Left Reckoning

To watch the video or listen to the audio of the full Think Tank and all Sunday content, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoning David and Matt talk crypto inspiration, Steven Crowder's attempt to own the baby formula issue for the right, plus your patreon questions.

Nick Bowlin (@npbowlin), the author at High Country News, joins us to talk about the successful Starbucks union campaign in Denver, Colorado and breaks down the state's unique labor history. Read Nick's excellent piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/04/starbucks-anti-union-tactics   And  David breaks down how Greg Abbott has used COVID to increase his power and remak...

Support Abortion funds! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/austindsafundathon Matt and David break down the leaked SCOTUS ruling, and talk about why this system is bad for democracy. And we are joined by independent socialist Councilmember from Minneapolis Robin Wonsley (@robin4mpls) joins us to talk about the fight to make Minneapolis work for working people.  https://robinformpls.com/ Also, Charl...

Get full episode here:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/marx-reading-on-65865594?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare In the newest installment of the Marx reading series, David and Matt discuss Marx's Theses On Feuerbach, which ends with the famous contention: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to cha...

We are joined by Jacobin writer Luke Savage (@lukewsavage) author of The Dead Center (pre-order below) to talk about liberalism at the end of history and why liberals struggle so much with power.    https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-dead-center/   Also: James Lindsay doesn't know basic history and What is Crypto Hiding: Healthcare Edition Don't forget to check out Luke's podcast M...

We are joined by our friend Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about worker's rights in UFC, Chris Smalls and AOC. Check out Elias substack here:    https://eliascepeda.substack.com/p/lets-hear-it-for-the-good-guy-aljamain?s=r Also, Bernie 2024, Assange extradition, and why Twitter should pay you

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 wo...

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 o...

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.

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 ma...

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.

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.

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 wi...

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...

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&apos...

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 Acco...

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.

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.

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." Ch...

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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