Bold Tree-Sit in Western Washington Blockades Logging of Endangered Legacy Forest
In our latest, Scott talks with Fable who's 70 feet above the earth in a tree blocking the logging of a legacy forest in the Elwha Watershed in western Washington.…
SOTR: May Day, “No Kings Day” and Sit-in at Columbia w/ organizer Patrick Young
In latest installment of our new “State of the Resistance” segment, Scott talks with organizer Patrick Young. They discuss the May Day protests, the upcoming “No Kings” day of action…
How World War Two Was Won . . . (Hint: Trump is wrong…AGAIN)
Donald Trump briefly tried to change "Veterans Day" to a Victory in War (both I and II) Day until rebuked by vets, but his explanation needs to also be rebuked.…
How Trump Lost the Conservatives the Canadian Election. w/ Emilia Belliveau
This past week has seen a resurgence for liberal parties in other parts of the world. In Canada, Mark Carney the Liberal Party made a stunning comeback from a 20%…
ENCORE: Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming . . . 55 Years After the Kent State Killings
It’s the 55th anniversary of the killings at Kent State University. In a special encore episode, we’re reposting our Kent State episode from 2020. Listen in: In this episode, we…
Where Does the Canadian Left Go After This Week’s Election? w/ Emilia Belliveau
Scott talks with climate campaigner and researcher Emilia Belliveau about where the Canadian left goes after it's losses this week. Listen in: This is a clip from a larger interview…
Best of G&R: May Day vs Labor Day. How the ruling class stops radical organizing.
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…
Let Saigons Be Bygones: The Fall of South Vietnam, 50 Years Later.
In the latest episode, we talk about the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. We describe the events that led to the U.S. withdrawal in 1973, and then how…
“Kayfabe:” The Politics of Trump and Pro Wrestling w/ This is Revolution’s Jason Myles
Today's right wing politics and culture wars are intertwined with pro wrestling. More than people realize. Since the summer of 2015 when Donald Trump came down the escalator to announce…
Tariffs 101: Trade, Taxes, & Revenues in U.S. History
Everyone's talking about tariffs . . . but do we really know what they are, how they work, what their purpose is? Listen in: Scott and Bob give backgrounder on…
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