Left Reckoning

support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our Sunday bonus episodesBranko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us this week to discuss the inability of Biden to meet the moment. Also, the DemonRats vs India Walton and the US arrests Venezuela's dealmaker.Strike funds!!!!!  Kellog Workers  Battle Creek https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-kelloggs-workers-on-strike-local-3g  Memphis  https://www.gofundme.com/f/udp2r-support-striking-kelloggs-workers-local-252g  Omaha  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BCTGMLocal50GStrike Lancaster  https://www.gofundme.com/f/bctgm-local-374g-strike-fund   John Deere  https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-john-deere-strike    Let’s not forget our friends in Bama   https://umwa.org/umwa2021strikefund/The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) of the Working People podcast and The Real News join us this week to discuss spectres of a strikewave, "the great resignation," right wing attempts to obfuscate what's happening, and fantasy football. Also on the show: getting serious about climate with Shell Oil and saving Russell Brand from cryptoreactionary nerds. support Kellogg's strike funds 

This is unlocked bonus content - to get access to ur back catalog and future bonus episodes support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning David and Matt discuss Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program, an important work of later Marx where he takes political phrasemakers to task and articulates what socialism is meant to mean.The Critique as an audiobook:https://youtu.be/K-WXzbVOwVIPeter Linebaugh on the Critique in Counterpunch:https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/11/afterword-to-karl-marx-critique-of-the-gotha-program/Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoningCheck out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Jacobin video editor Cale Brooks joins us tonight, check out his most recent piece in Jacobin here, an interview on NGOism: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/ngoism-nonprofit-foundation-status-quo-community-unionsDavid and Matt also discuss Sinema and the Austerity Friends defending her, and the insane prosecution of Steven Donziger.

Jacobin video editor Cale Brooks joins us tonight, check out his most recent piece in Jacobin here, an interview on NGOism: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/ngoism-nonprofit-foundation-status-quo-community-unionsDavid and Matt also discuss Sinema and the Austerity Friends defending her, and the insane prosecution of Steven Donziger.

To support the show and access our upcoming members show on the anti-CRT craze at schoolboards, become a member at patreon.com/leftreckoningWatch here: https://youtu.be/XB2DE5fN0O4Adrian Martinez (@adrianmb_cr) director, and Sam Goodman (@SamGRuta) senior communications, of larutadelclima.org join us to discuss climate justice ahead of COP26, including financial considerations for loss and damage as well as mitigation and prevention and the state of the environmental defender-protecting Escazu Agreement.Also, we discuss Sleepy Joe and broken dems and Seattle carpenters striking, as covered by Jacobin here:https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/washington-carpenters-council-strike-union-leadership-rank-and-file-agc-peter-j-mcguire-groupThe Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Support the show and get the weekly bonus episode at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David speak with David Gerard (@DavidGerard), writer of Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain to discuss crypto, particularly technologies like blockchain and smart contracts that supposedly validate utopian claims of crypto advocates in a way the currencies themselves don't.Also, what Biden's Title 42 sellout means and a Economic Update as unemployment benefits are cut to coerce labor.Day of action:https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/national-day-of-action-2021

Hear David and Matt's interview with Chuck Keeney on the Battle of Blair Mountain at patreon.com/leftreckoningWriter Dharna Noor (@DharnaNoor) joins us to talk energy. First, climate-denying Entergy is failing New Orleans and then how Texas unions are approaching climate change.Also, David and Matt SNAP on bitcoin as Bukele's promises fall through, and Israel bombs/tortures in Palestine after a daring prison escape.

Raw audio from this week's Griscom Stream. David breaks down how cynicism can be a huge problem for the Left, and takes questions from the chat. Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning 

support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes,Get the upcoming history episode for patrons only on the Battle of Blair Mountain with Charles Keeney by subscribing at patreon.com/leftreckoningBrian Mier (@BrianMTeleSUR) joins David and Matt to talk about what went down on September 7 in front of Brasil's Supreme Court. We also talk about Joe Manchin's price-fixing daughter and how a right wing judge is working with establishment Dems to try to defeat India Walton in Buffalo.Bresch price fixing: https://theintercept.com/2021/09/07/joe-manchin-epipen-price-heather-bresch/Bresch coverup at WVYhttps://www.post-gazette.com/local/2008/05/04/The-story-of-a-cover-up/stories/200805040203The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn