Peoples’ History – Page 9 – Green and Red Podcast

Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land in Indonesia w/ Anthropologist David Gilbert

August 28, 2024Direct Action, Peoples' History

Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers in the Sumatran uplands began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement…

Democrats in 1968 and 2024… Deja Vu

August 22, 2024Peoples' History, politics

The Democratic National Convention is this week in Chicago. Lots of action inside and outside the convention hall. Listen in:https://apple.co/4cwHMys Bob and Scott discuss the 1968 Democratic National Convention (and…

Noam Chomsky: An Appreciation . . . and what he’s taught us

June 17, 2024Chomsky, Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

With the recent news about Noam Chomsky's health condition and absence from public life, and the outpouring of respect and admiration from so many people who have learned so much…

Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from Tucson’s Poisoned Aquifer w/ Prof. Sunaura Taylor

June 6, 2024Climate, Peoples' History

In Tucson, Arizona, Cold War era war profiteer Hughes Aircraft polluted an aquifer with chemical waste from a manufacturing facility that poisoned the largely Mexican-American community and desert ecosystem living…

Scrappy Memorial Day | America Goes Abroad In Search of Monsters to Destroy

May 26, 2024Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

Memorial Day was created to pay respect to soldiers who died in the war, but it quickly took on another purpose--to promote "patriotism" and American militarism and foreign interventions. Here…

Memory Against Forgetting: The Story of Judi Bari w/ Earth First!er Karen Pickett

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

On May 24, 1990, a car bomb ripped through environmental and IWW labor organizer Judi Bari's car nearly killing her and her comrade Darryl Cherney. Bari and Cherney were part…

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!),…

Scrappy Tax Day | Your Tax Dollars at Work. Lockheed Martin, “The Grapes of Wrath” and O.J.’s Legacy

April 14, 2024anti-capitalism, Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

In our scrappy Tax Day episode, we get right down to it. We get into the anniversary of the publishing of "The Grapes of Wrath" and its significance on America…

That Flag Won’t Get You into Heaven: My Lai, Rachel Corrie & Iraq War Anniversaries + Gas for Israel

March 23, 2024Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

In our latest, we talk about the American empire and it's dissenters. We get into the anniversaries of the My Lai massacre, the murder of activist Rachel Corrie by the…

“Fighting Times”… Radical Labor Organizing in the 1970s w/ Jonathan Melrod

March 21, 2024anti-capitalism, Labor, Peoples' History

We had a great conversation with longtime labor organizer and activist Jonathan Melrod where we discussed his life in activism, with a particular emphasis on labor organizing during the 70s…