Best of G&R: May Day vs Labor Day. How the ruling class stops radical organizing.
Happy May Day Tender Comrades! Here is a repost of our May Day episode from 2021. In it, we talk about the history of May Day from pagan rituals…
Let Saigons Be Bygones: The Fall of South Vietnam, 50 Years Later.
In the latest episode, we talk about the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. We describe the events that led to the U.S. withdrawal in 1973, and then how…
Tariffs 101: Trade, Taxes, & Revenues in U.S. History
Everyone's talking about tariffs . . . but do we really know what they are, how they work, what their purpose is? Listen in: Scott and Bob give backgrounder on…
State Repression is as American as Cherry Pie
Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia’s student encampments last year, and a permanent U.S. resident, was arrested and detained by ICE agents for protest activities. Numbers of other Columbia students…
Trump’s Favorite President? Who Was William McKinley? Tariffs, Empire, and a new Gilded Age
The favorite son of Niles, Ohio is our topic today . . . Donald Trump has said that William McKinley was his favorite president so we spend some time explaining…
Prez Day Special: How Neoliberals Paved the Way for MAGA
It’s President’s weekend! Bob and Scott celebrate by discussing the recent history of the presidency and look at how neoliberals Clinton, Bush and Obama paved the way for the rise…
American Tunes: RIP Jimmy Carter, 2024 End of Year Wrap Up
In our wrap up episode for 2024, we talk about the recently departed Jimmy Carter, our top five episodes (each) for 2024, those we lost that, include Kris Kristofferson, Jane…
R.I.P. Jimmy Carter: Liberal Saint Now, Neo-Liberal War Criminal Then
Jimmy Carter passed away today at the age of 100. Listen to this encore episode from 2021: https://apple.co/4gPmOhn As ex-president, he was a person we should all aspire to be-…
The Democrats are a Party of War! Liberals and the Military-Industrial Complex
The NY Times recently published an essay titled "When Did Liberals Become So Comfortable with War?" (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/opinion/liberals-war-ukraine-gaza-israel.html) This is a conventional media trope--that the Democrats were not a party of…
The Battle in Seattle, 25 years later, part 6. Encore episode w/ Lisa Sachs
On November 30th, 1999, a huge movement spanning labor, environment, human rights, fair trade and more literally shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle. It was milestone in the…
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