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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Left Reckoning episodes:

November 08, 2023 143 - From The River To The Sea & Reclaiming Feminism ft. Tiare Gatti Mora
Matt & David explain a popular slogan of Palestinian liberation.
And we are joined by Tiare Gatti Mora (@TiareGMora) a Spanish & Italian journalist on to talk about the left in Spain & how we can reclaim femnism from the graveyard of girlboss liberalism for the socialist movement.
Follow Tiare's work here:
https://linktr.ee/tiaregattimora
The Amber A'Lee Frost article referenced here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/daddy-issues-frost
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1h 47min
November 01, 2023 142 - UAW WINS BIG! It's Not You, It's Capitalism, & Gaza War w/ Malaika Jabali
Welcome back Left Reckoners, this week Matt & David talk about the UAW historic efforts to win for the working class.
Then we are joined by the great Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) Senior New & Politics Editor at Essence Magazine and author of "It's Not You, It's Capitalism" to talk about why it's long time we break up with Capitalism.
Get the book here!
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malaika-jabali/its-not-you-its-capitalism/9781643752648/
Read up the UAW contract and what that means for the labor movement:
https://labornotes.org/2023/10/big-3-buckled-stand-strike-spread
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1h 33min
October 26, 2023 141 - Biden Bearhugs Israel & Libertarians Against Public Groceries ft. Derek Davison
We are joined by Derek Davison (@dwdavison) of Foreign Exchange & American Prestige Podcast to talk about US & Biden's policy to Israel's attacks on Gaza, the geopolitical situation, and more.
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1h 8min
October 22, 2023 Teaser - Sunday Show ft. Carl Beijer
Carl Beijer (CarlBeijer.com) joins us once again to talk Cornel West, where the different voting bases are with wars overseas and his most recent piece: "War casualties are usually inflicted by the other side" https://www.carlbeijer.com/p/war-casualties-are-usually-inflicted

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11min
October 18, 2023 140 - STAND WITH GAZA + Nurses Strike Back
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Matt & David talk about the inhumanity of the siege on Gaza, the despicable political response, and how this is not the time to shy away.
Then we are joined by nurses from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey who have been on strike demanding better staffing, higher pay, and basic worker's rights.
Support the strike here: https://safestaffingnj.org/
You can read more about this by Sudip Bhattacharya here: https://jacobin.com/2023/10/robert-wood-johnson-hospital-nurses-strike-new-jersey-short-staffing?fbclid=IwAR3Nvxr_Kd7y53IhW1ztNm4NNAyv7vQK5E1owYfklGU7yQFgcxzinrZRfXw
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1h 28min
October 11, 2023 139 - Palestine & The US Role In Occupation w/ Moureen Kaki & Ben Burgis
In this week's LR Matt & David speak with Palestinian activist and filmmaker Moureen Kaki & Ben Burgis @benburgis about the conflict in Gaza, the Israeli Occupation, and the US role in maintaining apartheid.
Follow San Antonio for Justice in Palestine here: https://www.instagram.com/sajp1948/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
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1h 12min
October 08, 2023 Teaser - Sunday Show - Unexpected Materialist Jordan Peterson
Here's a portion of today's Sunday Show, the full show available for members at patreon.com/leftreckoning
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15min
October 04, 2023 138 - Russia's Invasion & Ukraine's Collaboration Law w/ Alice Speri
Matt & David talk about how the right became obsessed with a subdivision in Texas.
#Ukraine
Then Alice Speri (@alicesperi) a journalist with The Intercept joins us to talk about her piece in the Intercept "Enemies Within" a look at the violence faced by Ukrainians from the Russian invasion and how the collaboration in Ukraine is adding to the pain of those who faced the brunt of Russian occupation.
Read the story here:https://theintercept.com/2023/09/27/ukraine-russia-war-crimes-sexual-violence-collaborators/
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1h 17min
September 27, 2023 137 - Responding To UAW Critics w/ Jacob Morrison
Support the show and get our Sunday conversation and postgame show at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Biden is walking the UAW picket line and Donald Trump is holding a rally, we take a minute to update folks on the historic UAW Strike. Then we have Jacob Morrison (@JacobM_AL) of the Valley Labor Report to talk about the strike, respond to some of the 'left' criticism of Shan Fain and the UAW, and more.
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1h 18min
September 20, 2023 136 - Unaccountability In Texas & The Right Vs Equality w/ Matt McManus
Hey friends! We are back this week with another episode of Left Reckoning. First up we are going to be talking Ken Paxton's acquittal and how Texas is where accountability goes die. Next up we have Matt McManus @MattPolProf on to talk about his new book The Political Right and Equality out from Routledge, we talk about the philosophical base of the rightwing in the US and the world.
Pick up Matt's book here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Right-and-Equality-Turning-Back-the-Tide-of-Egalitarian-Modernity/McManus/p/book/9781032310831
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1h 32min

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