Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

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.

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 targeting unsuspecting Americans in both Denver and Colorado Springs. Bob and Scott talk with Trevor Aaronson about his reporting in the podcast series "Alphabet Boys." They discuss FBI infiltration, disruption and attempts to entrap activists in Denver and Colorado Springs. They discuss parallels between the FBI's COINTELPRO of the 1960s and 1970s and the FBI's post-911 mission. And they talk about how politics in Washington DC don't allow for any real change on the state's war against the left. Bio//Trevor Aaronson is an award-winning investigative journalist and host of the podcast series "Alphabet Boys." He is the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism and a contributing writer for The Intercept. ----------------------------------------------------------------Outro "Green and Red Blues" bu Moody. Links// Podcast ‘Alphabet Boys’ Reveals FBI’s Sordid Use of Informants to Instigate Violence and Target Black Activists During 2020 Protests For Black Lives (http://bit.ly/3K0H4yk) Trevor Aaronson: https://trevoraaronson.com/ The FBI Paid a Violent Felon to Infiltrate Denver’s Racial Justice Movement (http://bit.ly/3ZeSvXr) The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes (http://bit.ly/3LMbdTy)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/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.

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.

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 and  Earth Island Journal. Her work has received awards from the San  Francisco Press Club, the Fort Worth chapter of Society of Professional  Journalists, the Native American Journalists Association, and the Dallas  Peace and Justice Center. --------------------------------------------------- Outro "Green and Red Blues" Links// Forest Defenders Vow Resistance After Court Green-Lights Phase I of “Cop City”  (http://bit.ly/3ZeWSmc) 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. 

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 Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists" and her coverage of these protests and confrontations across the state.    Candice Bernd (@candicebernd) is senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout.   ------------------------------------------------------  Outro "Hold the Line" by Hardened and Tempered   Links//  Armed Community Groups Are Defending Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists (http://bit.ly/419B9gQ)   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.

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.  This is a debate that's been ongoing in Left circles for a long, long time and Ben Case makes a compelling argument that by pledging "non-violence" we let the ruling class know up front that we're not going to threaten it.   Benjamin S. Case is an organizer, educator, and writer. He is a researcher at the Center for Work and Democracy and a fellow at the Resistance Studies Initiative. Case is based in Pittsburgh, PA. We also celebrate and mourn Jen Angel-publisher, writer, anarchist, radical media activist, baker, comrade to many and longtime friend and co-conspirator of Scott’s.  -------------------------- Outro “Sainted Streets” by Casey Neill Links// Street Rebellion: Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence (https://www.akpress.org/street-rebell...) Love and support for Jen Angel (https://bit.ly/3Ilguis) We Remember Jen Angel (https://bit.ly/3lyeKd7) 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. Executive consultation by Grahan Klumpner.