Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

And we thought 2020 was bumpy. In this fresh episode, we talk about the shocks happening in the liberal democratic capitalist system--How the ruling class is destabilized by Trump and the far right actions at Capitol Hill this week, and how they are responding to maintain order and their own power as quickly as possible.  It's an analysis you won't find in many other places, if anywhere.&nbsp...

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 mutations, whether vitamin D is a virus preventor,  food scarcity and housing insecurity.    Prof. Sarah Koster is a Family Nurse Practitioner and also has Masters  in Public Health from the University of Washington...

!!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 scrappy media at: https://greenandredpodcast.org/donate-to-green-and-red/  Happy New Year, Tender Comrades! In our last episode of 2020, we talk about the past year. We discuss what we've learned, the worsening p...

!!We're approaching 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 scrappy media at: https://greenandredpodcast.org/donate-to-green-and-red/  In this episode, we go myth busting. Our target is "Camelot" itself. It's the 60th anniversary of the election of John F. Kennedy and since...

In our next episode, we go mythbusting.   It's the 60th anniversary of the election of JFK and so our target is, "Camelot" itself. Kennedy is seen as a civil rights hero and a dove by many. But did he take bold leadership to end the Jim Crow Era? Was he killed by the military-industrial complex because he was going to withdraw from Vietnam and end the Cold War? The answer is NO . Listen...

**We're approaching 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, support scrappy media at: https://greenandredpodcast.org/donate-to-green-and-red/ In this episode, we talk with progressive congressional candidate Shahid Buttar about his challenging of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the 2020 election. We discuss...

Before the internet was a thing, before social media ruled our lives and before there were a million podcasts talking about about left politics, David Barsamian brought the voices of radical thinkers like Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Arundhati Roy into our lives through Alternative Radio.  In this episode, we're over-the-moon excited to talk to Alternative Radio's (@AltRadio) founder David B...

Today is Noam Chomsky's 92nd birthday.  In this special episode, Bob goes solo and interviews Prof. Clinton Fernandes of the University of New South Wales, Australia about the influence of radical thinker, author, political commentator and activist Noam Chomsky, in particular with regard to the Indonesian occupation of East Timor and the American air war on Laos.   Professor Clinton...

What's it gonna take to build a better world when 74 million people voted for Trump? In this episode, we dive deep into this question with Alex Riccio, host of the podcast Laborwave Radio (@LaborwaveRadio). We talk about workplace organizing, meeting people where they  are at, imagining the world "Beyond the Revolution" and much more.    Alex is the host and producer of Laborwave Ra...

In this episode, we get into the politics of U.S. repression of dissent to its politics foreign and domestically. Bob and Scott talk about the anniversary of the Maryknoll sisters' murder in El Salvador in 1980, and the assassination of Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark in 1969.    We discuss these horrific state-sponsored murders, and show how the U.S. military-imperial state ope...

We're rejoined by our friend and comrade Prof. Sarah Koster of Samuel Merritt University to discuss the latest surge of COVID-19 cases.  The U.S. is being hit hard by the latest surge of COVID cases. Last week, the country surpassed 250,000 deaths with over 2,000 deaths daily.  The state of North Dakota has the worst COVID infection rate on the planet. NYC is closing it's schools once again. Calif...

We're not ones to subscribe to popular world views, even those held on  the left . So, in our latest episode, Green and Red dive deep into the  history and politics of the American Ruling Class, coups at other points  in history,  and the great coup of 2020 (that wasn't).     We start off with a conversation about what is a coup and not a coup. We  talk abou...

Our fiftieth episode was such a BFD, that we made it a two parter.  In part two,  we get into the aftermath of the election and discuss where do we go from here when 70 million Americans voted for the racist and  right-wing policies of Donald Trump, the Democrats' "Misleadership  Class" that continues to fail masses of people, the Coup That Wasn't and how grassroots organizers...

Bob and Scott celebrate the 50th episode of the Green and Red Podcast.  They discuss past episodes, themes of the show like liberal reformist  politics, people-powered organizing and an autonomous left.    Plus they get into the aftermath of the election and discuss where do we  go from here when 70 million Americans voted for the racist and  right-wing policies of Do...

Happy Election Day!  Worried about the election? We are too. Hopefully, this episode will serve as a good distraction while we await the results from today's vote.  In this episode, we give a film review of Aaron Sorkin's "The Trial of the Chicago 7." Loosely based on the trial of the Chicago 7 and chairman of the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale, the film is a lightly fictionalized court...

In our #ElectionDay2020 special episode, Bob  and Scott share their thoughts on next Tuesday's election, liberal freakouts, Trump's politics, and organizing no matter what.  Read More:    Bob Buzzanco: "Is Trump a Fascist? Will there be a Coup?" (https://bit.ly/34IuC1N)   Protect the Results (https://protecttheresults.com)   Choosing Democracy (https://choos...

In this episode, we talk with Professor Jack Downey (@xjackdowneyx) of the University of Rochester about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. We get into Day's life and influence, liberation theology, the politics of the modern Catholic Church, the tactic of self-immolation as a form of resistance and more. Jack Downey is the John Henry Newman Chair in Roman Catholic Studies at the Univer...

In this special cross-podcast episode, Bob and Scott talk with the host of the anarchist podcast Coffee with Comrades (@coffeewcomrades) about street organizing-- the history of it, the current politics around it and the mechanics of how to do it.  We also go a bit into the history of the Green and Red Podcast, how Bob and Scott met, campaigns we organized and how we decided to start your favorite...

In this episode, we speak with sports writer Dave Zirin (@edgeofsports) about the wildcat strikes that shook the NBA in late August; the role of sports activists like Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James and Megan Rapinhoe; the increased resistance to the status quo in high school, college and professional sports; how sports are a medium to communicate with working class white and rural Americans; Leste...

In this episode, we get into the legacies of Columbus and America's  genocide of Indigenous people with Prof. Michael Oberg (@nativeamtext),  the larger problems of the way Native American History is taught, and  why a 1619 Project is needed for American Indians too. We start off with a clip from the Sopranos highlighting the conflict in the Italian-American community over Columbus Day. And th...

COVID-19 Rocks the White House!  In our latest episode, we get into the news of the past week with  journalist and author Paul Street (@Streetwriter17). And then we deep  dive into how the vacuous neo-liberal politics of Barack Obama led to the rise of Donald J. Trump. We also discuss Paul's new  book, "Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump, and the Politics of  Appeasement...

Over 200,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. That number is expected to double in the next few months. The Trump Administration continues to put out misinformation about vaccines and tests the idea of "herd mentality" (we think he meant "herd immunity") as the only real solution.  In this episode, we dive into these issues and more with returning guest Prof. Sarah Koster (@NotSoNormalNaCl)...

In our latest episode, we talk with author of Against the Fascist Creep Alexander Reid Ross  (@areidross) about America's history of political violence and the right wing creep in the  United States. From slave patrols to far right groups protesting COVID19 mask  requirements and attacking Black Lives Matter protests today, America  has a long history of political violence. Muc...

In this episode, we talk with environmental journalist Joshua Frank (@joshua__frank) about the climate induced wildfires that have recently ravaged the American West. We get into the climate politics of the western states, the hypocrisy of Democratic politicians preaching climate rhetoric while allowing fossil fuel companies to continue business as usual, the class impacts of the wildfires, and ho...

9/11 changed our world.  Scott (@sparki1969) and Bob (@bobbuzzanco) had a spirited discussion on the impact of the events of September 11, 2001.  We offered personal recollections, talked about the larger historical context in which it occurred, considered the consequences of the attacks--prolonged Mid-East wars and heightened repression at home, discussed the way the attacks and wars we...