"We're trying to build and they're trying to destroy. It turns out destruction is a lot easier." David Adler on why the left keeps losing ground, and what the apps we live in have to do with it. Full conversation: youtu.be/AIpfEkdpaJg

Clara Mattei: we built the market, and now it controls us. On Marx's commodity fetishism and why capitalism can never deliver our human, ecological, and creative goals. Full conversation with Radhika Desai: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYC0...

Our first FREE event outside Tulsa — and we’re going to the UK 🇬🇧 Wed 13 May · Bishop’s Stortford (40 min from London Liverpool St) Clara Mattei + Dr Carolina Alves (UCL), moderated by Dr Camila Vergara (Essex/Cambridge) on war abroad, austerity at home, and a future beyond elite rule. Free entry

Clara Mattei on why "individual greed" is the wrong frame for capitalism. The system traps the capitalists too — even the moral ones have to increase exploitation to stay afloat. That's the architecture, not the people. Full episode with Suzi Weissman: youtu.be/HKlAjKlYHcc

"We have been formatted to be passive consumers." The candidates are preselected. The choices are narrow. After you vote, your influence on policy is near zero. Matt Harder calls it "managerial democracy." Full conversation with Clara Mattei on participatory budgeting: youtu.be/nQ2ukaLONdk

New FREE event just dropped for early access supporters: @camilavergara.bsky.social and @eleanorfinley.bsky.social on social ecology, cooperatives, Rojava, and building democracy from below — recorded live in Tulsa. Full YouTube release Wednesday. Early access now: www.patreon.com/posts/reimag...

Clara Mattei at Oxford, presenting her new book Escape from Capitalism. Why austerity isn't irrational — it's how capitalism keeps you market-dependent by design. And why even "progressive" economic reforms hit hard political limits under this system. Full talk: youtu.be/o2_omAjLpfA

The dollar gets stronger as the bombs fall. Clara Mattei talks with economist Costas Lapavitsas about what the Iran war reveals about US imperial power — the dollar system, oil at $100+, and why military spending won't fix what's structurally broken. Watch FULL episode: youtu.be/mP7fsiO0bGw

"Capitalism and imperialism go hand in hand — but now the ruling class is no longer trying to hide it." Clara Mattei on what Trump's actions reveal about the deeper continuities in US imperialism. From our conversation with @graceblakeley.substack.com — full episode: youtu.be/LlyypkMf2aQ

A $200 speeding ticket is devastating if you're broke. If you can't pay, the fine goes up. For a rich person, that same ticket is the cost of a nice meal. This is what regressive taxation looks like at street level — and it's not an accident. Full convo with Clara Mattei & Bob Lord—link below.

Elon Musk is on the verge of becoming the world's first trillionaire. Tax attorney Bob Lord puts it plainly: beyond a certain threshold, wealth can no longer buy goods or services — not for you, your children, or any descendant you'll ever have. There's only one thing left to do with it. Buy power.

Sudan’s war is being framed as “tribal conflict,” while a profit system extracts gold and moves US weapons through regional pipelines. We sat down with human rights lawyer Suad Abdel Aziz of decolonizesudan.org ▶ Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/_1i3LTY7muw

Hundreds of billions circulate into U.S. weapons contracts, budgets for public needs are slashed, and the link between militarism, capitalism, and austerity is treated like a taboo. Watch the full video: Clara Mattei on the war economy youtu.be/oKP2WZN1lac

Who gets the money? Cuts to what people need, money for war and surveillance. When budgets get “tight,” what gets cut first where you live? Healthcare, food, schools, transit, housing? ▶ Watch the full episode: Why #Austerity Works for #Capitalism youtu.be/8RhMZtaoPEQ

If the system needs constant force to keep people dependent, what does that say about the system? There is more space for alternatives than we’re told. Clara Mattei on why austerity reveals weakness, not strength. ▶ Watch the full talk: Why Austerity Works for Capitalism youtu.be/8RhMZtaoPEQ

When the “good intentions” story fails, they panic because the whole system depends on the public believing it’s never about profit. ▶ Watch the full conversation - Vulture Capitalism: Empire, Bailouts, Monopoly Power #GraceBlakeley - youtu.be/joKEWXqzFoE #Imperialism #VultureCapitalism

A lot of the money behind the AI boom is coming from pension funds of working class people and when parts of the AI bubble burst, private capital gets protected, while ordinary people can be left with the losses. The AI Data Center Gold Rush: The Bailout State Behind It - youtu.be/fHwYIFa1mNE

You pay 6%, millionaires pay 1% A $25k to $50k worker pays 6.2% into Social Security. A $2M salary pays about 0.6%. That’s what “regressive” means, working people pay a higher share. ▶ Watch the full conversation - Why You Pay More and Get Less: City Budgets Explained - youtu.be/joKEWXqzFoE

Join us for the live book launch. Escape from Capitalism Tue 10 Feb, 17:30 GMT Free and hybrid. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-escape-from-capitalism-tickets-1980381165376?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Settler colonialism replaces Indigenous ecologies with colonial ecologies, reshaping land, water, life. Green colonialism turns climate “solutions” into land grabs, debt, and the profit engine hiding inside climate policy. ▶ youtu.be/cQdve42cwbo

The “neutral” rules of the economy decide who has power, who gets protected, and who gets squeezed. In this special episode, @profwolff.bsky.social of @democracyatwork.bsky.social and Clara Mattei unpack how power hides inside the rules we’re told are just “common sense.” ▶ youtu.be/EZFYkUBLD7A

Monopoly doesn't end competition. It concentrates it, and pushes it onto everyone else. ▶ Full talk: youtu.be/LlyypkMf2aQ @graceblakeley.substack.com explains how "competitive individualism" gets inside our minds, our relationships, our mental health, and makes collective resistance harder.

Food security isn't freedom, food security can be access without choice, dignity, or power. Food sovereignty is control, the ability for communities to decide how hunger ends where they live. Full episode: youtu.be/zQbUJGdfqMI #FoodInsecurity #AffordableFood #RajPatel #FoodSovereignty #freeforum

A chicken nugget needs labor. @RajPatel.org explains how Oklahoma’s chicken industry exploited people diverted from jail during the opioid crisis, sending them to work overnight on production lines without basic worker protections. 📌 Full episode ▶ youtu.be/zQbUJGdfqMI #PrisonLabor #FoodJustice

Austerity is discussed like policy or “tough choices.” Peter Bloom argues something deeper is happening: insecurity, anxiety, and scarcity are being commodified, scaled, and sold, until fear itself functions like a massive market. 📌 Watch the full SAPE Lecture Series video: youtu.be/sS8HzVnxYiI

@RajPatel.org lays out why, under #capitalism, supply and demand guarantees that some people will always be priced out of food, and why ending #hunger means changing the system, not just expanding charity. ▶ Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/BXZu39LWgm0 #AffordableFood

David McNally describes how mass withdrawal of labor on plantations could force the firing of overseers, because production stopped until the community’s demand was met. It is a powerful example of collective power from people the system tried to treat as property. Full talk: youtu.be/dMUXcbk6mX4

If supply is supposed to lower prices, why are rents rising with empty units? Because in a financialized housing market, homes and rent rolls are used as collateral, so vacancy can pay and prices stay high. That’s why adding supply alone doesn’t drop prices. Full video: youtu.be/4-TuZ6VdeXY

Fixing affordability starts with decommodifying essentials and curbing corporate power instead of relying only on interest rate hikes. Economist Ramaa Vasudevan outlines a different way to respond to the cost of living crisis. 👉 Full video - youtu.be/KiGBiOUR_00 #Affordability #CostOfLivingCrisis

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