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Texas is a Drag.  Armed Groups Defend Texas Drag Queens from the Far Right w/ Truthout's Candice Bernd (G&R 211)

Texas is a Drag. Armed Groups Defend Texas Drag Queens from the Far Right w/ Truthout's Candice Bernd (G&R 211)

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals


Texas is a Drag. Armed Groups Defend Texas Drag Queens from the Far Right w/ Truthout's Candice Bernd (G&R 211)

FromGreen & Red: Podcasts for Scrappy Radicals

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As reactionary politics heat up in Texas, armed community and left groups have begun confronting a coalition of neo-nazis, white supremacists, Proud Boys and christian fascist groups who've been trying to intimidate drag show and other LGBQT groups and events across the state.   
Scott talks with Candice Bernd with Truthout about her latest article "Armed Community Groups Are Defending Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists" and her coverage of these protests and confrontations across the state.   
Candice Bernd (@candicebernd) is senior editor/staff reporter at Truthout.  
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Outro "Hold the Line" by Hardened and Tempered  
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Armed Community Groups Are Defending Texas Drag Queens From Christian Fascists (http://bit.ly/419B9gQ)  

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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 Isaac.
Released:
Feb 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.