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Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals
Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized…
Episodes
Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy RadicalsHalloween Special! Scary Times on Campus! (w/ the Most Special Surprise Guest Host Ever!) (G&R 117)
In this episode, we celebrate All Hallows Eve by talking about something the really scares us... cancel culture on campus! (We're joined by the scariest guest…
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A Very Secretive Democracy: Prof. Clinton Fernandes on Australia's Role in Pinochet's Coup in Chile (G&R 115)
We talked with Clinton Fernandes, professor at University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia, which is part of the Australian Defence Force Academy…
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The Best Political Movies of All Time (Part 1) (G&R 114)
Green & Red Goes Hollywood! At Green and Red, we're big fans of popular culture and how it can politicize and radicalize people. We've already done shows on…
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Mother Earth Doesn't Negotiate. On the Rights of Nature w/ Pennie Opal Plant & Shannon Biggs (G&R 113)
In Cochabamba Bolivia in 2011, tens of thousands were present on Mother Earth Day as the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth was declared in…
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Coming Soon: Movies, TV and Music, OH MY! Green and Red goes Hollywood, Nashville and so much more!
Green and Red has become the go-to media site for a lot of people who want to hear about the environment, anti-capitalist politics, and radical history. We…
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Oregon's Timber Wars and the Climate Crisis w/ Cascadia Forest Defense (G&R 112)
The Pacific Northwest has a long history of organizing and direct action around logging and timber industries. From the Wobblies trying to organize the logging…
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Col. Andrew Bacevich Talks about The Empire and The Apocalypse (G&R 111)
Green and Red had a great conversation with the well-known scholar (and Retired Colonel) Andrew Bacevich, whose new book is *After the Apocalypse.* We began by…
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Minnesota Police Blocking Release of Info on Pipeline Protests w/ Will Parrish and Charlotte Grubb (G&R 110)
Indigenous women led movements have continued to disrupt the construction of Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline with over a thousand…
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Labor Day 2021 with Mike Elk of Payday Report (G&R 109)
Green and Red commemorates Labor Day with labor Journalist and founder of "Payday Report" Mike Elk (@MikeElk). We begin by talking about the historical origins…
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Hurricane Ida and Mutual Aid w/ Suncere Ali Shakur and scott crow (G&R 108)
Last week, Hurricane Ida, a category four storm, made landfall on the Gulf Coast. Over a million people were without power and 16 were killed. The hurricane…
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Pipeline Saboteur Jessica Reznicek Sentenced to Prison w/ climate justice organizer Alex Cohen (G&R 107)
Jessica Reznicek is a land and water defender who worked with the Catholic Worker Community in Des Moines, IA. In 2016, she began to organize against the…
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The end of America's forever war w/ Afghan vet Graham Clumpner (G&R 106)
America's forever war in Afghanistan ended with the withdrawal of U.S. troops after a twenty year war and occupation. A speedy summer offensive by the Taliban…
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Deep Background on Afghanistan (G&R 105)
This weekend, we saw the Taliban seize Kabul ending the 20 year war and occupation of Afghanistan. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The sudden…
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Whistleblower Daniel Hale and the Horrors of the U.S. Drone Wars w/ Noor Mir (G&R 104)
Last month, whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Espionage Act in March. During his time in…
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What the Left Owes Cuba (G&R 103)
Since the protests in Cuba on July 11th, the U.S. media has been promoting aggressive action if not intervention against Havana. But even segments of the…
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COVID is Still Here. The Delta Variants and Vaccines ft. Sarah Koster (G&R 102)
Sarah Koster is Green and Red's public health guru and most frequent guest and we just had another great discussion about COVID with here. Despite government…
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Socialism and The Sopranos w/ John Palmucci and Madison Lynn from the Fresh Kills Podcast (G&R 101)
Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself a Podcast! Madison Lynn (@dickexpert) and John Palmucci (@gabagoolmarx) of the new "Fresh Kills" podcast (@freshkillspod)…
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The Spectacular Hundredth Episode (G&R 100)
It's our hundredth episode. We've done a lot in the 17 months (to the day) since we launched Green and Red. The themes of our scrappy little show include…
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Richard Wolff talks about the Economy (G&R 99)
Green and Red Podcast had a great conversation with Professor Richard Wolff (@profwolff) about economic theories, the vital role of the government in…
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Anti-Capitalist A.F. Music and politics ft. Adam Sherburne of Consolidated (G&R 98)
Our favorite music is that music that gets in your face, flips over tables and fights those in power. Consolidated was a band that did that very thing. Since…
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Return to LINE 3 w/ Jake Conroy (G&R 97)
The fight against Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline continues to escalate. Since we last talked about it, Indigenous women-led movements on the ground have been…
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G&R Episode 96: The New Left (Part III), Remembering Walter LaFeber
In our third episode of our ongoing conversation about the New Left, we pay tribute to the memory of the great New Left historian Walter LaFeber of Cornell…
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G&R Episode 95: Fighting Wall Street's Funding of the Climate Crisis w/ Jackie Fielder
Since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, the financial sector has put $3.8 TRILLION into the fossil fuel sector. That's $3.8 trillion into oil, gas, coal and…
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G&R Episode 94: Canceling Comedians While the World Burns w/ Ben Burgis
In the past few years, "canceling" someone from prominent platforms or careers has become an increasingly controversial topic in today's cultural and political…
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G&R Episode 93: Hundreds arrested stopping the Line 3 pipeline w/ Jake Conroy
This week, thousands of water protectors descended on northern Minnesota to join the Indigenous-led struggle to stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline. Over 150…
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G&R Episode 91: Noam Chomsky on the 1960s and the New Left
Noam Chomsky has been cited as "America's greatest intellectual" who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” His…
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G&R Episode 90: Dr. Ussama Makdisi on Sheikh Jarra, Gaza and the Israeli Colonization of Palestine
Beginning on May 9th, the Israeli Defense Force attacked Palestinian populations in Gaza for 11 days leaving 250 dead (including 66 children), more than 1700…
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G&R Episode 89: The Movement to Save the Rainforest w/ Randy Hayes, founder of Rainforest Action Network
The 1980s saw a new consciousness of environmental awareness, particularly around the Earth’s rainforests. Scientists had discovered that, aside from their…
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G&R Episode 88: Mass Uprisings in Colombia w/ Angela Castillo and Lorena Rodriguez of Colombia Conexion-SF Bay
In this episode, we talk with Angela Castillo and Lorena Rodriquez with Colombia Conexion- SF Bay (@colconxnsf) about the mass uprisings happening in cities…
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G&R Episode 87 (2): India in Crisis! Covid-19 and Civil Society Uprisings w/ writer Harbeer Sandhu
In part two of this two parter, we continue our discussion with writer Harbeer Sandhu (@SuperbHerb) about the social, political and epidemiological crises…
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India in Crisis! Covid-19 and Civil Society Uprisings Pt. 1 w/ writer Harbeer Sandhu (G&R 87)
In part one of this two-part episode, we talk with writer Harbeer Sandhu (@SuperbHerb) about the social, political and epidemiological crises happening in…
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G&R Episode 86 (2): Jimmy Carter--Liberal Saint Now, Neo-Liberal War Criminal Then (Pt 2)
We continue our discussion of Jimmy Carter's presidency, focusing on his foreign policies, intervention, and support of terror groups. In Asia, Carter…
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G&R Episode 86 (1): Jimmy Carter--Liberal Saint Now, Neo-Liberal War Criminal Then (Part 1)
In this episode we discuss Jimmy Carter's policies as President (1977-1981) both domestic and foreign. In Part 1, we look into his rise to prominence via the…
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It's May Day, with Scott and Bob! (G&R 85)
Throughout the world (but not in the U.S.) May 1st is International Workers' Day, so Scott and Bob had a discussion on the radical origins of "Labor Day" as a…
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G&R Episode 84: Diane Wilson on Her Hunger Strike Against Oil Exports
Our Earth Week arc of episodes featuring red state women organizing for communities and the planet continues! In this episode, we talk with the legendary Diane…
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G&R Episode 83: Fighting Fossil Fuels in Idaho w/ Organizer Helen Yost
Happy Greenwashing Day (i.e. Earth Day)! In our Earth Day episode, flying solo, Scott talks with Wild Idaho Rising Tide (@WildIdahoRT) co-founder and…
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G&R Episode 82: Mike Elk of Payday Report talks about Amazon and Alabama
In our second interview with Mike Elk in the past couple weeks, after he returned from a week in Alabama, we followed up on the Amazon union vote in Bessemer…
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G&R Episode 81: Baseball and Bosses vs. the Georgia GOP (Ruling Class Resistance Redux)
**Just a few hours after recording this, there were media reports that Major League Baseball is pulling this year's All-Star Game out of Atlanta to protest its…
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The Cold War in Central America w/ Prof. Phillip Berryman (G&R 80)
In this episode, on the 41st anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in San Salvador, we talk with Prof. Phillip Berryman about the…
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G&R Episode 79: BAmazon Pt 2! The Amazon Union Drive in Alabama w/ Journalist Alexander Richey
Part two of our series on the Amazon union drive in Alabama. We talk with journalist Alexander Richey (@all_scout), about the situation on the ground as…
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G&R Episode 78: BAmazon! The Amazon Union Drive in Alabama, w/ Mike Elk of "Payday Report"
One of the most important union organizing drives in recent history is playing out in the Birmingham-Bessemer, Alabama area as Amazon workers are holding a…
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G&R Episode 77: Iran! Biden, Nukes, and Sanctions, with Professor Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
In this episode we talked with Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, @EskandarSadeghi, who is an assistant professor in Comparative Political Theory at Goldsmith's…
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G&R Episode 76: Texas Freezes Over, Pt. 3! Environmental Justice in Houston w/ Organizer Bryan Parras
Our series on the climate and political crises in Texas continues! In this episode, as today's guest put it, "the energy capital of the world shut down for a…
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G&R Episode 75: "Work Won't Love You Back" with labor journalist Sarah Jaffe
In our latest episode, we're excited to speak with labor journalist and author Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) about her new book "Work Won't Love You Back: How…
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G&R Episode 74: Texas Freezes Over Pt 2. Big Oil's Spin Machine w/ Climate Campaigner Jamie Henn
Our series on Texas's winter crisis continues! In this episode, we talk with Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) from Fossil Free Media (@fossilfreemedia) about the…
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G&R Episode 73: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, John Prine and Left Politics in Country Music w/ Prof. Mark Allan Jackson
In this episode, we talk about left politics in country music with Prof. Mark Allan Jackson. Country music has a huge popular following and has been closely…
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G&R Episode 72: Texas Freezes Over, Cowboy Capitalism and A Failed State w/ Debbie Russell and Clayton Lust
We're rejoined by repeat Green and Red repeat-offenders Debbie Russell (@debmocracy) and Clayton Lust (@claytonlust), in Austin and Houston, respectively, to…
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G&R Episode 71: The Limits of Trump's Power and the Left's failure to respond to it
In this episode, we offer a postmortem on Trump's presidency and the limits of his power. The "opposition" gave Trump powers that he never had. He was never…
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G&R Episode 70: "looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit..." Politics on Campus w/ Bill Troveski from The Way Podcast
In this episode we talk politics and podcasting with Bill Troveski from The Way (@PodcastTheWay). Students for a Democratic Society said in the Port Huron…
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G&R Episode 69: Professors fired from Collin College, Retaliation in Texas
In our latest episode, we talk with two professors with exemplary records at Collin College, outside Dallas, who were recently fired for criticizing the…
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G&R Episode 68: Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on the Indigenous Peoples' History of the U.S.
In this episode, we're excited to talk to author, activist and historian Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (@rdunbaro) about the Indigenous history of the U.S. We…
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G&R Episode 67: Organizers vs. Pundits. How the YouTube and Twitter Left are failing us. w/Joshua Kahn Russell
In our latest episode, we get into it! The left media universe includes YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, hundreds of podcasts and journals…
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G&R Episode 66: Why 2021 needs more direct action
In our latest episode, Bob (@bobbuzzanco) interviews Scott (@sparki1969) about his recent article "Why 2021 needs more direct action." They discuss how…
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G&R Episode 65: Comics with Comrades w/ creator Brian Wood
In this episode, we talk with comic book creator Brian Wood (@brianwood) and the influence of pop culture on politics. And vice versa. We discuss his work on…
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G&R Episode 64: Choosing Democracy w/ Eileen Flanagan
In our latest episode, we have a lively discussion with Eileen Flanagan (@eileenflanagan) of Choose Democracy about mass organizing efforts to defend democracy…
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G&R Episode 63: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr., Radical, Democratic Socialist and Opponent of State Violence
In our special MLK day episode, we talk about the radical politics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We discuss King's democratic socialist beliefs, his stance…
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G&R Episode 62: Andrew Bacevich on the Military and Trump, the current crisis, and what to expect from Biden's foreign policy
In this episode, Bob interviews Professor Andrew Bacevich (@AndrewBacevich) about the extraordinary involvement in electoral politics by Trump and the…
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Capitol Riots and The Ruling Class (G&R 61)
And we thought 2020 was bumpy. In this fresh episode, we talk about the shocks happening in the liberal democratic capitalist system--How the ruling class is…
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G&R 60: COVID in California and other mutations w/ Prof. Sarah Koster
We're back! In our first episode of 2021, we're joined by our frequent guest Prof. Sarah Koster to discuss the outbreak of COVID-19 in California, virus…
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G&R Episode 59: Hope Among the Ruins of 2020
!!We're at the end of the year!! And like all small groups we rely on donations from people like you. It's a good time to donate. So please, DONATE and support…