Real Progressives
@realprogressives.bsky.social
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.
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Capitalism 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
New Macro N Cheese ep. Sat 10/3 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
#capitalism #resilience #community
Why 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!
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#Community #Organize #ClassWar
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#Community #Organize #ClassWar
October 5, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Why 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!
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#Community #Organize #ClassWar
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#Community #Organize #ClassWar
Episode 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
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October 3, 2026
An anarchist and a Marxist-Leninist get together to exchange ideas.
#MacNCheese #Substack #Marxism
substack.com/@realprogres...
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
October 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Episode 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-...
October 3, 2026
An anarchist and a Marxist-Leninist get together to exchange ideas.
#MacNCheese #Substack #Marxism
substack.com/@realprogres...
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
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
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The National Debt Is A TRICK To Make The Rich RICHER & Keep YOU Poor! w/ Steve Grumbine
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October 4, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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
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The 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
Coordination is where working class power lives.
Link to full ep ft Pieter de Beer: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
#community #coordination #WorkingClass
October 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The 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
Coordination is where working class power lives.
Link to full ep ft Pieter de Beer: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
#community #coordination #WorkingClass
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-...
Pieter de Beer on decapitalization and why existing coops need coordination, not more startups.
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
Episode 399 – Resistance and Resilience with Pieter de Beer
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.
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October 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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-...
Pieter de Beer on decapitalization and why existing coops need coordination, not more startups.
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
We'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
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
October 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
We'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
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
Capitalism 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
New Macro N Cheese ep. Sat 10/3 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
#capitalism #resilience #community
October 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Capitalism 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
New Macro N Cheese ep. Sat 10/3 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
#capitalism #resilience #community
US Imposed War On Iran via A Modern Monetary Theory Lens w/ Steve Grumbine on Urban Cabin Studios.
#money #power #war
#money #power #war
SNV Special Interview: US Imposed War On Iran via A Modern Monetary Theory Lens #money #power #war
Special Interview Recorded (9/29/2026) and Uploaded Here (9/30/2026)In this interview we speak with the Founder of the Non-Profit, Real Progressives, Steven ...
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October 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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!
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#NationalDebt #LearnMMT #ClassWar
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#NationalDebt #LearnMMT #ClassWar
The National Debt & The $40 Trillion Nothingburger w/ Jaybefaunt ft. Steve Grumbine
This 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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September 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o06X...
#NationalDebt #LearnMMT #ClassWar
"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."
Is the US Running Out of Time as the Rest of the World Runs Out of the Dollar? – Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Global 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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September 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
"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."
Dollar 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
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#MMT #dollar #fear #military
New! Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy
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#MMT #dollar #fear #military
September 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Dollar 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
New! Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
#MMT #dollar #fear #military
The "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
New! Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
#NationalDebt #MMT #Marxism
September 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The "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
New! Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy
realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
#NationalDebt #MMT #Marxism
How 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
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#LearnMMT #NationalDebt #ClassWar
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#LearnMMT #NationalDebt #ClassWar
September 27, 2026 at 3:17 AM
How 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
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#LearnMMT #NationalDebt #ClassWar
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#LearnMMT #NationalDebt #ClassWar
$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-...
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-...
September 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
$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-...
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-...
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.
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.
Episode 398 – The National Debt & the $40 Trillion Nothingburger with James Fauntleroy
Steve 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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September 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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.
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.
Steve 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/
New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/26 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
September 25, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Steve 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/
New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/26 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
"Stephanie Kelton points out that there have been just seven periods since 1776 when the US federal government achieved fiscal balance or ran surpluses.
Six of those periods were associated with or followed by depressions."
#LearnMMT #History #Austerity
Six of those periods were associated with or followed by depressions."
#LearnMMT #History #Austerity
A Balanced Budget Policy is Stupidity Writ Large
Constraining government spending as a policy goal is misguided, illogical and can lead to economic instability
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September 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"Stephanie Kelton points out that there have been just seven periods since 1776 when the US federal government achieved fiscal balance or ran surpluses.
Six of those periods were associated with or followed by depressions."
#LearnMMT #History #Austerity
Six of those periods were associated with or followed by depressions."
#LearnMMT #History #Austerity
"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."
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#Epstein #Capitalism #ClassWar
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#Epstein #Capitalism #ClassWar
The “Epstein Class” Does Not Exist
The 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
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September 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
"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."
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#Epstein #Capitalism #ClassWar
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#Epstein #Capitalism #ClassWar
The 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
New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/26 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
#NationalDebt #MMT #Marxism
September 24, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The 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
New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 9/26 @ 8 am ET. Find all our eps: realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese/
#NationalDebt #MMT #Marxism
Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w/ @learnmmt101.bsky.social. Join us for the YouTube premiere of our latest Macro N Cheese ep. tonight @ 7 pm ET!
#LearnMMT #PrivateDebt #ClassWar
#LearnMMT #PrivateDebt #ClassWar
Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w/ Jim Byrne
What do government deficits have to do with the money in our pockets? Returning guest Jim Byrne, of the MMT101.ORG podcast, joins Steve to demystify one of M...
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September 23, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w/ @learnmmt101.bsky.social. Join us for the YouTube premiere of our latest Macro N Cheese ep. tonight @ 7 pm ET!
#LearnMMT #PrivateDebt #ClassWar
#LearnMMT #PrivateDebt #ClassWar
New! Episode 397 – Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w @learnmmt101.bsky.social
#MMT #banking #taxes
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#MMT #banking #taxes
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September 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
New! Episode 397 – Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w @learnmmt101.bsky.social
#MMT #banking #taxes
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#MMT #banking #taxes
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Why 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
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#LearnMMT #ClassWar #PrivateDebt
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#LearnMMT #ClassWar #PrivateDebt
September 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Why 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
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#LearnMMT #ClassWar #PrivateDebt
New! Episode 397 – Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w @learnmmt101.bsky.social
#MMT #sectoralbalance #economy
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#MMT #sectoralbalance #economy
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September 21, 2026 at 1:12 AM
New! Episode 397 – Sectoral Balances: Predicting the Next Crises w @learnmmt101.bsky.social
#MMT #sectoralbalance #economy
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#MMT #sectoralbalance #economy
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The #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-...
Full ep: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
September 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The #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-...
Full ep: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...