Left Reckoning – Details, episodes & analysis

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

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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

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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

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Man of reason Carl Beijer returns for a discussion on his recent "Notes on Hersh and the Nord Stream bombing." We also talk about why an nominally "anti-war" rally would include explicitly pro-war agitators.

Sy Hersh piece: https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

Hersh on Radio War Nerd:  https://youtu.be/FLpGH0BpOnk

Carl's piece on Hersh: https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbeijer/p/notes-on-hersch-and-the-nord-stream?r=ew8tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Carl on "anti-war"

https://open.substack.com/pub/carlbeijer/p/can-we-please-distinguish-between?r=ew8tk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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The Warrior Met Coal Strike has ended, after years of courage from miners in Alabama where was the most "pro-labor president" in this fight. Then we have fmr. Labour Party member Heather Mendick (@helensclegel) joining us to talk about how Keir Starmer weaponized anti-semitism to attack Jeremy Corbyn and the left-project in the Labour Party.   

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Welcome to episode 105 - we talk to Dr. Robert Buzzanco (@PodcastGreenRed) on the history of the Vietnam War, Seneca & Sam join us from Austin DSA to talk about how the police are trying to undermine democracy and how you can push back. And Matt & Dave talk about the train derailment and the neoliberal system is to blame.

EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION IN AUSTIN - PLEASE SIGN UP TO TELL THE COPS AND THE CITY COUNCIL VOTERS SHOULD DECIDE ON THE NEXT POLICE CONTRACT NOT THE DISGRACED CITY MANAGER - LINKS TO GET INVOLVED ON WEDS FEB 15TH:

Sign up to testify:  https://linktr.ee/atxdivest22

Donate to Austin DSA:  https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/donate-to-austin-dsa  Red Fault piece:  https://redfault.com/cronk-reign-ends/

Check out the Green & Red Podcast:  https://greenandredpodcast.org/

Welcome to this week's Left Reckoning, Matt is away but David has a great show for y'all.

We are joined by Madison Hilly (@MadiHilly) founder of the Campaign For Green Nuclear Deal to talk about the progressive case for nuclear power. Some links for further reading:

• Chernobyl, 3 Mile Island, & Nuclear Waste: https://twitter.com/MadiHilly/status/1557399822600216577?s=20&t=M3qcWafRPWaMDy4uau6OOQ
• Radiation: https://madihilly.substack.com/p/dose-of-reality-a-primer-on-the-health
• Repowering coal plants: https://gndcampaign.org/repowering-coal
• Campaign For A Green Nuclear Deal: https://gndcampaign.org/

Plus David breaks down how Wall Street is buying more of our water out West.

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Matt Huber (@MattHuber78) joins David and Matt to discuss his piece in Verso, "No Hollywood Ending for the Green New Deal" and climate activism following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.  First, Elon and SpaceX are wearing out their welcome in Texas. 

 Also, Matt discusses the enraging story behind this GoFundMe for the North Dakotan family of a 2 year old with leukemia. https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-baby-willy

Tonight Andrew Perez (@AndrewPerezDC) joins Matt to discuss two of his recent pieces published at The Lever. https://www.levernews.com/author/andrew-perez/  

Union stories: https://jacobin.com/2023/01/bureau-of-labor-statistics-2022-report-union-density-decline-organizing/  

https://lbo-news.com/2023/01/19/union-density-keeps-falling/  

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-05-12/starbucks-workers-inspire-amazon-union-show-labor-s-power  

https://workdaymagazine.org/starbucks-is-trying-to-wear-workers-down-through-its-relentless-soft-union-busting/

Matt is joined by Robert Skvarla (@RobertSkvarla) to talk about Republican noise that they plan another Church Committee, who Frank Church was, what transparency looks like, and our infantilized understanding of what is done in our name.

Read Robert's piece on Alex Jones: http://www.mondoamericana.net/2021/03/30/bohemian-grove-alex-jones/