

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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Aug 15, 2024 • 1h 9min
Summer Reckoning - Remembering Michael Brooks & Forgetting Rogan's Endorsement
Hey folks, tonight Matt has a few things to say on what would have been Michael Brooks' 41st birthday and David and Matt talk Rogan saying RFK is the one (as a person) and talk about Kamala's Palestine positioning.

Aug 14, 2024 • 1h 9min
Summer Reckoning - Remembering Michael Brooks & Forgetting Rogan's Endorsement
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Hey folks, tonight Matt has a few things to say on what would have been Michael Brooks' 41st birthday and David and Matt talk Rogan saying RFK is the one (as a person) and talk about Kamala's Palestine positioning.

Aug 7, 2024 • 1h 23min
181 - SELLOFF, Tim Walz Picked, & Olympic Gender Hysteria ft. Elias Cepeda
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Griscom breaks down the weekend's Wall Street news and we talk about Harris' Walz pick.
Also, we are joined by our friend Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to talk about the Olympic gender hysteria and Foundation Chicago - https://www.foundationchicago.com/

Aug 4, 2024 • 11min
Sunday Show: Kamala's Wall St. Welcome & An Unlikely Transvestigation
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David and Matt talk about Kyle Rittenhouse getting diced up after endorsing Ron Paul and then take a looks at Kamala.

Aug 1, 2024 • 41min
Cheap Ways Out: Drug War, Harm Reduction, & Libertarian Leftism ft. Dustin Guastella
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Dustin "Dino" Guastella joins us once again to discuss his recent piece in Damage Magazine, "Making the Present the Enemy of the Future," on the false promise of harm reduction and the more affirmative role the state must play in regulating drug use and treating addiction. Dustin Guastella is the director of operations for Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia.
Read here: https://damagemag.com/2024/04/15/making-the-present-the-enemy-of-the-future/
Show notes:
00:00 Introduction and Background
07:22 The Tension Between Harm Reduction and Compulsory Treatment
26:27 Articulating a Comprehensive Solution to Addiction
37:10 The Need for Federal Investment in Addiction Treatment
40:03 Building a Positive Moral Vision for the Left

Jul 30, 2024 • 48min
180 - Venezuela Doesn't Need US & Texas Oil Baron's Extreme Influence ft. Dharna Noor
Matt talks about Venezuela a bit before we release David's chat with Dharna Noor. Followed by a teaser of our conversation with The Antifada's Sean KB re Sean O'Brien and the Teamsters. Hear that full 45 minute conversation at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Dharna Noor joins LR once again, this time to discuss her recent piece in The Guardian about the Texan billionaire Tim Dunn Read Dharna's piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jul/11/tim-dunn-texas-oil-billionaire-trump

Jul 24, 2024 • 1h 21min
179 - Biden Gone! & Is Kamala Harris Who You Think She Is? ft. Branko Marcetic
This is just the main show this week, join us for the postgame immediately after and our weekly Sunday show at patreon.com/leftreckoning for just $5.
We are joined by Jacobin writer and author of the definitive Biden takedown "Yesterday's Man" Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race, and the rise of his VP Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic Party candidate.
Read Branko's work on Biden dropping out and Kamala Harris:
https://jacobin.com/2024/07/kamala-harris-2024-biden-trump
https://jacobin.com/2024/07/biden-2024-dropout-gaza-legacy

Jul 21, 2024 • 7min
TEASER: The Texas Oil Billionaire Leading the GOP Even Further Right ft. Dharna Noor
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Dharna Noor (@dharnanoor) joins LR once again, this time to discuss her recent piece in The Guardian about the Texan billionaire Tim Dunn
Read Dharna's piece here:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jul/11/tim-dunn-texas-oil-billionaire-trump

Jul 17, 2024 • 1h 8min
178 - JD Vance's Miserable Valley & Trump Rally Aftermath
Welcome friends. Matt & David talk about this weekend's events and are joined by Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) author of the upcoming "Gilded Rage" to talk about JD Vance and the right wing Silicon Valley alliance.
Keep up with Jacob's book here:
https://www.jacobsilverman.com/i/144793132/gilded-rage-elon-musk-and-the-radicalization-of-silicon-valley

Jul 12, 2024 • 52min
Tulsi Gabbard's Country w/ Mike Prysner *bonus*
This is an unlocked conversation with Mike Prysner - to get all of these bonus episodes each Sunday sign up at patreon.com/leftreckoning
Mike Prysner (@MikePrysner) returns to talk about Tulsi Gabbard's newest phase and her book "For Love Of Country."
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