RSH 141 -- Vhere's Ze Money Zelensky? (3.23.2025)

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) 

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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

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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.