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

Recorded October 27/28, 2021. Adam and Peter discuss the situation in Haiti (including more details about the assassination of Moise and the beating of Haitian migrants), the recent coup in Sudan, and, for most the episode, they talk about the death of Colin Powell, his dirty work for U.S. empire and why he's not a Black American hero.  Links:  Colin Powell’s record and Iraq war lies: https://www.yahoo.com/now/obituary-colin-powell-121812125.html , https://web.archive.org/web/20000902031325/http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/players/powell.bio/ , https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/18/colin-powell-un-security-council-iraq , https://apnews.com/article/colin-powell-dead-iraq-1591ede85c650bb0aa8a4f667343b648 , Harriot piece on Powell: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/21/colin-powell-black-man-america-race-michael-harriot ; assassins of Haitian president involved in assassination plot in Bolivia: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/20/haiti-assassination-bolivia-luis-arce/ ; Haiti border crisis: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/border-patrol-horseback-haitian-migrants-del-rio.html ; Biden’s border policy so far: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56255613 ; coup in Sudan: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-state-oil-workers-join-civil-disobedience-movement-association-2021-10-27/ Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Support the struggle: Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: https://gofund.me/4b276440 Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) Hurricane Ida Support Network -- @idasupportnetwork (Instagram) People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak Follow us on Twitter: Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5 Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter Real Sankara Hours -- @sankarahours Adam's SoundCloud -- @adamhudson5 Get the RSS feed from our Podbean to stay up-to-date with new episodes: realsankarahours.podbean.com Subscribe to us on Patreon to get bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/realsankarahours/ Make a one-time donation to our PayPal: https://paypal.me/realsankarahours?locale.x=en_US