Left Reckoning

support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and get our weekend bonus episodes, Artist and trade unionist Stella Rooney (@Stellarossssa) joins David and Matt to discuss the UK labour movement, specifically what the victory of Sharon Graham, elected as the first female leader of Unite, the UK’s second largest trade union and a main donor to the Labour party, means.  Link to mask study: https://www.poverty-action.org/study/impact-mask-distribution-and-promotion-mask-uptake-and-covid-19-bangladeshAlso, Texas' horrific SB8 abortion law, anti-mask as faux populism, and a primer on the Battle of Blair mountain.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Hear the recent Emma Kinema interview on organizing videogame workers and Activision/Blizzard as well as support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Tonight, David and Matt are joined by Chip Gibbons (@ChipGibbons89), a journalist specializing in civil liberties, whose pieces cited can be read below:https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/08/julian-assange-extradition-civil-liberties-journalism-wikileaks-espionage-acthttps://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/08/daniel-hale-drone-whistleblower-sentencing-trialand listen to his Primary Sources podcast here: https://pca.st/ez8va9rlDavid and Matt also discuss the fight for water breaks and better conditions and wages by agriculture, Nabisco, and Warrior Met workers.Here is how you can donate to the UMWA: https://umwa.org/umwa2021strikefund/Also, Biden must act on Line 3, Keystone, and DAPL.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream, premiered live on Youtube & Twitch, talked about idealism, Sam Harris, and how the left can get out of the current crisis. 

Matt and David discuss the Afghanistan withdrawal and the military as an anti-democratic force.Then, historian and professor Harvey J Kaye (@HarveyJKaye) joins us to rate Biden after 200 days and Mark Levin after an abrasive career.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Raw audio from this week's Griscom Stream. Talked about why Fox News is worried that workers get unemployment and the anti-democracy movement takes aim at the public. 

Hear the recent Corey Pein interview and upcoming Natalie Shure interview as well as support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning Luxury markets and the Bidenflation scare.Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison, of the new American Prestige podcast speak with Matt and David on the Afghanistan withdrawal, "hegemonic stabilization," Bannon and a far right international?, and how it's looking for elections globally and democracy historically.Corporate and liberal attacks on democracy against India Walton in Buffalo and Kshama Sawant in Seattle.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Raw audio from this week's Griscom Stream & Q&A on Youtube. Support us on patreon.com/LeftReckoning Twitter: @LeftReckoning - @mattlech - @davidgriscom Instagram: @LeftReckoningCheck out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning#ClimateReport

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.Ryan Pollock (@themrhammer) joins Matt and David to talk about how to get climate action with worker buy-in and an expansion of unionized jobs. David and Matt also discuss the eviction moratorium, Nina Turner's loss, the media narratives about Peru, Bezos the cheater, and Tim Pool the incompetent.Check out the Climate and Jobs report here (pdf)The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.If you can, support the mine workers' strike fund:https://umwa.org/umwa2021strikefund/This week we're joined by Ben Spielberg (@BenSpielberg) to discuss Biden's healthcare sellout and how to push congress more, including allies. Matt and David also discuss miners vs Blackrock, as well as the CRT Red Panic and its laundry boy at the Atlantic.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCHIA) of What's Left of Philosophy joins to discuss how a 1985 book, Laclau & Mouffe's "Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics," exemplified the ideological emphasis on labor.Also, Michael Brooks' posthumous piece on poverty:https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/michael-brooks-food-stamps-one-year-tributeAnd talk about the Frito-Lay strike in the context of billionaires in space.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn