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The Road to Fascism is Paved with Liberal Intentions

The Road to Fascism is Paved with Liberal Intentions

June 27, 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
Why Does the DMV Suck? 

Why Does the DMV Suck? 

June 20, 2025April 17, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

The ruling class wants us fighting each other over our frustration with life under capitalism. The best thing we can do is learn together and understand how the mechanisms of bureaucracies work.

Categories Op Ed Tags Class War, Democracy
Who Would You Hench For?

Who Would You Hench For?

March 20, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

In comic books, wealth is a superpower. Superheroes and villains can perform super-powered acts of labor, or they have access to other people’s labor.

Categories Op Ed, Real Progressives Tags Labor, Main Stream Media, Propaganda
What Does a Banana Taste Like?

What Does a Banana Taste Like? 

June 20, 2025February 26, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

Every subject always comes back to the struggle between labor and capital, even bananas.

Categories Op Ed Tags Labor, Working Class
Lenin Was A Mushroom

Lenin Was A Mushroom

February 1, 2025January 31, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

Mushrooms are a way to symbolize nature’s interconnectedness. Leninism is the study of the interconnectedness of nature.

Categories Op Ed Tags Class War, Lenin, Solidarity, Working Class
Is a Flag Worth Fighting For?

Is a Flag Worth Fighting For?

January 9, 2025January 8, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

Symbols of an oppressive empire need to be discarded. The masses can’t rally behind a banner that excludes them.

Categories Op Ed Tags China, Revolution, Working Class
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