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The Unseen Labor of Liberation

The Unseen Labor of Liberation

August 17, 2025August 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
Lightsabers, Camera, Action

Lightsabers, Camera, Action

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

Are movies being made as artistic expressions of human creativity—or just because they’ll make money?

Categories Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Socialism
The SupraState That Saved the Lying Ancap Messiah

The SupraState That Saved the Lying Ancap Messiah

August 14, 2025 by Daniel Conceição

How Milei tamed inflation (for now) not through markets and austerity imposed suffering, but through the very Leviathan he claims to despise.

Categories Op Ed Tags Argentina, Austerity, Hyperinflation, IMF, Inflation
Trumpism as the American Thatcherism

Trumpism as the American Thatcherism

August 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
Class(room) Warfare: Decimating the DOE

Class(room) Warfare: Decimating the DOE

August 14, 2025August 9, 2025 by Jules

The fight over abolishing the Department of Education isn’t about saving money or giving parents more choices. It’s about power.

Categories Op Ed Tags Class War, Education
How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

August 17, 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 Economic Justice, 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
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