Real Sankara Hours

RSH 116 -- Whole Bunch of Bullshit (2.11.2023)

Recorded February 4, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter talk about Burkina Faso kicking out French troops from the country in the context of Africa standing up to the West, the massive tech industry lay-offs, and the police murder of Tyre Nichols and how people are becoming desensitized to the ritual of Black death.

 

Links:

 

Burkina Faso kicks out French troops

• Burkina Faso ends ties with French troops https://apnews.com/article/politics-france-government-burkina-faso-8ac1a1cb6e065a588719cfa61ba232b2
• 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
• Compaore apologizes to family of Sankara https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/26/burkina-ex-leader-compaore-apologises-to-family-of-slain-sankara  ; https://www.africanews.com/2022/07/27/burkina-mixed-reactions-as-blaise-compaore-apologises-to-family-of-slain-thomas-sankara//

Tech lay-offs

• All the big tech lay-offs of 2023 https://www.engadget.com/tech-layoffs-183005204.html
• 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
• What’s going to happen to Big Tech’s laid off workers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsGAoFlw20
• 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 

Tyre Nichols and police killings of Black people

• 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/
• 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
• 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
• Mapping Police Violence https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/

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RSH 114 -- The Rhodesian Vibes Are Back (1.3.2023)

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/ 

 

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RSH 112 -- Return of the Mack-ximalist Demands (12.12.2022)

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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RSH 109 -- All Judges (11.22.2021)

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
  

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RSH 107 -- The Sammy Davis Jr. of US Imperialism (10.31.2021)

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/

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RSH 105 -- Facebook Shut Down (10.8.2021)

Recorded October 6, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about a recent U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan that killed civilians, Facebook shutting down for a day and a Facebook whistleblower speaking out against the company's policies, a Hollywood union strike, an ACLU lawsuit against institutional racism at a Bay Area school district (Pittsburg Unified School District in Pittsburg, California), and Adam defines what the "Colonial Left" is -- a type of leftist who brushes aside issues of settler colonialism and white supremacy and shuns nationalism, decolonization, and self-determination for Black and Indigenous peoples.  

Links: 

• U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/world/asia/us-air-strike-drone-kabul-afghanistan-isis.html
• 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 
• Hollywood union strike: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/business/media/hollywood-union-strike.html ; https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22711567/iatse-strike-authorization-negotiations-resume-streaming-pay
• 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) 
• NonCompete video explaining anti-patriotism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgtw2T5y2OA
• Luna Oi’s video on left-wing nationalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkbSYIyzmF0 

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RSH 103 -- Ship Be Sinkin (9.10.2021)

Recorded September 9, 2021. This is sort of the "9/11 episode." We recorded this 2 days before the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Adam and Peter talk about the recent anti-abortion law in Texas, the decline of U.S. imperial primacy, and the "Great Resignation" where millions of workers are quitting their jobs.

Links: anti-abortion law in Texas: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next ; white nationalists aligning themselves with the anti-abortion movement (fear of the "Great Replacement"): https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/27/how-white-nationalists-aligned-themselves-with-antiabortion-movement/ ; talking about 9/11 with a new generation: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035454983/how-to-talk-about-9-11-with-a-new-generation-of-kids ; the Great Resignation: https://www.inc.com/phillip-kane/the-great-resignation-is-here-its-real.html , https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/great-resignation-55-percent-are-looking-to-change-jobs-over-the-next-year-.html , https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1007914455/as-the-pandemic-recedes-millions-of-workers-are-saying-i-quit , https://www.gallup.com/workplace/351545/great-resignation-really-great-discontent.aspx , https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2021/08/20/three-indisputable-truths-about-the-great-resignation/?sh=5a05858578c9 ; substitute teacher shortage in California: https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2021/09/california-teacher-schools/ ; the end of American hegemonic primacy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/02/age-american-privilege-is-over/; China regulates "fan circle" culture: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1232642.shtml?fbclid=IwAR1KeCjCyCU-TNuXc5wEsremiN5g5P5acsiudWYulRjq6jJ42KjnRBSxOSE ;

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RSH 101 -- Nobody Conquers Afghanistan (8.14.2021)

Recorded August 13, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about the Taliban take over of Afghanistan, the 2020 census that shows the U.S. white population has declined, the Black American heritage flag, and the recent IPCC report on climate change. 

 

Links: U.S. 2020 census shows that white population declined for the first time (still majority at 58%): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/12/us-2020-census-white-population-declines , https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/population-changes-nations-diversity.html ; the changing demographics and growing diversity of Black America: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/03/25/the-growing-diversity-of-black-america/ , https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/25/key-findings-about-black-america/ ; the history of the Black American heritage flag: https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/wedu-arts-plus/clip/803-black-american-heritage-flag-1datig ; breakthrough cases aren't causing the COVID-19 surge: https://www.vox.com/22602039/breakthrough-cases-covid-19-delta-variant-masks-vaccines ; hole in ozone layer repaired: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56014092 , https://nerdist.com/article/earth-repair-ozone-layer-hole/ ; Taliban take over Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-farah-cities.html , https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/asia/afghanistan-future-analysis-intl/index.html , U.S. sending troops to evacuate U.S. personnel from Kabul embassy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/afghanistan-additional-troops-embassy-kabul/2021/08/12/ac243f1a-fb97-11eb-b8dd-0e376fba55f2_story.html ; U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/us-afghanistan-withdrawal.html (they also left Bagram: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/07/02/bagram-afghanistan-biden-war/) ; CIA drone strikes in Afghanistan in limbo: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/cia-afghanistan-pakistan.html , https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics/cia-drone-strike-afghanistan-suspected-terrorists/index.html ; U.S. military contractors looking for the next war for work: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/u-s-contractors-in-afghanistan-are-hiring-amid-withdrawal.html , https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/searching-for-the-next-war-what-happens-when-contractors-leave-afghanistan/ ; brother of Hamid Karzai was on CIA payroll and also an opium trafficker: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html ; IPCC climate change report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ , https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-must-peak-within-4-years-says-leaked-un-report , https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/10/ipcc-report-un-takeaways/ , https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02179-1 ; 100 companies responsible for 71% of carbon emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change ; U.S. military is a bigger polluter and carbon emitter than 140 countries: https://grist.org/article/u-s-military-emits-more-co2-than-most-countries/ , https://qz.com/1655268/us-military-is-a-bigger-polluter-than-140-countries-combined/ ;  

 

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RSH 99 -- Bay of Pigs II: Beautiful Boater Edition (7.29.2021)

Recorded July 28, 2021. It's episode 99! Adam and Peter talk about the situation in Haiti after the assassination of President of Jovenel Moise. Some of the assassins were trained by the U.S. military. Then they talk about #SOSCuba, the Black Lives Matter statement on Cuba, and the weaponization of identity politics and anti-racism for U.S. interventionism. During the last segment of the episode, the guys talk about the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of the Delta variant, the rise in cases, how the U.S. fucked up its pandemic response from the beginning, and the importance of getting vaccinated. 

 

Links: Movement for Black Lives statement on Cuba: https://m4bl.org/statements/cuban-people-and-the-spirit-of-the-cuban-revolution/ (Black Lives Matter statement on Cuba: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRU5kYYp-UU/?hl=en); some Colombian mercenaries involved in the Moise assassination were trained by the U.S. military: https://theintercept.com/2021/07/26/colombian-mercenaries-haiti-jovenel-moise-assassination/, https://theintercept.com/2021/07/16/haiti-assassination-colombia-us-military/; COVID-19 cases on the rise (again): https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/unvaccinated-case-rate-delta-surge/ ; what to know about the Delta variant: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-things-to-know-delta-variant-covid , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/health/delta-variant-covid.html ; why the Delta variant is spreading so quickly among the unvaccinated: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-the-delta-variant-is-causing-an-explosion-of-cases-among-the-unvaccinated; how to understand vaccine efficacy (they're effective in preventing hospitalization and death): https://www.vox.com/22311625/covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-johnson-moderna-pfizer , https://www.vox.com/22362894/which-covid-vaccine-is-better-moderna-vs-pfizer-video ; Sean Hannity, who pushed COVID-19 denialism, now urges his followers to get vaccinated and then he backtracks: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-hannity-who-downplayed-covid-urges-viewers-take-it-seriously-n1274470 , https://www.rawstory.com/sean-hannity-vaccines-fox-news/ ; Fox News viewers less likely to get vaccinated: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/07/26/fox-news-viewers-vaccinations-enten.cnnbusiness ; more Republicans are now urging vaccinations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/growing-number-of-republicans-urge-vaccinations-amid-delta-surge/2021/07/20/52a06e9c-e999-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html ; in the U.S., patients dying of COVID-19 during Delta surge beg for the vaccine when it's too late: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/22/us-coronavirus-covid-unvaccinated-hospital-rates-vaccines , https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/health/hospitalized-patients-covid-19-vaccine/index.html ; 

 

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Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

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RSH 97 -- Hands off Haiti (7.10.2021)

Recorded July 9, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about the recent assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise, details of which are still emerging. They also mention the building collapse in Florida, the intense heat wave in the U.S. West coast and Pacific Northwest, the California drought, and how it is all related to the climate crisis. At the last half of the episode, Adam brings up an article in the New York Times about a white woman who inherited a farm in Georgia and realized her ancestors owned slaves, the guys critiques it, and argue that she should shut up and give the land back to the descendants of the enslaved Africans her family owned. 

 

Links: Haiti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxwOXIayLgg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHlk9hVsRQs, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/07/haiti-president-assassinated/ , https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/08/haiti-president-assassinated/ , https://www.thenorthstar.com/p/haitis-continued-struggle-for-human-rights?fbclid=IwAR0YbEcFYnRzdT4UYyXWLsvkz_zLCBRkY3ts-yOsuN8Q8k8PgpwwaSXGnMg , https://www.blackagendareport.com/haiti-black-despots-and-white-rulers?fbclid=IwAR22mfBYMVMMMRv0gz50GwgQsHAucHQsqi9_w_XNhGHCDnmHQwdiraRBKYM , https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/06/15/understanding-haiti-through-the-power-of-the-social-forces-in-interaction/?fbclid=IwAR0erhb1i3mxmiAXJHpgDQP-f1-2PD4zV-W1aH7AqrNQeAxXEGSPb73YJSQ , https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/07/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-reportedly-assassinated#aoh=16256639644050&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s ; Florida building collapse: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/10/us/miami-dade-building-collapse-saturday/index.html, https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/07/10/engineering-expert-investigating-sufside-collapse-working-on-possible-theories/ ; Pacific West coast heat wave and wildfires: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/climate/climate-change-heat-wave.html , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/world/canada/canadian-wildfire-british-columbia.html , https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01869-0 , https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/27/california-nestle-water-san-bernardino-forest-drought , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/us/nestle-water-california.html (Restore the Delta: https://www.facebook.com/RestoretheDelta/posts/10158610001654563 , https://www.facebook.com/RestoretheDelta/posts/10158611502049563); desalination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFIHecZDfc ; Georgia inherits a farm in Georgia and her ancestors owned slaves: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/dining/georgia-farm-slaves.html ; reparations law: http://www.reparationlaw.com/reparations/what-is-reparation.php , https://www.ictj.org/our-work/transitional-justice-issues/reparations ; 

 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

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