Left Reckoning

Welcome to episode 105 - we talk to Dr. Robert Buzzanco (@PodcastGreenRed) on the history of the Vietnam War, Seneca & Sam join us from Austin DSA to talk about how the police are trying to undermine democracy and how you can push back. And Matt & Dave talk about the train derailment and the neoliberal system is to blame. EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION IN AUSTIN - PLEASE SIGN UP TO TELL THE COPS AND THE CITY COUNCIL VOTERS SHOULD DECIDE ON THE NEXT POLICE CONTRACT NOT THE DISGRACED CITY MANAGER - LINKS TO GET INVOLVED ON WEDS FEB 15TH: Sign up to testify:  https://linktr.ee/atxdivest22 Donate to Austin DSA:  https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/donate-to-austin-dsa  Red Fault piece:  https://redfault.com/cronk-reign-ends/ Check out the Green & Red Podcast:  https://greenandredpodcast.org/

Welcome to this week's Left Reckoning, Matt is away but David has a great show for y'all. We are joined by Madison Hilly (@MadiHilly) founder of the Campaign For Green Nuclear Deal to talk about the progressive case for nuclear power. Some links for further reading: Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island, & Nuclear Waste: https://twitter.com/MadiHilly/status/1557399822600216577?s=20&t=M3qcWafRPWaMDy4uau6OOQ Radiation: https://madihilly.substack.com/p/dose-of-reality-a-primer-on-the-health Repowering coal plants: https://gndcampaign.org/repowering-coal Campaign For A Green Nuclear Deal: https://gndcampaign.org/ Plus David breaks down how Wall Street is buying more of our water out West. MERCH STORE IS LIVE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday afternoon. To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Matt Huber (@MattHuber78) joins David and Matt to discuss his piece in Verso, "No Hollywood Ending for the Green New Deal" and climate activism following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.  First, Elon and SpaceX are wearing out their welcome in Texas.   Also, Matt discusses the enraging story behind this GoFundMe for the North Dakotan family of a 2 year old with leukemia. https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-baby-willy

Tonight Andrew Perez (@AndrewPerezDC) joins Matt to discuss two of his recent pieces published at The Lever. https://www.levernews.com/author/andrew-perez/   Union stories: https://jacobin.com/2023/01/bureau-of-labor-statistics-2022-report-union-density-decline-organizing/   https://lbo-news.com/2023/01/19/union-density-keeps-falling/   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-12/starbucks-workers-inspire-amazon-union-show-labor-s-power   https://workdaymagazine.org/starbucks-is-trying-to-wear-workers-down-through-its-relentless-soft-union-busting/

Matt is joined by Robert Skvarla (@RobertSkvarla) to talk about Republican noise that they plan another Church Committee, who Frank Church was, what transparency looks like, and our infantilized understanding of what is done in our name. Read Robert's piece on Alex Jones: http://www.mondoamericana.net/2021/03/30/bohemian-grove-alex-jones/

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT TO GET US TO EP 100, SUPPORT THE SHOW SO WE CAN KEEP GROWING AT PATREON.COM/LEFTRECKONING   Bhaskar Sunkara (@SunRaySunRay) founder of Jacobin and President of The Nation joins us to talk about the current moment the left is in the US after two influential but unsuccessful Bernie Sanders campaigns.    Then Brian Mier (@BrianMierTeleSur) of TeleSur and Brasilwire joins us to talk about Lula's inauguration and the attempt by Bolsonaro supporters to attack Brazillian democracy.    COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON JAN 2023 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents   MERCH STORE IS LIVE - https://leftreckoning.com/store

Get the full show and the members show archive at patreon.com/leftreckoning Writer and activist Max Berger (@MaxBerger) joins us to talk about the unlikely pairing of cryptocurrency and lobbying groups AIPAC and DMFI. SBF's "injustice democrats" and the fight against progressives in democrat primaries. AIPAC and DMFI's strategy of funding opponents of candidates who may criticize Israel. SBF and the Injustice Democrats: How SBF, AIPAC and pro-Trump billionaires coordinated to crush the left https://maxberger.substack.com/p/sbf-and-the-injustice-democrats

Support the show at Patreon.com/LeftReckoning and get the postgame and Sunday bonus episodes. Jacobin Staff writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us to talk about how the FBI & US govt are already active in their attempts to silence the left on Twitter & other social media platforms & why we have to take that threat seriously. You can read Branko's piece here:  https://jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorship-content-moderation-intelligence-agencies-surveillance   Plus Matt & Dave break down, once again, how the claims that the GOP represents a new shift to working-class politics is marketing and bad marketing at that.    COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON JAN 2023 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents

David and Matt end the year by awarding Bum Steer of the Year and induct an old favorite into the Bum Steer Hall of Fame

Adult film stars Xander Corvus (@xcorvus777) & Summer Hart (@SummerHartxxx) joined us to talk about worker's rights and free speech in their industry, and how workers are doing mutual aid working in Las Vegas (@SWAIDvegas).   https://swaidvegas.org/  Matt & David also break down how Brian Kemp and the GOP are targeting protesters in Atlanta.   C OME SEE US LIVE IN NYC ON JAN 2023 - https://www.ticketweb.com/event/this-is-revolution-left-reckoning-cutting-room-tickets/12706315?pl=cegpresents&REFID=clientsitewp&edpPlParam=%3Fpl%3Dcegpresents MERCH STORE IS LIVE - https://leftreckoning.com/store-------  Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/  Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday afternoon.    To get access to all the bonus episodes, including more Hitchens conversations & deep dives into radical US history, Lenin, James Connolly & more support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning - for just $5 you help make the public show possible and get double the bonus content.    Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning  Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom  Instagram: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning