Green and Red

Former Sierra Club Directors on Layoffs, Equity and Environmental Justice w/ Hop Hopkins and Michelle Mascarenhas

September 14, 2023Climate

The Sierra Club is one of the oldest and largest environmental groups in the U.S.. It also has a problematic history, from being founded by racist John Muir to members…

“Chile’s 9/11.” Fifty Years After the Coup w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña and Dr. Clinton Fernandes

September 11, 2023Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

"The Other 9/11" occurred 50 years ago, a military-organized coup against the Socialist President of Chile Salvador Allende, with the support of U.S. and Australian operatives. Listen in: https://apple.co/3PvSWey In…

Happy Scrappy Labor Day!! The Ruling Class vs. Radical Organizing

September 3, 2023Labor, Peoples' History

Green & Red celebrates (American) Labor Day . . . we talk a little about the history of the day, the co-optation strategy behind it, and current conditions for labor…

The New McCarthyism, w/ Jodie Evans of Code Pink talking about New York Times smear campaign

September 1, 2023Foreign Policy, politics

A few weeks ago the New York Times published a hit piece on Jodie Evans and her partner Neville Roy Singham as well as Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental and others,…

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…