Left Reckoning

By 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 strug... more

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The podcast currently has 276 episodes available.

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June 28, 2023 124 - Prigozhin's Mutiny & What It Means For Putin's Invasion ft. Yasha Levine
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:
https://pca.st/lkz89lvn
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1h 5min
June 21, 2023 123 - Reclaiming Utopia & Texas' Death Star Bill ft. Alex Birnel
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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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1h 21min
June 15, 2023 Building Solidarity With Cuba & The Left - Griscom Stream
Hey friends this audio from today's Griscom Stream, to support the show and get access to all bonus episodes sign up at patreon.com/leftreckoning
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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1h 13min
June 14, 2023 122 - Marxism and "Woke" Corportations ft. Nick French
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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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1h 15min
June 07, 2023 121 - The End Of Left Populism? & Erdogan Holds On w/ Alex Hochuli & Djene Bajalan
Support the show and get our recent Sunday conversations with Jeremy Appel on Alberta and Emma Vigeland at patreon.com/majority
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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1h 28min
May 31, 2023 120 - Rich People In Space & Diving Deep In Minnesota w/ Corey Pein & Isi Baehr-Breen
support the show and hear our Sunday Shows, most recently with Emma Vigeland on crime and public saftey at patreon.com/leftreckoning

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.
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1h 36min
May 27, 2023 Special Report - Henry Kissinger 100 Years: New Warcrimes Exposed By The Intercept w/ Nick Turse
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/
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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
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Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning
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May 24, 2023 119 - The Weird Return Of The LaRouche Cult & Ron Desantis To Announce ft. Donald Parkinson
Support the show and hear this Sunday's talk with Emma Vigeland at patreon.com/leftreckoning
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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1h 49min
May 18, 2023 Special Report: How Brandon Johnson & The Working-Class Won In Chicago
This is audio from this week's Griscom Stream - catch them live Thursday afternoons on Youtube!
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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46min
May 17, 2023 118 - The Post-Bernie Left & Understanding Imperialism w/ Vivek Chibber
Support the show and get the postgame (this week with Matt Huber) and Sunday Show at patreon.com/leftreckoning

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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1h 8min

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