

Left Reckoning
Left Reckoning
Fmr. The Michael Brooks Show crew Matt Lech & David Griscom work to cover & build a strong, popular, working-class rooted, no BS Socialist Left. With a special focus on the international struggle and Texas, the South, & the West. The weekly show is live on Youtube @ 7 Central with Griscom streams on Tuesday afternoon.
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Jul 15, 2021 • 1h 28min
Episode 27 - Bolsonaro's COVID Grift & Biden's Climate Fumble ft. Victor Pougy
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content. Victor Pougy (@vpougy) joins David and Matt to talk about Bolsonaro's hiccups as well as his egregious COVID vaccine corruption. Before that, they discuss Biden's climate casualness on what the reconciliation bill may look like. Then, lets move to a 4 day work week.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Jul 13, 2021 • 1h 14min
Cuba's Fight, Texas Democracy, & Will Centrists Let The World Burn Griscom Stream
Raw audio from this week's Griscom stream catch them live Tuesday afternoons on the Left Reckoning Youtube channel. Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning and catch the live shows Wednesday at 7 Central on Left Reckoning's Youtube channel!

Jul 9, 2021 • 1h
UNLOCKED -There Once Was a Socialist College in the Rural South ft. Meagan Day
To access all members content like this when it's released, become a member at patreon.com/leftreckoningMeagan Day of Jacobin (@MeaganMDay on twitter) joins David andd Matt to discuss the fascinating story she recently wrote for Jacobin, "There Once Was a Socialist College in the Rural South."

Jul 8, 2021 • 1h 24min
Episode 26 - ✏️, DSA Going International, and Haiti's Ongoing Fight ft. Austin Gonzalez
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus_) of Machete y Mate returns to talk about traveling to Peru and Venezuela with DSA. David and Matt also discuss the assassination of Jovenal Moise and the oppression of Haiti, the assassination of activist Berta Caceras in Honduras, and Julian Assange.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Jun 25, 2021 • 1h 38min
Episode 25 - The Great Centrist Swindle ft. Napoleon Da Legend
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph BruhnDavid and Matt discuss the importance of context, bipartisan infrastructure, and Joe Biden's gun control ambition.Also, Napoleon Da Legend (@TeamNDL) joins us to talk about making music under Biden/covid, A Very Bad Introduction to Marx, and more.

Jun 18, 2021 • 1h 19min
24 - Interfere? Who? U.S.? + Canada's School Gravesite Revelations ft. Lance from The Serfs
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.Tonight, Lance from the Serfs (@TheSerfsTV) joins David and Matt to cover the discovery of a mass grave at a Canadian indigenous residential school and the ongoing and active genocide on the continent. We also discuss #LandBack demands and Metis history.Information on how to support Canada's residential school survivors available in this thread: https://twitter.com/IRSSurvivor/status/1402361260675518467?s=20David and Matt also discuss sects and Marxism, a second coup attempt in Bolivia, and an Obama guy and Scotus Liberals save corporations Nestle and Cargill from liability for using child slave labor.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

Jun 12, 2021 • 1h 6min
Griscom Stream: It's More Than Money In Politics + Peru & Mexico Wins
Audio from this week's Griscom stream consider supporting the show at Patreon.com/leftreckoning

Jun 4, 2021 • 2h 2min
Episode 22 - Why the Rich Hate AMLO & How Crowder Works For Fauci ft. Kurt Hackbarth
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.David and Matt talk about the importance of the fight for public power, Pedro Castillo can bury Fujimorismo in Peru, and Steven Crowder is a covid idiot.Then, Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to discuss AMLO's record, lawfare in Mexico, and Mexico's upcoming elections.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn

May 28, 2021 • 1h 42min
Episode 21 - Luddism is Good, Smartness is Bad, and BDS is Necessary ft. Jathan Sadowski
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph BruhnWhen it comes to Palestine it’s bds or apartheidhttps://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1396583870833778690https://mondoweiss.net/2021/05/federal-court-says-georgia-bds-law-violates-first-amendment/Guest - Jathan Sadowski, Research Fellow at The Monash Emerging Technologies Research Lab in Melbourne, Australia and Co-host of the This Machine Kills podcast alongside previous LR guest Edward Ongweso Jr, and author of “Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World”Technological Determinism vs Langdon Winner’s conception of Technopolitics.What is “Smartness”?The role of insurance and the Lemonade_Inc Threadhttps://twitter.com/jennvzande/status/1397597086531661824?s=20Cops: Understanding Palantir and Fusion Centers.Luddism: Repairing our understanding of this tradition and sabotage as a tool.Biden dropping the loan forgiveness much besides = stop saying the Dems are the multiracial working class party they are upper middle class suburban party nowAlabama minershttps://twitter.com/grimkim/status/1397590881973252106?s=21https://twitter.com/grimkim/status/1397592824267382787?s=21Beaumont workers locked out https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.12newsnow.com/amp/article/news/local/power-city/united-steelworkers-lockout-exxonmobil-protest/502-019d92b0-abaa-4900-9f71-dac4348ca278Dakota updatehttps://twitter.com/jeremyjturley/status/1397618453389926404?s=21https://www.keloland.com/news/capitol-news-bureau/judge-sets-june-target-for-mt-rushmore-fireworks-decision/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/tribe-allowed-to-join-mount-rushmore-lawsuit?fbclid=IwAR0BRyL_-Ys0v_3fDL29MrUYV1jZp4C5s-AmL_uV20CzSuawTLyG38xF_b8https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/mount-rushmore-lawsuit-sparks-legal-fight-with-tribe

May 21, 2021 • 1h 55min
Episode 20 - Culture Wars, Retire Breyer, & the Swoletariat Rising ft. Brandon Sutton
Support the show at patreon.com/leftreckoning to access the weekly postgame show and more bonus content.Brandon Sutton (@Prettybadlefty) of The Discourse podcast joins us to discuss masks as a culture war, why Breyer won't retire, democrat brain, and more. David and Matt also touch on the ceasefire in Gaza, Texas' abortion law, and left success in Chile.The Left Reckoning artwork was made by Grant ErtlThe music was composed and performed by Christoph Bruhn