Jacobin video editor Cale Brooks joins us tonight, check out his most recent piece in Jacobin here, an interview on NGOism: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/ngoism-nonprofit-foundation-status-quo-community-unions David and Matt also discuss Sinema and the Austerity Friends defending her, and the insane prosecution of Steven Donziger.
Jacobin video editor Cale Brooks joins us tonight, check out his most recent piece in Jacobin here, an interview on NGOism: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/ngoism-nonprofit-foundation-status-quo-community-unions David and Matt also discuss Sinema and the Austerity Friends defending her, and the insane prosecution of Steven Donziger.
To support the show and access our upcoming members show on the anti-CRT craze at schoolboards, become a member at patreon.com/leftreckoning Watch here: https://youtu.be/XB2DE5fN0O4 Adrian Martinez (@adrianmb_cr) director, and Sam Goodman (@SamGRuta) senior communications, of larutadelclima.org join us to discuss climate justice ahead of COP26, including financial considerations for loss and damage as well as mitigation and prevention and the state of the environmental defender-protecting Escazu...
Support the show and get the weekly bonus episode at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David speak with David Gerard (@DavidGerard), writer of Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain to discuss crypto, particularly technologies like blockchain and smart contracts that supposedly validate utopian claims of crypto advocates in a way the currencies themselves don't. Also, what Biden's Title 42 sellout means and a Economic Update as unemploymen...
Hear David and Matt's interview with Chuck Keeney on the Battle of Blair Mountain at patreon.com/leftreckoning Writer Dharna Noor (@DharnaNoor) joins us to talk energy. First, climate-denying Entergy is failing New Orleans and then how Texas unions are approaching climate change . Also, David and Matt SNAP on bitcoin as Bukele's promises fall through, and Israel bombs/tortures in Palestine after a daring prison escape....
Raw audio from this week's Griscom Stream. David breaks down how cynicism can be a huge problem for the Left, and takes questions from the chat. Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes, Get the upcoming history episode for patrons only on the Battle of Blair Mountain with Charles Keeney by subscribing at patreon.com/leftreckoning Brian Mier (@BrianMTeleSUR) joins David and Matt to talk about what went down on September 7 in front of Brasil's Supreme Court. We also talk about Joe Manchin's price-fixing daughter and how a right wing judge is working with establishment Dems to try to defeat India Wal...
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes, Artist and trade unionist Stella Rooney (@Stellarossssa) joins David and Matt to discuss the UK labour movement, specifically what the victory of Sharon Graham, elected as the first female leader of Unite, the UK’s second largest trade union and a main donor to the Labour party, means. Link to mask study: https://www.poverty-action.org/study/impact-mask-distribution-and-promotion-mask-uptake-and-covid-19-bangladesh...
Hear the recent Emma Kinema interview on organizing videogame workers and Activision/Blizzard as well as support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Tonight, David and Matt are joined by Chip Gibbons (@ChipGibbons89), a journalist specializing in civil liberties, whose pieces cited can be read below: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/08/julian-assange-extradition-civil-liberties-journalism-wikileaks-espionage-act https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/08/daniel-hale-drone-whistleblower-sentencing-trial...
Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream, premiered live on Youtube & Twitch, talked about idealism, Sam Harris, and how the left can get out of the current crisis.
Matt and David discuss the Afghanistan withdrawal and the military as an anti-democratic force. Then, historian and professor Harvey J Kaye (@HarveyJKaye) joins us to rate Biden after 200 days and Mark Levin after an abrasive career. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn
Raw audio from this week's Griscom Stream. Talked about why Fox News is worried that workers get unemployment and the anti-democracy movement takes aim at the public.
Hear the recent Corey Pein interview and upcoming Natalie Shure interview as well as support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Luxury markets and the Bidenflation scare. Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison, of the new American Prestige podcast speak with Matt and David on the Afghanistan withdrawal, "hegemonic stabilization," Bannon and a far right international?, and how it's looking for elections globally and democracy historically. Corporate and liberal attacks on democracy against India Wal...
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Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Ryan Pollock (@themrhammer) joins Matt and David to talk about how to get climate action with worker buy-in and an expansion of unionized jobs. David and Matt also discuss the eviction moratorium, Nina Turner's loss, the media narratives about Peru, Bezos the cheater, and Tim Pool the incompetent. Check out the Climate and Jobs report here ( pdf ) The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. If you can, support the mine workers' strike fund: https://umwa.org/umwa2021strikefund/ This week we're joined by Ben Spielberg (@BenSpielberg) to discuss Biden's healthcare sellout and how to push congress more, including allies. Matt and David also discuss miners vs Blackrock, as well as the CRT Red Panic and its laundry boy at the Atlantic. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCHIA) of What's Left of Philosophy joins to discuss how a 1985 book, Laclau & Mouffe's "Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics," exemplified the ideological emphasis on labor. Also, Michael Brooks' posthumous piece on poverty: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/michael-brooks-food-stamps-one-year-tribute And talk about the Frito-Lay ...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Victor Pougy (@vpougy) joins David and Matt to talk about Bolsonaro's hiccups as well as his egregious COVID vaccine corruption. Before that, they discuss Biden's climate casualness on what the reconciliation bill may look like. Then, lets move to a 4 day work week. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
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To access all members content like this when it's released, become a member at patreon.com/leftreckoning Meagan Day of Jacobin (@MeaganMDay on twitter) joins David andd Matt to discuss the fascinating story she recently wrote for Jacobin, " There Once Was a Socialist College in the Rural South ."
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus_) of Machete y Mate returns to talk about traveling to Peru and Venezuela with DSA. David and Matt also discuss the assassination of Jovenal Moise and the oppression of Haiti, the assassination of activist Berta Caceras in Honduras, and Julian Assange. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
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 David and Matt discuss the importance of context, bipartisan infrastructure, and Joe Biden's gun control ambition. Also, Napoleon Da Legend (@TeamNDL) joins us to talk about making music under Biden/covid, A Very Bad Introduction to Marx, and more....
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Tonight, Lance from the Serfs (@TheSerfsTV) joins David and Matt to cover the discovery of a mass grave at a Canadian indigenous residential school and the ongoing and active genocide on the continent. We also discuss #LandBack demands and Metis history. Information on how to support Canada's residential school survivors available in this thread: https://twitter.com/IRSSurvivor/status/1402361...
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Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. David and Matt talk about the importance of the fight for public power, Pedro Castillo can bury Fujimorismo in Peru, and Steven Crowder is a covid idiot. Then, Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to discuss AMLO's record, lawfare in Mexico, and Mexico's upcoming elections. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
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 When it comes to Palestine it’s bds or apartheid https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1396583870833778690 https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/federal-court-says-georgia-bds-law-violates-first-amendment/ Guest - Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow at The Monash Emerging Technologies Research La...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Brandon Sutton (@Prettybadlefty) of The Discourse podcast joins us to discuss masks as a culture war, why Breyer won't retire, democrat brain, and more. David and Matt also touch on the ceasefire in Gaza, Texas' abortion law, and left success in Chile. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. David and Matt discuss the ongoing horror inflicted on Palestinians by Israel. Then, Matt Huber (@MattHuber78) joins us to discuss two recent pieces of his on climate change. First, in Jacobin, " Rich People Are Fueling Climate Catastrophe — But Not Mostly Because of Their Consumption. " Then, his Catalyst piece, " Still No Shortcuts for Climate Change ." Afterwardsm David and Matt reflect on...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) joins David and Matt to talk about the covid vaccine rollout and how it's been hampered by intellectual property considerations, and the tension between profit and public health. Also, updates on Bolivia, Colombia, and Austin. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. First, David and Matt discuss Kamala Harris scolding Guatemala. Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) joins David and Matt to discuss his new book, "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left," censoriousness as an unhelpful strategy. The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn...
