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BRAND NEW EPISODE! 🎙️
Economist @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social explains why the Global South cannot thrive without first achieving structural economic #decolonization – and why #MMT is essential, but not sufficient, for the task.
Host: @austerityismurder.bsky.social
Did you know the British Empire sparked a war by flooding Hong Kong with opium to fix a tea trade deficit? History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.
#OpiumWar #TradeDeficit #Drugs
The #OpiumWar wasn't just about drugs. It was about #tradedeficits -- @FadhelKaboub explains. Full ep. drops Sat. 3/14 @ 8am ET. Find all our ep. @ realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
How do you mobilize productive capacity without triggering inflation? It's a logical process, not a political slogan. Fadhel Kaboub explains Modern Monetary Theory in a way that's easy to understand even if you've never heard of it before.
#LearnMMT #inflation #economics #imperialism
Think MMT is just ‘printing money’? Think again. @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social explains why the framework is really about mobilizing capacity & avoiding debt traps. Rethink what you know about #inflation – full ep drops Sat 3/14 @ 8am ET.
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese
#MMT
“You can't democratize a colonial economy." @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social on why political independence in the Global South means nothing without abolishing structural colonialism. New ep. drops Sat. 3/14 @ 8am ET.
#GlobalSouth #colonialism
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
Empire & Exodus ft. Erald Kolasi. Join us for the YouTube premiere tonight @ 7 pm ET!
youtu.be/wveYi17byTg
#Imperialism #Immigration #ClassWar
Macro N Meme
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How are migration crises a feature of capitalism rather than a bug? Join us Tues. 3/10 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest ep. ft. Erald Kolasi who will be joining us.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#capitalism #immigration #imperialism
Lost your job? You're angry. Good. But don't let the capitalists misdirect your anger down at the poor guy on the 1st floor selling bananas. Look up at the 50th floor. The CEO making decisions about your community is the one you need to fight.
#immigration #capitalism
Don’t blame immigration for your economic woes. Blame the Epstein class. Erald Kolasi exposes how capitalism pits us against each other to impede working class solidarity. Full ep: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... #immigration #capitalism #ClassStruggle
#immigration #capitalism #ClassStruggle
NEW EP!! 🌍
Erald Kolasi joins @austerityismurder.bsky.social to expose how Western imperialism has engineered global migration flows – from US-backed coups in Latin America to colonial land grabs – revealing that the migration crisis isn’t a bug of capitalism but a feature.
#imperialism #immigration
US policy towards Iran is the clearest example of a sustained, #bipartisan consensus. This agreement spans presidential administrations and party lines, even though Iran is no threat to the United States. More evidence we don't have a #democracy, or moral leadership.
Reality for kids in Iran 😢 Just one in four Americans say they back U.S. strikes on Iran. So why did #Trump circumvent congressional approval for a #war that costs billions/day & countless human lives; despite running on a platform of no new wars?
#iran #news #imperialism
Why capitalism blocks a Job Guarantee: it would eliminate the "power of the sack"—the threat of firing used to discipline workers. Drawing on Mattei and Kalecki, we show full employment threatens capital’s control.
#JobGuarantee #austerity #capitalism
Austerity isn't accidental - it's structural to #capitalism. The #JobGuarantee threatens the "triple constraint": fiscal #austerity, monetary austerity & power to fire. Why it won't happen. Full ep ft Erald Kolasi drops Sat 3/7 @ 8am ET.
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese
Why did so many come north? The answer lies in U.S. foreign policy. We analyze how Washington's efforts to block communism in Latin America through coups, sanctions and arming rebels devastated the region and forced mass migration.
#LatinAmerica #migration #ForeignPolicy
Why did so many flee Latin America in the 1980s? US empire destabilized leftist govts, armed rebels, destroyed regions to prevent communism. The real roots of migration. Full ep ft Erald Kolasi drops Sat 3/7 @ 8am ET
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese
#migration #ForeignPolicy
How did US imperialism in Guatemala, Nicaragua & El Salvador create a "migration boomerang", leading millions to flee north? Erald Kolasi details the untaught history - full ep drops Sat 3/7 @ 8am ET
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese
#imperialism #immigration #GlobalSouth
Sarah Connor Warned Us ft. Peter Byrne of Project Censored. Join us for our YouTube premiere of our latest Macro N Cheese episode tonight @ 7 pm ET!
#AI #War #ClassStruggle
Military AI: How are humans kept out of the loop in terms of decisions of war? Join us Tues. 3/3 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Peter Byrne.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AI #War #ClassStruggle
A generation that 'knows nothing will change' meets a generation that demands 'something better fucking change.' This week on the podcast: witnessing the torch pass (or not) at a rally in Petaluma, and what it means for the future of the left. New episode available now.
#FuckICE #Gaza #fascism
From the Gaza genocide to ICE protests in suburban US, “Things are gonna have to get a lot worse before they get better.” A raw convo about boomer burnout, youth rage & boot-stomping fascism.
Full ep ft Peter Byrne of Project Censored: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
#ICE #Gaza #fascism
NEW EP!! 💣
Military AI Watch investigative reporter Peter Byrne dissects how Silicon Valley’s #AI boom is fusing with the Pentagon, creating a self-directed war machine that serves monopoly capital’s profits while steering us toward nuclear catastrophe.
@austerityismurder.bsky.social
Forget the sci-fi scenarios. The reality of AI warfare is that machines are being taught that human hesitation is a bug, not a feature. Check out our episode on the 'kill chain' and why the shut-off switch is a fantasy.
#AI #warfare #technology #SKYNET
Can rogue military AI be shut off by humans? Peter Byrne of Project Censored breaks down why the 'shut-off switch' is disappearing and who or what is really in control. Full ep. drops Sat. 2/28 @ 8am ET.
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
#AI #warfare #technology
Think a 'small' nuclear #war is survivable? #Science says no.
Even a regional conflict between #India and #Pakistan could plunge Earth into a freezing decade. Now imagine AI in command.
#AI #NuclearWar #SKYNET
From class war to nuclear war - Peter Byrne of Project Censored details how hypersonic glide missiles evade detection, tactical nukes are back, and AI is now baked into Nuclear Command & Control. Full ep drops Sat 2/28 @ 8am ET
Find all our ep: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese
#AI #NuclearWar
Socialism Unmade: Confronting Five Centuries of Capital ft. Ali Kadri. Join us for the YouTube premiere of our latest Macro N Cheese ep. tonight @ 7 pm ET!
#Capitalism #War
Why do textbooks push the barter myth? Not because it’s true, but because it makes #markets feel "natural" and "fair." If we start with exchange, we ignore the #wars, #politics, and power struggles that really decide who gets what. Markets don't emerge from a vacuum.
