Left Reckoning

Matt & David break down Lula's win against the far-right, and then are joined by Deep State Kuba (@DrKuba2) to talk about the US deep state, who's in it, what it wants, and how to struggle against it.   Support the show and get the postgame and Sunday shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning

Breht of @RevLeftRadio joins Matt and David this week to take an even closer look at the nonsense of the right wing's supposedly left wing opportunists.

Our friend Harvey J. Kaye (@harveyjkaye) author of "The British Marxist Historians" joins us to talk about the re-release of his classic work, how to do Marxist history, and how the left can use history to win.   Voting Record Excel: https://twitter.com/aaronnarraph/status/1579954538022572032?s=20&t=OIcHDr7xTjBNMO8MC75djA Grab the book! https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/british-marxist-historians MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store

Matt and David talk about being censored from YouTube and Matt talks to the boys from the Brigham Young Money podcast for an overview of their home state of Utah.Follow Kyle, Greg and Jordan on twitter:@kylypso, @DadShammdad, and @SLCLunk

support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to get the postgame and Sunday showsPacked show! First up Matt talks to David about his new piece in Jacobin, When Texas Cowboys Fought Private Property: https://jacobin.com/2022/10/texas-fence-cutting-wars-enclosures-cowboys  Then Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) joins us to break down the results of the Brazil's 1st Round Presidential elections, and how the media has gotten the results wrong. Read Brian's piece in BrasilWire here:  https://www.brasilwire.com/media-spins-lula-victory-as-defeat/  And then Ben Fong & Melissa Naschek join David to talk about the problems with NGOs and the Left, and what we can do about it. Read their piece in Catalyst here:  https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/ngoism-the-politics-of-the-third-sector  Benjamin Fong has a new book coming out next year printed by Verso "Drugs in American Capitalism"  https://www.versobooks.com/books/4176-drugs-in-american-capitalism

Assal Rad (@AssalRad), Research Director at NIAC Action, joins David and Matt once again, this time to discuss the ongoing protests in Iran following Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of the morality police.Support the show and get the Postgame and Sunday Shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning

We are joined by journalist Dharna Noor (@dharnanoor) of the Boston Globe to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act, and the fight between Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin.   Read more of Dharna's work here:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/16/science/will-king-charles-be-climate-king/  Read David's piece on the IRA here: https://www.gndmedia.co.uk/articles/inflation-reduction-act-far-cry-from-green-new-deal  MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store

Matt is joined by GP Jacob on Money.Power.Land.Solidarity joins Matt to talk about the struggle to implement voted-for rent control in Minneapolis and St Paul.Also, Home Depot workers organize and some British bits.Check out Jacob's show, including the Rent Control Radio episodes, at:https://www.patreon.com/moneypowerlandsolidarity

We are joined by Aaron Kleinman (@BobbyBigWheel) to talk about the state legislature fights that are important going into the midterms.   Plus David and Matt on why Right-wing Socialism, MAGACommunism, and the Doreists are wrong about socialism, politics, and the US.   Also, nurses strike in Minnesota.MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store

Support the show and get the weekend bonus content at patreon.com/leftreckoningWe've got a big show for y'all. We take a look at the MS water crisis and how it is born out of years of political struggle in the South. What's next with the Trump raid w/ Charles Star (@Ugarles) of the Hostile Witness Podcast. We also break down the loss of the progressive constitution in Chile and what lessons we can learn from it and more!