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Yanis Varoufakis's new book provocatively argues that Capitalism is dead and has been replaced by a new group of wealthy people whom he calls Technofeudalists--Zuckerberg, Musk, etc.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

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…

“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…

What’s Really Happening in Peru? W/ Political Scientist Carla Toche Casalino in Lima

December 19, 2022Foreign Policy, Materialism and Economics

As the major U.S. media continues to support the removal and imprisonment of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo along typical imperial/colonial lines, we decided to find out what has really been…