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Real Sankara HoursRSH 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, t...2021-11-231h 38Real Sankara HoursRSH 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.
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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...2021-11-011h 49Real Sankara HoursRSH 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.
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U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan: https://www.ny...2021-10-081h 10Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2021-09-121h 22Real Sankara HoursRSH 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.pbss...2021-08-141h 09Real Sankara HoursRSH 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 fo...2021-07-311h 26Real Sankara HoursRSH 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 g...2021-07-111h 18Real Sankara HoursRSH 95 -- Republicans Can't Find the CRT (6.26.2021)Recorded June 25, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about Biden admitting he won't do much on reparations, along with how liberals are watering down the reparations fight to vouchers and piecemeal reforms that are not reparations at all and still reinforce the system of racism and capitalism. Then they talk about the right-wing backlash and controversy over critical race theory and how their agenda: whitewash American history and beat back BLM and anti-racist activism. They conclude the episode talking about the rough world millennials are inheriting and how it's impacting their ability to buy homes and start families.
Links: B...2021-06-271h 38Real Sankara HoursRSH 93 -- I Got Your Reconciliation Right Here (6.11.2021)Recorded June 10, 2021. Adam and Peter begin this episode by talking about the Ethiopia-Tigray crisis. Then they talk about Germany recognizing its genocide in Namibia and paying the Namibian government over $1 billion in "reconciliation," even though the victims are demanding financial reparations and their land back. Adam explains why this is a crucial lesson for reparations for African-Americans in the United States. They end the episode by discussing the pandemic.
Links: info. on Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FOf1NhkwFFlZfvLcaTG7j?si=O8magQWlTLOW9TJ00gGxEQ&dl_branch=1; Germany recognizes its genocide in Namibia: https://www.t...2021-06-121h 03Real Sankara HoursRSH 91 -- Rhodesian Vibes Intensify (5.27.2021)Recorded May 26, 2021. It's been on year since the police murder of George Floyd. Adam and Peter discuss how there has been no substantive police reform in Ferguson (where the first BLM uprising started in 2014) and how activists and changing their approach, rising crime in the United States and it's caused by the economic fallout of the pandemic but mainstream media, politicians, and the police want to use crime as a wedge against the demands of BLM, the Palestine ceasefire and how Biden is falsely claiming credit for it, and how the AP fired a young journalist, Emily Wilder, for...2021-05-291h 07Real Sankara HoursRSH 89 -- But If I Don't Steal It, Somebody Else Will (5.13.2021)Recorded May 12, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about the COVID-19 catastrophe in India and the human toll in the country. Then they talk about protests in Colombia and a deadly police raid in Brazil, the deadliest in Rio's history, and how police violence in Brazil targeting mostly poor Black people is similar to the racist police violence in the United States. After that, they focus half of the episode talking about Israel-Palestine, specifically the context of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and protests against the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah by...2021-05-131h 11Real Sankara HoursRSH 87 -- Ain't Shit Changed (4.28.2021)Recorded April 27, 2021. Adam and Peter are back. First, they begin the episode discussing how Blaise Compaore will be tried in absentia for assassinating Thomas Sankara. They also talk about the recent police killings of Ma'khia Bryant, Adam Toledo, and Daunte Wright. After that, they weigh in on the ongoing debate about police abolition versus community control over policing. They explain how the community control over policing proposal by Pan-African Community Action has been mischaracterized; it's not narrow oversight but, rather, self-determination for community needs, empowering Black communities so they don't need police.
Links: Ex-cop Derek Chauvin found g...2021-04-301h 00Real Sankara HoursRSH 85 -- King Kong/Godzilla Team Up (4.12.2021)Recorded April 11, 2021. Real Sankara Hours hosts Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn talk to Boston University professor Takeo Rivera about the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and their roots in white supremacy and U.S. imperialism and colonialism.
Links: NPR segment with numbers on anti-Asian hate crime perpetrators (5% are Black): https://www.npr.org/transcripts/980437156; white supremacy is the root of race-related violence in the U.S.: https://theconversation.com/white-supremacy-is-the-root-of-all-race-related-violence-in-the-us-157566 ; Capitol Hill rioters were mostly white people from areas with declining white populations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/06/capitol-insurrection-arrests-cpost-analysis/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/capitol-riot-study.html ; ...2021-04-151h 28Real Sankara HoursRSH 83 -- One Year Later And We Only Get Stupider (3.16.2021)Recorded March 14, 2021. It's been one year since the COVID-19 pandemic started so Adam and Peter do a retrospective on the past year. They talk about protests in Senegal, a CIA base in the Sahara, the impact of the pandemic, and the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests -- how the dialogue has somewhat shifted but that doesn't mean a substantive change in policy.
Links: protests in Senegal: https://news.yahoo.com/senegal-protests-teenager-killed-clashes-121540279.html ; CIA base in the Sahara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/us/politics/cia-drones-sahara-niger-libya.html ; House approves mild police reform bill named after George Floyd: https://www.npr.o...2021-03-181h 08Real Sankara HoursRSH 81 -- You Got Money for Fake Air Strike Justifications But You Ain't Got My Money? (3.1.2021)Recorded February 28, 2020. February is over and Adam and Peter are back. They talk about Biden's airstrike in Syria. Then they talk about two additional police killings (of Kurt Reinhold and Angelo Quinto), including one in Antioch, California and how the city council recently passed police reforms. Then they wrap up by discussing the next COVID relief bill in Congress and wondering when the hell our next stimulus checks are coming.
Links: Biden launches U.S. airstrike in Syria: https://apnews.com/article/us-airstrike-syria-explained-0276818ed191a48fafcd1c2c57d1a1d9 , https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/02/26/us...2021-03-021h 12Real Sankara HoursUNLOCKED: RSH 80 -- The Policy Failures are Bigger in Texas (2.23.2021)For more bonus episodes, subscribe for $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours
Recorded February 21, 2021. Bonus episode, Real Sankara After Hours portion. Adam and Peter talk to Raz, a writer and activist in Texas, about the polar vortex, the blackouts, ERCOT, climate change creating more disasters with both California and Texas as examples of what's to come (and already here), why nationalizing the electrical grid is the most sensible approach, how the repressive right-wing state government works against the interests of regular Texans and how to fight it.
Links: map of USA electrical gr...2021-02-241h 14Real Sankara HoursRSH 79 -- Africa Rules, The Odyssey Drools (2.12.2021)Recording February 10, 2021. Adam and Peter discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), its hopes and issues to look out for, such as ongoing European neocolonialism in Africa. Then they talk about a split within Black Lives Matter -- a local chapter splits from the global network over the latter's grifting and attachment to the Democratic Party. Finally, they talk about a teacher removing "The Odyssey" from a school curriculum in Massachusetts and the need for Ethnic Studies and Africana in schools.
Links: what you need to know about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): https://w...2021-02-141h 16Real Sankara HoursPreview: RSH 78 -- Riot Car Course Correction (2.4.2021)Recorded February 3, 2021. Adam and Peter do a course correction to an Antifada podcast episode on the George Floyd rebellions and multiracial working-class coalitions. They discuss their agreements and disagreements. They mostly criticize the episode for engaging in riot porn and misinterpreting internal class dynamics within Black America.
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2021-02-0506 minReal Sankara HoursRSH 77 -- Stonk Me Daddy (1.30.2021)Recorded January 28, 2021. Adam and Peter talk about the Biden/Harris inauguration and what to look forward to, including a split within the Black body politic. They also discuss Redditors buying up GameStop and AMC stock en masse to counter hedge fund shorting. Then Adam criticizes YouTuber Jimmy Dore for promulgating the idea of a populist right and populist left coalition.
Links: How WallStreetBets on Reddit drove up GameStop stock: https://slate.com/technology/2021/01/gamestop-reddit-wallstreetbets-gme.html ; France might have bombed a wedding in Mali: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/france-drone-mali-macron-civilians?fbclid=IwAR0v7Zdx7aKhJz-Qvc78XqieLcvhLluIcfKva9gFXKK8NPOIdWk8kw7...2021-01-311h 17Real Sankara HoursRSH 75 -- Reichstag Fire But From The Left (1.16.2021)Recorded January 14, 2021. Welcome to 2021! Adam and Peter are back and, in this episode, they talk about the pro-Trump, far-right near-insurrection at Capitol Hill, how it's a harbinger for more white supremacist extremism, and why left-wing anti-fascism is necessary.
Links: Capitol Hill siege was openly planned but ignored by law enforcement: https://theintercept.com/2021/01/07/capitol-trump-violence-law-enforcement/ ; mass resignations follow Trump riot: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-officials-resign-white-house-b1783622.html ; U.S. allies say the pro-Trump, far-right near-insurrection had help from law enforcement: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1?fbclid=IwAR2VIichAZHGBjndmpAPHIsWvSxqni5KnQi2F9CocdI8StzoaV6wzXnl0jc...2021-01-171h 10
Champagne SharksCS 333: Real Sankara Hours pt. 1
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This episode is hosted by Trevor. Today we have Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn of the podcast Real Sankara Hours. Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African/Marxist-Leninist political podcast from a Black left perspective. You can subscribe to Real Sankara Hours po...2021-01-151h 17Real Sankara HoursRSH 73 -- Kamala Harris is not about that Kwanzaa life (12.31.2020)
Recorded December 29, 2020. It's the end of 2020. Adam and Peter discuss ADOS, reparations, Kwanzaa, and reflect on crazy year that was 2020.
Links: ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery): https://ados101.com/ , https://ados101.com/about-ados , https://ados101.com/roadmap-to-reparations , https://ados101.com/black-agenda ; ADOS xenophobia: https://abcnews.go.com/US/controversial-group-ados-divides-black-americans-fight-economic/story?id=66832680 , ; different experiences of Black Americans, Black immigrants, and second-generation Black immigrants: https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3686134/waters_ethnicracial.pdf?sequence=3 ; enslavement of Native Americans in California: https://www.aclunc.org/sites/goldchains/explore/native-american-slave-market.html , https://www.history.com/news/the-enslaved-native-americans-who-made-the-gold-rush-possible ; transatlantic slave trade voyages: https://www.slavevoyages.or...2021-01-011h 10Real Sankara HoursPreview: 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 b...2020-12-2615 minReal Sankara HoursRSH 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 h...2020-12-181h 19Real Sankara HoursRSH 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. 2020-11-211h 39Real Sankara HoursRSH 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: ht...2020-11-141h 24Real Sankara HoursRSH 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/af...2020-11-021h 16Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-10-241h 40Real Sankara HoursRSH 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 a...2020-10-151h 39Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-10-0559 minReal Sankara HoursRSH 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 pol...2020-09-271h 32Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-09-211h 30Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-09-132h 34Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-09-091h 11Real Sankara HoursRSH 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/?fbcl...2020-08-281h 12Real Sankara HoursRSH 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 che...2020-08-211h 12Real Sankara HoursRSH 46 -- The Empire Is Eating Itself (8.7.2020)Recorded August 5, 2020 (Adam: I uploaded and edited this and the show notes a little late. Sorry for the delay). Adam and Peter talk about a number of things. Peter covers the workers' strike at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and interviews one of the striking workers. Adam discusses a COVID-19 relief bill in the Senate to support independent music venues. They talk about the recent explosion on Beirut, Lebanon and the Zimbabwean government's $3.5 billion in "reparations" to white settlers.
Links: General Dynamics and AeroVironment give combat vehicles drone technology: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/aus...2020-08-111h 19Real Sankara HoursRSH 43 -- Fascism Is Already Here (feat. Q) (7.23.2020)Recorded July 22, 2020. Adam and Peter are joined by Q (Andray Domise) of Rezistans Nwa, a newly-founded Black resistance podcast network. They talk about Trump's use of federal agents to snatch protesters and put them in unmarked vans in Portland, his expansion of this, and this is an example of authoritarianism that's been long in the making by both Republicans and Democrats. Then they pay tribute to the late Michael Brooks, a leftist journalist and commentator who passed away recently.
Links: U.S. Border Patrol was responsible for the arrests in Portland: https://www.thenation.com/arti...2020-07-251h 34Real Sankara HoursRSH 41 -- Joe Biden, Eat My Ass (7.18.2020)Recorded July 15, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about a range of topics but mostly focus on correcting mainstream misreadings of Afro-pessimism and how young Black voters are not excited about Joe Biden.
Links:
Wall Street is no longer betting on Trump: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-fc3a760a-0d3d-4c34-a824-fadd219c4a52.html?chunk=0&utm_term=fbsocialshare&fbclid=IwAR0MeQscEWNS868I7LukWyIrAOPQ5VE4QlR5qGnHXC1XZAYQ6YxqLRT_-Jo#story0 ; young Black voters are not excited about Joe Biden: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/07/08/joe-biden-young-black-voters-say-not-excited-candidate/5344135002/?fbclid=IwAR3nMYB3hKNSL76gLZD35p_Fu...2020-07-181h 17Real Sankara HoursRSH 39 -- America's Statuesque Horror (7.10.2020)
Recorded July 8, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about the removal of statues honoring violent colonizers, including Christopher Columbus, and how such statues serve as symbols of white supremacy and as forms of myth-making to sanitize American imperialism. They also ruthlessly trash the Hamilton play and critique the Harpers letter on "free speech" (i.e., elite media people and academics complaining that college kids don't like them).
Links:
Harpers free speech letter: https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/ ; New York Times article on the free speech letter: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/arts/harpers-letter.html ; the LSA's letter on Steven Pinker: https://docs.google.com/docume...2020-07-111h 33Real Sankara HoursRSH 37 -- Real Doomer Shit: Pandemic, eviction crisis, depression (7.4.2020)Recorded July 2, 2020. This is a doomer episode. Adam and Peter talk about the multiple compounding crises happening simultaneously, with a special emphasis on how the pandemic is triggering a deep economic depression and an impending eviction crisis.
Links:
CDC says U.S. has "way too much virus" to control pandemic: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/cdc-says-us-has-way-too-much-virus-to-control-pandemic-as-cases-surge-across-country.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar ; wave of evictions expected as unemployment and coronavirus protections expire: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/10/how-to-prevent-the-coming-coronavirus-tsunami-of-evictions.html ; COVID-19 cases by U.S. county: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map?fbclid=IwAR0s3MFoFUIx30-KLjisQObtDQYQsFHf4k9EoFqZ85oTo...2020-07-041h 21Real Sankara HoursRSH 35 -- The Master's Tools Were Patriarchy All Along (6.26.2020)Recorded June 25, 2020. Adam and Peter have a long discussion about the harm of patriarchy, its ties to capitalism and white supremacy, and the need for Black men to liberate ourselves from it. They also criticize the latest police "reform" bill passed by Congress.
Links:
Noname and Boots Riley discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i12zRBXObI ; gender identities across different cultures: https://www.facebook.com/eris.versri/posts/281197166335917 , https://medium.com/@janelane_62637/the-splendor-of-gender-non-conformity-in-africa-f894ff5706e1; Congress's police reform bill: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/ahead-house-vote-pelosi-says-bill-george-floyd-s-name-n1232114?fbclid=IwAR0zV2W5mJzGetqgGL8b8o79Qm...2020-06-301h 07Real Sankara HoursRSH 33 -- OpSec and the Surveillance State with Tron (6.19.2020)Recorded June 17, 2020. Peter and Adam talk to Tron (Twitter: @Activist_Arts) about operational/cyber security in Black activism and the U.S. surveillance state.
Links:
Interesting panel discussion of Liberians for Black Lives Matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYR6e74QP4 ; 911 dispatchers support defunding the police: https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-911-emergency-dispatchers-are-ready-to-defund-the-police ; Toyin's death: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/oluwatoyin-salau-dead-aaron-glee.html ; "implicit bias" trainings do not work: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/implicit-bias-training-doesnt-actually-change-police-behavior_n_5ee28fc3c5b60b32f010ed48?fbclid=IwAR34Ge_FKxoyhvo_hH8Bwmcqf1kHiHiv94d30SzP-nWRbsq0eDlCX3XWxjg&guccounter=1&guce...2020-06-211h 35Real Sankara HoursRSH 31 -- Fuck 12 and Bernie Sanders (6.12.2020)
Recorded June 10, 2020. Adam and Peter continue covering the protests against racism and police violence throughout the United States. Specifically, they discuss police abolition and why it's necessary to abolish the material conditions and hierarchies that necessitate the existence of police versus just abolishing police departments.
Links:
Bernie Sanders rejects calls to defund and/or abolish the police: https://news.yahoo.com/sanders-dismisses-progressive-calls-defund-195628874.html ; https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/bernie-sanders-is-not-done-fighting ; Reason Magazine wants to privatize the police: https://reason.com/2020/06/08/professionalizing-policing-hasnt-worked-privatize-it-instead/ ; community control of police: https://www.blackagendareport.com/community-control-vs-defunding-police-critical-analysis?fbclid=IwAR0sp5O1UEoWFUEpSC6y79Ig0BrPQTzyGxF7OZ957Ijvwq6rM_Jf...2020-06-131h 11Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-06-061h 15Real Sankara HoursUNLOCKED 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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Links:
Joe Biden interview with Charlamagne tha God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIFs_SryHI ; Amy Cooper, the NYC Karen: https://www.huf...2020-05-311h 26Real Sankara HoursRSH 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/com...2020-05-201h 12Real Sankara HoursRSH 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.nb...2020-05-091h 10Real Sankara HoursRSH 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/
Follow Dr. Harris on Twitter: @collette_md
Follow us o...2020-05-0255 minReal Sankara HoursRSH 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: http...2020-04-261h 21Real Sankara HoursRSH 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.
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Follow Nick: @nick_brana
Links:
Majority of Americans support having a third political party...2020-04-201h 29Real Sankara HoursRSH 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: http...2020-04-101h 28Real Sankara HoursRSH 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...2020-04-081h 18Real Sankara HoursRSH 11 Coronavirus stimulus bill is a Wall Street slush fund -- (3.31.2020)
Recorded on March 26, 2020. Adam and Peter break down the coronavirus stimulus bill and how it's a massive slush fund for Wall Street and Corporate America. They explain why the capitalist market system is flawed.
(fact check: turns out Senator Michael Bennet deserves credit for the unemployment insurance expansion in the bill, not Bernie Sanders https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/3/bennet-unveils-sweeping-proposal-to-strengthen-unemployment-insurance-amidst-coronavirus-pandemic?mod=article_inline )
What's in this massive $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/25/trump-senate-coronavirus-economic-stimulus-2-trillion/ ; Biden doesn't want to fight Trump on coronavirus: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/489231-biden-i-dont-want-to-be-in-a-political-fight-with-trump-over-coronavirus; Bay...2020-04-011h 33Real Sankara HoursRSH 009 -- Discontents of COVID-19 and Neoliberalism (3.21.2020)Recorded on March 19, 2020, Adam and Peter talk about COVID-19/coronavirus and how it reveals the shaky foundation of neoliberal capitalism.
Links discussed and worth reading:
History of 1665 bubonic plague and how social distancing helped: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/eyam-derbyshire-coronavirus-self-isolate-1665-plague ; "We Need Social Solidarity, Not Just Social Distancing" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.html ; https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-cancel-everything/607675/ ; https://twitter.com/FMH71994/status/1238378851094474752; Why social distancing this week is so important: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-one-week-enforce-social-distancing-flatten-curve-coronavirus-2020-3 ; https://twitter.com/tina_nguyen/status/1238879814863519744 testimony from woman who recovered from cor...2020-04-011h 25Real Sankara HoursRSH 007 -- The Life and Legacy of Tupac Shakur (3.16.2020)
Recorded on March 11, 2020, Adam and Peter discuss the cultural legacy and impact of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Links discussed:
The full DJ Vlad interview with Ayanna Jackson, the woman who accused Tupac Shakur of sexual assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CVBOv9O1GA
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This is a free episode. If you like what you hear, become a Patron so you can get bonus content, i.e., our Real...2020-04-011h 14Real Sankara Hours005 -- Post-Super-Tuesday PostmortemRecorded the Thursday (March 5) after Super Tuesday, Adam and Peter give an analysis of Super Tuesday, the likelihood of a brokered convention, the need for an alternative political party and vision, white liberal paternalism and white fragility, and the class divides among progressives.
Here are some links on Warren's appeal to mostly professional managerial class people: https://www.vox.com/2020/3/3/21162527/what-happened-to-elizabeth-warren; https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2020/3/10/21169166/elizabeth-warren-working-class-women
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Real Sankara Hours003 -- South Carolina, Democratic Party afraid of Sanders, the real Thomas Sankara (3.2.20)*Note*: This episode was recorded two days before Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary.
Peter gives a breakdown of South Carolina. Adam discusses how the Democratic Party establishment is willing to risk party damage, and potentially another four years of Donald Trump, in order to stop Bernie Sanders from winning the nomination. The guys give a brief breakdown about the life and importance of Thomas Sankara.
2020-03-051h 31Real Sankara Hours001 -- Old Testament Racial Justice (2.22.20)
Our first episode of Real Sankara Hours. Co-hosts Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn introduce themselves, their political evolutions, and critique a racial justice scorecard that reveals the limitations of liberalism to achieve Black liberation.
2020-03-051h 24