Left Reckoning

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

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