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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Episodes347

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Feb 1, 2022 · 2 min
TEASER - Stephen Jay Gould, Radical Scientists, & the Long Fight Against Reactionary Genetics ft. Kevin Bird
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." Check out Kevin's review of the book at Massive Science here: https://massivesci.com/articles/genetic-lottery-review-paige-harden-kevin-bird/
Jan 27, 2022 · 2 hr 10 min
51 - Vampires Against Student Loan Forgiveness, Public Housing New M4A? & TX Tesla Deal w/ Marshall Steinbaum & Bob Libal
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.
Jan 20, 2022 · 1 hr 38 min
50 - Love & Power, MLK, Michael Brooks, And Hitchens ft. Ben Burgis
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.
Jan 13, 2022 · 1 hr 48 min
49 - Dems Insider Trader & The End Of Mass Politics? ft. Daniel Bessner & Djene Bajalan
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.
Dec 24, 2021 · 1 hr 52 min
*Raw Audio* Christmas Stream & Bum Steer + Q&A
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.
Dec 16, 2021 · 1 hr 56 min
48 - Masculinity and the Left & Capitalist Tornado Negligence ft. Liza Featherstone
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.
Dec 14, 2021 · 1 hr 9 min
What Is The GOP? - Griscom Stream *Raw Audio*
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
Dec 9, 2021 · 1 hr 35 min
47 - Barbados Bucks Queen and Moocher Musk Demands Time-Out ft. Tamanisha John
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 get them and Dan Crenshaw attempts to discipline the craziers of the GOP. Follow Tamanisha John on twitter @TamanishaJohn
Dec 8, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min
*Raw Audio* American Socialism - Q&A Stream
Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream - catch them live on Youtube Tuesday afternoons.
Dec 2, 2021 · 1 hr 37 min
46 - Working Class Politics in Pennsylvania & The Inflation Swindle ft. Paul Prescod
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 victory in Honduras and the 2009 coup. And a classic GEM segment on the current inflation panic. Donate to Paul! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fri... Follow Paul Prescod on Twitter https://twitter.com/paul_prescod Visit his website https://www.paulprescod.com/
Dec 1, 2021 · 55 min
Is Marx An Economic Determinist? ft. Lillian Cicerchia (Holiday LR)
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
Nov 18, 2021 · 1 hr 31 min
45 - Who Ended Apartheid & No Free Speech for Mine Workers ft William Shoki & Jacob from the Valley Labor Report
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 recommend the work of Stephen Jay Gould on IQ.
Nov 11, 2021 · 1 hr 52 min
44 - The Strikes Continue & South Carolina Politics and Is Nikki Haley the Better Jeb!? ft. Paul Bowers
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. Tim Scott and Nikki Haley. Check out Paul's work here: https://brutalsouth.substack.com/ Also, COP26 is a world-sized failure.
Nov 4, 2021 · 1 hr 43 min
Episode 43 - Climate Inaction & the US = History's #1 Human Caging Machine ft. Alec Karakatsanis
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 Cop26 cop-out.
Oct 28, 2021 · 1 hr 44 min
42 - Charlie Kirk Schooled By Dr. Ben & Courts Against the People ft. Ben Burgis
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 progressives should probably kill the bills.
Oct 21, 2021 · 1 hr 19 min
41 - Yesterday's Man, Today: Sleepy Joe and the DemonRats ft. Branko Marcetic
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 https://www.gofundme.com/f/udp2r-support-striking-kelloggs-workers-local-252g Omaha https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BCTGMLocal50GStrike Lancaster https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-374g-strike-fund John Deere https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-john-deere-strike Let’s not forget our friends in Bama https://umwa.org/umwa2021strikefund/ The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn
Oct 14, 2021 · 2 hr 1 min
Episode 40 - The Great Resignation, Striketober, and the Mythology of Capitalism ft Maximillian Alvarez
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 strike funds
Oct 11, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min
*Bonus Unlocked * Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program
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 Linebaugh on the Critique in Counterpunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/11/afterword-to-karl-marx-critique-of-the-gotha-program/ Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning
Oct 7, 2021 · 1 hr 35 min
Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks
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.
Oct 7, 2021 · 1 hr 35 min
Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks
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.

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Episodes347

TEASER - Stephen Jay Gould, Radical Scientists, & the Long Fight Against Reactionary Genetics ft. Kevin Bird

51 - Vampires Against Student Loan Forgiveness, Public Housing New M4A? & TX Tesla Deal w/ Marshall Steinbaum & Bob Libal

50 - Love & Power, MLK, Michael Brooks, And Hitchens ft. Ben Burgis

49 - Dems Insider Trader & The End Of Mass Politics? ft. Daniel Bessner & Djene Bajalan

Raw Audio Christmas Stream & Bum Steer + Q&A

48 - Masculinity and the Left & Capitalist Tornado Negligence ft. Liza Featherstone

What Is The GOP? - Griscom Stream Raw Audio

47 - Barbados Bucks Queen and Moocher Musk Demands Time-Out ft. Tamanisha John

Raw Audio American Socialism - Q&A Stream

46 - Working Class Politics in Pennsylvania & The Inflation Swindle ft. Paul Prescod

Is Marx An Economic Determinist? ft. Lillian Cicerchia (Holiday LR)

45 - Who Ended Apartheid & No Free Speech for Mine Workers ft William Shoki & Jacob from the Valley Labor Report

44 - The Strikes Continue & South Carolina Politics and Is Nikki Haley the Better Jeb!? ft. Paul Bowers

Episode 43 - Climate Inaction & the US = History's #1 Human Caging Machine ft. Alec Karakatsanis

42 - Charlie Kirk Schooled By Dr. Ben & Courts Against the People ft. Ben Burgis

41 - Yesterday's Man, Today: Sleepy Joe and the DemonRats ft. Branko Marcetic

Episode 40 - The Great Resignation, Striketober, and the Mythology of Capitalism ft Maximillian Alvarez

Bonus Unlocked Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program

Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks

Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks

Left Reckoning

TEASER - Stephen Jay Gould, Radical Scientists, & the Long Fight Against Reactionary Genetics ft. Kevin Bird

51 - Vampires Against Student Loan Forgiveness, Public Housing New M4A? & TX Tesla Deal w/ Marshall Steinbaum & Bob Libal

50 - Love & Power, MLK, Michael Brooks, And Hitchens ft. Ben Burgis

49 - Dems Insider Trader & The End Of Mass Politics? ft. Daniel Bessner & Djene Bajalan

*Raw Audio* Christmas Stream & Bum Steer + Q&A

48 - Masculinity and the Left & Capitalist Tornado Negligence ft. Liza Featherstone

What Is The GOP? - Griscom Stream *Raw Audio*

47 - Barbados Bucks Queen and Moocher Musk Demands Time-Out ft. Tamanisha John

*Raw Audio* American Socialism - Q&A Stream

46 - Working Class Politics in Pennsylvania & The Inflation Swindle ft. Paul Prescod

Is Marx An Economic Determinist? ft. Lillian Cicerchia (Holiday LR)

45 - Who Ended Apartheid & No Free Speech for Mine Workers ft William Shoki & Jacob from the Valley Labor Report

44 - The Strikes Continue & South Carolina Politics and Is Nikki Haley the Better Jeb!? ft. Paul Bowers

Episode 43 - Climate Inaction & the US = History's #1 Human Caging Machine ft. Alec Karakatsanis

42 - Charlie Kirk Schooled By Dr. Ben & Courts Against the People ft. Ben Burgis

41 - Yesterday's Man, Today: Sleepy Joe and the DemonRats ft. Branko Marcetic

Episode 40 - The Great Resignation, Striketober, and the Mythology of Capitalism ft Maximillian Alvarez

*Bonus Unlocked * Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program

Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks

Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks

Raw Audio Christmas Stream & Bum Steer + Q&A

What Is The GOP? - Griscom Stream Raw Audio

Raw Audio American Socialism - Q&A Stream

Bonus Unlocked Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program