Podcasts by Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals
Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more.
Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff.
Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.
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How State Violence in the Philippines is Propped Up by the U.S. w/ Human Rights Activist Brandon Lee (G&R 261) from 2023-12-11T18:50:13
The Philippines is one of the deadliest countries in the world for environmental defenders, with 30 environmentalists murdered there in 2018. Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte notorio...
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Kissinger is Finally Dead! Goodbye to a War Criminal . . . and the war in Ukraine muddles along (G&R 261) from 2023-12-08T19:58
Henry Kissinger died last week after 100 years of death and destruction. More than most, he embodied the foreign policy establishment. Kissinger was an architect of liberal post-war foreign poli...
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Argentina's "Chainsaw Massacre" Election w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña (G&R 260) from 2023-11-30T19:18:10
Far-right libertarian and dictatorship apologist Javier Milei has been elected president of Argentina, defeating centrist Peronist Sergio Massa. Milei won 56% of the vote, carrying 19 out of 23 pro...
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Argentina's "Chainsaw Massacre" Election w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña (G&R 261) from 2023-11-30T19:18:10
Far-right libertarian and dictatorship apologist Javier Milei has been elected president of Argentina, defeating centrist Peronist Sergio Massa. Milei won 56% of the vote, carrying 19 out of 23 pro...
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JFK . . . 60 Years of Myths, Lies and Disinformation (G&R 260) from 2023-11-23T21:19:47
It's been 60 years since JFK was assassinated and a major industry has developed to write about it, question the official story of Lee Harvey Oswald, and most importantly to revise the histo...
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JFK . . . 60 Years of Myths, Lies and Disinformation (G&R 259) from 2023-11-23T21:19:47
It's been 60 years since JFK was assassinated and a major industry has developed to write about it, question the official story of Lee Harvey Oswald, and most importantly to revise the histo...
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"Shut Down APEC!" Anti-War, Labor, Human Rights and Climate Activists Unite Against the Global Elite (G&R 258) from 2023-11-20T20:01:35
Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area was the center of the political and media world as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) convened CEO summit and heads of state summit to divvy up th...
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Media Complicity in the Destruction of Palestine, with Professor Greg Shupak (G&R 257) from 2023-11-17T21:35:03
In our latest, we talk with Prof. Greg Shupak (@gregshupak) about the media's coverage of Israel's bloody assault in Gaza. He's one of the best-informed and important scholars of the media and Isra...
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Howling at the Abyss . . . How the Democrats Moved So Far and So Fast to the Right (G&R 256) from 2023-11-06T03:44:52
In Green & Red's latest "Scrappy Sunday," we talk about how American moved so far to the right so fast . . . . starting with the 1960s, when Nixon ran a hard-hitting campaign a...
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"When We Fight": The Story of the 2019 LA Teachers Strike (G&R 255) from 2023-11-02T18:40:41
In Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the United States, 98% of teachers voted to authorize a strike. Filmmakers Yoni Golijov and Yael Bridge shadowed L.A. teachers for five months ...
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Biden Will Lose in 2024, and Dems Will Blame the Left (G&R 254) from 2023-10-29T05:52
Joe Biden continues to subsidize and sponsor Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza and ignoring an already huge and growing antiwar movement. Yet the Democrats keep cramming him down the voters' throat...
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Best of G&R: Cuban Missile Crisis at 60. Was JFK really hero? (G&R 253) from 2023-10-28T05:37:03
61 years ago this month, in October 1962, Americans anxiously heard news for almost two weeks straight about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, less than 100 miles away from the U.S. Nucle...
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Trading Away Our Climate Future: Resisting Free Trade in SF w/ trade activist Will Wiltschko (G&R 252) from 2023-10-24T04:40:15
In the latest, Scott talks with Will Wiltschko, director of the California Trade Justice Coalition (@catradejustice) about the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Fra...
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Destroying Gaza: Israel's Obscene and Evil 75 Year War on Palestinians (G&R 251) from 2023-10-17T08:00
In this Scrappy episode, Scott and Bob talk about the current Israeli destruction of Gaza, with an emphasis on the long-term displacement and death of the Palestinians. We start with western p...
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Defending Rojava w/ Journalist Arthur Pye (G&R 250) from 2023-10-17T01:51:57
As we watch the Middle East blow up with brutal attacks by Hamas on Israel and a murderous ethnic cleansing campaign by Israel on Gaza, the conflict in Syria, Turkey and Kurdistan has been getti...
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Damnatio Memoriae: DiFi, Richard Blum and San Francisco's FiDi Liberals (G&R 249) from 2023-10-07T16:49:58
We're back from a brief hiatus with our "damnatio memoriae" of the late Dianne Feinstein and her husband financier Richard Blum. We get into their sorted history of politics, mon...
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Scrappy Climate Week! Climate Marches, Citibank and JFK’s Magic Bullet (G&R 248) from 2023-09-17T06:36
No sleep til Brooklyn! This week, Scott joined the hipster Brooklyn left and is rolling through the mean streets of New York for UN Climate Week. On Thursday, there was a mass blockade of Cit...
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Former Sierra Club Directors on Layoffs, Equity and Environmental Justice w/ Hop Hopkins and Michelle Mascarenhas (G&R 247) from 2023-09-14T07:47
The Sierra Club is one of the oldest and largest environmental groups in the U.S.. It also has a problematic history, from being founded by racist John Muir to members penning the racist "P...
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Chile's 9/11. Fifty Years After the Coup w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña and Dr. Clinton Fernandes (G&R 246) from 2023-09-10T21:12:15
"The Other 9/11" occurred 50 years ago, a military-organized coup against the Socialist President of Chile Salvador Allende, with the support of U.S. and Australian operatives. In a fantastic disc...
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The New McCarthyism, w/ Jodie Evans of Code Pink talking about New York Times smear campaign (G&R 245) from 2023-09-04T15:18:42
A few weeks ago the New York Times published a hit piece on Jodie Evans and her partner Neville Roy Singham as well as Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental and others, accusing them of organizing front ...
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Happy Scrappy Labor Day!! The Ruling Class vs. Radical Organizing (G&R 244) from 2023-09-03T21:21:19
Green & Red celebrates (American) Labor Day . . . we talk a little about the history of the day, the co-optation strategy behind it, and current conditions for labor and unions in the U.S. Labor in...
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Talking Trash: The Global Garbage Crisis w/ Oliver Franklin-Wallis (G&R 243) from 2023-08-23T17:51:53
In much of the developed world, waste is out of sight and out of mind. The world generates around 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33% of it not managed in an envi...
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Apple's diversity commitments end when asked to do the right thing w/ organizer Robby Diesu (G&R 242) from 2023-08-18T07:46
Like many corporations in Silicon Valley, Apple claims to be supportive of the LGBQT community. Even more than most as Apple's CEO Tim Cook is openly gay and the senior vice president of retail and...
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Journalist Will Potter on How the State and the Media Go After Radical Movements (G&R 241) from 2023-08-15T18:19:09
We’re in an unprecedented rollback of civil liberties. States are passing laws to outlaw protests and direct action, charging non-violent protesters with “domestic terrorism” and legalizing the ...
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Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline w/ Appalachians Against Pipelines (G&R 240) from 2023-08-10T20:13:37
The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a 300 mile long fracked gas pipeline cutting across the mountains and waterways of Appalachia. For the past five years, Appalachians Against Pipelines (@stopthemv...
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Best of G&R: Hiroshima and "Atomic Diplomacy," 78 Years Later (G&R 239) from 2023-08-05T13:43:28
It's the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. With decisions to drop atomic bombs being discussed with the release of Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," we thought we&...
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Noam Chomsky on 9/11 . . . Interview w/ Bob Buzzanco on 9/13/2001, from the Green & Red Archives (G&R 238) from 2023-07-26T07:27:06
On September 13th, 2001, G&R co-host Bob Buzzanco was fortunate to have one, if not the, first interviews w/ Noam Chomsky about the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Here the Green & Red Archives reprises...
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Direct Action Gets the Goods: Stop Cop City, Animal Liberation and more ft. Jake Conroy (G&R 238) from 2023-07-17T12:26:03
We welcome back our friend, comrade and maker of trouble Jake Conroy (@_jakeconroy) to discuss the state of direct action. We talk about the state repression of activists in Atlanta and elsewher...
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Woody Guthrie's Birthday Hootenanny, w/ Prof Mark Jackson . . . Green & Red Encore from 2022 (G&R 237) from 2023-07-14T16:55:11
Woody Guthrie is the most influential political singer and songwriter of the 20th Century. July 14th is Woody's 110th birthday, so we had a fantastic discussion with Mark Allan Jackson, a sc...
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Noam Chomsky on the Coming War w/ Iraq--October 2002 from the Green & Red Archives (G&R 236) from 2023-07-10T08:25
We've introduced a new feature . . . Green & Red Archives. We're putting out encore episodes of some older talks and events that Scott and I have organized or participated in over ...
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"The Last Honest Man": The Church Committee and the U.S. Empire w/ Pulitzer-winner James Risen (G&R 235) from 2023-07-03T07:01
James Risen is a two-time Pulitzer winner and investigative journalist who's just written a great book about Senator Frank Churck, *The Last Honest Man.* In this interview we go into detai...
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Power and Participation in Union Negotiations w/ author Abby Lawlor (G&R 234) from 2023-06-26T19:36:23
Union organizing is on the rise. Headlines regularly highlight worker organizing drives at Starbucks, Amazon and other workplaces. Bosses and politicians like Joe Biden (despite claiming to ...
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Trump Was A Joke! Countering Trump's Absurdity with Satire w/ Prof. Sophia McClennen (G&R 233) from 2023-06-20T18:30:10
Trump’s public life has long been a target of comedians and satirists. His notorious thin skin often led to him lashing out on Twitter and Truth Social at the likes of Alec Baldwin and Seth Meye...
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Remembering Daniel Ellsberg, 1931-2023 (February 2003 Speech in Houston) (G&R 232) from 2023-06-17T05:16:04
Today we're all saddened to hear that Daniel Ellsberg had died. Ellsberg's life is well-known, and he's one of the more important figures in the history of American dissent and radic...
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Ukraine Update: Time to end "an unwinnable war" (G&R 231) from 2023-06-15T07:53:34
We got together to discuss the war in Ukraine. Currently the US is continuing to send money and military equipment to Ukraine, but conditions on the battlefield are at a stalemate, with neither...
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Why the Left Must Oppose Nuclear Power w/ Journalist Joshua Frank (G&R 230) from 2023-06-12T07:05:10
In our latest episode, we talk with journalist Joshua Frank (@joshua_frank) about his book, "Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America," which d...
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Best of G&R: Don't Mess with the Archivists! Donald Trump's Documents Troubles. (G&R 230) from 2023-06-09T21:01:58
With Trump's federal indictment around his hoarding of classified documents, we thought it'd be good to repost this episode from September.
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Three Atlanta Legal Workers Arrested For Alleged "Financial Crimes" w/ CLDC's Lauren Regan (G&R 228) from 2023-06-06T20:38:08
Since the murder of forest defender Tortuguita last January, we've seen an escalation on the Stop Cop City by both activists and police. 34 people have been charged with "domestic terro...
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How To Blow Up A Pipeline w/ director Daniel Goldhaber (G&R 227) from 2023-06-05T16:44:48
"How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is an environmental-climate crisis action-thriller film. It's based on Andreas Malm's book of the same name. The New York Times called it a "cu...
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Memorial Day w/ antiwar veteran Henri from the "Fortress on a Hill" Podcast (G&R 226) from 2023-05-29T05:29:13
The U.S. is synonymous with forever wars and empire. U.S. troops sit in 70% of the world's nations on about 800 bases. Culturally, we're taught that this necessary and we shouldn't question it and ...
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War is Not Green ft. Teddy Ogborn w/ CODEPINK (G&R 225) from 2023-05-24T17:17:10
The rise of militarism and the climate crisis are intertwined in a myriad of ways. The Pentagon is largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. The U.S. has hundreds of bases around...
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Best of G&R: May 19th! The Legacies of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X (both born today) (G&R 224) from 2023-05-19T03:45:58
In this very special episode from 2020, we celebrate the shared birthday of iconic revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X, both born on May 19th (1890 and 1925, respectively).
Best of G&R: Inside "The White House Plumbers" w/ author Matt Krogh (G&R 223) from 2023-05-15T16:06:53
HBO just premiered a new mini-series called "The White House Plumbers" starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. It's based on a book by former Nixon domestic advisor Egil "...
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Best of G&R: The Importance of Karl Marx w/ Prof. David McNally (G&R 222) from 2023-05-05T07:50:42
Karl Marx would have been 205 today. So we're re-sharing our birthday episode interview with Prof. David McNally about Marx from 2022.
David McNally is one of the more im...
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Best of G&R: Tin Soldiers and Nixon's Coming . . . 53 Years After the Kent State Killings (G&R 221) from 2023-05-04T07:59:47
It's the 53rd anniversary of the killings at Kent State University. In a special encore episode, we're reposting our episode from 2020.
In this episode, we commemorate the annive...
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It’s Scrappy May Day! The History of Labor Struggle, Tucker & the Deep State and Bernie ❤️’s Biden. (G&R 220) from 2023-05-01T17:12:42
It’s scrappy May Day!
Bob and Scott break down May Day with a little history of labor struggle from 1877-1937, current labor struggles including unionization (and union busti...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Daniel Perry ft. Truthout's Candice Bernd (G&R 219) from 2023-04-28T16:43:02
In July 2020, former US Army Sgt. Daniel Perry shot and killed Garrett Foster, a racial justice protester and Air Force veteran, at a Black Lives Matter rally in Austin, TX. Last month, Perry wa...
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George Kennan's Life Between Worlds w/ Prof. Frank Costigliola (G&R 218) from 2023-04-17T21:29:53
In our latest, we talk with historian Professor Frank Costigliola, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, about the life of diplomat, architect of the U.S.'s Co...
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American Folly: Iraq War at 20 (G&R 217) from 2023-04-02T19:02:54
Scott and Bob got together to commemorate, actually reminisce, about the March 2003 US invasion of Iraq. We talked about the ramp-up to the war, especially from 9/11 onward, but spent a lot of t...
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How the FBI Disrupted Racial Justice Movements in Colorado w/ Journalist Trevor Aaronson (G&R 216) from 2023-03-25T19:39:10
In the summer of 2020, an FBI informant posing as an antifa warrior in a silver hearse loaded with guns descended on protests to infiltrate and disrupt Denver's racial justice movement. In Colorado...
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Andrew Bacevich on Ukraine, China and Our Perilous Future (G&R 215) from 2023-03-15T15:31:35
We had a really great conversation with Andrew Bacevich, one of the most astute, if not the preeminent, critics of American foreign policy today. We talked about the ongoing bloodshed in U...
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Seymour Hersh on How the U.S. Blew Up the Nordstream Pipeline (G&R 214) from 2023-03-08T03:08:25
Legendary reporter Seymour Hersh joins Green and Red Podcast! In our latest, we talk with Seymour Hersh about his bombshell article exposing the U.S. destruction of the Nordstream Pipeline. We talk...
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Forest Defenders Vow Resistance After Judge Rejects Restraining Order ft. Candice Bernd w/ Truthout (G&R 213) from 2023-03-06T17:58:41
In our latest, Scott talks with return guest Candice Bernd (@candicebernd) about the latest from on the ground in Atlanta.
Candice Bernd is senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout....
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We Turn Three! Our Super Fantastic Third Anniversary Episode (G&R 212) from 2023-03-01T17:28:49
Two kids w/ a dream dropped their first podcast on February 27th, 2020, just as the world was about to be rocked with multiple cataclysms, and we haven't looked back. So to commemorate our auspic...
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Texas is a Drag. Armed Groups Defend Texas Drag Queens from the Far Right w/ Truthout's Candice Bernd (G&R 211) from 2023-02-22T00:30:32
As reactionary politics heat up in Texas, armed community and left groups have begun confronting a coalition of neo-nazis, white supremacists, Proud Boys and christian fascist groups who've been...
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Why Not Riot? w/ Ben Case; Plus Celebrating Jen Angel (G&R 210) from 2023-02-15T21:28:49
There's a Riot Going On!
We didn't talk to Sly Stone, we did even better. We talked with Ben Case (@benjamscase) the author of a provocative new book, “Street Rebellion: Resis...
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What's *Really* Happening in Peru, part 2, w/ Professor Carla Toche Casalino in Lima (G&R 209) from 2023-02-10T02:48:57
We continued our discussion with Professor Carla Toche Casalino (@tochecasalino) in Peru about the ongoing crisis there after the December coup that ousted Pedro Castillo. There has been c...
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Documents Show How Police Charged Atlanta Forest Defenders with "Domestic Terrorism" w/ Alleen Brown (G&R 208) from 2023-02-02T18:59:29
Last week, we spoke with a local Atlanta organizer about the tragic murder of Atlanta forest defender Tortuguita by Georgia State Police. We’re following up today with more on the state’s war ag...
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Noam Chomsky on the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War (G&R 207) from 2023-01-23T16:56:14
January 27th will mark the 50th Anniversary of the peace treaty that ended the American war against Vietnam, and Bob had a long discussion with Noam Chomsky about that event. They discussed the mo...
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Police Murder Forest Defender Near Atlanta’s Proposed “Cop City” (G&R 206) from 2023-01-21T00:03:38
A forest defender, Manuel Teran, AKA “Tortuguita" or "Tort," was shot and killed by police on Wednesday during a violent raid of the protest camp and community gathering space that h...
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Vietnam . . . 50 Years Later (G&R 205) from 2023-01-18T17:11:05
On January 27th, 1973 the U.S. signed a peace treaty that ended its war in Vietnam so Scott and Scott and Bob got together to discuss the last stages of the war, the peace treaty, and some of th...
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Did the C.I.A Kill JFK? A Discussion b/t Jefferson Morley and Bob Buzzanco (G&R 204) from 2023-01-11T08:36:54
The Kennedy Conspiracy is growing even stronger, in large part due to the work of Jefferson Morley, both in writing about it and more importantly in pressing the CIA to declassify do...
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"Truth to the Powerless": New Series Criticizes Canadian Foreign Policy w/ Pitasanna Shanmugathas (G&R 203) from 2023-01-08T02:43:19
In our latest, we talk with Pitasanna Shanmugathas (@pitasanna) about his docuseries "Truth to the Powerless."
In this six part series, "Truth to the Powerless" seeks to explore the...
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Best of G&R: Capitol Riots and The Ruling Class (G&R 202) from 2023-01-06T05:38:17
It's the 2nd anniversary of the January 6th Capitol Riot. So we're reposting our episode breaking down some of the Ruling Class politics in that moment (and this one).
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Late for the Sky: Southwest Airlines as a Metaphor for 2022, EOY and Remembering Friends (G&R 201) from 2022-12-31T22:25:27
***It's the end of year and we want to thank all of our friends and audience for listening and supporting us through 2022.
If you want to help make Green and Red even bigger and bet...
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Making Sense of the Senseless War in Ukraine w/ Peace Activist Medea Benjamin (G&R 200) from 2022-12-23T01:37:47
**It's Green and Red's 200th episode!! Excited to be wrapping up almost three years with you. It's the end of the year, so if you're thinking about donating to some fancy media outlet, per...
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What's REALLY Happening in Peru? w/ Political Scientist Carla Toche Casalino (G&R 199) from 2022-12-19T20:32:17
As the major U.S. media continues to support the removal and imprisonment of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo along typical imperial/colonial lines, we decided to find out what has really been ...
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How Green Amendments Can Empower Environmental Protection w/ environmentalist Maya van Rossum (G&R 198) from 2022-12-14T21:56:57
As the climate crisis and toxic pollution worsen, environmentalists are using new strategies to challenge the power of the fossil fuel, petro-chemical and other polluting industries. The "Green ...
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Get A Free Calendar,Support Green and Red!! from 2022-12-07T20:35:38
Our comrades at the Certain Days:Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar collective have begun sales of their 2023 calendar.
The project is a joint fundraising and educational project be...
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Dancing on the Ruins: On Music and Politics w/ Casey Neill (G&R 197) from 2022-12-06T00:39:34
How has music inspired politics, and vice versa?
In our latest episode, we talk with activist and musician Casey Neill (@caseyneill) about music, politics, influences, story-telling and e...
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UC Strike Enters Third Week, Banner Action at the Cal-UCLA Football Game w/ Adrian Wilson (G&R 196) from 2022-11-29T06:27:48
The University of California (UC) academic worker strike entered its third week this week. The largest academic worker in U.S. history and the administration shows no signs of moving on demands....
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Remembering Staughton Lynd. The Green & Red Interview [2020] Encore (G&R 195) from 2022-11-22T17:18:10
One of the eminent intellectuals/activists of our time, Staughton Lynd, died yesterday, and Scott and Bob paid tribute to him as the introduction to a reprise of his 2020 interview. Staugh...
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How Dirty is Clean Energy? ft. Raquel Dominguez w/ Earthworks (G&R 194) from 2022-11-16T03:01:22
We’re currently seeing a drive towards the growth of the renewable energy (RE) sector. We’re seeing a new iteration of corporate liberalism which allows the state to expand markets, in this case...
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There is Power in a Union As Thousands of Academic Workers Set to Strike in California (G&R 193) from 2022-11-12T01:24:07
Over 36,000 academic workers across the University of California's (UC) 10-campus system held a strike authorization vote. The vote passed with nearly 98% approval. The strike will begin on Nove...
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#COP27: Update from Sharm Al Sheikh in Egypt (G&R 192) from 2022-11-08T21:53:57
The 27th meeting of the United Nations Climate talks, or COP27m is happening in Sharm El Sheikh, a coastal resort town in Egypt. The gathering is happening amidst a crackdown on Egyp...
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Punching Left: Why the Democrats Suck, part 2, and R.I.P. Mike Davis (G&R 191) from 2022-11-07T18:50:27
The Democratic Party is about to get pummeled in the mid-term elections next week. Scott and Bob followed up on their recent discussion with Noam Chomsky on the devolution of the Democrats...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis at 60: Was JFK Really A Hero? (G&R 190) from 2022-10-31T20:23:24
60 years ago this month, in October 1962, Americans anxiously heard news for almost two weeks straight about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, less than 100 miles away from the U.S. ...
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"We Begin Bombing in Five Minutes." Cold War Culture in the Reagan Era w/ Prof. Andrew Hunt (G&R 189) from 2022-10-25T02:00:05
In an amazing new interview, we talk with Prof. Andrew Hunt (@aehunt) about Cold War culture during the Reagan years.
We talk about the array of protest movements in the 1980s that ...
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My Heroes Have Always Been Wobblies w/ Country Troubadour Mike Hellman (G&R 188) from 2022-10-18T18:39:14
Mike Hellman is country and americana musician writing songs, putting out albums and playing gigs in Texas, California and beyond. But he also has organized with the Industrial Workers of the Wo...
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The Protests in Iran, with Professor Giuseppe Acconcia (G&R 187) from 2022-10-14T06:11:14
The "hijab protests" in Iran have continued and intensified for weeks now, and we talked to a journalist and scholar with a longtime familiarity with the country. Giuseppe Acconcia, @strad...
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Defending Mendocino’s Sacred Sites w/ the Pomo Land Back and Save Jackson Forest Campaigns (G&R 186) from 2022-10-10T19:01:05
The "Mendocino War" was a bloody conflict between the Yuki tribe and white settlers in Northern California. White settlers raided and stole Yuki lands and massacring hundreds of Yuki in the proc...
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Best of G&R: The Bloody Legacies of Columbus w/ History Prof. Michael Oberg (G&R 185) from 2022-10-10T17:02:54
In this episode, we get into the legacies of Columbus and America's genocide of Indigenous people with Prof. Michael Oberg (@nativeamtext), the larger problems of the way...
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Is Giorgia Meloni the Next Mussolini? Italian Politics w/ Prof. Francesco Mazzucotelli (G&R 184) from 2022-10-04T00:56:56
Just after Giorgia Meloni's far-right Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party won enough votes to likely make her Prime Minister, we had a great conversation with Francesco Mazzucotelli, a p...
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Noam Chomsky on Why the Democrats Suck (G&R 183) from 2022-09-27T03:01:05
Republicans go to war . . . Democrats go to brunch!
The past 50 years have seen a dramatic shift to the far-right in American politics. On the heels of the 1972 McGovern debacle, th...
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Dousing the BBC's Fake News Before It Can "Burn Wild" w/ Former ELF Member Daniel McGowan (G&R 182) from 2022-09-19T17:30:08
The BBC has released a new podcast series called "Burn Wild." It tells the story of radical environmental movements 20 years ago, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the subsequent "Green...
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Don't Mess with the Archivists! Donald Trump's Documents Troubles. And R.I.P. Barbara Ehrenreich (G&R 181) from 2022-09-13T02:30:50
Donald Trump might finally be in real trouble, because of . . . archivists?
Green and Red shows the love to archivists and librarians!
We had a good discussion ...
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Best of G&R: Remembering 911 (G&R 180) from 2022-09-10T18:18:32
The last of our "Best of's" for a minute. We'll be back with new episodes next week. In the meantime, here's our 2020 "Remembering 911" episode for the anniversary of September 11th. -----------...
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Best of G&R: Populism and the New Deal . . . Do Those Words Mean What You Think They Mean? (G&R 179) from 2022-09-08T07:00
Not unlike our (not so) esteemed leadership in Congress, Green and Red is out on a little summer recess. We will be back with new episodes soon. In the meantime here's a "Best ...
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Best of G&R: May Day vs Labor Day. How the ruling class stops radical organizing. (G&R 178) from 2022-09-05T06:00:50
Happy Labor Day tender ones!
Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, Bob and Scott talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals to the Haymarket Affair to ...
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Best of G&R: The Military vs. Donald J. Trump. Generals Tell Trump to "Stand Down!" (G&R 176) from 2022-08-23T09:00:31
Not unlike our (not so) esteemed leadership in Congress, Green and Red will be out on a little August recess. We will be back with new episodes soon. In the meantime here's a "...
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The Ruling Class v. Donald J. Trump Redux. The FBI "Visits" Mar-A-Lago and Trump's War with his Generals (G&R 175) from 2022-08-16T08:26:36
No more Panic Porn!
Many/most liberals and much of the left has been panicking and in fear over "fascism" and "coups" for the past couple years--we call it "panic porn"--but Green & R...
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Iraq, Oil, Capitalism, and the U.S. War w/ Prof. Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (G&R 174) from 2022-08-09T22:36:20
Bob had a great talk (Scott's on assignment) with Professor Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (@hunnicuttwolfe) of Cal State-Stanislaus, author of *The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and ...
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Leslie James Pickering on the ELF, the Green Scare and "Burning Books" (G&R 173) from 2022-08-02T22:28:44
From the 1980s through the 2000s, there was a period of growth in militant environmental and animal rights movements. This movement had a radical anti-capitalist politic that went after co...
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Leave the Gun, Take the Podcast: "The Godfather at 50" and its political meaning (G&R 172) from 2022-07-26T00:51:36
"The Godfather" movies are on the short list of the most consequential American films ever, not just for their cinematic quality but because they've become a textbook for politics as...
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The George Floyd Uprisings Are Still Happening... For Those Doing Time (G&R 171) from 2022-07-19T07:07:52
In May 2020, we saw millions hit the streets over the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It’s been argued to be the largest protests in history. The government moved in immediat...
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Woody Guthrie Turns 110! His Life and Politics w/ Prof. Mark Allan Jackson (G&R 170) from 2022-07-14T05:29:43
Woody Guthrie is the most influential political singer and songwriter of the 20th Century. July 14th is Woody's 110th birthday, so we had a fantastic discussion with Mark Allan Jackson, a scholar o...
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Donate to Green & Red Podcast, Get Books! from 2022-07-08T01:51:23
We’ve gotten a lot more donors this year and we really appreciate it and we’d like to have a few more. We run on a shoestring budget but we do have to pay for some tech help and prom...
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Animal Liberation and Direct Action ft. Jake Conroy and Tylor Starr w/ Radicals and Revolutionaries (G&R 169) from 2022-07-05T07:01:27
In our latest, we're joined by our friend and comrade Jake Conroy (@_jakeconroy) and his co-host Tylor Starr (@TylorStarr). We talk about their new podcast, Radicals and Revolu...
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Capital’s war on the working class w/ Prof. Chad Pearson and Prof. Ahmed White (G&R 168) from 2022-06-27T15:09:11
“The remedy” to labor troubles, said J. West Goodwin, a Missouri businessman and newspaperman “is a counter organization.”
In a fascinating conversation around the history of capital and ...
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Shutdown SCOTUS. Preparing for the End of Roe v. Wade. ft. Hope Neyer w/ Shutdown DC (G&R 167) from 2022-06-20T18:29:03
Flying solo, Scott talks with return guest, public health worker and organizer Hope Neyer (@heyneyer) with Shutdown DC (@ShutDown_DC) about the end of Roe v. Wade. They discuss above groun...
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Watergate turns 50. Inside the White House Plumbers w/ author Matt Krogh (G&R 166) from 2022-06-15T07:16:23
June 17th is the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break in. In 1972, five men were arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. They wer...
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Blood-Soaked America ft. Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz and Charlton Heston (G&R 165) from 2022-06-07T02:47:42
It's a bleak outlook for America these days-- mass shootings, the end of Roe vs. Wade, inflation, culture wars and the rise of the far right.
Bob and Scott take some time to talk ab...
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Support our BIG SILKY SMOOTH DREAM!! from 2022-06-03T07:01:23
We started as a couple of kids with a big silky smooth dream-- the Green and Red Podcast. Over the past two years, we've built a small grassroots radical media outlet that has brought you interv...
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Ukraine in the Brain w/ Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and George W. Bush (G&R 164) from 2022-05-29T20:46:57
The ruling class follies continue both at home and abroad.
Another $40 billion going to aid the Ukrainian war effort while there are baby formula and COVID vaccine shortages in the U.S. P...
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Bob Dylan's Birthday Bash--Green & Red Celebrates the legacy and meaning of Dylan. w/ Prof. Michael Foley (G&R 163) from 2022-05-24T04:10:15
Bob Dylan is the most important political singer/songwriter of the 20th Century, and he turns 81 on May 24th, so we had a fantastic discussion with Michael Stewart Foley, one of the preeminent s...
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Best of G&R: May 19th! The Legacies of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X (G&R 162) from 2022-05-19T06:00
Repost of our 2020 episode celebrating M19! In this very special episode, we celebrate the shared birthday of iconic revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X, both born on May 19th (1890 and 1925,...
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The End of Roe vs. Wade: Texas, Abortion and Mutual Aid ft. reporter Candice Bernd w/ Truthout (G&R 162) from 2022-05-18T03:00:24
Texas' right wing establishment has waged war on abortion and abortion providers for many years. In 2013, Texas HB 2 closed 23 abortion clinics and led to an 11 hour filibuster by St...
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The End of Roe vs. Wade: Reproductive Rights and Direct Action ft. Hope w/ Shutdown DC (G&R 161) from 2022-05-14T07:16:35
Last week, a draft of a brief overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico causing an uproar in many sectors. This decision will put the health and safety of millions of women in jeop...
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Ukraine and the Fog of War ft. Jodie Evans w/ Code Pink (G&R 160) from 2022-05-06T07:33:43
The Green and Red Seminar on the war in Ukraine continues!
As the head of NATO says that the allies are prepared to support the Ukraine war effort for years to come, and Biden asks Congre...
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The Importance of Karl Marx w/ Prof. David McNally (G&R 159) from 2022-05-05T07:03:03
David McNally is one of the more important Marxist scholars in the world, and we talked to him today on the anniversary of Karl Marx's birth--May 5th, 1818. McNally discussed a wide array ...
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Best of G&R: Tin Soldiers and Nixon's Coming . . . 52 Years After the Kent State Killings (G&R 159) from 2022-05-04T01:39:22
It's the 52nd anniversary of the killings at Kent State University. In a special encore episode, we're reposting our episode from 2020.
In this episode, we commemorate the anniversary of ...
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Best of G&R: May Day vs Labor Day. How the ruling class stops radical organizing. (G&R 158) from 2022-04-30T22:50:40
Happy May Day tender comrades!
Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, Bob and Scott talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals to the Haymarket Affair ...
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How Union Organizing Fights the Boss w/ union organizer Daisy Pitkin (G&R 157) from 2022-04-29T17:05:26
We're in the midst of a new era of momentum and militancy around labor organizing. We're seeing headline grabbing organizing campaigns at Starbucks and Amazon shifting the political landscape. B...
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Earth Day Special! The Fossil Fuel Resistance is Fertile! (G&R 156) from 2022-04-22T20:43:26
The first Earth Day was in 1970 after decades of conservation and environmental advocacy from Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" to real life monkey wrenchers in the deserts of the American West. S...
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Ukraine and A Brief History of Atrocities in War and Empire (G&R 155) from 2022-04-19T18:12:34
Websters defines atrocity as "a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation."
Russian atrocities on Ukrainian civilians have been the top of the 24 second new...
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Climate and Punishment w/ journalist Alleen Brown (G&R 154) from 2022-04-12T16:10:03
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. It's about 25% of the world's incarcerated population with over 2 million people held in federal, state and local jails. ...
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Oliver Stone's JFK Conspiracy: The Buzzanco-DiEugenio Debate (G&R 153) from 2022-04-07T08:00
Recently G&R co-host and award-winning historian Bob Buzzanco debated Oliver Stone's writer on his documentary "JFK Revisited," James DiEugenio, about Stone's theory that the "deep state" ha...
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More NATO Liberals: From the End of the Cold War to War in Ukraine (G&R 152) from 2022-04-05T21:00
Part two of our deep background on the NATO liberals.
In this episode, we get into the post-Cold War presidencies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The post-Cold W...
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NATO Liberals After the Cold War: From Yugoslavia to Iraq to Ukraine (G&R 152) from 2022-04-05T21:00
Part two of our deep background on the NATO liberals.
In this episode, we get into the post-Cold War presidencies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The post-Cold War Cli...
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Love'em, They're NATO Liberals! Democratic Hawks from Truman to the War in Ukraine. Part 1 (G&R 151) from 2022-04-04T15:24:50
We've been using the term "NATO liberal" quite a bit in our recent Ukraine-Russia episodes. But, you may ask yourself: "what exactly do Bob and Scott mean when they say 'NATO Liberal'?" Listen
From Environmentalist to "Domestic Terrorist" with former Earth Liberation member Daniel McGowan (G&R 150) from 2022-03-29T06:00
In the past ten years, we’ve also seen state repression of movements coming out of Occupy Wall Street, the Ferguson uprising, Standing Rock, Line 3 and various anti-Trump movements. Green and Re...
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Corporate America's Mass Exodus from Russia w/ Pratap Chatterjee (G&R 149) from 2022-03-24T19:44:48
A mass of western companies are exiting Russia over the war in Ukraine. This has included some major corporate heavyweights, including McDonald's, Starbucks, Nike, Netflix, Apple, Visa, Co...
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Making a Killing: Corporate Arms Makers and Ukraine with William Hartung (G&R 148) from 2022-03-21T14:41:31
In December, the Pentagon got a $768 billion budget approved, despite the withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the aim to counter China and build Ukraine's military strength. This has been a bonanz...
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U.S. Empire and Ukraine w/ Prof. Clinton Fernandes- Part 2 (G&R 147) from 2022-03-17T17:28:08
Part two of our wide-ranging conversation with our good friend Prof. Clinton Fernandes on the U.S. empire and Russia's invasion of the Ukraine.
In this second part, we also discuss the te...
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U.S. Empire and Ukraine w/ Prof. Clinton Fernandes- Part 1 (G&R 146) from 2022-03-14T22:56:37
Our latest episode on the Ukraine is a wide-ranging conversation with our good friend Prof. Clinton Fernandes on the U.S. empire and Russia's invasion of the Ukraine. In part one, we discuss eve...
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Flying into the Danger Zone: Ukraine and the History of No-Fly Zones (G&R 145) from 2022-03-06T19:54:43
A new Reuters poll shows that 74% of Americans, with strong majorities from both parties, support a NATO no-fly zone over Ukraine as Russia continues to shell civilian areas and populations. The...
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War Pigs: Ukraine and the History of the Military-Industrial Complex (G&R 144) from 2022-03-03T23:44
Recently, Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes reported to his shareholders, "[W]e are seeing, I would say, opportunities for international sales. We just have to look to last week where we saw the drone att...
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Beyond Good vs Bad: More Background on Ukraine and Russia (G&R 143) from 2022-02-28T22:36:38
We've got another briefing on the larger contexts of the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Sure, Putin is a horrible and brutal force in the world and the attack on Ukrain...
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Deep Background on Ukraine and Russia (G&R 142) from 2022-02-25T22:39:58
Welcome back to G&R co-host Bob Buzzanco! We wish we had a happier story to share today for his return.
This week, Russia invaded the Ukraine sparking the largest l...
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The Freedom Convoy, the Left and the Canadian State w/ Prof. Roberta Lexier and organizer James Hutt (G&R 141) from 2022-02-22T17:49:19
For a month, a group of truckers, anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers and various elements of Canada's far right occupied the streets around Canada's capital in Ottawa. They've also occupied border...
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The Myth of California's Climate Exceptionalism ft. Gary Graham Hughes w/ Biofuelwatch (G&R 140) from 2022-02-17T07:00
California prides itself on being more progressive than most on solving the issue of the climate crisis. Whether it's phasing out the internal combustion engine or promises to take on the state's m...
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Policing the Pipeline feat. Alleen Brown w/ the Intercept (G&R 139) from 2022-02-12T03:43:12
Last year, Indigenous women led movements waged a fierce campaign to stop Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline. Police escalated in a multitude of ways (felony charges, high bails, rubber bulle...
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Policing the Line 3 Pipeline ft. Alleen Brown w/ the Intercept (G&R 139) from 2022-02-12T03:43:12
Last year, Indigenous women led movements waged a fierce campaign to stop Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline. Police escalated in a multitude of ways (felony charges, high bails, rubber bullets, tear gas,...
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Policing the Line 3 Pipeline feat. Alleen Brown w/ the Intercept (G&R 139) from 2022-02-12T03:43:12
Last year, Indigenous women led movements waged a fierce campaign to stop Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline. Police escalated in a multitude of ways (felony charges, high bails, rubber bulle...
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Collin College strikes again! Dr. Michael Phillips, award-winning scholar, fired! (G&R 138) from 2022-02-07T22:19:27
Another professor from Collin College has been fired in retaliation for speaking out against President Neil Matkin's continued rejection of their First Amendment rights and their con...
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Col. Andrew Bacevich on the Deepening Crisis in Ukraine (G&R 137) from 2022-02-02T08:00
Rising tensions in eastern Europe between the U.S. and Russia over the Ukraine have dominated the news. We discuss the situation with scholar and retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich....
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The Best Political Television Shows of All Time! (G&R 136) from 2022-01-31T07:00
At Green and Red, we're big fans of popular culture and how it can politicize and radicalize people. We've already done shows on sports and activism, progressive Country music,...
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Why Oliver Stone and "JFK Revisited" are Full of S**t! (G&R 135) from 2022-01-20T02:00
Oliver Stone's new documentary "JFK Revisited" have been hitting the airwaves of late claiming to have a "smoking gun" about the assassination of John F. Kennedy (JFK). Stone and his team ...
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Best of G&R: Martin Luther King Jr.-- Radical, Democratic Socialist and Opponent of State Violence (G&R 134) from 2022-01-17T07:41:12
In celebration of MLK's 93rd birthday, we're re-posting two episodes about Martin Luther King Jr. Here's the second one from January 18th, 2021. In it, we talk about the radical politics of Dr. Ma...
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Best of G&R: Martin Luther King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State (G&R 133) from 2022-01-15T09:00
In celebration of MLK's 93rd birthday, we're re-posting two episodes about Martin Luther King Jr. Here's the first one from April 4th, 2020, the 52nd anniversary of his assassination.&nb...
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Noam Chomsky on Oliver Stone's "JFK Revisited" (G&R 132) from 2022-01-10T17:27:21
Noam Chomsky returns to the Green and Red Podcast!
In a new interview, Bob talks with Prof. Chomsky in detail about Oliver Stone's new documentary "JFK...
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The Capital Riot and the Persistence of the Old Regime (G&R 131) from 2022-01-06T04:00
A year ago, former President Donald Trump (the guy that LOST the election by 7 million votes) screamed and cried about a stolen election. At a giant rally on the Washington D.C. mall on Ja...
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Winter in America (G&R 130) from 2021-12-31T09:00
***It's the end of year and we want to thank all of our friends and audience for listening and supporting us through 2021. Our audio audience has grown exponentially in size and our YouT...
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The “Rainforest Chernobyl:” Chevron, Ecuador and the Persecution of Steven Donziger (G&R 129) from 2021-12-21T17:51:38
We go into a deep background on Chevron, their poisoning of the Ecuadoran Amazon and the company's persecution of attorney Steven Donziger.
While drilling in the E...
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Prof. Alex Vitale on Politics and Policing (G&R 128) from 2021-12-17T07:00
For many years, black and brown Americans living in cities, towns and rural areas across the nation have rightfully been afraid of uniformed officers. Far too often, police officers e...
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Johnny Cash's Politics, w/ historian Michael Stewart Foley (G&R 127) from 2021-12-13T09:00
*Citizen Cash: The Political Life of Johnny Cash* is a fantastic new book by Michael Stewart Foley, and we sat down and talked to him all about it. This is a must-listen, mus...
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Thank you for everything! from 2021-12-09T10:00
Hi all- As 2021 comes to an end, we just wanted to say a very heartfelt "THANKS" to all of you. We've seen our audience double in size this year.
We've tackl...
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Celebrating "America's greatest intellectual" Noam Chomsky (G&R 126) from 2021-12-06T11:00
Cited as "America's greatest intellectual," Noam Chomsky is know for his deep critique of the ruling class and his role in supporting movements fighting it. As Chris Hedges has said he "makes th...
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(Don't) Play Ball! The MLB Owners Lockout, with Mike Elk of Payday Report (G&R 125) from 2021-12-04T11:03
Mike Elk, frequent guest and great friend of Green & Red, sat down with Bob to discuss the Major League Baseball owners lockout of the players amid talks for a new collective bargaining agreement. ...
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The Battle in Seattle, 22 Years Later w/ the Shutdown WTO Organizers History Project (G&R 124) from 2021-11-30T17:51:07
It’s the 22nd anniversary of the direct action shutdown of the World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle. The WTO is a transnational economic institution created to regulate and facilit...
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Strike! Mike Elk of "Payday Report" talks about current labor conflicts (G&R 123) from 2021-11-24T17:13:24
Mike Elk of Pay Day Report joined Bob to talk about the current state of labor conflicts in the U.S. Huntington Steel, a Warren Buffet company, is on strike amid demands for givebacks...
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COP26: Why the Climate Movement Needs Even More Direct Action w/ Rising Tide North America (G&R 122) from 2021-11-17T17:01:41
In our final interview from COP 26 in Glasgow, Scott welcomes Lisa Winter and (welcomes back) Alex Cohen with Rising Tide North America (@risingtideNA) to Green and Red. The three of them have a...
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Why The Democrats Won't Save Us in Virginia, Buffalo or Glasgow (G&R 121) from 2021-11-13T01:34:02
It's a liberal bashing Friday!
Bob and Scott talk about the state of the Democrats in the wake of the Virginia, New Jersey and Buffalo elections. They talk about how the Demo...
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"It's a greenwash trade show": Climate, Forests and Corporate Power at COP26 (G&R 120) from 2021-11-11T07:00
The UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26) is in its second week. It's been marked by large street protests, a "greenwash trade show" inside the meetings and empty promises by world leaders in the...
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The Best Political Movies of All Time (Part 2). Bob & Scott talk about their favorite Lefty films. (G&R 119) from 2021-11-09T21:00
Green & Red Goes Hollywood!
At Green and Red, we're big fans of popular culture and how it can politicize and radicalize people. We've already done shows on sports ...
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80,000,000 Bombs in Laos: A Conversation with Sera Koulabdara of "Legacies of War" (G&R 118) from 2021-11-03T07:00
In this episode, Bob had a conversation with Executive Director Sera Koulabdara (@SeraKoulabdara) of "Legacies of War" about the 50+ year crisis of unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in Laos. Scot...
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Halloween Special! Scary Times on Campus! (w/ the Most Special Surprise Guest Host Ever!) (G&R 117) from 2021-10-31T21:10:17
In this episode, we celebrate All Hallows Eve by talking about something the really scares us... cancel culture on campus! (We're joined by the scariest guest hos...
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Oz as a Sub-Imperial Power: Prof Clinton Fernandes on Australia's support of the U.S. Empire (G&R 116) from 2021-10-26T13:27:39
In our second discussion with Professor Clinton Fernandes from the University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia, which is part of the Australian Defence Force Academy, we talked ab...
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A Very Secretive Democracy: Prof. Clinton Fernandes on Australia's Role in Pinochet's Coup in Chile (G&R 115) from 2021-10-19T15:03:37
We talked with Clinton Fernandes, professor at University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia, which is part of the Australian Defence Force Academy, about his role in getting ...
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The Best Political Movies of All Time (Part 1) (G&R 114) from 2021-10-12T03:00
Green & Red Goes Hollywood!
At Green and Red, we're big fans of popular culture and how it can politicize and radicalize people. We've already done shows on sports and ac...
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Mother Earth Doesn't Negotiate. On the Rights of Nature w/ Pennie Opal Plant & Shannon Biggs (G&R 113) from 2021-10-05T15:20:49
In Cochabamba Bolivia in 2011, tens of thousands were present on Mother Earth Day as the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth was declared in response to the "privatiz...
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Coming Soon: Movies, TV and Music, OH MY! Green and Red goes Hollywood, Nashville and so much more! from 2021-10-01T23:21:41
Green and Red has become the go-to media site for a lot of people who want to hear about the environment, anti-capitalist politics, and radical history.
We also talk about po...
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Oregon's Timber Wars and the Climate Crisis w/ Cascadia Forest Defense (G&R 112) from 2021-09-28T01:56:36
The Pacific Northwest has a long history of organizing and direct action around logging and timber industries. From the Wobblies trying to organize the logging sector in the early twentieth cent...
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Col. Andrew Bacevich Talks about The Empire and The Apocalypse (G&R 111) from 2021-09-22T00:02:28
Green and Red had a great conversation with the well-known scholar (and Retired Colonel) Andrew Bacevich, whose new book is *After the Apocalypse.* We began by getting his view...
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G&R 111: Col. Andrew Bacevich Talks about The Empire and The Apocalypse from 2021-09-22T00:02:28
Green and Red had a great conversation with the well-known scholar (and Retired Colonel) Andrew Bacevich, whose new book is *After the Apocalypse.* We began by getting his view...
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Minnesota Police Blocking Release of Info on Pipeline Protests w/ Will Parrish and Charlotte Grubb (G&R 110) from 2021-09-13T08:00
Indigenous women led movements have continued to disrupt the construction of Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline with over a thousand arrested. Police have escalated in a ...
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G&R 110: Minnesota Police Blocking Release of Info on Pipeline Protests w/ Will Parrish and Charlotte Grubb from 2021-09-13T08:00
Indigenous women led movements have continued to disrupt the construction of Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline with over a thousand arrested. Police have escalated in a ...
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G&R 109: Labor Day 2021 with Mike Elk of Payday Report from 2021-09-09T19:44:49
Green and Red commemorates Labor Day with labor Journalist and founder of "Payday Report" Mike Elk (@MikeElk). We begin by talking about the historical origins of Labor Day in the U.S. (where Labo...
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Labor Day 2021 with Mike Elk of Payday Report (G&R 109) from 2021-09-09T19:44:49
Green and Red commemorates Labor Day with labor Journalist and founder of "Payday Report" Mike Elk (@MikeElk). We begin by talking about the historical origins of Labor Day in the U.S. (where Labo...
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Hurricane Ida and Mutual Aid w/ Suncere Ali Shakur and scott crow (G&R 108) from 2021-09-07T07:00
Last week, Hurricane Ida, a category four storm, made landfall on the Gulf Coast. Over a million people were without power and 16 were killed. The hurricane then moved up the east coast hitting ...
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G&R 108: Hurricane Ida and Mutual Aid w/ Suncere Ali Shakur and scott crow from 2021-09-07T07:00
Last week, Hurricane Ida, a category four storm, made landfall on the Gulf Coast. Over a million people were without power and 16 were killed. The hurricane then moved up the east coast hitting ...
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Pipeline Saboteur Jessica Reznicek Sentenced to Prison w/ climate justice organizer Alex Cohen (G&R 107) from 2021-08-30T02:00
Jessica Reznicek is a land and water defender who worked with the Catholic Worker Community in Des Moines, IA. In 2016, she began to organize against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeli...
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G&R 107: Pipeline Saboteur Jessica Reznicek Sentenced to Prison w/ climate justice organizer Alex Cohen from 2021-08-30T02:00
Jessica Reznicek is a land and water defender who worked with the Catholic Worker Community in Des Moines, IA. In 2016, she began to organize against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeli...
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The end of America's forever war w/ Afghan vet Graham Clumpner (G&R 106) from 2021-08-20T06:00
America's forever war in Afghanistan ended with the withdrawal of U.S. troops after a twenty year war and occupation. A speedy summer offensive by the Taliban through quickly led to the fall of ...
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G&R Episode 106: The end of America's forever war w/ Afghan vet Graham Clumpner from 2021-08-20T06:00
America's forever war in Afghanistan ended with the withdrawal of U.S. troops after a twenty year war and occupation. A speedy summer offensive by the Taliban through quickly led to the fall of ...
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G&R 106: The end of America's forever war w/ Afghan vet Graham Clumpner from 2021-08-20T06:00
America's forever war in Afghanistan ended with the withdrawal of U.S. troops after a twenty year war and occupation. A speedy summer offensive by the Taliban through quickly led to the fall of ...
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Deep Background on Afghanistan (G&R 105) from 2021-08-19T05:42:01
This weekend, we saw the Taliban seize Kabul ending the 20 year war and occupation of Afghanistan. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The sudden and dramatic Taliban gains came as t...
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G&R Episode 105: Deep Background on Afghanistan from 2021-08-19T05:42:01
This weekend, we saw the Taliban seize Kabul ending the 20 year war and occupation of Afghanistan. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The sudden and dramatic Taliban gains came as t...
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G&R 105: Deep Background on Afghanistan from 2021-08-19T05:42:01
This weekend, we saw the Taliban seize Kabul ending the 20 year war and occupation of Afghanistan. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The sudden and dramatic Taliban gains came as t...
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Whistleblower Daniel Hale and the Horrors of the U.S. Drone Wars w/ Noor Mir (G&R 104) from 2021-08-17T18:20:55
Last month, whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Espionage Act in March. During his time in the Air Force from 2009 to 2013, Hale...
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G&R Episode 104: Whistleblower Daniel Hale and the Horrors of the U.S. Drone Wars w/ Noor Mir from 2021-08-17T18:20:55
Last month, whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Espionage Act in March. During his time in the Air Force from 2009 to 2013, Hale...
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G&R 104: Whistleblower Daniel Hale and the Horrors of the U.S. Drone Wars w/ Noor Mir from 2021-08-17T18:20:55
Last month, whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Espionage Act in March. During his time in the Air Force from 2009 to 2013, Hale...
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What the Left Owes Cuba (G&R 103) from 2021-08-11T16:58:13
Since the protests in Cuba on July 11th, the U.S. media has been promoting aggressive action if not intervention against Havana. But even segments of the self-described Le...
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G&R Episode 103: What the Left Owes Cuba from 2021-08-11T16:58:13
Since the protests in Cuba on July 11th, the U.S. media has been promoting aggressive action if not intervention against Havana. But even segments of the self-described Le...
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G&R 103: What the Left Owes Cuba from 2021-08-11T16:58:13
Since the protests in Cuba on July 11th, the U.S. media has been promoting aggressive action if not intervention against Havana. But even segments of the self-described Le...
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COVID is Still Here. The Delta Variants and Vaccines ft. Sarah Koster (G&R 102) from 2021-08-03T04:00
Sarah Koster is Green and Red's public health guru and most frequent guest and we just had another great discussion about COVID with here. Despite government and media claims in June that ...
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G&R Episode 102: COVID is Still Here. The Delta Variants and Vaccines ft. Sarah Koster from 2021-08-03T04:00
Sarah Koster is Green and Red's public health guru and most frequent guest and we just had another great discussion about COVID with here. Despite government and media claims in June that ...
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G&R 102: COVID is Still Here. The Delta Variants and Vaccines ft. Sarah Koster from 2021-08-03T04:00
Sarah Koster is Green and Red's public health guru and most frequent guest and we just had another great discussion about COVID with here. Despite government and media claims in June that ...
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Socialism and The Sopranos w/ John Palmucci and Madison Lynn from the Fresh Kills Podcast (G&R 101) from 2021-07-30T08:00
Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Podcast!
Madison Lynn (@dickexpert) and John Palmucci (@gabagoolmarx) of the new "Fresh Kills" podcast (@freshkillspod), which &n...
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G&R Episode 101: Socialism and The Sopranos w/ John Palmucci and Madison Lynn from the Fresh Kills Podcast from 2021-07-30T08:00
Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Podcast!
Madison Lynn (@dickexpert) and John Palmucci (@gabagoolmarx) of the new "Fresh Kills" podcast (@freshkillspod), whic...
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G&R 101: Socialism and The Sopranos w/ John Palmucci and Madison Lynn from the Fresh Kills Podcast from 2021-07-30T08:00
Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Podcast!
Madison Lynn (@dickexpert) and John Palmucci (@gabagoolmarx) of the new "Fresh Kills" podcast (@freshkillspod), whic...
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The Spectacular Hundredth Episode (G&R 100) from 2021-07-27T04:00
It's our hundredth episode. We've done a lot in the 17 months (to the day) since we launched Green and Red. The themes of our scrappy little show include lifting ...
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G&R Episode 100: The Spectacular Hundredth Episode from 2021-07-27T04:00
It's our hundredth episode. We've done a lot in the 17 months (to the day) since we launched Green and Red. The themes of our scrappy little show include lifting ...
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G&R 100: The Spectacular Hundredth Episode from 2021-07-27T04:00
It's our hundredth episode. We've done a lot in the 17 months (to the day) since we launched Green and Red. The themes of our scrappy little show include lifting ...
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G&R Episode 99: Richard Wolff talks about the Economy from 2021-07-20T02:12:20
Green and Red Podcast had a great conversation with Professor Richard Wolff (@profwolff) about economic theories, the vital role of the government in subsidizing and supporting corporations and ...
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Richard Wolff talks about the Economy (G&R 99) from 2021-07-20T02:12:20
Green and Red Podcast had a great conversation with Professor Richard Wolff (@profwolff) about economic theories, the vital role of the government in subsidizing and supporting corporations and ...
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G&R Episode 98: Anti-Capitalist A.F. Music and politics ft. Adam Sherburne of Consolidated from 2021-07-13T22:00
Our favorite music is that music that gets in your face, flips over tables and fights those in power. Consolidated was a band that did that very thing. Since their formation in the late 80s, the...
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Anti-Capitalist A.F. Music and politics ft. Adam Sherburne of Consolidated (G&R 98) from 2021-07-13T22:00
Our favorite music is that music that gets in your face, flips over tables and fights those in power. Consolidated was a band that did that very thing. Since their formation in the late 80s, the...
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G&R Episode 97: Return to LINE 3 w/ Jake Conroy from 2021-07-06T18:29:25
The fight against Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline continues to escalate. Since we last talked about it, Indigenous women-led movements on the ground have been disrupting construction along the pipeli...
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Return to LINE 3 w/ Jake Conroy (G&R 97) from 2021-07-06T18:29:25
The fight against Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline continues to escalate. Since we last talked about it, Indigenous women-led movements on the ground have been disrupting construction along the pipeli...
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G&R Episode 96: The New Left (Part III), Remembering Walter LaFeber from 2021-07-01T10:54:46
In our third episode of our ongoing conversation about the New Left, we pay tribute to the memory of the great New Left historian Walter LaFeber of Cornell University.
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G&R Episode 95: Fighting Wall Street's Funding of the Climate Crisis w/ Jackie Fielder from 2021-06-24T07:00
Since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, the financial sector has put $3.8 TRILLION into the fossil fuel sector. That's $3.8 trillion into oil, gas, coal and Indigenous and human rights abuses...
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G&R Episode 94: Canceling Comedians While the World Burns w/ Ben Burgis from 2021-06-18T06:00
In the past few years, "canceling" someone from prominent platforms or careers has become an increasingly controversial topic in today's cultural and political circles. A comedian or other publi...
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G&R Episode 93: Hundreds arrested stopping the Line 3 pipeline w/ Jake Conroy from 2021-06-14T18:44:49
This week, thousands of water protectors descended on northern Minnesota to join the Indigenous-led struggle to stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline. Over 150 were arrested on Mo...
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G&R Episode 92: Canceled. The Keystone XL Pipeline is over and done. from 2021-06-11T21:29:27
This week, TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) announced that they were finally terminating the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL) project after over a decade resistance from the Alberta tar sands to Wall Str...
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G&R Episode 91: Noam Chomsky on the 1960s and the New Left from 2021-06-01T07:00
Noam Chomsky has been cited as "America's greatest intellectual" who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” His participation in the New Left, in both i...
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G&R Episode 90: Dr. Ussama Makdisi on Sheikh Jarra, Gaza and the Israeli Colonization of Palestine from 2021-05-26T23:42:41
Beginning on May 9th, the Israeli Defense Force attacked Palestinian populations in Gaza for 11 days leaving 250 dead (including 66 children), more than 1700 injured and over 6000 homeless...
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G&R Episode 89: The Movement to Save the Rainforest w/ Randy Hayes, founder of Rainforest Action Network from 2021-05-25T08:00
The 1980s saw a new consciousness of environmental awareness, particularly around the Earth’s rainforests. Scientists had discovered that, aside from their enormous biodiversity, rainforest...
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G&R Episode 88: Mass Uprisings in Colombia w/ Angela Castillo and Lorena Rodriguez of Colombia Conexion-SF Bay from 2021-05-18T20:25:15
In this episode, we talk with Angela Castillo and Lorena Rodriquez with Colombia Conexion- SF Bay (@colconxnsf) about the mass uprisings happening in cities across Colombia. The U.S.-backed righ...
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G&R Episode 87 (2): India in Crisis! Covid-19 and Civil Society Uprisings w/ writer Harbeer Sandhu from 2021-05-15T07:00
In part two of this two parter, we continue our discussion with writer Harbeer Sandhu (@SuperbHerb) about the social, political and epidemiological crises happening in India. Recently retu...
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G&R Episode 87 (1): India in Crisis! Covid-19 and Civil Society Uprisings w/ writer Harbeer Sandhu from 2021-05-14T07:00
In part one of this two-part episode, we talk with writer Harbeer Sandhu (@SuperbHerb) about the social, political and epidemiological crises happening in India. Recently returned from a t...
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G&R Episode 86 (2): Jimmy Carter--Liberal Saint Now, Neo-Liberal War Criminal Then (Pt 2) from 2021-05-08T10:00
We continue our discussion of Jimmy Carter's presidency, focusing on his foreign policies, intervention, and support of terror groups. In Asia, Carter supported the murderous regime in Jakarta as...
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G&R Episode 86 (1): Jimmy Carter--Liberal Saint Now, Neo-Liberal War Criminal Then (Part 1) from 2021-05-07T07:00
In this episode we discuss Jimmy Carter's policies as President (1977-1981) both domestic and foreign. In Part 1, we look into his rise to prominence via the Trilateral Commission, his race-baitin...
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G&R Episode 85: It's May Day, with Scott and Bob! from 2021-05-01T07:05
Throughout the world (but not in the U.S.) May 1st is International Workers' Day, so Scott and Bob had a discussion on the radical origins of "Labor Day" as a Socialist celebration of the workin...
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G&R Episode 84: Diane Wilson on Her Hunger Strike Against Oil Exports from 2021-04-26T07:00
Our Earth Week arc of episodes featuring red state women organizing for communities and the planet continues!
In this episode, we talk with the legendary Dian...
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G&R Episode 83: Fighting Fossil Fuels in Idaho w/ Organizer Helen Yost from 2021-04-22T08:00
Happy Greenwashing Day (i.e. Earth Day)! In our Earth Day episode, flying solo, Scott talks with Wild Idaho Rising Tide (@WildIdahoRT) co-founder and organizer, and host of Radio Free Moscow's "...
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G&R Episode 82: Mike Elk of Payday Report talks about Amazon and Alabama from 2021-04-08T16:49:51
In our second interview with Mike Elk in the past couple weeks, after he returned from a week in Alabama, we followed up on the Amazon union vote in Bessemer, of which the results are still out, po...
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G&R Episode 81: Baseball and Bosses vs. the Georgia GOP (Ruling Class Resistance Redux) from 2021-04-06T15:49:53
**Just a few hours after recording this, there were media reports that Major League Baseball is pulling this year's All-Star Game out of Atlanta to protest its "new" Jim Crow voting laws, wh...
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G&R Episode 80: The Cold War in Central America w/ Prof. Phillip Berryman from 2021-04-02T08:00
In this episode, on the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador, we talk with Prof. Phillip Berryman about the tumultuous history of Central America duri...
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G&R Episode 79: BAmazon Pt 2! The Amazon Union Drive in Alabama w/ Journalist Alexander Richey from 2021-03-27T00:00
Part two of our series on the Amazon union drive in Alabama. We talk with journalist Alexander Richey (@all_scout), about the situation on the ground as Amazon's Bessemer warehouse prepares to v...
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G&R Episode 79: BAmazon Pt 2! The Amazon Union Drive in Alabama w/ Alexander Richey of Payday Report from 2021-03-27T00:00
Part two of our series on the Amazon union drive in Alabama. We talk with Alexander Richey (@all_scout), the first-ever Bill Greider Grant recipient with Payday Report (@PaydayReport), about the...
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G&R Episode 78: BAmazon! The Amazon Union Drive in Alabama, w/ Mike Elk of "Payday Report" from 2021-03-25T06:00
One of the most important union organizing drives in recent history is playing out in the Birmingham-Bessemer, Alabama area as Amazon workers are holding a union vote due to end next Monday. &nb...
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G&R Episode 77: Iran! Biden, Nukes, and Sanctions, with Professor Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi from 2021-03-20T15:29:05
In this episode we talked with Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, @EskandarSadeghi, who is an assistant professor in Comparative Political Theory at Goldsmith's University of London. He was...
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G&R Episode 76: Texas Freezes Over, Pt. 3! Environmental Justice in Houston w/ Organizer Bryan Parras from 2021-03-09T08:00
Our series on the climate and political crises in Texas continues!
In this episode, as today's guest put it, "the energy capital of the world shut down for a week" and we ...
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G&R Episode 75: "Work Won't Love You Back" with labor journalist Sarah Jaffe from 2021-03-03T08:00
In our latest episode, we're excited to speak with labor journalist and author Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) about her new book "Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploite...
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G&R Episode 74: Texas Freezes Over Pt 2. Frozen Wind Turbines, the Green New Deal and Big Oil's Spin Machine w/ Climate Campaigner Jamie Henn from 2021-02-25T09:00
Our series on Texas's winter crisis continues! In this episode, we talk with Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) from Fossil Free Media (@fossilfreemedia) about the climate and power crisis in Texa...
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G&R Episode 74: Texas Freezes Over Pt 2. Big Oil's Spin Machine w/ Climate Campaigner Jamie Henn from 2021-02-25T08:00
Our series on Texas's winter crisis continues! In this episode, we talk with Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) from Fossil Free Media (@fossilfreemedia) about the climate and power crisis in Texas. We di...
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G&R Episode 73: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, John Prine and Left Politics in Country Music w/ Prof. Mark Allan Jackson from 2021-02-23T07:00
In this episode, we talk about left politics in country music with Prof. Mark Allan Jackson. Country music has a huge popular following and has been closely associated with Republican and social...
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G&R Episode 72: Texas Freezes Over, Cowboy Capitalism and A Failed State w/ Debbie Russell and Clayton Lust from 2021-02-20T07:00
We're rejoined by repeat Green and Red repeat-offenders Debbie Russell (@debmocracy) and Clayton Lust (@claytonlust), in Austin and Houston, respectively, to discuss the "Katrina-scale" crisis h...
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G&R Episode 71: The Limits of Trump's Power and the Left's failure to respond to it from 2021-02-17T07:00
In this episode, we offer a postmortem on Trump's presidency and the limits of his power. The "opposition" gave Trump powers that he never had. He was never popular, his positions nev...
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G&R Episode 70: "looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit..." Politics on Campus w/ Bill Troveski from The Way Podcast from 2021-02-13T19:27:15
In this episode we talk politics and podcasting with Bill Troveski from The Way (@PodcastTheWay). Students for a Democratic Society said in the Port Huron statement, "looking uncomfort...
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G&R Episode 69: Professors fired from Collin College, Retaliation in Texas from 2021-02-09T07:00
In our latest episode, we talk with two professors with exemplary records at Collin College, outside Dallas, who were recently fired for criticizing the school's COVID policies. Audra...
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G&R Episode 68: Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on the Indigenous Peoples' History of the U.S. from 2021-02-06T08:00
In this episode, we're excited to talk to author, activist and historian Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (@rdunbaro) about the Indigenous history of the U.S. We discuss her journey from activist and or...
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G&R Episode 67: Organizers vs. Pundits. How the YouTube and Twitter Left are failing us. w/Joshua Kahn Russell from 2021-02-02T08:00
In our latest episode, we get into it! The left media universe includes YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, hundreds of podcasts and journals like Jacobin with 60,000 subscriber...
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G&R Episode 66: Why 2021 needs more direct action from 2021-01-29T08:00
In our latest episode, Bob (@bobbuzzanco) interviews Scott (@sparki1969) about his recent article "Why 2021 needs more direct action." They discuss how elections and electing Demo...
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G&R Episode 65: Comics with Comrades w/ creator Brian Wood from 2021-01-26T08:00
In this episode, we talk with comic book creator Brian Wood (@brianwood) and the influence of pop culture on politics. And vice versa. We discuss his work on Channel Zero, DMZ and the Massive. A...
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G&R Episode 64: Choosing Democracy w/ Eileen Flanagan from 2021-01-22T10:00
In our latest episode, we have a lively discussion with Eileen Flanagan (@eileenflanagan) of Choose Democracy about mass organizing efforts to defend democracy from Trump. We discuss their...
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G&R Episode 63: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr., Radical, Democratic Socialist and Opponent of State Violence from 2021-01-18T06:00
In our special MLK day episode, we talk about the radical politics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We discuss King's democratic socialist beliefs, his stance against the war in Vietnam...
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G&R Episode 62: Andrew Bacevich on the Military and Trump, the current crisis, and what to expect from Biden's foreign policy from 2021-01-15T08:00
In this episode, Bob interviews Professor Andrew Bacevich (@AndrewBacevich) about the extraordinary involvement in electoral politics...
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Episode 61: Capitol Hill Riots and The Ruling Class from 2021-01-10T04:00
And we thought 2020 was bumpy. In this fresh episode, we talk about the shocks happening in the liberal democratic capitalist system--How the ruling class is destabilized by Trump and the far right...
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Capitol Riots and The Ruling Class (G&R 61) from 2021-01-10T04:00
And we thought 2020 was bumpy. In this fresh episode, we talk about the shocks happening in the liberal democratic capitalist system--How the ruling class is destabilized by Trump and the far ri...
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G&R 60: COVID in California and other mutations w/ Prof. Sarah Koster from 2021-01-07T16:22:05
We're back! In our first episode of 2021, we're joined by our frequent guest Prof. Sarah Koster to discuss the outbreak of COVID-19 in California, virus mut...
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G&R Episode 59: Hope Among the Ruins of 2020 from 2020-12-31T08:00
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G&R Episode 58: The Myths of JFK from 2020-12-21T09:00
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Coming Soon: 60 years later, The Myth of John F. Kennedy from 2020-12-20T01:33:21
In our next episode, we go mythbusting. It's the 60th anniversary of the election of JFK and so our target is, "Camelot" itself.
Kennedy is seen as a civil rights hero and a d...
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G&R Episode 57: Shahid Buttar on Challenging Nancy Pelosi from 2020-12-14T09:00
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G&R Episode 56: Alternative Radio's David Barsamian on the New Media Landscape, ReTargeting Iran and Noam Chomsky from 2020-12-09T09:00
Before the internet was a thing, before social media ruled our lives and before there were a million podcasts talking about about left politics, David Barsamian brought the voices of rad...
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G&R Episode 55: Noam Chomsky's Life of Dissent w/ Prof. Clinton Fernandes from 2020-12-07T14:20:25
Today is Noam Chomsky's 92nd birthday. In this special episode, Bob goes solo and interviews Prof. Clinton Fernandes of the University of New South Wales, Australia about the influence of ...
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G&R Episode 54: "Meeting People Where They Are At" w/ Alex from Laborwave Radio from 2020-12-05T09:00
What's it gonna take to build a better world when 74 million people voted for Trump?
In this episode, we dive deep into this question with Alex Riccio, host of the podcast Laborwave Radio...
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G&R Episode 53: State murders of Nuns in El Salvador and Fred Hampton--repression at home and abroad. from 2020-12-02T16:43:30
In this episode, we get into the politics of U.S. repression of dissent to its politics foreign and domestically. Bob and Scott talk about the anniversary of the Maryknoll sisters' murder in El ...
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G&R Episode 52: Politics and the Coronavirus. Thanksgiving Edition w/ Prof. Sarah Koster from 2020-11-23T18:25:48
We're rejoined by our friend and comrade Prof. Sarah Koster of Samuel Merritt University to discuss the latest surge of COVID-19 cases. The U.S. is being hit hard by the latest surge of COVID case...
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G&R Episode 51: Ruling Class 101 and the Coup That Wasn't from 2020-11-17T08:00
We're not ones to subscribe to popular world views, even those held on the left. So, in our latest episode, Green and Red dive deep into the history and politics of ...
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The Big Five-Oh Pt 2. Plus "Where Does the Left Go From Here?" from 2020-11-12T08:00
Our fiftieth episode was such a BFD, that we made it a two parter.
In part two, we get into the aftermath of the election and discuss where do we go from here when 70 million ...
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The Big Five-Oh Pt 1. Plus "Where Does the Left Go From Here?" from 2020-11-10T08:00
Bob and Scott celebrate the 50th episode of the Green and Red Podcast. They discuss past episodes, themes of the show like liberal reformist politics, people-powered organizing and a...
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G&R Episode 49: The Lessons of Aaron Sorkin's "Trial of the Chicago 7" from 2020-11-03T09:00
Happy Election Day! Worried about the election? We are too. Hopefully, this episode will serve as a good distraction while we await the results from today's vote.
In this epis...
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G&R Episode 48: Election 2020. Fighting Like Your Life Depends on It (Because It Does) from 2020-10-31T08:00:43
In our #ElectionDay2020 special episode, Bob and Scott share their thoughts on next Tuesday's election, liberal freakouts, Trump's politics, and organizing no matter what.
Rea...
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G&R Ep 47: Saint or Subversive? Dorothy Day & the Politics of the Catholic Church with Prof. Jack Downey from 2020-10-26T09:00
In this episode, we talk with Professor Jack Downey (@xjackdowneyx) of the University of Rochester about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. We get into Day's life and influence, liberati...
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G&R Episode 46: See You in the Streets! The History and Politics of Street Action w/ Coffee with Comrades from 2020-10-21T08:00
In this special cross-podcast episode, Bob and Scott talk with the host of the anarchist podcast Coffee with Comrades (@coffeewcomrades) about street organizing-- the history of it, the current pol...
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G&R Episode 45: Dave Zirin talks Sports Protests, LeBron, and Politics from 2020-10-15T19:08:43
In this episode, we speak with sports writer Dave Zirin (@edgeofsports) about the wildcat strikes that shook the NBA in late August; the role of sports activists like Colin Kaepernick, LeBron Ja...
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G&R 44: The Bloody Legacies of Columbus w/ History Prof. Michael Oberg of SUNY-Geneseo from 2020-10-12T08:00
In this episode, we get into the legacies of Columbus and America's genocide of Indigenous people with Prof. Michael Oberg (@nativeamtext), the larger problems of the way Native Amer...
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G&R 43: Obama, Trump and the Hollow Resistance w/ author Paul Street from 2020-10-06T18:16:19
COVID-19 Rocks the White House! In our latest episode, we get into the news of the past week with journalist and author Paul Street (@Streetwriter17). And then we deep dive int...
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G&R Episode 42: Covid-19 and Trump's “Herd Mentality” ft. Prof. Sarah Koster from 2020-10-01T07:00
Over 200,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. That number is expected to double in the next few months. The Trump Administration continues to put out misinformation about vaccines and tests th...
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G&R Episode 41: America's History of Political Violence w/ author Alexander Reid Ross from 2020-09-28T09:00
In our latest episode, we talk with author of Against the Fascist Creep Alexander Reid Ross (@areidross) about America's history of political violence and the right wing creep in the ...
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G&R Episode 40: The Ravages of Western Wildfires w/ Journalist Joshua Frank from 2020-09-23T18:00
In this episode, we talk with environmental journalist Joshua Frank (@joshua__frank) about the climate induced wildfires that have recently ravaged the American West.
We get into the clim...
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G&R Episode 39: Remembering 9/11 from 2020-09-11T09:00
9/11 changed our world. Scott (@sparki1969) and Bob (@bobbuzzanco) had a spirited discussion on the impact of the events of September 11, 2001. We offered personal recollections, tal...
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G&R Episode 38: The Amazon is Burning w/ campaigner Pendle Marshall-Hallmark from 2020-09-08T09:00
In this episode, we talk with climate and finance campaigner Pendle Marshall-Hallmark (@PendleTheWitch) of Amazon Watch (@amazonwatch) about the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest...
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G&R Episode 37: The Road to Kenosha and California's Wildfires with Muckraker Steve Horn from 2020-09-05T02:00
In this episode, we talk with muckraker journalist and Kenosha kid Steve Horn (@steveahorn) from the Real News Network (@TheRealNews) about Kenosha, WI and California climate politics. We start ...
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Coming Up: Steve Horn on Kenosha and the California Wildfires from 2020-09-04T00:32:38
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G&R Episode 36: Struggle in Israel, The Growing Anti-Netanyahu Protests w/ Atalya Ben-Abba and Amitai Ben-Abba from 2020-08-22T07:00
In this episode, we’re speak with two Israeli activists and refuseniks Amitai Ben- Abba (@amitaibenabba) and Atalya Ben-Abba about the current uprising happening against the Netanyahu gove...
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G&R Episode 35: The New Left and the Next Left. What we can learn from 1960s radicals. from 2020-08-18T08:00
In today's episode, Bob and Scott have a free-wheeling discussion about the origins of the New Left, the Wisconsin School (school of thought around the history of foreign relations), and the how...
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G&R Episode 34: From "Burn, Baby! Burn!" to Black Lives Matter--LA's Watts Uprising 55 Years Later from 2020-08-12T08:00
This week, 55 years ago, the Watts Uprising in Los Angeles began amidst a traffic incident with a black motorist and the California Highway Patrol in the South Central neighborhood of the bustli...
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G&R Episode 33: Portland in Revolt! from 2020-08-08T09:13:02
In this episode, we talk with Jay and Kay, two Portland street organizers, about the uprising that has shaken the city and garnered so much media attention. In the two months since the mur...
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G&R Episode 32: Hiroshima and "Atomic Diplomacy," 75 Years Later from 2020-08-06T19:00
For years, large majorities of Americans have believed that the U.S. had to use the A-Bomb against Japan on August 6th, 1945 to end the war quickly and avoid a land war and thus save one-million...
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G&R Episode 31: A Murder in Austin, w/ Anti-Police Brutality organizer Debbie Russell from 2020-08-04T09:00
We're Back! Lots of has been happening while we've been in break, so we start August by talking with veteran Austin community organizer, anti-police brutality advocate and...
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G&R Episode 30: Racial Violence, the Camp Logan Mutiny, and Confederate Monuments w/ Professor Clayton Lust from 2020-07-14T02:51:37
Green & Red Podcast celebrates its 30th episode with our special guest, esteemed scholar and friend Professor Clayton Lust (@ClaytonLust) from Houston Community College and Lone Star College, who ...
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G&R Episode 29: Radical Seattle w/ Historian Cal Winslow from 2020-07-07T15:26:03
In our latest episode, Bob and Scott talk with historian Cal Winslow about the Seattle general strike of 1919. Labor actions and protests are happening across the country and we take this moment...
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G&R Episode 28: One Big Union? Not So Fast: Police Unions and Other Labor Struggles w/ author Joe Allen from 2020-06-27T08:00
In this episode we talk with author, journalist, historian, and socialist Joe Allen about police unions, fighting fascism and police brutality in Chicago, the UPS strike of 1997, labor organizin...
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G&R Episode 27: The End of the Age of Plastic w/ Stiv Wilson from 2020-06-24T08:00
In our latest episode, we talk with activist and filmmaker Stiv Wilson (@AgentStiv) from the Peak Plastic Foundation (@peakplastic) about the new film "...
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G&R Episode 26: COVID19 vs. Reopening the Economy; Politics and the Pandemic w/ Prof. Sarah Koster from 2020-06-19T08:00
In our latest episode, Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) get a return visit from Prof. Sarah Koster (@NotSoNormalNaCl) to discuss the recent spike in COVID19 infections. There are now over...
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G&R Episode 25: Viet-Black Solidarity in a Time of Crisis w/ Prof. Thao Ha from 2020-06-15T08:00
In this episode, we talked with Professor Thao Ha (@ThaoHaPhD)-- Vietnamese refugee, esteemed scholar, and producer of a documentary on Vietnamese-KKK conflict in Texas, "Seadrift." ...
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G&R Episode 24: Why Immanuel Wallerstein Matters w/ filmmaker David Martinez from 2020-06-12T08:00
In our latest episode, we talk with filmmaker David Martinez about his film featuring sociologist and leftist thinker Immanuel Wallerstein.
Immanuel Wallerstein passed a...
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G&R Episode 23: Demystifying Antifa w/ author Shane Burley from 2020-06-09T09:00
In our latest episode, the Green and Red Podcast crew talks with author and journalist Shane Burley (@Shane_Burley1) about antifascism and the tar...
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G&R Episode 22: The Military vs. Donald J. Trump. Generals Tell Trump to "Stand Down!" from 2020-06-06T08:00
Today, Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) talk about the recent public repudiation of Donald Trump's attempts to use the military against American citizens in pursuit of a racial war by ...
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G&R Episode 21: "8 minutes, 46 seconds." The murder of George Floyd and uprisings in the USA, w/ Jeff Ordower from 2020-06-01T10:00:27
Today, Bob and Scott talk about the state of the U.S. as protests, riots, rebellions and large scale police violence are erupting in dozens of cities across the country. All week, protests...
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G&R Episode 20: "War is A Racket:” Measuring the true cost of war w/ Graham Clumpner from 2020-05-29T08:00
In this episode, Bob and Scott talk with anarchist, U.S. military veteran, environmentalist and direct action organizer Graham Clumpner (@turncoatveteran). We discuss movement politics and the m...
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G&R Episode 19: May 19th! The Legacies of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X (both born today) from 2020-05-19T08:00
Welcome to the Green and Red M19 Podcast!
In this very special episode, we celebrate the shared birthday of iconic revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X, both born on May 19th (1890 a...
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G&R Episode 18: Michael Moore's 'Planet of the Humans' and Its Discontents ft. Ananda Lee Tan from 2020-05-11T10:00
Welcome to Green and Red Podcast! In this episode, we dive into the controversy of the new Michael Moore produced film 'Planet of the Humans.' We're joined by long time climate justice organizer...
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G&R Episode 17: Tin Soldiers and Nixon's Coming . . . 50 Years After the Kent State Killings from 2020-05-04T14:48
In this special Green and Red Podcast, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tragic events of May 4th, 1970 at Kent State University, where agents of the state murdered 4 ...
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G&R Episode 16: Shut It Down! Resistance in the Age of COVID-19 with Lisa Fithian! from 2020-04-29T01:55:54
In our latest episode with talk with long time direct action organizer Lisa Fithian. We talked about many of the issues confronting us right now, and how people are fighting back. Listen
Up Next! Lisa Fithian joins Green and Red to discuss resistance in the age of COVID19. from 2020-04-25T22:40:13
Scott and I have a great episode coming up and we want to give you a head's up about it. We interviewed the inspiring activist and organizer Lisa Fithian and talked about many of the issues con...
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G&R Episode 15: Mutual Aid in a Pandemic. NOLA Edition! With Jasmine Araujo from Southern Solidarity! from 2020-04-24T16:39:42
In this episode, Jasmine Araujo of Southern Solidarity joins us to discuss Mutual Aid in a Pandemic, in New Orleans. She and her crew have set up shop and they feed 200 people ...
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G&R Episode 14: Welcome Back Koster! Politics and the Pandemic w/ Prof. Sarah Koster! from 2020-04-13T23:31:17
In this timely episode, Bob and Scott welcome back Professor Sarah Koster back to Green and Red. We discuss the latest developments in the world of public health and COVID19, the disproportionat...
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G&R Episode 13: Martin Luther King vs. LBJ! King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State from 2020-04-06T23:00:13
In this episode, Bob and Scott get into the politics of Martin Luther King and how he's WAY more radical than most people realize. This week is the 52nd anniversary of the assassination of Marti...
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G&R Episode 12: Coronavirus in Italy and the Middle East, with Giuseppe Acconcia from 2020-04-02T22:08:30
In this episode, Bob and Scott talk with Giuseppe Acconcia, a professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the Universita di Padova. We discuss the ongoing impact of COVID in Italy, ...
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Next G & R Podcast, COVID in Italy and the Middle East, with Prof. Giuseppe Acconcia from 2020-04-01T16:57:49
We have another great podcast coming up, with Professor Giuseppe Acconcia from the University of Padua, talking about COVID-19 in Italy, and also the Middle East and Africa, where it's sure to h...
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G&R Episode 11: Rise and Fall of Liberalism and Poor Peoples Movements from 2020-03-30T22:46:47
Scott and Bob get down and dirty about the rise and fall of liberalism. We kick off with the most recent political and economic turns in the COVID19 crisis (and how ALL th...
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G&R Episode 10: Mutual Aid and COVID19 with scott crow from 2020-03-26T11:00
In this episode, we talk with long time friend and comrade scott crow about mutual aid in the era of COVID19. We discuss hope, community, disaster response by just regular people (not bureaucrat...
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Next Green and Red Podcast features scott crow from 2020-03-25T04:33:42
Scott Parkin and I w.ere fortunate to have a great conversation with our comrade and friend scott crow. Scott is an inspiring organizer. When Katrina hit New Orleans, the authorities had no conc...
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G&R Episode 9: UC Strike! from 2020-03-23T16:16:20
In this episode, Bob and Scott talk with three graduate student strike organizers at the University of California (UC) who've been out on wildcat strike since mid-February. We talk about the COL...
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G&R Episode 8: Live From Italy! More Pandemic and Politics! from 2020-03-18T02:01:05
Live from Italy: Politics and Pandemic. Today we talk to Professor Francesco Mazzucotelli from Bergamo, Italy, the center of the Italian COVID-19 outbreak, about the situation there and about the I...
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G&R Episode 7: Pandemic and Politics with Sarah Koster from 2020-03-14T16:10:13
This past week has been unprecedented. Coronavirus has become a global pandemic and the world is reeling. At least 140,000 infected with 5,000 deaths in 133 countries. Global markets have ...
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G&R Episode 6: Populism and the New Deal, Do Those Words Mean What You Think They Mean? from 2020-03-13T21:11:12
The world is in full blown panic around the COVID19 pandemic. The global economy is shaking. Today, the stock market took its biggest dip since September 1987. Panic about the virus and jo...
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G&R Episode 5: Climate Rebellion with Bea Ruiz from 2020-03-07T02:23:01
This episode, we get into the climate rebellion spreading across the globe with Bea Ruiz from Extinction Rebellion US (XR US).
We kick the episode off with a ...
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G&R Episode 4: Stupor Tuesday! Bob and Scott dish the dirt on the liberal establishment! from 2020-03-03T20:42:02
It's Stupor Tuesday, and Scott and Bob are gonna dish dirt on Liberals. Do you hate Liberals? Why not? Do you know what a liberal is? If not, we'll tell you. We tal...
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G&R Episode 3: The Story of SHAC with Jake Conroy from 2020-02-27T17:15:47
In this episode, we're joined by long-time animal rights activist, designer, writer and all around trouble-maker Jake Conroy. Jake was part of the Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty campaign, or SHAC, ...
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G&R Episode 2: A conversation with Staughton Lynd from 2020-02-27T15:12:17
Welcome to the latest episode of Green and Red. A podcast about radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics. Brought to you by Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin. This episode welcomes renowne...
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G&R Episode 1: Kick off with Bob and Scott! from 2020-02-27T14:32:58
Welcome to our podcast! Our kick-off episode is a rolling conversation with just us. We talk about environmentalism, electoralism, class politics, direct action and the state of...
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