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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.
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.
From Grassroots to Gaza: A Panel on Palestine (with Dr Butch Ware)
Watch a panel discussion on Palestine featuring Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, and other distinguished speakers, Homayra Yusufi (Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans), Tahzeen Nizam (Council on American Islamic Relations), Mohamed Erekat (Students for Justice in Palestine), and Tareq Rahhal (Democratic Socialists of America), at a community event organized by the Green Party of San Diego.
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.
Dr Butch Ware Must be Included in All Candidate Debates
The Butch Ware for Governor campaign demands equal representation in California debates. Excluding independent and third-party candidates is voter suppression, narrowing democracy and silencing millions of voices.
Butch Ware Debate
Dr. Butch Ware speaks at the California Educational Gubernatorial Forum. He discusses the Green Party’s platform, the need for an independent political party, and his plan to tackle California’s housing crisis.
Dr Butch Ware’s People Power Assembly: Why is a professor running for governor?
Dr. Butch Ware, the Green Party candidate for California Governor, holds a town hall at California Polytechnic University Humboldt in Arcata, in this livestream recording by Humboldt Freelance Reporting.
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.
Dr Butch Ware at the California Educational Gubernatorial Forum in Sacramento
Candidates in California’s gubernatorial race convened at Sacramento State University for a focused discussion on policy, featuring a notable appearance by Dr. Butch Ware.
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.
Dr Butch Ware: The Only Anti-Zionist Candidate for California on Revolutionary Change
Dr Butch Ware joins Revolutionary Change to call out corporate-backed candidates, expose complicity in genocide, and share his people-first vision for California.
#LetButchSpeak Supporters Demand Politico Include Dr Butch Ware in Governor Forum
After a standout SEIU forum performance, Green Party candidate Dr. Butch Ware has been excluded from Politico’s California Governor Candidate Forum. Voters are demanding fairness and transparency.