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RP Live: State of the Empire: A Q&A with Michael Hudson Thursday Feb 12th at 5 pm ET /2 pm PT. #USEmpire #Oil #Tariffs

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Late imperialism is turning fascist, bringing colonial violence home. Gabriel Rockhill argues against a liberal status quo & for a strong Left response: the path of socialist state-building for human development.

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#imperialism #fascism #socialism

How has the CIA funded "Western Marxism" to undermine anti-imperialism? Join us Tues. 2/10 @ 8 pm ET for Macro N Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Gabriel Rockhill! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#CIA #Imperialism #ClassStruggle

Idgaf who ppl chose to vote for, what I despise is the energy and momentum wasted on electoralism in a system built to maintain the status quo of the capitalist class. Ppl have zero impact on policy here.

Episode 366 - Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? with Gabriel Rockhill How the CIA and capitalist interests systematically funded a toothless Western Marxism to derail real, anti-imperialist revolution. Guest Gabriel Rockhill is the author of Who Paid the Pipers of Weste...

NEW EPISODE OUT! 🔥

How the CIA and capitalist interests systematically funded a toothless Western Marxism to derail real, anti-imperialist revolution. Guest Gabriel Rockhill is the author of Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?

The CIA's covert war isn’t just military, it's intellectual. Gabriel Rockhill reveals how the US security state funds & promotes sanitized “Western Marxism” to undermine revolutionary socialism. New ep drops Sat 2/7 @ 8am ET. #CIA #Socialism

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Sex Work & Vice City The revolution isn’t an action-packed thrill ride like in video games. It’s a long, slow process where one class builds itself up. And that begins with how we treat each other.

The most radical act might be treating each other better. #Culture (and even #videogames like #GTA) can train us to hate & divide—but we get to choose. Consume consciously. Question the message. Reject #propaganda that pits workers against #workers. #solidarity #empathy #sex

The #FreeMarket isn’t a #meritocracy per stratification economics. It studies how systems are purposely designed for intergenerational #wealth & power, which is mostly determined at birth. #ClassStruggle
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How is white supremacy a core function of US capitalism? Join us Tues. 2/3 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. Funding White Supremacy ft. Bob Williams.

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😂 I kinda love how Bob is peeking over the bottom edge of the share image on this one like a neighbor with tea to spill! ☕
Fantastic episode too!! ✊

Episode 365 - Funding White Supremacy with Robert B. Williams Economist Robert B. Williams talks about his 2025 book Funding White Supremacy: Federal Wealth Policies and the Modern Racial Wealth Gap.

LATEST EP!! 🎙️
#Capitalism doesn’t just produce inequality by accident, it builds durable ladders for some and trapdoors for others.
@austerityismurder.bsky.social & Bob Williams

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White supremacy is upheld by a huge concentration of wealth among white people to function as a shield & perpetuate a system where the racial wealth gap keeps expanding. Full ep ft Bob Williams drops Sat 1/31 @ 8AM ET. Find all our ep @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese

Tax deductions are the new #JimCrow - they’re available to anyone but require wealth to access. Explore this "stealth" system that preserves inequality & the #meritocracy myth. Full ep ft. Bob Williams drops Sat 1/31 @ 8AM ET. #ClassWar Find all our ep @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese

The #RacialWealthGap has tripled since the ‘60s b/c of federal policy. Economist Bob Williams details how tax breaks for the wealthy are a stealth engine of #WhiteSupremacy New ep. drops Sat. 1/31 @ 8AM ET #SystemicRacism #economics

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How can the state’s monetary capacity be used as a tool for #classstruggle rather than a capitalist backstop? Join us Tues. 1/27 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest ep. ft. Anthony Anastasi. #LearnMMT #EachOneTeachOne

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Historian & journalist Vijay Prashad talks with Steve about why Antonio Gramsci still matters. Listeners to this podcast know that ...

Italian #workers didn’t just drift from unions to #fascism. #Gramsci argued it was a #class struggle: thru cultural #hegemony & contradictory consciousness, elites won consent from the people they exploited, reshaping workers’ beliefs, weakening the #left.
📚 Vital listen for organizers!
#podcast

Episode 364 - State Money, Class Struggle with Anthony Anastasi Anthony W. D. Anastasi, an economist based in China, believes that MMT and Marxist class analysis can complement each other when money is understood as a tool of the state rather than an ideology. He ...

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MMT & Marxist class analysis can complement each other when 💵 is understood as a tool of the state rather than an ideology. Anthony Anastasi & @austerityismurder.bsky.social take on common Marxist critiques of #MMT & what China’s political economy reveals about monetary sovereignty & power.

#MMT in a nutshell: cost isn't the deficit, but rather idle #resources in society. No #DeficitSpending = #unemployed people + idle capital & land = value that never gets created. Full ep ft Anthony Anastasi drops Sat 1/24 @ 8AM ET #Economics Find all our ep @ www.MacroNCheese.com

#RayDalio treats sovereign #debt like household. That's not how it works. w/ China’s deflation & weak consumption, Bank of #China head argues "We can create the cash... create the demand" #MMT Ep ft Anthony Anastasi drops Sat 1/24 @ 8AM ET. Find all our ep @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/

Why do so many #Marxists dismiss #ModernMonetaryTheory as capital apologia? #MMT is a lens, not an ideology! #JobGuarantee is a superior path vs #UBI to build #WorkingClass power. Ep. ft. @_awda_ drops Sat. 1/24 @ 8AM ET. Find all our ep. @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/

MMT + Class is Vital (psst, you aren't a capitalist...sorry!)

Impactful new piece from @austerityismurder.bsky.social reminding us not to fall short in our analysis of the world in which we live and to be mindful of the underlying power structures that work tirelessly to prevent us from getting a clear view.
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Episode 363 - Venezuela's Unfinished Revolution with Ricardo Vaz Ricardo Vaz of Venezuela Analysis joins Steve to unpack oil, sanctions, and the Bolivarian Revolution, exposing how empire, power, and propaganda actually work.

NEW EP!! 🇻🇪 Ricardo Vaz of Venezuela Analysis joins @austerityismurder.bsky.social to talk about the Bolivarian Revolution & unpack how empire, power & propaganda actually work. #Venezuela

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Episode 362 - Debunking the Institutional Theory of Economic Development with Erald Kolasi Steve talks with Erald Kolasi about why “good institutions” don’t explain why some countries prosper while others struggle. Using Korea, China, and Venezuela, the conversation cuts through surface nar...

Brand new episode!🎙️

Erald Kolasi on why “good institutions” don’t explain why some countries prosper while others struggle. He uses examples from Korea, China & Venezuela to focus on power, imperial alignment, energy, and material conditions that actually shape economic outcomes.

She has always been a disgusting ghoul.

Episode 361 - Discernment in the Age of Disinformation with Andy Lee Roth & Shealeigh Voitl Steve talks to Shealeigh Voitl and Andy Lee Roth about their annual book, Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2025, uncovering the year's most vital news stories that corporate media ignored or...

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In the first Macro N Cheese ep of 2026, @austerityismurder.bsky.social talks to Shealeigh Voitl & Andy Lee Roth about their annual book, Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2025, uncovering the year’s most vital news stories that corp media ignored or distorted. #ICE #Palestine

Episode 360 - Care Theory of Value with Emma Holten Political economist Emma Holten talks with Steve about how mainstream economics erases care work and social reproduction, even though all economic activity depends on them. Emma is author of Deficit: ...

🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
Political economist Emma Holten talks with @austerityismurder.bsky.social about how mainstream economics erases care work and social reproduction, even though all economic activity depends on them.
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"We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor -both black and white, here and abroad." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew ... out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor."
- Martin Luther King

Get ready because I'm about to drop a hot take:

I truly think there are only two reasons someone should ever advertise they are Christian on a social media profile; because they are clergy available for consultation, or because they want to signal their Christ-like willingness to aid all who ask.