Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

The climate crisis is an existential threat that has led to an unraveling of our environmental and social fabric. Our political institutions continue to fail us in dealing with this crisis. As the shocks get worse, we've seen more confrontational climate action emerge to push these institutions. This comes in the form of mass marches, civil disobedience, confrontational direct action and, even, sabotage. In our latest, Scott talks with Prof. Dana R. Fisher (@Fisher_DanaR) about her new book - "Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shock to Climate Action"- that examines the radical flank of the climate movement: its emergence and growth, its use of direct action, and how it might evolve as the climate crisis worsens. They discuss everything from performative actions like throwing soup on works of art to classic Civil Rights style civil disobedience to fighting pipelines in rural areas like North Dakota and Appalachia. And what the strategy is behind these. They also discuss the recent campus uprisings around the genocide in Gaza. Bio// Dana R. Fisher is the Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE) and a Professor in the School of International Service at American University. She’s a climate researcher and author of "Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action." ------------------------------------------------------- Outro- Green and Red Blues by Moody Links// + Dana R. Fisher: https://danarfisher.com/ + Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action (https://bit.ly/3wg7lF2) 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/TZfUyzDE) 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 This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).

Websters defines atrocity as "a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object,  or situation."   Russian atrocities on Ukrainian civilians have been the top of the 24 second news cycle since the invasion began. Since the advent of  industrial warfare at the end of 19th century, war has been waged  increasingly on civilian populations than opposing military forces. Wars  of attrition have had the goal of subjecting the populace to  "shockingly bad" actions to force the downfall of its ruling regime or  submission of a resisting insurgency. The 20th century is full of  examples of this by the British, the Germans, the Japanese, the  Russians, and of course, the Americans.    As the stories emerge from the war between Ukraine and Russia,  detailing atrocities committed on civilian populations, we thought it  was a good moment to talk about some of this history. We start with the Civil War and World War One (early industrial wars), the advent of air power, brutal occupations in Nanking, Korea and Vietnam, bombings of  Dresden, Tokyo and Hiroshima, U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam, Central American death squads and the forever wars in the Middle East.   Through our discussion in this heavy episode, we talk about high level policy by politicians and military leadership that involved the use of mustard gas, napalm and mass bombings; and the abhorrent small scale (in comparison) massacres like No Gun Ri, My Lai and Haditha carried out by low-level troops and covered up by the command.  Nation states, even liberal democratic capitalist states, require  investigation, discussion and critique, and Green and Red is here to do just that.  --------------------------------------------------------------- Outro// The Boss "War"   Links//   Killing Civilians Is a Crime From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol (https://bit.ly/3KRlZo8)  Starvation and Propaganda as Weapons of War, 1917 (https://bit.ly/3JW2BVS)   G&R: War Pigs: Ukraine and the History of the Military-Industrial Complex (https://apple.co/34cn5KZ)  G&R: Deep Background on Ukraine and Russia (https://apple.co/3sn9w4T)  The Way Podcast: https://www.podcasttheway.com/  Follow Green and Red//  https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast  Check out our new website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/  Join our Discord Party: https://bit.ly/36hqx7X  Donate to Green and Red Podcast//  Become a recurring donor at  https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast  Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR  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.

In this pilot episode, Mike Elk, founder and senior labor reporter on Payday Report, and Bob Buzzanco of Green & Red Podcast present their soon-to-be-regular podcast on Labor in the U.S. We'll dive into the general state of labor and unions in the U.S., organizing drives, strikes, and other developments relevant to working people as they emerge. In this first show Mike discussed the recent tribute to the legendary folk singer Anne Feeney, like Mike another Yinzer, and then we discussed the successful end of the UAW organizing drive in Chattanooga and the move toward negotiations now; the role of labor in protesting the campus beatdowns by cops (California grad students are UAW members); and the upcoming vote at a Mercedes plant in Alabama. We'll be publishing these on a regular basis so please subscribe and share. ------------------------------------------------ Outro music: "We Just Come to Work Here, We Don't Come to Die" by Anne Feeney Follow Payday Report at https://paydayreport.com/ and Mike Elk on Twitter at @PaydayReport and @MikeElk and on Facebook and IG. 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/TZfUyzDE) 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 This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).

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 Reece Links// +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/DonateGandR⁠⁠⁠ 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.

In a free-wheeling discussion Scott and Bob and friend and frequent G&R guest Clayton Lust, a professor of history as several Houston-area community colleges, talked about the campus protests of the 1960s, especially at Columbia in 1968, their meaning, their consequences and their tactics. All of us have written and/or taught about U.S. radical protests and the 1960s. We then pivoted to a conversation about today's campus protests against the U.S.-sponsored and -subsidized slaughters in Gaza and the huge impact they've had in shifting public opinion and giving hope in a bleak time. We also talked about the importance of communicating the idea that this is a bipartisan genocide, with Democrats taking the lead, and how the Democrat embrace of cops in 2020 and their rejection at defunding or even reforming police has led to this moment because the police will attack anyone who stands in the way of the ruling class. ----------------------------- Outro- "We Can Be Together" by Jefferson Airplane 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/PcExWRe3) 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 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.

Mike Elk spoke w/ Green & Red a couple weeks ago in anticipation of the union vote at the UAW vote in Chattanooga and, after the victory there, we talked about the reasons for that success and what was next for labor--especially an upcoming vote at a Mercedes plant in Alabama. We also talked about Summer Lee's primary victory in Pittsburgh and her messageof peace from "Pittsburgh to Palestine." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// + Payday Report: https://paydayreport.com/ 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/NukkF38C) 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 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.

On Wednesday, in Austin TX, hundreds of police converged on the University of Texas to attack a peaceful protest in solidarity with the victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. At least 57 students and protest participants were arrested. A Fox News cameraman and other journalists were assaulted and arrested. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gloated in a video about his state troopers attacking pro-Palestinian protests. We talk with Candice Bernd (@candicebernd), who was at the protests, about what happened. Bio Candice is Senior Editor and staff reporter with Truthout. --------------------------------------------- Outro- "Shitty News" by Destroy Orbison Links + Criticism, praise of Texas governor after dramatic use of troopers on protesters (https://bit.ly/3U9oFmI) +Charges dropped against all 57 arrested in connection to UT-Austin pro-Palestinian protest (https://bit.ly/3Wfqe5i) 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/AzY3gmpm ) 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 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.

In our latest, we deep dive into Indigenous organizing with long time Native Oakland Native organizer and direct action trainer Marty Aranaydo (@williemaze). We discuss his direct action roots (going back before he was born!), organizing work in native communities around North America, the occupation of Alcatraz, his time at Standing Rock and Cop City, and being an artist and DJ in Oakland. We also talk about the Big Greens, Gaza and building Indigenous people power. Bio// Marty is an artist, DJ, organizer, and direct action trainer. He is a Native Oakland Native who’s been defending Mother Earth and her people since he was 13, he’s old now, and has a ton of stories. ---------------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// + Indigenous Peoples Power Project (IP3): https://www.ip3action.org/ + NDN Collective: https://ndncollective.org/ 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/XU536Rj2) 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 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.

We talk with Prof. Michael Sierra-Arévalo (@michaelsierraa) about the "war on cops" and how it has shaped police culture and violence. We discuss the creation of this culture of police survival over public safety. Where and how it's created. How police see themselves as holding the line against agents of chaos. The institution's perception of race, politics and media. And the influence of the right wing, both politicians and media eco-systems. Bio// Michael Sierra-Arévalo (@michaelsierraa) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. His research employs quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate police culture, behavior, and legitimacy. His first book is "The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing." ---------------------------- Outro// "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// + Michael's Book: "The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing" (https://bit.ly/4aHUoTp) + Michael's website: http://www.sierraarevalo.com/ 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/Hf7bY8Tc) 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 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.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear McKesson v. Doe. The case involves a police officer injured during a Black Lives Matter protest after the police murder of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La in 2016. The injured police officer sued the organizer DeRay McKesson for damages. Last year, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit sided with the officer. The Supreme Court, for a second time, declined to hear the case. The impact of the Supreme Court's decision to decline to hear the case is potentially devastating for organizers of mass protests. In our latest, Scott talks with movement lawyer Maggie Ellinger-Locke about the case and the precedent it may be setting up. Bio// Maggie Ellinger-Locke, she/her, is a movement lawyer based in the Washington DC area, living on the stolen land of the Anacostan and Piscataway peoples. She works for the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law, where she helps train the next generation of movement lawyers. Previously she worked as a staff attorney at Greenpeace USA, and has also worked in public policy and private practice. She is currently co-chair of the DC chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. --------------------------------------------------- Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody Links// +Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Black Lives Matter organizer facing damages suit (https://bit.ly/3xNTh5K) 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/AzY3gmpm )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.