Left Reckoning

We are joined by our friend Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about worker's rights in UFC, Chris Smalls and AOC. Check out Elias substack here:   https://eliascepeda.substack.com/p/lets-hear-it-for-the-good-guy-aljamain?s=rAlso, Bernie 2024, Assange extradition, and why Twitter should pay you

TO GET THIS FULL EPISODE AND ALL LEFT RECKONING SUNDAY SHOWS, GO TO PATREON.COM/LEFTRECKONING Lillian Cicerchia joins us to talk about her latest in Jacobin, "Liberal Freedoms Were Won Despite, Not Because of, Capitalism," a review of Revisiting Marx’s Critique of Liberalism: Rethinking Justice, Legality and Rights by Igor Shoikhebrod. Who are liberal rights most important to, and who won them? What was Marx's position? Lenin's? What are "formal freedoms."

Journalist Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to talk about AMLO's victory in the recall election, the right-wing think tanks worried about public energy, and the NYT anti-AMLO coverage.   Read up here:  https://jacobinmag.com/2022/04/us-think-tanks-amlo-morena-energy-reform-baker-instituteAlso, Greg Abbott's migrant van stunt is barely obscuring a Texas-sized border mess of his own creation. And we were right about Jayapal as CPC endorses Shontel Brown.

Wosny Lambre (@BigWos) joins David and Matt to discuss the "player empowerment era" and what capitalist exploitation of labor looks like in the context of professional basketball. Also, Starbucks and Amazon employees continue to inspire a roused labor movement in the US.

Andrew Perez (@andrewperezdc) of The Lever (fmr. known as The Daily Poster) - will be joining us to talk about the dark money behind Sinema and the fight to neuter the EPA.https://www.levernews.com/pharma-front-group-to-sinema-we-have-your-back/https://www.levernews.com/koch-machine-pressing-supreme-court-to-crush-epa/Also, the Oceti Sakowin stands up to a racist hotelier in South Dakota and management at Applebees emails the quiet part out loud

Nick Bowlin (@npbowlin) correspondent at High Country News, joins us to talk about his latest piece in the Drift Magazine about the Democratic Party and why it losing Rural America https://www.thedriftmag.com/jokes-on-them/Also: Madeline Albright died and was bad. Starbucks union wave continues strong. And Pelosi backs Cuellar.

Matt is joined by Carl Beijer (@CarlBeijer) to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Also, how North Dakota's Non-Partisan League briefly beat the two-party duopoly.

David is joined by Natalie Shure (@NatalieSurely) author of The End Of AOC's Honeymoon in the latest issue of Jacobin https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/the-end-of-the-aoc-honeymoonJoin us for the postgame with Ben Burgis at patreon.com/leftreckoning -------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: @LeftReckoningCheck out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

This week we are joined by Rebekah Hinojosa (@Beksbot) a community organizer in Brownsville, who has been targeted by the police for questioning Space X's role in South Texas.   To help as she fights the unjust charges and police abuse please donate and sign the petition below:   Tell the City of Brownsville to Drop the Charges against Bekah Hinojosa and Investigate Mayor Mendez for Abuse of Power! https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-city-of-brownsville-to-drop-the-charges-against-bekah-hinojosa-and-investigate-mayor-mendez-for-abuse-of-power#  Support Bekah Hinojosa: Activist Targeted for Opposing SpaceX https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-bekah-hinojosa-activist-targeted-for-opposing-spacex  Also on the show, David looks at the Texas elections and some reflection on Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

First, shout-out to Starbucks workers unionizing across the country.Then, Colorado-based journalist Chase Woodruff (@dcwoodruff) joins us to talk about his piece on the first western, talk about resistance to an anti-CRT plot in Denver, and contribute to our state-by-state survey. Also, the real reason Elon Musk fleed California: incredible racism and animal cruelty charges. Also, how he's giving marching orders to Texas cops.