RSH 124 -- I’ve Had Burritos More Supreme Than This Court (7.11.2023)

Recorded July 2, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss the Wagner Group coup in Russia, the African peace mission being detained in Poland, French police killing an unarmed North African teenager and protests against racist police violence in France, SFPD quiet-quitting, and the Supreme Court’s decisions gutting affirmative action and Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.   Links:    Wagner Group coup in Russia  Russia’s Coup with Mark Ames and Yasha Levine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDdRNIqhEDs  The Wagner uprising https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/prigozhins-march-on-moscow-chronology-of-an-attempted-coup African peace mission: Ramaphosa’s security stuck in Poland https://www.africanews.com/2023/06/16/african-peace-mission-ramaphosas-security-stuck-in-poland/    French cops kill North African teen; protests erupt   Twitter thread from Yasmine Jibril https://twitter.com/YasmineJibril/status/1674399557986181120  France: teen shot by police given private funeral as crisis grips government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/crowds-gather-for-funeral-of-nahel-merzouk-shot-dead-by-french-police France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052104 France is roiled by protests after police killed a teenager. Here's why https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185394143/france-teen-police-shooting-protests-nahel France riots: Why are police using guns during traffic stops? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66066438 ‘I blame one person,’ mother of teen killed by police says as hundreds arrested in fresh violence across France https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/nanterre-france-police-shooting-protests-mother-intl/index.html  French cops kill North African teen; proteste erupt   Twitter thread from Yasmine Jibril https://twitter.com/YasmineJibril/status/1674399557986181120  France: teen shot by police given private funeral as crisis grips government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/crowds-gather-for-funeral-of-nahel-merzouk-shot-dead-by-french-police France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052104 France is roiled by protests after police killed a teenager. Here's why https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185394143/france-teen-police-shooting-protests-nahel  France riots: Why are police using guns during traffic stops? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66066438  ‘I blame one person,’ mother of teen killed by police says as hundreds arrested in fresh violence across France https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/nanterre-france-police-shooting-protests-mother-intl/index.html    SFPD’s low morale and staffing issues  Police report low morale https://missionlocal.org/2022/06/police-report-low-morale-hundreds-of-officers-may-leave-sfpd/  SFPD has a staffing crisis but it goes deeper https://missionlocal.org/2023/03/police-staffing-crisis-san-francisco/    Supreme Court guts affirmative action  Supreme Court rejects affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/politics/supreme-court-admissions-affirmative-action-harvard-unc.html  White women benefit the most from affirmative action https://www.vox.com/2016/5/25/11682950/fisher-supreme-court-white-women-affirmative-action ; https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/06/29/affirmative-action-who-benefits-white-women/70371219007/  Who’s who in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case https://www.reuters.com/legal/whos-who-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-cases-2023-06-29/  The “Unseen” Students in the Affirmative Action Debate https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/us/affirmative-action-students.html    Supreme Court kills Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rule-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-friday-rcna76874    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/