Left Reckoning

We are joined by journalist Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) of Drop Site News & author of "We've Got People" and "The Squad," to talk about what is next for progressive elected officials and how they relate to the movement at large. Plus Matt & David on the right way to respond to the Trump win, and how to challenge the identity-only reactions from liberal pundits. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

This is a teaser of our Sunday Show for members. Get this and all Sunday Shows by supporting us here. Kurt and José Luis join us once again to underline lessons from the success of AMLO and Claudia Sheinbaum in the wake of Kamala Harris' loss to Trump. Follow Kurt and José Luis here: https://www.youtube.com/@SoberaniaPodcast

We are joined by labor historian Jeff Schuhrke (@jeffschuhrke) to talk about how Harris & Biden have abandoned the working class, what is next for labor, and his new book Blue-Collar Empire. Live at 6 PM Central. MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

We are joined by Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) who writes a data-driven newsletter from a class perspective to talk about how exactly Democrats lost this election to Trump. https://www.stephensemler.com/ Stand for Palestine IN Texas! https://linktr.ee/shutdownjnfdallas MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Get this full episode here David and Matt discuss Elon and Trump's online and GOTV work and Kamala's attempt to consolidate the center

We are joined by Austin Ahlman (@austinahlman) to talk about Dan Osborn, a union leader who is within striking distance of unseating GOP Senator from Nebraska Deb Fischer. Read Austin's piece about Dan Osborn and Nebraska here: https://prospect.org/politics/2024-10-25-in-search-of-trump-osborn-voters-nebraska/ Then we are joined by Paul North & Paul Reitter, who have put together a new translation of Karl Marx's Capital - which you can find here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190075/capital?srsltid=AfmBOopGZgVWnAEKREclboSM84VsrpmLkuXSmqCX5pRMu3wdzK51xTIM MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Courtney Rawlings (@ckayerawlings) joins us to talk about daycare, why we should shoot higher, and answers the question does the Left have a problem talking about moms? Subscribe to read Courtney's piece here: https://damagemag.com/issues/issue-3-mothers/ Then Matt & David talk about Trump's supersize stunts. MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Link to debate coverage - https://www.youtube.com/live/czx4HK7uDUo Matt & David talk about the US letter to Israel demanding a shift on policy. Then we are joined by Slate journalist Alex Sammon (@alex_sammon) to talk about his recent piece on the huge crypto money dump in the 2024 election. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/trump-harris-crypto-fairshake-senate-sherrod-brown-ohio.html Then we are joined by Sam Kirsch an Austin DSA member to talk about the most recent attempt by the Austin police to get around democracy: get involved and learn more about the campaign here: https://linktr.ee/atxdivest22 MERCH 4 SALE - https://leftreckoning.com/store ------- Get our booklist here: https://bookshop.org/lists/left-reckoning-big-book-list/ Left Reckoning goes live Tuesdays @ 7 Central. Along with the main show, there is a Griscom stream every Thursday 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Get the full show here: patreon.com/leftreckoning Wes Cheek (@WesinJapan), professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy joins us once again to talk about disasters in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Support us at patreon.com/leftreckoning The Country IS OVER, Party? Matt & David talk all things US politics. Then we are joined by our friends from Mexico, journalists Kurt Hacbarth (@kurthackbarth) & Jose Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) to talk about President Claudia Sheinbaum's first few days as leader of Mexico. Subscribe to  @SoberaniaPodcast  - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpDBiwvhKZyrUGehnWV6JLTRr3rvqWC0K Check out the Mexico Solidarity Project's translation of Sheinbaum's 100 points - https://mexicosolidarity.com/claudia-sheinbaums-100-points/

Matt & David talk about the major news of the day. Then we are joined by our good friend Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) to talk about censorship, Elon Musk, and what happened with Ken Klippenstein. MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Support the show and get the postame and Sunday shows at Patreon.com/leftreckoning Derek Davison joins us once again to talk about the Biden administration's unwillingness to contain Israel and we talk about the ludicrous smear of Tlaib that ironically demonstrates anti-Palestinian bias. Check out American Prestige: https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm and Foreign Exchanges: www.foreignexchanges.news watch here: https://youtube.com/live/EhQGXwVSt_g

Hey friends we are back this week with guests Harvey Kaye (@harveyjkaye) and The Letterhack (@theletterhack). Read their piece on the Economic Bill Of Rights here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economic-bill-of-rights-comic MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Matt & David are joined by Neal Meyer (@NealMeyer) and Nick French (@NickFrenchNYC) of Jacobin, the Socialist Call, as well as the authors of Left Notes: https://www.left-notes.com/ to talk about what is next for democratic socialism? Plus Matt & David preview the upcoming debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Matt & David are joined by the hosts of the SoberanÍa: The Mexican Politics podcast Kurth Hackbarth (@kurthackbarth) and José Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) to talk about AMLO's final days in office and the fight to continue to build from the victories of MORENA. Subscribe to Soberanía here: https://www.youtube.com/@SoberaniaPodcast MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

We are joined by Ben Burgis @benburgis to talk about his excellent new piece in Damage Magazine - Left Identarianism Is Also A Mirror World - https://damagemag.com/2024/07/30/left-identitarianism-is-also-a-mirror-world/ MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Support the show and get this full episode now, along with all Sunday Shows and postgames, at patreon.com/leftreckoning David and Matt return to Hal Draper, this time his 1967 essay "Who’s going to be the lesser-evil in 1968?" https://www.marxists.org/archive/draper/1967/01/lesser.htm

We are joined again by Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) to give an update on what is happening on the ground in Chicago. Plus, Matt & Dave give there take on what we've seen so far from the gathering of Democratic Party officials and spokespeople. ----------- 00:00 Start 0:45 Intro 6:25 Unfair Interference With UAW? 19:41 DNC Protest Update Elias Cepeda 47:30 Can The Socialist Movement Be Saved? MERCH STORE IS LIVE - leftreckoning.com/store ------- Left Reckoning goes live on Tuesdays @ 6PM Central. 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: @LeftReckoning Check out our Twitch streams at Twitch.tv/LeftReckoning

Unlock the full episode and all Sunday Shows by supporting the show here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/venture-plan-ft-110336356?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Matt is joined by Dr Olivier Jutel to talk about his recent academic article, "The Network State, Venture Capital and the Political Economy of Exit." We talk about the Network State Movement, Balaji Srinivasan, and where these crypto scammers get off. Read here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382796473_The_Network_State_Venture_Capital_and_the_Political_Economy_of_Exit

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.