Left Reckoning

Support the show and get the postgame and sunday bonus shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning We talk about how climate change has a clear class war angle. Chris James (@theCJS) the mind behind Not Even A Show joins us to talk about clowning on the Right. https://t.co/SjhCDIUpMb Check out the Rank & File Project: https://rankandfileproject.com/ MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store

Support David and Matt and get the members-only Postgame and Sunday show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt & Dave are joined by Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about Andrew Tate & the right wing manosphere influencers. Then Matt & Dave break down why Tucker Carlson was no anti-imperialist.

Get the postgame and Sunday shows by supporting us at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt & Dave respond to the recent push from the right to roll back child labor law. Journalist Cole Stangler (@ColeStangler) joins us to talk about the protests in France, why Macron is targeting workers' retirements, and how successful the resistance has been. https://colestangler.com/ Bernie is right, the Dem...

We are joined by Paul Prescod (@paul_prescod) Jacobin contributor, Teamsters For A Democratic Union organizer, and fmr. candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate joins us to talk about the legendary labor leader Tony Mazzocchi.   Chip Gibbons (@ChipGibbons89) policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent joins us to talk about this historic letter calling for the Biden admin to drop charges agai...

To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. David and Matt talk about the real threat to democracy in Tennessee. Then we are joined by Keith Brower Brown to...

patreon.com/leftreckoning to get the postgame and sunday shows and to pay Matt and David's rent! Matt & David are joined by Slate writer Alex Sammon (@alex_sammon) to talk about Biden's approval of a major pipeline in Alaska & his recent cabinet reshuffle. Then we are joined by Sean KB (@as_a_worker) of the Antifada, to talk about 'woke capitalism,' dark WSJ punditry, and w...

Support the show and get the Postgames and Sunday Show at Patreon.com/Leftreckoning We are joined by Danny Bessner (@dbessner) professor of International Studies at the University of Washington, a fellow at the Quincy Institute, and co-host of the American Prestige Pod (@AmPrestigePod) joins us to talk about their recent piece in The New Republic "Does American Fascism Exist?" Does Ameri...

Matt & David breakdown what happened at SVB (Silicon Valley Bank), the political theater around it, and why the government always has the back of the parasite class.   Then Dwayne Monroe (@cloudquistador) joins us to debunk the AI hype.   Read Dwayne's work here:  https://monroelab.net/  MORE BACKGROUND ON THE FED - THE FED WANTS WORKERS WEAK? - https://www.youtube.com/watc...

Support the show and get the Sunday show and Postgame at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt & Dave are joined by Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) to talk about Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis latest moves to restrict critics.    Is Science Political?  The Fight Against Reactionary Genetics ft. Kevin Bird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtW5wd0tCG8  And Matt & Dave look at some class...

Support the show and access the Sunday Show and Postgame at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt & Dave make the argument that politics is simple, it's bosses vs. workers.  Then we are joined by union organizer Aminah Sheikh (@aminahsheikh) to talk about Canada's right-wing populist movement, and what the left can learn from the right's ability to mobilize people around their dissatisfaction. &...

Get the full episode and support David and Matt @ patreon.com/leftreckoning Luke Savage (@LukeWSavage) author of The Dead Center and Jacobin staff writer, joins us to talk Trump vs DeSantis as well as the Democrats inability or lack of willingness to politically own the issues of working people. East Palestine https://jacobin.com/2023/02/biden-trump-visit-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment Trump...

This is an unlocked edition of the typically members-only Sunday show. To get the Sunday show every week, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoning Man of reason Carl Beijer returns for a discussion on his recent "Notes on Hersh and the Nord Stream bombing." We also talk about why an nominally "anti-war" rally would include explicitly pro-war agitators. Sy Hersh piece: https://seymourhersh.substack.c...

Support the show and get the Postgame show and Sunday show at patreon.com/leftreckoning The Warrior Met Coal Strike has ended, after years of courage from miners in Alabama where was the most "pro-labor president" in this fight. Then we have fmr. Labour Party member Heather Mendick (@helensclegel) joining us to talk about how Keir Starmer weaponized anti-semitism to attack Jeremy Corbyn and the le...

Welcome to episode 105 - we talk to Dr. Robert Buzzanco (@PodcastGreenRed) on the history of the Vietnam War, Seneca & Sam join us from Austin DSA to talk about how the police are trying to undermine democracy and how you can push back. And Matt & Dave talk about the train derailment and the neoliberal system is to blame. EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION IN AUSTIN - PLEASE SIGN UP TO TELL THE COPS A...

Welcome to this week's Left Reckoning, Matt is away but David has a great show for y'all. We are joined by Madison Hilly (@MadiHilly) founder of the Campaign For Green Nuclear Deal to talk about the progressive case for nuclear power. Some links for further reading: Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island, & Nuclear Waste: https://twitter.com/MadiHilly/status/1557399822600216577?s=20&t=M3qcWafRPWaMDy4uau...

Matt Huber (@MattHuber78) joins David and Matt to discuss his piece in Verso, "No Hollywood Ending for the Green New Deal" and climate activism following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.  First, Elon and SpaceX are wearing out their welcome in Texas.   Also, Matt discusses the enraging story behind this GoFundMe for the North Dakotan family of a 2 year old with leukemia....

Tonight Andrew Perez (@AndrewPerezDC) joins Matt to discuss two of his recent pieces published at The Lever. https://www.levernews.com/author/andrew-perez/   Union stories: https://jacobin.com/2023/01/bureau-of-labor-statistics-2022-report-union-density-decline-organizing/   https://lbo-news.com/2023/01/19/union-density-keeps-falling/   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-0...

Matt is joined by Robert Skvarla (@RobertSkvarla) to talk about Republican noise that they plan another Church Committee, who Frank Church was, what transparency looks like, and our infantilized understanding of what is done in our name. Read Robert's piece on Alex Jones: http://www.mondoamericana.net/2021/03/30/bohemian-grove-alex-jones/

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT TO GET US TO EP 100, SUPPORT THE SHOW SO WE CAN KEEP GROWING AT PATREON.COM/LEFTRECKONING   Bhaskar Sunkara (@SunRaySunRay) founder of Jacobin and President of The Nation joins us to talk about the current moment the left is in the US after two influential but unsuccessful Bernie Sanders campaigns.    Then Brian Mier (@BrianMierTeleSur) of TeleSur...

Get the full show and the members show archive at patreon.com/leftreckoning Writer and activist Max Berger (@MaxBerger) joins us to talk about the unlikely pairing of cryptocurrency and lobbying groups AIPAC and DMFI. SBF's "injustice democrats" and the fight against progressives in democrat primaries. AIPAC and DMFI's strategy of funding opponents of candidates who may criticize Israel. SBF and t...

Support the show at Patreon.com/LeftReckoning and get the postgame and Sunday bonus episodes. Jacobin Staff writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us to talk about how the FBI & US govt are already active in their attempts to silence the left on Twitter & other social media platforms & why we have to take that threat seriously. You can read Branko's piece here:  https://jacob...

David and Matt end the year by awarding Bum Steer of the Year and induct an old favorite into the Bum Steer Hall of Fame

Adult film stars Xander Corvus (@xcorvus777) & Summer Hart (@SummerHartxxx) joined us to talk about worker's rights and free speech in their industry, and how workers are doing mutual aid working in Las Vegas (@SWAIDvegas).   https://swaidvegas.org/  Matt & David also break down how Brian Kemp and the GOP are targeting protesters in Atlanta.   C OME SEE US LIVE IN...

Matt & Dave are joined by comedian Mike Recine (@mikerecine) to evaluate the claim that comedy is now a right-wing field.  Plus the TwitterFiles and Man's Search for Meaning.   Follow Mike's work here and on Instagram: https://linktr.ee/mikerecine instagram.com/mikerecinecomedy

David & Matt share their updated thoughts on the disastrous rail strike decision by Joe Biden and Congress. Then Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to break down how the NYT uses omission to mislead their readers.  Read Kurt's coverage here: https://jacobin.com/author/kurt-hackbarth Lastly, Benjamin Case (@benjamscase) joins us to talk about ballot initiatives and how they can be us...