Left Reckoning

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 po...

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:...

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 bro...

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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...

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 figh...

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...

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...

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...

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."

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 art...

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 (includ...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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 subst...

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