The Chilling Effects of Speech Policing

get full access to the postgame at ⁠patreon.com/leftreckoning⁠

Huge episode tonight! David and Matt discuss the crackdown on free speech. Then we are joined by Dr. Tom Alter, who was let go of his tenured job as a history professor at Texas State University, for engaging in free speech. We talk about what that means for Texas and the country.

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-free-speech-reinstate-dr-tom-alter-now

TSEU petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/reinstate-dr-tom-alter-defend-free-speech-at-all-universities

Socialist Horizon statement and petition: https://www.puntorojomag.org/2025/09/13/defend-free-speech-no-to-fascists-reinstate-professor-dr-tom-alter-now/

READ TOM ALTER'S EXCELLENT BOOK ON TEXAS RADICALS: https://bookshop.org/p/books/toward-a-cooperative-commonwealth-the-transplanted-roots-of-farmer-labor-radicalism-in-texas-thomas-alter/e1f7347c5ee54043

Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) join us to talk about Bolsonaro's imprisonment for his role in the attempted coup in Brazil.

Keep up with Brian's work here: https://bmier.substack.com/

Lastly, we are joined by Tamanisha J. John (@TamanishaJohn) to discuss Venezuela and the Trump administration's aggressive stance, as well as neocolonialism.

You can read the piece here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/historical-and-contemporary-role-neocolonial-caribbean-governments-supporting-us-militarism-and