Left Reckoning

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 Aug 16, 2023


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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.

Episode Date
166 - Uncommitting on Joe Biden
Apr 24, 2024
*Teaser* The Brutal Effect Of Cuban Sanctions
Apr 21, 2024
165 - Iran Strikes Israel ft. Assal Rad
Apr 17, 2024
164 - When You're A US Stooge They Let You Do It + Fantano On Rap Beef
Apr 10, 2024
163 - Anti-Green New Deal 'Degrowth' Communism w/ Matt Huber
Apr 03, 2024
162 - Baltimore Bridge Collapse & Gaza IS NOT A WAR; Is Objectively A Massacre w/ Ben Case
Mar 27, 2024
161 - Biden's Billionaires & Haiti: Imperialism & Security ft. Dr Tamanisha J. John
Mar 20, 2024
160 - NeoCons: The War Pigs Who Influence All Presidents ft. Robbie Martin
Mar 20, 2024
159 - The Failure of the Millenial Left ft. Alex Hochuli
Feb 28, 2024
158 - #FreeAssange & Can The UAW Win The South? w/ The Valley Labor Report
Feb 21, 2024
157 - Tucker Carlson Putin Reaction With Russian Socialist Egor Kotkin
Feb 14, 2024
156 - Rogan, Southern Labor, AND THE BORDER w/ RM BROWN
Feb 07, 2024
155 - Biden's Border Bungle, Nikki Haley's Pathetic Past, & CIO History
Jan 31, 2024
BONUS - Griscom Stream - Greg Abbott, Texas Vs Biden
Jan 27, 2024
154 - Houthi Rebels & General Strike? w/ Séamus Malekafzali
Jan 24, 2024
153 - Marianne Williamson On Democracy + South Africa's Claim Against Israel
Jan 17, 2024
152 - Trump's Illegal Voting Fantasy, German Farmer Protest + The US Left & Asian Americans ft. Sudip Bhattacharya
Jan 10, 2024
151 - Gaza & 2024 Elections Falling Flat ft. Emma Vigeland
Jan 03, 2024
150 - Bum Steers 2023: Foreign and Domestic
Dec 27, 2023
LR 149 - We Can't Beat Climate Change Without Workers
Dec 20, 2023
LR 148 - The Intellectual Dork Web Finds God ft. Eiynah Mohammed-Smith
Dec 13, 2023
147 - Is Guatemala The Next Coup Victim? ft. Vaclav Masek Sánchez
Dec 06, 2023
146 - The Overlooked US Role in Brazil’s Long Coup ft. Brian Mier
Nov 29, 2023
145 - Drones, Musk, & Javier Milei w/ Nick Turse
Nov 22, 2023
144 - Ibram Kendi: Corporate Anti-Racism w/ Jason Myles
Nov 15, 2023
143 - From The River To The Sea & Reclaiming Feminism ft. Tiare Gatti Mora
Nov 08, 2023
142 - UAW WINS BIG! It's Not You, It's Capitalism, & Gaza War w/ Malaika Jabali
Nov 01, 2023
141 - Biden Bearhugs Israel & Libertarians Against Public Groceries ft. Derek Davison
Oct 26, 2023
Teaser - Sunday Show ft. Carl Beijer
Oct 22, 2023
140 - STAND WITH GAZA + Nurses Strike Back
Oct 18, 2023
139 - Palestine & The US Role In Occupation w/ Moureen Kaki & Ben Burgis
Oct 11, 2023
Teaser - Sunday Show - Unexpected Materialist Jordan Peterson
Oct 08, 2023
138 - Russia's Invasion & Ukraine's Collaboration Law w/ Alice Speri
Oct 04, 2023
137 - Responding To UAW Critics w/ Jacob Morrison
Sep 27, 2023
136 - Unaccountability In Texas & The Right Vs Equality w/ Matt McManus
Sep 20, 2023
135 - The Rich Are Wreckers & Can The Left Keep Mexico? w/ Kurt Hackbarth
Sep 13, 2023
134 - Paxton Watch & Who's Spying On You? ft. Robert Skvarla
Sep 06, 2023
133 - The YIMBY Technocrat Problem & Mining The Future w/ Nick Bowlin
Aug 30, 2023
132 - Evaluating The Squad w/ Branko Marcetic + Minion Death Cult on the UPS Vote
Aug 23, 2023
131 - Tyranny Inc & Right Wing Populism? w/ Sohrab Ahmari
Aug 16, 2023
130 - Degrowth Isn't Just Bad Politics, It's Bad Economics w/ Cale Brooks
Aug 09, 2023
129 - Why The RIGHT Loves Oil w/ Dharna Noor
Aug 03, 2023
128 - Teamsters Win Big? & Desantis Sweating With Russell Brand
Jul 26, 2023
127 - Israel Is Bulldozing Palestinian Schools & Texas' Brutal Border w/ Basel Adra
Jul 19, 2023
126 - Minnesota's Farmer-Labor Movement ft. Anders J Lee
Jul 12, 2023
125 - Quick Fixes: Drugs in America ft. Benjamin Fong
Jul 05, 2023
124 - Prigozhin's Mutiny & What It Means For Putin's Invasion ft. Yasha Levine
Jun 28, 2023
123 - Reclaiming Utopia & Texas' Death Star Bill ft. Alex Birnel
Jun 21, 2023
Building Solidarity With Cuba & The Left - Griscom Stream
Jun 15, 2023
122 - Marxism and "Woke" Corportations ft. Nick French
Jun 14, 2023
121 - The End Of Left Populism? & Erdogan Holds On w/ Alex Hochuli & Djene Bajalan
Jun 07, 2023
120 - Rich People In Space & Diving Deep In Minnesota w/ Corey Pein & Isi Baehr-Breen
May 31, 2023
Special Report - Henry Kissinger 100 Years: New Warcrimes Exposed By The Intercept w/ Nick Turse
May 27, 2023
119 - The Weird Return Of The LaRouche Cult & Ron Desantis To Announce ft. Donald Parkinson
May 24, 2023
Special Report: How Brandon Johnson & The Working-Class Won In Chicago
May 18, 2023
118 - The Post-Bernie Left & Understanding Imperialism w/ Vivek Chibber
May 17, 2023
117 - Did Tesla Cover Up A Worker's Death? + FDR Scholar Assesses Biden & Marianne Williamson
May 10, 2023
116 - Climate Change & Class War + Clowning On The Right w/ Chris James
May 03, 2023
115 - The Right's 'Manosphere' Grifters & Tucker Was No Anti-imperialist ft. Elias Cepeda
Apr 26, 2023
114 - Work From Cradle To Grave w/ Cole Stangler
Apr 19, 2023
113 - Squad Comes Through With Assange Letter & Union Power In the Suburbs ft. Chip Gibbons & Paul Prescod
Apr 12, 2023
112 - Reforming The Labor Movement & TN In Crisis ft. Keith Brower Brown
Apr 05, 2023
111 - Biden's New Left-Puncher & It's Not 'Wokeism,' It's Capitalism ft. Alex Sammon & Sean of The Antifada
Mar 29, 2023
110 - Is It Fascism After All? ft. Daniel Bessner
Mar 22, 2023
109 - The AI Mirage + Banks & The Parasite Class w/ Dwayne Monroe
Mar 15, 2023
108 - DeSantis' Florida Fascism? & Hitchens Vs. Genetic Determinists ft. Thomas Kennedy
Mar 08, 2023
107 - It's Bosses Vs. Workers + Canada's Right Populism ft. Aminah Sheikh
Mar 01, 2023
TEASER - Trump & the Base vs DeSantis & the Party ft. Luke Savage
Feb 26, 2023
*UNLOCKED* Nord Stream Bombing & What Is "Anti-War" Anyway? ft. Carl Beijer
Feb 24, 2023
106 - What Happened To Labor Joe, and Keir Starmer's War On The Left w/ Heather Mendick
Feb 22, 2023
105 - Neoliberal Train Derailment, Who Won Vietnam, COP LIES IN AUSTIN ft. Robert Buzzanco & Seneca and Sam from Austin DSA
Feb 15, 2023
LR 104 - A Nuclear Power Future? & Why Wall Street Is Buying Your Water ft. Madison Hilly
Feb 08, 2023
103 - Musk Wearing Out Texas Welcome & Climate Action Post-IRA ft. Matt Huber
Feb 01, 2023
102 - How Pete Buttigieg Is Effing Up and Pfizer Rents A News Blog ft. Andrew Perez
Jan 25, 2023
101 - The Church Committee, Jim Jordan, and Exposing The Deep State ft. Robert Skvarla
Jan 18, 2023
100 - What's Next For The Left & Dumb Coup In Brazil? w/ Bhaskar Sunkara & Brian Mier
Jan 11, 2023
Teaser - Who Were SBF's Democrats? Crypto, AIPAC, & the "Injustice Dems" ft. Max Berger
Jan 09, 2023
99 - What's Serious In The Twitter Files & The GOP Is No Worker's Party w/ Branko Marcetic
Jan 04, 2023
Holiday Special: Bum Steer of the Year and Hall of Fame
Dec 29, 2022
98 - Free Speech & Worker's Rights Are Sexy ft. Xander Corvus & Summer Hart
Dec 21, 2022
97 - Musk, Chappelle, & The Right-Wing Comedy Myth w/ Mike Recine
Dec 14, 2022
96 - How Newspapers Lie & Ballot Initiatives 4 Progress? w/ Kurt Hackbarth & Benjamin Case
Dec 07, 2022
95 - Biden Turns Back On Rail Workers & COP27 Recap w/ Sam Goodman
Nov 30, 2022
94 - Why the Pentagon Loves First-Person Shooters ft. Daniel Bessner
Nov 23, 2022
93 - Cancel The Debt Biden, Musk Abuses Labor, & TN Coal Wars w/ Debt Collective & Ryan Zickgraf
Nov 16, 2022
Teaser - Think Tank November 2022
Nov 13, 2022
92 - Midterm Round Up ft. Cale Brooks & Emma Vigeland
Nov 10, 2022
Candidate Showcase: Fatima Iqbal-Zubair California Assembly District 65
Nov 02, 2022
91 - LULA WINS & Understanding The Deep State w/ Deep State Kuba
Nov 02, 2022
90 - Interrogating "MAGA Communism" ft. Breht O'Shea
Oct 26, 2022
89 - How To Do Marxist History: The British Marxist Historians w/ Harvey J Kaye
Oct 19, 2022
88 - Tech Censorship & What's Going In Utah? ft. Brigham Young Money
Oct 12, 2022
87 - Media Gets Lula's Win Wrong & The Problem With NGOs w/ Brian Mier, Ben Fong, & Melissa Naschek
Oct 05, 2022
Special - The Killing of Mahsa Amini and Iran's "Death to the Dictator" Protests ft. Assal Rad
Oct 01, 2022
86 - Bernie v. Manchin On Climate & Time To Boot Bolsonaro
Sep 28, 2022
85 - Rent Control Radio: The Technocrats Attack ft. GP Jacob
Sep 21, 2022
84 - Right-Wing 'Socialism' Is A Lie + State Politics & The Left ft. Aaron Kleinman
Sep 14, 2022
83 - Understanding Southern Politics, Trump Raid, Chile's Constitutional Loss ft. Charles Star
Sep 07, 2022
82 - Montana's Populist History V. Hollywood's Yellowstone Vision w/ Tom Winter
Aug 31, 2022
81 - Class War, Liberalism, & Abortion In US & Europe w/ Lillian Cicerchia
Aug 24, 2022
80 - Lula Reclaiming Democracy? w/ Brian Mier
Aug 17, 2022
79 - Manchin's Half-Loaf Climate Bill? w/ Ben Spielberg
Aug 10, 2022
78 - Anti-Choicers Lying in Kansas & Yang Rebranding Centrism? w/ Emma Vigeland
Aug 03, 2022
77 - Recession? Biden, & The Post-Bernie Left w/ Matt Christman
Jul 28, 2022
76 - Remembering Michael Brooks & Don't Look For A Hero ft. Jason Myles
Jul 21, 2022
75 - Elon vs Trump & Vets vs War w/ Marcus From Left Flank Vets
Jul 14, 2022
74 - Elon: Secret Twin News+Against Austerity Ecology & For A Future Of Plenty w/ Leigh Phillips
Jul 07, 2022
73 - Public Gets Behind Mick Lynch, Ketchup Dripping Down the Wall & Morgan Leavy of SBWU-ATX
Jun 30, 2022
72 - UK Railway Strike, Free Assange, & TX GOP Off The Rails
Jun 23, 2022
71 - The Crypto Crash & Biden's Middle East ft. American Prestige
Jun 16, 2022
*TEASER* Think Tank June 2022
Jun 12, 2022
70 - Biden's Summit Of The Americas DISASTER & The FED Comes For Your Wages ft. Kurt Hackbarth
Jun 09, 2022
69 - Uvalde, Texas GOP Dithers, & Dollar General Say Enough ft. Alex Press
Jun 02, 2022
68 - Climate Change as Class War ft. Matt Huber
May 26, 2022
TEASER - Race, Wages & Why Union-Busting CEO's Quote MLK Ft. Veena Dubal
May 25, 2022
67 - Disinvestment Is Class War & Biden's Iran Catastrophe w/ Assal Rad
May 19, 2022
*Teaser* May Think Tank
May 17, 2022
66 - Union Power In Colorado & Abbott's COVID Nightmare w/ Nick Bowlin
May 12, 2022
65 - War On Abortion & Democracy + Minneapolis 4 The People w/ Robin Wonsley
May 05, 2022
*TEASER* Marx Reading Series: Theses On Feuerbach (1845)
May 02, 2022
64 - The Dead Center? w/ Luke Savage
Apr 28, 2022
63 - UFC Worker's Rights, Free Assange, & Twitter Should Pay You w/ Elias Cepeda
Apr 21, 2022
*TEASER* Don't Thank Capitalism for Liberal Rights ft. Lillian Cicerchia
Apr 17, 2022
62 - AMLO & The US Right Energy Lobby w/ Kurt Hackbarth
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 61 - Amazon & Starbucks Workers Show The Way & NBA's Player Empowerment Era
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 60 - Big Pharma's Pocketbook Politicians & Applebee's Vindicates Marx
Mar 31, 2022
59 - Why The Dems Lose Rural America & Albright's All Done w/ Nick Bowlin
Mar 24, 2022
58 - Ideology and Russia's Invasion of Ukraine ft. Carl Beijer
Mar 17, 2022
LR 57 - End Of The AOC Honeymoon & How Not To Talk About Climate Change w/ Natalie Shure
Mar 10, 2022
56 - Musk's Colonization Of South Texas & Ukraine Update w/ Rebekah Hinojosa
Mar 03, 2022
55 - Elon, Segregationist & Culture War in Colorado w/ Chase Woodruff
Feb 24, 2022
54 - What is Revolution w/ Jason Myles & Pascal Robert from This Is Revolution
Feb 17, 2022
53 - Opposing War, Building Peace, & False Consciousness Pitfalls, w/ Mike Prysner & Andrew Hairston
Feb 10, 2022
52 - Scam Economy, Free Leonard Peltier, & Fix Our Bridges w/ Matt Binder
Feb 03, 2022
TEASER - Stephen Jay Gould, Radical Scientists, & the Long Fight Against Reactionary Genetics ft. Kevin Bird
Feb 01, 2022
51 - Vampires Against Student Loan Forgiveness, Public Housing New M4A? & TX Tesla Deal w/ Marshall Steinbaum & Bob Libal
Jan 27, 2022
50 - Love & Power, MLK, Michael Brooks, And Hitchens ft. Ben Burgis
Jan 20, 2022
49 - Dems Insider Trader & The End Of Mass Politics? ft. Daniel Bessner & Djene Bajalan
Jan 13, 2022
*Raw Audio* Christmas Stream & Bum Steer + Q&A
Dec 24, 2021
48 - Masculinity and the Left & Capitalist Tornado Negligence ft. Liza Featherstone
Dec 16, 2021
What Is The GOP? - Griscom Stream *Raw Audio*
Dec 14, 2021
47 - Barbados Bucks Queen and Moocher Musk Demands Time-Out ft. Tamanisha John
Dec 09, 2021
*Raw Audio* American Socialism - Q&A Stream
Dec 08, 2021
46 - Working Class Politics in Pennsylvania & The Inflation Swindle ft. Paul Prescod
Dec 02, 2021
Is Marx An Economic Determinist? ft. Lillian Cicerchia (Holiday LR)
Dec 01, 2021
45 - Who Ended Apartheid & No Free Speech for Mine Workers ft William Shoki & Jacob from the Valley Labor Report
Nov 18, 2021
44 - The Strikes Continue & South Carolina Politics and Is Nikki Haley the Better Jeb!? ft. Paul Bowers
Nov 11, 2021
Episode 43 - Climate Inaction & the US = History's #1 Human Caging Machine ft. Alec Karakatsanis
Nov 04, 2021
42 - Charlie Kirk Schooled By Dr. Ben & Courts Against the People ft. Ben Burgis
Oct 28, 2021
41 - Yesterday's Man, Today: Sleepy Joe and the DemonRats ft. Branko Marcetic
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 40 - The Great Resignation, Striketober, and the Mythology of Capitalism ft Maximillian Alvarez
Oct 14, 2021
*Bonus Unlocked * Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 38 - COP26, Democracy & Global Climate Justice ft. Adrian Martinez & Sam Goodman
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 37 - Blockchain, Smart Contracts, & False Promise + Biden Sending Haitians to Gitmo? ft. David Gerard
Sep 23, 2021
Episode 36 - The Climate-Denying Utility Failing New Orleans & Bitcoin Boosting the Ghoul Way ft. Dharna Noor
Sep 16, 2021
Don't Be A Cynic - Griscom Stream
Sep 15, 2021
Episode 35 - Bolsonaro's Bus Bozos and Manchin's EpiPen Faildaughter ft. Brian Mier
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 34 - SB8, Anti-Mask Tyranny, & Back to the Workplace in the UK ft. Stella Rooney
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 33 - Assange, Daniel Hale, & The US War On Journalists ft. Chip Gibbons
Aug 26, 2021
Griscom Stream - Get Out Of Idealism
Aug 25, 2021
Episode 32 - Biden at 200 Days & Save Your Uncle From Mark Levin ft. Harvey J Kaye
Aug 19, 2021
Bosses Want You Hungry + Anti-Democracy Movement Wants Forever War + Q&A - Griscom Stream
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 31 - Bidenflation, Manchinomics, & Afghanistan Withdrawal ft. Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner
Aug 12, 2021
Griscom Stream - Avoiding Climate Despair + Q&A
Aug 10, 2021
Episode 30 - Labor Against Climate Catastrophe, Nina's Loss, & Bum Steer: Tim Pool ft Ryan Pollock
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 29 - Broken Healthcare Promises & Chris Rufo Demands Lullabies ft. Ben Spielberg
Jul 29, 2021
Episode 28 - Lessons from Michael Brooks & The Problem with ‘Post-Marxism’ ft. Lillian Cicerchia
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 27 - Bolsonaro's COVID Grift & Biden's Climate Fumble ft. Victor Pougy
Jul 15, 2021
Cuba's Fight, Texas Democracy, & Will Centrists Let The World Burn Griscom Stream
Jul 13, 2021
UNLOCKED -There Once Was a Socialist College in the Rural South ft. Meagan Day
Jul 09, 2021
Episode 26 - ✏️, DSA Going International, and Haiti's Ongoing Fight ft. Austin Gonzalez
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 25 - The Great Centrist Swindle ft. Napoleon Da Legend
Jun 25, 2021
24 - Interfere? Who? U.S.? + Canada's School Gravesite Revelations ft. Lance from The Serfs
Jun 18, 2021
Griscom Stream: It's More Than Money In Politics + Peru & Mexico Wins
Jun 12, 2021
Episode 22 - Why the Rich Hate AMLO & How Crowder Works For Fauci ft. Kurt Hackbarth
Jun 04, 2021
Episode 21 - Luddism is Good, Smartness is Bad, and BDS is Necessary ft. Jathan Sadowski
May 28, 2021
Episode 20 - Culture Wars, Retire Breyer, & the Swoletariat Rising ft. Brandon Sutton
May 21, 2021
Episode 19 - Blaming the Rich the Right Way and #FreePalestine ft. Matt Huber
May 14, 2021
Episode 18 - Why the World Doesn't Really Need Bill Gates (Or Big Pharma) ft. Luke Savage
May 07, 2021
Episode 17 - Cancelling Comedians While the World Burns ft. Ben Burgis
Apr 30, 2021
16 - SUPERLEAGUE SUNK + Logistics of Organizing ft. Nando Vila, Charmaine Chua, Ted of Amazonians United
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 15 - From Posting to Politics ft. Cale Brooks + Laura & Jim of the Reclaim Idaho Documentary
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 14 - Maine Takes on "Liberal" Union Busters ft. Nathan Bernard
Apr 09, 2021
*Teaser* Our Radical Tradition - 1 - James Connolly ft. Paul O’Connell
Apr 07, 2021
Episode 13 - Legalizing Weed The Right Way & Thirsty Biz Drinks Our Water ft Brian "Box" Brown
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 12 - Bezos vs the People & the Strike Threat that Won the NBA Union ft. Kshama Sawant & Wosny Lambre
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 11 - How Lula Washed #LavoJato​ & Biden Immaterialism ft. Victor Pougy
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 10 - The Gilded Age Returns But So Does Lula ft. Matt Karp
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 9 - Jackson Water & Ecuador's Election (Pink Tide Returns?) ft. Austin Gonzalez
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 8 - Enclosure Resistance, the Commons, and the Climate Apocalypse ft. Peter Linebaugh
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 7 - Texas Disaster, Bama vs Bezos, & Covid Capitalism ft. Grace Blakeley & The Valley Labor Report
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 6 - Pink Tide Returning to Ecuador & Liberal Secession Fantasy ft. Ben Burgis
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 5 - The Chicago Teacher's Strike & Section 230 & You ft. Edward Ongweso Jr & Kenzo Shibata
Feb 05, 2021
Griscom Stream - We Need A New Party But What Kind? 2/2/21
Feb 03, 2021
Episode 4 - Escaping the Culture War & the Hedge Fund GameStopocalypse ft. Jen Pan
Jan 29, 2021
*Bonus* Griscom Stream - Who Were The Young Patriots + Q&A 01/25/21
Jan 27, 2021
Episode 3 - Kill the Filibuster & Museveni's Desperation in Uganda ft. Milton Allimadi
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 2 - The Full $2k, Joe + What to Expect From a Biden Foreign Policy ft. Daniel Bessner
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 1 - The Capitol Stormed and the Democrats In Power ft. Malaika Jabali
Jan 11, 2021