Left Reckoning

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Amazon is still aggresively up to bullshit in Bessemer.

Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) joins us to talk about the lawfare recall effort directed at her by big money interests in Seattle and how the left can build power outside of the democratic party.

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Tonight, Victor Pougy (@vpougy) joins us for the full story of how the Lava Jato investigation was exposed as a hit job and how Lula looks to be the frontrunner against Bolsonaro in the next election. Also, what to make of Biden spending and a discussion on Bitcoin and NFTs...

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Matt Karp (@Karpmj), contributing editor to Jacobin and 19th century historian joins us to talk about class dealignment in the Gilded Age and how we could be entering a similar phase under Biden. Also, what does the Covid relief spending mean for Matt's thesis?

Also, Lula is cleared to run again next year.

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Historian Peter Linebaugh joins Matt to discuss his newest book, "Red Round Globe Hot Burning: A Tale at the Crossroads of Commons and Closure, of Love and Terror, of Race and Class, and of Kate and Ned Despard."

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David and Matt discuss Ted Cruz and the electricity disaster in Texas before welcoming Jacob and David from the Valley Labor Report (@LaborReporters) to speak on the Alabama Amazon Union drive.

Then, David interviews Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley) on state theory and capitalism during covid.

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Liberal Secession and Liberal Fantasy

• https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/secession-constitution-elections-senate/

Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) of Give Them An Argument joins LR for his first appearance.

• https://www.jacobinmag...

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Opening

Class rootedness vs. class focused
MAS vs. Syriza
Bernie on political education
Edward Ongweso Jr (@Bigblackjacobin) of the This Machine Kills podcast and a writer for Vice's Motherboard gives us a primer on Section 230: 

Last summer, Trump hit us with the all-caps “REPEAL SECTION 230!!!” tweet...

Breaking down the question of the party + q&a 

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Hey reckoners, tonight David and Matt discuss crying hedge funds and why this targeted speculation, while funny, doesn't necessarily portend the collapse of capitalism. Then, Jen Pan of the Jacobin Show joins us to discuss Janet Yellen being a Girlboss and how to escape the culture war. Also, David updates us on Austin's strides to defund the police.