Bob Buzzanco – Green and Red Podcast

Legendary Organizer Joe Uehlein on the “Three Roads” of Labor, Climate and Music

August 17, 2026Climate, Labor, Peoples' History

After decades organizing from within the labor establishment, Joe Uehlein realized that winning real climate and economic justice meant moving beyond the limits of traditional labor and environmentalism. As former…

“God Forgives, Brother’s Don’t”: Jasper Craven on Pete Hegseth, Graham Platner and Militarism

August 2, 2026Foreign Policy, Peoples' History, politics

In our latest, we talk with journalist and author Jasper Craven (@Jasper_Craven) about his new book, "God Forgives, Brothers Don't," discussing the history of military education and toxic masculinity, the…

THE BLACK POLITICAL CLASS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ft. Bob Buzzanco, Jason Myles and Pascal Robert

July 27, 2026Materialism and Economics, politics

In a special crossover, Green and Red co-host Prof. Bob Buzzanco joins Jason Myles and Pascal Robert on THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast to talk about the Black Political Class and…

VIDEO: How the Democrats used diversity and identity to destroy the Left . . . .

June 27, 2026Peoples' History, politics

Clip from our recent episode about Graham Platner and the Democratic establishment trying to destroy anyone challenging them from the left. For decades the Democratic establishment (today exemplified by Schumer,…

Clean Up on Aisle Five: Essential Work and Poverty Wages at America’s Grocery Stores w/ Ann Larson

June 10, 2026Materialism and Economics

In our latest, we talk with activist and writer Ann Larson (@annllarson) about her experience working in a Salt Lake City grocery store during the early part of the pandemic.…

Anti-Austerity Protests Shake Bolivia. Here’s Why. w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña

June 3, 2026Foreign Policy, Labor, politics, state repression

Bolivia is suffering its worst economic crisis in four decades amid fuel shortages and rising inflation. Bolivian social movements [labor, farmers, civil society, indigenous communities] are pressing neo-liberal President Rodrigo…

How the Confederacy Won the War..The Triumph of the South’s Vision for America w/ Prof. Clayton Lust

May 5, 2026Peoples' History, politics

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The 6-3 ruling, along partisan lines, ends 61 years of voter protections for African-Americans and…

No Option But Sabotage: Rad Enviros and the Climate Crisis w/ Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff

March 2, 2026Climate, Direct Action, state repression

After 9/11, the radical environmental movement was considered the number one domestic terror threat by the U.S. government. But by the end of the decade the movement had largely gone…

JUNE 13: “VIETNAM THEN, PALESTINE NOW” FEATURING ROBERT BUZZANCO

June 7, 2025Foreign Policy, Peoples' History

Join the Jerusalem Fund for a talk with U.S. historian and professor, Robert Buzzanco Date: Friday, June 13th, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm (ET) Location: The Jerusalem Fund (2425 Virginia Ave NW,…

McCarthyism and the Red Scare…excerpt from lecture

June 3, 2025Peoples' History, Uncategorized

Taken from larger lectures in Green and Red Bob Buzzanco's US history course, this excerpt describes the origins, groups affected, and impact of McCarthyism in the early Cold War years.…