Radicals, Realists and Repression: The State of U.S. Activism w/ G&R Panel Discussion (G&R 497)

🎉 Support Green and Red Podcast and other great events like this panel at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast. We hosted a panel discussion and live podcast event on May 21st in Berkeley, CA where we discussed "The State of Activism in the U.S." We’ve been in the midst of a serious rollback of first amendment protected activities. States are passing anti-protest legislation, police are increasingly militarized, surveillance is being drastically increased on activist groups and the Trump administration is turning activism into terrorism.BUT, we are also seeing new large-scale resistance from the massive No Kings and May Day mobilizations to fierce resistance to ICE in Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis, communities and movements are fighting back.The anti-AI Data Center movement has blurred political divides across the country. Activists are not only marching in the street and disrupting authoritarian forces, but actions at Tesla dealerships, Kimberly Clark warehouses, the offices of corporate war profiteers and other locations show a radical edge to today’s resistance.This panel discussion will focus on the state of activism in the United States from its radicals to its realists, how the state is responding with repression, and understanding why movements and activists make the choices they do.Panelist bios//Bio// Annie Leonard is the creator of The Story of Stuff film, book and organization; and spent 17 years with Greenpeace US, including serving as Executive Director from 2014-2023. She's the co-author (with Andre Carrothers) of the new book "Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It".Bio// Jason Myles is the host of THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast with bylines in Current Affairs Magazine,Damage Magazine and Black Agenda ReportBio// Omar Wasow is an Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science. His research focuses on race, politics and statistical methods. Bio//Scott Parkin has been a campaigner and organizer in social justice and environmental movements for the past two decades. He is also the co-host of the Green and Red Podcast.Bio// Thomas Zeitzoff is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington DC. His research focuses on political violence, social media, and political psychology. His most recent book is No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Climate Movement and the Climate Crisis (Oxford 2026). ———-Outro// "Green and Red Blues" by MoodyLinks//🔖 No Option But Sabotage by Thomas Zeitzoff (https://bit.ly/4ulRUEv)🌐 Omar Wasow (https://www.omarwasow.com/_🔖 Protest:Respect It Defend It Use It by Annie Leonard and Andre Carothers (https://protestthebook.com/)🌐 THIS IS REVOLUTION podcast (https://www.thisisrevolutionpodcast.com/)🌐 Thomas Zeitzoff (https://www.zeitzoff.com/)💚 Support the Green and Red Podcast🎉 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast☕ One-time donation: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR🎙️ Follow Green and Red🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast🌐 Website: https://greenandredpodcast.org🌍 Our Networks🎧 Labor Podcast Network: https://www.laborradionetwork.org📢 Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: https://linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork📻 Listen on WAMF (90.3 FM) New Orleans: https://wamf.org🎬 A Green and Red Podcast production👨‍🏫 Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969)✂️ Edited by Scott🔔 Subscribe for more analysis on U.S. politics, leftist strategy, and anti-establishment resistance.