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August 25, 2024 Teaser - Hal Draper: Lesser Evil vs Tweedledum-Tweedledee in 1968
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David and Matt return to Hal Draper, this time his 1967 essay "Who’s going to be the lesser-evil in 1968?"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1967/01/lesser.htm
12 min
August 21, 2024 182 - CHICAGO DNC UPDATE w/ Elias Cepeda
We are joined again by Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to give an update on what is happening on the ground in Chicago. Plus, Matt & Dave give there take on what we've seen so far from the gathering of Democratic Party officials and spokespeople.

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00:00 Start
0:45 Intro
6:25 Unfair Interference With UAW?
19:41 DNC Protest Update Elias Cepeda
47:30 Can The Socialist Movement Be Saved?

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1 hr 21 min
August 18, 2024 Teaser - The Venture Capitalists Plan Their Exit ft. Olivier Jutel
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Matt is joined by Dr Olivier Jutel to talk about his recent academic article, "The Network State, Venture Capital and the Political Economy of Exit." We talk about the Network State Movement, Balaji Srinivasan, and where these crypto scammers get off.
Read here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382796473_The_Network_State_Venture_Capital_and_the_Political_Economy_of_Exit
8 min
August 15, 2024 Summer Reckoning - Remembering Michael Brooks & Forgetting Rogan's Endorsement
Hey folks, tonight Matt has a few things to say on what would have been Michael Brooks' 41st birthday and David and Matt talk Rogan saying RFK is the one (as a person) and talk about Kamala's Palestine positioning.
1 hr 9 min
August 14, 2024 Summer Reckoning - Remembering Michael Brooks & Forgetting Rogan's Endorsement
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Hey folks, tonight Matt has a few things to say on what would have been Michael Brooks' 41st birthday and David and Matt talk Rogan saying RFK is the one (as a person) and talk about Kamala's Palestine positioning.
1 hr 9 min
August 07, 2024 181 - SELLOFF, Tim Walz Picked, & Olympic Gender Hysteria ft. Elias Cepeda
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Griscom breaks down the weekend's Wall Street news and we talk about Harris' Walz pick.
Also, we are joined by our friend Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about the Olympic gender hysteria and Foundation Chicago - https://www.foundationchicago.com/
1 hr 23 min
August 04, 2024 Sunday Show: Kamala's Wall St. Welcome & An Unlikely Transvestigation
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David and Matt talk about Kyle Rittenhouse getting diced up after endorsing Ron Paul and then take a looks at Kamala.
12 min
August 01, 2024 Cheap Ways Out: Drug War, Harm Reduction, & Libertarian Leftism ft. Dustin Guastella
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Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us once again to discuss his recent piece in Damage Magazine, "Making the Present the Enemy of the Future," on the false promise of harm reduction and the more affirmative role the state must play in regulating drug use and treating addiction. Dustin Guastella is the director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia.

Read here: https://damagemag.com/2024/04/15/making-the-present-the-enemy-of-the-future/

Show notes:
00:00 Introduction and Background
07:22 The Tension Between Harm Reduction and Compulsory Treatment
26:27 Articulating a Comprehensive Solution to Addiction
37:10 The Need for Federal Investment in Addiction Treatment
40:03 Building a Positive Moral Vision for the Left
42 min
July 30, 2024 180 - Venezuela Doesn't Need US & Texas Oil Baron's Extreme Influence ft. Dharna Noor
Matt talks about Venezuela a bit before we release David's chat with Dharna Noor. Followed by a teaser of our conversation with The Antifada's Sean KB re Sean O'Brien and the Teamsters. Hear that full 45 minute conversation at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Dharna Noor joins LR once again, this time to discuss her recent piece in The Guardian about the Texan billionaire Tim Dunn Read Dharna's piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jul/11/tim-dunn-texas-oil-billionaire-trump
48 min
July 24, 2024 179 - Biden Gone! & Is Kamala Harris Who You Think She Is? ft. Branko Marcetic
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We are joined by Jacobin writer and author of the definitive Biden takedown "Yesterday's Man" Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race, and the rise of his VP Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic Party candidate.
Read Branko's work on Biden dropping out and Kamala Harris:
https://jacobin.com/2024/07/kamala-harris-2024-biden-trump
https://jacobin.com/2024/07/biden-2024-dropout-gaza-legacy
1 hr 21 min

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