June 2023 – Green and Red Podcast

Pulitzer-winner James Risen on Frank Church, JFK, Kennedy and the CIA, and conspiracy theories

June 28, 2023Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

During a longer interview w/ James Risen, author of *The Last Honest Man*--a study of Frank Church and the Church Committee--we talked about the committee's findings on JFK and his…

Power and Participation in Union Negotiations w/ author Abby Lawlor

June 26, 2023Labor, politics

Union organizing is on the rise. Headlines regularly highlight worker organizing drives at Starbucks, Amazon and other workplaces. Bosses and politicians like Joe Biden (despite claiming to be the "most…

Scrappy Sunday | Being “Ungovernable” After Dobbs, Global Protest, Atlanta, Cornel West redux. . .

June 26, 2023Direct Action, Peoples' History, politics

In this week's "Scrappy Sunday," we opened w/ a discussion of the aftermath of the Dobbs decision to take away abortions rights, and claims from activists that they would become…

Trump Was A Joke! Countering Trump’s Absurdity with Satire w/ Prof. Sophia McClennen

June 20, 2023politics, pop culture

(Have you follow us on Discord yet? Just click this invite) Trump’s public life has long been a target of comedians and satirists. His notorious thin skin often led to…

Scrappy Father’s Day | Cornel West, NO!, The 699 Club, Cormac McCarthy and radical history this week

June 20, 2023Peoples' History, politics

In our latest Scrappy Sunday, aka Scrappy Father's Day this week, we opened with this week in radical history, featuring a discussion of the Taft-Hartley Act (and liberal complicity in…

Remembering Daniel Ellsberg, 1931-2023 (February 2003 Speech in Houston)

June 16, 2023Direct Action, Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

Daniel Ellsberg, Presente . . . Today we're all saddened to hear that Daniel Ellsberg had died. Ellsberg's life is well-known, and he's one of the more important figures in…

Ukraine Update: Time to end “an unwinnable war”

June 16, 2023Foreign Policy

We got together to discuss the war in Ukraine. Currently the US is continuing to send money and military equipment to Ukraine, but conditions on the battlefield are at a…

Why the Left Must Oppose Nuclear Power w/ Journalist Joshua Frank

June 12, 2023Climate, Peoples' History

In our latest episode, we talk with journalist Joshua Frank (@joshua_frank) about his book, "Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America," which details the story…

Three Atlanta Legal Workers Arrested For Alleged “Financial Crimes” w/ CLDC’s Lauren Regan

June 7, 2023Climate, Direct Action

Since the murder of forest defender Tortuguita last January, we've seen an escalation on the Stop Cop City by both activists and police. 34 people have been charged with "domestic…

How To Blow Up A Pipeline: Interview w/ Director Daniel Goldhaber

June 5, 2023Climate, Direct Action

"How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is an environmental-climate crisis action-thriller film. It's based on Andreas Malm's book of the same name. The New York Times called it a "cultural…