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The fight continues as miners strike in Alabama. Then Cale joins us to discuss posting, political education, and politics. Then Jim and Laura join us to discuss their doc on Medicaid expansion in Idaho. Finally, an update on Ecuador and Peru.

Read Cale's (@CaleBroooks) article in Jacobin: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/online-organizing-left-social-media-after-bernie-covid 

Check out Laura and Jim's film: https://www.reclaimidahofilm.com/

The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl
The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

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The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl
The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

First, the fight against Amazon and to organize workers continues.

Nathan Bernard (@NathanTBernard) joins us to talk about Portland, Maine nurses organizing and the liberal union buster brought in to stop them, as seen in his piece "“Liberal” Union Buster on the Loose in Portland" in Mainer News.

Finally, oil externalities in Texas, elections in Ecuador and Peru, and Kamala's Water Wars.

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First, "Big Dan Rodimer" steps in poop and  Texas drags its spurs on fixing the grid.

Cartoonist and activist Brian "Box" Brown (@BoxBrown) joins us to discuss weed legalization legislation making its way through the states. How Cuomo's political downfall opened the way for a pretty good bill in New York and the ramifications that'll have on other states.

Finally, the enclosure of commons in the form of water privatization continues, as does the brutality of the American border and IP insanity for vaccine distribution.

The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl
The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

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Amazon is still aggresively up to bullshit in Bessemer.

Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) joins us to talk about the lawfare recall effort directed at her by big money interests in Seattle and how the left can build power outside of the democratic party.

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https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/

Then, Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins us to talk about the heroic formation of the NBA Players Association leveraging the 1964 All-Star game, NBA in Seattle, and Luka Doncic and 2021 defensive standouts.

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https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/

The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl
The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

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Tonight, Victor Pougy (@vpougy) joins us for the full story of how the Lava Jato investigation was exposed as a hit job and how Lula looks to be the frontrunner against Bolsonaro in the next election. Also, what to make of Biden spending and a discussion on Bitcoin and NFTs.

The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl
The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

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Matt Karp (@Karpmj), contributing editor to Jacobin and 19th century historian joins us to talk about class dealignment in the Gilded Age and how we could be entering a similar phase under Biden. Also, what does the Covid relief spending mean for Matt's thesis?

Also, Lula is cleared to run again next year.

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Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus_) of Machete y Mate (@MacheteyMate), a revolutionary Marxist podcast emphasizing Latin American politics, joins us to discuss Puerto Rican independence vs statehood, the significance of the election in Ecuador and how understand apparent splits between the indigenous and socialist left there, as well as the durability of the "pink tide" and cause for optimism re the latin american left.

Also, America's infrastructure failing in Jackson and Michael Moore takes the first weekly Bum Steer award.

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Historian Peter Linebaugh joins Matt to discuss his newest book, "Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard."

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David and Matt discuss Ted Cruz and the electricity disaster in Texas before welcoming Jacob and David from the Valley Labor Report (@LaborReporters) to speak on the Alabama Amazon Union drive.

Then, David interviews Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley) on state theory and capitalism during covid.

The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant Ertl https://www.grantertl.com/

The music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn https://christophbruhn.com/