Left Reckoning

Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international struggle and Texas, the South, & the West. The weekly show is live on Youtube @ 2:30 ET/1:30 CT!

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Jan 18, 2023 · 39 min
101 - The Church Committee, Jim Jordan, and Exposing The Deep State ft. Robert Skvarla
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/
Jan 11, 2023 · 1 hr 46 min
100 - What's Next For The Left & Dumb Coup In Brazil? w/ Bhaskar Sunkara & Brian Mier
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 and Brasilwire joins us to talk about Lula's inauguration and the attempt by Bolsonaro supporters to attack Brazillian democracy. COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON JAN 2023 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents MERCH STORE IS LIVE - https://leftreckoning.com/store
Jan 9, 2023 · 5 min
Teaser - Who Were SBF's Democrats? Crypto, AIPAC, & the "Injustice Dems" ft. Max Berger
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 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
Jan 4, 2023 · 1 hr 42 min
99 - What's Serious In The Twitter Files & The GOP Is No Worker's Party w/ Branko Marcetic
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://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. COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON JAN 2023 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents
Dec 29, 2022 · 1 hr 41 min
Holiday Special: Bum Steer of the Year and Hall of Fame
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
Dec 21, 2022 · 1 hr 32 min
98 - Free Speech & Worker's Rights Are Sexy ft. Xander Corvus & Summer Hart
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 NYC ON JAN 2023 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents MERCH STORE IS LIVE - 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
Dec 14, 2022 · 1 hr 26 min
97 - Musk, Chappelle, & The Right-Wing Comedy Myth w/ Mike Recine
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
Dec 7, 2022 · 1 hr 46 min
96 - How Newspapers Lie & Ballot Initiatives 4 Progress? w/ Kurt Hackbarth & Benjamin Case
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 COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON JAN 2022 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents
Nov 30, 2022 · 1 hr 25 min
95 - Biden Turns Back On Rail Workers & COP27 Recap w/ Sam Goodman
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.
Nov 23, 2022 · 37 min
94 - Why the Pentagon Loves First-Person Shooters ft. Daniel Bessner
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.
Nov 16, 2022 · 1 hr 38 min
93 - Cancel The Debt Biden, Musk Abuses Labor, & TN Coal Wars w/ Debt Collective & Ryan Zickgraf
Support the show and get the postgame and Sunday episodes at patreon.com/leftreckoning 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" Get more info on Debt Collective here: https://debtcollective.org/ more links: https://linktr.ee/debtcollective Follow Ryan's work at Jacobin and on substack: https://thethirdrail.substack.com/
Nov 13, 2022 · 7 min
Teaser - Think Tank November 2022
This is a teaser of this weekend's member's only show, available for subscribers at patreon.com/leftreckoning Matt and David talk Vonnegut, Chapo's "Normal Whites" theory, Musk on Twitter and your calls and IMs!
Nov 10, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
92 - Midterm Round Up ft. Cale Brooks & Emma Vigeland
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!
Nov 2, 2022 · 23 min
Candidate Showcase: Fatima Iqbal-Zubair California Assembly District 65
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/ MERCH STORE IS LIVE - 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
Nov 2, 2022 · 2 hr 6 min
91 - LULA WINS & Understanding The Deep State w/ Deep State Kuba
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. Support the show and get the postgame and Sunday shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Oct 26, 2022 · 56 min
90 - Interrogating "MAGA Communism" ft. Breht O'Shea
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.
Oct 19, 2022 · 1 hr 57 min
89 - How To Do Marxist History: The British Marxist Historians w/ Harvey J Kaye
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 Grab the book! https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/british-marxist-historians MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store
Oct 12, 2022 · 1 hr 39 min
88 - Tech Censorship & What's Going In Utah? ft. Brigham Young Money
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. Follow Kyle, Greg and Jordan on twitter: @kylypso, @DadShammdad, and @SLCLunk
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 hr 3 min
87 - Media Gets Lula's Win Wrong & The Problem With NGOs w/ Brian Mier, Ben Fong, & Melissa Naschek
support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to get the postgame and Sunday shows 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
Oct 1, 2022 · 52 min
Special - The Killing of Mahsa Amini and Iran's "Death to the Dictator" Protests ft. Assal Rad
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. Support the show and get the Postgame and Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning

Left Reckoning

101 - The Church Committee, Jim Jordan, and Exposing The Deep State ft. Robert Skvarla

100 - What's Next For The Left & Dumb Coup In Brazil? w/ Bhaskar Sunkara & Brian Mier

Teaser - Who Were SBF's Democrats? Crypto, AIPAC, & the "Injustice Dems" ft. Max Berger

99 - What's Serious In The Twitter Files & The GOP Is No Worker's Party w/ Branko Marcetic

Holiday Special: Bum Steer of the Year and Hall of Fame

98 - Free Speech & Worker's Rights Are Sexy ft. Xander Corvus & Summer Hart

97 - Musk, Chappelle, & The Right-Wing Comedy Myth w/ Mike Recine

96 - How Newspapers Lie & Ballot Initiatives 4 Progress? w/ Kurt Hackbarth & Benjamin Case

95 - Biden Turns Back On Rail Workers & COP27 Recap w/ Sam Goodman

94 - Why the Pentagon Loves First-Person Shooters ft. Daniel Bessner

93 - Cancel The Debt Biden, Musk Abuses Labor, & TN Coal Wars w/ Debt Collective & Ryan Zickgraf

Teaser - Think Tank November 2022

92 - Midterm Round Up ft. Cale Brooks & Emma Vigeland

Candidate Showcase: Fatima Iqbal-Zubair California Assembly District 65

91 - LULA WINS & Understanding The Deep State w/ Deep State Kuba

90 - Interrogating "MAGA Communism" ft. Breht O'Shea

89 - How To Do Marxist History: The British Marxist Historians w/ Harvey J Kaye

88 - Tech Censorship & What's Going In Utah? ft. Brigham Young Money

87 - Media Gets Lula's Win Wrong & The Problem With NGOs w/ Brian Mier, Ben Fong, & Melissa Naschek

Special - The Killing of Mahsa Amini and Iran's "Death to the Dictator" Protests ft. Assal Rad