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CAN THE US EMPIRE BE DISMANTLED FROM WITHIN? BUTCH WARE ON ENDING THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM
My guest today is Dr. Butch Ware – historian, professor, and Green Party candidate for Governor of California. In this episode, Dr. Ware argues that the Democrat-Republican duopoly serves the same corporate donors, wages the same wars, and has delivered the same failed outcomes for working people – and that California's 2026 governor's race is a chance for something better. We get into why the lesser-of-two-evils argument keeps well-intentioned voters trapped, what a world built around universal healthcare, housing, and human rights could look like, and how the ongoing collapse of the US empire might be the political opportunity progressives have been waiting for.
HIGHER LEARNING PODCAST - BUTCH WARE: THE BLACK MUSLIM REVOLUTIONARY CANDIDATE
My guest today is Dr. Butch Ware – historian, professor, and Green Party candidate for Governor of California. In this episode, Dr. Ware argues that the Democrat-Republican duopoly serves the same corporate donors, wages the same wars, and has delivered the same failed outcomes for working people – and that California's 2026 governor's race is a chance for something better. We get into why the lesser-of-two-evils argument keeps well-intentioned voters trapped, what a world built around universal healthcare, housing, and human rights could look like, and how the ongoing collapse of the US empire might be the political opportunity progressives have been waiting for.
HIPHOPHUMBOLDT PODCAST EPISODE 71
For Episode 71 of The HipHopHumboldt Podcast, I had the privilege of being able to interview Dr. Butch Ware, California's Green Party gubernatorial candidate! It was an amazing conversation. We talked about his VP run, his current campaign policies from homelessness to ICE, local issues such as Indigenous sovereignty and free speech on campus, and we even got into a conversation about Hip Hop!
BUTCH WARE SITS DOWN WITH ERIC SAY MORE
In this episode, Eric and Dr. Butch Ware get into the truth about corporate Dems, AIPAC-funded candidates, and why an anti-capitalist should hold the highest office in the most populous state.
Israel First Democrats PANIC Over Green Party Candidate (w/ Dr. Butch Ware)
University of California Santa Barbara professor, 2024 Green Party presidential VP candidate, & 2026 California Gubernatorial candidate Butch Ware returns to Bad Faith to expose the lengths the Democratic Party is going to to get him off the ballot. Recent polling shows he's within striking distance of three Democratic candidates who are all in a dead heat with 10 percent of the vote each. In the California jungle primary, the top two go on to battle it out in final round, so Democrats are panicking about the prospect of two Republicans in the top two or, even scarier, a Green Party candidate ending up on the final ballot. Professor Ware details the rough injustice of the closed court proceeding in which he was kicked off the ballot, the plan to appeal the decision, and why every leftist and resistance lib in the country should be focused on wresting the world's third biggest economy away from the corporate duopoly.
Discussing Butch Ware on the Illinois Green Party Podcast
Press Secretary of Butch Ware for Governor, Valielza Huynh-O’Keefe, joins the Illinois Green Party Podcast to discuss democrats trying to kick Butch Ware off the ballot, volunteering for the campaign, healthcare, education, and the 2026 green wave.
Dr. Butch Ware with SF Bayview
Join Professor Ware with the most prominent Black Newspaper in San Francisco.
Dr. Butch Ware and The Conscious Lee go LIVE
Join Dr. Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for Governor of California, with special guest Conscious Lee for a live conversation on politics, power, and the path forward!
Can Butch Ware Upend California? Dr. Ware on the Disinfo Detox Podcast
Dr. Butch Ware was recently invited to appear on the Disinfo Detox podcast, hosted by Dr. Nolan Higdon. The Disinfo Detox is the podcast that cuts through the lies and scrubs propaganda from public discourse. Each episode, they break down major news stories, exposing the spin, omissions, and distortions that mainstream media won’t tell you about. The Disinfo Detox podcast is a part of Dr. Higdon’s Gaslight Gazette Substack newsletter which boasts nearly 80,000 subscribers.
California Black Media Gubernatorial Forum on the Sacramento Observer
Dr. Butch Ware joined other candidates for California Governor on the Sacramento Observer for the California Black Media Gubernatorial Forum. He discussed improving education in California, taxing billionaires, reparations, ranked choice voting, housing, and more.
178: Canary Missin', with Dr. Butch Ware
Matt and Daniel are joined by California Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Dr. Butch Ware to speed through Norm Finkelstein’s promise to bring a campfire’s worth of smoke to Dersh and Epstein, each of their individual honors in the field of supposed anti-semitism, and expressions of at least two of the pillars of hip hop.
Meet the Candidate Running for CA Governor: Butch Ware
The California Working Families Party (CA WFP) is excited to launch our Meet the Candidate Series where we introduce some of the candidates running for California Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
In this part of our series, we interview former candidate Butch Ware.
The Honorable Nina Turner in Conversation with Butch Ware
Watch this powerful interview with Butch Ware and the Honorable Nina Turner as they dive into revolution, electoral power, and real action—and hear why she’s proudly endorsing Butch Ware.
The Katie Halper Show: Zohran Mamdani: Socialist or Sell-Out? With Butch Ware, Matt Lieb and Daniel Mate
Podcaster and journalist Katie Halper talks with Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, about his gubernatorial campaign, his thoughts on Gavin Newsom, and his critique of Zohran Mamdani for protecting Hakeem Jeffries, Zionism and “playing footsie” with fascists.
Prof Adnan Husain discusses West African Sufi Resistance & Contemporary Freedom Struggles with Dr Butch Ware
Historian & podcaster Professor Adnan A. Husain meets Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, to discuss Butch’s historical scholarship on West African Islamic education, and Sufi mystical and spiritual movements as anticolonial resistance and slave abolition struggles.
Truth to Power Talk: Dr Butch Ware on Democrats winning 2025 elections, SNAP & Government Shutdown
Educator and Truth to Power Talk host Dr. Oya Adwoa Ma’at chats with Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, about his thoughts on the Democrats’ wins in the recent 2025 elections, ordinary people losing their SNAP benefits, and the current government shutdown.
The Ballot or the Bullet: Dr Butch Ware discusses Malcolm X’s famous speech, at Cal Poly Humboldt
Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, joins the North Coast Progressive Alliance & Humboldt for Butch Ware campaign to discuss Malcolm X’s “Ballot or the Bullet,” at Cal Poly Humboldt’s Next System Teach-In.
Drs. Wolff & Ware DESTROY Gavin Newsom on AIPAC/ Housing/ Economy
Marxist economist Richard Wolff & historian & Green Party candidate for Governor of CA Butch Ware take on Gavin Newsom, Cory Booker & the Democratic establishment, while also weighing in on Zohran Mamdani as men with deep knowledge of his father's scholarship. Genuinely one of the best Bad Faith episodes to date.
Dr Butch Ware at Redneck gone green
Welcome to another episode of Redneck Gone Green with David and Shane. Their guest, Dr. Butch Ware, is a historian, activist, and professor at UC Santa Barbara whose work bridges African history, Islam, and movements for justice and liberation. He is a founder of the Initiative for the Study of Race, Religion, and Revolution, and a leading voice connecting spiritual consciousness with political transformation.
Chris Smalls talks with Dr Butch Ware on the relationship between Labor & Liberation
Chris Smalls, founder of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), talks Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, about the relationship between labor and liberation, in this interview.