Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. David and Matt talk about Biden's free school lunch extension and keeping our heads about "pushing him left" in an era of freer state intervention in the economy. Then, Charmaine Chua (@CharmaineSChua) and Ted from Amazonians United join us to discuss organizing against Amazon post-Bessemer andin an age of just-in-time production. Finally, Nando breaks down the colossal and welcome failure of...
Apr 23, 2021•2 hr 9 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. The fight continues as miners strike in Alabama. Then Cale joins us to discuss posting, political education, and politics. Then Jim and Laura join us to discuss their doc on Medicaid expansion in Idaho. Finally, an update on Ecuador and Peru. Read Cale's (@CaleBroooks) article in Jacobin: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/online-organizing-left-social-media-after-bernie-covid Check out Laura...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 53 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn First, the fight against Amazon and to organize workers continues. Nathan Bernard (@NathanTBernard) joins us to talk about Portland, Maine nurses organizing and the liberal union buster brought in to stop them, as seen in his piece "“Liberal” Union Buster on the Loose in Portland" in Main...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 42 min
To access this full episode and future installments, support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Apr 07, 2021•7 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. First, "Big Dan Rodimer" steps in poop and Texas drags its spurs on fixing the grid. Cartoonist and activist Brian "Box" Brown (@BoxBrown) joins us to discuss weed legalization legislation making its way through the states. How Cuomo's political downfall opened the way for a pretty good bill in New York and the ramifications that'll have on other states. Finally, the enclosure of commons in t...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 23 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Amazon is still aggresively up to bullshit in Bessemer. Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) joins us to talk about the lawfare recall effort directed at her by big money interests in Seattle and how the left can build power outside of the democratic party. Support Kshama in her fight against the recall here: https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/ Then, Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins us t...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Tonight, Victor Pougy (@vpougy) joins us for the full story of how the Lava Jato investigation was exposed as a hit job and how Lula looks to be the frontrunner against Bolsonaro in the next election. Also, what to make of Biden spending and a discussion on Bitcoin and NFTs. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 48 min
To access this week's postgame, support the show by subscribing at patreon.com/leftreckoning. Matt Karp (@Karpmj), contributing editor to Jacobin and 19th century historian joins us to talk about class dealignment in the Gilded Age and how we could be entering a similar phase under Biden. Also, what does the Covid relief spending mean for Matt's thesis? Also, Lula is cleared to run again next year.
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 28 min
To access this week's postgame, support the show by subscribing at patreon.com/leftreckoning. Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus_) of Machete y Mate (@MacheteyMate), a revolutionary Marxist podcast emphasizing Latin American politics, joins us to discuss Puerto Rican independence vs statehood, the significance of the election in Ecuador and how understand apparent splits between the indigenous and socialist left there, as well as the durability of the "pink tide" and cause for optimism re the lati...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 22 min
To access this week's postgame, on Michael Parenti with comedian Mike Recine, support the show by subscribing at patreon.com/leftreckoning. Historian Peter Linebaugh joins Matt to discuss his newest book, "Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard."
Feb 26, 2021•46 min
To support the show and access the postgame, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoning David and Matt discuss Ted Cruz and the electricity disaster in Texas before welcoming Jacob and David from the Valley Labor Report (@LaborReporters) to speak on the Alabama Amazon Union drive. Then, David interviews Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley) on state theory and capitalism during covid. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl https://www.grantertl.com/ The music was composed and performed by Chris...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 57 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Liberal Secession and Liberal Fantasy https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/secession-constitution-elections-senate/ Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) of Give Them An Argument joins LR for his first appearance. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/censorship-big-tech-facebook-twitter ND junior (including mentally) Senator against student loan cancelation, clipping it himself https://twitter.com/SenK...
Feb 12, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Opening Class rootedness vs. class focused MAS vs. Syriza Bernie on political education Edward Ongweso Jr (@Bigblackjacobin) of the This Machine Kills podcast and a writer for Vice's Motherboard gives us a primer on Section 230: Last summer, Trump hit us with the all-caps “REPEAL SECTION 230!!!” tweet. Biden also said it should also be revoked but not the dumb way Trump wanted to do it. What ...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Breaking down the question of the party + q&a Support the show at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Audio for today's Griscom stream, available on youtube here: https://youtu.be/7UNmnhp-GMk
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Support the show and get the postgame at patreon.com/leftreckoning Hey reckoners, tonight David and Matt discuss crying hedge funds and why this targeted speculation, while funny, doesn't necessarily portend the collapse of capitalism. Then, Jen Pan of the Jacobin Show joins us to discuss Janet Yellen being a Girlboss and how to escape the culture war. Also, David updates us on Austin's strides to defund the police.
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 37 min
In this Griscom stream, David breaks down the legacy of the Young Patriots plus takes questions from the chat. Catch the next Griscom stream live on Youtube. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning Live shows Thursday at 8 EST
Jan 27, 2021•45 min
To support the show and access the members-only postgame, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoning Also check out the music of Christoph Bruhn, the guitarist who did the theme song for us. https://christophbruhn.com/ Goobers react to Biden https://twitter.com/Hezbolsonaro/status/1352102942346674179?s=20 How should we think about this incoming administration? Farmers new landlord:” Bill Gates Amazon strike - https://twitter.com/DavidGriscom/status/1350810198928199680?s=20 Response to it https://twi...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 46 min
To support the show and access exclusive content like the postgame, sub at patreon.com/leftreckoning Daniel Bessner (@dbessner) makes his first appearance on Left Reckoning to look ahead to Biden's foreign policy and the national security state's hunger for an age of domestic counterterrorism. Check out Daniel's contributions to Derek Davison's excellent Foreign Exchanges substack: https://fx.substack.com/ Other Stories: Snyder faces charges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXwXtXsqLP8&featur...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 17 min
Left Reckoning Ep. 1 Reacting to the storming of the capitol https://twitter.com/peterjgowan/status/1346988584050556934?s=20 Pareene Inevitable Bipartisan Pro Cop consensus https://twitter.com/pareene/status/1346924241405415426 Matty Defund trolling https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1347272232901476353?s=20 Evo shows solidarity https://twitter.com/LeftReckoning/status/1346985315760656387?s=20 Guy with his feet up got PPP loan https://twitter.com/ramsincanon/status/1347235735116656645?s=20 ...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 12 min
