Bold Tree-Sit Blocks Border Wall Construction in Southern Arizona
In our latest, Scott talks with Yannis, an activist on the ground in southern Arizona, about the tree-sit that launched this week to block construction of Trump's border wall as…
Why the Left Needs to Get Beyond the Politics of Powerlessness w/ author Yotam Marom
How do we build mass powerful movements? Why does the left often implode and self-destruct as it makes gains to challenging the ruling class? How to raise to the occasion…
VIDEO: How the Democrats used diversity and identity to destroy the Left . . . .
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
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.…
Rainforest Radicals: The History of Rainforest Action Network w/ Prof. David Benac
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) emerged in 1985, when it took over a fledgling effort to protect rainforests from transnational corporations funding the expansion of tropical cattle ranching. It excelled at…
Anti-Austerity Protests Shake Bolivia. Here’s Why. w/ Dr. Rodrigo Acuña
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…
No Option But Sabotage: Rad Enviros and the Climate Crisis w/ Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff
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…
The Untold Story of the Green and Red Podcast! Six Years and Counting…
It's our 6th anniversary and we talk about the underlying themes in our shows and some of our favorite moments. https://youtu.be/hJCToDeqkjo
Who’s Censoring the News? Mickey Huff of “Project Censored” on Today’s Media Ecosystem
Project Censored has been exposing the media's self-censorship for a half-century now and we talked with its director Mickey Huff about the current state of the media. We discussed some…
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Hey all- Our comrades at the Certain Days:Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar collective have begun sales of their 2023 calendar. The project is a joint fundraising and educational project between…
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