Bedste Eugene Banks-podcasts (2024)

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A Year of Genocide & Resistance: Israel's war on Palestine, w/ Scholar Fadi Kafeety (G&R 325) 1:10:37

10h ago1:10:37

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To commemorate the first-year anniversary of Israel's onslaught against Gaza (and now Lebanon and Iran) we talked w/ scholar Fadi Kafeety, who provided us with a great overview of the politics of Gaza, the historical background of Hamas, the losses inflicted on the people of Palestine, the underreported story of Israel's losses, and the new expansi…

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Mutual Aid and Disaster Relief in North Carolina w/ Matt from Rural Organizing and Resilience (G&R 324) 19:04

14h ago19:04

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CAT 4 Hurricane Helene hit the southeast U.S. causing billions in destruction and at least 230 deaths. Western North Carolina was hit particularly hard, despite being called a "haven" from climate disaster. Mutual aid groups across the region sprung into action to provide immediate aid and relief. In our latest, Scott talks with Matt, an organizer …

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"De-Escalation Through Escalation".. Israel's Wars and All the Politics w/ Eugene Puryear (G&R 323) 41:44

13d ago41:44

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Over the past week, Israel has begun a major escalation against Hezbollah in Lebanon with the "pager attack" on the Lebanese population, assassinations of senior Hezbollah leadership and airstrikes in southern Lebanon that has killed at least 500 people and led to thousands to flee their homes. Israel has called this strategy "De-escalation through…

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America's Disorder: The Frontier, Violence, Cowboys, and Trump, w/ Richard Slotkin (G&R 322) 59:29

18d ago59:29

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Richard Slotkin has written some of the more important books explaining the way Americans have created myths to justify slavery, repression, and empire, including "Regeneration Through Violence," "The Fatal Environment," and "Gunfighter Nation." His new book, "A Great Disorder," summarizes his previous ideas and take us to the present, with signifi…

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Globalize Liberation: 20 Years of Uprooting the System and Building Better Worlds w/ David Solnit (G&R 321) 58:01

24d ago58:01

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In 2004, organizer and arts organizer David Solnit published the anthology "Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World." In the introduction he said, “the new radicalism looks different everywhere,” and cited the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico, as a pivotal moment in his understanding of the new radicalism. “The…

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The Ruling Class vs. Trump, 2024 Edition . . . and Harris gets right-wing support (G&R 320) 1:00:04

26d ago1:00:04

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In our latest episode, returning to a theme we discussed frequently in 2020-2021 we talked about the various ruling class forces opposed to Donald Trump's candidacy. America is a right-wing country with no mass organized left resistance, so finding and exploiting fissures in the ruling class is a useful tactic. We discussed the way both candidates,…

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Best of G&R: Remembering 9/11 (G&R 319) 1:17:45

27d ago1:17:45

1:17:45

Last night's debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris brought up many issues of war in the Middle East and Palestine on the eve of the anniversary of September 11th. We've got much new content headed your war discussing to ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the role of war in U.S. history and elite support for both parties But in the meantim…

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"Nasty Politics".... Political Violence in America w/ Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff (G&R 318) 55:49

28d ago55:49

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H. Rap Brown once said "violence is as American as cherry pie." We’ve seen an increase in rhetoric around violence in American politics particularly from the far right. We've seen many incidents of escalated violence that include the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021 and the recent assassination attempt of Donald Trump. In our latest, we dive into …

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Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land in Indonesia w/ Anthropologist David Gilbert (G&R 317) 55:07

1M ago55:07

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Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers in the Sumatran uplands began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement have reclaimed collective control of their land and cultivated diverse agricultural forests on it, repairing the damage done over nearly a century o…

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DNC Update from the Streets of Chicago w/ David Martinez (G&R 317) 23:03

2M ago23:03

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The Democratic National Convention is underway with lots of action inside and outside the convention hall. Scott talks with activist David Martinez to get a report on what's happening in the streets of Chicago. -----------------------Outro- "Green and Red Blues"Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast⁠⁠⁠ +Our ra…

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Exxon Disrupted at the DNC! w/ Oil Change's Collin Rees (G&R 316) 9:36

2M ago9:36

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Yesterday, at a side event at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, climate activists, including a DNC member from the California delegation, disrupted a swanky exclusive cocktail party sponsored by oil giant Exxon. The event featured Texas Democrat Lizzie Fletcher. Scott talks with the Political Director of Oil Change Collin Rees (@…

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Democrats in 1968 and 2024... Deja Vu (G&R 315) 1:00:16

2M ago1:00:16

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The Democratic National Convention is this week in Chicago. Lots of action inside and outside the convention hall. Bob and Scott discuss the 1968 Democratic National Convention (and 1968 in a bigger context) and discuss the politics of today's convention as the Biden-Harris administration continues to support Israel's genocide in Gaza.-------------…

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Lebanon in the crosshairs of Israel's wider war, w/ Professor Nate George (G&R 314) 59:00

2M ago59:00

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Continuing our look into Israel's wider wars in the Middle East, Bob talked with Professor Nate George (@nategeorge00) of the School of Oriental and African Studies about Netanyahu's current aggression against Lebanon. We discussed briefly the history of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the current escalation of the conflict, including targeted killings…

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Iran in the crosshairs of Israel's wider war, w/ Professor Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (G&R 313) 35:49

2M ago35:49

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Professor Eskandar Sadeghi (@eskandersadeghi) returns to Green & Red to discuss the latest developments in Israel's aggression toward Iran and its widening regional war. We focused on the new government in Iran, but even more on the Israeli assassinations of Iranian officials and the main political officer of Hamas in Tehran. And we then discussed …

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Nuclear is Not the Solution to the Climate Crisis! w/ M.V. Ramana (G&R 311) 1:09:32

2M ago1:09:32

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The climate crisis has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue we already have the technology of the future and that it only needs perfection and deployment. The new book by M.V. Ramana, “Nuclear Is Not the Solution,” demonstrates why this sort of thinking is not only naïve but dangerous.In our latest episode, we talk about…

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Boeing is Guilty: Ohio anti-genocide activists take action. w/ the co-hosts of the Dugout (G&R 310) 20:37

3M ago20:37

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In March, dozens of anti-genocide activists took action at the Boeing facility in Heath, OH. Five were arrested and are being prosecuted for their non-violent action. Boeing is the second largest weapons manufacturer in the world. They’ve been a top manufacturer of missiles and munitions delivered to Israel in its ongoing genocide against Palestini…

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The Bloody History Behind Chiquita’s Big Loss w/ Guillermo Mosquera and Dr. Rodrigo Acuna (G&R 309) 41:25

3M ago41:25

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In a landmark case in Florida, a federal jury has ordered Chiquita Brands International to pay over $38 million in damages to the families of eight Colombian men who were killed by paramilitaries the banana giant funded. This is part of a long bloody history that goes beyond this one incident or Chiquita itself. In our latest episode, Scott talks w…

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Stop Cop City Defendants Still Facing Terror Charges w/ Priscilla Grim (G&R 308) 52:59

3M ago52:59

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Cop City still remains an ongoing struggle. After the 2023 assassination of forest defender Tortuguita by the Georgia police, environmental and social justice organizers began to campaign hard on the issue. The state responded with a harsh backlash that has resulted in a multitude of charges that includes domestic terrorism and at least 61 people b…

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New College of Florida Destroys Tree Preserve Amid Local Resistance (G&R 307) 15:31

4M ago15:31

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A cherished coastal preserve is under attack by the campus administration that was appointed last year by Governor DeSantis in the right-wing takeover underway at New College of Florida. The new administration wants to tear down this small tree preserve, home to Osprey and other wildlife, supposedly for a sports facility. Local resistance has been …

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Lisa Sachs on How Global Elites Extract Billions From Governments w/ Trade Agreements and Litigation (G&R 306) 57:14

4M ago57:14

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Within the past four decades, we’ve seen the rise of neo-liberalism, or so-called "Free Trade," free trade agreements and various other treaties and agreements that reduce and eliminate barriers and regulation for capital to invest in different nation states. While there has been some resistance, capital and investments march on. Corporations and i…

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Noam Chomsky: An Appreciation . . . and what he's taught us (G&R 305) 1:23:28

4M ago1:23:28

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With the recent news about Noam Chomsky's condition and absence from public life, and the outpouring of respect and admiration from so many people who have learned so much from him (along with the typical haters), we got together to discuss what he's mean and what he's contributed to us on the Left. We discussed his contributions in the fields of l…

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Israel's Wider Aggression in Lebanon and Iran, w/ Profs Nate George and Eskander Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (G&R 304) 1:34:55

4M ago1:34:55

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Israel's slaughters in Palestine may be horrific and well-covered, but there's more going on in the region than that! Israel has also been acting aggressively throughout the region--especially in Lebanon and Iran. Here Bob talked with two great professors who study the region, Nate George of SOAS and Eskandar Sadeghi of the University of York, abou…

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Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from Tucson’s Poisoned Aquifer w/ Prof. Sunaura Taylor (G&R 303) 52:20

4M ago52:20

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In Tucson, Arizona, Cold War era war profiteer Hughes Aircraft polluted an aquifer with chemical waste from a manufacturing facility that poisoned the largely Mexican-American community and desert ecosystem living above. The community responded with one of the first environmental justice campaigns in the United States. In our latest, we talk with P…

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Earthalujah! On Neil Young’s Earth Love Tour w/ Reverend Billy and Savitri D. (G&R 302) 42:50

4M ago42:50

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Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a radical performance community based in New York City. They have led campaigns against Starbucks and Disney over the companies' gentrification of New York City, against Wall Street banks such as JPMorgan Chase over its funding of oil, gas and coal, and many street actions against politicians and other …

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Scrappy Memorial Day | America Goes Abroad In Search of Monsters to Destroy (G&R 301) 53:55

5M ago53:55

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Memorial Day was created to pay respect to soldiers who died in the war, but it quickly took on another purpose--to promote "patriotism" and American militarism and foreign interventions. Here we debunk the myths of "democracy" and "Humanitarian intervention" that are so prevalent in the political class and media. We offer an abridged history of Am…

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Memory Against Forgetting: The Story of Judi Bari w/ Earth First!er Karen Pickett (G&R 300) 1:01:44

5M ago1:01:44

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On May 24, 1990, a car bomb ripped through environmental and labor organizer Judi Bari's car nearly killing her and her comrade Darryl Cherney. Bari and Cherney were part of Earth First's Headwaters campaign and had fought long and hard to stop clear-cutting redwood forests in Northern California by ravenous timber companies. They were organizing a…

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Labor Update w/ Payday Report: Post-mortem on the UAW vote; and, Is Shawn Fain's bubble bursting? (G&R 299) 23:26

5M ago23:26

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In this week's collaboration, Mike Elk of Payday Report and Bob Buzzanco of Green & Red Podcast discuss the failed union vote at a Mercedes plant in Alabama, and how this might affect the UAW president Shawn Fain's reputation going forward. ---------------------------------------------Outro Music: "They'll Never Keep Us Down," by Hazel DickensLinks…

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Labor Update w/ Payday Report and Green & Red: UAW elections, labor and Palestine, Unions on campus (G&R 298) 39:40

5M ago39:40

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In our weekly discussion of labor and unions, Mike Elk of Payday Report and Bob Buzzanco of Green & Red Podcast discussed the upcoming UAW vote at a Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama, and the long-term organizing efforts there. We had a great conversation about Shawn Fain's veto of a bill for the UAW to divest from Israel and how Fain's actions migh…

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Scrappy Mother's Day: Hillary's "Feminism,." Biden's Performative BS & Other US Meddling (G&R 297) 32:17

5M ago32:17

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In our latest, Bob and Scott celebrate a Scrappy Mother's Day with a little radical history of the holiday. We also delve into the week in radical history talking about the Hardhat Riot, the murder of two students at Jackson State, and sabotage of the Maryland Draft Center by the Catonsville 9. We also talk Hillary Clinton's disdain for genocide pr…

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Will Climate Shocks Lead to Climate Action? w/ Prof. Dana R. Fisher (G&R 296) 46:31

5M ago46:31

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The climate crisis is an existential threat that has led to an unraveling of our environmental and social fabric. Our political institutions continue to fail us in dealing with this crisis. As the shocks get worse, we've seen more confrontational climate action emerge to push these institutions. This comes in the form of mass marches, civil disobed…

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Payday Report's Mike Elk and Green & Red launch their Labor Update! (G&R 295) 21:20

5M ago21:20

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In this pilot episode, Mike Elk, founder and senior labor reporter on Payday Report, and Bob Buzzanco of Green & Red Podcast present their soon-to-be-regular podcast on Labor in the U.S. We'll dive into the general state of labor and unions in the U.S., organizing drives, strikes, and other developments relevant to working people as they emerge.In …

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War and the Liberals (G&R 294) 43:06

5M ago43:06

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In our latest episode, Scott and Bob discuss the repression on campuses against students protesting against U.S. support of the atrocities and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. We discussed the way Joe Biden is acting like Richard Nixon did in 1970, when he called students "bums" and led to campus upheavals which culminated in the deaths of 4 students at K…

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Best of G&R: May Day vs Labor Day. How the ruling class stops radical organizing. (G&R 293) 1:00:52

5M ago1:00:52

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Happy May Day Tender Comrades! Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, we talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals to the Haymarket Affair to International Workers’ Day to Labor Day and Loyalty Day. And we discuss how the ruling class’s “war on the left” fits into the politics of May Day vs. Labor Day. Spend an hour of…

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Bringing the War Home.... Again. Campuses Erupt Over Palestine evoking memories of the 1960s (G&R 292) 1:13:18

5M ago1:13:18

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In a free-wheeling discussion Scott and Bob and friend and frequent G&R guest Clayton Lust, a professor of history as several Houston-area community colleges, talked about the campus protests of the 1960s, especially at Columbia in 1968, their meaning, their consequences and their tactics. All of us have written and/or taught about U.S. radical pro…

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Victories in Pittsburgh and Chattanooga w/ Mike Elk of Payday Report on Summer Lee and UAW (G&R 291) 19:28

5M ago19:28

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Mike Elk spoke w/ Green & Red a couple weeks ago in anticipation of the union vote at the UAW vote in Chattanooga and, after the victory there, we talked about the reasons for that success and what was next for labor--especially an upcoming vote at a Mercedes plant in Alabama. We also talked about Summer Lee's primary victory in Pittsburgh and her …

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Abbott Cracks Down on Student Anti-Genocide Protests at University of Texas-Austin w/ Candice Bernd (G&R 290) 28:29

6M ago28:29

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On Wednesday, in Austin TX, hundreds of police converged on the University of Texas to attack a peaceful protest in solidarity with the victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. At least 57 students and protest participants were arrested. A Fox News cameraman and other journalists were assaulted and arrested. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gloated in a vide…

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From Alcatraz to Standing Rock... How Indigenous Action Builds People Power w/ Marty Aranaydo (G&R 289) 1:10:13

6M ago1:10:13

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In our latest, we deep dive into Indigenous organizing with long time Native Oakland Native organizer and direct action trainer Marty Aranaydo (@williemaze). We discuss his direct action roots (going back before he was born!), organizing work in native communities around North America, the occupation of Alcatraz, his time at Standing Rock and Cop C…

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The Danger Imperative: How the “war on cops” shapes violent police culture w/ Michael Sierra-Arévalo (G&R 288) 1:00:55

6M ago1:00:55

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We talk with Prof. Michael Sierra-Arévalo (@michaelsierraa) about the "war on cops" and how it has shaped police culture and violence. We discuss the creation of this culture of police survival over public safety. Where and how it's created. How police see themselves as holding the line against agents of chaos. The institution's perception of race,…

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Supreme Court Declines Case Against Organizer Facing Civil Damages w/ Movement Lawyer Maggie Ellinger-Locke (G&R 287) 22:40

6M ago22:40

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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear McKesson v. Doe. The case involves a police officer injured during a Black Lives Matter protest after the police murder of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La in 2016. The injured police officer sued the organizer DeRay McKesson for damages. Last year, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit side…

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"Forest Defense is Climate Defense"... Tree-Sit Staged in Southern Oregon to Resist Timber Sale (G&R 286) 25:41

6M ago25:41

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Forest defenders have launched a tree sit to stop old growth logging on federal Bureau of Land Management land in Southern Oregon. Community members are opposing the Poor Windy timber sale, which targets thousands of acres of mature and old growth forest. Scott gets an update from two forest defenders fighting the timber sale. They talk about the c…

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Scrappy Tax Day | Your Tax Dollars at Work. Lockheed Martin, "The Grapes of Wrath" and O.J.'s Legacy (G&R 285) 45:06

6M ago45:06

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In our scrappy Tax Day episode, we get right down to it. We get into the anniversary of the publishing of "The Grapes of Wrath" and its significance on America and the American Left.We discuss how your tax dollars are subsidizing war profiteers like Lockheed Martin and keeping the war effort in Gaza going while paying for healthcare and public educ…

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Mike Elk of "Payday Report" . . . on the UAW vote in Chattanooga, and Brazil, and Sen. Fetterman (G&R 284) 37:35

6M ago37:35

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Bob had a great conversation w/ Mike Elk of Payday Report, a frequent G&R guest. They spent most of the time discussing the current UAW unionization drive in Chattanooga, how this election is different than previous failed votes in 2014 and 2019, and the prospects for labor in the coming months. They also discussed his time in Brazil, and the chall…

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Yanis Varoufakis: Capitalism is Dead, Welcome to Techno Feudalism (G&R 283) 53:23

6M ago53:23

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Yanis Varoufakis's new book provocatively argues that Capitalism is dead and has been replaced by a new group of wealthy people whom he calls Technofeudalists--Zuckerberg, Musk, etc. This new ruling class, whom he calls the "cloudalists," rules over all of us, and even other capitalists, like feudal lords ruled over vassals. Bio//Yanis Varoufakis i…

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How Labor and Climate Movements Are Building An Enduring Alliance w/ Jeff Ordower and Norman Rogers (G&R 282) 56:45

6M ago56:45

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The bosses have long pitted workers against those fighting pollution, extraction and the climate crisis. As the climate crisis worsens, labor unions and environmentalists have begun to build important new alliances to challenge the power of capital and industry. In the new anthology, "Power Lines," co-editors Jeff Ordower and Lindsey Zafir discuss …

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That Flag Won't Get You into Heaven: My Lai, Rachel Corrie & Iraq War Anniversaries + Gas for Israel (G&R 281) 38:29

7M ago38:29

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In our latest, we talk about the American empire and it's dissenters. We get into the anniversaries of the My Lai massacre, the murder of activist Rachel Corrie in Gaza, the Vietnam era self-immolation of Alice Herz and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. We also talk about who's (literally) fueling the Israeli war machine. --------------------Outro- "That …

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"Fighting Times"... Radical Labor Organizing in the 1970s w/ Jonathan Melrod (G&R 280) 1:20:50

7M ago1:20:50

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We had a great conversation with longtime labor organizer and activist Jonathan Melrod where we discussed his life in activism, with a particular emphasis on labor organizing during the 70s and 80s, when deindustrialization began to shatter American jobs. Jonathan Melrod is a name synonymous with political activism, labor organization, and human ri…

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How the FBI Began Its Long Campaign Against the Anti-Pipeline Movement w/ Journalist Adam Federman (G&R 279) 35:28

7M ago35:28

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Newly obtained documents reveal that the U.S. government was monitoring environmental activists opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline far earlier than previously known. Young, Native activists were among the government’s first targets. The FBI file describes Native American groups as a potentially dangerous threat and likens them to “environmental ex…

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Liberals Celebrate International Women’s Day By Bombing Gaza (G&R 278) 48:43

7M ago48:43

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In our latest Scrappy Sunday, we talk about the State of Disunion that liberals have wrought on the rest of us. We talk about International Women’s Day being celebrated while Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton bomb and exploit their way to power. Scott talks about anti-war direct actions in his hometown of Garland, TX and how Sen. Tom Cotten is calli…

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"Chomsky and Me: A Memoir" . . . Bev Stohl's quarter-century as Chomsky's administrative aide (G&R 277) 54:35

7M ago54:35

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For over 25 years Bev Stohl was the administrative aide to Noam Chomsky at MIT. But she was so much more than that . . . not only did she manage his office, but become a close personal friend. She recently wrote a memoir of her time with him at MIT and we had a fantastic and poignant conversation about what Noam is like in "real life," when he's no…

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Don't Dismiss Aaron Bushnell's Act of Resistance w/ Anti-War Veteran Graham Clumpner (G&R 276) 1:09:33

7M ago1:09:33

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Last Sunday, February 25, 2024, Aaron Bushnell killed himself by setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. He did this as an act of resistance to the ongoing genocide in Gaza by the IDF. He was just 25 years old. He was an active duty member of the US Air Force. He live streamed as walked to the embassy and said: “I …

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