TO GET THIS FULL EPISODE AND ALL LEFT RECKONING SUNDAY SHOWS, GO TO PATREON.COM/LEFTRECKONING Lillian Cicerchia joins us to talk about her latest in Jacobin, "Liberal Freedoms Were Won Despite, Not Because of, Capitalism," a review of Revisiting Marx’s Critique of Liberalism: Rethinking Justice, Legality and Rights by Igor Shoikhebrod. Who are liberal rights most important to, and who won them? What was Marx's position? Lenin's? What are "formal freedoms."
Apr 17, 2022•6 min
Journalist Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to talk about AMLO's victory in the recall election, the right-wing think tanks worried about public energy, and the NYT anti-AMLO coverage. Read up here: https://jacobinmag.com/2022/04/us-think-tanks-amlo-morena-energy-reform-baker-institute Also, Greg Abbott's migrant van stunt is barely obscuring a Texas-sized border mess of his own creation. And we were right about Jayapal as CPC endorses Shontel Brown.
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins David and Matt to discuss the "player empowerment era" and what capitalist exploitation of labor looks like in the context of professional basketball. Also, Starbucks and Amazon employees continue to inspire a roused labor movement in the US.
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Andrew Perez (@andrewperezdc) of The Lever (fmr. known as The Daily Poster) - will be joining us to talk about the dark money behind Sinema and the fight to neuter the EPA. https://www.levernews.com/pharma-front-group-to-sinema-we-have-your-back/ https://www.levernews.com/koch-machine-pressing-supreme-court-to-crush-epa/ Also, the Oceti Sakowin stands up to a racist hotelier in South Dakota and management at Applebees emails the quiet part out loud...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Nick Bowlin (@npbowlin) correspondent at High Country News, joins us to talk about his latest piece in the Drift Magazine about the Democratic Party and why it losing Rural America https://www.thedriftmag.com/jokes-on-them/ Also: Madeline Albright died and was bad. Starbucks union wave continues strong. And Pelosi backs Cuellar....
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 54 min
Matt is joined by Carl Beijer (@CarlBeijer) to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Also, how North Dakota's Non-Partisan League briefly beat the two-party duopoly.
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min
David is joined by Natalie Shure (@NatalieSurely) author of The End Of AOC's Honeymoon in the latest issue of Jacobin https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/the-end-of-the-aoc-honeymoon Join us for the postgame with Ben Burgis at patreon.com/leftreckoning ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Wednesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Tuesday afternoon. To get access to all the bonus episode...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 18 min
This week we are joined by Rebekah Hinojosa (@Beksbot) a community organizer in Brownsville, who has been targeted by the police for questioning Space X's role in South Texas. To help as she fights the unjust charges and police abuse please donate and sign the petition below: Tell the City of Brownsville to Drop the Charges against Bekah Hinojosa and Investigate Mayor Mendez for Abuse of Power! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-city-of-brownsville-to-drop-the-charges-against-bekah-hinojos...
Mar 03, 2022•2 hr 14 min
First, shout-out to Starbucks workers unionizing across the country . Then, Colorado-based journalist Chase Woodruff (@dcwoodruff) joins us to talk about his piece on the first western , talk about resistance to an anti-CRT plot in Denver , and contribute to our state-by-state survey. Also, the real reason Elon Musk fleed California: incredible racism and animal cruelty charges. Also, how he's giving marching orders to Texas cops....
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Jason Myles (@lafinabsolute) and Pascal Robert (@PRobert06) of This is Revolution join us to talk about a lot, from Miami politics to Jason's video essay on Bill Cosby and what they'd do if they had puppetmaster-like control over the culture industries (https://youtu.be/kxFNX4cd8gE). Also, David breaks down what Jamaal Bowman dropping co-sponsorship of bill backing Israel’s Abraham Accords means.
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 41 min
After a lesson on the false-consciousness of people who overuse false-consciousness Mike Prysner of Empire Files joins us to discuss Ukraine, Afghanistan, and the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii. Then David talks to Andrew R. Hairston who is running for Justice of the Peace in Travis County on what a DSA/abolitionist can bring to that office.
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 52 min
David and Matt discuss DeSantis' lament for landlords, why the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill isn't enough in the face of collapsing bridges. Then, we talk to Matt Binder (@MattBinder) joins us to talk about his new show Scam Economy and the Hitpiece NFT fiasco. Then, David walks us through the urgent need for Joe Biden to free Leonard Peltier.
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 43 min
This is a teaser for our most recent Patreon episode, subscribe at any level at patreon.com/leftreckoning to hear the full thing now David and Matt are joined by scientist and leftist Kevin Bird (@thebirdmaniac) to talk about LR favorite Stephen Jay Gould, his radical science mileau, and reactionary genetics from the end of Jim Crow to the release of a new book, "The Genetic Lottery." Check out Kevin's review of the book at Massive Science here: https://massivesci.com/articles/genetic-lottery-re...
Feb 01, 2022•2 min
David and Matt talk about what public housing can mean for the socialist movement, Marshall Steinbaum (@Econ_Marshall) debunking neoliberal arguments against student debt cancellation, and Bob Libal (@BobLibal) (@BobForCommish) joins us to talk about his critical campaign for Travis County Commissioner to ensure Austin can stay home to the working-class.
Jan 27, 2022•2 hr 10 min
Ben Burgis joins David and Matt to discuss his new book, "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters." Also: MLK take lightning round.
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 39 min
David and Matt are back to talk Nancy Pelosi: expert investor, the Texas Fence Cutting Wars, and are joined by two OG TMBS alums: Daniel Bessner (@Dbessner) joins us to talk about the " end of the era of mass politics. " Djene Bajalan (@DjeneBajalan) joins us to talk Erdogan, Turkey, Gulen, and Enes Freedom.
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 48 min
Left Reckoning's Christmas stream & Bum Steer of the year is up now. In this live stream Matt & David took questions from the chat and broke down the worst characters of 2021.
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 52 min
Tornados and profit-seeking over safety kill in Edwardsville, Illinois, and Mayfield, Kentucky. Then, Liza Featherstone (@Lfeatherz) joins us for a discussion based on her piece on masculinity in the NYTimes . Also, South Dakota has cash for genocide denial and not for school supplies and the importance of remembering the severe stakes in the Assange prosecution.
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 57 min
Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream, where David takes questions from the chat on YouTube & Twitch. This week's topic is a Marxist analysis of the GOP. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Hear this weekends Lenin reading by subscribing at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Tamanisha John, associate professor at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta joins us to discuss Barbados decision to become a Republic and how significant it really is. We also discuss Mia Mottley's leadership and the history and classes of the islands. Also, Elon Musk doesn't like subsidies no more now others get them and Dan Crenshaw attempts to discipline the craziers of the GOP. Follow Tamanisha John on twitter @Tama...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream - catch them live on Youtube Tuesday afternoons.
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get all our weekend bonus episodes, including this Sunday's Think Tank. CEOS vs the deep state and demons. Paul Prescod (@Paul_Prescod) is running for state senate in Pennsylvania, support him below. Why the state senate? Education, healthcare, green jobs/just transition. How the left addresses violent crime. Also, Xiomara Castro's victory in Honduras and the 2009 coup. And a classic GEM segment on the current inflation panic. Donate to Paul! htt...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCH) post-doc at the Free University Of Berlin & co-host of What's Left Of Philosophy podcast on the problem with the book Hegemony & Socialist Strategy & post-marxism. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning
Dec 01, 2021•56 min
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes William Shoki (@Shokispeare) of Africa is a Country joins us first to discuss the death of FW de Klerk and who really deserves the credit for ending apartheid. Then, Jacob from The Valley Labor Reporters (@JacobM_AL) joins us for an update on the Warrior Met strike in Alabama. Also, Ben Shapiro prompts us to recommend the work of Stephen Jay Gould on IQ....
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 32 min
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes First, strikes continue and Howard Schultz has anti-union chicken soup for the en-route-to-deathcamps soul. support strike funds https://msha.ke/bctgm/ #strike-funds https://umwa.org/umwa2021strikefund/ Paul Bowers (@Paul_Bowers) joins us to discuss the politics and economy of South Carolina. Coast vs high country. Tim Scott and Nikki Haley. Check out Paul's work here: https://brutalsouth.substack.com/ Also, COP26 i...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 52 min
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes David and Matt are joined by Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) to discuss the immense scale American human caging. The dangerous "reform" consensus. The period of reaction we are in now. Progressive DAs. The complicity of lawyers. Also, some positive news from last nights elections and sleepy Joe and the Cop26 cop-out.
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 43 min
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes LR crew Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) joins us once again to discuss his recent debate/office hours with Charlie Kirk and preview his book on Christopher Hitchens. Also, the malice of the American legal system turns once again on Assange, Donziger, and the striking Warrior Met workers ( support them here ). Also progressives should probably kill the bills....
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 45 min
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our Sunday bonus episodes Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us this week to discuss the inability of Biden to meet the moment. Also, the DemonRats vs India Walton and the US arrests Venezuela's dealmaker. Strike funds!!!!! Kellog Workers Battle Creek https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-kelloggs-workers-on-strike-local-3g Memphis https://www.gofundme.com/f/udp2r-support-striking-kelloggs-workers-local-252g Omaha https://www.paypal.com/paypal...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) of the Working People podcast and The Real News join us this week to discuss spectres of a strikewave, "the great resignation," right wing attempts to obfuscate what's happening, and fantasy football. Also on the show: getting serious about climate with Shell Oil and saving Russell Brand from cryptoreactionary nerds. support Kellogg's strike funds
Oct 14, 2021•2 hr 1 min
This is unlocked bonus content - to get access to ur back catalog and future bonus episodes support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning David and Matt discuss Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program, an important work of later Marx where he takes political phrasemakers to task and articulates what socialism is meant to mean. The Critique as an audiobook: https://youtu.be/K-WXzbVOwVI Peter Linebaugh on the Critique in Counterpunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/11/afterword-to-karl-marx-cri...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 12 min
