August 2023 – Green and Red Podcast

Trash Talk: The Global Garbage Crisis w/ Journalist and Author Oliver Franklin-Wallis

August 24, 2023Climate

In much of the developed world, waste is out of sight and out of mind. The world generates around 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, with at least…

Sacco & Vanzetti executed, August 23, 1927… Green & Red’s Radical History

August 22, 2023Peoples' History

On August 23d, 1927 the state of Massachusetts executed Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists who'd been framed for a murder and convicted despite the absence of any…

Scrappy Summer | Disasters in Hawaii and Ukraine plus Biden ❤’s Fossil Fuels

August 20, 2023Climate, Foreign Policy

Our latest Scrappy Sunday! We discuss the Maui fires, the war in Ukraine and Biden’s love for fossil fuels. Plus this week in radical history and the execution of Sacco…

Apple’s diversity commitments end when asked to do the right thing w/ organizer Robby Diesu

August 19, 2023Materialism and Economics, politics

Like many corporations in Silicon Valley, Apple claims to be supportive of the LGBQT community. Even more than most as Apple's CEO Tim Cook is openly gay and the senior…

Will Potter on How the State and the Media Go After Radical Movements

August 15, 2023Climate, Direct Action

We’re in an unprecedented rollback of civil liberties. States are passing laws to outlaw protests and direct action, charging non-violent protesters with “domestic terrorism” and legalizing the running over of…

“Socialist” Leigh Phillips defends private planes

August 12, 2023Materialism and Economics, politics

In a recent article on the Breakthrough Institute’s blog, Leigh Phillips makes a case for “private jets for all.” This comes amidst increasing criticism from environmental and social justice critiques…

Gulf of Tonkin and the Atomic Bomb . . . Green & Red’s Radical (and real) History this week

August 9, 2023Peoples' History

Green & Red commemorates this week in radical history with brief lessons about the Gulf of Tonkin attacks (August 2 and 4, 1964) and the use of the atomic bomb…

Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline w/ Appalachians Against Pipelines

August 8, 2023Climate, Direct Action

The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a 300 mile long fracked gas pipeline cutting across the mountains and waterways of Appalachia. For the past five years, Appalachians Against Pipelines (@stopthemvp) has…

Hiroshima and “Atomic Diplomacy,” 78 Years Later

August 7, 2023Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

It's the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. With decisions to drop atomic bombs being discussed with the release of Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," we thought we'd repost this episode…

Scrappy Sunday | Oppenheimer, Private Jets for All! and APEC

August 7, 2023Peoples' History, politics

Scrappy summer continues! This week, we’re back with a hearty dose of radical history and snarky politics. We kick off with some thoughts on Trump’s third indictment and “unindicted co-conspirator…