Green & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

In our latest episode, we talk with two professors with exemplary records at Collin College, outside Dallas, who were recently fired for criticizing the school's COVID policies.  Audra Heaslip and Suzanne Jones (@Sesjones), both longtime professors, questioned President Neil Matkin's dismissal of COVID concerns, his insistence on returning to in-person classes, and his refusal to create a COVID dashboard.  Matkin also withheld information from the campus community about a faculty member who had died from COVID for weeks.  And he cited Heaslip's and Jones's membership in the Texas Faculty Association, an education union, as a reason for their termination.  Heaslip and Jones were looking out for the safety and health of the campus community and were fired for making Collin look bad, as Matkin told them.  At Collin College, concern over COVID, being in a union, and expressing your right to free speech can get you fired. We also pay tribute to legendary Pittsburgh folksinger, union maid and hell raiser Anne Feeney who passed away last week from complications related to COVID-19.  See also//  Afflict the Comfortable: "Professors Fired for COVID Concerns" (http://bit.ly/3aJvdlz)    NY Times: Anne Feeney, Fierce and Tireless Protest Singer, Dies at 69 (http://nyti.ms/3cQTHvO) 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're excited to talk to author, activist and historian Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (@rdunbaro) about the Indigenous history of the U.S. We discuss her journey from activist and organizer to historian of the vast and complex subject of Indigenous people's history. We also discuss settler colonialism and today's protest movements for Indigenous rights.  Dr. Dunbar-Ortiz is a historian, author, human rights activist, and speaker who researches Western Hemisphere history and international human rights.From 1967 to 1974, she was a full-time activist living in various parts of the United States, traveling to Europe, Mexico, and Cuba. She is also a veteran of the women's liberation movement. Her books include Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years, 1960–75, Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment, and the forthcoming A Nation of Immigrants?:Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion. Read more// Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz (https://reddirtsite.com/) Monthly Review: Examining the Wreckage by Nick Estes and Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz (http://bit.ly/3rufyxk)  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 our latest episode, we get into it! The left media universe includes YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, hundreds of podcasts and journals like Jacobin with 60,000 subscribers monthly. Yet that has translated in little support for on-the-ground organizers working in workplaces, frontline communities and the streets.  We talk with Joshua Kahn Russell (@joshkahnrussell), Executive Director of the Wildfire Project, about the pundits of the online left (YouTuber, Podcasters, #LeftTwitter, etc). We discuss how their approach is vastly different than those doing real life organizing work. We also talk about how commentators like Jimmy Dore's actions, like Force the Vote, or interviewing members of far right militias actually hurt left movements. We also discuss the need for more organizer-pundits in this well-trafficked space with a huge audience, and how to best engage once you're in.  Joshua is a social movement facilitator and has trained thousands of activists across the globe. He is the Executive Director of the Wildfire Project. He is a facilitator/action-coordinator with the Ruckus Society. He has helped campaigns win against banks, oil companies, logging corporations, and coal barons; worked with a wide variety of groups in a breadth of arenas, from local resiliency projects, to national coalitions, to the United Nations Climate Negotiations. Joshua was a frequent guest on The Michael Brooks Show (TMBS), which just ended, as well as other new media outlets where he speaks about spirituality, and the mechanics of social movements. Read more// Wildfire Project:http://wildfireproject.org/ Joshua's bio (http://bit.ly/3th055d) Jimmy Dore Boogaloo Boys Interview Sparks Outrage Among Critics: 'You're a Sucker (http://bit.ly/3oEiAwM) Joshua on recent TMBS Panel “Think Like An Organizer” with Jane McAlevey and Francesca Fiorentini. (https://bit.ly/36tFDUP) 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 Jeff Ordower (@moredower) for executive consulting. 

In our latest episode, Bob (@bobbuzzanco) interviews Scott (@sparki1969) about his recent article "Why 2021 needs more direct  action." They discuss how elections and electing Democrats and  Democratic Socialists won't be the only way to get us out of the current  cascade of crises hitting the world right now (COVID-19, economic  collapse, climate change, political crisis around the far right). They  also discuss Scott's past work in fighting mountaintop removal coal mining, Wall Street banks and oil pipelines. Read more// Scott Parkin: Why 2021 needs more direct action. (http://bit.ly/2021DirectAction) Climate Justice and Community Resilience:Resistance and Grassroots Solutions. Edited by Brian Tokar and Tamra Gilbertson. Includes chapter by Scott (http://bit.ly/ClimateJusticeBook) 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 comic book creator Brian Wood (@brianwood) and the influence of pop culture on politics. And vice versa. We discuss his work on Channel Zero, DMZ and the Massive. And how his work in those comics has focused on lefty politics and issues like media activism, far right militias, climate change and direct action. We also talk about Marvel's The Punisher and the obvious connection to today's fascist movements.  Brian is a comic book writer, illustrator and creator. He's also worked in television and video game design. Brian's work includes Channel Zero, a story about a dystopian near future NYC with hackers as heroes fighting a Big Brother theocracy, DMZ, another dystopian near future story set in NYC during a civil war between right-wing militias and the US government, and The Massive, a story about Greenpeace/Sea Shepherd style ship caught in environmental and economic collapse. DMZ is currently being developed as an HBO mini-series with Ava DuVernay directing. His other work includes Northlanders, Starve and Rebels. He's also been a writer on titles like Conan the Barbarian, the X-Men, Star Wars and Aliens. Read more// Brian's website: https://www.brianwood.com/  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 our latest episode, we have a lively discussion with Eileen Flanagan (@eileenflanagan) of Choose Democracy about mass organizing efforts to defend democracy from Trump.  We discuss their efforts to recruit and prepare thousands to hit the streets, taking advantage of "cracks" in ruling class institutions, like Wall Street and the military, and turning anxiety about Trump remaining in power into action.  We also discussed longer term organizing efforts around climate justice and challenging white supremacy. Eileen Flanagan is an author, trainer and organizer working on a number of issues. For five years, she served as board chair of Earth Quaker Action Team, a scrappy nonviolent direct action group which successfully pressured one of the largest banks in the US (PNC Bank) to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining. Ahead of the 2020 election, she became the Trainings Coordinator of Choose Democracy, which trained nearly 10,000 people in nonviolent strategies to prevent a coup. She is award-winning author of three books and is currently writing one on the intersection of racial and environmental justice. She also teaches online courses for those who want to make their activism more effective.  Read more// Flanagan: Choose Democracy’s whirlwind effort to prevent a coup is a crash course in good organizing (https://bit.ly/3sVyTJg) Flanagan: Despite flagrant assault on the Capitol, the pillars of democracy are holding (https://bit.ly/3sVyTJg) Eileen's website: https://eileenflanagan.com/ Eileen's online courses (http://bit.ly/3ixjM3X) Choosing Democracy: https://choosedemocracy.us/ Scott Parkin: Why 2021 needs more direct action. (http://bit.ly/2021DirectAction) 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 most excellent by Isaac.

In our special MLK day episode, we talk about the radical politics of  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We discuss King's democratic socialist  beliefs, his stance against the war in Vietnam, the campaigns he worked  on, --including the 1968 Olympic Boycott and the Poor People's  Campaign--, and his thoughts on property destruction.     Read more//  Buzzanco: MLK for Sale (http://bit.ly/2LzGR9S)  Martin Luther King on riots and property destruction (http://bit.ly/3nHPvAk)  VIDEO: Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence (https://bit.ly/3spBgnr)   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 most excellent by Isaac.

In  this episode, Bob interviews Professor Andrew Bacevich (@AndrewBacevich) about the extraordinary involvement in electoral  politics by Trump and the military, the military public repudiation of  the president, racial and hate group problems in the armed forces,  civil-military relations, the appoint of General Lloyd Austin as Defense  Secretary, what to expect from Biden's foreign policy team--essentially  putting the Obama band back together--the nuclear deal with Iran, the  insane attacks on Cuba, and a new Cold War between the U.S. and China. Andrew Bacevich is an emeritus  professor at Boston University and President of the Quincy Institute for  Responsible Statecraft.  He's also the author of several books on U.S.  foreign policy and one of the foremost critics of America's war and  interventionism for decades now.  He is also a retired colonel in the  U.S. Army, armored cavalry.  And he's a frequent columnist in The  Nation, as well as many other publications. Read more// Bob Buzzanco: This Is Not a Coup (http://bit.ly/35txgYW) Bob Buzzanco: Swipe Left on the Democrats and Electoral Politics (http://bit.ly/3oxv7my) The Nation: Civilian Control Means More Than Just Wearing a Suit to Work (http://bit.ly/3oP8Dh5) The Nation: Will Biden Finally End the War in Afghanistan? (http://bit.ly/38LwvN0) Professor Bacevich's publications// The pentomic era : the US Army between Korea and Vietnam. Washington DC: National Defense University Press.  American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of US Diplomacy (Harvard University Press, 2004)  The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War (Oxford University Press Inc, U.S., 2005)  The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II (Columbia University Press, U.S., 2007) Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (Macmillan, U.S., 2010) Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (Henry Holt and Co., 2013) America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History (Random House, 2016) Twilight of the American Century (University of Notre Dame Press, 2018) The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory (Metropolitan Books, 2020) Check us out our new media publication on Medium (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). We'll be sharing episodes, blogs and articles on it. So please follow us on Medium! 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 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.

And we thought 2020 was bumpy. In this fresh episode, we talk about the shocks happening in the liberal democratic capitalist system--How the ruling class is destabilized by Trump and the far right actions at Capitol Hill this week, and how they are responding to maintain order and their own power as quickly as possible.  It's an analysis you won't find in many other places, if anywhere.  Last week, we saw  former Veep and Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney(!) organize a statement by all ten living Secretaries of Defense to call on Trump and officials in the military establishment to call for an orderly transition of power (he didn't). We saw the National Association of Manufacturers, a notorious anti-worker, anti-liberal Democratic institution, issue a statement calling for the swift enactment of the 25th Amendment of Donald Trump over inciting riots at the Capitol. And we saw lots more anger and outrage in the political and corporate spheres aimed at Trump and his supporters.   Between the crises of COVID-19, a crashing economy, the climate crisis, a growing far right clearly willing to use deadly violence and these shocks to the system, there are many forces vying for what kind of world is next for us.   As the great Gil Scott-Heron told us, “America leads the world in shocks.  Unfortunately, America does not lead the world in deciphering the cause of shock.” That's what Green and Red Podcast will be doing.   Read more// Bob Buzzanco:  This Is Not a Coup (http://bit.ly/35txgYW)  Bob Buzzanco: Swipe Left on the Democrats and Electoral Politics (http://bit.ly/3oxv7my)   CNN: CEO arrested for breaching the US Capitol during Trump-fueled insurrection (or The Trials of the Lumpen Oligarchy) (http://cnn.it/3hYCeSE)  Check us out our new media publication on Medium (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). We'll be sharing episodes, blogs and articles on it. So please follow us on Medium!  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  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.   

We're back! In our first episode of 2021, we're joined by our frequent  guest Prof. Sarah Koster to discuss the outbreak of COVID-19 in  California, virus mutations, whether vitamin D is a virus preventor,  food scarcity and housing insecurity.    Prof. Sarah Koster is a Family Nurse Practitioner and also has Masters  in Public Health from the University of Washington in Seattle. Sarah  worked in research and program evaluation for about 7 years with the  Infectious Disease Division at the University of New Mexico Medical  School and completed a fellowship in Infectious Disease Epidemiology  with the University of Alabama at Birmingham while living in Southern  Africa.     Read more//  ICU capacity in California (http://bit.ly/38hCmJS)  The Atlantic: The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb (http://bit.ly/3bcICUU)     Check us out our new media publication on Medium (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). We'll be sharing episodes, blogs and articles on it. So please follow us on Medium!     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    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 Josie Sock (@JosieSock) and Jeff Ordower (@moredower)  for contributing to this episode.