RSH 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 cheap prison labor, including inmate labor for the state's firefighting force, despite demands to reduce the state's prison population: https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-ag-office-tried-to-keep-inmates-locked-up-for-cheap-labor , https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-climate-danger-of-kamala-harris-prison-labor-legac-1844712734 ; Democratic National Committee drops demand to end fossil fuel subsidies from party platform: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democratic-national-committee-climate_n_5f3c2907c5b6d8a9173f0268?fbclid=IwAR0c0cpHveU9_eUYah77OgpubAnsksx1zC9mxDixKvBHU-WV3b0PYjhmV7M ; too many California inmates are sick with COVID, depleting state's firefighter force (which relies heavily on prisoners as firefighters): https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article243977827.html?__twitter_impression=true ; 1972 Gary Convention: https://blog.history.in.gov/tired-of-going-to-funerals-the-1972-national-black-political-convention-in-gary/ , https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/gary-declaration-national-black-political-convention-1972/ , https://socialistworker.org/2013/03/22/the-national-black-political-convention ; the People's Convention: https://peoplesconvention.org/ ;    To honor Peter's late father, please donate to King Arts Complex: https://kingartscomplex.com/donate/     Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Support the struggle: Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) Reclaim the Block -- @reclaimtheblock (Twitter) secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHB…zC-lQfhEaey0U 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/