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Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.

  1. "Don't Believe Your Own Eyes"... State of the Free Press w/ Project Censorship's Mickey Huff (G&R 466)

    22H AGO

    "Don't Believe Your Own Eyes"... State of the Free Press w/ Project Censorship's Mickey Huff (G&R 466)

    In our latest, we talk again with the great Mickey Huff, director of Project Censored (@projectcensored) and professor of journalism at Ithaca College. We talk about Project Censored on its 50th anniversary, the current state of the free press, the Washington Post's layoffs, CBS hostile takeover by Ellisons and Bari Weiss and more. Bio// Mickey Huff is the third director of Project Censored (founded in 1976) and is the president of the nonprofit Media Freedom Foundation. Huff joined Ithaca College in New York fall of 2024, where he now also serves as the Distinguished Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Professor of Journalism. Since 2009, he has coedited the annual volume of the Censored book series with associate director Andy Lee Roth, published by Seven Stories Press in New York, and since 2021 with The Censored Press, the Project’s new publishing imprint.Huff is executive producer and co-host of The Project Censored Show, a weekly syndicated public affairs program he founded with former Project Censored director Peter Phillips in 2010. Eleanor Goldfield is his current co-host. The program originates from the historic studios of KPFA, Pacifica Radio, in Berkeley CA, and airs on more than 50 stations around the US and is also a podcast online.-------------------------------🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🌐 Project Censored: https://www.projectcensored.org/ 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    52 min
  2. Prez Day Encore: How Neoliberals Paved the Way for MAGA (G&R 465)

    1D AGO

    Prez Day Encore: How Neoliberals Paved the Way for MAGA (G&R 465)

    Bob and Scott celebrate President's Day by discussing the recent history of the presidency and look at how neoliberals Clinton, Bush and Obama paved theway for the rise of Trump and MAGA. We also talk about Nixon’s “Imperial Presidency” and how, these days, a “third rate burglary” wouldn’t be a blip on the radar. Furthermore, we define neoliberalism and explain the difference between Trump and neoliberals (despite what other lefty podcasters try to Brooklyn-splain to you).---------------------------------- Outro- "Hail to the Chief" by the Beatles 2Links// + Noam Chomsky on Why the Democrats Suck (https://bit.ly/3YHagR0) + R.I.P. Jimmy Carter. Liberal Saint Now, Neoliberal War Criminal Then (https://bit.ly/4iZAtDJ) Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast⁠⁠⁠ +Our rad website: ⁠⁠⁠https://greenandredpodcast.org/⁠⁠⁠ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/vgKnY3sd) +Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social) 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 Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.laborradionetwork.org/⁠⁠ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott. Hashtags:#PrezDaySpecial#Neoliberalism#MAGAMovement#PoliticalAnalysis#PresidentsDay#ConservativeIdeologies

    1h 4m
  3. How Labor and Communities are Fighting ICE in the Twin Cities w/ Journalist Amie Stager (G&R 464)

    5D AGO

    How Labor and Communities are Fighting ICE in the Twin Cities w/ Journalist Amie Stager (G&R 464)

    ICE's surge into Minneapolis-St. Paul continues. After the ICE murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, labor and community groups mobilized against the federal intervention. In our latest, we talk with labor reporter Amie Stager about what's happening on the ground in Minnesapolis-St. Paul. We discuss the labor led general strike on Jan. 23 and the student led strike on Jan. 30. We also discuss community resistance to ICE. Bio// Amie Stager (@amiestager) has worked for the Labor Education Service since 2020. She studied journalism at the University of Minnesota, where she also graduated with a master's degree in public history in 2025. She researches art, media, education, and collective action by and for working people and our movements. Her writing can be found in Workday Magazine, The Real News Network, In These Times, and Minnesota Women's Press. She is currently the Senior Associate editor at Workday Magazine.------------------------------- 🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🔖 “We Will Not Stop Until ICE Is Abolished”: Nurses Hold Week of Action Following Murder of Alex Pretti (https://bit.ly/4kCj2us) 🌐 Workday Magazine: https://workdaymagazine.org/ 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    45 min
  4. Legendary Film Director John Sayles on Labor, the Border and Empire in Novels and Film (G&R 463)

    FEB 10

    Legendary Film Director John Sayles on Labor, the Border and Empire in Novels and Film (G&R 463)

    In our latest, we talk with legendary filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist John Sayles. We start with a discussion about his new novel "Crucible." But also talk about labor, class consciousness, portraying the organizer as a hero, the border and the American empire in his, and other, films and novels. Bio// John Sayles is an Oscar nominated American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish, The Secret of Roan Inish, Lone Star, Men with Guns, Sunshine State, Silver City and Amigo. He has written eight novels, the most recent being Yellow Earth, To Save the Man, Crucible and the forthcoming Gods of Gotham. ------------------------------- 🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🔖 Crucible by John Sayles (https://bit.ly/4ts1SDN) 🌐 John Sayles (https://bit.ly/3O9Fq1P) 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🙏 Special thanks to our executive producer Hep Ingham for helping us get this episode together . 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    55 min
  5. The Rich History of General Strikes in America w/ Organizer and Writer Fred Glass (G&R 462)

    FEB 7

    The Rich History of General Strikes in America w/ Organizer and Writer Fred Glass (G&R 462)

    On January 23, 2026, we saw the first general strike in 80 years in Minnesota after the murder of Renee Good by ICE (one day before their murder of Veteran’s Administration ICU nurse and union member Alex Pretti). Organizing, direct action and strikes are increasing in recent years and have the potential to lead to a larger general strike. They also have a long rich history in the US. In our latest, Scott talks with writer, historian and labor organizer Fred Glass about the rich history of general strikes in America and their possibilities for the future. We also discussed Fred’s short film on May Day and the importance of May Day and the Haymarket Affair in modern labor history 💥On Tuesday February 11th at 530pm at the Oakland community space at 1955 Broadway in downtown Oakland, Fred will be part of a panel discussing general strikes, May Day, labor organizing and more. Green and Read podcast will be live streaming the panel. Details in link below.💥Bio// Fred Glass is an educator, historian and organizer. He taught labor history at City College in San Francisco for 35 years and was the communications director for the California Federation of Teachers. He’s the author of “From Mission to Microchip: A History of the California Labor Movement” and edits California Red, the bimonthly newsletter of California Democratic Socialists of America. ------------------------------- 🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🔖 Jacobin: The Citywide General Strike Has a Rich History in America (https://bit.ly/45WbAnM) 🌐 February 10th on Oakland- May Day in the Time of Trump: Film and Panel Discussion (https://bit.ly/3O1HwRx) 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    46 min
  6. Antifa Spy Networks Expose the Radical Right w/ journalist Chris Mathias (G&R 461)

    FEB 3

    Antifa Spy Networks Expose the Radical Right w/ journalist Chris Mathias (G&R 461)

    Demonized by Republicans and Democrats alike, a myth emerged around “antifa” during Donald Trump’s first term. But few understand the dangerous work antifa does to disrupt and unmask the latest crop of white supremacists or listened when antifa sounded the alarm about these white supremacists taking positions of power. But, this underground network of militant anti-fascists is determined to stop the rising tide of fascism in America, and does so risking life and limb. In our latest we talk with journalist, and author of the newly released "To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right," Chris Mathias about his new book, antifa and the far right. Bio// Christopher Mathias (@LetsGoMathias) is a journalist covering the far right and the author of the recently release "To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right." ------------------------------- 🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🔖 To Catch a Fascist The Fight to Expose the Radical Right(https://bit.ly/4rnmT0o) 🌐 The Nation: Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is—and It Knows How to Win. (https://bit.ly/4r2CItS) 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    47 min
  7. The Anniversary of the Greensboro Sit-ins, SNCC and Militant Nonviolence Today (G&R 460)

    JAN 31

    The Anniversary of the Greensboro Sit-ins, SNCC and Militant Nonviolence Today (G&R 460)

    February 1st is the 66th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins where four African-American student sat in at a Woolworth's, suffering abuse from white racist patrons and eventually jail. Those actions launched the student sit-in movement to end segregation and led to over 70,000 people participating, including civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Bayard Rustin and many others. It also led to the formation of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and modern civil rights movement. In our latest, Bob and Scott talk about anniversary of the sit-ins and then discuss it in the context of today's movement resisting Trump and ICE in Minneapolis and communities across the country. ------------------------------- 🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🌐 G&R: From Montgomery to Memphis to Minneapolis-The Legacy of Martin Luther King (https://bit.ly/4sGVg41) 🌐 The Nation: Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators. (https://bit.ly/4apla4X) 🌐 ICE Out of Minnesota: https://www.iceoutnowmn.com/ 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    43 min
  8. Rojava Fights for Its Survival w/ Arthur Pye (G&R 459)

    JAN 27

    Rojava Fights for Its Survival w/ Arthur Pye (G&R 459)

    The past month has seen the new Syrian government in Damascus move politically and military against the autonomous state of Rojava. In our latest, Scott talks with writer and organizer Arthur Pye with the Emergency Committee for Rojava about the situation on the ground in Syria.Bio//Arthur Pye (@thearthurpye) is a writer, organizer, and popular educator based in the Pacific Northwest. He previously spent a year living in North-East Syria studying the Rojava revolution, and is a steering committee member of the Emergency Committee for Rojava. Arthur is also a co-director of the Municipalism Learning Series and a board member of the Institute for Social Ecology. His writings can be found in Strange Matters Magazine.-------------------------------🎸 Outro- "Green and Red Blues" by Moody 🔗 Links 🌐 Emergency Committee for Rojava: https://www.defendrojava.org/ 🌐 Arthur Pye in Strange Matters Magazine (https://bit.ly/4qPx1za) 🌐 G&R: Defending Rojava w/ journalist Arthur Pye (https://bit.ly/4q6CWPl) 🎙️ Follow Green and Red 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast 🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org 💬 Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/uuP6yVQr 📰 Follow us on Substack: https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com 🌌 Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social 💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast 🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast ☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR 🌍 Our Networks 🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org 📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork 📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org 🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production 👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969) ✂️ Edited by Scott 🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.

    36 min
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Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.

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