RSH 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.  Links: 8 million of people slip into poverty as federal aid dried up: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/us/politics/federal-aid-poverty-levels.html?smid=tw-share ; Obama scolds Trump but admits to his own conservatism: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/16/obama-a-promised-land-memoir-trump-interview ; Trump plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia but leaves drone bases: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan-somalia-iraq.html ; background on U.S. shadow wars in Africa with context on Somalia (Adam's article from 2012 but still helpful for context): https://adamhudson.org/2012/07/23/u-s-expands-its-shadow-wars-in-africa/ ; Trump continues U.S. war in Yemen: https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/trump-yemen-war-civilian-deaths/ , https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-have-bombed-yemen-more-than-bush-and-obama-combined-2020-10 , https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-admits-injuring-civilians-in-yemen-drone-strike-2020-11 ; U.S. report on military strikes in Somalia make no mention of civilian deaths: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/02/latest-us-military-report-somalia-airstrikes-makes-no-mention-civilians-killed ; U.S. plans to expand drone war in Kenya: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/shabab-drone-authorities-kenya.html ; Barack Obama blames rap music for small, statistically insignificant number of Black men who voted for Trump in 2020: https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9485250/barack-obama-rap-music-donald-trump-support-black-men ; NPR data on voter demographic breakdown: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/929478378/understanding-the-2020-electorate-ap-votecast-survey ; Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers explains how the white-owned record industry de-politicized and removed the militancy out of rap/hip-hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jybwj0ai6ZE ;   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 Black Hills Legal Defense Fund -- bhlegalfund.org 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/