Real Progressives

Real Progressives

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Volunteer-run nonprofit organization committed to the mission of educating others about why understanding macroeconomics together with class-based analysis is essential for working class empowerment. https://linktr.ee/RealProgressives

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Tech oligarchs aren't puppet masters, Brett Scott argues. They're the most puppeted, caught in capitalism's fractal insecurity. Brett and Steve on the Nerd Reich. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

realprogressives.orgEpisode 402 - A Feeding Frenzy at the End of the World with Brett ScottBrett Scott talks with Steve about the Nerd Reich and the threat posed by the big tech oligarchy. Are they puppet masters or products of a system built on insecurity? Or both?
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NEW EP!! 💵 Oligarchy isn't a deviation from capitalism. It is the capitalist ruling class. EJ of @noncompete.bsky.social & Steve on why Bernie's "fight oligarchy" dodges the word capitalism. Plus what class-conscious organizing demands.

realprogressives.orgEpisode 401 - Why Won't They Say Capitalism? with EJ of NonCompete CoopWhy do progressives say oligarchy instead of capitalism? EJ of NonCompete explains why the word matters and what class-conscious organizing looks like.
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Our 400th episode!! 🥳 Uplifting billions without invading or enslaving anyone. @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social tells Steve how a united Africa trades minerals and market access for technology, not debt. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

realprogressives.orgEpisode 400 - The Power of a United Africa with Fadhel KaboubFadhel Kaboub lays out how Africa can industrialize as a bloc: technology transfer instead of debt, national currencies, and a security pact against blowback.
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Episode 399 – Resistance and Resilience with Pieter de Beer October 3, 2026 If electoral politics isn’t the plan, what does building an alternative actually look like? An anarchist and a Marxist-Leninist get together to exchange ideas. #election #empathy #values

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The National Debt is a Trick To Make The Rich RICHER & Keep YOU Poor! ft. @Steven D Grumbine on The Jimmy Dore Show. Check it out on Rumble. #learnMMT #NationalDebt #ClassWar rumble.com/v7gcdze-the-...

rumble.comThe National Debt Is A TRICK To Make The Rich RICHER & Keep YOU Poor! w/ Steve GrumbineBecome a Premium Member: https://www.jimmydore.com/premium-membership Go to a Live Show: https://www.jimmydore.com/tour Subscribe to Our Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jimmydorecomedy/ytlivestreams LI
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Capital survives by sabotaging our ability to meet our own needs. The more dependent we are, the more control they have. Pieter de Beer on decapitalization and why existing coops need coordination, not more startups. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...

realprogressives.orgEpisode 399 – Resistance and Resilience with Pieter de BeerIf electoral politics isn’t the plan, what does building an alternative actually look like? An anarchist and a Marxist-Leninist get together to exchange ideas.
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The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger ft. @jaybefaunt.bsky.social. Join us for the YouTube premiere of our latest Macro N Cheese episode tonight @ 7 pm ET! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o06X... #NationalDebt #LearnMMT #ClassWar

youtube.comThe National Debt & The $40 Trillion Nothingburger w/ Jaybefaunt ft. Steve GrumbineThis episode is a rebroadcast of Steve’s recent appearance on the Jaybefaunt Show, with James Fauntleroy, where he was asked to take apart the familiar panic...
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"There is no chance that budget deficits will force the US government to default on its debt—no matter how high interest rates and deficits might go. However, high interest rates as well as other spending can increase the inflation danger."

levyinstitute.orgIs the US Running Out of Time as the Rest of the World Runs Out of the Dollar? – Levy Economics Institute of Bard CollegeGlobal trust in the US and its almighty dollar seems to be in question, with some nations scrambling to create alternative payment systems to compete with it. Some believe it...more
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NEW EP!! 🍔 Taxes don't fund fed govt spending. Neither do bond sales... They're just interest-bearing savings accounts for dollars already created. The national debt panic is theater. Steve and @jaybefaunt.bsky.social break down the con.

realprogressives.orgEpisode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James FauntleroySteve joins James Fauntleroy on The Jaybefaunt Show to explain why the $40 trillion national debt is a bogus scare-tactic. The “broke government” myth serves capital. They agree that liberation will c...
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"Epstein was an employee of capital, not its personification — his fortune was a fraction of the value he arranged for one client, and his protection was arranged by the state that serves his employers." melsm25.substack.com/p/the-epstei... #Epstein #Capitalism #ClassWar

melsm25.substack.comThe “Epstein Class” Does Not ExistThe fashionable phrase substitutes a hired functionary for the class that hired him. That is not a shortcut to the masses. It is the abandonment of class analysis dressed up as radicalism