Real Sankara Hours

Adam and Peter discuss the U.S./Israel war against Iran. They mention the long history of the U.S. foreign policy blob and imperialists wanting war in Iran going back to the 2003-2011 Iraq war. (Recorded March 15, 2026)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   John McCain sings “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7s5pT3Rris  Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-school-hegseth-trump-2ffff06808f7a584b0a03831897ab0b8  Iran war: Israel tells US it's running low on missile interceptors https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-war-israel-tells-us-its-running-low-missile-interceptors  Joy Reid: African Wasn’t “Cool” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcj_s4S_Lek  Up to 5,000 US marines and sailors dispatched to Middle East: Report https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/5000-us-marines-and-sailors-dispatched-middle-east-report  Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East https://www.commondreams.org/news/5000-marines-warships-iran  More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/world/middleeast/us-marines-warships-middle-east.html  How US Sending of Marines to Strait of Hormuz Signals Posture Shift https://www.military.com/daily-news/headlines/2026/03/14/us-sends-marines-toward-strait-of-hormuz-crisis.html  Why Is Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/world/middleeast/strait-of-hormuz-iran-blockade-explained.html  The Nubian Queen Who Fought Back Caesar’s Army https://www.history.com/articles/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army  Forgotten Wars - The Roman Invasion of Nubia (24 BC) DOCUMENTARY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u6oQ6rI74Y    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In the Part 2 of Adam’s Riffs #8, Adam starts by discussing the joint U.S.-Israel war in Iran, the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti, Black America’s relationship with the anti-ICE protests, non-Black people waking up to the racism Black America has long recognized, argues that there is a White culture (defined by Western civilization), and explains what African-American music is and its African roots. (Recorded March 3, 2026; Addendum: March 4, 2026)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide  ‘Underequipped for the task at hand’: US needs to stockpile munitions, invest in low-cost weapons, Sullivan says https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-12-04/munitions-weapons-stockpiles-ukraine-china-russia-16061738.html  Fixing munitions shortages demands better hardware and new software https://defensescoop.com/2025/07/08/fixing-munitions-shortages-demands-better-hardware-new-software/  US depleted its missiles in Ukraine, Israel. Now it wants more fast. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/missile-stockpiles/  U.S. Munitions Supply DANGEROUSLY LOW Former DoD Official Warns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLadDHhG8Tc  How depleted weapons stockpiles could affect the Iran conflict https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxzzqe82d2o  Ms Anne Wants Police To Go Back To Targeting Only Black Americans, She Doesn't Like Equal Treatment https://www.youtube.com/live/sURq1JrWzmo?si=4Q3z63yCa6uvgT3i  'White People' SHOCKED 'ICE Is Attacking Whites': "Can We Get Regular Brutality?" - HP News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_oAzj1pAwI  What is "white culture," anyway? (NPR) https://youtu.be/fbVCJOHnbQc?si=7ilT47VE1zmH5uIY   The Evolution of Western Civilization https://youtu.be/CY6HChRVeVc?si=T59Ue-glRqA5U_oi  The Myth of White Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zMRDMHTXVI  Ancient Rome and the American Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9urhV9lwZVQ  History of the drum set by Daniel Glass (all parts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH-jVncTJbg  The Birth of the Modern Drum Kit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F6o5haJgcM  The Birth of the Drum Set https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-winter-spring-2015-the-birth-of-the-drum-set/article/smithsonian  Clips:  There is no “white culture” IG reel by Joris Lechene https://www.instagram.com/p/DRxF50SCCiu/?hl=en  Kpop is Black Culture https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBnMXBiewS/?hl=en  Latina Admits Black Americans Told Everyone About The Police But They Chose To Ignore It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXSEp5xfkM  Minneapolis ICE Protests Leads the Murder of Alex Pretti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akt3Nx4F-uI (Flagrant Clip)  Yankee Doodle (Fife and Drum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIIufQKM2K0  James Iron Head Baker - Black Betty (1933) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4XFXJSQQOI  The British Grenadiers fife and drum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrxHO-B2TY  'White People' SHOCKED 'ICE Is Attacking Whites': "Can We Get Regular Brutality?" - HP News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_oAzj1pAwI   Adam’s Riffs intro. & outro.    Adam Hudson – djembe (intro); drum kit (outro)     Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

This is the first part of a two-part Adam’s Riffs episode. In the first part, Adam takes a deep dive into the CIA-backed Afghan death squads called “Zero Units,” the Obama administration’s assassination/drone strike program, and how the War on Terror paved the way for the Trump administration to launch unilateral military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. (Recorded February 3, 2026)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   The First Person Who Reached Alex Pretti's Body Described What Confused Him Most Amid the Incident in Minneapolis https://shorturl.at/5TklV   Data/information on Latinos making up bulk of Border Patrol and ICE agents:   https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/department-homeland-security-dhs-0  https://www.npr.org/2019/07/07/739288297/understanding-the-border-patrol  https://thetriibe.com/2026/01/commentary-the-making-of-an-ice-agent/  In-depth ProPublica report on the Afghan Zero Units https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-lynzy-billing; key take aways: https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-investigation-takeaways  The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads https://theintercept.com/2020/12/18/afghanistan-cia-militia-01-strike-force/  CIA’s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/world/asia/cia-afghanistan-strike-force.html  “They’ve Shot Many Like This” Abusive Night Raids by CIA-Backed Afghan Strike Forces https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/10/31/theyve-shot-many/abusive-night-raids-cia-backed-afghan-strike-forces  The National Guard shooting suspect was in one of the CIA’s “Zero Units” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/28/national-guard-rahmanullah-lakanwal-shooting-suspect/  National Guard shooting suspect served in CIA counterterrorism unit, group says https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5623041/national-guard-shooting-suspect-cia-unit-afghanistan  National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from injuries after D.C. shooting https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5622955/national-guard-shooting-washington-dc-updates  Rahmanullah Lakanwal May Have Been ‘Blackmailed’ by Taliban Before National Guard Shooting: Report https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rahmanullah-lakanwal-may-blackmailed-taliban-130815353.html  ‘Today’s the day’: Video shows suspect shoot 2 Va. officers during traffic stop before fatal OIS https://www.police1.com/body-camera/todays-the-day-video-shows-suspect-shoot-2-va-officers-during-traffic-stop-before-fatal-ois (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmqWNe9DrQ )  Fairfax police release body cam video of police shooting in Greenbriar https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/fairfax-police-release-body-cam-video-of-police-shooting-in-greenbriar/3921110/  Armed Man Rants About Taliban and Opens Fire On Fairfax Cops in Fatal Traffic Stop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchO6ciuJCs (full footage)  Asserting a License to Kill: Why the Caribbean Strike is a Dangerous Departure from the “War on Terror” https://www.justsecurity.org/120568/caribbean-strike-departure-war-on-terror/  Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-military-drug-cartels.html  Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve https://www.justsecurity.org/120753/collection-u-s-lethal-strikes-on-suspected-drug-traffickers/  Murder by Drone: The Legal and Moral Stakes of the Caribbean Strikes https://www.justsecurity.org/120794/legal-moral-stakes-caribbean-strike/  Bombshell Lawsuit Could EXPOSE Trump Lies Over Boat Murders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luZgXZxQh4  2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill summary https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/fy26_homeland_security_conference_bill_summary.pdf  "Death By Metadata" Jeremy Scahill Slams Obama Drone Policy on MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QphqXvnN0mg  Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy 360p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ziOjNtg1g  How Google and the Big Tech Companies Are Helping Maintain America's Empire (by Adam Hudson) https://www.alternet.org/2014/08/how-google-and-big-tech-companies-are-helping-maintain-americas-empire#  The Assassination Complex https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-assassination-complex/  The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/  Exclusive: ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secret-watchlists-of-americans?utm_source=post-email-title  ICE CAUGHT w/ ILLEGAL ‘SECRET WATCH LIST’ OF AMERICANS https://youtu.be/AvCOfJ3lXUg?si=m31a4HXmLyKATAKS  ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5717031/ice-dhs-immigrants-surveillance-confrontation-deportation-mobile-fortify  Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/senate-democrats-dhs-shutdown-ice-immigration.html  Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-says-kristi-noem-stepping-homeland-security-secretary-rcna248719  House Passes H.R. 7744 to End Democrat Shutdown and Fully Fund Homeland Security https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-passes-hr-7744-end-democrat-shutdown-and-fully-fund-homeland-security  Clips:  AC-130 gun run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F809jKdD-E  "Death By Metadata" Jeremy Scahill Slams Obama Drone Policy on MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QphqXvnN0mg  Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy 360p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ziOjNtg1g  Armed Man Rants About Taliban and Opens Fire On Fairfax Cops in Fatal Traffic Stop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DchO6ciuJCs    Adam’s Riffs intro. & outro  Adam Hudson – djembe (intro); drum kit (outro)     Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss ICE killing Renee Nicole Good, follow-up on Venezuela, the protests in Iran, Trump’s desire to annex Greenland, Jasmine Crockett’s support for Israel, the Congressional Black Caucus partnership with AIPAC and irrelevance with Black America. (Recorded January 18, 2026)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   U.S. Military Command That Attacked Venezuela Gutted Its Civilian Harm Team https://theintercept.com/2026/01/13/civilian-harm-venezuela-airwars-southcom/  YouGov poll https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econtoplines_YpmxDW2.pdf  U.S. Military Killed Boat Strike Survivors for Not Surrending Correctly https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/boat-strikes-venezuela-hegseth-bradley-legal/  After Undercounting Boat Strike Killings, U.S. Military Updates Death Toll https://theintercept.com/2026/01/08/us-military-boat-strike-deaths-undercount/  Who owns Greenland? Why the island’s history is more complicated than you think  https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/who-owns-greenland-history-explained/  Greenland History https://www.britannica.com/place/Greenland/History  Why Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland – and what the fallout could be https://news.sky.com/story/why-trump-says-the-us-needs-greenland-and-what-the-fallout-could-be-13285350  Greenland’s only US military base (quietly) getting a massive upgrade https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/15/trump-military-greenland-pituffik-space-base/88201534007/  Northwest Passage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Passage  Mike Pompeo on Muslims, torture and Guantanamo Bay https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/3/14/mike-pompeo-on-muslims-torture-and-guantanamo-bay  Rubio Tells Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/us/politics/rubio-trump-greenland.html  Iran accuses foreign intelligence of being behind protest movement https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/14/iran-accuse-foreign-intelligence-behind-protest-movement  The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC https://www.thenation.com/article/society/congressional-black-caucus-aipac-gaza/#  Real Sankara Hours episode on the 1972 Gary Convention https://www.patreon.com/posts/44026829  Privileged white people are not the only ones concerned about war https://adamhudson.org/2013/09/23/privileged-white-people-are-not-the-only-ones-concerned-about-war/  Talarico, Crockett, And The Democratic Base On Israel And Palestine https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/talarico-crockett-and-the-democratic     Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this bonus episode, Peter and Adam focus on Africa. Adam talks in-depth about a book recently read The Dying Sahara: U.S. Imperialism and Terror in Africa by Jeremy Keenan, which shows the roots of the U.S. War on Terror in Africa. The Algerian deep state, with the support of the U.S. and Europe, supported al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) (with training and many Algerian deep state operatives being al-Qaeda members), fabricated false flag terrorist attacks in the Sahel region, which Algeria blamed on the Tuareg and used as an excuse to expand the War on Terror. They also talk about the importance of African history, why African affairs are relevant to Black America, and Ibrahim Traore. (Recorded May 31, 2025)     If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!  Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Links, research related to episode:   Intelligence agencies are running al-Qaeda camps in North Africa – UN consultant (EXCLUSIVE)  https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/intelligence-agencies-are-running-al-qaeda-camps-in-north-africa-un-consultant-exclusive-6e19eec5d834  Algeria Unseen: How the Secret Service Kept the Country Hostage  https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/algeria-unseen-how-the-secret-service-kept-the-country-hostage-25662 ; https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/featured/perspectives/algeria-unseen-how-the-secret-service-kept-the-country-hostage/  Why Bouteflika dissolved Algeria’s powerful spy agency? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/2/26/why-bouteflika-dissolved-algerias-powerful-spy-agency  Mali accuses Algeria of fuelling Sahel insecurity by supporting Tuareg rebels https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250103-mali-accuses-algeria-of-fuelling-insecurity-in-the-sahel-by-supporting-tuareg-rebels  Slave Voyages Map database https://www.slavevoyages.org/  Burkina Faso citizenship initiative for the African diaspora https://ouraddi.org/burkina-faso/ (FAQs: https://ouraddi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/FREQUENTLY_ASKED_QUESTIONS-BURKINA_FASO_CITIZENSHIP_INITATIVE-Updated_Feb2125.pdf)  Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.  

Adam and Peter discuss Venezuela in this episode: the U.S. kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, the Bolivarian revolution led by Hugo Chavez, and the bad arguments in favor of U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Adam also mentions Trump’s Christmas military strikes in Nigeria (recorded January 4, 2026).    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!  Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   Trump says U.S. will run Venezuela after U.S. captures Maduro https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/loud-noises-heard-venezuela-capital-southern-area-without-electricity-2026-01-03/  Machado celebrates Maduro ouster, but is scorned by Trump https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/01/03/machado-celebrates-maduro-ouster-but-is-scorned-by-trump_6749043_5.html  Shock, concern and celebration: Venezuelans react to US strikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c0I0twPA2Q  Trump Bombs Venezuela, Removes Maduro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNFB6G84Z1Q  Trump 2025 National Security Strategy https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzUyNDI3AAGn4Kp8yez8ZElkgXb7cVIXIy3803aVk2FdpPl83-AouXiQAyAGHblfxg7I40E_aem_osXaUbBimQcSL0cIy3Rtgw  Venezuela seizes foreign oil fields (Chavez nationalized Venezuela’s oil in 2007) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/02/oilandpetrol.venezuela  The real reason Venezuela matters youtube.com/watch?si=MYGKtgXWyg19J-zJ&v=Pgwny1BiCYk&feature=youtu.be (oil)  What’s the difference between heavy and light crude oils? And why do American refineries need both? https://www.afpm.org/newsroom/blog/whats-difference-between-heavy-and-light-crude-oils-and-why-do-american-refineries  Trump demands Venezuela return oil to the United States https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSYm3-okpFg/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D  Trump: US WILL RUN Venezuela, Boots On The Ground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-7GZHrzueA  Trump has made the US a ‘rogue state’, says international relations expert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thy0XyLkWOg  Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Attacks Venezuela & Kidnaps President Maduro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZuTOuwKGA  The Theft That Never Was: Inside Venezuela’s 1976 Oil Takeover https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2025/12/26/the-theft-that-never-was-inside-venezuelas-1976-oil-takeover/  Venezuela's oil and mining sectors: large potential, weak infrastructure https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuelan-oil-industry-worlds-largest-reserves-decaying-infrastructure-2026-01-03/  Trump Rules Out Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Machado Taking Power https://www.newsweek.com/trump-venezuela-opposition-leader-machado-not-taking-power-11302719  US air strikes in northern Nigeria: possible windfalls, as well as dangers https://theconversation.com/us-air-strikes-in-northern-nigeria-possible-windfalls-as-well-as-dangers-272630  Nigerians react to surprise US strikes on militants youtube.com/watch?si=kHnSPawjNVtnXjNy&v=M4wpfhzugOs&feature=youtu.be  Breaking down U.S. strikes on ISIS in Nigeria and the complicated conflict there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLTELlHgP3A  Niger restricts visas for U.S. citizens https://finance.yahoo.com/news/country-makes-call-cancel-visas-184700960.html  Mali and Burkina Faso Impose Travel Bans on Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/africa/mali-burkina-faso-us-travel-ban.html  BREAKING! Trump ATTACKS Nigeria! youtube.com/watch?si=OJh8XRMDo-mWkEAD&v=dvj78uVI1L0&feature=youtu.be    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this episode, Peter and Adam discuss resistance against ICE deportations, the ending of the longest government shutdown, the recent Gaza ceasefire (and Israel’s violation), and the historical context behind the genocide in Sudan. (Recorded November 10, 2025)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   Visible from space, bloody sands expose the slaughter of tens of thousands in Sudan https://www.nbcnews.com/world/africa/sudan-africa-civil-war-rapid-support-forces-el-fasher-massacre-rcna240708  Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity https://theconversation.com/sudans-civil-war-is-rooted-in-its-historical-favouritism-of-arab-and-islamic-identity-228533   A simple guide to what is happening in Sudan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjel2nn22z9o  Sudan Crisis Explained https://www.unrefugees.org/news/sudan-crisis-explained/  Sudan Civil War: History & Implications [6 Root Causes] https://sapa-usa.org/sudan-civil-war/  The Sudan under the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Sudan/The-Sudan-under-the-Anglo-Egyptian-Condominium  Sudan in Crisis https://origins.osu.edu/article/sudan-darfur-al-bashir-colonial-protest  British policy in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan bears some responsibility for the deep-rooted divisions between North and South https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2012/07/02/british-policy-in-anglo-egyptian-sudan-bears-some-responsibility-for-the-deep-rooted-divisions-between-north-and-south/  Israeli drone strike kills two in Gaza as ceasefire violations mount https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/10/israeli-drone-strike-kills-two-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-violations-mount  The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over. Here's what you need to know https://www.npr.org/2025/11/15/nx-s1-5609367/trump-government-shutdown-what-to-know-longest    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums       Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

Adam pays homage to the late R&B/neo-soul musician D’Angelo, who passed away on October 14. He also talks about the detrimental impact of digital overproduction on music by reading and discussing a New York Times article on the rise of roots music. (Recorded October 27, 2025)  If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   In The Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/magazine/roots-music-streaming-algorithms.html  After D’Angelo Bared It All, His Career Was Never The Same  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/arts/music/dangelo-untitled-video.html  Inside D’Angelo’s struggles before his death at age 51: ‘He was really conflicted’ https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/entertainment/inside-dangelos-struggles-before-his-death-at-age-51/  How D’Angelo Embodied Black Genius https://time.com/7325682/dangelo-remembrance/  Billboard Year End Hot 100 Singles of 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_2000  Looking Back at D'Angelo's 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)': How the Sexy Single and Its Music Video Changed His Career 25 Years Ago https://people.com/d-angelo-s-untitled-how-does-it-feel-changed-his-career-25-years-ago-11829526  Mojos Working: A History Of Recorded Blues https://www.udiscovermusic.com/in-depth-features/history-of-recorded-blues/  The History of Audio Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pl2rsLhhwQ  How the machine killed music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jjq3DclclI   Computer Music Is Not Real Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAAYkmJVJjE  The Real Reason Why Analog Recording Is Better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq4BOSaKiYo  Spanish Joint acoustic demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_KRTO9Pi1E  D’Angelo performs a cover of SOS Band’s “Do You Still Care?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIaUjvrLqA8 (original by SOS Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpYZhXif8B0)   Adam’s Riffs intro. & outro.   Adam Hudson – djembe (intro); drum kit (outro)     Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

Adam’s main theme is “Where do we go from here?” He touches on Van Jones making fun of dead Palestinian babies, the debate between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk, the recent Gaza peace proposal (he adds an addendum on the situation), and explains Pan-Africanism and why it’s relevant.  (Recorded October 10, 2025; addendum recorded October 15, 2025)   If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!  Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/  HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode  Van Jones’s horrible joke mocking dead Palestinian children https://www.youtube.com/shorts/939B5CIJx-I  Van Jones Delights Bill Maher's Twisted Audience During Awful "Dead Gaza Baby" Rant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihE7YInmCTQ  Van Jones Says 'Dead Gaza Babies' Are Foreign Misinformation https://youtu.be/SQrpp1yRsgo?si=OK-VcFJNdxYcs19I Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fellowship-legacy-journalists-mentors-information-war-israel-new-york-times-cnn  Van Jones listed as a Karsh fellowship mentor https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjBQB7EeB2/?hl=en  Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaeoDlLNnok  Trump BERATES Bibi: 'STOP THE BOMBING' As Ceasefire Negotiations On  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6P9ZCeqj-4  Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000 Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/middleeast/palestinians-released-israeli-prisons-latam-intl  Who are the Palestinian captives Israel released? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/10/13/explainer-who-are-the-palestinian-captives-israel-released  LIVE: Israel accused of new war crimes as it kills more Gaza civilians https://aje.io/zyn1zz  Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees released as mediators sign Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-hostages-ceasefire-10-13-25  Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-hamas-says-israels-indiscriminate-destruction-gaza-behind-delay-locating-captives  Diaspora Division of the African Union https://au.int/en/diaspora-division  African Diaspora definition in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_diaspora  Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this emergency episode, Adam and Peter talk about the political assassination of far-right political activist Charlie Kirk. They focus on Kirk’s legacy – his role in the rise of the MAGA movement, current right-wing politics, and how he mainstreamed white Christian nationalism for a new generation. (Recorded September 14, 2025)     If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode  Who Is Tyler Robinson’s Father? Matt Robinson Helped Turn In Kirk Suspect https://www.newsweek.com/matt-robinson-father-tyler-charlie-kirk-suspect-2128904  Charlie Kirk Shooter Allegedly Had Bullet With Possible Helldivers 2 Reference Engraved On It https://kotaku.com/charlie-kirk-shooter-helldivers-bullet-engraving-2000625439  Groypers, Helldivers 2, Furries: What Do the Messages Left by Charlie Kirk’s Alleged Killer Actually Mean? https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-memes-meaning  Charlie Kirk says Black people were better off before the 1964 Civil Rights Act https://x.com/WhoopingFeet/status/1965906586138009839, that the Civil Rights Act was a mistake and Martin Luther King, Jr was a “bad guy” https://x.com/thepondering_/status/1967067843088077112  Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs   Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this riff, Adam follows up on his criticism of the Joe Budden podcast, why comedian/celebrity/bro podcasters need to follow media ethics, the responsibility of Americans to challenge U.S. imperialism, the majority of Palestinians killed by Israel are civilians, Trump’s fascism, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali embracing indigenous languages as the official languages, and an update to the Slave Voyages database on the transatlantic slave trade. (Recorded August 26, 2025)  If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!  Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   How Low Institutional Trust Fed New Media’s and Joe Rogan Style Journalism, with Ryan Grim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92IIRJXTZg  Why Leftists Are Suddenly Lifting More Weights https://shorturl.at/ctdPx  Slave Voyages database (updated) https://www.slavevoyages.org/  Vast majority of Israelis believe there are “no innocents” in Gaza https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/vast-majority-israelis-believe-there-are-no-innocents-gaza-says-poll  IDF database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians https://www.972mag.com/israeli-intelligence-database-83-percent-civilians-militants/  Entebbe raid https://www.britannica.com/event/Entebbe-raid  DNC punts on Israel resolutions as Chair Ken Martin calls for bridging the divide https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/26/dnc-israel-palestine-arms-embargo-resolution-00525446  DNC panel fails to advance dueling resolutions on Israel’s war in Gaza https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/politics/dnc-israel-gaza-resolution-vote  Trump sends National Guard troops to Chicago https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/22/chicago-will-be-next-trump-teases-troop-expansion-in-democrat-led-cities; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PHXqZmtEWI  Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger leave group of French-speaking countries https://apnews.com/article/mali-niger-burkina-aes-withdrawal-francophonie-43d04a46d293f647d7eb69f6c17d1592;  https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/18/mali-follows-niger-and-burkina-faso-in-quitting-group-of-french-speaking-nations_6739294_4.html  Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this fireside chat riff, Adam talks about; Israel assassinating Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif and all of Al Jazeera’s Gaza staff; Israel moving forward with its plan to re-occupy Gaza and push for a Greater Israel in the Middle East; Black American labor activist Chris Smalls being beaten up by Israel; the failure of the mainstream Black media and political class to fight for Black political interests independent of the Democratic Party; The Joe Budden Podcast being absolute trash for wanting to pivot from Marc Lamont Hill discussing Gaza; Trump’s federal takeover of D.C. police, fearmongering of Black crime, and growing fascism; the importance of health and fitness on the Left. (Recorded August 18-19, 2025; addendum recorded August 21, 2025) #joebudden #palestine #gaza    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode  Hamas accepts Hamas proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/8/18/hamas-agrees-terms-for-gaza-ceasefire-source-tells-al-jazeera; https://aje.io/p3b4a3?update=3896606; Israel reviews Hamas response https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250818-israel-reviews-hamas-response-to-gaza-ceasefire-proposal/   Gaza Tribunal calls for armed UN intervention to halt ‘most lethal phase of genocide’ in Gaza https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250818-gaza-tribunal-calls-for-armed-un-intervention-to-halt-most-lethal-phase-of-genocide-in-gaza/  Anas al-Sharif among four Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/10/al-jazeera-journalist-anas-al-sharif-killed-in-israeli-attack-in-gaza-city  Anas al-Sharif’s last will and testament: https://x.com/jeremyscahill/status/1954658627274293472; https://www.palestinechronicle.com/i-entrust-you-with-palestine-the-final-testament-of-anas-al-sharif/  Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gaza https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/11/here-are-the-names-of-the-journalists-israel-killed-in-gaza   Marc Lamont Hill, on Joe Budden Podcast, says that all of his Al Jazeera colleagues in Gaza have been killed, rest of hosts silent, try to pivot, Joe Budden tries to pivot https://youtu.be/FXZhCriUpJg?si=crF1V04NJtbssG5z&t=9187 (clip on Twitter/X https://x.com/Chatnigga101/status/1955470569048264829)  Marc Lamont Hill’s response to the backlash: https://www.youtube.com/live/Lvmi4-pJiVI?si=b6eJSxcbELByMcnx&t=568  Chris Smalls interview with Tavis Smiley https://www.youtube.com/live/JNvOxkA4Yr8?si=gcTu2-UPpJ88XkVU&t=1995  Chris Smalls interview with Sabby Sabs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z23xAscG1eQ  Palestine letter to the UN on Israel continuing violate ceasefire (March 2025) https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israel-continues-to-violate-the-ceasefire-agreement-un-facilities-are-being-attacked-letter-from-the-state-of-palestine-a-es-10-1027-s-2025-173/  Israeli minister announces 3,400 new homes for occupied West Bank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3u2N4wyBfw  Fox News article blaming crime in D.C. on Black fatherlessness https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/black-fatherlessness-turning-dc-war-zone  Washington D.C.’s crime data (shows a decline in violent crime):  D.C. police crime statistics https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime  Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low  Is crime in Washington DC 'out of control', as Trump claims? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8600x7dnn4o  Study: Black dads more involved in activities with their children than other groups https://www.abc10.com/article/news/community/race-and-culture/black-dads-more-involved-in-childrens-lives-than-other-groups/103-df371add-144c-40e3-bb3c-986377347fa1  Study: Black dads more involved in children’s lives than other groups  https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/study-black-dads-more-involved-in-childrenss-lives-than-other-groups/  Race/Ethnic Differences in Nonresident Fathers’ Involvement after a Nonmarital Birth https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6133319/  Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to 'END TRUMP PRESIDENCY' https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/newsom-californias-new-congressional-maps-trump/story?id=124609132  IDF Chief Says He’s Approved Plans for the ‘Conquest of Gaza’ https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/13/idf-chief-says-hes-approved-plans-for-the-conquest-of-gaza/  Bibi MASK OFF ON ‘GREATER ISRAEL’ Conquest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10ez4HkZvE  Trump's remarks on homelessness in DC spark concerns among homeless advocates https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-remarks-homelessness-dc-spark-concerns-homeless-advocates/story?id=124560423  Trump's D.C. takeover escalates with surge in arrests and homeless encampments cleared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHw9mIzn8ew  “Big Balls” assaulted in D.C. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-administration-staffer-known-as-big-balls-assaulted-in-dc-00494990 ; https://www.newsweek.com/photos-show-poi-big-balls-attack-doge-worker-dc-police-2111587   Multiple myeloma  Mayo Clinic overview of multiple myeloma https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-myeloma/symptoms-causes/syc-20353378  Potential cure for multiple myeloma https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/health/multiple-myeloma-car-t-immunotherapy.html    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.   

In this riff, Adam talks about the Andrew Schulz 2024 tongue bath of an interview with Donald Trump, Schulz and the Flagrant podcast guys (and other podcast bros) buyers’ remorse with Trump not taking accountability for being useful idiots for the Trump campaign, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes against cutting Israel’s Iron Dome funding, Black America not getting enough credit for how welcoming it is, and debates whether should Black America be so welcoming. (Recorded July 20-21, 2025)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:  DSA statement condemning AOC’s Iron Dome Vote https://www.dsausa.org/statements/on-the-iron-dome-vote/   Flagrant podcast interview with Donald Trump during 2024 election https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry1IjOft95c  Andrew Schulz “I voted for none of this” https://youtube.com/shorts/zYHt1wXwp9c?si=DO-Rh5GyesecH0ed  Saagar Enjeti interview with Andrew Schulz and the Flagrant podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exvBEYWAXko  Andrew Schulz REGRETS Platforming Trump… Too Late  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An2PlVT5eDs  Megyn Kelly Reacts to Andrew Schulz Turning on Trump and Supporting Mamdani: “Very Interesting” https://youtube.com/shorts/vckEVPJBj8Y?si=leR56rtK700Wffu-  IHIP News: Trump is RUINED After Manosphere TURNS ON HIM in Public MELTDOWNS!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY_TCQZKv6o  Ricardo Ignacio Podcast “Latinos for Trump” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXTO56LhMk  Trump Latino voters split over mass deportation agenda but largely back him: Deciders focus group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUlZeoy7CE  'Desperate, terrified': Loyal Trump voting bloc speaks out about deportation measures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVJhtey45E  Venezuelans who backed Trump now fear deportation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r3BMdOCT1c  Ana Navarro: Latino Trump Voters Are Starting to Regret Their Vote | Behind the Table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6tONXJebYg  Latino Regret Voting For Trump As Black Americans Refuse to Join LA Deportation Protests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotfMsVAUb8  Latino thought Black Americans were lying about racial profiling, until it happened to him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9hljgGpMzM  Latina Voted Trump. Now Her Father’s Facing Deportation | #FAFO Hits Hard Again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lX6edRCfzs    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this riff, Adam talks about the harm of AI in schools, why restricting smartphones in schools is a good idea, the Essence Festival 2025 diaspora war controversy, rapper That Mexican OT justifying his use of the N-word and how other non-Black people of color love using the N-word, Black America’s fatigue with anti-Blackness and the disrespect of African-American culture and liberation struggle, and the danger of J.D. Vance’s argument for “heritage” citizenship.  (Recorded July 15, 2025; addendum: July 16, 2025)  If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots  Links, research related to episode:   ChatGPT’s impact on our brains https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/  Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus https://www.reuters.com/technology/study-finds-smartphone-bans-dutch-schools-improved-focus-2025-07-04/  Sac State professor’s new study finds Black men did not move from Democratic Party to Trump https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2025/2/black-voter-project.html   Diaspora war tension at Essence Festival 2025:   Sounds of Blackness: What Essence Fest’s Diaspora Debate Reveals About Who Owns Black Culture https://www.ebony.com/essence-festival-of-culture-2025-controversy/  The One Reason This Year’s Essence Festival Was Considered By Many a Complete Disaster https://www.theroot.com/the-one-reason-this-years-essence-festival-was-consider-2000049864  Richelieu Dennis https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/richelieu-dennis-1969/  ‘Completely lost': Nury Martinez reflects 1 year after racist tape leak https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-city-council-nury-martinez-racist-tape-leak/3242661/  Latin America’s Casta System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn12jZ2QVE  That Mexican OT dick riding Trump https://www.reddit.com/r/Hiphopcirclejerk/comments/1e7gjpk/lmfao_not_that_mexican_ot_talking_about_trump/  That Mexican OT Stirs Controversy For Saying He Can Use The N-Word https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/mexican-ot-stirs-controversy-saying-202742892.html  In this Texas District, 13 of Residents are Undocumented https://youtu.be/de-RCgAMm8Y?si=7sHiidHLWU7AzTiF&t=400  JD Vance: Some Americans Are More American Than Others https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vance-some-americans-are-more-american-than-others  Peter Beinart argues that Mamdani didn’t lie on his college application https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/zohran-mamdani-didnt-lie-on-his-college (the New York Times article in question https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html )  African Union’s Diaspora Division https://au.int/en/diaspora-division  African diaspora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_diaspora  Slave Voyages database tables https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/database#tables  LATINOS and The N Word ft. The Mexican OT & Lefty Gunplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHkLADDd4p4  Ricardo Ignacio Podcast: “Mexicans Call Me N-Word” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH0FzB8rKcE    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this free episode, Peter and Adam talk about the Zohran Mamdani mayoral primary win in New York City, Mamdani and Black voters in New York City, the DSA’s long-time issue with (not) addressing Black issues, and how the social democratic Left can reach Black people politically. (Recorded July 5, 2025)  #ZohranMamdani #Mamdani #Blackvoters #NYCmayorelection2025 #race #DSA #democraticsocialistsofamerica  If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    HELP the people of GAZA  Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza  Gaza Food Aid Initiative: https://shorturl.at/q8WlF (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbcrew_etaam)  Gaza’s Roots: https://www.instagram.com/gazasroots Links, research related to episode:  Why Young Men Don’t Like The Democrats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU5f07rh2Y  Young Gen Z is more conservative and Trump-friendly, while older Zoomers are more progressive https://www.vox.com/politics/414266/republican-conservative-two-gen-z-young-voter-trumpier-progressive  Mamdani Triumphed Without a Majority of Black Voters. Where Does That Leave Them? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/mamdani-black-voters-democrats.html  Use of ‘African-American’ Dates to Nation’s Early Days https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/arts/use-of-african-american-dates-to-nations-early-days.html  Mamdani’s Train is Running But Blacks Wonder if There is Space for Them https://www.blackagendareport.com/mamdanis-train-running-blacks-wonder-if-there-space-them    Mamdani won millennial voters of all races https://x.com/OwenWntr/status/1937812968634253501  Mamdani is polling much better than Cuomo (as of now) among many demographics, including Black voters https://www.michaellange.nyc/p/four-months-to-november; https://x.com/MichaelLangeNYC/status/1942997260226248784/photo/1     Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

A solo episode by Adam Hudson. Adam will be doing his own separate solo, fireside chat style episodes called “Adam’s Riffs.” In this riff/episode, Adam talks about his Juneteenth performances, the history of Juneteenth, Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City primary mayoral election, African-American identity, and the generational political divide within Black America. (Recorded June 29, 2025; addendum recorded on June 30, 2025)   If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/    Urgent Relief for Family in Gaza: https://chuffed.org/project/129265-urgent-relief-for-family-in-gaza    Links, research related to episode:  New York primary election 2025 results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/results-new-york-primary.html  Mamdani won the millennial vote; Black millennials among his biggest supporters https://x.com/OwenWntr/status/1937812968634253501  What Is Juneteenth? https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-juneteenth  Black Political Engagement: From Reconstruction to the Modern Era https://blackdemographics.com/culture/black-politics/  African-American Ethnic Heritage https://blackdemographics.com/african-american-ethnic-heritage/  “African-American” dates back to the late 1700s https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/arts/use-of-african-american-dates-to-nations-early-days.html  Voting Patterns in the 2024 Election https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/06/26/voting-patterns-in-the-2024-election/#gender-and-race-in-voting-preferences-in-2024  Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5447450/trump-2024-election-non-voters-coalition  How Black Americans Are Raising a Generation of Kids Who Don’t Understand Blackness https://www.theroot.com/how-black-americans-are-raising-a-generation-of-kids-wh-2000047607  Young Gen Z is more conservative and Trump-friendly, while older Zoomers are more progressive https://www.vox.com/politics/414266/republican-conservative-two-gen-z-young-voter-trumpier-progressive  Stats on interracial marriage https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/05/18/1-trends-and-patterns-in-intermarriage/    Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn.  

In this episode, Adam and Peter talk about the Bernie/AOC “Fight Oligarchy” tour, David Hogg challenging the neoliberal old guard in the Democratic Party, and Trump’s trade war with China and the rest of the world.    (Recorded April 24, 2025; updated May 14, 2025)    If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours     Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!    Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours  Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/  Links, research related to episode  Bernie Sanders is drawing record crowds as he pushes Democrats to 'fight oligarchy' https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5334488/bernie-sanders-fight-oligarchy-tour-trump-musk-doge-democrats  DNC chair rebukes David Hogg for pushing primaries against Democratic incumbents https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/david-hogg-disrupts-democratic-party-rcna202202  How Obama and the Democratic Party killed the antiwar movement:  https://inthesetimes.com/article/what-happened-to-the-anti-war-movement  https://jacobin.com/2018/05/anti-war-movement-democratic-party-iraq  U.S. killing, under Obama administration, of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki  US cited controversial law in decision to kill American citizen by drone https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-justification-drone-killing-american-citizen-awlaki  Inside America’s Dirty Wars https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/inside-americas-dirty-wars/  Abdulrahman, Anwar’s teenage son, killed by U.S. drone strike after his father was killed https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/abdulrahman-al-awlaki-us-drone-strike-10-years  Anwar’s daughter, Nawar, killed in U.S. commando raid during Trump administration in 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/01/yemen-strike-eight-year-old-american-girl-killed-al-awlaki   Adam’s writings  Obama’s speech on drones and Gitmo is a repackaging of permanent war https://adamhudson.org/2013/05/26/obamas-speech-on-drones-and-gitmo-is-a-repackaging-of-permanent-war/  Secret “white paper” justifies assassinating American citizens – entrenching permanent war https://adamhudson.org/2013/02/07/secret-white-paper-justifies-assassinating-american-citizens-entrenching-permanent-war/  Trump YOUNG MALE, Latino Approval PLUNGES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1L8iKXYjKY  China hits back at US tariffs with export controls on key rare earths https://www.reuters.com/world/china-hits-back-us-tariffs-with-rare-earth-export-controls-2025-04-04/  Elon says Tesla humanoid robots impacted by China's export ban on rare earth minerals — Optimus production is delayed due to a 'magnet issue' https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tesla-is-impacted-by-chinas-export-ban-on-rare-earth-minerals-optimus-production-is-delayed-due-to-a-magnet-issue  China’s rare-earth mineral squeeze will hit the Pentagon hard https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2025/04/chinas-rare-earth-mineral-squeeze-will-hit-pentagon-hard/404776/?oref=d1-featured-river-secondary  Stocks, dollar climb, gold sinks as US says China tariffs not sustainable https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1-2025-04-23/  Trump Official Says Tariff War With China 'Unsustainable'  https://www.newsweek.com/trump-official-says-tariff-war-china-unsustainable-2062799  Why China curbing rare earth exports is a blow to the US  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1drqeev36qo  DNC takes step towards ousting David Hogg as vice chair https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-democrats  EVIDENCE: The Democratic Party Is UNDEMOCRATIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9_5V2ME_gs  Trump's trade war wins so far: More talk, uncertainty and deadlines https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-tariff-agreement-us-china-uk-what-it-means-what-to-know-rcna206365   Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums      Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

In this episode, Real Sankara Hours discuss the tension between Trump and Zelenskyy, Ukraine, the U.S. empire under Donald Trump, U.S. airstrikes in Somalia, the persistent racial wealth gap, and the relevance of Pan-Africanism. (Recorded March 9, 2025)  If you liked this episode and want bonus content, subscribe for $5 a month to Real Sankara Hours on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours   Remember to LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!  Get Real Sankara Hours bonus content for $5 a month on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours  Make a one-time donation to Real Sankara Hours on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/realsankarahours Subscribe to Real Sankara Hours YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@realsankarahours   Socials, links, and where to listen to Real Sankara Hours https://linktr.ee/realsankarahours Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ Links, research related to episode  Black wealth is increasing but so is the racial wealth gap https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-wealth-is-increasing-but-so-is-the-racial-wealth-gap/ https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/04/wealth-by-race.html Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs that are being cut https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-federal-job-cuts-trump-musk-dei-middle-class-rcna191704 Public sector work provides economic security for Black families https://www.americanprogress.org/article/public-work-provides-economic-security-black-families-communities/ Legacy of slavery in the racial wealth gap https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/colloquy-podcast-how-slaverys-legacy-lives-racial-wealth-gap Trump perpetuates the U.S.’s war in Somalia https://truthout.org/articles/trump-perpetuates-undeclared-war-in-somalia-with-renewed-airstrikes/ Trump launches new airstrikes in Somalia https://theintercept.com/2025/02/04/trump-airstrike-somalia/ ; https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/video/trump-somalia-airstrikes-hegseth-digvid https://apnews.com/article/deserters-awol-ukraine-russia-war-def676562552d42bc5d593363c9e5ea0 Troops desertions in Ukrainian military: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/tired-mood-changed-ukrainian-army-desertion-crisis ; https://www.newsweek.com/nato-ally-reports-desertions-ukrainian-troops-training-europe-2010844 ; https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241227-desertions-spark-panic-and-pardons-in-ukraine-s-army “Europe needs an independent foreign policy” Jeffrey Sachs’ speech at European Parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4c-YRPXDoM Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours is a Pan-African socialist political podcast that covers domestic and global politics, current events, race, Black radical political theory, and Black culture from a Pan-African socialist and Black Left perspective. It’s hosted by Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn. 

Recorded December 15, 2024  In this free episode, Adam and Peter discuss the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson – the massive public sympathy for the alleged shooter, Luigi Mangione, and the massive bipartisan outrage at America’s privatized healthcare system. They also touch on the 2024 election and Trump’s win and Daniel Penny’s acquittal for killing Jordan Neely. Links:  'This Is A Sickness': People Are Calling This Fox News Clip About Luigi Mangione 'Hypocritical' Because It Bashes Him While Praising Daniel Penny https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-luigi-mangione_n_675c99c3e4b0a6324e3b5709?d_id=8493569&ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main&fbclid=IwY2xjawHMHZVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR2ZShHAx3ZZW8axNtFhtJSDWVUeR1b8GGw8SbOpHP2_OyXLwCNtxmgO6w_aem_72RK0wP8WHTE_bIyX2-rBA  How Wall St. Is Subtly Shaping the Harris Economic Agenda https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/business/harris-economic-plan-wall-street.html  Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums

Recorded August 4, 2024  It’s been a LOOOONG time since Adam and Peter recorded a new Real Sankara Hours episode and…A LOT has happened! They discuss the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race, and Kamala Harris’s run for president.  Links:  Text messages, radio chatter show confused communications around tracking Trump’s would-be assassin https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/politics/trump-shooting-text-messages/index.html  Trump Assassination Attempt Laid Bare Long-standing Vulnerabilities in the Secret Service https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-assassination-attempt-laid-bare-long-standing-vulnerabilities-in-the-secret-service  Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums  Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ 

Recorded April 15, 2024. In this free episode, Adam and Peter mostly discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza by Israel. In particular, we discuss Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel, and Israel’s other AI kill list.    Links:  ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/  Israeli attack that killed aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-analysis-intl/index.html  Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria killed 2 generals and 5 other officers, Iran says https://apnews.com/article/israel-syria-airstrike-iranian-embassy-edca34c52d38c8bc57281e4ebf33b240  Iran launches retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, missiles https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-launches-drone-attack-israel-expected-unfold-over-hours-2024-04-13/    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ 

Recorded January 28, 2024. First free episode of the new year – 2024. In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, the ICJ’s interim ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza, the 2024 election and the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, and Houthi rebels in Yemen attacking Israeli ships in the Red Sea.    Links:  U.S. strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen https://apnews.com/article/biden-houthis-yemen-shipping-attacks-fc5c1ed40f4e370bed81670bfdda0899  Yemen: why is the war there getting more violent? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423  Who are the Houthi rebels and why are they attacking Red Sea ships? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67614911  The ICJ ruling could implicate the US in war crimes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/27/ijc-verdict-israel-gaza-war-biden-pressure  What has the ICJ ordered Israel to do on Gaza war, and what’s next? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/26/what-has-the-icj-ordered-israel-to-do-on-gaza-war-and-whats-next?traffic_source=KeepReading  The ICJ ruling (full text) https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2024/01/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ 

Recorded December 10, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter discuss the death of war criminal and former U.S. national security advisor Henry Kissinger, the conflation between anti-Semitism and pro-Palestine solidarity on college campuses, and Israel’s mass assassination factory.    Links:  Henry Kissinger’s crimes and blood-filled legacy Henry Kissinger, War Criminal, Dead at 100 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/  On Top of Everything Else, Henry Kissinger Prevented Peace in the Middle East https://theintercept.com/2023/11/30/henry-kissinger-israel-egypt-soviet-union/  Survivor’s of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/  Henry Kissinger, Top U.S. Diplomat Responsible for Millions of Deaths, Dies at 100 https://theintercept.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-death/  Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus https://www.npr.org/2023/12/05/1217459477/harvard-penn-mit-antisemitism-congress-hearing  “A mass assassination factory”: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ 

Recorded October 22, 2023. This is a special episode – the first episode where Adam and Peter record in the same room! In this episode, the two discuss Las Vegas police arresting Keefe D for his involvement in the murder of late rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. Then, for most of the episode, they discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israel’s current war in Gaza.  Fact check: The Central Powers of World War I were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Italy didn’t side with the Central Powers, even though it nominally joined the Triple Alliance in 1882. Links: Tupac Shakur Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-duane-keefe-davis-vegas-3f7050c2a68813d86a96b96fbb3f1d1a Israel-Gaza war Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says https://electronicintifada.net/content/israeli-forces-shot-their-own-civilians-kibbutz-survivor-says/38861 Live maps and charts tracker of Israel-Gaza war from Al Jazeera English https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker How Britain Started the Arab-Israeli Conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXfuqUhzESg The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Olive-Branch-Violence-Middle/dp/1560254831 Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song” Peter MGunn – bass guitar Adam Hudson – drums Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/

Recorded August 26, 2023. In this free episode, Adam and Peter cover BRICS welcoming new nations, which is disrupting the Western-led world order, Donald Trump’s arrest in Georgia, the coup in Niger and West Africa’s dissatisfaction with French neocolonialism, and how the Democratic Party fearing low Black voter turnout, especially low turnout among Black men.     Links:    Mapping Police Violence: https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/    Trump arrest: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/donald-trump-to-be-arrested-in-georgia-live-updates.html    BRICS welcomes new countries https://www.reuters.com/world/brics-poised-invite-new-members-join-bloc-sources-2023-08-24/    Niger  Burkina Faso and Mali warn against foreign intervention in Niger https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/1/burkina-faso-and-mali-warn-against-foreign-intervention-after-niger-coup  Burkina Faso and Mali say foreign intervention in Niger would be considered a declaration of war https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230801-burkina-faso-and-mali-say-intervention-in-niger-would-be-declaration-of-war  How dependent France is on Niger’s uranium https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2023/08/04/how-dependent-is-france-on-niger-s-uranium_6080772_8.html  Is France to blame for instability in West Africa? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66406137  Niger is among world’s biggest uranium producers https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/uranium-mines-niger-worlds-7th-biggest-producer-2023-07-28/  French nuclear giant to explore potential of uranium deposit in Niger https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/19/french-nuclear-giant-to-explore-potential-of-uranium-deposit-in-niger//  Former French Intelligence agent exposes dirt on uranium mining operation in Niger https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/economy/1691490311-former-french-intelligence-agent-exposes-dirt-on-uranium-mining-operation-in-niger    Democrats fear low Black voter turnout (and ignoring of Black male voters)  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/31/democrats-black-voters-2024-election-biden/    Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song”  Peter MGunn – bass guitar  Adam Hudson – drums    Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/ 

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/ 

Recorded May 21, 2023. In this free episode, Adam and Peter discuss the Walgreens guard killing of Banko Brown, African leaders’ peace summit with Ukraine and Russia, and the rise of AI warfare. Links: Video shows Walgreens guard killing trans organizer Banko Brown as he left store https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/15/banko-brown-killed-walgreens-security-guard-video San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’s paid involvement in the Chesa Boudin recall https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/theyre-like-hillarys-emails-powerhouse-behind-boudin-recall-dismisses-ethics-concerns-over-brooke-jenkins/ African leaders plan peace summit with Ukraine and Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-ramaphosa-africa.html AI warfare and killer robots US launches artificial intelligence military use initiative https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-china-the-hague-artificial-intelligence-d49c5fb442fa825e0a7a7419d6f04469 Drone advances in Ukraine could bring dawn of killer robots https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drone-advances-6591dc69a4bf2081dcdd265e1c986203 Killer robots are the future of warfare and the ‘inevitable next step’ in Russia’s long bloody invasion of Ukraine https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/killer-robots-a-i-future-warfare-russia-ukraine-invasion/ How missiles and drones shape the future of the military https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiHFtubW4JM&ab_channel=CNBC How killer robotics are changing modern warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8L5-gecho&ab_channel=TheGuardian How AI is driving a future of autonomous warfare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwHszy7bMk&ab_channel=DWNews San Francisco bans killer robots, reverses plan to allow them https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/06/san-francisco-lawmakers-ban-killer-robots-u-turn; https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23497922/killer-robot-policy-san-francisco-reversed SFPD may resubmit killer robot proposal https://abc7news.com/killer-robots-san-francisco-sfpd-deadly-force/12761983/ Theme song: “Real Sankara Hours theme song” Peter MGunn – bass guitar Adam Hudson – drums Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/

Recorded April 22, 2023. Adam and Peter are back…this time in the same time zone to record another episode. In this episode, they discuss Sudan, U.S. war on terror in Somalia and why it doesn’t make sense, the possible end of capitalism due to greedflation, and Antioch cops sending racist text messages to each other.  Links:  A counterterrorism mission in Somalia doesn’t make it a “vital U.S. interest” https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3953360-a-counterterrorism-mission-doesnt-make-somalia-a-vital-us-interest/    “Greedflation” and the possible end of capitalism https://fortune.com/2023/04/05/end-of-capitalism-inflation-greedflation-societe-generale-corporate-profits/     Antioch, CA cops’ racist text messages  Inside Antioch Police Department’s racist text message group https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/11/exclusive-inside-the-antioch-police-departments-secret-racist-texting-group/  More racist text messages https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/13/new-text-messages-show-antioch-gang-unit-boasted-about-injuring-suspects-kicking-heads-like-a-field-goal/  Resident angry at racist Antioch police https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/antioch-police-racist-text-message-scandal-confirms-resident-suspicions-about-local-officers/  45 Antioch police officers, nearly half of the department, are involved in the racist text message group https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/public-defender-da-antioch-police/3206129/ ; https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/antioch-police-racist-texts-nearly-half-of-department-now-involved-in-scandal/  Lawsuit against Antioch police https://apnews.com/article/racist-texts-antioch-police-lawsuit-552c5026bd049e4eaaddeabd12e4e93d   Akron bail fund https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-akron-bail-fund  Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums   Real Sankara Hours website: https://realsankarahours.org/   Subscribe to us on Patreon to get bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/realsankarahours/   Follow us on Twitter: Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5 Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter   Adam's SoundCloud @adamhudson5   Join the Real Sankara Hours Discord server – discord.gg/Ax3w9c24PN   Support the struggle: Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: gofund.me/4b276440 Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak

Recorded February 25, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter mostly dive deep into the Florida ban of AP African-American Studies. Then they talk about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.    Links: Train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio East Palestine disaster shows how America’s railroad system is dangerously broken https://priceofoil.org/2023/02/16/east-palestine-disaster-shows-how-americas-railroad-system-is-dangerously-broken/ Derailed train cars were labeled non-hazardous (even though they were) https://grist.org/accountability/derailed-train-cars-ohio-not-labeled-toxic-cargo/ Media coverage of East Palestine train derailment https://newrepublic.com/post/170650/media-coverage-east-palestine-train Health hazards of East Palestine train derailment https://www.vox.com/science/2023/2/18/23603471/east-palestine-ohio-derailment-water-contamination-health Details of East Palestine, Ohio train derailment: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ohio-train-derailment-buttigieg-pens-sharply-worded-letter/story?id=97327971; https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/us/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-monday/index.html; https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157333630/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment Florida bans AP African-American Studies Florida bans AP African-American Studies class because of its “woke indoctrination”: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/florida-ap-african-american-studies.html; https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/floridas-ban-on-ap-african-american-studies-explained/2023/01 4 states review AP African-American Studies class amid Florida ban: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/18/states-review-ap-african-american-studies-class/; https://www.axios.com/2023/02/18/four-states-review-ap-african-american-studies-class Florida’s Stop WOKE Act text: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/148/BillText/Filed/HTML Florida’s Stop WOKE Act:  https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2022/11/17/judge-stops-enforcement-stop-woke-act-florida-colleges-universities/; https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-woke-censorship-bill-taking-effect-higher-education ; https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-w-o-k-e-censorship-bill-from-taking-effect-in-higher-education/; https://www.aclufl.org/sites/default/files/stop_woke_act_one-pager_2022_v2.pdf; College Board strips its curriculum for AP African-American Studies class: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html Interviews with Ta-Nehisi Coates (included in original AP curriculum) on the Florida ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWDeBHmxjcs; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX6212Z38WM AP classes lack diversity: https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/ap-classes-lack-diversity/  Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Follow us on Twitter: Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5 Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter Real Sankara Hours -- @sankarahours Adam's SoundCloud -- @adamhudson5 Join the Real Sankara Hours Discord server – discord.gg/Ax3w9c24PN 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: paypal.me/realsankarahours?locale.x=en_US Support the struggle: Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: gofund.me/4b276440 Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak  

Recorded February 4, 2023. In this episode, Adam and Peter talk about Burkina Faso kicking out French troops from the country in the context of Africa standing up to the West, the massive tech industry lay-offs, and the police murder of Tyre Nichols and how people are becoming desensitized to the ritual of Black death.   Links:   Burkina Faso kicks out French troops Burkina Faso ends ties with French troops https://apnews.com/article/politics-france-government-burkina-faso-8ac1a1cb6e065a588719cfa61ba232b2 Blaise Compaore arrested, charged, and found guilty for assassination of Thomas Sankara https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/burkina-faso-ex-president-blaise-compaore-charged-thomas-sankara-murder; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/burkina-faso-ex-president-blaise-compaore-guilty-thomas-sankara Compaore apologizes to family of Sankara https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/26/burkina-ex-leader-compaore-apologises-to-family-of-slain-sankara  ; https://www.africanews.com/2022/07/27/burkina-mixed-reactions-as-blaise-compaore-apologises-to-family-of-slain-thomas-sankara// Tech lay-offs All the big tech lay-offs of 2023 https://www.engadget.com/tech-layoffs-183005204.html Tech’s bust delivers blow to hollowed-out San Francisco https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-19/san-francisco-s-feeling-the-pain-of-big-tech-s-troubles-remote-work What’s going to happen to Big Tech’s laid off workers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsGAoFlw20 How low interest rates helped tech startups and how rising interest rates are raising fears in Silicon Valley https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/05/08/tech-startups-feel-the-pinch-from-rising-interest-rates; https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/27/will-rising-interest-rates-scupper-the-startup-surge/ ; https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/07/as-interest-rates-rise-startups-and-vcs-are-playing-a-new-game/  Kenyan workers at ChatGPT https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/?fbclid=IwAR21XvtWvl1BuAvVZdB8nfahD6W6gVIJ3pzZlIIBR5WS-5FjO0CoRpjTlPs  Tyre Nichols and police killings of Black people Support for BLM declined since George Floyd’s death but unchanged since September 2020 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/27/support-for-black-lives-matter-declined-after-george-floyd-protests-but-has-remained-unchanged-since/ Routinely watching videos of police killing Black people can traumatize Black people https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1152028575/tyre-nichols-video-watching-traumatic; https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/allyship-pledge-viral-videos-black-mental-health-143028830.html Police fired after killing Tyre Nichols (6th officer was white) https://apnews.com/article/politics-crime-tyre-nichols-memphis-tennessee-28c478a5583c7aca61b1ea48a2fb41de; https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/4/sixth-memphis-police-officer-fired-over-tyre-nichols-death Mapping Police Violence https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/ Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Follow us on Twitter: Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5 Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter Real Sankara Hours -- @sankarahours Adam's SoundCloud -- @adamhudson5 Join the Real Sankara Hours Discord server – https://discord.gg/Ax3w9c24PN 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 Support the struggle: Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: https://gofund.me/4b276440 Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak

Recorded December 29, 2022. It’s the final (and second, haha) free episode of Real Sankara Hours in 2022. In this episode, Adam and Peter talk about the U.S.-Africa summit of 2022, how lower Black voter turnout impacted the Democratic Party and what it shows about growing Black American pessimism.    Links:    U.S.-Africa summit 2022:  U.S. sends more special ops forces to Somalia: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/politics/biden-military-somalia.html  U.S. role in Africa shrinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwAS7anNwU  U.S. looks down on Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMgkpfFras  Summations of U.S.-Africa summit: https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/12/21/major-takeaways-from-u.s.-africa-leaders-summit-pub-88691  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/14/biden-promotes-partnerships-with-africa-at-leadership-summit  https://guardian.ng/features/u-s-africa-leaders-summit-beyond-the-symbolism-a-catch-up-race-with-china/  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/african-leaders-gather-in-us-as-joe-biden-aims-to-reboot-rocky-relations  A new scramble for Africa: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/13/the-us-scramble-for-africa-2    Black voters – low turnout and views:  Midterm surprise: low Black voter turnout: https://www.axios.com/2022/12/04/2022-midterm-elections-black-voter-turnout  Low Black voter turnout was a low point for Democrats in 2022 midterms: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/upshot/midterms-election-black-turnout.html  Democrats grow anxious, again, over Black voter turnout: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/25/democrats-black-voter-turnout-00063254  Democrats should worry about lower Black turnout: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/democrats-should-worry-about-signs-of-lower-black-turnout.html  Key facts about Black voters in 2022: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/10/12/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2022/  Black Americans more pessimistic about their position in U.S. society: https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2022/08/30/black-americans-are-pessimistic-about-their-position-in-u-s-society/    Washington Post editorial supports Fed triggering a recession by raising interest rates to curb inflation: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/fed-rate-hike-inflation-recession/    Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Follow us on Twitter: Adam Hudson -- @adamhudson5 Peter MGunn -- @MGunnPeter Real Sankara Hours -- @sankarahours Adam's SoundCloud -- @adamhudson5 Join the Real Sankara Hours Discord server – https://discord.gg/Ax3w9c24PN  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 Support the struggle: Pan-African Community Library in Burkina Faso: https://gofund.me/4b276440 Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter) People's Breakfast Oakland -- @PeoplesBreakOak 

Recorded on December 11, 2022. After a year-long hiatus, the firebrands of Real Sankara Hours are back! Adam Hudson and Peter MGunn after hibernation to bring another episode before 2022 ends. The guys talk about the big events of 2022, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inflation, the 2022 midterm elections, then dive deeper into the new phase of U.S. secret wars, why dating in 2022 sucks, men dropping out of the work force, and reparations for Black America. This is a 2-hour long episode making up for lost time.  Links:  News items  Railworker strike: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140265413/rail-workers-biden-unions-freight-railroads-averted-strike ; California's 2022 budget: https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/06/california-budget-surplus-explained/  David Dayen on inflation caused by supply chain issues: https://prospect.org/economy/inflation-isnt-so-different-between-us-and-europe/  U.S. secret wars  Report on U.S.'s secret war playbook: https://theintercept.com/2022/11/03/us-military-secret-wars/  The growth of JSOC post-9/11 (from 2011): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-secret-america-a-look-at-the-militarys-joint-special-operations-command/2011/08/30/gIQAvYuAxJ_story.html  Why dating sucks, men dropping out of the labor force  Non-college-educated men dropping out of the labor force: https://www.yahoo.com/video/men-dropping-labor-force-because-224319223.html, https://fortune.com/2022/12/07/men-dropping-out-work-force-status-study/ ; https://www.yahoo.com/video/most-chilling-metric-mike-rowe-150000193.html  income levels of single Black millennials: https://blackdemographics.com/single-black-millennials-yes-women-are-more-educated-but-there-are-just-as-many-single-black-men-making-50k-and-higher/  online dating leading to burnout: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/well/mind/burnout-online-dating-apps.html   Chapo Trap House episode on the manoswamp/manosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7-OX6EjutE  Irami Osei-Frimpong on Kevin Samuels and "high value men": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsDGni2-kkw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y4pxHEdAUg  Reparations for Black America  California reparations: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/california-reparations-slavery-african-americans  California reparations panel recommendations: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/business/economy/california-black-reparations.html  Providence, Rhode Island reparations (white people can get it, too): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/29/reparations-program-providence-rhode-island/  true cost of reparations (Darity's numbers): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/racial-wealth-gap.html the devaluation of Black homes and how Black homes are appraised/worth less than white homes: https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/why-black-neighborhoods-are-valued-less-than-other-neighborhoods, https://www.brookings.edu/research/devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/, https://www.newsy.com/stories/black-homeowners-get-lower-appraisals-than-white-neighbors/, https://www.brookings.edu/research/biased-appraisals-and-the-devaluation-of-housing-in-black-neighborhoods/   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) 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 

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, the trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, a U.S. airstrike in Syria that killed dozens of innocent people in Syria in 2019, and the Astroworld Festival stampede.  Links: Kyle Rittenhouse trial: https://www.gq.com/story/72-hours-in-kenosha https://apnews.com/article/jury-finds-kyle-rittenhouse-not-guilty-in-kenosha-shootings-27f812ba532d65c044617483c915e4de https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rittenhouse-verdict-jurors-reach-decision-rcna5090 Real Sankara Hours episode on Kenosha and Rittenhouse shooting people: https://soundcloud.com/realsankarahours/rsh-49-kenosha-on-fire-8272020 Ahmaud Arbery: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/us/ahmaud-arbery-killing-trial-day-8-tuesday/index.html https://apnews.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-crime-georgia-brunswick-720e9763fa7810291b9e063c0714e716 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/09/greg-mcmichael-interview-police-ahmaud-arbery-death-shooting/6345589001/?fbclid=IwAR3cyCHq--8CneXPuC36M5_KXbPnNpOi6IXimz9e4xzQj-o5OtHTryZ12OM https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ahmaud-arbery-greg-mcmichael-shooting_n_618adbece4b0c8666be3469b?d_id=2817437&ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main&fbclid=IwAR0id6J_hV57GK4C9e0i1W7H2ZrWZkKilWTyZanqT1t1TjsvFpZ769NzpHw Syria: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths.html  ISIS is a product of the Iraq war: https://theintercept.com/2016/08/25/u-s-military-now-says-isis-leader-was-held-in-notorious-abu-ghraib-prison/ ; https://theintercept.com/2018/01/29/isis-iraq-war-islamic-state-blowback/  Stampede at Travis Scott Astroworld Festival: Death toll: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/politifact/article/fact-check-astroworld-death-toll-travis-scott-16641312.php Ghost Ship fire in Oakland: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/09/975206741/man-sentenced-in-2016-ghost-ship-warehouse-fire-in-oakland-calif-that-killed-36 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) 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

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

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.   Links:  U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/world/asia/us-air-strike-drone-kabul-afghanistan-isis.html Facebook whistleblower speaks out; Facebook shuts down for one day: https://apnews.com/article/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-4a3640440769d9a241c47670facac213 ; https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043377310/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-congress ; https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/06/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-senate-unity/ ; https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22710963/facebook-dns-bgp-outage-backbone-maintenance ; https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043211171/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-outage-business-impact; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-04/zuckerberg-loses-7-billion-in-hours-as-facebook-plunges ; https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/tech/zuckerberg-whistleblower-response/index.html; https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/technology/facebook-files.html  Hollywood union strike: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/business/media/hollywood-union-strike.html ; https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22711567/iatse-strike-authorization-negotiations-resume-streaming-pay ACLU lawsuit against PUSD: https://edsource.org/2021/aclu-sues-bay-area-school-district-over-separate-unequal-and-illegal-special-education-program/661126 ; https://www.aclunc.org/news/black-english-learners-and-disabled-students-denied-constitutional-right-public-education ; https://truthout.org/articles/im-fighting-for-ethnic-studies-in-my-community-so-my-history-wont-be-erased/ (Adam's recent article)  NonCompete video explaining anti-patriotism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgtw2T5y2OA Luna Oi’s video on left-wing nationalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkbSYIyzmF0  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

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-great-resignation-is-here-its-real.html , https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/great-resignation-55-percent-are-looking-to-change-jobs-over-the-next-year-.html , https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1007914455/as-the-pandemic-recedes-millions-of-workers-are-saying-i-quit , https://www.gallup.com/workplace/351545/great-resignation-really-great-discontent.aspx , https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2021/08/20/three-indisputable-truths-about-the-great-resignation/?sh=5a05858578c9 ; substitute teacher shortage in California: https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2021/09/california-teacher-schools/ ; the end of American hegemonic primacy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/02/age-american-privilege-is-over/; China regulates "fan circle" culture: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1232642.shtml?fbclid=IwAR1KeCjCyCU-TNuXc5wEsremiN5g5P5acsiudWYulRjq6jJ42KjnRBSxOSE ; 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

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.pbssocal.org/shows/wedu-arts-plus/clip/803-black-american-heritage-flag-1datig ; breakthrough cases aren't causing the COVID-19 surge: https://www.vox.com/22602039/breakthrough-cases-covid-19-delta-variant-masks-vaccines ; hole in ozone layer repaired: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56014092 , https://nerdist.com/article/earth-repair-ozone-layer-hole/ ; Taliban take over Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-farah-cities.html , https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/asia/afghanistan-future-analysis-intl/index.html , U.S. sending troops to evacuate U.S. personnel from Kabul embassy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/afghanistan-additional-troops-embassy-kabul/2021/08/12/ac243f1a-fb97-11eb-b8dd-0e376fba55f2_story.html ; U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/us-afghanistan-withdrawal.html (they also left Bagram: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/07/02/bagram-afghanistan-biden-war/) ; CIA drone strikes in Afghanistan in limbo: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/politics/cia-afghanistan-pakistan.html , https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/05/politics/cia-drone-strike-afghanistan-suspected-terrorists/index.html ; U.S. military contractors looking for the next war for work: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/u-s-contractors-in-afghanistan-are-hiring-amid-withdrawal.html , https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/searching-for-the-next-war-what-happens-when-contractors-leave-afghanistan/ ; brother of Hamid Karzai was on CIA payroll and also an opium trafficker: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html ; IPCC climate change report: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ , https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/12/greenhouse-gas-emissions-must-peak-within-4-years-says-leaked-un-report , https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/08/10/ipcc-report-un-takeaways/ , https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02179-1 ; 100 companies responsible for 71% of carbon emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change ; U.S. military is a bigger polluter and carbon emitter than 140 countries: https://grist.org/article/u-s-military-emits-more-co2-than-most-countries/ , https://qz.com/1655268/us-military-is-a-bigger-polluter-than-140-countries-combined/ ;     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) 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

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 for Black Lives statement on Cuba: https://m4bl.org/statements/cuban-people-and-the-spirit-of-the-cuban-revolution/ (Black Lives Matter statement on Cuba: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRU5kYYp-UU/?hl=en); some Colombian mercenaries involved in the Moise assassination were trained by the U.S. military: https://theintercept.com/2021/07/26/colombian-mercenaries-haiti-jovenel-moise-assassination/, https://theintercept.com/2021/07/16/haiti-assassination-colombia-us-military/; COVID-19 cases on the rise (again): https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/unvaccinated-case-rate-delta-surge/ ; what to know about the Delta variant: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-things-to-know-delta-variant-covid , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/health/delta-variant-covid.html ; why the Delta variant is spreading so quickly among the unvaccinated: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-the-delta-variant-is-causing-an-explosion-of-cases-among-the-unvaccinated; how to understand vaccine efficacy (they're effective in preventing hospitalization and death): https://www.vox.com/22311625/covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-johnson-moderna-pfizer , https://www.vox.com/22362894/which-covid-vaccine-is-better-moderna-vs-pfizer-video ; Sean Hannity, who pushed COVID-19 denialism, now urges his followers to get vaccinated and then he backtracks: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-hannity-who-downplayed-covid-urges-viewers-take-it-seriously-n1274470 , https://www.rawstory.com/sean-hannity-vaccines-fox-news/ ; Fox News viewers less likely to get vaccinated: https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/07/26/fox-news-viewers-vaccinations-enten.cnnbusiness ; more Republicans are now urging vaccinations: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/growing-number-of-republicans-urge-vaccinations-amid-delta-surge/2021/07/20/52a06e9c-e999-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html ; in the U.S., patients dying of COVID-19 during Delta surge beg for the vaccine when it's too late: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/22/us-coronavirus-covid-unvaccinated-hospital-rates-vaccines , https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/health/hospitalized-patients-covid-19-vaccine/index.html ;    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) 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  

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 give the land back to the descendants of the enslaved Africans her family owned.    Links: Haiti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxwOXIayLgg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHlk9hVsRQs, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/07/haiti-president-assassinated/ , https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/08/haiti-president-assassinated/ , https://www.thenorthstar.com/p/haitis-continued-struggle-for-human-rights?fbclid=IwAR0YbEcFYnRzdT4UYyXWLsvkz_zLCBRkY3ts-yOsuN8Q8k8PgpwwaSXGnMg , https://www.blackagendareport.com/haiti-black-despots-and-white-rulers?fbclid=IwAR22mfBYMVMMMRv0gz50GwgQsHAucHQsqi9_w_XNhGHCDnmHQwdiraRBKYM , https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/06/15/understanding-haiti-through-the-power-of-the-social-forces-in-interaction/?fbclid=IwAR0erhb1i3mxmiAXJHpgDQP-f1-2PD4zV-W1aH7AqrNQeAxXEGSPb73YJSQ , https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/07/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-reportedly-assassinated#aoh=16256639644050&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s ; Florida building collapse: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/10/us/miami-dade-building-collapse-saturday/index.html, https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/07/10/engineering-expert-investigating-sufside-collapse-working-on-possible-theories/ ; Pacific West coast heat wave and wildfires: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/07/climate/climate-change-heat-wave.html , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/world/canada/canadian-wildfire-british-columbia.html , https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01869-0 , https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/27/california-nestle-water-san-bernardino-forest-drought , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/us/nestle-water-california.html (Restore the Delta: https://www.facebook.com/RestoretheDelta/posts/10158610001654563 , https://www.facebook.com/RestoretheDelta/posts/10158611502049563); desalination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFIHecZDfc ; Georgia inherits a farm in Georgia and her ancestors owned slaves: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/dining/georgia-farm-slaves.html ; reparations law: http://www.reparationlaw.com/reparations/what-is-reparation.php , https://www.ictj.org/our-work/transitional-justice-issues/reparations ;    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) 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  

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: Biden tells lawmakers not to expect much on reparations: https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/06/02/biden-reparations-tulsa-491607 ; how reparations program in Evanston, Illinois is fake reparations: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/country-s-first-municipal-reparations-program-rocky-start-n1269289 , https://www.the-sun.com/news/2945200/evanston-illinois-slavery-reparations-program-slammed-black-residents/ ; conservative backlash against critical race theory: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/19/critical-race-theory-rufo-republicans/ , https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/for-conservatives-critical-race-theory-has-come-to-represent-any-conversation-about-race-that-makes-them-uncomfortable/Content?oid=29506183 , https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/what-do-conservatives-fear-about-critical-race-theory , https://newrepublic.com/article/162737/critical-race-theory-conservative-scam , what is critical race theory: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/22/texas-critical-race-theory-explained/ , https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/29/critical-race-theory-bans-schools/ , https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05 , https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1009182206/academic-who-brought-critical-race-theory-to-education-says-bills-are-misguided , bans on critical race theory in schools: https://www.postandcourier.com/myrtle-beach/critical-race-theory-isnt-taught-in-horry-schools-grand-strand-patriots-want-it-to-stay/article_f802b022-d2ae-11eb-a9b8-3f33eb5d3b15.html , https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/21/critical-race-theory-ban-florida/ , https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/15/abbott-critical-race-theory-law/ , ; conservative effort to ban critical race theory in schools and whitewashing history: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/conservatives-are-hellbent-on-attacking-critical-race-theory-theyre-whitewashing-structural-racism/ , https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/critical-race-theory-invades-school-boards-help-conservative-groups-n1270794 ; millennial adulthood: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/middle-aged-millennials-are-homeowners-but-burdened-by-debt.html;  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) 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

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.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/germany-agrees-to-pay-namibia-11bn-over-historical-herero-nama-genocide , https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/germany-acknowledges-genocide-namibia-stops-short-reparations-180977886/ ; what happened during Germany's genocide in Namibia: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/germany-namibia-genocide.html; reparations law and what reparations actually entails: https://www.reparationlaw.com/reparations/what-is-reparation.php , https://www.reparationlaw.com/legal-instruments/rights-remedy-reparations-general-assembly.pdf ;  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) 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

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 her pro-Palestine activism and how they caved to a right-wing smear campaign against her.  Links: Tulsa massacre survivors testify in front of Congress: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/19/viola-fletcher-tulsa-race-massacre-congress-oldest-survivor ; political pressure to add more police a year after Floyd murder in response to rising crime: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/us/george-floyd-police.html ; Ferguson fight for police reform is changing up: https://revealnews.org/article/the-fight-has-to-change-why-ferguson-activists-ditched-police-reform/ ; Biden handling of Palestine: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1268102?espv=1; AP firing Emily Wilder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/26/ap-wilder-firing/ ;  Theme song: "Real Sankara Hours theme song" Peter MGunn -- bass guitar Adam Hudson -- drums Support the struggle: Anti-Police Terror Project -- @APTPaction (Twitter)  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   

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 Israeli settlers which has now escalated into intense violence between Israel and Palestine, especially current Israeli airstrikes and bombing of Gaza (the airstrikes are now intensifying and there are Israeli ground troops near Gaza preparing for invasion: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/13/israel-bombs-high-rise-buildings-as-gaza-marks-deadly-eid-live ).  Links: COVID-19 catastrophe in India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbZLE4WvTg4&t=4s , https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/28/crime-against-humanity-arundhati-roy-india-covid-catastrophe , https://slate.com/technology/2021/05/estimating-covid-deaths-india.html , https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-bidens-push-for-vaccine-patent-waivers-wont-save-india , (U.S. waves vaccine patent: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/biden-says-plans-back-wto-waiver-vaccines-2021-05-05/ ) ; protests in Colombia: https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/could-colombias-protests-derail-its-basic-income-experiment/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/12/world/americas/colombia-protests-police-brutality.html , https://www.npr.org/2021/05/09/995173022/deadly-protests-against-economic-inequality-and-police-brutality-continue-in-col , https://www.afroresistance.org/post/colombia-is-awake, https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombian-cities-brace-more-covid-infections-after-protests-2021-05-11/ ; deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/8/death-toll-from-police-raid-on-rio-de-janeiro-favela-increases , https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57000382 , https://time.com/6047032/jair-bolsonaro-crime-policies-brazils-favelas/, https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/07/was-massacre-brazilian-police-kill-two-dozen-deadliest-favela-raid-rios-history ; Israel/Palestine (Israeli settlers expel Palestinian families from their homes, leads to protests, now the situation has escalated; this is the context of Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine and apartheid against Palestinians): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/11/sheikh-jarrah-residents-speak-out-on-israels-forced-expulsions , https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/10/world-reacts-after-israeli-forces-wound-hundreds-in-al-aqsa-raid , https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/10/jerusalem-seethes-as-the-rockets-begin-on-day-of-rising-tension , https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/israel-kills-9-palestinians-in-gaza-injures-hundreds-in-jerusalem-as-al-aqsa-tensions-flare/ , https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/12/unicef-warns-looming-full-scale-war-israel-continues-bombing-gaza , (Israeli settler argues with a Palestinian and wants to steal their home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNqozQ8uaV8&t=1s )  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/  

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 guilty and convicted for killing George Floyd: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/us/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-deliberations/index.html ; police killing of Ma'khia Bryant: https://apnews.com/article/makhia-bryant-ohio-shooting-video-recordings-186abfbcfd1717a8c42a38021a83de4b , https://thegrio.com/2021/04/23/makhia-bryant-foster-system-black-children/ , https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/23/fact-check-makhia-bryant-did-not-approach-officer-before-shooting/7356176002/ ; police killing of Adam Toledo: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56768217 , https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/4/26/22386140/adam-toledo-shooting-timeline-video-police-cpd-little-village; police killing of Daunte Wright: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56724798 , https://www.nytimes.com/article/daunte-wright-death-minnesota.html; Blaise Compaore will be tried for assassinating Thomas Sankara: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/13/trial-in-absentia-burkina-faso-ex-president-blaise-compaore; the debate over police abolition vs community control over policing: https://forgeorganizing.org/article/fantasy-community-control-police , https://spectrejournal.com/the-radical-practicality-of-community-control-over-policing/ 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/

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 ;  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/

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.org/2021/03/03/973111306/house-approves-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd (fact sheet: https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/george_floyd_jpa_2021_fact_sheet_.pdf?utm_campaign=5874-519) ; teens are experiencing severe mental health issues, like depression, because of the pandemic and repeated lockdowns: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/health/covid-teenagers-mental-health.html; BLM protesters are grappling with their arrests months later: https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5b39x/blm-protesters-are-still-grappling-with-their-arrests-months-later ; Tamir Rice's mother, Samaria, criticizing Tamika Mallory and other BLM leaders for "clout chasing": https://www.complex.com/life/tamir-rice-mother-criticizes-tamika-mallory-after-lil-baby-grammys-performance ; Black Lives Matter Global Network made over $90 million last year: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ap-exclusive-black-lives-matter-171452160.html; Movement for Black Lives opposes the George Floyd Justice Act: https://apnews.com/article/movement-for-black-lives-oppose-george-floyd-justice-act-dd6e724e8cce87ace9ecc06067ef8e8e?fbclid=IwAR07wCo0r_4dvGCDuh3UpO19K1zJL3Je2hhBfiqUoMiuMgrPUjmCfMFyKHM ; the George Floyd Act wouldn't have saved George Floyd: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/04/the-george-floyd-act-wouldnt-have-saved-george-floyds-life-thats-says-it-all?fbclid=IwAR3PAaZw0mgPVVaHwcYZOrpx8pqtRiUJ6B-UxlNWMtpNbza-YWkWDLrzP-w ; AU chairperson condemns police murder of George Floyd: https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20200529/statement-chairperson-following-murder-george-floyd-usa ; UN establishes inquiry on racism after George Floyd murder: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-un/u-n-sets-up-inquiry-into-racism-after-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23Q2GE ; African UN officials push for more action to address systemic racism: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066242 ;  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/

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-airstrike-first-under-biden-kills-iran-backed-militiaman-militia-reserves-right-to-retaliate/ ; "Walking while Black"...Kurt Reinhold, an unarmed Black man, was shot and killed by police in Orange County, California for allegedly jaywalking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBPj5T_VfNU, https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-police-filmed-shooting-man-171042986.html ; Angelo Quinto, 30-year-old Filipino and Navy vet, was killed by police kneeling on his neck (similar to George Floyd) in Antioch, California during a mental health crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/24/angelo-quinto-us-navy-veteran-mental-health-crisis-died-officer-knelt-neck , https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/angelo-quinto-death-police-kneel.html; Antioch, California passes police reforms: https://abc7news.com/antioch-police-reform-department/10374773/ , https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/antioch-city-council-moves-forward-with-series-of-police-reform-measures/ ; demographics of Antioch, California: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/antioch-ca/ , demographics of Pittsburg, California: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/pittsburg-ca/ ; man dies in police custody after Antioch police tase him: https://www.ktvu.com/news/man-dies-after-being-tased-in-antioch-police-custody; House Democrats preparing to approve Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/26/us/joe-biden-news ; Senate parliamentarian holds sway: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/us/politics/stimulus-senate-parliamentarian.html; parliamentarian disqualifies minimum wage from stimulus plan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/federal-minimum-wage.html ; Biden open to give fewer people stimulus checks: https://www.newsweek.com/biden-open-giving-fewer-people-stimulus-checks-weeks-delays-loom-1572686 ;   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/

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 grid: http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/national_energy_grid/united-states-of-america/americannationalelectricitygrid.shtml; climate change poses for U.S.'s electrical grid: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/climate/texas-power-grid-failures.html ; Texas ERCOT set state up for disaster: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/texas-electricity-ercot-blackouts.html ; Texas Freedom Colonies Project: https://andrearobertsphd.com/the-texas-freedom-colonies-project/ ; Bonton Farms: https://bontonfarms.org/about-2/ ; Jen Sarduy for District 2: https://sarduyfordistrict2.com/ ; Re+Birth Equity Alliance: https://www.rebirthequity.org/about ; 

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://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2018/3/20/african-continental-free-trade-area-what-you-need-to-know ; AfCFTA text: https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36437-treaty-consolidated_text_on_cfta_-_en.pdf ; making the AfCFTA work: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20.12.28-AfCFTA_Fofack.pdf ; AfCFTA goes into effect: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/1/after-months-of-covid-delays-african-free-trade-bloc-launches , https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/january-2021/afcfta-africa-now-open-business; Black Lives Matter Inland Empire announces split from Black Lives Matter Global Network: https://leftoutmag.com/2021/02/04/breaking/ ; Massachusetts teacher says she's "very proud" to have removed Homer's "The Odyssey" from her school's curriculum: https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/12/31/teacher-proud-removing-homer/ (reaction against it: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/elviadiaz/2020/12/29/homer-odyssey-classic-not-something-ban-exclude/4070307001/) ; the myth of whiteness in classical sculpture: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture ; professor wants to save the Classics from whiteness: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html; American cultural roots traced to enslaved Africans: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/2/jubilee-america-culture-enslaved-africans/ ;  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/ 

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.  To unlock the rest of the episode, subscribe for $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/realsankarahours