Episode 17 - Cancelling Comedians While the World Burns ft. Ben Burgis
live a little after 8ET with Ben Burgis
2021-04-30 00:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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Left Reckoning 17 - FT. Ben Burgis
See ya'll tonight at 8 ET/7CT!
2021-04-29 16:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
What We Are Reading + Griscom Stream at 5 ET
Hey y'all,
I'll be doing a Griscom stream at 5 ET/4CT today, sorry for the tech issues but they should be sorted now. Come by and jump in the chat if you want to ask any questions.
Really excited for this week's bonus episode for patrons, we will be joined Milton Allimadi who will talk about the radical legacy of Walter Rodney, author of the crucial work "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa." I've linked to some talks he gave before he was assassinated in 1980 to prepared...
2021-04-27 16:33:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Natural" Disasters and Capitalism's "Building Back Better" ft. Wesley Cheek
Thanks Patrons ! David and Matt take to disaster researcher at Ritsumeikan University to talk about how capitalism takes advantage of disasters and why language like "natural disaster" aids that project.
Watch...
2021-04-25 17:41:46 +0000 UTC View PostPostgame 16
Matt and David discuss Cuba as an example, anti-oligarch discrimination in Bolivia, past enjoyable job experiences, and your discord qs!
Thanks patrons!
2021-04-23 04:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post16 - SUPERLEAGUE SUNK + Logistics of Organizing ft. Nando Vila, Charmaine Chua, Ted of Amazonians United
David and Matt talk about Biden's free school lunch extension and keeping our heads about "pushing him left" in an era of freer state intervention in the economy.
Then, Charmaine Chua (@CharmaineSChua) and Ted from Amazonians United join us to discuss organizing against Amazon post-Bessemer andin an age of just-in-time production.
Finally, Nando breaks down the colossal and welcome failure of the soccer "Superleague" and why the capitalists involved didnt have their s%%% togethe...
16 - SUPERLEAGUE SUNK + Logistics of Organizing ft. Nando Vila, Charmaine Chua, Ted of Amazonians United
starting soon!
2021-04-23 00:04:27 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow’s Show
On tomorrow’s show Charmaine Chua and Ted from Amazonians United talk about how to take on global corporations like Amazon and building local, regional, and international solidarity.
Also! Nando Villa is on the show to talk super league and how the rich are ruining soccer!
join us at 8 ET/ 7 CT!
2021-04-22 00:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat We Are Reading + Stream at 5 ET/4CT
Hey y'all,
A few pieces this week, be sure to catch the Griscom Stream tonight. This week's show on Thursday too we will be talking about different ways to combat Amazon and Nando Villa will be joining us to talk about the abomination that is the Super League. Should be fun.
What We Are Reading
2021-04-20 16:35:36 +0000 UTC View PostThink Tank - Joe Rogan is Mad You Got Checks
David and Matt discuss Joe Rogan talking to another reactionary he has a weird affinity for, Dan Crenshaw, about covid relief. Also, your discord questions. Thanks, patrons.
2021-04-18 17:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostThink Tank - Joe Rogan is Mad You Got Checks
David and Matt discuss Joe Rogan talking to another reactionary he has a weird affinity for, Dan Crenshaw, about covid relief. Also, your discord questions. Thanks, patrons.
WATCH HERE:
2021-04-18 17:45:36 +0000 UTC View PostPostgame 15
Matt and David discuss anti-labor "native advertising," Lula thriving, Elon's dumb Las Vegas hotwheels track, and twerking in front of a warship, plus your discord questions
2021-04-16 04:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 15 - From Posting to Politics ft. Cale Brooks + Laura & Jim of the Reclaim Idaho Documentary
The fight continues as miners strike in Alabama. Then Cale joins us to discuss posting, political education, and politics. Then Jim and Laura join us to discuss their doc on Medicaid expansion in Idaho. Finally, an update on Ecuador and Peru.
Read Cale's (@CaleBroooks) article in Jacobin: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/online-organizing-left-social-media-afte...
2021-04-16 02:20:43 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 15 - From Posting to Politics ft. Cale Brooks + Laura & Jim of Reclaim Idaho Documentary
live a little after 8 et
2021-04-16 00:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostPatrons-only Think-Tank This Sunday
Hey y'all,
This week's Sunday show is going to be a patrons-only think-tank show. For those who are unfamiliar, these are more pie-in-the-sky streams where Matt & David take your questions about more abstract questions.
So please get your questions and topics in the comments below and we will answer them for Sunday!
Tomorrow @ 8 ET/7CT
Cale Brooks joins us to talk about his new piece, From Posting to Politics, and the directors of the new film Reclaim Idaho join us to talk about their new documentary covering the fight for Medicaid expansion in Idaho, which has saved 90,000 lives and counting.
+ Ecuador and Peru analysis
+ what does the vote in Bessemer, Alabama mean
and more!
2021-04-14 16:39:24 +0000 UTC View PostStream live now
Going live now for @LeftReckoning for a stream + Q&A
Griscom Stream 5 ET/4CT
Hey y'all Griscom stream at 5 ET / 4 CT
Taking questions and taking Peru/Ecuador - plus a bit about Bessemer, Alabama + Q&A
Let me know if you've anything you want covered too!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCerkndrD3Z6rceekc4emVpA
2021-04-13 17:42:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhat We Are Reading
Hey y'all,
Certainly, a lot still to work out. Last week saw some positive results, but feeling very overshadowed by losses in Bessemer and Ecuador. More on that this week. But the fight continues and as Paul O'Connell said last week, losing is okay but not learning from losses is not. So here are some of things I'm reading this week.
What We Are Reading:
Postgame 14
David and Matt talk infrastructure, Peter Thiel anti-crypto, Boehner's audiobook, and this great interview with Alvaro Garcia Linera in Jacobin
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/interview-alvaro-garcia-linera-mas-bolivia-coup
plus your discord questions
2021-04-09 04:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 14 - Maine Takes on "Liberal" Union Busters ft. Nathan Bernard
First, the fight against Amazon and to organize workers continues.
Nathan Bernard (@NathanTBernard) joins us to talk about Portland, Maine nurses organizing and the liberal union buster brought in to stop them, as seen in his piece "“Liberal” Union Buster on the Loose in Portland" in Mainer News.
Finally, oil externalities in Texas, elections in Ecuador and Peru, and K...
2021-04-09 02:07:49 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 14 - Maine Takes on "Liberal" Union Busters ft. Nathan Bernard
live a little after 8 ET
2021-04-09 00:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostCatch us tonight at 8ET/7CT
plus get access to the postgame immediately after, where will break down more stories and take questions from the discord.
See y'all tonight
2021-04-08 17:40:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Tonight at 6 ET/5 CT
Come by and let me know if there are any other topics you'd like covered!
- David
2021-04-06 19:14:48 +0000 UTC View Post(audio) Our Radical Tradition - 1 - James Connolly ft. Paul O’Connell
Socialism Made Easy https://archive.iww.org/PDF/history/library/Connolly/SocialismMadeEasy.pdf
Dr. Paul O’Connell (@pmpoc) is a socialist and trade unionist, he teaches law at SOAS University of London https://politicaleducationproject.org/ 2021-04-04 20:06:05 +0000 UTC View Post