Real Sankara Hours

RSH 29 -- Keep The Faith (6.4.2020)

Recorded June 3, 2020. Peter and Adam discuss the protests against police violence across the United States. Peter talks about attending a protest in Portland, Maine. Adam discusses Obama's speech on George Floyd. The two also talk about "allies" to the Black struggle. 

Links: 

New York Times profile of protesters: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/us/protester-profiles-floyd-minneapolis.html ; calls to defund police are gaining mainstream support: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/defund-the-police-us-george-floyd-budgets; most Americans support the George Floyd protests and even burning down the police precinct: https://www.axios.com/54-americans-support-george-floyd-demonstrations-d413bfb3-a6a0-4c3d-8d8c-5da451e267e0.html ; https://truthout.org/articles/majority-of-americans-support-uprisings-disagree-with-trump-poll-finds/ ; https://www.newsweek.com/54-americans-think-burning-down-minneapolis-police-precinct-was-justified-after-george-floyds-1508452 ; Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.'s speech at UCLA on January 10, 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv2rEy0dNbU ; Adam's webinar panel talk discussing anti-Blackness, police violence, and the War on Terror: https://www.facebook.com/civilfreedoms/videos/915822285601515/ ; how much do we really need police?: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/03/457251670/how-much-do-we-need-the-police ; allies versus accomplices: http://www.indigenousaction.org/accomplices-not-allies-abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex/?fbclid=IwAR17w3FGk6L3a3RQV82r63lR4aEsLwF0FF5Zm4QHksDrsVhDLyFPF__fCgA ;   

 

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UNLOCKED RSH 28 -- Harry Haywood Brings the Flames (6.2.2020)

Recorded May 31, 2020. Bonus episode. Real Sankara After Hours. Adam and Peter read and discuss Harry Haywood's "For A Revolutionary Position on the Negro Question" and the Black Belt thesis. Most of the discussion is focused on Black self-determination, the limits of liberal integration to address racism, and fallacy of the race/class distinction.

Links:

Harry Haywood: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/1956-1960/haywood02.htm;  

 

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RSH 27 -- Biden, NYC Karenism, police murder George Floyd, & the Blue Check Mafia (5.29.2020)

Recorded May 27, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about multiple things: the Joe Biden "You ain't Black" if you don't vote for him comment, Amy Cooper (NYC Karen) calling the cops on an innocent Black man, the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd (recorded before the uprising got intense), and labor trafficking allegations against New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino's family and what it reveals about the class interests of the Blue Check Media Mafia. 

Links: 

Joe Biden interview with Charlamagne tha God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIFs_SryHI ; Amy Cooper, the NYC Karen: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-man-white-woman-central-park-dog-leash-incident_n_5ecc6da0c5b6d6fc7b7f3118?fbclid=IwAR3Xqzlvht6udUY1yKU4PHPlqDgu9t6KnCrU0J3H6NH51Er2Chk5uQgy8p0 ; https://www.essence.com/amp/op-ed/amy-cooper-and-protecting-white-spaces/ ; https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amy-cooper-central-park-racist-dog-walker-trump-a9533581.html ; Cooper is a liberal: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/amy-cooper-central-park-racist-dog-walker-trump-a9533581.html ; New York lawmakers propose making false police reports a hate crime: https://thegrio.com/2020/05/29/proposed-new-york-bill-false-police-reports-hate-crime/?fbclid=IwAR3UMkQgBYVeq60XVMG8O0qHiXiSZsu4LR7glyS3OkYHJDfIhe9Vm0PVsTQ ; George Floyd was in the Houston rap scene in the '90s: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9391100/george-floyd-screwed-up-click-rapper  ; more on the murder of George Floyd: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html ; Derek Chauvin, officer who killed Floyd, has killed other people: https://www.insider.com/derek-chauvin-police-history-shootings-violence-george-floyd-2020-5 ; https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/opinion/george-floyd-minneapolis.html ; restaurant owner in Minneapolis supports protests and says to let his building burn: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-29/let-my-building-burn-minneapolis-restaurant-owner-responds-to-protests-and-violence ; officers fired for killing Floyd: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/us/minneapolis-police-man-died.html ; Chauvin charged with 3rd-degree murder: https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864732088/minneapolis-seethes-over-george-floyds-death-as-trump-calls-protesters-thugs; ;  ; Jia Tolentino and labor trafficking allegations: https://jia.blog/listen-i-wanted-quar-gossip-too/ ; https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1263527233018265605 ; https://twitter.com/SanaSaeed/status/1263669473640398848 ; Adam's story on exploitation of U.S. military base workers: https://truthout.org/articles/the-continuing-us-war-on-the-darker-skinned/ ; https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/06/06/the-invisible-army 

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RSH 25 -- Solidarity in San Francisco (5.18.2020)

Recorded May 15, 2020. Adam and Peter talk to Natalia (@AsterZephyrIsis on Twitter), a San Francisco local and activist, about the mutual aid work she's doing in San Francisco with SF Neighbors Solidarity Network (@solidarity_sf) to help vulnerable people during the pandemic. They also talk about gentrification in the Bay Area, the crisis of capitalism, and its impact on our politics and society.  

Links: 

How the communist state of Kerala in India has tackled the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/aggressive-testing-contact-tracing-cooked-meals-how-the-indian-state-of-kerala-flattened-its-coronavirus-curve/2020/04/10/3352e470-783e-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3rALxTVffDgBMfLGX6AWbPnQPIJW3qCMVZvCELJ3pPxyiWkDwMZ-qPvAo ; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/21/kerala-indian-state-flattened-coronavirus-curve ; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19; real estate experts on what Bay Area housing will look like after the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.kqed.org/news/11818184/bay-area-housing-post-pandemic-whats-in-store ; armed militias protect businesses that want to re-open during the pandemic: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/us/coronavirus-businesses-lockdown-guns.html ; U.S. grocery store prices see largest spike in April since 1974: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/12/april-saw-sharpest-increase-grocery-store-prices-nearly-50-years/ ; in April, U.S. unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/08/april-2020-jobs-report/ ;    

 

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RSH 23 -- Ahmaud Arbery's Death & America's Racial Terrorism (May 8, 2020)

Recorded May 7, 2020. Adam and Peter discuss the cold-blooded racist murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and what it reveals about the racist settler-colonial reality of America. They also talk about the gun-toting MAGA chuds protesting to re-open the country for business in the middle of a pandemic that's hurting the working-class. 

Links: 

The murder of Ahmaud Arbery: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-shooting-of-ahmaud-arbery-an-unarmed-black-man-is-roiling-georgia?fbclid=IwAR2H1sMBSjPMDwrG1eALCpdWL_ryw78kRdba_1SCJCHzofwnp5IopjDeQSE; https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/04/us/ahmaud-arbery-jogging-georgia-shooting/index.html ; the father and son who killed Arbery are arrested and charged with murder: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/father-son-arrested-charged-murder-death-ahmaud-arbery-n1202501 ; free COVID-19 testing for citizens in Contra Costa County in California: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/05/07/coronavirus-all-citizens-in-contra-costa-county-can-be-tested-for-covid-19/ ; California will have its worst budget history in state history: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-07/coronavirus-california-worst-budget-deficit-state-history ; Antioch, California planning commissioner said coronavirus should be allowed to take out the homeless and elderly: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/05/01/coronavirus-antioch-planning-commissioner-turnage-ii-covid-19-comment-controversy/ ; how police violence traumatizes Black families: https://truthout.org/articles/families-of-murdered-black-men-deal-with-trauma-channel-anger/ (Adam's story); traumatic impact of police violence on Black people: https://psychologybenefits.org/2016/07/14/racial-trauma-police-shootings-on-african-americans/?fbclid=IwAR0LRj9AMxweY9uFbk1mCj6hMa7RtjzTh88Bh_ufGvAfvqw0-AR1w05GWW0 ; why having strong African nations can protect Black people in the United States against racism: https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/09/why-black-people-must-help-africa-develop-racism-pan-africanism/            

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RSH 21 -- COVID - 19, Systemic Racism, & Capitalism Make Black America Sick (5.1.2020)

Recorded April 29, 2020. Adam and Peter interview Dr. Collette Harris (also a Stanford alum) about a terrible Van Jones op-ed, COVID-19, why capitalism is not compatible with public health, and why systemic racism is the root of Black America's health problems. 

Links:

Van Jones's op-ed on why Black people should make health and lifestyle changes to beat COVID-19: www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/opinions…ty-jones/index.html; pushback on Van Jones's op-ed: newsone.com/playlist/van-jones-…s-amid-coronavirus/ ; East Oakland hit hard by COVID-19: oaklandvoices.us/2020/04/23/map-c…ts-east-oakland/

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RSH 19 -- Re-Open America?? (4.25.2020)

Recorded on April 23, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about why "re-opening" the American economy during the COVID-19 pandemic is a terrible idea. Then they get into the decline of oil prices, China, and Adam further explains why he thinks Black politics is dead in America. 

 

Links: 

Job growth since 2008 Great Recession wiped out in four weeks: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/16/835135924/10-years-of-spectacular-u-s-job-growth-nearly-wiped-out-in-4-weeks ; 16 million people unemployed, while U.S. stocks have their best week in 45 years: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/16-million-people-just-got-laid-off-but-us-stocks-had-their-best-week-in-45-years-2020-04-10 ; 22 million people file for unemployment within four weeks: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/16/coronavirus-unemployment-claims-numbers-190026 ; 26 million lose jobs within fives weeks, wiping out job gains since Great Recession: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/23/the-us-economy-has-now-erased-all-job-gains-since-the-great-recession.html ; most Americans support shelter-in-place orders: https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/majority-of-americans-support-stay-at-home-orders-poll-82441797557?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1XObqIJG7lldHmE4EgSySkmFv218asbVrunOERV6kIykq1Vbtaod6ggP8 ; Biden and Trump are deadlocked in key states: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/2020-election-polls-trump-and-biden-deadlocked-in-az-fl-mi-nc-pa-wi.html ; bizarre lines from Anderson Cooper interview with Las Vegas mayor who wants to reopen casinos and ignore shelter-in-place: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/politics/carolyn-goodman-anderson-cooper-las-vegas/index.html ; Las Vegas workers push back on mayor's comments: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-workers-push-back-after-mayor-s-call-reopen-n1190036  ; Dylan Ratigan explains why oil prices have dropped to record lows on The Jimmy Dore Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1oERncbzPY ; California has "crushed the curve": https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/crushed-the-curve-researcher-says-steps-taken-in-california-have-done-more-than-flatten-the-curve/ ;  China's wet markets are not what people think they are: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/asia/china-wet-market-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html ; Marcus Books in Oakland: https://www.ktvu.com/news/oaklands-marcus-books-still-thrives-as-nations-oldest-black-bookstore   .   

 

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RSH 17 -- Towards a People's Party (4.17.2020)

The previous audio recording got messed up. It's fixed and the new one is up now and good to go! 

Recorded April 15, 2020. Real Sankara Hours has its first guests! Adam and Peter talk to Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, National Director of Move to Amend, and Nick Brana, a former Bernie staffer who now works with Movement for a People's Party, about exiting the Democratic Party and the need for a third major political party.   

Follow Kaitlin: @kaitlin_sb 

Follow Nick: @nick_brana 

Links: 

Majority of Americans support having a third political party: https://news.gallup.com/poll/244094/majority-say-third-party-needed.aspx ;  Hard Times satire on Democrats working with Coronavirus: https://thehardtimes.net/culture/moderate-democrats-suggest-working-with-coronavirus-to-find-common-ground/ ; Bernie Sanders chides his supports to vote for Joe Biden: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/492820-sanders-progressives-who-sit-on-their-hands-and-dont-support-biden-would?fbclid=IwAR19LhM3Z-YHPbKCXZQcj0NqmwQ1iEmYWRqqgcejjtSnC68lEpSe5V1FWHM ; nonvoters are mostly nonwhite, lower-income and hate the two major parties: https://theintercept.com/2020/04/09/nonvoters-are-not-privileged-they-are-largely-lower-income-non-white-and-dissatisfied-with-the-two-parties/ ; how Barack Obama pressured Democratic presidential candidates to support Joe Biden:  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/politics/obama-biden-democratic-primary.html ; Sanders campaign staffers wish he was tougher on Biden: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/10/inside-bernies-sanders-campaign-nosedive-179576 

 

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RSH 15 -- Bernie Sanders Post-Mortem: Worst sheepdog ever (4.10.2020)

Recorded April 8, 2020. Adam and Peter discuss Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, essentially dropping out of the race (he's still on the ballot to collect delegates). They talk about how and why the Sanders campaign lost and what lessons the Left should take away, such as building left institutions. Adam also explains why there is no Black politics in America. 

 

Links: 

Glenn Greenwald wrote a useful piece on how nonvoters are largely nonwhite, lower-income, and hate the two parties: https://theintercept.com/2020/04/09/nonvoters-are-not-privileged-they-are-largely-lower-income-non-white-and-dissatisfied-with-the-two-parties/ ; why public health rather than a police state is needed for Black people during the coronavirus pandemic: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/z3bdmx/black-people-coronavirus-police-state 

 

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RSH 13 -- Biden has serious Rhodesian vibes (4.7.2020)

Recorded April 2, 2020. Adam and Peter discuss Joe Biden's odious political record and career, including his drug warrior record, how he opposed desegregation efforts, and his hawkish foreign policy record. 

Links:  

Joe Biden's record on the drug war and mass incarceration: https://theintercept.com/2019/09/17/the-untold-story-joe-biden-pushed-ronald-reagan-to-ramp-up-incarceration-not-the-other-way-around/  ; the CIA's role in creating the MFA program: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4x3vg3/how-the-cia-turned-american-literature-into-a-content-farm  ; Joe Biden's foreign policy record: https://jacobinmag.com/2018/08/joe-biden-democratic-party-military-hawk ; Joe Biden and civil rights and desegregation: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626 ; Joe Biden and the bankruptcy bill https://www.gq.com/story/joe-biden-bankruptcy-bill ; Glenn Greenwald interview with Liz Franczak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VGDDErnmk