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Revolutionary Left Radio

America on Fire

Revolutionary Left Radio

Breht O'Shea

Communism, Politics, Liberalism, Society & Culture, Philosophy, News, History, Leftwing, Socialism, Marxism

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Donate to James Scurlock's family here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-james-scurlocks-family

Bail funds:

MPLS minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate

ATL atlsolidarity.org

NYC brooklynbailfund.org

Louisville actionnetwork.org/fundraising/lo

Richmond rvabailfund.org

Oakland / San Jose siliconvalleydsa.org/donations/

Omaha https://www.paypal.me/neleftcoalition

Outro Music: "Anarchy" by Jerren Benton ft. EarthGang

(We recorded this episode on May 31st for temporal reference)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Comrades, friends, brothers, sisters, non-binary folks, we are in a moment of historical importance.

0:14.4

We are seeing major revolts, rebellions, and uprisings from coast to coast in every major

0:19.8

city day and night multiple days.

0:23.0

What we are living through right now is truly a world historical moment.

0:26.8

We are living it and we are creating it.

0:29.9

There are rebellions around the country.

0:32.2

People are being injured, killed.

0:34.2

Police violence has exploded.

0:37.0

Video after video of the police brutalizing people, beating women, shooting people, hitting

0:42.7

people with rubber bullets, devastating people, undercover cops jumping on people.

0:48.8

The police are off the leash now.

0:52.4

Here in Omaha, a 22 year old black protester last night by the name of James Skirlach,

0:58.9

put the GoFundMe in the episode show notes if you want to help the family out.

1:03.5

22 year old James Skirlach shot and killed by a white supremacist business owner in downtown

1:10.9

Omaha by the name of Jake Gardner, who owns the hive.

1:15.5

It's a downtown club in Omaha.

1:18.5

He apparently, lots of comrades on the grounds last night reporting back and apparently Jake

1:25.4

Gardner, the business owner, had spent the day ostensibly protecting his business but

1:31.5

screaming the N word at protesters, calling people N word lovers that went by and protest

1:36.3

and it all culminated late last night when he came out wielding a gun and threatening protesters.

1:42.3

A protester, the video footage is kind of grainy and hard to see amid the chaos.

1:47.1

But it seems like Jake Gardner did something like pull a gun, reveal a gun, was escalating

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