Noam Chomsky on the Coming War w/ Iraq–October 2002 from the Green & Red Archives
We've introduced a new feature . . . Green & Red Archives. We're putting out encore episodes of some older talks and events that Scott and I have organized or…
Green & Red Riff and Rant @ Democrats’/Clinton’s Responsibility for the current mess . . . .
Sure, the GOP is dismal and cruel, but for decades the Democrats have offered tepid resistance and have abandoned the working class and rural Americans. As MLK said, long after…
It’s Scrappy 4th of July, w/ John Quincy Adams, Frederick Douglass, and Scott and Bob
This week we "celebrate" the Fourth of July by discussing two famous orations on that date, John Quincy Adams's famous "monsters to destroy" speech from 1821 and Frederick Douglass's legendary…
“The Last Honest Man”: The Church Committee and the U.S. Empire . . . w/ Pulitzer-winner James Risen
James Risen is a two-time Pulitzer winner and investigative journalist who's just written a great book about Senator Frank Churck, *The Last Honest Man.* Listen in: https://apple.co/44ueZqI In this interview…
Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,?” July 4th 1852
Scott reads from and discusses the famous Frederick Douglass oration on what the 4th of July means to American slaves. This is excerpted from our Scrappy Fourth of July episode.…
FR 0:00 / 6:42 John Quincy Adams warns against seeking “monsters to destroy” . . . July 4th, 1821 oration
John Quincy Adams gave a famous speech on the 4th of July 1821 warning about foreign interventions and the threat they posed to liberty. It's more relevant than ever. This…
Pulitzer-winner James Risen on Frank Church, JFK, Kennedy and the CIA, and conspiracy theories
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
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. . .
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
(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…