Left Reckoning

To watch the video or listen to the audio of this full premium episode and all Sunday content, subscribe at To watch the video or listen to the audio of the full Think Tank and all Sunday content, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David return for a jumbo-sized think tank after shedding a tear for the lonely Overstock.com CEO.

ALL OF JUNE WE ARE MAKING OUR POSTGAMES FREE TO THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY AFTER THE SHOW ON TWITCH.TV/LEFTRECKONING  Journalist Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to talk about Biden's disaster at the Summit Of The Americas & to debunk some Miami op-ed writers.   Read up here:  https://jacobin.com/2022/05/the-summit-of-the-americas-is-an-instrument-of-us-hegemony-in-latin-americaAlso, David on how the Fed plans to suppress wages and a structural analysis of trailer park price rises and an alternative model to landlords.

Get the postgame and sunday patreon shows at patreon.com/leftreckoning!David & Matt talk about the latest horror in Texas. And Alex Press (@alexnpress) joins us to talk about how Dollar General workers are fighting for a better life. https://jacobin.com/2022/05/dollar-general-workers-shareholder-rally-pay-safety

Matt Huber is a professor of geography at Syracuse University. His new book, Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet, is out from Verso Books in 2022. He joins Matt and David tonight to discuss the new book.

To watch the video or listen to the audio of this full premium episode and all Sunday content, subscribe at To watch the video or listen to the audio of the full Think Tank and all Sunday content, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoningLaw professor Veena Dubal (@VeenaDubal) joins David and Matt to discuss about the relationship between race and wages, gig work, "Third Category" labor laws, "corporate racial benevolence" and "predatory inclusion."Watch here: https://youtu.be/6Rg-FvOVlaoLearn more about this in Veena's recent work:"The False Promise of “Third-Category” Worker Laws"  https://www.theregreview.org/2022/04/19/dubal-third-category/ The New Racial Wage Code- Harvard Law and Policy Review, 2021 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3855094

Dr. Assal Rad (@AssalRad) Research Director of the National Iranian American Council joins us to talk about the humanitarian crisis in Iran & how Biden is continuing many of the Trump policies against everyday Iranians.   David & Matt break down disinvestment as class war, and an update on last night's midterm primaries.   ---------------------------------------   --------------------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/  Left Reckoning goes live Wednesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Tuesday 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

To watch the video or listen to the audio of the full Think Tank and all Sunday content, subscribe at patreon.com/leftreckoningDavid and Matt talk crypto inspiration, Steven Crowder's attempt to own the baby formula issue for the right, plus your patreon questions.

Nick Bowlin (@npbowlin), the author at High Country News, joins us to talk about the successful Starbucks union campaign in Denver, Colorado and breaks down the state's unique labor history. Read Nick's excellent piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/may/04/starbucks-anti-union-tactics  And David breaks down how Greg Abbott has used COVID to increase his power and remake the state in his image.  Read David's piece here: https://www.sublationmag.com/articles/texas%2C-covid%2C-and-the-centralization-of-powerAnd Montana GOP threatens to remove entire state supreme court if they don't ban abortion: https://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-abortion-rights-governed-by-state-law-not-scotus

Support Abortion funds! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/austindsafundathonMatt and David break down the leaked SCOTUS ruling, and talk about why this system is bad for democracy. And we are joined by independent socialist Councilmember from Minneapolis Robin Wonsley (@robin4mpls) joins us to talk about the fight to make Minneapolis work for working people. https://robinformpls.com/Also, Charlie Kirk reveals the fatal flaw of right wing populism.

Get full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/marx-reading-on-65865594?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshareIn the newest installment of the Marx reading series, David and Matt discuss Marx's Theses On Feuerbach, which ends with the famous contention: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/theses.htm