July 11, 2023 • 91 mins
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
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