Real Sankara Hours

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/ ; 

 

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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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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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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 ; 

 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

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 ;  

 

Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song"

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/ ; 

 

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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Black Hills Legal Defense Fund -- https://bhlegalfund.org/ 

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