Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

It's the 53rd anniversary of the killings at Kent State University. In a special encore episode, we're reposting our episode from 2020. In this episode, we commemorate the 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 ca...

It’s scrappy May Day! Bob and Scott break down May Day with a little history of labor struggle from 1877-1937, current labor struggles including unionization (and union busting) at REI, wins at the University of Minnesota and Stanford and past anti-nuclear actions on May Day. They also talk about Tucker Carlson and how he wasn’t taken off the air by the Deep State, and Bernie’s endorsement of Joe...

In July 2020, former US Army Sgt. Daniel Perry shot and killed Garrett Foster, a racial justice protester and Air Force veteran, at a Black Lives Matter rally in Austin, TX. Last month, Perry was convicted of the murder after arguing self-defense. After being goaded by Tucker Carlson, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he was expediting a pardon request on Perry’s behalf. But now, unsealed evid...

In our latest, we talk with historian Professor Frank Costigliola, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, about the life of diplomat, architect of the U.S.'s Cold War containment strategy and, later, critic of U.S. policy George Kennan. We talked about Kennan's early life, his time in the State Dept where he penned "The Long Telegram" and a Foreign A...

Scott and Bob got together to commemorate, actually reminisce, about the March 2003 US invasion of Iraq. We talked about the ramp-up to the war, especially from 9/11 onward, but spent a lot of time discussing our actions here in Houston, our roots in the anti-globalization movement, and how we pivoted to become the most important left group in Houston opposing the war and holding vigils in front o...

In the summer of 2020, an FBI informant posing as an antifa warrior in a silver hearse loaded with guns descended on protests to infiltrate and disrupt Denver's racial justice movement. In Colorado Springs, the FBI attempted similar efforts to undermine racial justice movements there. Investigative reporter Trevor Aaronson reveals secret undercover recordings exposing federal entrapment schemes ta...

We had a really great conversation with Andrew Bacevich, one of the most astute, if not the preeminent, critics of American foreign policy today.  We talked about the ongoing bloodshed in Ukraine, the need to find a way out,  the current U.S. saber-rattling toward China, the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, and some history of the Cold War, including NSC-68. As always we discussed the U...

Legendary reporter Seymour Hersh joins Green and Red Podcast! In our latest, we talk with Seymour Hersh about his bombshell article exposing the U.S. destruction of the Nordstream Pipeline. We talk with him about the politics around the Nordstream Pipeline, the war in Ukraine, Putin, Biden and much more. Seymour Hersh has Won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book award and several George Polk awards....

In our latest, Scott talks with return guest Candice Bernd (@candicebernd) about the latest from on the ground in Atlanta.  Candice Bernd is senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout. Candice Bernd (@candicebernd) is senior editor/staff reporter at  Truthout. Her work has also appeared The Nation, In These Times, the  Texas Observer, Salon, Rewire News Group, Sludge, YES! Magazine an...

As reactionary politics heat up in Texas, armed community and left groups have begun confronting a coalition of neo-nazis, white supremacists, Proud Boys and christian fascist groups who've been trying to intimidate drag show and other LGBQT groups and events across the state.    Scott talks with Candice Bernd with Truthout about her latest article "Armed Community Groups Are Defending T...

There's a Riot Going On!  We didn't talk to Sly Stone, we did even better.  We talked with Ben Case (@benjamscase) the author of a provocative new book, “Street Rebellion: Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence,” which challenges the long-time liberal insistence on non-violent and often non-aggressive protest and makes a case that riots are another tactic to be used by the Left.&nbsp...

We continued our discussion with Professor Carla Toche Casalino (@tochecasalino) in Peru about the ongoing crisis there after the December coup that ousted Pedro Castillo.  There has been continued repression by the government against workers, students, peasants and others protesting the Dina Boluarte regime.  Police forces have shot and killed non-violent protestors, kidnapped and arres...

Last week, we spoke with a local Atlanta organizer about the tragic murder of Atlanta forest defender Tortuguita by Georgia State Police. We’re following up today with more on the state’s war against Stop Cop City organizing. Since December, 19 forest defenders have been charged with "domestic terrorism" under a 2017 Georgia anti-terror law. The law originally intended for mass shootings in the wa...

January 27th will mark the 50th Anniversary of the peace treaty that ended the American war against Vietnam, and Bob had a long discussion with Noam Chomsky about that event.  They discussed the motives for the U.S. getting involved in Vietnam, the destruction unleashed by the U.S. against Vietnam, particularly the southern half, the betrayals during the negotiations, and the legacy of Vietnam. Ab...

A forest defender, Manuel Teran, AKA “Tortuguita" or "Tort," was shot  and killed by police on Wednesday during a violent raid of the protest  camp and community gathering space that has blocked construction of an  enormous police training facility known as “Cop City” on roughly 100  acres of public forest in southeast Atlanta. Vigils for the murdered  forest defender Tort...

On January 27th, 1973 the U.S. signed a peace treaty that ended its war in Vietnam so Scott and Scott and Bob got together to discuss the last stages of the war, the peace treaty, and some of the lessons and legacies of Vietnam.     The last phase of the war is not discussed as much as the earlier period, so we went into some detail about the last big battles of the war like the Eas...

The Kennedy Conspiracy is growing even stronger, in large part due to  the work of Jefferson Morley, both in writing about it and more  importantly in pressing the CIA to declassify documents.  He now claims  to have a "smoking gun" that will crack the case.   But does he?  Bob Buzzanco has been one of the foremost critics of the  JFK-Oliver Stone Conspiracy grou...

In our latest, we talk with Pitasanna Shanmugathas (@pitasanna) about his docuseries "Truth to the Powerless."  In this six part series, "Truth to the Powerless" seeks to explore the role Canada's foreign policy has played in the international arena since the post-World War II era. The docuseries interviews Canadian politicians, activists,  dissidents, academics  as well as everyday...

It's the 2nd anniversary of the January 6th Capitol Riot. So we're reposting our episode breaking down some of the Ruling Class politics in that moment (and this one).  In Struggle, Bob and Scott ********************************************************** "And we thought 2020  was bumpy. In this fresh episode, we talk about the shocks happening in  the liberal democratic capitalist s...

**It's Green and Red's 200th episode!!  Excited to be wrapping up almost three years with you. It's the end of the year, so if you're thinking about donating to some fancy media outlet, perhaps reconsider and support our scrappy little grassroots media enterprise at https://bit.ly/DonateGandR.  On with the episode.... It's been almost ten months since Russia invaded Ukraine and NATO has...

As the major U.S. media continues to support the removal and imprisonment of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo along typical imperial/colonial lines, we decided to find out what has really been happening in Peru. We spoke with Political Scientist Carla Toche Casalino from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and the  Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya in Lima about the recent past in...

As the climate crisis and toxic pollution worsen, environmentalists are using new strategies to challenge the power of the fossil fuel, petro-chemical and other polluting industries. The "Green Amendments" movement would put environmental protection in state and federal, constitutions and make it an unquestionable right. It already exists in three states (Montana, Pennsylvania and New York) and th...

Our comrades at the Certain Days:Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar collective have begun sales of their 2023 calendar. The project is a joint fundraising and educational project between  outside organizers across North America and political prisoner Xinachtli  (s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez) in Texas. This year features art and writings by Zola, Jeff Monaghan and Andy  Crosby, Ki...

How has music inspired politics, and vice versa? In our latest episode, we talk with activist and musician Casey Neill (@caseyneill) about music, politics, influences, story-telling and environmentalism in a world where nothing is normal anymore.  We also note the passing this week of two renowned Vietnam War scholars- John Prados and George Herring.  Casey Neill is a Portland, Oregon-ba...

The University of California (UC) academic worker strike entered its third week this week. The largest academic worker in U.S. history and the administration shows no signs of moving on demands. Pickets and walk outs have continued across the ten UC campuses. At the Cal-UCLA game on Friday in Berkeley, an independent group of strikers hung a massive banner off of two flag poles during the game.&nb...