

Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals
Green and Red
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.
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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Dec 21, 2023 • 45min
"Calculated Barbarism" . . . US War Crimes in Vietnam and Gaza; Plus Another Copout at COP28 (G&R 264)
In our latest scrappy episode, the Green & Red Gang segues from its this week in radical history discussion of the Christmas Bombings of 1972 to a comparison of the way that the U.S. fought, and holds responsibility for, the brutal wars in Vietnam and Gaza.
We also talk about the latest United Nations Conference of Parties on the climate crisis (COP28). Held in a notorious petrostate, the United Arab Emirates, 200 countries agreed to begin a phase out of fossil fuels by 2050. also raises the issue of climate activists being targeted with lawsuits, RICO charges and jail time in the Global North, while land and climate defenders in the Global South face torture and murder.
All this and more on the Green and Red Podcast!
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Outro- "I' Ain't Marching Anymore" by Phil Ochs
Links//
+G&R: How State Violence in the Philippines is Propped Up by the
U.S. and APEC w/ Human Rights Activist Brandon Lee
(https://bit.ly/479iW4S)
+ G&R: Kissinger is Finally Dead! Goodbye to a War Criminal . . .
and the war in Ukraine muddles along (https://bit.ly/3TNncnV)
+G&R: JFK . . . 60 Years of Myths, Lies and Disinformation
(https://bit.ly/3Ryvo8t)
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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.

Dec 20, 2023 • 30min
"Rattling the Cages." An Oral History of North America's Political Prisoners w/ Josh Davidson (G&R 263)
In our latest episode, Scott talks with Josh Davidson (@certaindays) co-editor of "Rattling the Cages," about his new oral history of political prisoners in North America. Josh, along with co-editor Eric King, has put together over 35 interviews of political prisoners and former political prisoners. From members of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Front to whistle-blower Chelsea Manning to members of SHAC and the Earth Liberation Front, the book dives into life on the inside for people with radical politics. We hope to capture a bit of that in the interview.
Bio//
Josh Davidson is an abolitionist who is involved in numerous projects, including the Certain Days collective that publishes the annual Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar and the Children’s Art Project with political prisoner Oso Blanco. Josh also works in communications with the Zinn Education Project, which promotes the teaching of radical people’s history in classrooms and provides free lessons and resources for educators. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.
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Outro- "Police Story" by Black Flag
Links//
+AK Press: Rattling the Cages (https://bit.ly/3RMbKGv)
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Dec 17, 2023 • 58min
Destroying Gaza: Israel's Obscene and Evil 75 Year War on Palestinians (G&R 251)
In this Scrappy episode, Scott and Bob talk about the current Israeli destruction of Gaza, with an emphasis on the long-term displacement and death of the Palestinians.
We start with western policies at the end of the Ottoman Empire, the European colonization of the Middle East, and the American "special relationship" with Israel. Then we just discuss the pain of the current attack and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Outro- "Shouting at the Wall" by MC Abdul
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Dec 17, 2023 • 42min
Biden Will Lose in 2024, and Dems Will Blame the Left (G&R 254)
Joe Biden continues to subsidize and sponsor Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza and ignoring an already huge and growing antiwar movement. Yet the Democrats keep cramming him down the voters' throats despite abysmal polling numbers. And when he loses, they will blame the Left.
Another terrible week in Gaza with 7,000 killed by Israel's war crimes. We're also seeing escalations in eastern Syria and on the Israel-Lebanese border. In the U.S., Zionists are attacking, canceling and getting people with pro-Palestinian politics fired.
But, also, movements all over the world are fighting back. In the Capital, hundreds of anti-Zionist Jews were arrested calling for an end to U.S. support of Israel. In New York's Grand Central Station, hundreds more were arrested saying "Not in Our Name, Ceasefire Now."
In the latest Scrappy Sunday, we discuss the ongoing attack and the U.S. and Biden's complicity in it. We discuss how this further sinks Biden's chances of re-election in 2024. And we also discuss the failure of progressive Democrats and academics in this moment.
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Outro- "Intifada" by Doc Jazz, Palestine
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Dec 11, 2023 • 50min
How State Violence in the Philippines is Propped Up by the U.S. w/ Human Rights Activist Brandon Lee (G&R 262)
The Philippines is one of the deadliest countries in the world for environmental defenders, with 30 environmentalists murdered there in 2018. Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte notoriously called land and environmental activists communist sympathizers and terrorists in an effort to silence them.
In August, 2019, human rights activist and land defender Brandon Lee was the target of an assassination attempt by the Duterte government. He'd been living in the Cordillera region on the island of Luzon working with the Igorot people defending their land. The assassination attempt left him a quadriplegic.
In the latest episode, we talk with Brandon about state violence in the Philippines under the governments of Duterte and Marcos Jr. against social movements and communities. We also talk about how the U.S. props up these repressive regimes.
And how the recent APEC meeting in San Francisco was an attempt by Philippine government to recast Marcos Jr. as a moderate and climate conscious leader.
bio//
Brandon Lee is an environmentalist and Indigenous rights activist based in San Francisco. He is a member of the San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines and was a recipient of the Center for Environmental Concerns' Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan (Environmental Hero Award) in 2020.
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Outro- “Sakal” by Namatay Sa Ingay
Links//
+ Justice for Brandon Lee (https://bit.ly/3NjGuNq)
+San Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
(https://bit.ly/47U65Vu)
+The Nation:The Forces That Nearly Murdered Me Are Meeting In San
Francisco Today (https://bit.ly/47WLksf)
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Dec 8, 2023 • 43min
Kissinger is Finally Dead! Goodbye to a War Criminal . . . and the war in Ukraine muddles along (G&R 261)
Henry Kissinger died last week after 100 years of death and destruction. More than most, he embodied the foreign policy establishment. Kissinger was an architect of liberal post-war foreign policy and perpetrator of many wars, coups and body counts. He advised every president from JFK to Joe Biden. While many liberals reviled him,
he mentored many policy makers in Democratic administrations including Hillary Clinton and current Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
In our latest episode, we talk about Kissinger's life and legacy. We talk about Vietnam and Chile and how the liberal world order still functions today as it did in the 60s and 70s when Kissinger was at his peak.
We also talked about the continuing bloodshed in Ukraine, more evidence that the U.S. and others scuttled peace talks in the past, and Biden's obsession with wars abroad rather than taking care of problems inside the U.S.
We also get into the radical history of the week with a couple examples of anti-Kissingers (including Abby Hoffman and Mario Savio). We close with tribute to the Pogues' late front man Shane MacGowan.
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Outro- "The Body of an American" by the Pogues
Links//
+ Rolling Stone: Henry Kissinger, War Criminal, Dead at 100
(https://bit.ly/3uObUFm)
+NY Times: Henry Kissinger, Who Shaped U.S. Cold War History, Dies at
100(https://bit.ly/3GwwBYZ)
G&R describing the crimes of Henry Kissinger//
+ G&R: The 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War
(https://bit.ly/49XZhaN)
+ G&R: Chile's 9/11 50 Years Later (https://bit.ly/412GaZ6)
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Nov 30, 2023 • 42min
Argentina's "Chainsaw Massacre" Election w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña (G&R 260)
Far-right libertarian and dictatorship apologist Javier Milei has been elected president of Argentina, defeating centrist Peronist Sergio Massa. Milei won 56% of the vote, carrying 19 out of 23 provinces. He has been seen on the campaign trail brandishing a chainsaw, which he says he plans to take to the Argentine state. He has vowed to shut down Argentina’s central bank, replace the nation’s currency with the U.S. dollar and crack down on women’s and LGBTQ people’s rights. Both Milei and his vice presidential candidate, Victoria Villarruel, have also denied that Argentine military forces killed and forcibly disappeared an estimated 30,000 people with the support of the United States between 1976 and 1983.
In our latest, we talk with Dr. Rodrigo Acuña (@rodrigoac7) about Milei, the election and the wider implications for Argentina, South America and the world.
Bio//
Rodrigo Acuña works as an independent journalist on Latin America and for the NSW Department of Education. He is the host of Alborada’s Indestructible Podcast. He has been writing on Latin American politics for close to twenty years.
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Outro- "Solo Le Pido a Dios" by Leon Gieco and David Byrne
Links//
+ Rodrigo’s website: http://rodrigoacuna.com
+ Argentina’s Chainsaw Massacre Election: (https://bit.ly/3sOhK9f)
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This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Nov 23, 2023 • 1h 9min
JFK . . . 60 Years of Myths, Lies and Disinformation (G&R 259)
It's been 60 years since JFK was assassinated and a major industry has developed to write about it, question the official story of Lee Harvey Oswald, and most importantly to revise the historical record of John Kennedy to make him seem heroic, a dove who'd seen the errors of American power and the Cold War. Because of this, the Kennedy Conspiracy Clique argues, the so-called Deep State had him killed because he was going soft on Vietnam, Cuba, the USSR, etc.
But these JFK Partisans don't base their work on a careful examination of the actual historical record--the archives, collections, documents and other sources of what was happening *at the time.* They rely on anecdotes and byzantine connections that remind one of QAnon.
Yet, this version has gotten significant acclaim and media attention, especially on the Left. It is misguided and dangerous. It's making a hero out of someone who put the needs of the military-industrial complex and the empire above all else, and somehow claim that he was an
anti-imperialist.
JFK was no hero and surely no dove . . . he was a hard-core militarist, a typical Cold War liberal. He was a supporter of Joe McCarthy, he dragged his feet on Civil Rights in order to placate southern Democrats, and he especially waged war on Vietnam, Cuba and many other areas to
assert American power. He brought the world to the brink with his recklessness during the Missile Crisis.
We've covered this topic extensively over the years so if you want to learn more about the flaws and holes in the apologetics for JFK, check out https://afflictthecomfortable.org/2023/11/22/jfk-60-years-of-myths-and-disinformation/
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Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody
Links//
+ Afflict the Comfortable: JFK . . . 60 Years of Myths and Disinformation (https://bit.ly/3QMvSaO)
+G&R: The Cuban Missile Crisis at 60: Was JFK Really A Hero? (https://bit.ly/3PONVwJ)
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Nov 20, 2023 • 26min
"Shut Down APEC!" Anti-War, Labor, Human Rights and Climate Activists Unite Against the Global Elite (G&R 258)
Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area was the center of the political and media world as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) convened CEO summit and heads of state summit to divvy up the global economy for the billionaire class. This included a high profile meeting between Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping.
In response, a movement of movements (consisting of antiwar, labor, human rights and climate activists, etc.) rose up in protest and direct action to the APEC summit. Through the week, we saw unified actions against dictators, billionaires and war mongering American leaders. This overlapped with escalating actions in the Bay Area around Gaza.
Scott organized and joined the protests against APEC and this week talks again with Will Wiltschko about the week of action.
Bio//
Will is the director of the California Trade Justice Coalition
(@catradejustice).
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Outro- "We the Movement" by Rebel Diaz
Links//
+ https://www.bayclimateaction.com
+ https://linktr.ee/no2apec
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Nov 17, 2023 • 1h 25min
Media Complicity in the Destruction of Palestine, with Professor Greg Shupak (G&R 257)
In our latest, we talk with Prof. Greg Shupak (@gregshupak) about the media's coverage of Israel's bloody assault in Gaza. He's one of the best-informed and important scholars of the media and Israel, and he here discussed the way the media treats Israel-Palestine issues, how it perpetuates Israel's stories and lies, how journalists are being targeted by the IDF in Gaza, and how we can fight back.
bio//
Greg Shupak teaches Media Studies at the University of Guelph in Toronto. He's the author of "The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel & the Media." His fiction has appeared in a wide range of literary journals and he regularly writes analysis of politics and media for a variety of outlets including Electronic Intifada, In These Times, Jacobin, Literary Review of Canada, Middle East Eye, TeleSUR, This Magazine, and Warscapes.
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Outro- "Lives in the Balance" by Jackson Browne
Links//
** The Wrong Story: Palestine, Israel & the Media
(https://bit.ly/3usXyK8)
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