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Drum-taps, by Walt Whitman

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · 22d

OVER THE CARNAGE ROSE PROPHETIC A VOICE.
- Walt Whitman

Anaximander @autoplectic.bsky.social · Mar 17

I, ecstatic, O partners! O lands! with the love of lovers tie you.

(Were you looking to be held together by lawyers?
Or by an agreement on a paper? or by arms?
Nay, nor the world, nor any living thing, will so cohere.)

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · 23d

Anyone in the KC area, there is a screening of Finding the Money, the MMT documentary, followed by a panel discussion with the audience moderated by myself at Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church, 9400 Pflumm Road, Lenexa, Kansas Thursday, September 18, 7pm. UMKC Economics!
Modern Money!

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · 23d

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver Block the Bombs Sign-On Letter

Organizations based in Kansas City, MO are coming together under the leadership of Al-Hadaf, a Palestinian-led justice organization, and Jewish Voice for Peace-KC to demand that Rep. Cleaver support H...

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · 28d

Denison University Professor/GISP President Fadhel Kaboub: “Fiscal space is constrained by potential inflation risks…The good news is that productive capacity is producible, and its production creates even more jobs.”
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How African Nations can fund their own Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam - MyJoyOnline

Let's look at a monumental example that's literally reshaping the landscape of East Africa: the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Sep 9

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A post-foreign aid world needs to be built on transformational tax and trade policies

As traditional donors like the US and UK cut back, the answer for Africa and the Global South is not in charity, but in a fundamental restructuring of how the world economy is organised, writes Fadhel...

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Sep 7

Congratulations to Dr Vishal Choudhury for successfully defending his UMKC doctoral dissertation yesterday, “Three Essays in Political Economy.” A very “Happy to You!” (with Vishal and family in KC a month ago.)

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Cross Border Network for Justice and Solidarity

The Cross Border Network supports workers across borders and who cross borders. We connect the dots between U.S. imperialism and the forced migration.

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire? - Law and Political Economy Collective

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Jul 29

Discussion of Jamee Moudud’s new book, Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism sponsored by the Law and Political Economy Collective. Please consider registering and sharing with others. July 30, 2025

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Join the LPE Collective for a talk from Jamee Moudud on his new book, "Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?"

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Jul 4

earth’s wretched
soon to be stretched
to reach necessary
for the change!

end the strange
alignment of breakback
for the riffraff!

be no more mindslave
of the jiffypop
member-only stinkflop
to satisfy limpstick!

the call to spread
and the
song of the dirt and sky!

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · May 31

Professor Ngugi visited Temple University the year this came out, 1986. A Powerful Force of Deep Humanity!

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · May 9

Dr. Matthew Robinson, UMKC Economics & Geosciences, successfully defended his interdisciplinary PhD dissertation, Public Money and Reparations, supervised by Dr Linwood Tauheed, committee includes Scott Fullwiler, Bill Black, Carolyn Davies and Mathew Forstater.

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Andrew J Douglas @ajdouglas.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank YOU! Honored to build on what you’ve pioneered with the Cortland Uni currency—a concept and model that travels well, as my students are quick to point out.

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Apr 15

UMKC, needless to say

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Apr 15

Dr. Josefina Li and committee members following the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation, The Quest for a Sustainable and Equitable Society.

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Apr 14

From Fadhel Kaboub:

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Caroline Shenaz Hossein, AKA #theDougla 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 @carolinehossein.bsky.social · Apr 12

The United Nations has designated it as the Year of #Cooperatives!

Our book, "Beyond #Racial Capitalism," coedited w/ Sharon Wright Austin UF and Kevin Edmonds #UofT, delves into #membership institutions.
Consider citing & incorporating it into classes. You can access (lnkd.in/g_98spgg)

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Apr 8

Some recent doctoral dissertations like Rafed Huq, Sam Levey, and Alex Valchyshen completely fill me with confidence about the quality of interdisciplinary heterodox political economy today.

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Apr 8

Oleksandr (“Alex” or “Sasha”) Valchyshen successfully defended his economics doctoral dissertation, Reconsidering Capital Flows and Mobility, today at UMKC. So happy to be associated with this incredible analytical achievement and this amazing human being! x.com/messages/med...

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Mar 23

Fadhel Kaboub’s latest blog is a poem called Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity, along with a music video he produced with AI. Enjoy and share with your friends!
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Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

A bit of poetry (and music) to restore hope and sanity

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Walter Rodney and Palestinian Liberation - ROAPE

Andrew J Douglas @ajdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 23

Read Walter Rodney on his birthday and everyday. There’s still so much unpublished and understudied material in his archive in Atlanta, all so prescient, like what Chinedu Chukwudinma dug up on Rodney and Palestinian liberation. roape.net/2023/11/10/w...

In the context of Isreali’s mass murder of Palestinians, ROAPE’s Chinedu Chukwudinma writes about Walter Rodney’s uncompromising support for Palestinian liberation. Rodney’s defence of the methods use...

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Mar 21

Africa’s hidden Wakanda is real! Fadhel Kaboub reveals the Real Wakanda Roadmap in this 3-minute video!
Take a listen 👇🏼
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Africa’s hidden Wakanda is real! Fadhel Kaboub reveals the Real Wakanda Roadmap in this 3-min video!

YouTube video by Fadhel Kaboub

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Stop scrolling! The myth about "Africa's industrialization" just got busted!

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Mar 21

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YouTube video by Fadhel Kaboub

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Anaximander @autoplectic.bsky.social · Mar 17

I, ecstatic, O partners! O lands! with the love of lovers tie you.

(Were you looking to be held together by lawyers?
Or by an agreement on a paper? or by arms?
Nay, nor the world, nor any living thing, will so cohere.)

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Drum-taps, by Walt Whitman

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Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Mar 3

In the window display at the Amherst Bookshop.

Mathew Forstater @mathewforstater.bsky.social · Mar 3

At the annual economics conference I get in the elevator and Joe Stiglitz is in there, unable to tie his tie. I was told he also could not figure out how to get on the subway.