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📺Catch up on the 4th session in the Political Economy International School series w/ Pedro Rossi, Peter Bloom & Clara Mattei.
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#GFTUET #PoliticalEconomy #Austerity
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Austerity Unmasked: Who Pays When Governments Tighten Belts?
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November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📺Catch up on the 4th session in the Political Economy International School series w/ Pedro Rossi, Peter Bloom & Clara Mattei.
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#GFTUET #PoliticalEconomy #Austerity
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The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation has put out an edited version of our talks to British trade union activists & educators on Inflation and the Cost of Living Crisis earlier this month. With Ramaa Vasudevan. @freefreeforum.bsky.social @soasnssrfree.bsky.social #EconSky
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Inflation & the Cost of Living Crisis: Who Pays, Who’s Protected?
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November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation has put out an edited version of our talks to British trade union activists & educators on Inflation and the Cost of Living Crisis earlier this month. With Ramaa Vasudevan. @freefreeforum.bsky.social @soasnssrfree.bsky.social #EconSky
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Don't miss this upcoming event with @profwolff.bsky.social
& C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the #Economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social@archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7
& C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the #Economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social@archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Don't miss this upcoming event with @profwolff.bsky.social
& C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the #Economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social@archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7
& C. G. Beck on #Labor, #Capitalism, #Architecture & the #Economy at the Peoples Forum based on Beck's new book! @democracyatwork.bsky.social@archworkersunited.bsky.social RSVP here: tinyurl.com/bde8atx7
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November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re told inflation happens because workers “ask for too much” and “consume too much.”
But that story puts the blame on workers instead of excessive profit margins.
👉 Watch for the deeper dive into #capitalism, #inflation, and #costofliving
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But that story puts the blame on workers instead of excessive profit margins.
👉 Watch for the deeper dive into #capitalism, #inflation, and #costofliving
youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We’re told inflation happens because workers “ask for too much” and “consume too much.”
But that story puts the blame on workers instead of excessive profit margins.
👉 Watch for the deeper dive into #capitalism, #inflation, and #costofliving
youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00
But that story puts the blame on workers instead of excessive profit margins.
👉 Watch for the deeper dive into #capitalism, #inflation, and #costofliving
youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00
What if “saving the economy” now means sacrificing the conditions for human life?
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
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Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What if “saving the economy” now means sacrificing the conditions for human life?
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U
Andreas Malm explains why the climate’s hard limits force a choice: either we strand fossil assets and shut down extraction or we strand entire regions and peoples.
youtu.be/shTNvH_Is0U
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FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation Podcast with Clara Mattei "The Free Market Is a Myth" www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEs9...
The Free Market Is a Myth | FREE Podcast with Clara Mattei
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November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation Podcast with Clara Mattei "The Free Market Is a Myth" www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEs9...
Prisons are cheap for budgets and the wealthy, brutally costly for the poor and working class.
Fixing crime would mean #taxtherich and funding real security and dignity like housing, healthcare, education, and childcare. 👉 Full conversation youtu.be/_ahT9np4R0Q
#MassIncarceration #Capitalism
Fixing crime would mean #taxtherich and funding real security and dignity like housing, healthcare, education, and childcare. 👉 Full conversation youtu.be/_ahT9np4R0Q
#MassIncarceration #Capitalism
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Prisons are cheap for budgets and the wealthy, brutally costly for the poor and working class.
Fixing crime would mean #taxtherich and funding real security and dignity like housing, healthcare, education, and childcare. 👉 Full conversation youtu.be/_ahT9np4R0Q
#MassIncarceration #Capitalism
Fixing crime would mean #taxtherich and funding real security and dignity like housing, healthcare, education, and childcare. 👉 Full conversation youtu.be/_ahT9np4R0Q
#MassIncarceration #Capitalism
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Our 3rd session is on 💸Cost of Living Crisis and Inflation💸.
Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).
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Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).
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November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Our 3rd session is on 💸Cost of Living Crisis and Inflation💸.
Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).
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Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).
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Rob Robinson breaks down why housing, wages, and inequality are an economic system that profits from keeping us precarious.
The 1% profits while the rest of us struggle to survive, and people are finally starting to wake up.
What will we do next?
👉 Full episode youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
The 1% profits while the rest of us struggle to survive, and people are finally starting to wake up.
What will we do next?
👉 Full episode youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Rob Robinson breaks down why housing, wages, and inequality are an economic system that profits from keeping us precarious.
The 1% profits while the rest of us struggle to survive, and people are finally starting to wake up.
What will we do next?
👉 Full episode youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
The 1% profits while the rest of us struggle to survive, and people are finally starting to wake up.
What will we do next?
👉 Full episode youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
#ZohranMamdani & today’s election for #NYCMayor has energized a generation fighting for #AffordableHousing and #RightToHousing.
We talked with Rob Robinson about what it will take to make that dream real.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
We talked with Rob Robinson about what it will take to make that dream real.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#ZohranMamdani & today’s election for #NYCMayor has energized a generation fighting for #AffordableHousing and #RightToHousing.
We talked with Rob Robinson about what it will take to make that dream real.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
We talked with Rob Robinson about what it will take to make that dream real.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/gZcvVZbTDAE
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10 year sentence (7 served), felony charge, for failing to report spanking
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Mass Incarceration: What You’re Not Supposed to Know
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November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
10 year sentence (7 served), felony charge, for failing to report spanking
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As SNAP benefits are frozen, the U.S. continues to fund policing, ICE, and surveillance without pause.
This is how the punishment economy works, starve the safety net, feed the system of control.
care?
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/toGO-ui1nfw
#GovernmentShutdown #MassIncarceration #SNAPBenefits
This is how the punishment economy works, starve the safety net, feed the system of control.
care?
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/toGO-ui1nfw
#GovernmentShutdown #MassIncarceration #SNAPBenefits
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As SNAP benefits are frozen, the U.S. continues to fund policing, ICE, and surveillance without pause.
This is how the punishment economy works, starve the safety net, feed the system of control.
care?
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/toGO-ui1nfw
#GovernmentShutdown #MassIncarceration #SNAPBenefits
This is how the punishment economy works, starve the safety net, feed the system of control.
care?
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/toGO-ui1nfw
#GovernmentShutdown #MassIncarceration #SNAPBenefits
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FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "The Business of Poverty: How the System Profits from Homelessness" Clara Mattei, Rob Robinson www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcv...
The Business of Poverty: How the System Profits from Homelessness
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October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "The Business of Poverty: How the System Profits from Homelessness" Clara Mattei, Rob Robinson www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcv...
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Great discussion with @profwolff.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social & Clara Mattei @freefreeforum.bsky.social !
📺Catch up on the 1st session in the Political Economy International School series w/ @profwolff.bsky.social, Steve Maher & Clara Mattei.
Trump & Tariffs: Understanding the New World Order
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#GFTUET #PoliticalEconomy #Trump #Tariffs
Trump & Tariffs: Understanding the New World Order
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#GFTUET #PoliticalEconomy #Trump #Tariffs
Trump & Tariffs: Understanding the New World Order
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October 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great discussion with @profwolff.bsky.social @stevemaherecon.bsky.social & Clara Mattei @freefreeforum.bsky.social !
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📺Catch up on the 2nd session in the #PoliticalEconomy International School series w/ Costas Lapavitsas, Clara Mattei & Hanin Khawaja.
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#GFTUET #TradeUnions #Militarisation
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#GFTUET #TradeUnions #Militarisation
Should Trade Unions Resist Militarisation and the Arms Industry?
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October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📺Catch up on the 2nd session in the #PoliticalEconomy International School series w/ Costas Lapavitsas, Clara Mattei & Hanin Khawaja.
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📷Watch & share: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJh2...
#GFTUET #TradeUnions #Militarisation
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#GFTUET #TradeUnions #Militarisation
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📍Wednesday 15 Oct 6-8pm (UK)
🌍The Changing World Order: Tariffs, Trade War, and More🌏 by @stevemaherecon.bsky.social
& @profwolff.bsky.social, chaired by Clara Mattei.
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🌍The Changing World Order: Tariffs, Trade War, and More🌏 by @stevemaherecon.bsky.social
& @profwolff.bsky.social, chaired by Clara Mattei.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📍Wednesday 15 Oct 6-8pm (UK)
🌍The Changing World Order: Tariffs, Trade War, and More🌏 by @stevemaherecon.bsky.social
& @profwolff.bsky.social, chaired by Clara Mattei.
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🌍The Changing World Order: Tariffs, Trade War, and More🌏 by @stevemaherecon.bsky.social
& @profwolff.bsky.social, chaired by Clara Mattei.
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#MassIncarceration isn’t a failure, it’s a business model.
The U.S. locks up more people than any country on Earth.
From #prisonlabor to billion-dollar contracts, the system turns punishment into profit — draining resources from #housing, #education, and care.
#Justice #Abolition
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The U.S. locks up more people than any country on Earth.
From #prisonlabor to billion-dollar contracts, the system turns punishment into profit — draining resources from #housing, #education, and care.
#Justice #Abolition
🧵 ↓
October 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#MassIncarceration isn’t a failure, it’s a business model.
The U.S. locks up more people than any country on Earth.
From #prisonlabor to billion-dollar contracts, the system turns punishment into profit — draining resources from #housing, #education, and care.
#Justice #Abolition
🧵 ↓
The U.S. locks up more people than any country on Earth.
From #prisonlabor to billion-dollar contracts, the system turns punishment into profit — draining resources from #housing, #education, and care.
#Justice #Abolition
🧵 ↓
This Nobel Peace Prize isn’t for peace, it’s to honor those who privatize, deregulate, and serve empire not those who fight for humanity.
This “peace” award is a tool to validate capitalist hawks and whitewash imperial agendas in the name of democracy.
#NobelPeacePrize #Machado #Austerity
This “peace” award is a tool to validate capitalist hawks and whitewash imperial agendas in the name of democracy.
#NobelPeacePrize #Machado #Austerity
October 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This Nobel Peace Prize isn’t for peace, it’s to honor those who privatize, deregulate, and serve empire not those who fight for humanity.
This “peace” award is a tool to validate capitalist hawks and whitewash imperial agendas in the name of democracy.
#NobelPeacePrize #Machado #Austerity
This “peace” award is a tool to validate capitalist hawks and whitewash imperial agendas in the name of democracy.
#NobelPeacePrize #Machado #Austerity
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In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.
Historian @adamtooze.bsky.social & economist Clara Mattei trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control.
In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.
Historian @adamtooze.bsky.social & economist Clara Mattei trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control.
Profiting Twice: War, Peace, and the Business of Gaza | Adam Tooze
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October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.
Historian @adamtooze.bsky.social & economist Clara Mattei trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control.
In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.
Historian @adamtooze.bsky.social & economist Clara Mattei trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control.
#Capitalism isn’t #freedom. It’s #coercion dressed as choice.
Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
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Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
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What Is Capitalism? Not What You Think
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October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#Capitalism isn’t #freedom. It’s #coercion dressed as choice.
Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
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Economist @claraemattei explains why, and why it matters today.
📍Watch the full explainer: youtu.be/lPBmGP8CDus
#FreeForum
41 boats. 500+ people. The Global Sumud Flotilla sails, risking everything to deliver aid to Gaza.
As #Trump and #Netanyahu push a plan to turn #Gaza into a business project, shredding international law, the #GlobalSumud #Flotilla sails for humanity over profit, #solidarity over militarism.
As #Trump and #Netanyahu push a plan to turn #Gaza into a business project, shredding international law, the #GlobalSumud #Flotilla sails for humanity over profit, #solidarity over militarism.
October 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
41 boats. 500+ people. The Global Sumud Flotilla sails, risking everything to deliver aid to Gaza.
As #Trump and #Netanyahu push a plan to turn #Gaza into a business project, shredding international law, the #GlobalSumud #Flotilla sails for humanity over profit, #solidarity over militarism.
As #Trump and #Netanyahu push a plan to turn #Gaza into a business project, shredding international law, the #GlobalSumud #Flotilla sails for humanity over profit, #solidarity over militarism.
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Join me and @freefreeforum.bsky.social's Clara Mattei for a conversation about #capitalism, the importance of in-person organizing, and how we expand our imagination in a time of old and broken systems. youtu.be/ysvts8ZZTko?...
Imagination and Emancipation with Professor Clara Mattei
YouTube video by The Home Front
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October 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Join me and @freefreeforum.bsky.social's Clara Mattei for a conversation about #capitalism, the importance of in-person organizing, and how we expand our imagination in a time of old and broken systems. youtu.be/ysvts8ZZTko?...
Who REALLY Creates Wealth?
#Capitalism tells us the “engines” of the economy are investors.
But the truth? It’s workers.
Clara Mattei breaks down how wealth is created by labor and stolen through unpaid time.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/RcE-4GT7C_o
#Exploitation #WorkersRights #freeforum
#Capitalism tells us the “engines” of the economy are investors.
But the truth? It’s workers.
Clara Mattei breaks down how wealth is created by labor and stolen through unpaid time.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/RcE-4GT7C_o
#Exploitation #WorkersRights #freeforum
September 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Who REALLY Creates Wealth?
#Capitalism tells us the “engines” of the economy are investors.
But the truth? It’s workers.
Clara Mattei breaks down how wealth is created by labor and stolen through unpaid time.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/RcE-4GT7C_o
#Exploitation #WorkersRights #freeforum
#Capitalism tells us the “engines” of the economy are investors.
But the truth? It’s workers.
Clara Mattei breaks down how wealth is created by labor and stolen through unpaid time.
👉 Full episode here: youtu.be/RcE-4GT7C_o
#Exploitation #WorkersRights #freeforum
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WE ARE BACK!
With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.
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With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
WE ARE BACK!
With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.
Find our 2025/26 programme below.
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Register for courses: bit.ly/4mYcC9d
With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.
Find our 2025/26 programme below.
Sign up for our mailing list: bit.ly/47u3rZb
Register for courses: bit.ly/4mYcC9d