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Bringing the War Home…. Again. Campuses Erupt Over Palestine evoking memories of the 1960s

April 29, 2024Direct Action, Foreign Policy

In a free-wheeling discussion Scott and Bob and friend and frequent G&R guest Clayton Lust, a professor of history as several Houston-area community colleges, talked about the campus protests of…

Abbott Cracks Down on Student Anti-Genocide Protests at University of Texas-Austin w/ Candice Bernd

April 26, 2024Direct Action, Foreign Policy

On Wednesday, in Austin TX, hundreds of police converged on the University of Texas to attack a peaceful protest in solidarity with the victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza.…

From Alcatraz to Standing Rock… How Indigenous Action Builds People Power w/ Marty Aranaydo

April 22, 2024Climate, Direct Action, Peoples' History

In our latest, we deep dive into Indigenous organizing with long time organizer and trainer Marty Aranaydo (@williemaze). We discuss his direct action roots (going back before he was born!),…

Supreme Court Declines Case Against Organizer Facing Civil Damages w/ Movement Lawyer Maggie Ellinger-Locke

April 19, 2024Direct Action, politics

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear McKesson v. Doe. The case involves a police officer injured during a Black Lives Matter protest after the police murder of…

“Forest Defense is Climate Defense”… Tree-Sit Staged in Southern Oregon to Resist Timber Sale

April 17, 2024Climate, Direct Action

Forest defenders have launched a tree sit to stop old growth logging on federal Bureau of Land Management land in Southern Oregon. Community members are opposing the Poor Windy timber…

Occupy This! The Legacy of Occupy Wall Street and Bernie Sanders w/ Activist Jay Ponti

March 1, 2024anti-capitalism, Direct Action, Peoples' History

Some see Occupy Wall Street and the campaigns of Bernie Sanders as some sort of viral phenomenon, but don't recognize the importance that decades of organizing against neo-liberalism and empire…

Who Owns Peoples’ Park? Berkeley’s Historic Struggle. Ft. Mat Wranovix w/ Left in the Bay

January 30, 2024anti-capitalism, Direct Action, Peoples' History

This month, the University of California-Berkeley administration sent a small army of police to secure Peoples’ Park in the south side of campus. The police cleared the park of the…

“Rattling the Cages.” An Oral History of North America’s Political Prisoners w/ Josh Davidson

December 20, 2023anti-capitalism, Direct Action

In our latest episode, Scott talks with Josh Davidson (@certaindays) co-editor of "Rattling the Cages," about his new oral history of political prisoners in North America. Listen in:https://bit.ly/3NDimWi Josh, along…

It’s the End of the Year! Support Green and Red and Get a Free 2024 Calendar!

December 13, 2023anti-capitalism, Direct Action, Media Releases

It's the end of the year, and we're doing another fundraiser with the latest Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar. We just got 10 of them and with a…

“Shut Down APEC!” Anti-War, Labor, Human Rights and Climate Activists Unite Against the Global Elite

November 20, 2023anti-capitalism, Climate, Direct Action

Last week, the San Francisco Bay Area was the center of the political and media world as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) convened a CEO summit and heads of…