Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

HBO just premiered a new mini-series called "The White House Plumbers" starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. It's based on a book by former Nixon domestic advisor Egil "Bud" Krogh, a key player in the administration's secret espionage unit, aka "The Plumbers," and his son Matt Krogh. G&R talked to Matt last year on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. We're reposting the episode to coincide with the HBO series' premiere. From 2022: "June 17th, 2022 was the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break in. In 1972, five men were arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee HQ at the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. They were part of a group that operated out of the Nixon White House called the “Plumbers.” Their job was to investigate leaks in the White House and conduct other surveillance and sabotage against Nixon’s political enemies. One of the heads of the White House Plumbers was Egil “Bud” Krogh. Krogh passed away in 2020, but before his death, he co-wrote a memoir of his experience in the Nixon Administration's secret espionage unit with his son Matt Krogh (@mattkrogh). In our Watergate anniversary episode, we talk with Matt Krogh about his father Egil Krogh, the Plumbers and the Nixon administration.  We also talk about the Watergate scandal in relation to the current political environment. Bio// Matt Krogh is the co-author, with his father, the late Egil “Bud” Krogh, of "The White House Plumbers" (out this fall), along with its earlier iteration "Integrity." HBO has made a mini-series based on the book starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. By day, Matt is a professional change maker focused on issues of climate change, fossil fuels, and policy. Mostly based in Bellingham, Washington, he has spent his career in nonprofit activism at various organizations, and has worked as a freelance writer, ranger, and geographic analyst. He currently co-owns Warthog Information Systems (www.warthogis.com), a company focused on using geographic information to make the world a better place. He is grateful for the opportunity to amplify his dad's important life lessons through co-authoring The White House Plumbers, along with its earlier iteration Integrity." -------------------------------------- Music//  "Watergate Blues" by Tom T. Hall, and "H2O Blues" by Gil Scott Heron Links// The White House Plumbers: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency (https://amzn.to/3xrYHQm) A Final Interview With Nixon “Plumber” Egil “Bud” Krogh, Who Has Died at Age 80 (https://bit.ly/3QfjXRJ) If Watergate Happened Now, It Would Stay a Secret (https://bit.ly/3aQInkt) NY Times: Egil Krogh, 80, Nixon Aide, Dies; Authorized an Infamous Break-In(https://nyti.ms/3tujem0) Follow Green and Red// https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Check out our new website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ 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.

Karl Marx would have been 205 today.  So we're re-sharing our birthday episode interview with Prof. David McNally about Marx from 2022. David McNally is one of the more important Marxist scholars in the world, and we talked to him today on the anniversary of Karl Marx's birth--May 5th, 1818.  McNally discussed a wide array of topics, including his introduction to Marxist thought, important texts to use to discover Marx's writings, the importance of Marx's concept of "alienated labor," his formulation of class struggle, and why democracy is essential to socialism. We also discussed the history of Marx's influence in European politics and how Americans came to discover Marx in the late 19th Century. And we finished with a discussion of why Marx remains relevant today and why Marxism is seeing a resurgence. David McNally is the Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston.  He specializes in the history and political economy of  capitalism. The author of seven books and over 60 scholarly articles,  Professor McNally taught political economy at York University in Toronto  before joining the Department of History at the University of Houston. --------------------------- Outro// "Karl Marx and History" by Randy the Band Links// David McNally: https://www.davidmcnally.org/ Follow Green and Red// https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Check out our new website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Join our Discord Party: https://discord.gg/dF99bJNb 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 Scott.

It's the 52nd 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 campuses all over  America when Richard Nixon  announced the U.S. invasion of Cambodia on April 30th.  At Kent State, a working-class public school in Northeast  Ohio, protesting students and other burned down an ROTC building, a common target in the Vietnam  protest era, and Ohio Governor James Rhodes, vowing a violent response, mobilized the National Guard and  sent them to Kent.  For two days the students and Guard skirmished, with the paramilitaries hurling tear gas and intimidating students.  On May 4th, the Guard, unprovoked, started shooting into the crowd of students and shot 13, killing 4, from distances beyond 300 feet.  These were extrajudicial killings and a sure sign the state would murder anyone who challenged its interests. The war had come home! Scott and Bob, who's also a historian of the Vietnam War and the 1960s and has published extensively on those subjects, talk about the background to  the protests, the official, violent response, the aftermath at places  like Jackson State, where 2 more students were killed, and the larger context of anti-state protests and their meaning, and lessons.--------------------------------------------------------------Outro// "My City Was Gone" by The PretendersLinks//​Kent State Tribunal Organization, established by Laurel Krause, sister of one of the students assassinated that day (https://bit.ly/3w2spdR);​interview with Alan Canfora, one of the survivors of the shootings (https://bit.ly/3OUyjGq);​The Kent State May 4th Poetry Collection; Denise Levertov, "The Day the Audience Walked Out on Me, and Why" (https://bit.ly/3kIVyFv);​Governor Rhodes press conference, May 3 (https://bit.ly/37cIk0R);​Robert Buzzanco, Vietnam and the Transformation  of American Life (https://bit.ly/3kB21ST).Follow Green and Red//​https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast​Check out our new website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/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/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.

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 campuses all over  America when Richard Nixon announced the U.S. invasion of Cambodia on April 30th.  At Kent State, aworking-class public school in Northeast  Ohio, protesting students and other burned down an ROTC building, a common target in the Vietnam protest era, and Ohio Governor James Rhodes, vowing a violent response, mobilized the National Guard and  sent them to Kent.  For two days the students and Guard skirmished, with the paramilitaries hurling tear gas and intimidating students.  On May 4th, the Guard, unprovoked, started shooting into the crowd of students and shot 13, killing 4, from distances beyond 300 feet.  These were extrajudicial killings and a sure sign the state would murder anyone who challenged its interests. The war had come home!Scott and Bob, who's also a historian of the Vietnam War and the 1960s and has published extensively on those subjects, talk about the background to  the protests, the official, violent response, the aftermath at places  like Jackson State, where 2 more students were killed, and the larger context of anti-state protests and their meaning, and lessons.--------------------------------------------------------------Outro//"My City Was Gone" by The PretendersLinks// Kent State Tribunal Organization, established by Laurel Krause, sister of one of the students assassinated that day (https://bit.ly/3w2spdR); interview with Alan Canfora, one of the survivors of the shootings (https://bit.ly/3OUyjGq); The Kent State May 4th Poetry Collection: Denise Levertov, "The Day the Audience Walked Out on Me, and Why" (https://bit.ly/3kIVyFv) Governor Rhodes press conference, May 3 (https://bit.ly/37cIk0R); Robert Buzzanco, Vietnam and the Transformation  of American Life (https://bit.ly/3kB21ST).Follow Green and Red// https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Check out our new website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/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/DonateGandRThis is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by Moody.  Editing by Isaac .

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 Biden’s re-election and the continued deadly reliance on electoralism by liberals. __________________________ Outro- "Red Flag" by the May Day Orchestra Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast https://greenandredpodcast.org/ We're part of the Labor Podast Network. Check them out here:https://www.laborradionetwork.org/ 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.

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 evidence has revealed texts, emails and social media posts from Daniel Perry that show he'd talked about shooting protestors in the summer of 2020, and a number of racist comments he'd made about blacks and Muslims. It's also been revealed that Perry has propositioned minors on the internet. This has put Abbott in a precarious position. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (made up of seven Abbott appointees) will also hear from Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza and Garrett Foster's family about why the conviction of Daniel Perry should be upheld. We talk with Truthout editor and staff reporter Candice Bernd (@candicebernd) about Greg Abbott's aims to pardon racist murderer Daniel Perry. We also talk about the horrible response by the Austin Police Dept. to Foster's family and Greg Abbott's plans to turn Texas into more of a police state. We then talk about progressive media in Texas, the Texas Observer and it's miraculous comeback after almost closing down. Bio// Candice Bernd is senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout. Her work has also appeared in several other publications, including The Nation, In These Times, the Texas Observer, Salon, Rewire News Group, Sludge, YES! Magazine and Earth Island Journal. Her latest article “Travis County DA Garza to Defend Daniel Perry Conviction at Parole Board” appears in Truthout and the Texas Observer. -------------------------- Outro- "G&R Blues" by Moody Links// Travis County DA Garza to Defend Daniel Perry Conviction at Parole Board (https://bit.ly/3NklYNx) Gov. Abbott says he will sign bill protecting law enforcement from prosecution for using non-lethal projectile weapons (https://bit.ly/40JetCS) G&R (2020): A Murder in Austin, w/ Anti-Police Brutality organizer Debbie Russell (https://bit.ly/ATXprotestGandR) Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Where you find all the good news about G&R: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ 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.

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 Affairs article that outlined "containment" as a strategy against the Soviet Union. We also talked about his later life as a critic of militarized Cold War policies, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War and the expansion of NATO. Bio// Frank Costigliola is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. His books include "The Kennan Diaries" and "Roosevelt's Lost Alliances." His most recent book is “George Kennan: A Life Between Worlds” ------------------------------------------------ Outro- "G&R Blues" by Moody Links// Foreign Affairs: Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine (https://bit.ly/41eYUUy) Kennan: A Life Between Worlds (https://bit.ly/3mA9ZAD) Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Where you find all the good news about G&R: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ 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.

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 of Halliburton, and later disrupting the company’s shareholders meeting. It's a not-too-pleasant trip down the memory lane of the Iraq War but also a good lesson in organizing and local political activism. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro- "No Fuckin' War" by the Dicks Follow Green and Red// **G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast **Where you find all the good news about G&R: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ 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 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.S. priorities in spending billions abroad and on the military budget while problems at home mount. Talking with Andy Bacevich is always a great education and essential viewing/listening. Bio// Andrew J. Bacevich Jr. is a Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.  He is a retired career officer in the Armor Branch of the United States Army, retiring with the rank of colonel.  Bacevich is the co-founder and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. And he's the author of numerous books including the recently released “On Shedding An Obsolete Past: Bidding Farewell to the American Century.” ---------------------------------------- Outro "Green and Red Blues" Links// Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft: https://quincyinst.org/ The Nation: We Can’t Reduce the Ukraine War to a Morality Play (http://bit.ly/3TeGxM4) Foreign Affairs:The Reckoning That Wasn’t (http://bit.ly/3TeApUi) Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Where you find all the good news about G&R: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ 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.

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.  He’s best known for breaking stories around military and national security matters including the massacre at My Lai in Vietnam, the CIA spying on American citizens in 1970s (that led to the formation of the Church Committee) and the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq war. --------------------------------------------- Outro "Green and Red Blues" Links// Seymour Hersh: How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline  (http://bit.ly/3myrmBu) Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Where you find all the good news about G&R: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ 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.