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G&R Episode 51: Ruling Class 101 and the Coup That Wasn't

G&R Episode 51: Ruling Class 101 and the Coup That Wasn't

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals


G&R Episode 51: Ruling Class 101 and the Coup That Wasn't

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Nov 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We're not ones to subscribe to popular world views, even those held on  the left. So, in our latest episode, Green and Red dive deep into the  history and politics of the American Ruling Class, coups at other points  in history,  and the great coup of 2020 (that wasn't).    
We start off with a conversation about what is a coup and not a coup. We  talk about coups in places like Indonesia in 1965, Chile in 1973, and  in other points of history; and how the end of the Trump regime has yet to constitute what is considered "coup."     
Part of the reason, besides Trump's own ineptitude,  is that America's  elites (Wall St. Big Tech, the Chamber of Commerce, the Military Elites,  etc.) are done with him and recognize that he has created an era of  economic and social turmoil not seen since 1968.     
As historical background, we discuss the work of noted scholars Thomas  Ferguson and Nomi Prins on the politics of Wall Street and America's  Ruling Class. We look at the reaction of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jaime Dimon  and other bankers, and the military elites to the results of the  election.    
We also pay tribute to women leaders in the environmental movements,  Karen Silkwood and Judy Bari, who bridged the false divide of labor and  environmentalism as organizers.    
Read more// 

Bob Buzzanco: Is Your Outrage Pure? (https://bit.ly/2GZ1fz0) 
Thomas Ferguson: From Normalcy to the New Deal. (https://bit.ly/32Jhk3p)  
Wall St. Journal: Book Review "All the President's Bankers by Nomi Prins (https://on.wsj.com/2UmYvyF) 
Wall Street to Trump: It's over. This isn't a repeat of 2000 (https://bit.ly/35rQnTC) 
Top US general stands firm amid Pentagon turmoil (https://cnn.it/32Kzf9Z) 
Bob Buzzanco: Masters of War (https://bit.ly/3eYTLsk)    

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This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). "Green and Red Blues" by Moody.  Editing extraordinaire by Isaac.
Released:
Nov 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Welcome to our scrappy podcast. Bob Buzzanco and Scott Parkin co-host a regular podcast to discuss radical environmental and anti-capitalist politics with organizers, academics, artists and more. Bob Buzzanco is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He specializes in, writes about and talks on the Vietnam War era, foreign policy, Vietnam, radical social movements, economics, and other stuff. Scott Parkin is climate organizer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has organized campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.