222 - Ro Khanna on DOGE, China & Gaza & Dodgin' Dave Rubin ft. Straighterade
Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) joins Matt to talk political economy and Gaza.Then, Erin aka Straighterade joins to talk about confronting Dave Rubin about Sam Seder and more Follow Straighterade on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/straighterade_
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221 - New Setback In Trump's ICE Crackdown ft Chip Gibbons
become a member and get the sunday shows at https://patreon.com/leftreckoninghey folks, Chip Gibbons of Rightsanddissent.org joins us to talk about his new piece, 'Trump’s War on Palestine and Free Speech Hits a New Setback'read here: https://jacobin.com/2025/05/suri-detention-free-speech-palestineand check the gaza/free speech newsletter here: https://www.rightsanddissent.org/gaza-first-amendment-watch/
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Marx in America & Are We Less Philosophical? ft. Andrew Hartman & Michael Burns
Hey folks! two great interviews for you tonight, first Andrew Hartman (@HartmanAndrew) on his excellent new book, Karl Marx in AmericaBuy Andrew's Karl Marx in America here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo245100866.htmlThen, Michael O'Neill Burns (@michaeloburns) joins Matt to talk about philosophy over the past few decades and if things are looking worse for contemplation.Subscribe to Michael's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelOBurns
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219 - Dealing With Oligarchs, the China Way ft. Alex Skopic
Alex Skopic of Current Affairs joins us to talk about three of his excellent pieces:https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/china-knows-how-to-deal-with-its-billionaireshttps://www.currentaffairs.org/news/trump-is-what-happens-when-you-give-a-landlord-powerhttps://www.currentaffairs.org/news/nazis-on-aisle-nine
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218 - Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement ft. Vincent Bevins
We are very pleased to be joined by Vincent Bevin's to discuss his reporting on the MST in Brazil, both on his substack: https://substack.com/@northsouthnotesand his piece in the Nation.https://www.thenation.com/article/world/brazil-mst-landless-workers-movement/Join us at patreon.com/leftreckoning
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.