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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.
Butch Ware Speaks of the Strength of Minneapolis Residents and Their Response to the DHS Operation
Green Party candidate for California governor Butch Ware visited the vigil for Alex Pretti to show support for the community he grew up in. He spoke with Drop Site about the strength of Minneapolis residents and their response to the DHS operation.
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.
Can Muslims live up to Malcolm X's legacy? | Professor Butch Ware
Today on The Thinking Muslim, we are joined by Professor Butch Ware for a powerful conversation on some of the most urgent issues of our time. We examine white supremacy as a global ideology that continues to shape power, violence, and resistance, while reflecting on the legacy of Malcolm X and his uncompromising commitment to justice. Professor Ware explores Malcolm’s intellectual evolution and the clarity he brought to struggles against oppression through a Muslim lens, highlighting how his faith-inspired worldview continues to offer vital lessons for Muslims today, from grounding activism in moral clarity to standing in principled solidarity with the oppressed.
Deroy Murdock and Butch Ware join Tavis Smiley
Deroy Murdock, Fox News commentator, American Spectator contributing editor, and Daily Signal columnist, gives his take on the Venezuelan boat attacks, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s run for Texas governor, and his warning for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for California governor and UC Santa Barbara professor, is back in studio with a progressive outsider’s look at the big races in 2026 - from the battle for Congress to the statehouse showdowns
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.
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.
Connecting the Dots: Dr Butch Ware on the attack on democracy and what the people can do
Political scientist and Connecting the Dots host Dr. Wilmer Leon meets Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, to discuss the growing assault on democracy and what ordinary people can do to defend it.
One Question with Rudolph “Butch” Ware on Where He Thinks Newsom Has Fallen Short as Governor
University of California professor Butch Ware is the Green Party candidate running for California governor in 2026. CBS News California’s Julie Watts sits down with the Santa Barbara resident.
Blue Trump? Dr Butch Ware vs Gavin Newsom on Power, Housing & Healthcare
“Gavin Newsom is blue Trump—the liberal branding on the same punitive playbook,” Dr Ware tells Niko House. From universal healthcare via emergency declaration to taxing vacant corporate portfolios and running state rentals at cost, he outlines how ~18% in June 2026 could force a head-to-head that rewrites California politics.
Dr Butch Ware Discusses Vanguard Politics, Real Solutions on Inner City Left
Dr. Butch Ware joins Inner City Left to break down what a vanguard party really does, why California’s homelessness crisis is a policy failure—not a nuisance—and how universal healthcare, public housing, and UBI fit together to deliver material change.
CA Governor Candidates: Rudolph “Butch” Ware
Rudolph “Butch” Ware, professor at UC Santa Barbara, answers one question ahead of the Gubernatorial Forum streaming on CBS Los Angeles, Sept. 8.