Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

Noam Chomsky has been cited as "America's greatest intellectual" who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” His participation in the New Left, in both intellectual and activist circles, is part of our history.  Bob and Scott speak with Professor Chomsky about the history of the New Left, the anti-Vietnam movement, the Black Panthers, Feminism, the destruction of Vietnam, the Responsibility of Intellectuals and current issues including Black Lives Matter, Gaza, identity politics and wokeness.  Professor Chomsky is an American linguist, political philosopher, social critic and political activist. He is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.  At 92, he is still active; writing and giving interviews to media all over the world. He is the author of scores of books, including American Power and the New Mandarins, Towards a New Cold War, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Requiem for the American Dream.  Read more//  The New Radicalism. Noam Chomsky interviewed by an anonymous interviewer. (https://bit.ly/2SENTO2)  Noam Chomsky: The Responsibility of Intellectuals. (https://bit.ly/3p6c97y)  Robert Buzzanco:What Happened to the New Left? Toward a Radical Reading of American Foreign Relations (https://bit.ly/3yOQ3er)  Follow us on any of these social media channels//  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast  YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube  Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media)  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   production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).   “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Beginning on May 9th, the Israeli Defense Force attacked  Palestinian populations in Gaza for 11 days leaving 250 dead (including 66 children), more than 1700 injured and over 6000 homeless. This most recent attack by the Israelis was in relation to Israeli settler provocations against Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. We talk with Dr. Ussama Makdisi (@UssamaMakdisi) about the history of Israeli colonization and displacement of the Palestinian people. How the U.S. supports Israel with $3.8 billion a year in military aid while trying to appear as a "mediator" in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The Israeli propaganda machine targeting of critics and journalists of Israel in the U.S.   We also talk about the unprecedented global protest of the Israeli attack on Gaza from the streets of New York, Houston and London to the "Squad" in the House of Representatives.  Dr. Ussama Makdisi is Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. Professor Makdisi’s most recent book Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World was published in 2019 by the University of California Press. See also Human Rights Watch Report on Palestine, https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution#, and Btselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories,  https://www.btselem.org/ Read more// Saree Makdisi: The Nakba Is Now (https://bit.ly/3vpoPZz) Patrick Cockburn: Biden’s Timid Gaza Intervention Won’t Count for Much But US Reaction Against Israel has Changed Significantly (https://bit.ly/3oQGcjN) WaPo: ‘From Ferguson to Palestine’: How Black Lives Matter changed the U.S. debate on the Mideast (https://wapo.st/3wuvqCe) Ussama Makdisi: Age of Coexistence. The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World (https://bit.ly/3fow1Qo) Dr. Makdisi's bio page (https://bit.ly/3vtqyNQ Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media) 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   production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).   “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Isaac.  Special thanks to our special advisor Jeff Ordower.

The 1980s saw a new consciousness of environmental awareness, particularly around the Earth’s rainforests. Scientists had discovered that, aside from their enormous biodiversity, rainforests also helped to keep carbon from being released into the atmosphere.     Corporations in the U.S. and Europe saw tropical rainforests as a means  for profit. For a long time, Indigenous communities had stood against  industrial development and deforestation. And by the 1980s, environmental groups in Europe and Australia had been actively fighting  deforestation on a grassroots level. But in the U.S. environmental  movements had failed to evoke widespread activism on the subject.     This episode is about the emergence of rainforest movements in the U.S. during the 1980s with one of the founders of Rainforest Action Network  (RAN)-- Randy Hayes.     We interview Randy about the history of the movement to save tropical rainforests, the founding of RAN, corporate campaigning in the early days of RAN and being in solidarity with Indigenous communities around the globe. Randy also talks about biodiversity loss and the ever smaller window of opportunity we have to halt and reverse the very worst of the damage.     Described by the Wall Street Journal as “an environmental pit bull,”  Randy Hayes is the co-founder of Rainforest Action Network, and is an author, filmmaker and environmentalist. Hayes is a veteran of many  high-visibility corporate accountability campaigns and has advocated for the rights of Indigenous peoples throughout the world. He is currently the executive director of Foundation Earth and a consultant to the World  Future Council, based in Washington, DC.   Read more//  Rainforest Action Network on anti-corporate campaigns (https://bit.ly/2TeaXU3)  U.S. activists stop Burger King from importing rainforest beef, 1984-1987(**https://bit.ly/3bLrZ2k)  Rainforest Action Network: www.ran.org    The New Green Deal: A Seven-Point Plan For A Deep Planetary Emergency (https://bit.ly/3fmW62l) Randy's talk on Earth Day 2021. Randy’s introduction starts about 2:36:15 into the video. (https://bit.ly/3yLF85p) Follow us on any of these social media channels//  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast  YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media)   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   production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).   “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Scott.

In this episode, we talk with Angela Castillo and Lorena Rodriquez with Colombia Conexion- SF Bay (@colconxnsf) about the mass uprisings happening in cities across Colombia. The U.S.-backed right-wing government of Ivan Duque Marquez has pushed a neo-liberal tax reform bill that has sparked mass protest across the country. The Duque government has responded with horrific police brutality resulting in at least 42 deaths as well as many more injured and disappeared by state forces. We dive deep into the general strike and mass protests led by the Colombian working class, the government's and U.S. backed death squads war on left social movements and current crises around COVID-19 and austerity.  We also discuss the city of Cali and its role as one of the epicenters of street resistance. Lorena Rodriguez is a Researcher and activist. Co-founder of La Realidad, estación experimental   a group of people from civil society carrying out a process of  transition towards a human way of life that is beneficial to the natural  system. We promote the conservation of Amazonian ecosystems. Angela Castillo is a PhD student and works with La Voz de los Trabajadores. Angela and Lorena are both activists with Colombia Conexion- SF Bay.  Read more// Colombia Conexion - SF Bay (https://www.facebook.com/ColombiaConexion) Colombia Conexion on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/colombiaconexionsf/) SIGN and SHARE: Stop Human Rights Violations in Colombia and Demand the Application of the Leahy Law (https://bit.ly/33RBjgJ) Sign a letter to demand a stop to U.S funding of Riot Police in Colombia (https://bit.ly/3hcqduC) Provide Mutual Aid to Colombians in the front lines: (https://bit.ly/2S7g0Vy) NY Times: Why are Colombians Protesting? (https://nyti.ms/3hButE8) Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media) 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 production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Most excellent editing by Isaac.

In part two of this two parter, we continue our discussion with writer Harbeer Sandhu (@SuperbHerb) about the social, political and epidemiological crises happening in India.  Recently returned from a trip to India, Harbeer talks with us about the impact of COVID in India, the lockdowns in Punjab, the general strike in January and the politics and policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party, In this segment, we go in-depth about the protest encampments surrounding New Dehli and the farmers' and worker's movements which have led the strikes and protests. Read more// Farm laws: Are India's new reforms a 'death warrant' for farmers? (https://bbc.in/3bp0b3C) Point-by-point, why farmers still oppose the Centre’s proposals on farm laws (https://bit.ly/33KsYLK)  Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media) 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 production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Isaac.

In part one of this two-part episode, we talk with writer Harbeer Sandhu (@SuperbHerb) about the social, political and epidemiological crises happening in India.  Recently returned from a trip to India, Harbeer talks with us about the impact of COVID in India, the lockdowns in Punjab, the general strike in January and the politics and policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party, In part two, we'll go in-depth about the protest encampments surrounding New Dehli and the farmers' and worker's movements which have led the strikes and protests. Harbeer Sandhu is a writer, critic, educator, and organizer. He lives in Houston, TX with his dog, Rocket Singh. Read more//  Dollars and Sense: India's Farmers' Protests (https://bit.ly/3fl6DKb)  ‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe (https://bit.ly/3vN8SfE)  The Caravan Reporting on the Indian Farmers' protests. (https://bit.ly/2QeLk4k)  "Landless" A documentary on caste and class dynamics in Punjab by Randeep Maddoke (https://bit.ly/3tHA4LB)   HouChron: India's deepening water crisis at the heart of farm protests (https://bit.ly/33Cx2gT)     Follow us on any of these social media channels//  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media) 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 production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Isaac.

We continue our discussion of Jimmy Carter's presidency, focusing on his foreign policies, intervention, and support of terror groups.   In Asia, Carter supported the murderous regime in Jakarta as Indonesia invaded and slaughtered the people of East Timor, and he worked with China to prevent Vietnamese reconstruction and encouraged China to invade Vietnam in 1979.   He also cooperated with the Chinese to support the forces of Apartheid in southern Africa and try to keep the MPLA out of power in Angola.  He opposed the Sandinista Revolution and tried to get an OAS group to move into Managua to prevent the FSLN from leading the government.  And in Afghanistan, he funded and armed the mujahadeen, which become al Qaeda. Since being President, Carter has been a genuinely decent human, a  diplomat and humanitarian.  But as President, he carried water for the  ruling class, both at home and abroad. See also the article "Jimmy Carter is a Liberal Saint Now, Was a War  Criminal Then" at  https://afflictthecomfortable.org/2020/11/19/jimmy-carter-is-a-saint-now-was-a-war-criminal-then/ "Vietnam Since 1975: Who Won The War?"   https://www.globaljournalceners.org/article.php?e=107 "Cuba, Race, and African Liberation"   https://afflictthecomfortable.org/2017/05/25/cuba-race-and-african-liberation/ Noam Chomsky, "The Carter Administration: Myth and Reality" Follow us on any of these social media channels// Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). 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   production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).   “Green and Red Blues" by  Moody. Editing by Isaac.

In this episode we discuss Jimmy Carter's policies as President (1977-1981) both domestic and foreign.  In Part 1, we look into his rise to prominence via the Trilateral Commission, his race-baiting during the 1976 Campaign, his embrace of Neo-Liberal policies, and his deregulation of key industries--all of which led to the rise of Ronald Reagan and Reagan's Policies.  Since being President, Carter has been a genuinely decent human, a diplomat and humanitarian.  But as President, he carried water for the ruling class, both at home and abroad (which will be covered in part 2).  We also talked about the Derek Chauvin conviction. See also article "Jimmy Carter is a Liberal Saint Now, Was a War Criminal Then" at https://afflictthecomfortable.org/2020/11/19/jimmy-carter-is-a-saint-now-was-a-war-criminal-then/  Noam Chomsky, "The Carter Administration: Myth and Reality"     Follow us on any of these social media channels//  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast  YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube  Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media).  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   production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).   “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Throughout the world (but not in the U.S.) May 1st is International Workers' Day, so Scott and Bob had a discussion on the radical origins of "Labor Day" as a Socialist celebration of the working class.  We talked about the nature of Labor in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, the various strategies used by the capitalists to crush and oppress workers, and the way workers responded.  We talked about the role of radicals and especially anarchists in the early days of the labor movement in America.  We got into the differences between "May Day" and the federal holiday in September known as "Labor Day."  And how one is a symbol of radical organizing and how the other is symbol of preventing radical organizing and enforcing loyalty.  Finally we discussed the frequent hostility of Liberals to radical activists and the more recent clash between wokeness and radical politics. We closed out this episode with Florence Reese singing "Which Side Are You On." Solidarity to all the comrades out there in the streets and communities building a better world! Read More//   IWW: The Brief Origins of May Day (https://bit.ly/2QLtO7Q)  Which Side Are You On Florence Reece Original (https://bit.ly/3vMBbuX)  The incomplete, true and wonderful history of May Day (https://bit.ly/3nF5uk9)Follow us on any of these social media channels//    Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast    Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast    YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube    Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media).   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  production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Our Earth Week arc of episodes featuring red state women organizing for communities and the planet continues!   In this episode, we talk with the legendary Diane Wilson (@unreasonabledw), Texas shrimper, environmentalist and author, about her hunger strike demanding that the Biden Administration stop the proposed dredging of Matagorda ship channel and ban crude oil exports.   To put the story in full context, we discuss with Diane her 30 years of work in fighting corporate polluters on the Texas Gulf Coast through organizing, litigation, monitoring, direct action and more. Diane's work against companies like Dow Chemical, Formosa Plastics and now Max Midstream in one of the most conservative regions in the nation has been inspiring. It's rooted in organizing and working with community members, workers and ex-workers from across the spectrum.   Diane Wilson is a fourth-generation shrimper and mother of five from Seadrift, Texas. She's also an environmental activist, an anti-war activist, and author of An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas.  This Wednesday (April 28) marks THREE WEEKS of Diane's hunger strike to #StopTheDredging and #StopOilExports!! Join her and allies across the world in a one day solidarity fast and photo petition action!  Register here:https://bit.ly/2R2kCvz  Read More//  Sign and share the campaign sign on letter (https://bit.ly/3tRtQtt)  Crossroads Today: Seadrift resident marks 14th day of a hunger strike to halt crude oil exports, dredging (https://bit.ly/3xjHbwN)  Truthout: 72-Year-Old Fisher Hunger Strikes to Press Biden to Revive Crude Oil Export Ban (https://bit.ly/2QVc7CD)  An Unreasonable Woman on Bookstop (https://bit.ly/3sPWp9f)  Follow us on any of these social media channels//  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast  YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube  Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media).  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  production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.