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Best of G&R: Martin Luther King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State (G&R 133)

Best of G&R: Martin Luther King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State (G&R 133)

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals


Best of G&R: Martin Luther King's Radicalism and the Limits of the Liberal State (G&R 133)

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In celebration of MLK's 93rd birthday, we're re-posting two episodes about Martin Luther King Jr. Here's the first one from April 4th, 2020, the 52nd anniversary of his assassination. 
In this episode, Bob and Scott get into the politics of Martin Luther King and how he's WAY more radical than most people realize. 
Today, everyone from the Libertarian  Party to the anti-abortion movement to tech companies in Silicon Valley trying to sell you their ideology or latest gadgets by claiming his legacy.  In truth, MLK fought and opposed "the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism  (i.e. capitalism), and militarism" until the end of his life.  While many look at the surface levels of MLK's politics and legacy, Green and  Red goes deep into the real substance of who he was.
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Bob Buzzanco: MLK for Sale? How to Package a Radical (https://bit.ly/2LzGR9S)

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This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production.  Produced by Bob  (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969).  “Green and Red Blues" by Moody.  Editing by Scott
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
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.