A lot of the money behind the AI boom is coming from pension funds of working class people and when parts of the AI bubble burst, private capital gets protected, while ordinary people can be left with the losses. The AI Data Center Gold Rush: The Bailout State Behind It - youtu.be/fHwYIFa1mNE

🚨Wednesday🚨 We discuss 🔎The Rise of AI and the Changes in Work and Employment🔍 with @vivaharehills.bsky.social and Jamie Woodcock, chaired by @chandnid.bsky.social . 🗓️ 18 February ⏰ 6pm (UK) / 1pm (NY) / 12pm (OK) Join here: us02web.zoom.us/j/8197743642...

You pay 6%, millionaires pay 1% A $25k to $50k worker pays 6.2% into Social Security. A $2M salary pays about 0.6%. That’s what “regressive” means, working people pay a higher share. ▶ Watch the full conversation - Why You Pay More and Get Less: City Budgets Explained - youtu.be/joKEWXqzFoE

Join us for the live book launch. Escape from Capitalism Tue 10 Feb, 17:30 GMT Free and hybrid. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-escape-from-capitalism-tickets-1980381165376?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

The Secret Ingredient to Economic Fascism open.substack.com/pub/democrac... @profwolff.bsky.social

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "Who Profits From Climate Solutions? Green Colonialism Explained" Clara Mattei, Hamza Hamouchene www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQdv...

Settler colonialism replaces Indigenous ecologies with colonial ecologies, reshaping land, water, life. Green colonialism turns climate “solutions” into land grabs, debt, and the profit engine hiding inside climate policy. ▶ youtu.be/cQdve42cwbo

TOMORROW We discuss 🚨Immigration and Labour🚨 with David Bacon and Hannah Cross, chaired by @surbhikesar.bsky.social. 🗓️ Wednesday 04 February ⏰ 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK) Join ▶️ bit.ly/4qdNZWG

The “neutral” rules of the economy decide who has power, who gets protected, and who gets squeezed. In this special episode, @profwolff.bsky.social of @democracyatwork.bsky.social and Clara Mattei unpack how power hides inside the rules we’re told are just “common sense.” ▶ youtu.be/EZFYkUBLD7A

Clara Mattei is one of my all time favourite academics and I really loved chatting with her on the FREE podcast. Make sure you follow @freefreeforum.bsky.social as they’re doing amazing work!

New Episode of #EconomicUpdate out today at 4:30PM EST @profwolff.bsky.social joined by Clara Mattei of @freefreeforum.bsky.social to discuss her new book! Watch it then here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9UA...

NEW FREE HELL! @utulsa.bsky.social's and @freefreeforum.bsky.social's Clara E. Mattei on "Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention” (@simonandschuster.bsky.social). Join and support completely listener supported This is Hell! www.patreon.com/posts/new-he...

Clara E. Mattei discussed her new book, "Escape From Capitalism: An Intervention." She touched on the contradiction of "Democratic Capitalism," the truth of austerity, and the educational indoctrination that keeps us stuck in the wage-labor cycle. 10/10 no notes. @freefreeforum.bsky.social

Monopoly doesn't end competition. It concentrates it, and pushes it onto everyone else. ▶ Full talk: youtu.be/LlyypkMf2aQ @graceblakeley.substack.com explains how "competitive individualism" gets inside our minds, our relationships, our mental health, and makes collective resistance harder.

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation w/ Clara Mattei "Hunger Is the Point: The Capitalist Food System Explained | Raj( @rajpatel.org )Patel" www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbU...

#TULSA It's Your Money, You Decide In a turn toward concrete, local democratic power, FREE helps residents understand who is being taxed, how public money is spent, and how they can shape priorities. @freefreeforum.bsky.social

Food security isn't freedom, food security can be access without choice, dignity, or power. Food sovereignty is control, the ability for communities to decide how hunger ends where they live. Full episode: youtu.be/zQbUJGdfqMI #FoodInsecurity #AffordableFood #RajPatel #FoodSovereignty #freeforum

A chicken nugget needs labor. @RajPatel.org explains how Oklahoma’s chicken industry exploited people diverted from jail during the opioid crisis, sending them to work overnight on production lines without basic worker protections. 📌 Full episode ▶ youtu.be/zQbUJGdfqMI #PrisonLabor #FoodJustice

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Austerity is discussed like policy or “tough choices.” Peter Bloom argues something deeper is happening: insecurity, anxiety, and scarcity are being commodified, scaled, and sold, until fear itself functions like a massive market. 📌 Watch the full SAPE Lecture Series video: youtu.be/sS8HzVnxYiI

@RajPatel.org lays out why, under #capitalism, supply and demand guarantees that some people will always be priced out of food, and why ending #hunger means changing the system, not just expanding charity. ▶ Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/BXZu39LWgm0 #AffordableFood

ICYMI: You can watch the launch for our twelfth issue on YouTube. With @redprof.bsky.social and Clara Mattei . Moderated by Izzy Plowright. Thanks to @haymarketbooks.org for hosting. www.youtube.com/live/PTS-cJ3... @freefreeforum.bsky.social

Everyone is empowered to do all they can in this moment. That means you. @gsustulsa.bsky.social @generalstrikeus.bsky.social @freefreeforum.bsky.social @coopjax.bsky.social @oktenants.bsky.social @tulsadsa.bsky.social @latinosunidos.bsky.social All Power to the People! Generalstrikeus.com

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "Who Actually Freed the Slaves? David( @redprof.bsky.social )McNally on Slavery & Capitalism" Clara Mattei www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUX...

In 3 HOURS! Join us on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8494914746...

David McNally describes how mass withdrawal of labor on plantations could force the firing of overseers, because production stopped until the community’s demand was met. It is a powerful example of collective power from people the system tried to treat as property. Full talk: youtu.be/dMUXcbk6mX4

“The entire history of America, the entire history of every racial and ethnic group in America, is in the national park system.”

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "Housing Crisis: Why Wall Street Keeps Homes Empty & Rents High" Clara Mattei, Miguel Robles-Durán www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Tu...

SAPE 5. Welfare Regime and Capitalism: 🏡Housing🏡 & 👵🏾Pensions👴🏼 📌Wednesday 10 Dec 6pm UK time Join Manuel Aalbers and @hwanheebae.bsky.social to discuss ‼️why we can't afford housing and retirement ⁉️, chaired by @karthikmanickam.bsky.social. ▶️ us02web.zoom.us/j/8494914746...

Jointly organised by @soaseconomics.bsky.social, @nssrnews.bsky.social, and @freefreeforum.bsky.social & supported by @gftuet.org.uk. Sign up for our mailing list: bit.ly/47u3rZb

If supply is supposed to lower prices, why are rents rising with empty units? Because in a financialized housing market, homes and rent rolls are used as collateral, so vacancy can pay and prices stay high. That’s why adding supply alone doesn’t drop prices. Full video: youtu.be/4-TuZ6VdeXY

Fixing affordability starts with decommodifying essentials and curbing corporate power instead of relying only on interest rate hikes. Economist Ramaa Vasudevan outlines a different way to respond to the cost of living crisis. 👉 Full video - youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00 #Affordability #CostOfLivingCrisis

📺Catch up on the 4th session in the Political Economy International School series w/ Pedro Rossi, Peter Bloom & Clara Mattei. @soaseconomics.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @freefreeforum.bsky.social 📷Watch and share: youtube.com/watch?v=mOKO... #GFTUET #PoliticalEconomy #Austerity

The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation has put out an edited version of our talks to British trade union activists & educators on Inflation and the Cost of Living Crisis earlier this month. With Ramaa Vasudevan. @freefreeforum.bsky.social @soasnssrfree.bsky.social #EconSky youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00?...

Don't miss this upcoming event with @profwolff.bsky.social & C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the #Economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social@archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7

We are live NOW! Join here: us02web.zoom.us/j/8636905030...

We’re told inflation happens because workers “ask for too much” and “consume too much.” But that story puts the blame on workers instead of excessive profit margins. 👉 Watch for the deeper dive into #capitalism, #inflation, and #costofliving youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00

What if “saving the economy” now means sacrificing the conditions for human life? Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples. youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation Podcast with Clara Mattei "The Free Market Is a Myth" www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEs9...

Prisons are cheap for budgets and the wealthy, brutally costly for the poor and working class. Fixing crime would mean #taxtherich and funding real security and dignity like housing, healthcare, education, and childcare.

👉 Full conversation youtu.be/_ahT9np4R0Q 
#MassIncarceration #Capitalism

Our 3rd session is on 💸Cost of Living Crisis and Inflation💸. Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK). Sign up to receive Zoom link: bit.ly/47u3rZb. supported by @gftuet.org.uk

Rob Robinson breaks down why housing, wages, and inequality are an economic system that profits from keeping us precarious. The 1% profits while the rest of us struggle to survive, and people are finally starting to wake up. What will we do next? 👉 Full episode youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE

#ZohranMamdani & today’s election for #NYCMayor has energized a generation fighting for #AffordableHousing and #RightToHousing. We talked with Rob Robinson about what it will take to make that dream real. 👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE

10 year sentence (7 served), felony charge, for failing to report spanking @freefreeforum.bsky.social

As SNAP benefits are frozen, the U.S. continues to fund policing, ICE, and surveillance without pause. This is how the punishment economy works, starve the safety net, feed the system of control. care? 👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/toGO-ui1nfw #GovernmentShutdown #MassIncarceration #SNAPBenefits

FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "The Business of Poverty: How the System Profits from Homelessness" Clara Mattei, Rob Robinson www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcv...

Great discussion with @profwolff.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social & Clara Mattei @freefreeforum.bsky.social !

📺Catch up on the 2nd session in the #PoliticalEconomy International School series w/ Costas Lapavitsas, Clara Mattei & Hanin Khawaja. @soaseconomics.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @freefreeforum.bsky.social 📷Watch & share: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJh2... #GFTUET #TradeUnions #Militarisation

📍Wednesday 15 Oct 6-8pm (UK) 🌍The Changing World Order: Tariffs, Trade War, and More🌏 by @stevemaherecon.bsky.social & @profwolff.bsky.social, chaired by Clara Mattei. @soaseconomics.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @gftuet.org.uk @gftu.org.uk Sign up to receive Zoom link: bit.ly/47u3rZb