60 years ago this month, in October 1962, Americans anxiously heard news for almost two weeks straight about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, less than 100 miles away from the U.S. Nuclear War was possible, to some imminent.
In this episode we offer a brief history of the Cuban Missile Crisis and, more importantly, a remembrance and reconsideration of the events of October and JFK actions throughout the crisis.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3fjZRbi
JFK has been praised for his firm resolve, courage, and strength in handling the crisis but the reality is that he was provocative and almost caused a war against Russia. In this episode we’ll start by giving a background on JFK’s aggression toward Cuba, then we’ll offer a brief narrative of the crisis, and finally we’ll discuss how Kennedy continued his subversion against Castro’s government after the Missile Crisis.
Not unlike our (not so) esteemed leadership in Congress, Green and Red will be out on a little August recess. We will be back with new episodes soon. In the meantime here’s a “Best of Green and Red” episode from June 2020 on Trump vs. his generals. It’s a repost referenced in last week’s episode on divides in the Ruling Class.
Mike Elk, frequent guest and great friend of Green & Red, sat down with Bob to discuss the Major League Baseball owners lockout of the players amid talks for a new collective bargaining agreement.
Listen in: bit.ly/MLBstrike
Mike and Bob discussed the history of free agency and the economics of baseball–billionaire owners
by Scott Parkin“My will is easy to decide,For there is nothing to divide.My kin don’t need to fuss and moan —“Moss does not cling to a rolling stone.”
My body? — Oh! — If I could choose,I would to ashes it reduce,And let the merry breezes blowMy dust to where some flowers grow.
Perhaps some fading flower thenWould come to life and bloom again.This is my last and final will.Good luck to all of you. [Joe Hill]”
In our final interview from COP 26 in Glasgow, Scott welcomes Lisa Winter and (welcomes back) Alex Cohen with Rising Tide North America (@risingtideNA) to Green and Red. The three of them have a lively discussion about direct action and mass disruption to meet the scale and urgency of the climate crisis from COP to frontline battles around the world.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/GlasgowFinGandR
They reflect on mass actions in Seattle in 1999 and Quebec in 2001 in the era of anti-corporate globalization, and more recent mass disruptions and uprisings around Standing Rock, Line 3 and after the police murder of George Floyd.
It’s a liberal bashing kinda day!
Bob and Scott talk about the state of the Democrats in the wake of the Virginia, New Jersey and Buffalo elections. They talk about how the Democrats continue to act like it’s 1993 and put up tired old Clinton hacks like Terry McAuliffe and ex-Goldman bankers like Phil Murphy and expect things to be different. Furthermore, they undermine democratic socialists like India Walton in the Buffalo mayor’s race and blame woke politics, defund the police, medicare for all, the Green New Deal, etc when things don’t go their way.
Listen in: bit.ly/DemSalvationGandR
New audio version of our recent coverage from Glasgow.
The UN Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26) is in its second week. It’s been marked by large street protests, a “greenwash trade show” inside the meetings and empty promises by world leaders in the face of climate disaster. Green and Red focuses on movements and what’s happening in the streets, so we’ll be talking more with organizers and “outside voices” in Glasgow than you’ll hear from mainstream media channels.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/Glasgow4GandR
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