Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Episode 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 001
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why is showing up and building community so essential for sustainable working class movements? Join us Tues. 10/6 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Pieter de Beer! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Community #Organize #ClassWar 021
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Episode 399 – Resistance and Resilience with Pieter de Beer October 3, 2026 An anarchist and a Marxist-Leninist get together to exchange ideas. #MacNCheese #Substack #Marxism substack.com/@realprogres... realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... 022
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The average drill gets used 8 minutes a year. We don't need 8 billion drills, only a few to serve the community. Coordination is where working class power lives. Link to full ep ft Pieter de Beer: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... #community #coordination #WorkingClass 011
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We've built 1,300 worker co-ops, hundreds of mutual aid groups & tenant unions but they're disconnected islands. Full ep ft Pieter de Beer Sat 10/3 @ 8 am ET. Link to our all eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/ #MutualAid #unions #MacroNCheese 042
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Capitalism sabotages the ability for us to meet our own needs. Pieter de Beer & Steven Grumbine discuss building resilience and bridging communities. New Macro N Cheese ep. Sat 10/3 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/ #capitalism #resilience #community 022
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Dollar hegemony is maintained by fear, not faith—fear of military intervention and economic coercion. New! Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... #MMT #dollar #fear #military 035
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The "government is broke" lie benefits the rich. It keeps the working class from demanding more. New! Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... #NationalDebt #MMT #Marxism 054
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How does the capitalist class use the national debt as an ideological weapon vs the working class? Join us Tues 9/29 @ 8pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep ft @jaybefaunt.bsky.social Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #LearnMMT #NationalDebt #ClassWar 123
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 26/09/2026$4 trillion for #WallStreet in a month. Zero for #reparations zero for #healthcare zero for infrastructure. That's no surprise. Government isn't broke. It just works for capital. Steve Grumbine & jaybefaunt.bsky.social discuss in new ep realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... 022
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Steve Grumbine & jaybefaunt.bsky.social debunk the #deficit myths that justify #austerity while our govt spends trillions on endless war & corporate #bailouts New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/26 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/ 011
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The National Debt is just accounting. Steve Grumbine joins jaybefaunt.bsky.social to cut through the hysteria w/ Modern Monetary Theory & class analysis. New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/26 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/ #NationalDebt #MMT #Marxism 020
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New! Episode 397 – Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w @learnmmt101.bsky.social #MMT #banking #taxes realprogressives.substack.com/p/sectoral-b... 133
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why is class analysis so important when discussing MMT and sectoral balances? Join us Tues. 9/22 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to and discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Jim Byrne, @learnmmt101.bsky.social Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #LearnMMT #ClassWar #PrivateDebt 021
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New! Episode 397 – Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w @learnmmt101.bsky.social #MMT #sectoralbalance #economy realprogressives.substack.com/p/sectoral-b... 143
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The #Clinton surplus years looked healthy. People were spending, but drowning in #debt to maintain their standard of living. MMTers saw the crash coming. Orthodox economists saw nothing. Learnmmt101.bsky.social explains. #ModernMonetaryTheory Full ep: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... 142
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Think the private sector creates money, while the govt just gets in the way? Wrong! Learnmmt101.bsky.social explains what banks are actually doing. New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/19 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/ 134
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Learnmmt101.bsky.social shows how Modern Monetary Theory's sectoral balances framework predicted the 2008 #FinancialCrisis #austerity #LearnMMT New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/19 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/ 122
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Macro N Cheese episode 396 “Recession By Design: Who Pays For The Business Cycle?” ft John Harvey RP Substack post: substack.com/@realprogres... Full episode on RP website: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... #economics #capitalism #MMT 011
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Macro N Cheese episode 396 “Recession By Design: Who Pays For The Business Cycle?” ft John Harvey Full episode on RP website: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-... RP Substack post: substack.com/@realprogres... #economics #capitalism #MMT 022
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New! Episode 396 – Recession by Design: Who Pays for the Business Cycle? with John T. Harvey Link to our FREE #Substack in comments below 👇 #capitalism #cancer #MMT 143
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New! Episode 396 – Recession by Design: Who Pays for the Business Cycle? with John T. Harvey Link to our FREE #Substack in comments below 👇 #capitalism #cancer #MMT 132
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How are unemployment, inequality, oligarchy, and recurring crises outcomes generated by capitalism? Join us Tues. 9/15 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to and discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. John Harvey! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #LearnMMT #Unemployment #ClassWar 021
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Think WW2 bond drives paid for the war? Wrong. War bonds were about controlling inflation – John Harvey “the Cowboy Economist” explains. Link to full Macro N Cheese episode in comment below👇 #WW2 #bonds #inflation 154
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 11/09/2026cowboyeconomist.bsky.social cuts through the noise: #capitalism created the #ClimateCrisis and exacerbated wealth concentration. The solution will come from outside the system that’s led us here. #ClassStruggle New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/12 @ 8 am ET. Link to all our eps in comment below 👇 113
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Capitalism is inherently volatile. cowboyeconomist.bsky.social breaks down 70 years of business cycles and why the ruling class will never allow full employment. New Macro N Cheese ep ft Sat 9/12 @ 8 am ET. All our eps in link below 👇 #Capitalism #business #employment 132
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026New! Episode 395 – The Red Scare That Stole Critical Thought with Andrew Hartman Link to our FREE #Substack in comments below 👇 #education #redscare #capitalism andrewhartman.bsky.social 133
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026How did the Red Scare teach American students to be compliant workers rather than critical thinkers? Join us Tues. 9/8 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Andrew Hartman. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #RedScare #Education #ClassStruggle 011
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 06/09/2026New! Episode 395 – The Red Scare That Stole Critical Thought with Andrew Hartman Llink to our FREE #Substack in comments below 👇 #education #redscare #capitalism 152
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Schools teach Helen Keller as an inspiration-porn fable about grit. They erase her socialism her militancy, her suffragism. Same treatment for Frederick Douglass: as if it's a #bootstraps story, not an indictment of #slavery. Link to full Macro N Cheese ep ft andrewhartman.bsky.social below 👇 #sc 145
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026ColdWar classrooms were built to adjust kids to capitalism, not challenge it. andrewhartman.bsky.social explains. Full Macro N Cheese ep ft Sat 9/5 @ 8 am ET. Link to all our eps in comment below 👇 #ColdWar #capitalism #CriticalThinking 143
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026andrewhartman.bsky.social shows how liberal & conservative elites united to erase Marxism from the American classroom replacing critical thought w/ "life adjustment" conformity. New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/5 @ 8 am ET. Link to all our eps in comment below 👇 #classroom #socialism 143
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New! Episode 394 – The Leviathan that Eats the World: AI’s Hidden Hunger for Energy, Water & the Planet with Erald Kolasi Link to our FREE Substack in comments below. 👇 133
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Can AI be used for public benefit rather than capital accumulation? Join us Tues. 9/1 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to and discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Erald Kolasi! Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AI #Capitalism #ClassWar 011
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 30/08/2026New! Episode 394 – The Leviathan that Eats the World: AI’s Hidden Hunger for Energy, Water & the Planet with Erald Kolasi Link to our FREE Substack in comments below. 👇 134
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The AI bubble is built on corporate debt that can't be serviced - just like every other capitalist boom before it. Link to full Macro N Cheese ep ft Erald Kolasi in comment 👇 #AIBubble #debt #boom 112
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Chinese open-source AI models are cheaper and spreading globally. Silicon Valley is terrified because their trillion-dollar buildup depends on monopoly control. Link to full Macro N Cheese ep ft Erald Kolasi in comment 👇 #AI #SiliconValley #China 122
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 27/08/2026AI looks free because the oligarchs want you hooked. NVIDIA 'invests' billions in OpenAI. OpenAI buys NVIDIA chips. Circular financing makes extraction look like innovation. New Macro N Cheese ep ft Erald Kolasi @ Sat 8/22 @ 8 am ET. Link to all our eps in comment below 👇 #AI #NVIDIA #innovation 134
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Capital sells AI as efficiency. Erald Kolasi walks through its life cycle assessment: the energy, water, rare earth extraction, and emissions behind every request. New Macro N Cheese Sat 8/29 @ 8 am ET. Link to all our eps in comment below 👇 #AI #emissions #capitalism 122
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026NEW! Episode 393 – 💵 Money Manager Capitalism: Ponzi Finance in the Shadows with Eric Tymoigne. Link to episode in comments to our FREE Substack. 121
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026How is Ponzi finance a natural feature of capitalism rather than a bug? Join us Tues. 8/25 @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to and discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. tymoignee.bsky.social! Registration link in comments below. 👇 #Ponzi #Finance #ClassWar 131
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026NEW! Episode 393 – 💵 Money Manager Capitalism: Ponzi Finance in the Shadows with Eric Tymoigne. Link to episode in comments to our FREE Substack. 152
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 23/08/2026tymoignee.bsky.social lays out the alternative: decentralized federal #JobGuarantee where #community decides what it needs - schools, infrastructure & the fed govt covers the bill. Community-driven development, not #DataCenters Link to full Macro N Cheese ep in comment below 👇 142
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The contrast is damning: the savings & loan crisis put a thousand bankers in prison. 2008 crisis? Zero major prosecutions, no liquidations, stress test theater. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝗡 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗲.𝗯𝘀𝗸𝘆.𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 👇 #crisis #bankers #GreatDepression 142
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Ponzi finance means you can't pay principal or interest from income. You refinance everything. Private debt grows. Collateral values must rise or the whole thing collapses. New Macro N Cheese ep ft Eric Tymoigne @ Sat 8/22 @ 8 am ET. Link to all our eps in comment below 👇 #finance #interest #debt 174
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026#Capitalism doesn't just occasionally malfunction, it structurally evolves toward financial fragility. #Ponzi finance replaced postwar system w/ one where #speculation dominates & shadow banking runs wild. New Macro N Cheese ep ft @tymoignee.bsky.social Sat 8/22 @ 8 am ET. All our eps below 👇 143
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 18/08/2026𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲! 𝗟𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 👇 Episode 392 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘖𝘯𝘦: 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘵 & 𝘊. 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘯 132
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Varnvlog.bsky.social calls it: DemSoc politicians pivoting from socialism to Obama alignment at staggering speed. Left populism collapsing into DNC factional theater. Link to full Macro N Cheese episode ft Daniel Tutt & C. Derick Varn in comment below 👇 #Obama #populism #politics 134
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 17/08/2026𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗧𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 - 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆! 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲! 𝗟𝗜𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 👇 Episode 392 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘖𝘯𝘦: 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘵 & 𝘊. 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘯 122
Real Progressives @realprogressives.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Left populism diagnoses social ills but reaches for elite solutions. Daniel Tutt & varnvlog.bsky.social explain how post-Marxism abandoned the working class as the revolutionary agent for PMC technocrats. Link to full Macro N Cheese ep in comment below 👇 #populism #WorkingClass #revolutionary 122