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Steven D. Grumbine

The Strategic Activist

The Strategic Activist

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 by Steven D. Grumbine

You don’t defeat the enemy in one fight, you grind down their political and moral foundation until holding the status quo costs more than yielding to change.

Categories Op Ed Tags Class War, Revolution
MMT + Class is Vital

MMT + Class is Vital

March 31, 2026January 17, 2026 by Steven D. Grumbine

(psst, you aren’t a capitalist…sorry!)

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Class War, MMT, Working Class
The High Intellectual Barrier to Socialist Consciousness

The High Intellectual Barrier to Socialist Consciousness

March 31, 2026September 14, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

If socialism is to be a mass movement, it must speak in the language of those it seeks to organize.

Categories Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Class War, Communism, Labor, Socialism
The Unseen Labor of Liberation

The Unseen Labor of Liberation

March 31, 2026August 17, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

The real story of social change isn’t found in the explosive moments that make history books, but in the countless ordinary hours that make those moments possible.

Categories Op Ed Tags Class War, Mutual Aid, Organizing, Revolution
Trumpism as the American Thatcherism

Trumpism as the American Thatcherism

March 31, 2026August 12, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.

Categories Democracy, Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Neoliberalism, Revolution
How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

March 31, 2026August 3, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

Either we tear down the monetary veil and seize our collective future, or we perish under the weight of capitalist lies.

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Class War, Climate, Working Class
A (belated) Look at Finding the Money

A (belated) Look at Finding the Money

July 13, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

The documentary is a good first step, like a union organizer’s introductory pamphlet. But it’s only telling half the story.

Categories Economic Justice, Film Review, Op Ed Tags Austerity, Class War, Inflation
Inflation as a Weapon of Class Power: A Modern Monetary and Marxist-Leninist Perspective

Inflation as a Weapon of Class Power: A Modern Monetary and Marxist-Leninist Perspective 

June 21, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

Inflation is not some natural economic phenomenon, nor is it merely the result of too much money chasing too few goods. That’s the myth popularized by Milton Friedman and his monetarist acolytes.

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Austerity, Inflation
Modern Monetary Theory Without Class Struggle is Just Accounting

Modern Monetary Theory Without Class Struggle is Just Accounting

June 11, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

MMT insights become revolutionary only when wielded by movements strong enough to break capital’s structural power.

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Class War, Federal Job Guarantee, Working Class
Taxes Don't Fund Spending

Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending

November 24, 2024February 26, 2023 by Steven D. Grumbine

Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, MMT, Taxation
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