Left Reckoning

Matt & David talk about the severe crackdown on free speech and students as they protest against the slaughter in Gaza. Then we are joined by our good friend Danny Bessner (@dbessner) host of American Prestige and author of the cover story in the May edition of Harper's "The Life & Death Of Hollywood" The Life and Death of Hollywood, by Daniel Bessner https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/ Austin Musicians Union Membership drive!! https://afm433.com/?page=newsdetails&id=544 ------------------- 00:00 Show Start 3:58 Intro 7:57 The protests 16:00 "Free Speech" in Texas 39:15 The Death of Hollywood 1:11:12 Post-game preview

Welcome back friends, we are joined by Elektra Kostopoulou & Michelle Guengue organizers with the Vote Uncommitted NJ to talk about the uncommitted campaign and the threat Joe Biden poses to democracy. Follow the work of the Vote Uncommitted NJ here: https://uncommittednj.org/ https://www.instagram.com/uncommittednj https://twitter.com/UncommittedNJ https://www.tiktok.com/@uncommittednj?_t=8lkmXfRntnf&_r=1

David spoke with Cuban journalist Liz Olivia Fernandez, on the impact of US sanctions on the everyday lives of Cuban people.

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We are joined by scholar Assal Rad (@AssalRad) to talk about Iran's strike in retaliation to Israel's attacks on the Iranian Embassy. MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store

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Hey friends, we are joined by journalists Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) & José Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) hosts of the Soberania Podcast to talk about the Mexican elections and the invasion of the Mexican embassy in Ecuador. Then Anthony Fantano (@theneedledrop) joins us to talk about rap beef. Check out the Soberania Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@SoberaniaPodcast

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We are joined once again by our friend Matt Huber (@matthuber78) professor of geography at Syracuse University to talk about his recent piece with Leigh Phillips on Kohei Saito and Degrowth Communism. Read Matt Huber & Leigh Phillips piece here: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/kohei-saito-degrowth-communism-environment-marxism Matt Huber's excellent book "Climate Change As Class War" - https://www.versobooks.com/products/775-climate-change-as-class-war Damage Magazine piece by Matt Huber & Fred Stafford here: https://damagemag.com/2024/04/01/the-utility-of-utilities/

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Matt & David are joined by Benjamin Case (@benjamscase) to talk about their investigation into Gaza, the difference between war and a colonial massacre, and what this investigation means for US politics. Read the full piece here: https://inkstickmedia.com/whats-happening-in-gaza-is-not-a-war-its-a-massacre/

We are joined by scholar Tamanisha J. John (@TamanishaJohn) to talk about Haiti, how the past informs the present and why the crisis in Haiti is more complicated than the 'security' discourse. Plus Matt & David on Biden's billionaires and a recap of wild stories from the Lone Star State.

Robbie Martin (@FluorescentGrey) joins Matt for a wide-ranging and sometimes spooky look at the Project for a New American Century and the neoconservative movement behind pushing every president toward war. Check out Robbie's work with his sister Abby at Media Roots Radio https://soundcloud.com/media-roots And A Very Heavy Agenda Part 1: https://youtu.be/IoSSTZj5Gzw?si=JHaSNliaAhHz9hmD Part 2: https://youtu.be/OSXuzix0dnk?si=z3hBF2r5rKIGf-LR Part 3: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/averyheavyagenda3

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Alex Hochuli (@Alex__1789) of @BungaCast joins us to discuss his review of three books on the failures of the past decade of left populism, publish here: https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/02/omelets-with-eggshells-on-the-failure-of-the-millennial-left/

We are joined by our good friends at the Valley Labor Report, Jacob (@JacobM_AL), and Adam, who join us to talk about the UAW expansion into the South. Plus Matt & David on why the attack on free speech and Julian Assange.

Last week Tucker Carlson released a long-form interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. To give further perspective on the interview, the war in Ukraine, Russia, we are joined by Russian socialist Egor Kotkin (@EgorKotkin) to talk about it.

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We are joined by our favorite newsmen expert RM BROWN (@xrmbrownx2) host of the RM Brown Show on youtube.

First up David Griscom & Matt Lech talk about the border, Biden's waffling, and Greg Abbott's advantage. Then we are joined by Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) of Jacobin magazine to talk about his piece on Nikki Haley: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/nikki-haley-south-carolina-scandal-mismanagement Last up we are joined by Benjamin Fong, associate director of the Center for Work & Democracy at Arizona State University, and of Damage Magazine to talk about his new podcast Organize The Unorganized, a radical investigation into the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Check out the podcast here on Jacobin Radio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jacobin-radio/id791564318 Benjamin Fong's book on drugs in 21st-century America Quick Fixes is available here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2981-quick-fixes Subscribe to Damage Magazine: https://damagemag.com/issues/issue-1-building-big-things/

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Matt & David look at Shawn Fain's call for a general strike, and how contrary to many calls from the online left, this one is for real. Then we are joined by journalist and writer Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) to talk about Yemen, the Houthis, and the assault on Gaza by Israel.

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Hey friends, David & Matt are back at it. This week we had an interview with Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson who talked to us about a just transition, Gaza, and the Democratic Party Primary. https://marianne2024.com/

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We are joined by writer and PHD candidate Sudip Bhattacharya (@resistrun) to talk about Asian Americans and the US left. Plus an update on the German farmer protests. Check out Sudip's work here: https://hardcrackers.com/socialism-or-suburbia/ https://progressive.org/latest/saving-chinatown-bhattacharya-300523/

Hey friends, and welcome to our first show of 2024. We are joined by our good friend Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) co-host of the Majority Report to take a preview of the upcoming year.

David and Matt break down Biden apologism and wish a merry xmas to Shawn Fain and the UAW

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Nicole Kleinheisterkamp González, (@GeoPhDklein) & (@nicolekhkgonzalez.bsky.social) a PhD student in geography at Syracuse University, discusses her research on the labor environment nexus in Germany. She focuses on the impact of climate change mitigation strategies on workers in the automobile and coal mining industries. Kleinheisterkamp highlights the importance of engaging workers in the transition to a green economy and the need for a just transition that considers their material needs. She also emphasizes the role of unions in advocating for workers' interests and the importance of investing in education, healthcare, and infrastructure to support a sustainable future.

Hey y'all, we are joined by Eiynah (@NiceMangos) host of the Polite Conversation podcast to talk about the New Atheist movement finding God. Check out Eiynah's podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos

We are joined by Vaclav Masek Sánchez (@_vaclavmasek) Guatemalan Latin Americanist & sociologist to talk about the election of Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala and the attempt to remove him from office.

Journalist Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) joins us once again to discuss America's role in the Long Coup in Brazil involving the Lava Jato investigation that sent Lula to prison. Brian has a new piece published in the peer-reviewed journal "Latin American Perspectives" you can read here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0094582X231213614 And read Brian at substack here: BMIER.SUBSTACK.com ———— 00:00 Start 1:59 Intro 6:22 Long Coup Brain Mier 35:12 US involment 50:21 Post interview.

We are joined tonight by Nick Turse (@nickturse ) contributing writer for The Intercept to talk about their story "CIVILIAN HARM Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in Drone Strike That Killed Woman and 4-Year-Old" https://www.youtube.com/live/iDsoSsnMCms?si=OKgHtUzEOONZhTVv

Hey friends, we are joined this week by Jason Myles (@J_Myles_TIR) host of This Is Revolution and author of a new piece in Damage Magazine The Man Who Sold the World Jason's New Book Launch Party: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-book-launch-partymeet-and-greet-tickets-739577424987 Grab the book "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" : https://everyday-analysis.sellfy.store/p/i-was-a-teenage-anarchist-by-jason-myles-print-and-digital-issue-pre-order/

Matt & David explain a popular slogan of Palestinian liberation. And we are joined by Tiare Gatti Mora (@TiareGMora) a Spanish & Italian journalist on to talk about the left in Spain & how we can reclaim femnism from the graveyard of girlboss liberalism for the socialist movement. Follow Tiare's work here: https://linktr.ee/tiaregattimora The Amber A'Lee Frost article referenced here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/daddy-issues-frost

Welcome back Left Reckoners, this week Matt & David talk about the UAW historic efforts to win for the working class. Then we are joined by the great Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) Senior New & Politics Editor at Essence Magazine and author of "It's Not You, It's Capitalism" to talk about why it's long time we break up with Capitalism. Get the book here! https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malaika-jabali/its-not-you-its-capitalism/9781643752648/

Read up the UAW contract and what that means for the labor movement:

https://labornotes.org/2023/10/big-3-buckled-stand-strike-spread

We are joined by Derek Davison (@dwdavison) of Foreign Exchange & American Prestige Podcast to talk about US & Biden's policy to Israel's attacks on Gaza, the geopolitical situation, and more.

Carl Beijer (CarlBeijer.com) joins us once again to talk Cornel West, where the different voting bases are with wars overseas and his most recent piece: "War casualties are usually inflicted by the other side" https://www.carlbeijer.com/p/war-casualties-are-usually-inflicted

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Matt & David talk about the inhumanity of the siege on Gaza, the despicable political response, and how this is not the time to shy away. Then we are joined by nurses from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey who have been on strike demanding better staffing, higher pay, and basic worker's rights. Support the strike here: https://safestaffingnj.org/ You can read more about this by Sudip Bhattacharya here: https://jacobin.com/2023/10/robert-wood-johnson-hospital-nurses-strike-new-jersey-short-staffing?fbclid=IwAR3Nvxr_Kd7y53IhW1ztNm4NNAyv7vQK5E1owYfklGU7yQFgcxzinrZRfXw

In this week's LR Matt & David speak with Palestinian activist and filmmaker Moureen Kaki & Ben Burgis @benburgis about the conflict in Gaza, the Israeli Occupation, and the US role in maintaining apartheid. Follow San Antonio for Justice in Palestine here: https://www.instagram.com/sajp1948/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

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Matt & David talk about how the right became obsessed with a subdivision in Texas. #Ukraine Then Alice Speri (@alicesperi) a journalist with The Intercept joins us to talk about her piece in the Intercept "Enemies Within" a look at the violence faced by Ukrainians from the Russian invasion and how the collaboration in Ukraine is adding to the pain of those who faced the brunt of Russian occupation. Read the story here:https://theintercept.com/2023/09/27/ukraine-russia-war-crimes-sexual-violence-collaborators/

Support the show and get our Sunday conversation and postgame show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Biden is walking the UAW picket line and Donald Trump is holding a rally, we take a minute to update folks on the historic UAW Strike. Then we have Jacob Morrison (@JacobM_AL) of the Valley Labor Report to talk about the strike, respond to some of the 'left' criticism of Shan Fain and the UAW, and more.

Hey friends! We are back this week with another episode of Left Reckoning. First up we are going to be talking Ken Paxton's acquittal and how Texas is where accountability goes die. Next up we have Matt McManus @MattPolProf on to talk about his new book The Political Right and Equality out from Routledge, we talk about the philosophical base of the rightwing in the US and the world. Pick up Matt's book here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Right-and-Equality-Turning-Back-the-Tide-of-Egalitarian-Modernity/McManus/p/book/9781032310831

Welcome back to LR. This week Matt & David are talking how the rich make life worse for the rest of us. Then we have Kurt Hackbart (@kurthackbarth) journalist based in Mexico to talk about AMLO, his potential successor, and revamp his regular segment, lies the NYT is telling about Mexico. Read Kurt's latest in Jacobin here: https://jacobin.com/2023/08/amlo-poverty-mexico-wealth-inequality-politics-fourth-transformation

Robert Skvarla (@Robertskvarla) joins us once again to talk about his new piece on private spy firms. But first: Shawn Fain goes at billionaire's right to exist and David gives us a texas-sized update on the Paxton impeachment proceedings

Read Robert's piece here

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/aimed-at-protests-surveillance-contractors-new-owners-expand-spy-tech-portfolio/

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Hello friends, we are joined this week by Nick Bowlin (@npbowlin) writer and correspondent at High Country News to talk about mining. Nick recently attended a major mining conference where attendees were salivating over the opportunities that green energy transitions mean for the mining industry. Read Nick's piece here:

https://www.thedriftmag.com/a-good-prospect/

Also, Jacob Frey and allies stab rent control in the back:

https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/what-happened-to-rent-control-in-minneapolis

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We are joined by Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about AOC and the squad and his recent Jacobin piece "AOC and the Squad’s List of Left-Wing Accomplishments Is Quite Long" https://jacobin.com/2023/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-the-squad-left-criticism-policy-accomplishmentsAlso, a clip from our

Sunday Show for featuring Minion Death Cult:Alexander (@flieldy) and Tony (@Wordisbond) from the excellent podcast Minion Death Cult (@miniondeathcult) join us to discuss the GOP primary and the experiment in democracy that is the UPS Teamsters vote.

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This week we are joined by Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) founder and editor of Compact Magazine and author of Tyranny Inc. Sohrab is a conservative but worries that modern capitalism & private power poses a major threat to freedom, he joins David to discuss his book and right-wing populism. Sohrab's book Tyranny Inc. is out now:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708057/tyranny-inc-by-sohrab-ahmari/

Matt & David are joined by Cale Brooks (@calebroooks) fmrly. of the Jacobin Show and a contributor to Damage Magazine to talk about Degrowth, why it isn't just bad politics but bad economics as well. Read Cale's full piece here: https://damagemag.com/2023/06/07/the-left-did-a-no-growth/

Matt & David are joined by Dharna Noor (@dharnanoor) journalist at the Guardian to talk about climate change, the Right's war on the IRA, & why the right loves oil. Also, Shawn Fain on the 32 hour work week and Trump indicted a third time.Keep up with Dharna's excellent reporting here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dharna-noor

We are joined by Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) Editor in Chief of The Real News Network and host of Working Pod, joins us to talk about the Teamster's tentative deal with UPS. Also, Ron DeSantis talks with new pal Russell Brand

Greg Abbott's cruelty at the border knows no end. Matt & David talk about the brutal revelations that Texas security forces have been instructed to push children into the Rio Grande. Then journalist & Palestinian Basel Adra joins David to talk about what could be the worst mass expulsion in Palestine since 1967 in Masafer Yatta: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/masafer-yatta-destruction-palestine-israel/

With David still in London, Matt is joined by Anders Lee (@andersleehere) to discuss the rise and fall of Minnesota's Farmer-Labor movement. Check out Anders' piece here: https://racketmn.com/how-hubert-h-humphrey-purged-the-dfl-of-socialists
And this documentary by the Farmer-Labor Education Committee on the movement here: https://youtu.be/9Nibei9ZCHM More on the Farmer-Labor Education Committee https://farmerlaboreducation.com/

Happy Fourth y'all. Back with a full live show next week!

Benjamin Fong joins David and Matt to discuss his new book: Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2981-quick-fixes

Matt & David are joined by Yasha Levine (@yashalevine) to talk about Prigozhin's mutiny, Russia, and Putin. You can read more of Yasha's work here: https://yasha.substack.com/ Subscribe to his and Evgenia's podcast The Russians:

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Welcome Left Reckoners. This week Matt & David talk about how it is critical that the Left never lose its utopian spirit. Then DSA member & organizer from San Antonio Alex Birnel (@alexbirnel) joins David to talk about the Death Star Bill HB2127 in Texas that will roll back labor law and harm local politics, and what we can do to fight back.

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David is joined by union organizer Aminah Sheikh (@AminahSheikh) & Prof Emeritus Charles Omowale Simmons to talk about the recent Labor Delegation to Cuba, the result of US sanctions, and building solidarity with our neighbors to the south.

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We are joined this week by Nick French (@NickFrenchNYC) assistant editor at Jacobin Magazine, to talk about the right's claim that 'wokeism' is just secret Marxism, and why if you are worried about oppression you should be a Marxist. Read Nick's piece here: https://jacobin.com/2023/04/cultural-marxism-woke-capitalism-conservatives-oppression

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We are joined by Alex Hochuli (@Alex__1789) to talk about the populist moment. Check out Bungacast: https://bungacast.com/ Alex's book "The End Of The End Of History" - https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/end-end-history Then Djene Bajalan (@djenebajalan) joins us to talk about the recent elections in Turkey.

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Biden is bringing massive cuts to appease the GOP. Corey Pein (@coreypein) joins us to talk about the rich in space, and Isi Baehr-Breen (@isaiah_bb) fmr. Communications Director for Ilhan Omar joins us to talk about Minnesota politics, and how the state has been able to push for progressive legislation. We also talk the debt-ceiling deal and Paxton's impeachment in Texas.

Journalist Nick Turse (@nickturse) joins David to talk about Henry Kissinger turning 100, and his breaking reporting on new revelations about the scope of Henry Kissinger's involvement in brutal war crimes in Cambodia. KISSINGER'S KILLING FIELDS: Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/ MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday afternoon. 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. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

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We are joined by Donald Parkinson, editor & writer at Cosmonaut Magazine, to talk about their recent piece in the print issue of Jacobin on Lyndon LaRouche. https://jacobin.com/2023/05/how-lyndon-larouche-said-goodbye-to-marxism-and-hello-to-crazy Check out Cosmonaut Magazine: https://cosmonautmag.com/

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Reporter Miles Kampf-Lassin (@MilesKLassin) and labor organizer & Executive director of In These Times Alex Han (alex__han) David Griscom to talk about Brandon Johnson's campaign for mayor of Chicago. WHY CHICAGO’S MAYORAL ELECTION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RACES OF 2023 https://perfectunion.us/why-chicagos-mayoral-election-is-one-of-the-most-important-races-of-2023/ Brandon Johnson Took on Republican Megadonors—and Won. Is Helen Gym Next? https://inthesetimes.com/article/brandon-johnson-chicago-vallas-helen-gym-philadelphia

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We are joined by Vivek Chibber, professor of sociology at New York University. He is the editor of Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy, to talk about his book The Class Matrix, the post-bernie left, and what the left gets wrong about imperialism. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674245136

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David & Matt break down Texas Governor Greg Abbott's border militarization. Gus Bova (@gusbova) of the Texas Observer joins us to talk about how a Texas worker died at Tesla's Gigafactory: HE DIED HELPING BUILD TESLA’S GIGAFACTORY. TESLA DIDN’T TELL LOCAL OFFICIALS https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-t... And our friend FDR Scholar and advisor to Marianne Williamson Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) joins us to assess Biden's first term in office and break down why he has decided to support Marianne Willamson in 2024.

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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

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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.

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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 Democratic Party has turned their backs on workers.

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 against Julian Assange.   

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Other coverage of Assange w/ Chip  EXPOSED How the CIA Spied on Assange ft. Chip Gibbons  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAPrKUW27RA 

LR 72 - UK Railway Strike, Free Assange, & TX GOP Off The Rails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeVzDFbWkEw

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David and Matt talk about the real threat to democracy in Tennessee.

Then we are joined by Keith Brower Brown to talk about recent changes in the United Auto Workers and the fight to reform the labor movement.

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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 whether or not we are heading for recession, and much more.

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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 American Fascism Exist? https://newrepublic.com/article/170890/does-american-fascism-exist

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.  

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MORE BACKGROUND ON THE FED - THE FED WANTS WORKERS WEAK? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayFn2jdsFP4  

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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 classic Hitchens when he took on the genetic determinists.

Full Hitchens talk on C-Span https://www.c-span.org/video/?93435-1/state-media

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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.   Read Aminah's piece here:  https://rosalux.nyc/the-right-wing-is-organizing-in-canada/  

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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 vs DeSantis https://jacobin.com/2023/02/donald-trump-gop-republican-polling-2024-primary-voters

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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.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

Hersh on Radio War Nerd:  https://youtu.be/FLpGH0BpOnk

Carl's piece on Hersh: https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbeijer/p/notes-on-hersch-and-the-nord-stream?r=ew8tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Carl on "anti-war"

https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbeijer/p/can-we-please-distinguish-between?r=ew8tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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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 left-project in the Labour Party.   

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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.

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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:

Plus David breaks down how Wall Street is buying more of our water out West.

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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. https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-baby-willy

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/2022-05-12/starbucks-workers-inspire-amazon-union-show-labor-s-power  

https://workdaymagazine.org/starbucks-is-trying-to-wear-workers-down-through-its-relentless-soft-union-busting/

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/

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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 and Brasilwire joins us to talk about Lula's inauguration and the attempt by Bolsonaro supporters to attack Brazillian democracy.   

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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 the Injustice Democrats: How SBF, AIPAC and pro-Trump billionaires coordinated to crush the left https://maxberger.substack.com/p/sbf-and-the-injustice-democrats

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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://jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorship-content-moderation-intelligence-agencies-surveillance 

 Plus Matt & Dave break down, once again, how the claims that the GOP represents a new shift to working-class politics is marketing and bad marketing at that.   

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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

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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.

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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 used to win progressive policies and some of their pitfalls.  

Read the report Majority Rules by Benjamin Case & Michael McQuarrie here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14aIMY2YeHeiNOu96FPPvsS4uHcXMdJBX/view

The Left Won Big on Ballot Initiatives. That’s Why They’re Under Attack - https://jacobin.com/2022/11/state-ballot-measures-abortion-marijuana-medicaid


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Matt & David break down the Democrats absolute failure to show up for working people and their attempts to try to break a rail strike.   Then Sam Goodman (@SamGRuta) senior communications, of larutadelclima.org  joins us to break down what did and didn't happen at COP 27.

Danny Bessner returs to talk about the ideological interests the Pentagon has in videogames and Matt and David talk about VC guys admitting the crypto con as it happened.

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Matt & Dave break down a huge labor fight in Austin, TX in response to Musk's Tesla plant abusing workers.  

 Then Nick Marcil (@marcilnick) of Debt Collective joins to talk about Biden's student loan forgiveness failures, the fight against debt, and how you can push back.  

Then Ryan Zickgraf  (@RyanSmithWriter) joins us to talk about their piece from Jacobin "On Halloween Night in 1891, Tennessee Miners Made Righteous Mayhem"  

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more links:  https://linktr.ee/debtcollective   

Follow Ryan's work at Jacobin and on substack:  https://thethirdrail.substack.com/

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Matt and David talk Vonnegut, Chapo's "Normal Whites" theory, Musk on Twitter and your calls and IMs!

We are joined by Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) of the Majority Report & Cale Brooks (@calebroooks) from the Jacobin Show to talk about last night's midterms!

David was joined by Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (@fatima4assembly) who is running for Assembly District 65 in Los Angeles California - she spoke with Dave about what inspired her to run, her platform for working people, and her relationship with the Democratic Socialists of America. 

You can find more info on her website here: 
https://fatimaforassembly.com/

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Matt & David break down Lula's win against the far-right, and then are joined by Deep State Kuba (@DrKuba2) to talk about the US deep state, who's in it, what it wants, and how to struggle against it.   

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Breht of @RevLeftRadio joins Matt and David this week to take an even closer look at the nonsense of the right wing's supposedly left wing opportunists.

Our friend Harvey J. Kaye (@harveyjkaye) author of "The British Marxist Historians" joins us to talk about the re-release of his classic work, how to do Marxist history, and how the left can use history to win. 

  Voting Record Excel: https://twitter.com/aaronnarraph/status/1579954538022572032?s=20&t=OIcHDr7xTjBNMO8MC75djA 

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Matt and David talk about being censored from YouTube and Matt talks to the boys from the Brigham Young Money podcast for an overview of their home state of Utah.

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Packed show! First up Matt talks to David about his new piece in Jacobin, When Texas Cowboys Fought Private Property: https://jacobin.com/2022/10/texas-fence-cutting-wars-enclosures-cowboys  

Then Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) joins us to break down the results of the Brazil's 1st Round Presidential elections, and how the media has gotten the results wrong. Read Brian's piece in BrasilWire here:  https://www.brasilwire.com/media-spins-lula-victory-as-defeat/  

And then Ben Fong & Melissa Naschek join David to talk about the problems with NGOs and the Left, and what we can do about it. Read their piece in Catalyst here:  https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/ngoism-the-politics-of-the-third-sector  

Benjamin Fong has a new book coming out next year printed by Verso "Drugs in American Capitalism"  https://www.versobooks.com/books/4176-drugs-in-american-capitalism

Assal Rad (@AssalRad), Research Director at NIAC Action, joins David and Matt once again, this time to discuss the ongoing protests in Iran following Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of the morality police.

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We are joined by journalist Dharna Noor (@dharnanoor) of the Boston Globe to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act, and the fight between Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin.  

 Read more of Dharna's work here:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/16/science/will-king-charles-be-climate-king/  

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Matt is joined by GP Jacob on Money.Power.Land.Solidarity joins Matt to talk about the struggle to implement voted-for rent control in Minneapolis and St Paul.

Also, Home Depot workers organize and some British bits.

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We are joined by Aaron Kleinman (@BobbyBigWheel) to talk about the state legislature fights that are important going into the midterms.   

Plus David and Matt on why Right-wing Socialism, MAGACommunism, and the Doreists are wrong about socialism, politics, and the US.   Also, nurses strike in Minnesota.

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We've got a big show for y'all. We take a look at the MS water crisis and how it is born out of years of political struggle in the South. What's next with the Trump raid w/ Charles Star (@Ugarles) of the Hostile Witness Podcast. We also break down the loss of the progressive constitution in Chile and what lessons we can learn from it and more!