🎙️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. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

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"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.

I have no means to monetarily help but want to share because I know personally how horrendous not having finances to aid for needed healthcare and have previously worked with patients like Cynthia. If you have the means, please help. Or at least share. Thanks all. No one should go through this.

🔥🔥🔥NEW EPISODE!! Forget partisan theater. Nolan Higdon frames the #EpsteinFiles scandal as a systemic story of elite power, media complicity, and the networks that operate above the law. @austerityismurder.bsky.social

"what real change requires beyond elections"

🔥 NEW EPISODE!! Historian Vijay Prashad talks w/ @austerityismurder.bsky.social about Antonio Gramsci, cultural hegemony & why working-class movements can get derailed by counterrevolution. A sharp, grounded discussion of class power, political education & what real change requires beyond elections.

NEW EP! 🔥🇨🇳 In today’s world, anyone serious about anti-imperialism, global development, and monetary sovereignty needs to break through the well-funded US propaganda machine & develop a fact-based, nuanced understanding of China. @austerityismurder.bsky.social realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

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New episode! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @austerityismurder.bsky.social and his guest, Scottish political economist William Thomson, use the fight over Scotland’s independence to dissect how class power hides inside “neutral” economic rules. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

If you missed Macro N Chill last night, you can still catch this awesome Macro N Cheese episode on YT right now! youtu.be/SQd8txr5jbI?...

🔥NEW EPISODE! 🎧 ☕ Can we vote a dying empire back to health? Political scientist @americanexception.bsky.social & @austerityismurder.bsky.social talk about why the answer is no and what that means for our collective future.

NEW EPISODE 🎧 ☕ L. Randall (Randy) Wray explains the inner workings of the Federal Reserve, the unruly creature of Congress, and how its policies enrich the already wealthy while keeping the working class subjugated. @austerityismurder.bsky.social

Regarding SNAP... The currency-issuing federal government cannot run out of the currency it alone creates by fiat any more than a football stadium can run out of points. All of this debt ceiling & shutdown nonsense is pure political theater. realprogressives.org/the-price-of...

🔥🇦🇷NEW Episode! Trump’s “$20B for Argentina” wasn’t aid – it was a heist. A hard look at class war, financial imperialism, and the same old empire in new neoliberal disguise with Daniel Kostzer & @austerityismurder.bsky.social

How have both parties built a digital #policestate that criminalizes #poverty protest & anyone messing w/ profits? Join us tonight @ 8 ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest @CheeseMacro ep. Nothing To Hide ft. Heidi Boghosian. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Regarding SNAP... The currency-issuing federal government cannot run out of the currency it alone creates by fiat any more than a football stadium can run out of points. All of this debt ceiling & shutdown nonsense is pure political theater. realprogressives.org/the-price-of...

Do you or anyone you know ever say things like "it's ok if they get my data, I don't have anything to hide"? You might want to think again .. w/ @austerityismurder.bsky.social

Are we really the sole architects of our success and failure, or is that just what we’ve been taught to believe? What if the “self-made” myth is holding us back from real progress? Great new ep from @austerityismurder.bsky.social realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

realprogressives.org/rp-book-club/ Starts tonight!! Come read State & Revolution with us and build community! ✊✊✊

#Capitalism suffers from psychosocial pathologies, and by blaming the marginalized, it inevitably paves the way for #fascism in our society. @austerityismurder.bsky.social & @profdavidfields.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow to listen to and discuss the new episode! Link is at the top of the episode page. ✊ realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

Brett Scott talks with @austerityismurder.bsky.social about libertarianism as an ideological tool that protects elite power by promoting a false narrative of individualism and “free” markets. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

🌶️ Economist Yeva Nersisyan joins @austerityismurder.bsky.social to discuss the struggle to communicate MMT’s core principles in a media landscape full of lies. #podcast #MMT #propaganda #kayfabe

What is meant by “imports are a benefit, and exports are a cost?" and what are the implications...? In a floating regime, a currency-issuing govt is not financially constrained in its domestic policy by “trade imbalances,” as it would've been under Bretton Woods. @austerityismurder.bsky.social

BREAKING: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed, including 27 aid seekers, in Israeli attacks across Gaza today. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/lo8z7v

✨ New essay by the MotL Collective! ✨ The work of left organizing has value. It's time we built systems that recognize & expand this value. Our latest essay explores complementary currencies as tools to build movements that can't be starved out by austerity. Please read & share! 👩‍💻 🙌

Charles Derber talks with @austerityismurder.bsky.social about his book, ‘Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations and the Quest for Democracy.’ Steve's take: US sociocide demands revolutionary change. Electoral politics are a distraction and a dead end. ✊

💊 🤕 NEW EPISODE!! 🎧 From Big Pharma greed to political exploitation, the war on drugs is a war on people. @austerityismurder.bsky.social's guest is Dr Charles LeBaron, author of Greed to Do Good: The Untold Story of CDC’s Disastrous War on Opioids. #WarOnDrugs #Capitalism

Find out why & how learning MMT can help us fight for the things that matter to us. Two MMT activists – one from Scotland @learnmmt101.bsky.social , one from the US @austerityismurder.bsky.social – with two different approaches. Great discussion! #MMT realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

The purpose of the gig economy is to hinder unionization and striking

This is my friend's effort to give something back in exchange for financial assistance to extricate herself and her children from an abusive situation. If you can afford to purchase any of the items on the site just know that you'll be helping them immensely. ❤️ #MutualAidBoost

A friend of mine, a beautiful soul, made this to help people who are feeling burnt out or have lost their spark in all the madness of life. Thought I'd share here in case anyone else might need some virtual breadcrumbs to help find their way back. www.followingsparks.com

🎧 ☕ Worried about #OBBB cuts? Wondering what could be done? Scott Ferguson and Ben Wilson of the Money on the Left collective discuss their ‘Blue Bonds’ proposal with @austerityismurder.bsky.social

If civilizations are judged by how they care for their elderly, our report card is already written. Should there be anyone left to judge us – should humanity exist long enough to judge us – we’ve flunked. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

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🔥🔥🔥 realprogressives.org/modern-monet... Hell yeah @austerityismurder.bsky.social ✊

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WOW!! 🔥 🧶Untangle the complex threads of Socialist Tradition & weave in a little MMT with Varn & @austerityismurder.bsky.social 📚 Listen now and save yourself like 15 years of heavy reading! 🙃 #Marx #Lenin #Stalin #Trotsky #anarchy #socialism #communism #MMT realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...