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How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

August 4, 2025August 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 Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Class War, Climate, Working Class
Basic Economics

“Basic Economics”

July 25, 2025 by David Fields

By challenging the assumptions behind market rationality and price mechanisms, we can rethink what “basic economics” really means and who it serves.

Categories Academic, Op Ed Tags Capitalism
What Are You Afraid Of

What Are You Afraid Of?

July 31, 2025July 25, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

What do spiders and capitalism have in common? Fear, perception, and media shape our understanding of the world, from arachnophobia to class warfare.

Categories Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Revolution, Socialism
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
How to Make a Po’boy

How to Make a Po’boy

July 31, 2025July 4, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

Don’t cross the picket line when there’s a labor dispute. And if you have the opportunity, give a striking worker a sandwich.

Categories Op Ed Tags Labor, Solidarity, Unions
The Road to Fascism is Paved with Liberal Intentions

The Road to Fascism is Paved with Liberal Intentions

July 31, 2025June 26, 2025 by Jules

Time and again, liberals claim to oppose fascism while enabling its rise. From Weimar Germany to Biden’s America, their ‘moderation’ serves capital, not people. This isn’t incompetence, it’s class war.

Categories Op Ed Tags Communism, Fascism, Revolution, Socialism
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
The Barter Lie: How Capitalism Rewrote Economic History

The Barter Lie: How Capitalism Rewrote Economic History 

June 20, 2025June 19, 2025 by Erald Kolasi

The claim that money developed as a medium of exchange to overcome the limits of bartering has become an article of faith in neoclassical economics, but it’s dead wrong.

Categories Op Ed Tags Barter, Capitalism
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
All Frogs Go To Heaven

All Frogs Go To Heaven

June 5, 2025June 5, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

The next time you see a frog, remember that no matter how small you are, there’s always hope for you to persevere against the largest and most powerful enemies. 

Categories Op Ed Tags Colonialism, Propaganda, Racism
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