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UNLOCKED: RSH 80 -- The Policy Failures are Bigger in Texas (2.23.2021)

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Recorded February 21, 2021. Bonus episode, Real Sankara After Hours portion. Adam and Peter talk to Raz, a writer and activist in Texas, about the polar vortex, the blackouts, ERCOT, climate change creating more disasters with both California and Texas as examples of what's to come (and already here), why nationalizing the electrical grid is the most sensible approach, how the repressive right-wing state government works against the interests of regular Texans and how to fight it. 

Links: map of USA electrical grid: http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/national_energy_grid/united-states-of-america/americannationalelectricitygrid.shtml; climate change poses for U.S.'s electrical grid: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/climate/texas-power-grid-failures.html ; Texas ERCOT set state up for disaster: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/texas-electricity-ercot-blackouts.html ; Texas Freedom Colonies Project: https://andrearobertsphd.com/the-texas-freedom-colonies-project/ ; Bonton Farms: https://bontonfarms.org/about-2/ ; Jen Sarduy for District 2: https://sarduyfordistrict2.com/ ; Re+Birth Equity Alliance: https://www.rebirthequity.org/about ; 

RSH 79 -- Africa Rules, The Odyssey Drools (2.12.2021)

Recording February 10, 2021. Adam and Peter discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), its hopes and issues to look out for, such as ongoing European neocolonialism in Africa. Then they talk about a split within Black Lives Matter -- a local chapter splits from the global network over the latter's grifting and attachment to the Democratic Party. Finally, they talk about a teacher removing "The Odyssey" from a school curriculum in Massachusetts and the need for Ethnic Studies and Africana in schools.

Links: what you need to know about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2018/3/20/african-continental-free-trade-area-what-you-need-to-know ; AfCFTA text: https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36437-treaty-consolidated_text_on_cfta_-_en.pdf ; making the AfCFTA work: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20.12.28-AfCFTA_Fofack.pdf ; AfCFTA goes into effect: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/1/after-months-of-covid-delays-african-free-trade-bloc-launches , https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/january-2021/afcfta-africa-now-open-business; Black Lives Matter Inland Empire announces split from Black Lives Matter Global Network: https://leftoutmag.com/2021/02/04/breaking/ ; Massachusetts teacher says she's "very proud" to have removed Homer's "The Odyssey" from her school's curriculum: https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/12/31/teacher-proud-removing-homer/ (reaction against it: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/elviadiaz/2020/12/29/homer-odyssey-classic-not-something-ban-exclude/4070307001/) ; the myth of whiteness in classical sculpture: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture ; professor wants to save the Classics from whiteness: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html; American cultural roots traced to enslaved Africans: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/2/jubilee-america-culture-enslaved-africans/ ; 

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Preview: RSH 78 -- Riot Car Course Correction (2.4.2021)

Recorded February 3, 2021. Adam and Peter do a course correction to an Antifada podcast episode on the George Floyd rebellions and multiracial working-class coalitions. They discuss their agreements and disagreements. They mostly criticize the episode for engaging in riot porn and misinterpreting internal class dynamics within Black America. 

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RSH 77 -- Stonk Me Daddy (1.30.2021)

Recorded January 28, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about the Biden/Harris inauguration and what to look forward to, including a split within the Black body politic. They also discuss Redditors buying up GameStop and AMC stock en masse to counter hedge fund shorting. Then Adam criticizes YouTuber Jimmy Dore for promulgating the idea of a populist right and populist left coalition. 

Links: How WallStreetBets on Reddit drove up GameStop stock: https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/gamestop-reddit-wallstreetbets-gme.html ; France might have bombed a wedding in Mali: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/france-drone-mali-macron-civilians?fbclid=IwAR0v7Zdx7aKhJz-Qvc78XqieLcvhLluIcfKva9gFXKK8NPOIdWk8kw72aRI; Bobi Wine freed from detention and pledges to continue political fight in Uganda: https://www.wsj.com/articles/freed-ugandan-opposition-leader-bobi-wine-pledges-to-continue-fight-11611669082?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter ; Tim Black criticizes Jimmy Dore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOoKFUHa-fw ; Boogaloo Boy investigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1eRi8B3dg ; Jimmy Dore's "unite populist right and left" shoddy argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OP5OLBauCg (his Boogaloo interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZMB9052rEs) ; ; Jimmy Dore false interpretation of Black Panther Party history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49JptDawziM ; Boogaloo Boys try to rebrand themselves as less-racist and use BLM for its own agenda: https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/boogaloo-racism/, https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/reports/2020/06/10/boogaloo-boys-get-cool-reception-at-milwaukee-black-lives-matter-marches/5323664002/ ; Boogaloo Boys instigate violence at BLM protests (including killing cops at pinning blame on BLM): https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/boogaloo-boys-george-floyd-protests-black-lives-matter-1010117/ , https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-17/far-right-boogaloo-boys-linked-to-killing-of-california-lawmen-other-violence ; Young Patriots, Black Panthers, and Rainbow Coalition: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/05/black-panthers-young-patriots-fred-hampton ; Proud Boy was a police informant: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-proudboys-leader/exclusive-proud-boys-leader-was-prolific-informer-for-law-enforcement-idUSKBN29W1PE?fbclid=IwAR1bQhWHR9MGfyq_NV_GbQeFiHeOovR5Ddr7JsouEsMUfK71Ej0-Dogq3TA; white people are getting vaccinated more than Blacks and Latinos: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/us/vaccination-disparities-rollout/index.html ;  

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

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 ;

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RSH 73 -- Kamala Harris is not about that Kwanzaa life (12.31.2020)

Recorded December 29, 2020. It's the end of 2020. Adam and Peter discuss ADOS, reparations, Kwanzaa, and reflect on crazy year that was 2020. 

 

Links: ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery): https://ados101.com/ , https://ados101.com/about-ados , https://ados101.com/roadmap-to-reparations , https://ados101.com/black-agenda ; ADOS xenophobia: https://abcnews.go.com/US/controversial-group-ados-divides-black-americans-fight-economic/story?id=66832680 , ; different experiences of Black Americans, Black immigrants, and second-generation Black immigrants: https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3686134/waters_ethnicracial.pdf?sequence=3 ; enslavement of Native Americans in California: https://www.aclunc.org/sites/goldchains/explore/native-american-slave-market.html , https://www.history.com/news/the-enslaved-native-americans-who-made-the-gold-rush-possible ; transatlantic slave trade voyages: https://www.slavevoyages.org/assessment/estimates ; where enslaved Africans came from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade#Ethnic_groups , https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/a/Atlantic_slave_trade.htm , https://www.history.com/news/what-part-of-africa-did-most-slaves-come-from ; where in Africa did African-Americans come from: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Migration_Patterns_-_An_Alternative_for_Locating_African_Origins ; African roots of African-American music: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/2/jubilee-america-culture-enslaved-africans/ , blues has African origins: http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/Book1/Assignments2012/Final2Weeks/Africa_andthe_Blues.pdf , banjo is an African instrument brought by enslaved Africans: https://music.si.edu/spotlight/banjos-smithsonian ; djembe: https://waltermagazine.com/community/people/gather-in-peace-braima-moiwai-and-the-djembe/; International Decade for People of African Descent (declared by the UN; UN declaration: https://undocs.org/A/RES/62/122): https://www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent , https://www.un.org/en/observances/decade-people-african-descent/justice ; AU defines "African diaspora": http://www.dirco.gov.za/diaspora/definition.html ; Queen Mother of Kwanzaa: https://sfbayview.com/2017/02/honoring-sister-makinya-sibeko-kouate-queen-mother-of-kwanzaa-who-brought-black-studies-to-the-east-bay/ ; 

 

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Preview: RSH 72 -- One, Two, Many Floor Votes (12.23.2020)

Recorded December 21, 2020. This is a bonus episode preview.

Bonus episode -- Real Sankara After Hours. Adam and Peter talk about the recent progressive/left push, called for by comedian/commentator Jimmy Dore, for a House floor vote for Medicare-For-All and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi losing her House speakership if it doesn't happen. Others on the progressive/left has pushed back against it. Adam and Peter support the floor vote push and explain why it's a good idea. 

Links: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's interview with The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/2020/12/16/intercepted-aoc-pelosi-biden-cabinet/ , https://theintercept.com/2020/12/16/aoc-nancy-pelosi-needs-to-go-but-theres-nobody-to-replace-her-yet/ ; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loses secret ballot for House committee seat: https://www.axios.com/aoc-house-energy-commerce-committee-58eda1b2-baf0-4b77-81ef-793434940f23.html , https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/kathleen-rice-aoc-house-committee-448001 ; Briahna Joy Gray makes case for House floor vote for Medicare-For-All: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/12/the-case-for-forcing-a-floor-vote-on-medicare-for-all ; Jimmy Dore on Force The Vote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4CyduP4RxM , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpDeje25628 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKJ7ivr-wmw , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC-oTDEnIJM ; Bad Faith podcast on Force The Vote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb2kTtyiMNM , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bceS80JM99U , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt3G_h749lE ; petition to support Force The Vote: https://forcethevote.org/ 

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RSH 71 -- The Rhodesian Vibes Return (12.18.2020)

Recorded December 13, 2020. Adam and Peter are back. Peter talks about the Ohio police shooting of another Black man -- Casey Goodson, Jr. Adam talks about Brazilian security guards beating up and killing a Black man in Brazil, racism and slavery in Brazil, and systematic anti-Black racist oppression and Black-led movements against it are global. Then, for the bulk of the episode, the guys talk about the leaked audio of Joe Biden meeting with Black civil rights leaders and how much he disrespected Black people (again) and Black political demands. Black people helped Biden win the election but Biden said he won't do shit for Black people (not surprising). Adam closes with it a special mention of nationwide union of musicians that was recently formed. 

Links: Deputy Jason Meade killed Casey Goodson, Jr.: https://columbusfreepress.com/article/why-did-officer-jason-meade-kill-casey-goodson-jr?fbclid=IwAR0vJ_GGGIehs9H8UEs3CnFHYdBX6j5KzAvvwFcdey-KZNuNGnw4OBks66U ; People's Justice Project, Black Abolitionist Collective of Ohio, Central Ohio Freedom Fund, BQIC statement on Goodson killing: https://twitter.com/OhioPJP/status/1337787085974102020 ; history of slavery in Brazil (Brazil: An Inconvenient History): https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/brazil-inconvenient-history/ ; being Black in Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1eTURC8sA ; racial identity and Blackness in Brazil: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-racial-identity-black-white/2020/11/15/2b7d41d2-21cb-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html ; a Black man, João Alberto Silveira Freitas, beaten and killed by security guards in Brazil: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/20/brazil-black-man-beaten-to-death-by-supermarket-security-guards ; protests in Brazil over Freitas's death by Brazilian cops and daily violence against Black Brazilians and poverty in favelas: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/americas/joo-alberto-silveira-freitas-brazil-intl/index.html; anti-Black racism in Colombia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Rii6S09AA ; Biden thanks Black voters for supporting him: https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-black-voters-youve-always-had-my-back-2020-11 ; Black voters have a message for Joe Biden: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/black-voters-biden-2020?fbclid=IwAR3KQeUlev7KPhe0wYXSb26rYlMe5cPGApms5Hatkne75y4sOcPGmpi3I_g ; leaked audio of Joe Biden's meeting with Black civil rights leaders: https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/ ; Black Lives Matter left out of Biden/Harris meeting with civil rights leaders and responds: https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter/status/1336817572377989124 ; Biden left out reparations in racial equity plan: https://www.newsweek.com/biden-leaves-reparations-out-racial-equity-plan-despite-lefts-call-reform-1521356 ; Biden's coalition is wealthier and whiter: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/11/joe-biden-voters-republicans-trump ; with gigs canceled and no relief, musicians form nationwide union: https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-of-musicians-and-allied-workers-organize-during-covid-musicians-gig-workers-rights ; Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW): https://www.unionofmusicians.org/#about ;

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RSH 69 -- Barack Can Get All the Smoke (11.21.2020)

Recorded November 19, 2020. Adam and Peter are back to bring the smoke -- for Barack Obama. They begin by talking about the pandemic, cases spiking, a new round of lockdowns, and how the U.S. government completely failed to provide to the masses of people. Then Adam discusses Trump's troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia but how it still leaves behind drone bases. After that, Peter brings up Obama's interview about his memoir and the guys bring the smoke on Obama's record for the rest of the episode. They also touch on the de-radicalization and over-commercialization of rap/hip-hop. 

Links: 8 million of people slip into poverty as federal aid dried up: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/politics/federal-aid-poverty-levels.html?smid=tw-share ; Obama scolds Trump but admits to his own conservatism: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/16/obama-a-promised-land-memoir-trump-interview ; Trump plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia but leaves drone bases: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan-somalia-iraq.html ; background on U.S. shadow wars in Africa with context on Somalia (Adam's article from 2012 but still helpful for context): https://adamhudson.org/2012/07/23/u-s-expands-its-shadow-wars-in-africa/ ; Trump continues U.S. war in Yemen: https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/trump-yemen-war-civilian-deaths/ , https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-have-bombed-yemen-more-than-bush-and-obama-combined-2020-10 , https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-admits-injuring-civilians-in-yemen-drone-strike-2020-11 ; U.S. report on military strikes in Somalia make no mention of civilian deaths: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/02/latest-us-military-report-somalia-airstrikes-makes-no-mention-civilians-killed ; U.S. plans to expand drone war in Kenya: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/shabab-drone-authorities-kenya.html ; Barack Obama blames rap music for small, statistically insignificant number of Black men who voted for Trump in 2020: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9485250/barack-obama-rap-music-donald-trump-support-black-men ; NPR data on voter demographic breakdown: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/929478378/understanding-the-2020-electorate-ap-votecast-survey ; Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers explains how the white-owned record industry de-politicized and removed the militancy out of rap/hip-hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jybwj0ai6ZE ;  

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RSH 67 -- Does Joe Biden Even Know What Neoliberalism Is? (11.14.2020)

Recorded November 12, 2020. The 2020 American presidential election is finally over. Adam and Peter discuss Biden's victory in the 2020 election and other issues. They begin by talking about Black voters' feelings on victory, then the 2020 ballot results in California, Biden's transition team, Trump's continuation of war in Yemen, and how a Biden/Harris administration means a return to neoliberalism and continuous of endless war. 

 

Links: Black voters on Biden victory: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/joe-biden-black-voters.html (2020 electorate demographic breakdown: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/929478378/understanding-the-2020-electorate-ap-votecast-survey) ; California 2020 ballot results: https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/11/12/what-we-know-about-proposition-results/ ; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez interview with New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/aoc-biden-progressives.html ; one-third of Biden's Pentagon transition team is from organizations financed by weapons industry: https://inthesetimes.com/article/joe-biden-department-of-defense-pentagon-transition-team-weapons-industry-military ; Trump continues secret war in Yemen: https://airwars.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Eroding-Transparency-Trump-in-Yemen.-Airwars-October-2020.pdf (Airwars report), https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-admits-injuring-civilians-in-yemen-drone-strike-2020-11 , https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-have-bombed-yemen-more-than-bush-and-obama-combined-2020-10, https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/trump-yemen-war-civilian-deaths/ ; antiwar movement declined under Obama: https://jacobinmag.com/2018/05/anti-war-movement-democratic-party-iraq, https://phys.org/news/2011-04-obama-election-antiwar-movement.html, https://ur.umich.edu/1011/Apr11_11/2250-did-obamas-election, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/08/29/where-did-the-antiwar-movement-go/ ; 

 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums 

 

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