearly-half-of-department-now-involved-in-scandal/
- Lawsuit against Antioch police https://apnews.com/article/racist-texts-antioch-police-lawsuit-552c5026bd049e4eaaddeabd12e4e93d
Akron bail fund https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-akron-bail-fund
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
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East Palestine disaster shows how America’s railroad system is dangerously broken https://priceofoil.org/2023/02/16/east-palestine-disaster-shows-how-americas-railroad-system-is-dangerously-broken/
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Derailed train cars were labeled non-hazardous (even though they were) https://grist.org/accountability/derailed-train-cars-ohio-not-labeled-toxic-cargo/
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Media coverage of East Palestine train derailment https://newrepublic.com/post/170650/media-coverage-east-palestine-train
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Health hazards of East Palestine train derailment https://www.vox.com/science/2023/2/18/23603471/east-palestine-ohio-derailment-water-contamination-health
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Details of East Palestine, Ohio train derailment: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ohio-train-derailment-buttigieg-pens-sharply-worded-letter/story?id=97327971; https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/us/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-monday/index.html; https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment
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Florida bans AP African-American Studies class because of its “woke indoctrination”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/florida-ap-african-american-studies.html; https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/floridas-ban-on-ap-african-american-studies-explained/2023/01
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4 states review AP African-American Studies class amid Florida ban: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/18/states-review-ap-african-american-studies-class/; https://www.axios.com/2023/02/18/four-states-review-ap-african-american-studies-class
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Florida’s Stop WOKE Act text: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/148/BillText/Filed/HTML
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Florida’s Stop WOKE Act: https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/11/17/judge-stops-enforcement-stop-woke-act-florida-colleges-universities/; https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-woke-censorship-bill-taking-effect-higher-education ; https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-w-o-k-e-censorship-bill-from-taking-effect-in-higher-education/; https://www.aclufl.org/sites/default/files/stop_woke_act_one-pager_2022_v2.pdf;
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College Board strips its curriculum for AP African-American Studies class: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html
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Interviews with Ta-Nehisi Coates (included in original AP curriculum) on the Florida ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWDeBHmxjcs; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX6212Z38WM
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AP classes lack diversity: https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/ap-classes-lack-diversity/
Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"
Peter MGunn -- bass guitar
Adam Hudson -- drums
Follow us on Twitter:
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Support the struggle:
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People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
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Burkina Faso ends ties with French troops https://apnews.com/article/politics-france-government-burkina-faso-8ac1a1cb6e065a588719cfa61ba232b2
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Blaise Compaore arrested, charged, and found guilty for assassination of Thomas Sankara https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/burkina-faso-ex-president-blaise-compaore-charged-thomas-sankara-murder; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/burkina-faso-ex-president-blaise-compaore-guilty-thomas-sankara
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All the big tech lay-offs of 2023 https://www.engadget.com/tech-layoffs-183005204.html
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Tech’s bust delivers blow to hollowed-out San Francisco https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-19/san-francisco-s-feeling-the-pain-of-big-tech-s-troubles-remote-work
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What’s going to happen to Big Tech’s laid off workers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsGAoFlw20
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How low interest rates helped tech startups and how rising interest rates are raising fears in Silicon Valley https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/05/08/tech-startups-feel-the-pinch-from-rising-interest-rates; https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/27/will-rising-interest-rates-scupper-the-startup-surge/ ; https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/07/as-interest-rates-rise-startups-and-vcs-are-playing-a-new-game/
- Kenyan workers at ChatGPT https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/?fbclid=IwAR21XvtWvl1BuAvVZdB8nfahD6W6gVIJ3pzZlIIBR5WS-5FjO0CoRpjTlPs
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Support for BLM declined since George Floyd’s death but unchanged since September 2020 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/27/support-for-black-lives-matter-declined-after-george-floyd-protests-but-has-remained-unchanged-since/
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Routinely watching videos of police killing Black people can traumatize Black people https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1152028575/tyre-nichols-video-watching-traumatic; https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/allyship-pledge-viral-videos-black-mental-health-143028830.html
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Police fired after killing Tyre Nichols (6th officer was white) https://apnews.com/article/politics-crime-tyre-nichols-memphis-tennessee-28c478a5583c7aca61b1ea48a2fb41de; https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/4/sixth-memphis-police-officer-fired-over-tyre-nichols-death
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Mapping Police Violence https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Recorded December 29, 2022. It’s the final (and second, haha) free episode of Real Sankara Hours in 2022. In this episode, Adam and Peter talk about the U.S.-Africa summit of 2022, how lower Black voter turnout impacted the Democratic Party and what it shows about growing Black American pessimism.
Links:
U.S.-Africa summit 2022:
- U.S. sends more special ops forces to Somalia: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/politics/biden-military-somalia.html
- U.S. role in Africa shrinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwAS7anNwU
- U.S. looks down on Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMgkpfFras
- Summations of U.S.-Africa summit:
- https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/12/21/major-takeaways-from-u.s.-africa-leaders-summit-pub-88691
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/14/biden-promotes-partnerships-with-africa-at-leadership-summit
- https://guardian.ng/features/u-s-africa-leaders-summit-beyond-the-symbolism-a-catch-up-race-with-china/
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/african-leaders-gather-in-us-as-joe-biden-aims-to-reboot-rocky-relations
- A new scramble for Africa: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/13/the-us-scramble-for-africa-2
Black voters – low turnout and views:
- Midterm surprise: low Black voter turnout: https://www.axios.com/2022/12/04/2022-midterm-elections-black-voter-turnout
- Low Black voter turnout was a low point for Democrats in 2022 midterms: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/upshot/midterms-election-black-turnout.html
- Democrats grow anxious, again, over Black voter turnout: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/25/democrats-black-voter-turnout-00063254
- Democrats should worry about lower Black turnout: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/democrats-should-worry-about-signs-of-lower-black-turnout.html
- Key facts about Black voters in 2022: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/10/12/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2022/
- Black Americans more pessimistic about their position in U.S. society: https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2022/08/30/black-americans-are-pessimistic-about-their-position-in-u-s-society/
Washington Post editorial supports Fed triggering a recession by raising interest rates to curb inflation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/fed-rate-hike-inflation-recession/
Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"
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Adam Hudson -- drums
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Recorded on December 11, 2022. After a year-long hiatus, the firebrands of Real Sankara Hours are back! Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn after hibernation to bring another episode before 2022 ends. The guys talk about the big events of 2022, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inflation, the 2022 midterm elections, then dive deeper into the new phase of U.S. secret wars, why dating in 2022 sucks, men dropping out of the work force, and reparations for Black America. This is a 2-hour long episode making up for lost time.
Links:
News items
- Railworker strike: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140265413/rail-workers-biden-unions-freight-railroads-averted-strike ; California's 2022 budget: https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/06/california-budget-surplus-explained/
- David Dayen on inflation caused by supply chain issues: https://prospect.org/economy/inflation-isnt-so-different-between-us-and-europe/
U.S. secret wars
- Report on U.S.'s secret war playbook: https://theintercept.com/2022/11/03/us-military-secret-wars/
- The growth of JSOC post-9/11 (from 2011): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-secret-america-a-look-at-the-militarys-joint-special-operations-command/2011/08/30/gIQAvYuAxJ_story.html
Why dating sucks, men dropping out of the labor force
- Non-college-educated men dropping out of the labor force: https://www.yahoo.com/video/men-dropping-labor-force-because-224319223.html, https://fortune.com/2022/12/07/men-dropping-out-work-force-status-study/ ; https://www.yahoo.com/video/most-chilling-metric-mike-rowe-150000193.html
- income levels of single Black millennials: https://blackdemographics.com/single-black-millennials-yes-women-are-more-educated-but-there-are-just-as-many-single-black-men-making-50k-and-higher/
- online dating leading to burnout: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/well/mind/burnout-online-dating-apps.html
- Chapo Trap House episode on the manoswamp/manosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-OX6EjutE
- Irami Osei-Frimpong on Kevin Samuels and "high value men": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsDGni2-kkw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y4pxHEdAUg
Reparations for Black America
- California reparations: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/california-reparations-slavery-african-americans
- California reparations panel recommendations: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/business/economy/california-black-reparations.html
- Providence, Rhode Island reparations (white people can get it, too): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/29/reparations-program-providence-rhode-island/
- true cost of reparations (Darity's numbers): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/racial-wealth-gap.html
- the devaluation of Black homes and how Black homes are appraised/worth less than white homes: https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/why-black-neighborhoods-are-valued-less-than-other-neighborhoods, https://www.brookings.edu/research/devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/, https://www.newsy.com/stories/black-homeowners-get-lower-appraisals-than-white-neighbors/, https://www.brookings.edu/research/biased-appraisals-and-the-devaluation-of-housing-in-black-neighborhoods/
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Recorded November 17, 2021. We (Adam and Peter) recorded this before the verdict of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, which we discuss in this episode. On November 19, Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges (murder, attempted homicide, recklessly endangering safety). What Adam (just now) noticed is how the fact that Kyle admitted to killing a guy on the phone during the protest (he was phoning someone and it got recorded). Real Sankara Hours discussed this in a previous episode right when the protests and shooting occurred in August 2020.
In addition to the Rittenhouse trial, Adam and Peter also talk about Ethiopia, the trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, a U.S. airstrike in Syria that killed dozens of innocent people in Syria in 2019, and the Astroworld Festival stampede.
Links:
Kyle Rittenhouse trial:
- https://www.gq.com/story/72-hours-in-kenosha
- https://apnews.com/article/jury-finds-kyle-rittenhouse-not-guilty-in-kenosha-shootings-27f812ba532d65c044617483c915e4de
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rittenhouse-verdict-jurors-reach-decision-rcna5090
- Real Sankara Hours episode on Kenosha and Rittenhouse shooting people: https://soundcloud.com/realsankarahours/rsh-49-kenosha-on-fire-8272020
Ahmaud Arbery:
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/us/ahmaud-arbery-killing-trial-day-8-tuesday/index.html
- https://apnews.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-crime-georgia-brunswick-720e9763fa7810291b9e063c0714e716
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/09/greg-mcmichael-interview-police-ahmaud-arbery-death-shooting/6345589001/?fbclid=IwAR3cyCHq--8CneXPuC36M5_KXbPnNpOi6IXimz9e4xzQj-o5OtHTryZ12OM
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ahmaud-arbery-greg-mcmichael-shooting_n_618adbece4b0c8666be3469b?d_id=2817437&ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main&fbclid=IwAR0id6J_hV57GK4C9e0i1W7H2ZrWZkKilWTyZanqT1t1TjsvFpZ769NzpHw
Syria:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths.html
- ISIS is a product of the Iraq war: https://theintercept.com/2016/08/25/u-s-military-now-says-isis-leader-was-held-in-notorious-abu-ghraib-prison/ ; https://theintercept.com/2018/01/29/isis-iraq-war-islamic-state-blowback/
Stampede at Travis Scott Astroworld Festival:
- Death toll:
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/politifact/article/fact-check-astroworld-death-toll-travis-scott-16641312.php
- Ghost Ship fire in Oakland: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/09/975206741/man-sentenced-in-2016-ghost-ship-warehouse-fire-in-oakland-calif-that-killed-36
Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"
Peter MGunn -- bass guitar
Adam Hudson -- drums
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Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Recorded October 27/28, 2021. Adam and Peter discuss the situation in Haiti (including more details about the assassination of Moise and the beating of Haitian migrants), the recent coup in Sudan, and, for most the episode, they talk about the death of Colin Powell, his dirty work for U.S. empire and why he's not a Black American hero.
Links:
- Colin Powell’s record and Iraq war lies: https://www.yahoo.com/now/obituary-colin-powell-121812125.html , https://web.archive.org/web/20000902031325/http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/players/powell.bio/ , https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/18/colin-powell-un-security-council-iraq , https://apnews.com/article/colin-powell-dead-iraq-1591ede85c650bb0aa8a4f667343b648 ,
- Harriot piece on Powell: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/21/colin-powell-black-man-america-race-michael-harriot ;
- assassins of Haitian president involved in assassination plot in Bolivia: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/20/haiti-assassination-bolivia-luis-arce/ ;
- Haiti border crisis: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/border-patrol-horseback-haitian-migrants-del-rio.html ;
- Biden’s border policy so far: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56255613 ;
- coup in Sudan: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-state-oil-workers-join-civil-disobedience-movement-association-2021-10-27/
Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"
Peter MGunn -- bass guitar
Adam Hudson -- drums
Support the struggle:
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People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak
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Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
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U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/world/asia/us-air-strike-drone-kabul-afghanistan-isis.html
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Facebook whistleblower speaks out; Facebook shuts down for one day: https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213 ; https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043377310/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-congress ; https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/06/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-senate-unity/ ; https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22710963/facebook-dns-bgp-outage-backbone-maintenance ; https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043211171/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage-business-impact; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-04/zuckerberg-loses-7-billion-in-hours-as-facebook-plunges ; https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/tech/zuckerberg-whistleblower-response/index.html; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/technology/facebook-files.html
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ACLU lawsuit against PUSD: https://edsource.org/2021/aclu-sues-bay-area-school-district-over-separate-unequal-and-illegal-special-education-program/661126 ; https://www.aclunc.org/news/black-english-learners-and-disabled-students-denied-constitutional-right-public-education ; https://truthout.org/articles/im-fighting-for-ethnic-studies-in-my-community-so-my-history-wont-be-erased/ (Adam's recent article)
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NonCompete video explaining anti-patriotism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgtw2T5y2OA