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 287 episodes available.

Left Reckoning episodes:

September 13, 2023 135 - The Rich Are Wreckers & Can The Left Keep Mexico? w/ Kurt Hackbarth
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
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1h 27min
September 06, 2023 134 - Paxton Watch & Who's Spying On You? ft. Robert Skvarla
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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1h 27min
August 30, 2023 133 - The YIMBY Technocrat Problem & Mining The Future w/ Nick Bowlin
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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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1h 29min
August 23, 2023 132 - Evaluating The Squad w/ Branko Marcetic + Minion Death Cult on the UPS Vote
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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.
Check out Minion Death Cult on tour with Antifada and Pod Damn America:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/minion-death-cult-live-tickets-691958234707
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1h 19min
August 16, 2023 131 - Tyranny Inc & Right Wing Populism? w/ Sohrab Ahmari
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/
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1h 16min
August 09, 2023 130 - Degrowth Isn't Just Bad Politics, It's Bad Economics w/ Cale Brooks
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/
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1h 21min
August 03, 2023 129 - Why The RIGHT Loves Oil w/ Dharna Noor
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
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1h 9min
July 26, 2023 128 - Teamsters Win Big? & Desantis Sweating With Russell Brand
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
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1h 29min
July 19, 2023 127 - Israel Is Bulldozing Palestinian Schools & Texas' Brutal Border w/ Basel Adra
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/
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1h 20min
July 12, 2023 126 - Minnesota's Farmer-Labor Movement ft. Anders J Lee
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/
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59min

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