Left Reckoning

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

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 ge...

Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream - catch them live on Youtube Tuesday afternoons. 

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 victo...

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

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 recommen...

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. Ti...

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 Cop...

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 progressive...

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  http...

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 st...

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 Lin...

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 damag...

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 currenc...

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 Palesti...