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The “Battle in Seattle” 25 years later Part 2 w/ former labor organizer Nancy Haque

November 28, 2024anti-capitalism, Direct Action, Materialism and Economics, Peoples' History

"It was about the anti-democratic nature of the WTO..” - Nancy Haque, organizer with Portland Jobs with Justice and Direct Action Network On November 30th, 1999, a huge movement spanning…

The “Battle of Seattle” at 25, part 1: The Global Economy since World War II

November 27, 2024anti-capitalism, Materialism and Economics, Peoples' History

Green & Red Podcast is introducing a new series . . . The Battle of Seattle at 25! On November 30th 1999, protestors shut down the WTO meeting in Seattle…

“Inequality is Killing Us All,” w/ Dr. Stephen Bezruchka

November 1, 2024Materialism and Economics, politics

"Poverty is a carcinogen"--Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, a longtime emergency room physician and med school professor, talked with us about his essential book *Inequality is Killing Us All." Bezruchka goes into…

(New York) Yankee Imperialism: The World Series and the economics of baseball

October 26, 2024Materialism and Economics, pop culture

To celebrate the World Series we got together with our frequent-collaborator and great friend Clayton Lust (@claytonlust) to discuss the business of baseball, an appropriate topic since the two most…

Mad Men and Capitalism: Green and Red’s Arts and Culture Series

October 10, 2024Materialism and Economics, pop culture

Green and Red is starting a new series that talks about how art and culture develop and raise political consciousness. We'll be putting out episodes that talk about the politics…

Lisa Sachs on How Global Elites Extract Billions From Governments w/ Trade Agreements & Litigation.

June 21, 2024Materialism and Economics

Within the past four decades, we’ve seen the rise of neo-liberalism, or so-called "Free Trade," free trade agreements and various other treaties and agreements that reduce and eliminate barriers and…

Labor Update w/ Payday Report and Green & Red: UAW elections, labor and Palestine, Unions on campus

May 20, 2024Labor, Materialism and Economics

In our weekly discussion of labor and unions, Mike Elk of Payday Report and Bob Buzzanco of Green & Red Podcast discussed the upcoming UAW vote at a Mercedes plant…

Yanis Varoufakis: Capitalism is Dead, Welcome to Techno Feudalism

April 2, 2024anti-capitalism, Materialism and Economics

Yanis Varoufakis's new book provocatively argues that Capitalism is dead and has been replaced by a new group of wealthy people whom he calls Technofeudalists--Zuckerberg, Musk, etc. This new ruling…

We’ve Got Green and Red Hats!!

January 16, 2024Materialism and Economics

It's going to be a big year for Green and Red! And we've got schwag!! If you like what we do and want to support us, send a donation of…

Damnatio Memoriae: DiFi, Richard Blum and “San Francisco (FiDi) Liberals”

October 8, 2023Materialism and Economics, politics

We're back from a brief hiatus with our "damnatio memoriae" of the late Dianne Feinstein and her husband financier Richard Blum. Listen in: https://bit.ly/46DCQ8Y We get into their sorted history…