September 2024 – Green and Red Podcast

“De-Escalation Through Escalation”.. Israel’s Wars and All the Politics w/ Journalist Eugene Puryear

September 25, 2024Foreign Policy, politics

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…

America’s Disorder: The Frontier, Violence, Cowboys, and Trump, w/ Richard Slotkin

September 18, 2024Peoples' History, politics

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,”…

Globalize Liberation: 20 Years of Uprooting the System and Building Better Worlds w/ David Solnit

September 13, 2024Direct Action, Peoples' History

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…

The Ruling Class vs. Trump, 2024 Edition . . . and Harris gets right-wing support

September 12, 2024politics

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. Listen in: https://apple.co/3zhhcvx America…

Best of G&R: Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2024Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

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.…

“Nasty Politics”…. Political Violence in America w/ Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff

September 10, 2024politics

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…