Real Sankara Hours

RSH 65 -- The Same Neocolonial System from Philly to Nigeria (10.30.2020)

Recorded October 29, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about Philadelphia cops shooting another Black man -- Walter Wallace, Jr. -- and the protests in the city. Then they discuss the #endSARS protests in Nigeria and the 2020 election. 

Links: Philly cops shoot Walter Wallace, Jr.: https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/walter-wallace-philadelphia-mental-health-20201029.html , https://6abc.com/lawyers-wallaces-family-has-seen-police-body-cam-footage/7446534/ , https://www.inquirer.com/news/protest-walter-wallace-jr-killing-police-west-philadelphia-20201027.html ; Black cop's sociopathic tweet: https://twitter.com/CopWithAttitude/status/1321193744272658437 ; Biden and Harris respond to Philly protests: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523190-biden-addresses-violence-in-philadelphia-no-excuse-for-the-looting , https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/10/27/joe-biden-kamala-harris-react-to-fatal-police-shooting-of-walter-wallace-jr-condemn-looting-in-philadelphia/ ; #EndSARS protests in Nigeria: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/10/29/youth-protests-for-police-reform-in-nigeria-what-lies-ahead-for-endsars/ , https://time.com/5904345/endsars-history-nigeria/ ; British government admits to training and equipping SARS police unit in Nigeria: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sars-nigeria-police-protests-uk-government-training-equipment-b1424447.html ; 

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Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

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RSH 63 -- Case Studies in Checking Oneself Before One Wrecks Oneself (10.24.2020)

Recorded October 22, 2020. Peter breaks down the socialist electoral victory in Bolivia. Then they talk about Proposition 22 in California, which was written by companies like Uber and Lyft to keep their workers as independent contractors so they have less benefits than an employee. Adam provides an update on the #endSARS protests in Nigeria. Then Adam talks about Ice Cube's meeting with Donald Trump, Black voter behavior, and why Cube's Contract With Black America is centrist and underwhelming. 

 

Links: Bolivia's anti-imperialist army school named after Che's assassins: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/anti-imperialist-school-renamed-after-executors-of-che-20200117-0015.html?fbclid=IwAR3WTPWRKN-WWAjW4yz1XwFW5zzYkhvyXY5kTM0K_ZX9d-vnBDMF6JwhOJc ; California's Prop. 22: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_22,_App-Based_Drivers_as_Contractors_and_Labor_Policies_Initiative_(2020) ; #endSARS protests continue in Nigeria, Nigerian security forces shoot and kill nonviolent protesters: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/20/nigerian-security-forces-use-live-fire-to-disperse-protesters, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/lagos-imposes-indefinite-curfew-curb-nigeria-protests-police-deploy-anti-n1244030 ; primer on the youth-led anti-police movement in Nigeria: http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/15/endsars-contextual-primer-on-the-youth-led-anti-police-movement-in-nigeria/ ; Black voting behavior and party affiliation since 1936: https://blackdemographics.com/culture/black-politics/ , more info.: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/journey-power-history-black-voters-1976-2020-n1029581 , https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2017/11/01/441926/voter-trends-in-2016/ ; party affiliation among different demographics: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/03/20/1-trends-in-party-affiliation-among-demographic-groups/ ; race and education remain stark dividing lines in U.S. electorate: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/06/02/in-changing-u-s-electorate-race-and-education-remain-stark-dividing-lines/ ; partisan, gender, and generational differences among Black voters: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-partisan-gender-and-generational-differences-among-black-voters-heading-into-election-day/ ; 2018 midterm election results by race, gender, and education: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/08/the-2018-midterm-vote-divisions-by-race-gender-education/ ; voting behavior and party affiliation by race and gender: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/06/02/democratic-edge-in-party-identification-narrows-slightly/#wide-divides-in-partisanship-persist-by-race-and-ethnicity , Black men are the most liberal/Democratic-leaning men of all races: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/18/men-and-women-in-the-u-s-continue-to-differ-in-voter-turnout-rate-party-identification/ ; Black people's attitudes toward Kamala Harris by gender and age: https://twitter.com/blkprofcct/status/1319338478547554307 ; voters' attitude on race and gender: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/09/10/voters-attitudes-about-race-and-gender-are-even-more-divided-than-in-2016/ ; Gen. Z voters reflect growing ethnic/racial diversity of the electorate: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/23/gen-z-eligible-voters-reflect-the-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity-of-u-s-electorate/ ; Donald Trump's "Platinum Plan" for Black America: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/president-trump-releases-the-platinum-plan-for-black-americans-opportunity-security-prosperity-and-fairness , https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-black-americans-platinum-plan-economy-civil-rights-juneteenth-2020-9 ; Ice Cube responds to critics and sets record straight on meeting with Donald Trump and Contract With Black America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTWTThnXTqA ; thread on 50 Cent endorsing Donald Trump and his previous support for George W. Bush: https://twitter.com/adamhudson5/status/1318315318419230721 ; Contract With Black America: https://contractwithblackamerica.us/wp-content/uploads/CWBA-Full-Contract.pdf ; Movement For Black Lives platform: https://m4bl.org/policy-platforms/; 

 

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RSH 61 -- Fly vs. Cop, One of Them's Getting the Launch Codes (10.14.2020)

Recorded October 12, 2020. Adam and Peter are back. The guys talk about Trump catching COVID-19 and how it will impact the 2020 election. They also mention the ongoing protests against SARS and police brutality in Nigeria. Peter watched the vice presidential debate and shares his thoughts. They talk more about the election. At the latter half, Adam shares his journalistic philosophy and ties it to the ethos of the podcast. 

Links: Trump's ties to Regeneron (Trump owns shares in the company and has personal ties with the company's CEO): https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/investing/trump-regeneron/index.html ; Nigeria disbands SARS police unit after widespread protests: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/11/nigeria-to-disband-sars-police-unit-accused-of-killings-and-brutality (SARS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Anti-Robbery_Squad); petition to arrest and prosecute the head of Nigerian police for crimes against humanity: https://www.change.org/p/international-criminal-court-arrest-nigerian-ig-of-police-for-crimes-against-humanity ; Nigerian protests against SARS continue: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigeria-protesters-demand-police-reforms-sixth-day-73584624 , https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/13/sake-democracy-nigerias-endsars-campaign-against-police-brutality-must-prevail/ , https://twitter.com/jackieaina/status/1315349545241333760 , https://twitter.com/falzthebahdguy/status/1315351289174335491 ; climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/13/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change-global-warming , https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/05/amazon-near-tipping-point-of-switching-from-rainforest-to-savannah-study ; California inmate firefighter faces deportation: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/22/california-inmate-firefighter-ice-deportation ; the U.S. military emits more carbon than 140 countries and is a major driver of climate change: https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-greenhouse-gases-140-countries-1445674 , https://grist.org/article/u-s-military-emits-more-co2-than-most-countries/ , https://theconversation.com/us-military-is-a-bigger-polluter-than-as-many-as-140-countries-shrinking-this-war-machine-is-a-must-119269 , https://theintercept.com/2019/09/15/climate-change-us-military-war/  ; 

 

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Adam Hudson -- drums 

 

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RSH 59 -- Trumpy Don't Fear The Reaper (10.5.2020)

Recorded October 2, 2020. This is a short one. Adam and Peter discuss the latest news: Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19. They discuss what that means for the election. They also talk about the presidential debate and new information about the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, including evidence showing that her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, did not shoot at the cops. 

 

Links: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both test positive for COVID-19: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-positive-coronavirus-test.html ; White House aide Hope Hicks contracted COVID-19, traveled with Trump, and possibly gave it to him: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/hope-hicks-coronavirus.html ; Trump's positive COVID-19 result upends his campaign in the final stretch: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-campaign.html ; Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee tested positive for COVID-19: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/02/mike-lee-tests-positive-covid-425172 ; Donald Trump's diet (lots of fast food and Diet Coke) and obesity: https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/this-is-what-donald-trump-eats-in-a-day/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/trump-obese.html ; evidence and ballistic report show Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, did NOT shoot cops entering their apartment: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/27/ballistics-report-breonna-taylor-boyfriend-kenneth-walker-shot-louisville-cop/3554995001/ (ballistics report), https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gwyy/new-body-cam-footage-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-ky-ags-claim-breonna-taylors-partner-shot-police-not-supported-by-evidence_n_5f711295c5b64deddeef87b3 , https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gwyy/new-body-cam-footage-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation , https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-ky-ags-claim-breonna-taylors-partner-shot-police-not-supported-by-evidence_n_5f711295c5b64deddeef87b3 ; Louisville SWAT team had concerns with the raid on Taylor's apartment beforehand: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bv8q3w/louisville-swat-team-told-investigators-they-had-concerns-about-raid-on-breonna-taylors-apartment ; Breonna Taylor case grand jury was not given option to indict cops who killed Taylor: https://www.salon.com/2020/09/29/breonna-taylor-case-grand-juror-we-werent-given-the-option-of-indicting-the-two-cops-who-shot-her/ ; Taylor grand jury recording released: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html ; Biden "won" the debate: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-debate-poll/index.html ; Proud Boys celebrate Donald Trump's debate callout: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/proud-boys-celebrate-after-trump-s-debate-call-out-n1241512 ; Trump checks into Walter Reed: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2020/10/02/president-trump-goes-walter-reed-army-medical-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis/3597555001/ , and waves to supporters: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/trump-walter-reed-drive-by-visit-criticism ; 

 

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Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums 

Outro: "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult

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RSH 57 -- No Justice for Breonna Taylor (9.26.2020)

Recorded September 24, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about the Louisville, Kentucky grand jury verdict over the police killing of Breonna Taylor -- the police who killed her were not indicted, the only cop who was indicted for charged for "wanton endangerment" for firing into a neighbor's wall. Adam explains why prosecutor Daniel Cameron is a race traitor. They also talk about the death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As a palette cleanser, they talk about Godfrey and Lord Jamar cutting ties with DJ Vlad. 

 

Links: verdict: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54273317 ; legality of police shooting of Breonna Taylor (no-knock warrant and castle doctrine): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/breonna-taylor-castle-doctrine/2020/09/24/44e41eba-fe90-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html; information about Kentucky Attorney General and Black Republican Daniel Cameron who oversaw Breonna Taylor's case: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/07/15/who-is-kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-cameron-deciding-breonna-taylor-case/5400028002/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/daniel-cameron-breonna-taylor-kentucky.html ; Cameron's ties to the Republican Party: https://www.blackenterprise.com/what-you-may-not-know-about-kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-camerons-republican-ties/ ; Cameron speaks at Republican National Convention 2020 and supports Donald Trump: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kentucky-ag-daniel-cameron-pitches-president-trump-best/story?id=72621580, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/us/politics/daniel-cameron-rnc-speech.html ; Cameron turned his back on Black America: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/greg-moore/2020/09/24/daniel-cameron-turned-his-back-on-black-america/3515688001/ ; Cameron got married during Taylor case with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell in attendance: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8768871/Kentucky-AG-Daniel-Cameron-34-mentor-Mitch-McConnell-wedding-month.html , https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/08/03/kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-cameron-gets-married-louisville/5574927002/ , https://www.essence.com/news/daniel-cameron-kentucky-ag-weds-amid-breonna-taylor-case/ ; Senator Rand Paul proposes bill banning no-knock warrants nationwide: https://www.newsweek.com/where-are-no-knock-warrants-legal-bipartisan-bill-seeks-ban-after-breonna-taylors-death-1510478 ; Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-declines-commit-peaceful-transfer-power/story?id=73205708&cid=social_fb_2020&fbclid=IwAR0-MCUdA4weQRkiNqpLNm1dU9yeWRq03prtiHaKEE_62LtU5CwOpOh6gVA ; Trump's Supreme Court nominees refuse to say Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was the right decision: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-supreme-court-pick-ginsburg-amy-coney-barrett-roe-v-wade-brown-v-board-education-b535886.html ; Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is a far-right judge: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/917042249/hold-trump-to-nominate-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court , https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/amy-coney-barrett-extremist/ , https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/25/recognize-what-stake-progressives-warn-amid-reports-trump-will-tap-amy-coney-barrett ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg rejected Native American sovereignty in Sherill vs. Oneida Indian Nation (2005): https://thewire.in/world/ruth-bader-ginsburg-sherrill-v-oneida ; Denver socialist activists have been released (after this recording): https://www.liberationnews.org/denver-anti-racist-organizers-released-from-jail-drop-the-charges-now/ ; Godfrey and Lord Jamar cut ties with DJ Vlad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFr7R0WqSic ;  

 

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Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums

 

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RSH 55 -- Democrats are in the Business of Misery (9.20.2020)

Recorded September 17, 2020. Adam and Peter mostly focus on the election. First, they address the revelations of forced sterilization of migrant women at an immigrant detention facility in Georgia (support whistleblower Dawn Wooten: https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-whistleblower-dawn-wooten). Then they talk about how Michael Forest Reinoehl was killed without warning by the feds and Trump justified the extrajudicial killing. Then they talk about the state of the 2020 presidential election, especially Biden's lack of canvassing ground game. Adam is pretty cynical and thinks the Democrats don't care about losing the election. Then they rip an article about Black Democrats opposing anti-Wall-Street "purity tests" for a potential Biden administration.  

Links: 

Forced sterilization at immigration detention facility in Georgia: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913398383/whistleblower-alleges-medical-neglect-questionable-hysterectomies-of-ice-detaine ; Michael Forest Reinoehl shot and killed without warning from feds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/reinoehl-portland-antifa-killing-police/ ; Trump justifies extrajudicial killing of Reinoehl: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/trump-endorses-extrajudicial-executions-retribution-reinoehl.html; Trump-Biden polling: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/presidential-polls-trump-biden,https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53657174 ; Biden's invisible campaign in Michigan: https://time.com/5889093/joe-biden-michigan-campaign/ ; Biden's lack of campaign ground game: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/13/911460651/republicans-are-knocking-on-doors-democrats-arent-biden-s-campaign-says-that-s-o ; Black Democrats oppose anti-Wall-Street purity test for Biden campaign: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/07/biden-diversity-purity-test-409245 ; support for Black Lives Matter has decreased across all racial groups, except Black people: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/16/support-for-black-lives-matter-has-decreased-since-june-but-remains-strong-among-black-americans/ ; 

 

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Peter MGunn -- bass guitar

Adam Hudson -- drums 

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

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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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RSH 51 -- Authoritarianism and the Inevitable White Backlash (9.9.2020)

Recorded September 7, 2020. The Sankara fellas, Adam and Peter, are back. They talk about U.S. federal agents killing an antifa supporter, Michael Forest Reinoehl, who allegedly killed a far-right militiaman, Aaron "Jay" Danielson, in Portland, Oregon and how it connects to growing racist authoritarianism. Then they talk about declining white support for Black Lives Matter and the revanchist white racist backlash to protests against police racism and violence. 

 

Links: during arrest, feds kill an antifa supporter, Michael Forest Reinoehl, who allegedly killed a far-right militiaman in Portland, Oregon: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/michael-reinoehl-arrest-portland-shooting.html , https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/09/man-sought-in-the-fatal-downtown-portland-shooting-reported-to-have-been-killed-by-officers-in-wa.html , https://www.thedailybeast.com/portland-shooting-suspect-michael-forest-reinoehl-killed-during-arrest-attempt?via=twitter_page , Reinoehl's interview with VICE: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7g8vb/man-linked-to-killing-at-a-portland-protest-says-he-acted-in-self-defense , U.S. marshals task force killed Reinoehl: https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/crime/article245485220.html  ; far-right militiaman killed in Portland on August 30, 2020 was Aaron "Jay" Danielson and member of far-right group Patriot Prayer: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/08/man-fatally-shot-after-pro-trump-caravan-was-patriot-prayer-friend-and-supporter.html, https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/patriot-prayer-supporter-identified-as-portland-shooting-victim/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/portland-trump-rally-shooting.html , Danielson was also a Jeremy Christian supporter: https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/10/08/19375638/a-man-had-a-gun-stowed-in-his-scooter-at-todays-patriot-prayer-rally-he-was-arrested , Patriot Prayer tried to incite violence in San Francisco in summer of 2017 after Charlottesville: https://sfist.com/2020/08/30/member-of-right-wing-group-that-tried-to-make-trouble-in-sf-three-years-ago-fatally-shot-in-portland/ ; white support for Black Lives Matter drops: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/01/opinion/support-black-lives-matter-is-dropping-among-white-americans/ (movement is co-opted and gentrified: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-04/black-lives-matter-white-people-portland-protests-nfl) ; white backlash to Black Lives Matter: https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/blake-white-people-backlash/ ; Trump cracking down on federal anti-racism training: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/04/trump-antiracism-training-white-privilege-critical-race-theory ; Trump calls for cutting funding to schools that teach the 1619 Project: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-1619-project-funding_n_5f556a47c5b62b3add4270fd?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=bv_fb&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000047&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&fbclid=IwAR0GF4-13UCzIqw1H0md_i5VuByJ570dhH1RuvhQpm00chiAdh7WHPiV1js ; Trump casts himself as the defender of White America: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/us/politics/trump-race-2020-election.html ; SFPD shooting of Luis Gongora Pat in 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/12/luis-gongora-san-francisco-police-shooting-homelessness ; 

 

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RSH 49 -- Kenosha on Fire (8.27.2020)

Recorded August 26, 2020. Adam and Peter return to bring the flames. They mostly talk about the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the protests and Black resistance, and armed white racist terrorist Kyle Rittenhouse shooting 3 protesters, killing 2. Adam also talks about how California is (finally!) learning from Native American tribes on how to manage wildfires, which are becoming deadlier throughout the state. 

 

Links: Jacob Blake paralyzed from waist down: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/25/21400481/jacob-blake-kenosha-police-shooting-riots-evanston?fbclid=IwAR3Ws1KsZObL-2BZvZGslZprwBcm--IMYsEhde3ffE_Shjn5SWRwAysWROc ; Kenosha protesters burn down Wisconsin corrections building in aftermath of Jacob Blake shooting: https://nypost.com/2020/08/25/kenosha-protesters-burn-down-wisconsin-corrections-building/?fbclid=IwAR3daWmZPHylkcJXKOcdNyUy8hIcK5-C-nkWbltnRqtBy1mEtUd6oE76VmI ; 17-year-old white vigilante shoots and kills Kenosha protester: https://nypost.com/2020/08/26/chilling-photos-show-moment-gunman-fatally-shoots-man-in-kenosha/ , https://www.the-sun.com/news/1371066/black-lives-matter-protester-shot-head-kenosha/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ussunnewsfacebookbreaking ; video footage of Rittenhouse shooting protesters trying to disarm him (CONTENT WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlUcPJSxS1M ; Rittenhouse is charged with murder: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8pxj/a-17-year-old-aspiring-cop-has-been-charged-with-murder-in-kenosha?fbclid=IwAR2socs446W_coR4SY2SBgSYIMjA02nsK4_yhRmKTT8epvxjfi4R2oEr4Ec ; Kenosha police chief blames protesters for their death: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/kenosha-police-chief-daniel-miskinis-blames-protesters-for-own-deaths.html?fbclid=IwAR209cGzZnhz0zWNc6wEvNm9JM0omUMZ24wTUCCLL7UPfuQN_LO2uQhigqc ; Kenosha car dealer whose dealership was burned down at the protests supports protesters: https://twitter.com/aleemmaqbool/status/1298300499230425088?s=21&fbclid=IwAR3LSuyw-mkCGIguNwFXLF8Wk47x7DNFhXpuvMrwmPrIV3cmsh1VW2BEXTQ ; St. Louis couple brandishing guns at BLM protesters speak at RNC: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/mccloskey-convention-speech-guns-suburbs-401297 ; Lakers, Clippers "boycott" (technically, go on strike) the NBA season: https://thespun.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-clippers-boycott-nba-season?fbclid=IwAR3E7x-nrKUZ0TRIwR93ShLoammeWPYQJLwc9E4bMfkKRzbLdPTCimrXRBk (the strike ends: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/27/sport/la-lakers-clippers-boycott-nba-season-jacob-blake-spt-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2j8vHE1qBFEt5dgrxi_4Jks-midQdduQ01IgYMgpnrju2-HubDozyYAfI); Republican National Convention got 6 times more viewers than the Democratic National Convention: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/513507-first-night-of-gop-convention-delivers-nearly-six-times-more-views-than-start?fbclid=IwAR1ElSQlTDTE4xMnRSqT6nDM8ez2JCFnGRO8L-ZDX7wyNV00o56TBwQu8sM ; Kenosha shooting victims: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/victims-kenosha-jacob-blake-protest_n_5f4801a3c5b64f17e13a9546 ; California learning from Native American tribes to manage wildfires: https://theconversation.com/what-western-states-can-learn-from-native-american-wildfire-management-strategies-120731, https://www.npr.org/2020/08/24/899422710/to-manage-wildfire-california-looks-to-what-tribes-have-known-all-along ; the literature of white liberalism: https://bostonreview.net/race/melissa-phruksachart-literature-white-liberalism?fbclid=IwAR2au8N74zjRzdrC76HxY4YhOkvXIv-mQPcveu3m7pVEEZe78rn_b5imgYs ; Black Lives Matter in France: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-europe/assa-traore-and-the-fight-for-black-lives-in-france ; Nick Tilsen's arrest, facing 17 years in prison: https://www.newsweek.com/i-stood-indigenous-rights-mount-rushmore-now-im-facing-17-years-opinion-1526763, https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/leader-of-mount-rushmore-protest-faces-new-charges-up-to-17-years-in-prison/article_c51eaadb-ff08-545d-88d5-47701ae620de.html?fbclid=IwAR3BHwty_BmJ-kKgMzHxDRzHDTR_V8xiZ3RQ6sz3r-VMdKHKFzOn6tOHaGs, https://twitter.com/ndncollective/status/1298306370345656320 ; racism in Milwaukee: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbnzv3/crime-and-punishment-racial-injustice-in-milwaukee?fbclid=IwAR1QHx1kD1EzTbg5ipMSHV0K6xxdE-qiVfZQAOQuzxe7BxxFZhDn-APkOVI ; 

 

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RSH 48 -- This Shit is Real (8.21.2020)

Recorded August 19, 2020. Real Sankara Hours begins with some sad news. Peter's father died of COVID-19 recently. Peter lays out his feelings, pays tribute to his father, and how his death ties into broader systemic injustices that we talk about on the podcast. Adam talks about the ongoing California wildfires and how Kamala Harris fought to keep cheap prison labor as California Attorney General (despite legal demands to reduce the prison population). The two talk about the Democratic National Convention, the election, and lessons from the 1972 Gary Convention.  

 

Links: Kamala Harris's Attorney General office fought to keep inmates locked up for cheap prison labor, including inmate labor for the state's firefighting force, despite demands to reduce the state's prison population: https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-ag-office-tried-to-keep-inmates-locked-up-for-cheap-labor , https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-climate-danger-of-kamala-harris-prison-labor-legac-1844712734 ; Democratic National Committee drops demand to end fossil fuel subsidies from party platform: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-national-committee-climate_n_5f3c2907c5b6d8a9173f0268?fbclid=IwAR0c0cpHveU9_eUYah77OgpubAnsksx1zC9mxDixKvBHU-WV3b0PYjhmV7M ; too many California inmates are sick with COVID, depleting state's firefighter force (which relies heavily on prisoners as firefighters): https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article243977827.html?__twitter_impression=true ; 1972 Gary Convention: https://blog.history.in.gov/tired-of-going-to-funerals-the-1972-national-black-political-convention-in-gary/ , https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/gary-declaration-national-black-political-convention-1972/ , https://socialistworker.org/2013/03/22/the-national-black-political-convention ; the People's Convention: https://peoplesconvention.org/ ; 

 

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