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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The Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals is a much-needed counterweight to the mainstream narratives that dominate our media landscape. This podcast provides a breath of fresh air with its intelligent and informed discussions on radical left political theory and action. As someone who listens to a lot of podcasts, I appreciate the left-leaning perspective that this show brings. It's a weekly dose of sanity and insight that helps me make sense of the world.
One of the best aspects of The Green & Red is its commitment to featuring guests who are often overlooked or facing consequences for exercising their freedom of speech in a responsible way. The show highlights unknown individuals like Professor Suzanne Jones and Professor Haeslip, giving them a platform to share their experiences and insights. It's refreshing to hear from voices that are not regularly heard in mainstream media.
Additionally, the show covers a wide range of topics, from social justice activism in sports to historical figures like Lester Rodney and the Daily Worker. The hosts, Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin, bring on engaging guests who explore different perspectives and offer thought-provoking analysis. This variety keeps the podcast interesting and ensures that there is something for everyone.
However, one potential downside of The Green & Red is that it may not be for everyone. If you don't align with left-wing ideologies or have no interest in radical politics, this podcast might not be your cup of tea. Additionally, some listeners may find the episodes too focused on US politics, limiting its appeal to an international audience.
In conclusion, if you're looking for an intelligent and informed podcast that delves into radical left political theory and action, The Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals is highly recommended. It offers a much-needed counterbalance to mainstream narratives and provides valuable insights into current events and social justice issues. While it may not appeal to everyone, those interested in progressive politics will find this show thought-provoking and informative.
It's the 75th anniversary of the Korean War. Looking at the politics and history of the "Forgotten War," we talk with journalist Tim Shorrock. We disucss the Open Door in Asia, the Japanese occupation of Korea, communist resistance to it, the rise of right wing South Korean forces, North Korea crossing the 38th parallel, the Cold War and more. Bio//Tim Shorrock is an American writer and commentator on US foreign policy, US national security and intelligence, and East Asian politics. He is author of "The Political Economy of the Pacific Rim: An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Pacific Northwest and East Asia," and "Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing."----------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Tim's Substack: https://substack.com/@timshorrock + Tim's Website: https://timshorrock.com/Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott
Greg LaMotta has a Ph.D. in Caribbean and Latin American history and is a longtime activist on behalf f Cuba and has visited the island numerous times over the past 40 years. Here we talked about his most recent trip, for May Day, and the current situation there, including food and power shortages and strains on the medical system. But despite this, the Cubans are adapting and continuing to fight for their sovereignty amid the worst embargo in world history.-------------------------------------------------Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Bob.
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a professor of history at York University, England and author of "Revolution and its Discontents" and is a recognized scholar of Iran . . . and today Bob had a great talk with him about the current attacks and threats of a larger war coming from Israel and the U.S.They discussed the possible reasons for the current crisis, the role of Iran's nuclear program and the JCPOA, the Axis of Resistance, Israeli losses and potential vulnerabilities, what the regional environment is like, and Iran's domestic political situation. It's an analysis you're not likely to hear elsewhere. Eskandar Sadeghi has written extensively on this topic, including at "Iran and the 'Axis of Resistance': A Brief History" and "Culmination" in NLR's "Sidecar" ------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Iran and the 'Axis of Resistance': A Brief History (https://bit.ly/3SYkA4T)+ Culmination (Reviewed in New Left Review "Sidecar") (https://bit.ly/40fPyt0)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, we talk with veteran and organizer with About Face: Veterans Against the War Zack Henson about Trump's military parade, the deployment of troops to Los Angeles and the cuts Trump, DOGE and Congress want to enact against the VA. Bio//Zack is a longtime member of About Face and co-chair of About Face's board. ---------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ About Face: https://aboutfaceveterans.org/Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Trump and his minions have inflamed the country with escalating deportation raids. In Los Angeles, the resistance has been fiercely fighting back and keeping ICE out of their communities. Trump has taken further steps by federalizing the California National Guard to protect federal buildings and aid in ICE operations. He's also now deployed a battalion of U.S. marines. California's political leadership is pushing back as well. Scott talks with organizer Estuardo Mazariegos about what's happening in the streets of Los Angeles. Bio//Estuardo Mazariegos is an organizer and co-director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Los Angeles. -------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Ellen Schrecker is the preeminent historian of McCarthyism/The Red Scare in America and we had a really great conversation with her about the resurgence of political repression today . . . Professor Schrecker argues that what we're seeing right now under the Trump administration, especially the attack on Palestine advocates on campuses, is already worse than the early Cold War years. We discussed how the two periods compare: what the motivation was (charges of communism and anti-semitism); the ways in which targeted groups, such as universities and unions, purged themselves before the government had to do it; how the resistance today is so much larger than it was in the 1950s; and what we can do to combat it.Bio//Ellen Schrecker is professor emerita at Yeshiva University and has published extensively on McCarthyism in America, especially the red scare and the universities. Her books include: . . . The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s . . . The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University. . . . Cold War Triumphalism: Exposing the Misuse of History after the Fall of Communism (Editor). . . . American Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism (compact disc). . . . The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents . . . Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. . . . No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities-------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Prof. Schrecker's Website: https://www.ellenschrecker.com/+ Ellen Schrecker: Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump (https://bit.ly/4kDh7Fa)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
There is a long history of industry heavy war profiteers like Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman having deep ties within elite political and military circles. This has led to trillions being spent on weapons manufacturing. With the rise of Silicon Valley and artificial intelligence (AI) in our society, we're seeing those same elites build out AI for military and geopolitical purposes. In our latest, we talk with Project Censored and award-winning investigative journalist Peter Byrne about his groundbreaking 10-part exposé on the dangerous militarization of artificial intelligence—and the profiteering that drives it. Bio//Peter Byrne is an award-winning investigative science reporter who has long uncovered corruption at the nexus of science and industry. Now, in partnership with Project Censored, Byrne has launched Military AI Watch, a groundbreaking ten-part series that will run monthly on Project Censored.——————Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Military AI Watch (https://bit.ly/3ZjLRCh)+ Peter's website: https://www.peterbyrne.infoFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
The Stop Cop City campaign saw an evolution in protest and direct action. It brought together movements that spanned issues, political philosophies, strategic approaches and tactics. The state responded with unbridled violence (killing one forest defender) and harsh legal repression (charging 61 others with "domestic terrorism"). It saw coalitions of black led community groups, big environmental groups and anti-authoritarian direct action loosely join together to resist the state. In a part two of two, Scott talks with Prof. Joseph Brown about the future of protest after the Stop Cop City moment. They discuss the status of the project, dive deep into the repression that forest defenders are facing and talk about the evolution of non-violence strategies. Bio//Joseph M. Brown (@josephmbrown.bsky.social) is an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Author of “Stop Cop City!—Understanding the Strategic Choices of Protest Movements” in “Terrorism and Political Violence.” His work focuses on political conflict, including protest, state repression, and terrorism. His first book, “Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats” and his second book will be on environmental activism, particularly the use of direct action tactics.-------------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Prof. Brown's website: https://josephmbrown.com/+ Support Forest Defenders: https://linktr.ee/weelauneearresteefundraisersFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
"Andor," the latest Star Wars miniseries, is spin off of the film "Rogue One," which is a prequel to the original Stat Wars trilogy. It's considered grittier, grungier, and more political than any its predecessors.In this latest G&R Arts and Culture episode, Scott talks with comrade and organizer Matt Leonard about the politics and cultural relevance of Andor in the age of Trump. Green and Red's Arts and Culture series looks at film, television, music, book and other art that raises political consciousness. Bio//Matt Leonard (@mlenny.bsky.social) is an organizer and Star Wars fan (although, not a "superfan").If you have the means, and want to support scrappy independent media (and get some G&R SCHWAG), become a G&R Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ---------------------------------------------------------------Outro- "Star Wars Theme" By John WilliamsLinks//+ Guardian: In Andor, the real world political parallels are impossible to ignore (https://bit.ly/43RzJLp)+ One Way Out: The Revolutionary Hero of Andor (https://bit.ly/4dIQoEm)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/8evPXV7g)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Yoda.
In this latest installment of the G&R Arts and Culture series, we look at three films from the seventies that were shaped by America's growing cynicism and distrust of its governing institutions. We look at The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor and All the President's Men, and discuss the stories and how they effected and were effected by the sociopolitical shifts that were happening at the country in that time. **If you have the means, and want to support scrappy independent media (and get some G&R schwag), become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast --------------------Outro- "G&R Blues by MoodyLinks//The Nation: The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema (https://bit.ly/4mzfzgv)Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/8evPXV7g)Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
The new documentary "The Encampments" is an important portrait of America's student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their universities' ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions sparked a nationwide uprising, with encampments spreading across hundreds of campuses. It features detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, alongside professors, whistleblowers, and organizers.In our latest episode, we talk with Michael Workman and Kei Pritsker, the co-directors of "The Encampments." Bio//Kei Pritsker (@keipritsker) is a journalist with Breakthrough News and co-director of “The Encampments.”Michael Workman is a filmmaker whose documentaries have screened at festivals around the world. His films include “Meantime” and “From Parts Unknown.” He is co-director of “The Encampments.” The Encampments (2025) won the Human Rights Award Special Mention at CPH:DOX. -----------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ The Encampments (https://bit.ly/4jf2nus)+ Michael Workman (https://michaeltworkman.com/)+ Breakthrough News (https://bit.ly/4jjShbJ)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/8evPXV7g)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
May 24th is the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Earth First!ers Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney. To commemorate we're reposting our interview from last year with Earth First!'s Karen Pickett. Here's the blurb from last year's episode:On May 24, 1990, a car bomb ripped through environmental and labor organizer Judi Bari's car nearly killing her and her comrade Darryl Cherney. Bari and Cherney were part of Earth First's Headwaters campaign and had fought long and hard to stop clear-cutting redwood forests in Northern California by ravenous timber companies. They were organizing a campaign that summer called "Redwood Summer" that had planned to do mass action against logging. The F.B.I. and the Oakland police immediately arrested Bari and Cherney as the culprits in their own bombing. Judi Bari passed away from cancer in 1997. In 2002, Bari (posthumously) and Cherney won a $4.4 million lawsuit against the F.B.I. and the Oakland PD for violating their civil rights. May 24 is now an official holiday in the city of Oakland. In our latest episode, we talk with Earth First! organizer Karen Pickett (@KP4redwoods), a close friend and comrade of Bari and Cherney, about Earth First!, the Northern California timber wars, Judi Bari's role as environmental and labor organizer, the bombing and the subsequent lawsuit. Bio//Karen Pickett has been a grassroots activist for over 40 years. She is a founder and Director of the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, Biocentric Media Inc. and other organizations. She has been part of Earth First! for decades.---------------------------------------------------Outro- "The FBI Stole My Fiddle" by Judi Bari and Darryl CherneyLinks//+The Judi Bari Website: http://www.judibari.org/+Zinn Education Project: Judi Bari's Car Bombed (https://bit.ly/3yDJ2RS)Follow Green and Red//+G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast+Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/+We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/+ Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/yYsmTEkd)Support the Green and Red Podcast//+Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandRThis is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).
The Stop Cop City campaign saw an evolution in protest and direct action. It brought together movements that spanned issues, political philosophies, strategic approaches and tactics. The state responded with unbridled violence (killing one forest defender) and harsh legal repression (charging 61 others with "domestic terrorism"). It saw coalitions of black led community groups, big environmental groups and anti-authoritarian direct action loosely join together to resist the state. In our latest, which is a part one of two, Scott talks with Prof. Joseph Brown about the future of protest after the Stop Cop City moment. Bio//Joseph M. Brown (@josephmbrown.bsky.social) is an associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Author of “Stop Cop City!—Understanding the Strategic Choices of Protest Movements” in “Terrorism and Political Violence.” His work focuses on political conflict, including protest, state repression, and terrorism. His first book, “Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats” and his second book will be on environmental activism, particularly the use of direct action tactics.-------------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Prof. Brown's website: https://josephmbrown.com/Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, Scott talks with Fable who's 70 feet above the earth in a tree blocking the logging of a legacy forest in the Elwha Watershed in western Washington. They discuss the campaign to pressure WA Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove to stop clearcutting this area.Bio// Fable is a tree-sitter in Cascadia. —————Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Forest Defenders Blockade Against Clearcutting of Endangered Legacy Forest in the Elwha Watershed (https://bit.ly/43iOnKo)+ Activist climbs tree near Port Angeles to block cut of older WA forest (https://bit.ly/4miAnJ7)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In latest installment of our new “State of the Resistance” series, Scott talks with organizer Patrick Young. They discuss the May Day protests, the upcoming “No Kings” day of action and the recent sit-in at the Columbia library. They also discuss how the economic turmoil from the tariffs and DOGE cuts are an opportunity to radicalize and organize people. Bio//Patrick Young (@patrickjyoung.bsky.social) is a long time organizer. He's worked with the Steelworkers, the Teamsters, Rising Tide North America, Shutdown DC and more recently the Movement Infrastructure organizer. —————Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Millions Rally to Tell Trump “Hands Off” Our Democracy (https://bit.ly/3G2lREK)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Donald Trump briefly tried to change "Veterans Day" to a Victory in War (both I and II) Day until rebuked by vets, but his explanation needs to also be rebuked. Trump said the U.S., more than any other country, won the world wars. Of course, that flies in the face of the actual history of World War II. On this 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, we discussed the reality of the second world war . . . how the west stalled on establishing a second front while the USSR was bearing the brunt of the war, how the Soviets reversed the German offensive in 1941-42 and then liberated Europe from the Nazis, how the Red Army killed 80 percent of the Germans killed in the war, and how the Soviet Union suffered immense losses (20-25 million killed, a million farms and factories destroyed, half the economy devastated).********Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+G&R: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 78 Years Later (https://apple.co/3WSbppd)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/hKRAGQv6)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// + We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
This past week has seen a resurgence for liberal parties in other parts of the world. In Canada, Mark Carney the Liberal Party made a stunning comeback from a 20% deficit in the polls just months ago to win a narrow victory against Pierre and Poilievere and the Conservative Party. This is largely due to Donald Trump's repeated threats that he would make Canada the U.S.A.'s “51 State.”Scott talks with climate campaigner and researcher Emilia Belliveau about the election, the parties, the candidates and its aftermath.Bio//Emilia has worked on climate and environmental justice issues for over a decade, as a community organizer, academic research, senior policy analyst, and campaigner with environmental non-profits. She holds a master's in environmental studies, where her research focused on climate justice movement praxis.*Emilia's views are her own and don't necessarily represent the views of the organization she works for.----------------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) + Check us out! We made it into the top 100 Progressive Podcasts lists (#68) (https://bit.ly/432XNJT) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
It's the 55th anniversary of the killings at Kent State University. In a special encore episode, we're reposting our Kent State episode from 2020.In this episode, we commemorate the anniversary of the tragic events of May 4th, 1970 at Kent State University, where agents of the state murdered 4 students and shot 9 others. Students, who'd been told the war was winding down in Vietnam, erupted in protest at campuses all over America when Richard Nixon announced the U.S. invasion of Cambodia on April 30th. At Kent State, a working-class public school in Northeast Ohio, protesting students and other burned down an ROTC building, a common target in the Vietnam protest era, and Ohio Governor James Rhodes, vowing a violent response, mobilized the National Guard and sent them to Kent. For two days the students and Guard skirmished, with the paramilitaries hurling tear gas and intimidating students. On May 4th, the Guard, unprovoked, started shooting into the crowd of students and shot 13, killing 4, from distances beyond 300 feet. These were extrajudicial killings and a sure sign the state would murder anyone who challenged its interests. The war had come home! Scott and Bob, who's also a historian of the Vietnam War and the 1960s and has published extensively on those subjects, talk about the background to the protests, the official, violent response, the aftermath at places like Jackson State, where 2 more students were killed, and the larger context of anti-state protests and their meaning, and lessons.Links//Kent State Tribunal Organization, established by Laurel Krause, sister of one of the students assassinated that day (https://bit.ly/3w2spdR);interview with Alan Canfora, one of the survivors of the shootings (https://bit.ly/3OUyjGq);The Kent State May 4th Poetry Collection; Denise Levertov, “The Day the Audience Walked Out on Me, and Why” (https://bit.ly/3kIVyFv);Governor Rhodes press conference, May 3 (https://bit.ly/37cIk0R);Robert Buzzanco, Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life (https://bit.ly/3kB21ST).https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcastCheck out our new website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/Support//+Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast+Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandRFollow Green and Red//Donate to Green and Red Podcast//This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues” by Moody. Editing by Scott.
Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, we talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals to the Haymarket Affair to International Workers' Day to Labor Day and Loyalty Day. And we discuss how the ruling class's “war on the left” fits into the politics of May Day vs. Labor Day.Spend an hour of your International Workers' Day hearing about the history of May Day. You won't regret it. ---------------------------------------------Outro// Which Side Are You On by Florence ReeceLinks//+IWW: The Brief Origins of May Day (https://bit.ly/2QLtO7Q)+ G&R:How Labor and Climate Movements Are Building An Enduring Alliance w/ Jeff Ordower and Norman Rogers (https://bit.ly/4cDK9AU)+G&R:Victories in Chattanooga and Pittsburgh . . . Mike Elk of Payday Report on the UAW and Summer Lee (https://bit.ly/4aUWhvR)Follow Green and Red//+G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast+Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/+We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/+ *NEW! Green and Red is NOW an affiliate of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/afRwBg5Q)Support the Green and Red Podcast//+Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandRThis is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Scott.
In the latest episode, we talk about the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. We describe the events that led to the U.S. withdrawal in 1973, and then how Hanoi began their December 1974 offensive that eventually led to the fall of the South Vietnamese government. We also talk about the chaos in Laos and Cambodia as a result of the fall of Saigon, the domestic impact on the U.S. and then the 50 year political and cultural legacy in the U.S. We end with a discussion of the film, literature and television that considers the war. An important history in the context of current events of war in Ukraine and the Middle East, particularly Palestine, and the rise of Trump and far right politics. ------------------------------------------Outro- " We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You" by Kinky FriedmanLinks//+ Green and Red: Noam Chomsky on the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War (https://bit.ly/4jNHd7q)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Today's politics and culture wars are intertwined with pro wrestling. More than people realize. Since the summer of 2015 when Donald Trump came down the escalator to announce he was running for president, plenty of people, of course, have noted this relationship that he's had with WWE owner Vince McMahon and his links to professional wrestling. In our latest, Scott talks with Jason Myles, host of This is Revolution, about his new documentary called “Kayfabe” about pro-wrestling and Trump's politics. Bio//Jason Myles (@j_myles_TIR) is a writer, musician and host of This is Revolution podcast.-----------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ This is Revolution: https://www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com+ Kayfabe on Means TV (https://bit.ly/4jRgeru) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Everyone's talking about tariffs . . . but do we really know what they are, how they work, what their purpose is?Scott and Bob give backgrounder on tariffs from a historical perspective (we're not economists) and discuss the reason they are used in global economic relationships and describe some of the reasons that American founders advocated for them (hint, it's not about revenues--it's for capitalist development of industry). We also discuss the political meaning of the tariff--they're part of a dispute over trade policy between northern manufacturing and southern agriculture (the so-called Tariff of Abominations) from the early 19th century through the McKinley Tariff years. Then we described the advent of the Free Trade era and how tariffs became less important (a federal income tax replaced tariffs as a main source of revenue as the U.S. grew into an economic power--tariff revenues weren't adequate for the needs of a growing imperial power by the early 20th century--and how that began to shift after World War II. And we finished up by briefly discussing how ill-developed and damaging Trump's tariffs will be.------------------------------Outro- "He's A Heartache" by Janie Fricke Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
In our latest, Scott talks with organizer Patrick Young about this past weekend's Hands Off rallies and the state of the resistance to Trump and Musk.Bio//Patrick Young is an organizer based in Washington D.C. He's worked in labor, climate and direct action movements for two decades. He is a co-founder of Shutdown DC and the Movement Infrastructure Project. ------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Shutdown DC: https://www.shutdowndc.org+ Movement Infrastructure Project: https://www.movementinfrastructureproject.org Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, Scott talks with journalist, and friend of G&R, Adam Federman (@adamfederman) about Trump's obsession to acquire Greenland. They discuss what's at stake, the region's Cold War history, how the local population views the U.S. and Trump, great power tensions around the Arctic Circle and the wealthy private interests trying to claim their stakes in Greenland. Bio//Adam Federman is a reporting fellow with Type Investigations who has written widely on environmental policy, public lands, and corporate and police spying on environmental activists. He has written for In These Times, Politico Magazine, The Washington Post, Wired, Slate, The Nation, and other publications. His first book, Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray, was a New York Times notable book of 2017 and a finalist for the LA Times Book prize in biography.--------------------------------------Outro- "Greenland Whale Fisheries (Why we Sail)" by Glen FinnanLinks//+ Adam Federman: https://adamfederman.com/ + Trump's Greenland Problem (https://bit.ly/42jBor6)+ The New Cold War in the Arctic (https://bit.ly/4lf2Grv)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/3a6AX7Qy)+Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
Happy May Day Tender Comrades. Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, we talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals to the Haymarket Affair to International Workers' Day to Labor Day and Loyalty Day. And we discuss how the ruling class's “war on the left” fits into the politics of May Day vs. Labor Day.Spend an hour of your International Workers' Day hearing about the history of May Day. You won't regret it. ---------------------------------------------Outro// Which Side Are You On by Florence ReeceLinks//+IWW: The Brief Origins of May Day (https://bit.ly/2QLtO7Q)+ G&R:How Labor and Climate Movements Are Building An Enduring Alliance w/ Jeff Ordower and Norman Rogers (https://bit.ly/4cDK9AU)+G&R:Victories in Chattanooga and Pittsburgh . . . Mike Elk of Payday Report on the UAW and Summer Lee (https://bit.ly/4aUWhvR)Follow Green and Red//+G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast+Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/+We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/+ *NEW! Green and Red is NOW an affiliate of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/afRwBg5Q)Support the Green and Red Podcast//+Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandRThis is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Scott.
“Tell ya the truth, I don't think this is a brains kind of operation.”-Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro) in the Way of the GunBob and Scott dive into the news of the week. Starting with Signalgate and the utter incompetence, yet remains vile and murderous, in the Trump national security team. And then getting into the escalating repression by the administration on non-citizens that have engaged in anti-genocide organizing. We also discuss Trump rolling back bargaining rights for millions of federal workers. We close with a tribute to the late media activist and scholar Robert McChesney who passed away last week. ------------------------------------Outro- "Love's Gonna Live Here" by Daniel DonatoLinks//+ G&R: State Repression is as American as Cherry Pie (https://bit.ly/3RizqSE)+ G&R: Journalist Will Potter on Big Oil's Attempt to Bankrupt Greenpeace (https://bit.ly/42aJ9jk)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/E39FTD62) +Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott
Will Potter, author of *Green is the New Red* and one of the best-known observers and analysts of the way the state uses contrived charges of "terrorism" to attack environmental activists, joined me for a great discussion about the recent North Dakota court case where Energy Transfer Partners sued Greenpeace and won a huge settlement. We talked at length about the ways in which the oil companies and the state have criminalized free speech and allowed the oligarchs to intimidate and destroy activist groups. We also discussed the current repression--the attacks on migrants, students, anti-Tesla activists, etc--and the new level of risks we're facing.bio//Will Potter is a thought leader and award-winning investigative journalist and author whose work has focused on social justice movements and attacks on civil rights post-9/11. He has been invited to speak about human rights and political repression before governmental bodies including the U.S. Congress, the Australian Parliament, and the Council of Europe. He was the first investigative journalist to be named a TED Senior Fellow, and his TED talks on anti-protest laws and secret prisons have been viewed nearly 10 million times. His book, Green Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, exposed the targeting of nonviolent protest groups by the FBI and was awarded a Kirkus Star for "remarkable merit." Will was awarded the prestigious Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Law Reporting, and is the inaugural civil rights fellow and distinguished journalist-in-residence at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. His new book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the truth from farm to fable, is now available for pre-order-----------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks+ Will's website: https://www.willpotter.com/+ Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable (https://bit.ly/40HiYRq)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/E39FTD62) +Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Jack.
Strategic Litigation on Public Participation, or SLAPPs, is an oft-used tactics by power holders against activists, campaigners, journalists and ordinary citizens seeking to stop destructive corporate practices on people and planet. There are a number of high profile SLAPP suits in the courts now.In our latest, we talk with Evan Mascagni with the Public Participation Project about the history and use of SLAPP suits.Bio//Evan Mascagni is the Policy Director of the Public Participation Project, a nonprofit dedicated to combating Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) through state and federal anti-SLAPP legislation. A former attorney turned documentary filmmaker and First Amendment rights advocate, Evan is committed to defending the free speech rights of filmmakers, journalists, and activists nationwide. -----------------------------------------------Outro- "Lawyers, Guns and Money" by Los Alvarez Del Norte Links//+ Evan's website: https://www.evanmascagni.com/+Public Participation Project: https://anti-slapp.org/+ Protect the Protest: https://www.protecttheprotest.org/Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia's student encampments last year, and a permanent U.S. resident, was arrested and detained by ICE agents for protest activities. Numbers of other Columbia students are being singled out by the Zionist groups, the Trump administration and the Columbia administration. Valerie Costa, an organizer of Takedown Tesla protests was attacked virtually by Elon Musk and then doxxed by his trolls. State repression of protesters is peaking at this political moment. But there is a long history of this in the U.S. In our latest, we look at the history of state repression. And talk about these current events. ———————Outro- "Exhuming McCarthy" by Handsome PantsLinks//+G&R: Trump's Favorite President? Who Was William McKinley? Tariffs, Empire, and a new Gilded Age (https://bit.ly/4icqSbD)+G&R: Taking Down Tesla w/ Valerie from the Troublemakers (https://bit.ly/41htNce)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Fady Joudah is an esteemed Palestinian Poet/Activist. And we had a great long conversation with him about poetry and resistance, conditions in Gaza, the difficulty of describing the Palestinian struggle in English, the failure of the west to defend Gaza, and much more. And we finished with Fady reading and deconstructing some of his poetry for us. Bio// Fady Joudah is a Palestinian American physician, poet, and translator. He was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up in Libya and Saudi Arabia. He was educated at the University of Georgia, the Medical College of Georgia, and the University of Texas Health Sciences in Houston. In 2002 and 2005 he worked with Doctors Without Borders in Zambia and Sudan, respectively.Joudah's debut collection of poetry, The Earth in the Attic (2008), won the 2007 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, chosen by Louise Glück. Joudah followed his second book of poetry, Alight (2013) with Textu (2014), a collection of poems written on a cell phone wherein each piece is exactly 160 characters long. His fourth collection is Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance (2018). In 2014, Joudah was a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry. As critic Charles Bainbridge observed in a 2008 Guardian review of The Earth in the Attic, “Joudah's poetry thrives on dramatic shifts in perspective, on continually challenging received notions.”Joudah translated several collections of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish's work in The Butterfly's Burden (2006), which won the Banipal prize from the UK and was a finalist for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation; and in If I Were Another, which won a PEN USA award in 2010. His translation of Ghassan Zaqtan's Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me (2012) won the Griffin International Poetry Prize in 2013. His other translations include Amjad Nasser's Petra: The Concealed Rose and A Map of Signs and Scents.Joudah lives with his family in Houston, where he works as a physician of internal medicine.—————-Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Fady Joudah: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/fady-joudahFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
Project Censored has been exposing the media's self-censorship for a half-century now and we talked with its director Mickey Huff about the current state of the media. We discussed some of the bigger stories that the media has overlooked (climate change, Gaza, labor issues) but also importantly talked about important stories that were picked up and covered by alternative media. Bio//Mickey Huff is the third director of Project Censored (founded in 1976) and is the president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. Huff joined Ithaca College in New York fall of 2024, where he now also serves as the Distinguished Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Professor of Journalism. Since 2009, he has coedited the annual volume of the Censored book series with associate director Andy Lee Roth, published by Seven Stories Press in New York, and since 2021 with The Censored Press, the Project's new publishing imprint. His most recent books include Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2025, co-edited with Shealeigh Voitl and Andy Lee Roth (The Censored Press/Seven Stories Press, 2024); The Media and Me: A Guide to Critical Media Literacy for Young People (co-authored with Project Censored and the Media Revolution Collective, The Censored Press/Triangle Square, 2022), as well as Let's Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy (Routledge, 2022) and United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and what we can do about it), published by City Lights Books, 2019, both co-authored with Nolan Higdon.----------------------------------------------------Outro- "Sons of 1984" by Todd RungrenLinks//+ Project Censored: https://www.projectcensored.org/Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
The Oval Office erupts as Trump and J.D. Vance take on Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a fiery public clash. It's the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and G&R gets into the cost of Zelenskyy, Putin and Biden's war. We also talk about the DEI purge at the Pentagon. The smoke and mirrors of the defense budget and how despite an 8% across the board cut, the money is just going into other defense programs (plus an additional $100 billion coming from Congress in the next budget). We wrap with a tribute to Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated last year in protest of the genocide in Palestine. ——————-Outro- "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Elon Musk is a dangerous oligarch running a hostile corporate takeover operation on the federal government via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In response, people around the world have mobilized to hurt him where it hurts… his pocketbook. In recent weeks, one of his companies, Tesla, had lost 25% in market share and been the target of widespread protests.In our latest, Scott talks with Valerie with the Troublemakers in Seattle about the viral protests against Elon and Tesla. ———Outro- "Trouble” by Christopher John Stephens Links// + Takedown Tesla: teslatakedown.com+ Troublemakers Community: www.troublemakerscommunity.orgFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
The favorite son of Niles, Ohio is our topic today . . . Donald Trump has said that William McKinley was his favorite president so we spend some time explaining who McKinley was, why he became president, what he did, and what Trump's declared affection means....McKinley came to power in the post-Civil War era when industrial capitalism became the national economic system and, living in Ohio, became an advocate of tariffs and "free labor." As such he authored the McKinley Tariff in 1890, which badly harmed the American economy. McKinley also ushered in America's move into foreign areas to create a new empire--especially in Cuba and the Philippines. And of course we discuss the reasons that Trump may idolize McKinley, and also how Trump's economic program is a departure from the neo-Liberal regime and a movement back toward the protectionist and imperial ways of William McKinley. ---------------------------------Outro- "White House Blues" by Charlie Norton and the North Carolina RamblersFollow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, Scott talks with Liz Francis, founder and publisher of Street Noise Books (@streetnoisebook) about publishing radical and progressive comics and graphic novels in the age of Trump, war in Gaza and the climate crisis. They discuss the mission of Street Noise Books, and some of its publications including "Eyes on Gaza," "Milk without Honey" and "Toxic Tropics." This episode is another in our Arts and Culture series that highlights film, books and music that raises political consciousness. Graphic novels and comics are some of the best selling publications in the publishing sector. Much of the audience for graphic novels are young adults and raising their political and social consciousness through graphic novels is important for radical political education. Street Noise has a progressive social justice mission with publications on Gaza, the climate crisis, immigration, mental health, LGBQT, gender issues and much more.Bio//Liz Frances is the founder and publisher of Street Noise Books. Having worked as an art director and book designer in the big publishing houses of New York City, Frances enjoyed collaborating with many gifted writers, illustrators, graphic artists and editors and saw a need for a different kind of publisher to serve the graphic novel and graphic memoir form. -----------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Street Noise Books:https://www.streetnoisebooks.com/Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
Part two of Bob's conversation with Fadi Kafeety, executive director of the Jerusalem Fund, about the long history of the region as well as current problems, and went into detail on the resistance of Palestine, the scope of Israel's genocide, Israel's setbacks, and what we might see going forward. bio//Fadi Kafeety (@fkafeety1948) is the Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational program, the Palestine Center. He is a Palestinian scholar completing his PhD in Modern Arab History at the University of Houston. Fadi earned his MA in Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), and his BA in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University. ----------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ To find out more about and donate to the Jerusalem Fund, see (https://bit.ly/4hPsqIk), (https://bit.ly/4hW4lQl), and (https://bit.ly/3CJvJlA).Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
It's President's weekend! Bob and Scott celebrate by discussing the recent history of the presidency and look at how neoliberals Clinton, Bush and Obama paved the way for the rise of Trump and MAGA. We also define neoliberalism and explain the difference between Trump and neoliberals (despite what other lefty podcasters tell you).----------------------------------Outro- "Hail to the Chief" by the Beatles 2Links//+ Noam Chomsky on Why the Democrats Suck (https://bit.ly/3YHagR0)+ R.I.P. Jimmy Carter. Liberal Saint Now, Neoliberal War Criminal Then (https://bit.ly/4iZAtDJ)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Fadi Kafeety of the Jerusalem Fund had a long conversation with Bob about the current crisis in the Middle East. There's been a ceasefire in Gaza, but the genocide hasn't stopped, and Israel is continuing to intervene in other Middle East states like Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.They had a great conversation, speaking about the long history of the region as well as current problems, and went into detail on the resistance of Palestine, the scope of Israel's genocide, Israel's setbacks, and what we might see going forward. bio//Fadi Kafeety (@fkafeety1948) is the Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational program, the Palestine Center. He is a Palestinian scholar completing his PhD in Modern Arab History at the University of Houston. Fadi earned his MA in Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), and his BA in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University. ----------------------------------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ To find out more about and donate to the Jerusalem Fund, see (https://bit.ly/4hPsqIk), (https://bit.ly/4hW4lQl), and (https://bit.ly/3CJvJlA).Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, we talk creative resistance with our old friend and comrade Jeff Grubler. In the opening segment of this episode, we share a video Jeff's new theater skit, “They Live,” and then interview Jeff about why even in dire times, a little humor can go a long way. Bio// Jeff Grubler is a long time human rights and anti-war activist whose weapon of choice is street theater. His most recent street theater group is Bad Taste For A Good Cause. —————- Outro- “OBEY” by Potatoes Mashed Links// + Bad Taste for a Good Cause: http://badtastegoodcause.com + Potatoes Mashed: https://www.potatoesmashed.com Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd) +Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Bob had a great conversation w/ Charles Glass, who was the ABC News correspondent from the Middle East throughout the 80s and 90s, and has written countless books and articles about the region. They talked about the current situation in Syria, the role of the great powers there, conditions for the Kurds in Rojava, and of course Israel's aggression throughout the region. Bio// Charles Glass was ABC News Chief Middle East Correspondent from 1983 to 1993. Since 1973, he has covered wars in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the author of "Syria Burning," and "Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A Story of Brotherhood, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War." His most recent book is "Syria: Civil War to Holy War." --------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// + Charles' Website: https://www.charlesglass.net +Charles Class: Syria - From Holy War to Civil War (https://bit.ly/3X0THjh) "Disenchantment and Devastation in Syria," NYRB, (https://bit.ly/42yxA7d) +"Beirut gets a Reprieve, but for How Long?", The Nation (https://bit.ly/3EeIIfs) +"Lebanon's Year of Living Ambiguously," The Nation (https://bit.ly/3WFqrOz) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Join our Discord community ( / discord ) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreen...) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at / greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest on "Climate in the Age of Trump," we talk with Prof. Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, climate scientist at UC Berkeley and do a deep dive into the the climate crisis. From the science behind global warming to the social, economic, and political implications, this episode provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and solutions we face in addressing climate change. Bio// Lucas Vargas Zeppetello is an Assistant Prof. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. ---------------------------------------------------------- Outro- "Untitled (Smash Mouth Climate Change Song) by The Kirk Hammett Signature Collection Links// + Lucas' Website: https://vargaszeppetello.weebly.com/ + Are wildfires caused by climate change or something else? The question is flawed (https://bit.ly/40Cn1NW) + How the Wildfires Could Reshape the Climate Movement in California (https://bit.ly/4jx71Fv) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, we talk about Chevron's energy partnership with Israel with Dov Baum, director of the American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) Action Center for Corporate Accountability. We get into where and how much Chevron is making from Israel. We talk about the current call for a boycott of Chevron over their support of Israel's genocide in Gaza, organic boycotts of companies like Starbucks and McDonald's and the history of energy boycotts. We also discuss this weekend's actions at Chevron locations around the country. Bio// Dov Baum is director of AFSC's Action Center for Corporate Accountability. Dov is the co-founder of Who Profits from the Occupation and of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel. She is a feminist scholar and teacher who has taught about militarism and the global economy from a feminist perspective in Israeli and U.S. universities. Dov is also one of a group of Israeli Reservists who have made public their refusal to serve in the military, including in a public statement to the Washington Post. --------------------------------- Outro- "Just from Chevron" by the Dirty Projectors Links// + Boycott Chevron: www.boycottchevron.info +Chevron Weekend of Action: Jan 31-Feb 2 (https://bit.ly/4aVMSVX) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, Scott talks with Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginClear, about how bringing compact, sustainable systems to bring safe water directly to those in need is the solution to our water needs. Bio// Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginClear, a leader in durable, prefabricatedsystems that bring clean water directly to industries and communities. --------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// +OriginClear: https://www.originclear.com/ Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, we talk with author and journalist Will Potter about the new status quo that will be the second Trump administration. We discuss the threats to immigrant communities and the First Amendment that protects journalists and activists. We discuss the fracturing of society, and the fracturing of left movements. We also discuss the impact of Trump on the far right, and, of course, Luigi Mangione. It's about to be a dark bumpy ride. Buckle up and we'll all do the best we can. Bio// Will Potter (@willpotter) is a thought leader and award-winning investigative journalist and author whose work has focused on social justice movements and attacks on civil rights post-9/11. He has been invited to speak about human rights and political repression before governmental bodies including the U.S. Congress, the Australian Parliament, and the Council of Europe. He was the first investigative journalist to be named a TED Senior Fellow, and his TED talks on anti-protest laws and secret prisons have been viewed nearly 10 million times. His book, Green Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, exposed the targeting of nonviolent protest groups by the FBI and was awarded a Kirkus Star for "remarkable merit." Will was awarded the prestigious Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Law Reporting, and is the inaugural civil rights fellow and distinguished journalist-in-residence at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. His new book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, is now available for pre-order from City Lights. --------------------------------- Outro- "Funhouse" by the Stooges Links// + Will's website: https://www.willpotter.com/ + Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable (https://bit.ly/40HiYRq) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
On January 16th, we hosted an in-person panel in Berkeley, CA to discuss media in the age of Trump, war and resistance, why it matters and how to stand in solidarity with those on the frontlines. The panel featured Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein, Nora Barrows-Friedman with Electronic Intifada and Green and Red Podcast co-host Prof. Robert Buzzanco. Here's the full audio of our panel. -------------------------------------------- * Bio// Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada and the co-host of the weekly EI Livestream. She has been reporting on Palestine for more than 20 years, and worked with Dennis Bernstein at Flashpoints from 2003-2010. * Bio// Dennis Bernstein is a poet, human rights reporter, host of Flashpoints on KPFA 94.1 Pacifica Radio. He is the author of Notebook 19, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon, and Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. * Bio//Robert Buzzanco is co-host of the Green and Red Podcast, a professor of history at the University of Houston, and author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era, Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life, and American Power, American People.
In our latest episode in our series on Climate in the Age of Trump, Scott talks with Liv Senghor about Wall Street's backpedaling on its commitments to phase fossil fuels out of its financial portfolios. They also talk about corporate finance campaigning in the new Trump administration and the upcoming Summer of Heat 2. Bio// Liv Senghor is an artist and activist with a history in non-violent direct action. With a career spanning entertainment and activism, Liv earned a Peabody and Emmy for her work on Netflix's Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Since 2014, she has been a dedicated organizer against police brutality and US militarism. Liv joined Stop the Money Pipeline as a Fellow during the Summer of Heat on Wall Street campaign, when she led many actions and was arrested for engaging in civil disobedience fifteen times. She is now STMP's New York Action & Campaign Manager and an active organizer with Planet Over Profit. ------------------------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// +Global financial sector dropping key green pledges as Trump takes office (https://bit.ly/40HhPJK) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
We've long known that the fossil fuel industry, and front groups like the Western States Petroleum Association, has created a system of denial and disinformation to prevent the public from knowing the full extent of the damage they've inflicted on the climate. But new revelations show that their knowledge goes back to the 1950s. Now, as the city of Los Angeles is burning, and a president who calls climate change a “hoax” is about to re-enter office, these revelations are more important than ever. In the first of a series of episodes that we are calling “Climate in the Age of Trump,” we talk with researcher Rebecca John with the Climate Investigation Center to discuss these findings. Bio// Rebecca John is a Research Fellow at the Climate Investigations Center. She is also a freelance journalist and award-winning documentary film maker. --------------------------------- Outro- "Even If We Didn't Start the Fire" by Skyfalling Links// + Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization' (https://bit.ly/4fWPPWO) + Revealed: A U.S. President Was First Informed of CO2's Impact 59 Years Ago This Month (https://bit.ly/4gTzvYu) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Isaac.
Join us on January 16th at 7pm for a panel on Media in the age of war and resistance. The panel will feature Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein, Nora Barrows-Friedman with Electronic Intifada and Green and Red Podcast co-host Prof. Robert Buzzanco. We're living in challenging times with crises around war in the Middle East, renewed McCarthyist attacks on free speech, corporate domination of everyday life and escalating climate disasters. We're also living in a time where large numbers of people have taken to the streets to confront those responsible for these crises. For decades, independent media has told the stories that corporate media has kept hidden. It has shined a light on the elites and corporations making profit from destruction of people and the planet. As we enter another Trump administration, radical independent media will be more important than ever. WHERE: The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; 1924 Cedar St. , Berkeley CA WHEN: Jan. 16th. Doors open at 7pm. Event begins at 7:15pm Virtual viewing: We'll also be live streaming the event on our Facebook Page RSVP: https://bit.ly/Jan16PanelEvent Join us as we discuss media in the age of war and resistance, why it matters and how to stand in solidarity with those on the frontlines. Bio// Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic Intifada and the co-host of the weekly EI Livestream. She has been reporting on Palestine for more than 20 years, and worked with Dennis Bernstein at Flashpoints from 2003-2010. Bio// Dennis Bernstein is a poet, human rights reporter, host of Flashpoints on KPFA 94.1 Pacifica Radio. He is the author of Notebook 19, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon, and Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. Bio//Robert Buzzanco is co-host of the Green and Red Podcast, a professor of history at the University of Houston, and author of Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era, Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life, and American Power, American People. Event hosted by the Green and Red Podcast, Aid and Abet, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee, Oil and Gas Action Network and Mt. Diablo Rising Tide
In our wrap up episode for 2024, we talk about the recently departed Jimmy Carter, our top five episodes (each) for 2024, those we lost that, including Kris Kristofferson, Jane McAlevey and others, and our hopes and dreams for the future. ----------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCED! We're doing a Green and Red Live Panel (called "Media in the Time of War and Resistance) in Berkeley, CA with Flashpoints' Dennis Bernstein, Bob Buzzanco and other speakers TBA on Thurday January 16th, 2025. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/Jan16PanelEvents ------------------------------------------------------------- Outro - "American Tune" by Paul Simon Links// + Jimmy Carter is a Liberal Saint Now, Was a War Criminal Then (https://bit.ly/4gBjIgE) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
Jimmy Carter passed away today at the age of 100. As ex-president, he was a person we should all aspire to be- Habitat for Humanity, the Democracy Program that advocated for democracy and fair and open elections around the world, and his opposition to Israeli apartheid. But as president, his domestic and foreign policies were the same as many other presidents. His presidency marked the abandonment of New Deal politics, the Democratic embrace of neo-liberalism, and deregulation of key industries. On the foreign policy front, he was a prologue to the brutal and dangerous era of Reaganism. Since being President, Carter has been a genuinely decent human, a diplomat and humanitarian. But as President, he carried water for the ruling class, both at home and abroad. Check out this encore episode about the Jimmy Carter Administration from 2021. ------------------Outro- "G&R Blues" by MoodyLinks//+ Jimmy Carter is a Liberal Saint Now, Was a War Criminal Then (https://bit.ly/4gBjIgE)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
In our latest, we discuss the Green New Deal from Below, and his new book on the topic, with author, historian and activist Jeremy Brecher. Bio// Jeremy Brecher is a writer, historian, and activist who is the author of more than a dozen books on labor, environmental and social movements. He is the author on numerous books including the labor classic "Strike," "Against Doom: A Climate Insurgency Manual," and his latest "The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy." ---------------------------- Outro "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// + Order a Copy of Green New Deal From Below: https://bit.ly/4fpLOtM. (Use Promo Code F24UIP when you order it and get a 30% discount!) + Jeremy on Substack: https://strikecommentaries.substack.com/ Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast +Our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/uvrdubcM) +NEW: Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com) +NEW: Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott.
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