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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

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Carl on "anti-war"

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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.

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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/

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Bhaskar Sunkara (@SunRaySunRay) founder of Jacobin and President of The Nation joins us to talk about the current moment the left is in the US after two influential but unsuccessful Bernie Sanders campaigns.   

Then Brian Mier (@BrianMierTeleSur) of TeleSur and Brasilwire joins us to talk about Lula's inauguration and the attempt by Bolsonaro supporters to attack Brazillian democracy.   

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Writer and activist Max Berger (@MaxBerger) joins us to talk about the unlikely pairing of cryptocurrency and lobbying groups AIPAC and DMFI. SBF's "injustice democrats" and the fight against progressives in democrat primaries. AIPAC and DMFI's strategy of funding opponents of candidates who may criticize Israel.

SBF and the Injustice Democrats: How SBF, AIPAC and pro-Trump billionaires coordinated to crush the left https://maxberger.substack.com/p/sbf-and-the-injustice-democrats

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Jacobin Staff writer Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us to talk about how the FBI & US govt are already active in their attempts to silence the left on Twitter & other social media platforms & why we have to take that threat seriously. You can read Branko's piece here:  https://jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorship-content-moderation-intelligence-agencies-surveillance 

 Plus Matt & Dave break down, once again, how the claims that the GOP represents a new shift to working-class politics is marketing and bad marketing at that.   

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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

David and Matt end the year by awarding Bum Steer of the Year and induct an old favorite into the Bum Steer Hall of Fame

Adult film stars Xander Corvus (@xcorvus777) & Summer Hart (@SummerHartxxx) joined us to talk about worker's rights and free speech in their industry, and how workers are doing mutual aid working in Las Vegas (@SWAIDvegas). 

 https://swaidvegas.org/ 

Matt & David also break down how Brian Kemp and the GOP are targeting protesters in Atlanta.   C

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Matt & Dave are joined by comedian Mike Recine (@mikerecine) to evaluate the claim that comedy is now a right-wing field.  Plus the TwitterFiles and Man's Search for Meaning.

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David & Matt share their updated thoughts on the disastrous rail strike decision by Joe Biden and Congress. Then Kurt Hackbarth (@KurtHackbarth) joins us to break down how the NYT uses omission to mislead their readers. 

Read Kurt's coverage here: https://jacobin.com/author/kurt-hackbarth

Lastly, Benjamin Case (@benjamscase) joins us to talk about ballot initiatives and how they can be used to win progressive policies and some of their pitfalls.  

Read the report Majority Rules by Benjamin Case & Michael McQuarrie here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14aIMY2YeHeiNOu96FPPvsS4uHcXMdJBX/view

The Left Won Big on Ballot Initiatives. That’s Why They’re Under Attack - https://jacobin.com/2022/11/state-ballot-measures-abortion-marijuana-medicaid


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Matt & David break down the Democrats absolute failure to show up for working people and their attempts to try to break a rail strike.   Then Sam Goodman (@SamGRuta) senior communications, of larutadelclima.org  joins us to break down what did and didn't happen at COP 27.

Danny Bessner returs to talk about the ideological interests the Pentagon has in videogames and Matt and David talk about VC guys admitting the crypto con as it happened.

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Matt & Dave break down a huge labor fight in Austin, TX in response to Musk's Tesla plant abusing workers.  

 Then Nick Marcil (@marcilnick) of Debt Collective joins to talk about Biden's student loan forgiveness failures, the fight against debt, and how you can push back.  

Then Ryan Zickgraf  (@RyanSmithWriter) joins us to talk about their piece from Jacobin "On Halloween Night in 1891, Tennessee Miners Made Righteous Mayhem"  

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more links:  https://linktr.ee/debtcollective   

Follow Ryan's work at Jacobin and on substack:  https://thethirdrail.substack.com/

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Matt and David talk Vonnegut, Chapo's "Normal Whites" theory, Musk on Twitter and your calls and IMs!

We are joined by Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) of the Majority Report & Cale Brooks (@calebroooks) from the Jacobin Show to talk about last night's midterms!

David was joined by Fatima Iqbal-Zubair (@fatima4assembly) who is running for Assembly District 65 in Los Angeles California - she spoke with Dave about what inspired her to run, her platform for working people, and her relationship with the Democratic Socialists of America. 

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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

Matt & David break down Lula's win against the far-right, and then are joined by Deep State Kuba (@DrKuba2) to talk about the US deep state, who's in it, what it wants, and how to struggle against it.   

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Breht of @RevLeftRadio joins Matt and David this week to take an even closer look at the nonsense of the right wing's supposedly left wing opportunists.

Our friend Harvey J. Kaye (@harveyjkaye) author of "The British Marxist Historians" joins us to talk about the re-release of his classic work, how to do Marxist history, and how the left can use history to win. 

  Voting Record Excel: https://twitter.com/aaronnarraph/status/1579954538022572032?s=20&t=OIcHDr7xTjBNMO8MC75djA 

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Matt and David talk about being censored from YouTube and Matt talks to the boys from the Brigham Young Money podcast for an overview of their home state of Utah.

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Packed show! First up Matt talks to David about his new piece in Jacobin, When Texas Cowboys Fought Private Property: https://jacobin.com/2022/10/texas-fence-cutting-wars-enclosures-cowboys  

Then Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) joins us to break down the results of the Brazil's 1st Round Presidential elections, and how the media has gotten the results wrong. Read Brian's piece in BrasilWire here:  https://www.brasilwire.com/media-spins-lula-victory-as-defeat/  

And then Ben Fong & Melissa Naschek join David to talk about the problems with NGOs and the Left, and what we can do about it. Read their piece in Catalyst here:  https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/ngoism-the-politics-of-the-third-sector  

Benjamin Fong has a new book coming out next year printed by Verso "Drugs in American Capitalism"  https://www.versobooks.com/books/4176-drugs-in-american-capitalism

Assal Rad (@AssalRad), Research Director at NIAC Action, joins David and Matt once again, this time to discuss the ongoing protests in Iran following Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of the morality police.

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We are joined by journalist Dharna Noor (@dharnanoor) of the Boston Globe to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act, and the fight between Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin.  

 Read more of Dharna's work here:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/16/science/will-king-charles-be-climate-king/  

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Matt is joined by GP Jacob on Money.Power.Land.Solidarity joins Matt to talk about the struggle to implement voted-for rent control in Minneapolis and St Paul.

Also, Home Depot workers organize and some British bits.

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We are joined by Aaron Kleinman (@BobbyBigWheel) to talk about the state legislature fights that are important going into the midterms.   

Plus David and Matt on why Right-wing Socialism, MAGACommunism, and the Doreists are wrong about socialism, politics, and the US.   Also, nurses strike in Minnesota.

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We've got a big show for y'all. We take a look at the MS water crisis and how it is born out of years of political struggle in the South. What's next with the Trump raid w/ Charles Star (@Ugarles) of the Hostile Witness Podcast. We also break down the loss of the progressive constitution in Chile and what lessons we can learn from it and more!

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." Check our Empire Files: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles Check out Eyes Left: https://t.co/pm9mYIbPPc Earth's Greatest Enemy: https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/

Matt & David are joined by fmr. Montana State House Rep. Tom Winter (@WinterForMontana) to talk about Montana's populist history and the fight for a progressive future. 

Also,water disaster in Jackson, Mississippi and flooding in Pakistan.



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We are joined by our good friend Lillian Cicerchia (@classreductress) professor of philosophy and co-host of the excellent What's Left Of Philosophy podcast to talk about class war & abortion. 

Also, Biden kicks the can on student loans, Griscom brings back the gem to talk global debt and fertilizer shortages.

And a brief Bolsonaro coup planning update.

Sorry about Matt's dead microphone! Will be fixed next time!

We are joined by Brian Mier (@BrianMteleSUR) of Brasil Wire & TeleSur English, to talk about Lula's fight for democracy and what Bolsonaro has done to working-class Brazilians.   Plus Matt & Dave on why billionaires like Elon Musk are a threat to democracy.

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We are joined by Ben Spielberg (@BenSpielberg) co-founder of 34justice to talk about the Inflation Reduction Act.   

Matt & Dave also have an update on the Warrior Met Coal Strike, and some hope from the UK where Mick Lynch and a host of leftists have launched a new campaign.

Note: Kansas later in the evening defeated the anti-abortion ballot measure discussed
handily.

We are joined by Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) of the Majority Report to talk about how Rashida Tlaib continues to show the way to fight for human rights & Yang's new centrist rebrand with the Forward Party. Also, are Dems learning the right lessons from the reactionary threat to win in southern Texas?

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Matt Christman (@CushBomb) of Chapo & Hell of Presidents joins us to talk about Biden and the Post-Bernie Left.    

Pieces cited ----  

Michael Roberts - The Next Recession Blog - Energy: the recession trigger?: https://thenextrecession.wordpress.co... 

Rio Tinto Signals End To Era of Record Mining Returns: https://www.ft.com/content/b34aff16-5...

Matt & David remember our friend Michael Brooks on the two-year anniversary of his passing, Jason Myles of This Is Revolution joins to talk about why we don't need political heroes and GEM on the ongoing economic crisis. 

  In the postgame we will be joined by Danny Bessner, Wosny Lambre, Ben Burgis, Nando Vila, and Djene Bajalan to tell stories about our friend and mentor Michael Brooks, get access at patreon.com/leftreckoning

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Elon V Trump? let em fight. Marcus (@MarcusHereMeow) of LeftFlankVets on twitch joins us to talk about the left and the military, Sri Lanka's economy in miserable shape and more!

 Leigh Phillips (@Leigh_Phillips) joins us to talk about the argument against austerity ecology, and why socialism should be about providing a better life for people.  Also, Elon has secret twins with one of his executives.

Check out Leigh's book!   Austerity Ecology & the Collapse-Porn Addicts: A Defence Of Growth, Progress, Industry And Stuff   

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 Against Left Pessimism Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anIEQTuoIOE&t=1442s

David and Matt are joined by Morgan Leavy (@mo_el_le) to talk about the journey of a successful Starbucks unionization effort in Austin, Texas.  Also, Matt checks back in across the pond as the brits take favorably to Mick Lynch and the RMT strike.  Also, ketchup dripping down the wall at the White House

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. Major elections in the UK, is the Labour Party and Keir Starmer's victory a return to Tony Blair & the 3rd way? We are joined by Philip Cunliffe (@thephilippics) of Bungacast to discuss the UK election, Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and what is next for the UK. We are also joined by Seamus Malekafzali (@SeamusMalekafzali) to talk about the election of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian in Iran's presidential elections. What does a reformist candidate look like in Iran and the consequences of Trump's ending of the nuclear deal? Plus Matt & David on other major stories this week. Subscribe to Bungacast: https://bungacast.com/ Seamus' excellent substack here: https://www.seamus-malekafzali.com/

Matt & David breakdown the historic UK railway strikes. Then Chip Gibbons (@chipgibbons89) joins us to talk about the US attempt to extradite Jullian Assange for journalism   

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Matt & David breakdown the most recent crypto crash. After they are joined by Danny Bessner (@dbessner) & Derek Davison (@dwdavison) of the excellent American Prestige podcast (@AmPrestigePod) join us to talk about Biden's upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and whether the Summit of the Americas disaster signals a shift for US power in the Americas.

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Matt and David return for a jumbo-sized think tank after shedding a tear for the lonely Overstock.com CEO.