Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

The last of our "Best of's" for a minute.  We'll be back with new episodes next week.  In the meantime, here's our 2020 "Remembering 911" episode for the anniversary of September 11th.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 were manipulated for "patriotic" reasons, and talked about how  it effects the U.S. today, in the era of Trump. Read More: U.S. State Department Memo, May 1, 1950 (NSA Archive): https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/propaganda%20003.pdf Excerpts From Iraqi Document on Meeting with U.S. Envoy (NY Times): https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/glaspie.html Presidential Daily Briefing Memo of August, 2001 (NSA Archive): https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/pdb8-6-2001.pdf Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ (The Atlantic): https://bit.ly/2GP4FUE VIDEO: Zbigniew Brzezinski Taliban Pakistan Afghanistan pep talk 1979: https://bit.ly/3hqquXn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Our Super Badass Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Donate to 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.

Not unlike our (not so) esteemed leadership in Congress, Green and Red is out on a little summer recess.  We will be back with new episodes soon. In the meantime here's a "Best of Green and Red" episode from March 2020 on populism and the New Deal. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From March 2020: "The world is in full blown panic around the COVID19 pandemic. The global economy is shaking.  Today, the stock market took its biggest dip since September 1987. Panic about the virus and jobs and business is kicking in. During previous economic crashes, most notably the Panic of 1893 and the 1929 crash that launched the Great Depression, we saw moments emerge that initially challenged the ruling class. Both the populist movement of the 1890s, and social justice and labor movements of the 1930s led to a "thunder on the left" that terrified the ruling class. From William Jennings Bryan to Sinclair Lewis and Huey Long to Bernie Sanders, populist figures on the left are much more of a threat to Wall Street and the uber-rich than billionaire reality TV stars. As a result, the rich always know how to turn bottom-up led movements into top-down reform that actually benefits the wealthy with social stability and new consumer markets  So, in this episode, Bob and Scott talk about the real meaning of Populism and the New Deal." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Our Super Badass Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Donate to 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.

Not unlike our (not so) esteemed leadership in Congress, Green and Red will be out on a little August recess.  We will be back with new episodes soon. In the meantime here's a "Best of Green and Red" episode from June 2020 on Trump vs. his generals. It's a repost referenced in last week's episode on divides in the Ruling Class.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From June 2020: Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) talk about the recent public repudiation of Donald Trump's attempts to use the military against American citizens in pursuit of a racial war by ranking military officials, not just retired but active-duty as well. In an amazing two weeks, one of the more incredible developments has been the open resistance of military officials to Trump's attempts  to militarize American cities and likely kill protestors.  Starting  with retired Generals and Admirals and percolating into the dissent of  active-duty officers, the military, America's most respected  institution, has stood up to Trump and, even more, made a sharp  statement against racism and defended the right to protest. These people aren't radical and don't have the same interests as  protestors, but  have put the brakes on Trump, for the time being at  least.  They've also give people in the streets more legitimacy and  space.  They're not long-term allies necessarily, but they have helped  the millions who are rebelling right now. For more on this topic, see Buzzanco, "Cracks in the Empire: The Military Says 'Stand Down' to Trump"  and Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast Our Super Badass Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Donate to 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.

No more Panic Porn! Many/most liberals and much of the left has been panicking and in fear over "fascism" and "coups" for the past couple years--we call it "panic porn"--but Green & Red has been analyzing the objective conditions set by the ruling class and have been pointing out that key elements of the elite who run America, especially in the military and Wall Street, opposed Trump and would stop him--which they did. This week excerpts from a new book, "The Divider," by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, have confirmed what Bob and Scott were talking about since 2020 (see episodes below)--that the military was wary of Trump and making plans to thwart his efforts during the George Floyd uprisings and the election steal.  At the same time the 1/6 Commission and FBI are closing in on Trump as well, and much of the GOP establishment will be happy to see him taken down. Panic is never a strategy, organization and direct action are.   The ruling class is powerful, but there are divergences in it that we can exploit.  ------------------------------------------------------------------- Outro- "Stop! Don't Worry" by Lonette  Links// New Yorker: Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals (https://bit.ly/3C4ilpi) Fortune: A list of companies supporting abortion rights after the Roe v. Wade ruling shows which firms are stepping up, and why. (https://bit.ly/3C5YFRN) G&R Links// G&R:The Military vs. Donald J. Trump  (https://apple.co/3cDUso8) G&R: The Coup That Wasn't (https://bit.ly/RulingClassGandR) G&R: The Capitol Hill Riots and the Ruling Class (https://bit.ly/RiotsRulingClassGandR) G&R: Baseball and Bosses vs. the Georgia GOP (https://bit.ly/CorpResistGandR) Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast  Check out our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ NEW LINK! Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/ApQcg3ch Donate to 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.

Bob had a great talk (Scott's on assignment) with Professor Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt (@hunnicuttwolfe) of Cal State-Stanislaus, author of  *The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in  Iraq* about Iraqi history from the Ottoman Empire to the present, with  an emphasis on the period from 1958 to the 1970s.   Before Iraq became the target of a massive U.S. intervention, it was a  British colony, and then a kingdom, which achieved sovereignty in a 1958  revolution led by Karim Kasim. However, the U.S., especially President  John F. Kennedy, began to oppose the Kasim regime and helped engineer a  1963 coup against him and then sending support to the new regime to  isolate and kill Kasim backers and others, especially communists.   We talked about the role of Nasserism in Iraq, the importance of the  Communist Party, the politics of oil, the perhaps surprising opposition  of American oil companies to the U.S.-backed coups d'etat, and the  policies of JFK and LBJ.   The country the U.S. attacked and devastated in two wars in the 1990s  and early 2000s was the product of long-term American interference and  meddling. ------------------------------------------------- Links// The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq (https://bit.ly/3d74eoW) Follow Green and Red// G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast  Check out our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/gHhEsqJs Donate to 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.

From the 1980s through the 2000s,  there was a period of growth in militant environmental and animal rights movements. This movement had a radical anti-capitalist politic that went after corporations waging war on the earth, people and animals. It's escalating tactics included property destruction and arson. In response, industry, government and the FBI worked to crack down on these radical movements. This movement needed voices. Leslie James Pickering (@lesliejamespick) was one of a few that worked with the Earth Liberation Front (ELF)  Press Office to communicate the message of the anonymous actors engaged in these strategies and tactics to the larger world.  In our latest episode, we speak with Leslie James Pickering about his story of supporting radical environmentalists and, in particular, the Earth Liberation Front. We also discuss how the FBI continued to target him long after his ELF press office days.  We also talk about how he sees movements around ecology and climate today. And his work at Burning Books creating radical politics, education and infrastructure in Buffalo, NY. Leslie is the former spokesperson for the Earth Liberation Front Press Office, a 20-year target of the FBI, an author and co-owner of Burning Books (@BurningBooks) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links//  Burning Books: https://burningbooks.com/  Leslie's books on PM Press (https://bit.ly/3PIpmzL)  Amid protests, fear and rising sales, Buffalo's 'radical bookstore' plans to expand  (https://bit.ly/3aRaWyo)  NY Times: U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement (https://nyti.ms/3PIpwal)  Former Earth Liberation Front spokesman files federal suit for information from FBI (https://bit.ly/3PocIpX)    Follow Green and Red//  G&R Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast   Check out our rad website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/  Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/gHhEsqJs   Donate to 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.

"The Godfather" movies are on the short list of the most consequential  American films ever, not just for their cinematic quality but because  they've become a textbook for politics as well.  In this episode Scott  and Bob celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the release of the movie with  a discussion of the way the movie is a deep analysis of American  capitalism and politics.     We talk about the way Don Corleone wielded power, the relationship  between the mob and "legitimate" businesses, the attempt to break into  the Cuban market, the Corleone influence in Las Vegas, and so much more.   Pop Culture is an important venue for analyzing the way politics is  wielded and how many of the lessons of The Godfather are evident in our  everyday lives.   -------------------------------------------  Links//  If you want to understand America and politics, read The Godfather (https://bit.ly/3z0jdrJ)  The Godfather Films: The Political (Ir)Relevance Of A Timeless Classic  (https://bit.ly/3yWIJ1k)  Michael Cohen Once Called Trump the ‘Godfather of Politics’ (https://bit.ly/3aRspXH)    Follow Green and Red//  https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast   Our rockin' website: https://greenandredpodcast.org/  Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/2wVcnC5P Donate to 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 May 2020, we saw millions hit the streets over the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It’s been argued to be the largest protests in history.  The government moved in immediately to repress those taking the streets against the police and racial violence.  We saw intense protest, resistance, violent repression by police and other forces and media attention in Minneapolis, Louisville, Portland and Kenosha WI.  But also in places less known like Grand Rapids Michigan and Champaign IL.  More than 350 people were arrested on federal charges while city and state level arrests topped 14,000 between May-Nov 2020.  In our latest episode, we talk with Sarah with Uprisings Support.  We talk about the ongoing legal struggles of people arrested and facing serious charges from the 2020 uprisings and how Uprising Support continues to support those in jail and awaiting trial.  ------------------------------------------------------------ Links// Uprising Support (https://uprisingsupport.org) Law 4 Black Lives (http://www.law4blacklives.org/) Follow Green and Red// https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast  https://greenandredpodcast.org/ Discord : https://discord.gg/gHhEsqJs 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 

Woody Guthrie is the most influential political singer and songwriter of the 20th Century. July 14th is Woody's 110th birthday, so we had a fantastic discussion with Mark Allan Jackson, a scholar on popular culture and music.  He's an English professor at Middle Tennessee State and author of "Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie" and editor of "The Honky Tonk on the Left: Progressive Thought in Country Music."  We discussed Woody's political music and activism, especially on socialism, labor, civil rights, his songs about war and peace, and his larger meaning and legacy. ------------------------------------------------ Music// "Jolly Banker," "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "I Ain't Got No Home" by Woody Guthrie Links// Mark Allan Jackson: "Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie" (https://bit.ly/3ukcSGq) Trump’s Dad Was So Racist, Woody Guthrie Wrote A Song About It (https://bit.ly/3yDsuao) Dark Memory: A Look at Lynching in America through the Life, Times, and Songs of Woody Guthrie (https://bit.ly/3NFtfnq) People's World: Ode to a labor troubadour, Woody Guthrie (https://bit.ly/3yfHRV0) G&R: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, John Prine and Left Politics in Country Music w/ Prof. Mark Allan Jackson (https://bit.ly/LeftCountryGandR) Follow Green and Red// https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast  Join our Discord Party: https://discord.gg/SCRyadKM 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.

We’ve gotten a lot more donors this year and we really appreciate it and  we’d like to have a few more. We run on a shoestring budget but we do  have to pay for some tech help and promotions. G&R co-host Bob Buzzanco has a number of history books that he's edited or written that he's donating to the G&R cause. So, we're running a special Green and Red fundraising event! The books edited by Buzzanco include: Question Authority: Resistance and Protest in Early U.S. History American Power, American People (U.S. from Colonial Period to Civil War) Reelin' in the Years: The United States Since 1945 As They Said It, Volume I: The Colonial Era to Reconstruction As They Said, Volume II: Reconstruction to the Present American Society Since 1900 Readings and Documents in Post-1945 U.S. History War, Imperialism and Dissent: Readings in U.S. Foreign Policy The Vietnam War If you donate $35, we’ll send you one. Donate $60 and you get 3. Donate $125 and you get all 7. And three others written by Buzzanco include: Masters of War; Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life; Blackwell Companion to the Vietnam War. Since they’re in short supply, we’ll send you one autographed copy for a $100 donation. And then if you are with institutional left media (Jacobin, The Nation), prices are doubled. If you are with the corporate oil and gas, nuclear or banking sectors, prices are tripled. And, of course, prices are quadrupled for law enforcement.  If you want to donate and get a book, you can email us at greenredpodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter. You can donate to Green & Red at https://bit.ly/DonateGandR You can also become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Blog post with all the details: https://bit.ly/3nMBdRp Thanks for all the support and being such a great audience! In solidarity, Scott and Bob