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September 14 · length unknown
Aaron Good | Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Deep State
Aaron Good earned his PhD in Political Science from Temple University. His doctoral dissertation was titled “American Exception: Hegemony and the Tripartite State,” which focused on elite criminality, US hegemony, and state structures. He has worked as a history and social science instructor (including at the George School) in the greater Philadelphia area, where he resides with his family. He also hosts the American Exception podcast. Published in 2022, Good’s book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State explores the breakdown of American democracy and the rise of a “tripartite state” following World War II. [1] (https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510769144/american-exception/), [2] (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58339649-american-exception) Twitter/X: @Aaron_Good_
September 1 · length unknown
Oliver Lee Bateman | Politics, Marketing, and Pro Wrestling
Oliver Lee Bateman is an American journalist, sports historian, attorney, and competitive powerlifter. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Pittsburgh and works full-time as the Head of Content and Editorial at Perceptyx. Known for his extensive coverage of sports, legal history, and culture, his work has been featured in top-tier publications like The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The Ringer. He explores these topics deeply through his newsletter and podcast, available on the Oliver Bateman Does the Work Substack, and regularly shares updates and commentary via his Twitter Twitter/X: @MoustacheClubUS X https://oliverbatemandoesthework.substack.com/ For donations, educational courses, and membership inquiries go to http://www.ClassUnity.org
August 20 · length unknown
Steve Keen & Michael Hudson | Iran, AI, & the Climate Crisis
Steve Keen is an Honorary Professor UCL, and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy Resilience & Security, University College London. Michael Hudson is an American economist who is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. For donations, educational courses, and membership inquiries please visit www.ClassUnity.org
August 17 · length unknown
Michael Hudson & Steve Keen | The Federal Reserve, The Constitution, and the End US Hegemony
Steve Keen is an Honorary Professor UCL, and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategy Resilience & Security, University College London. Michael Hudson is an American economist who is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. For donations, educational courses, and membership inquiries please visit http://www.ClassUnity.org
August 2 · 1 hr 45 min
Ali Alizedeh | Iran, Empire, and the New Global Order (re-upload)
Ali Alizadeh is an Iranian-British political commentator, broadcaster, and the founder of Jedaal TV, an independent internet-based media organization. Based in London, he provides commentary on international geopolitics, Middle Eastern affairs, and Iranian foreign policy. YouTube: ⁠@jedaalenglish
May 11 · 1 hr 22 min
Steve Hall | Crime, Finance Capitalism, and the Left
Steve Hall is Professor Emeritus of Criminology at Teeside University (UK). He writes on criminology, sociology, political economy and leftist politics. Among many other publications, is the author of The Rise of the Right (2017) and The Death of the Left (2022), which has a really interesting description: “The left is dead. Its ailments cannot be cured. The only way to resurrect what was once valuable in leftist politics is to declare the left dead and begin from the beginning again.” You can find Steve on Twitter/X at @ProfHall1955. For donations, membership inquiries, and educational courses visit us at: http://www.ClassUnity.org
March 23 · 1 hr 17 min
David Abraham | Why Capitalism Can’t Fix This Crisis
Abraham taught German and European history at Princeton University from 1977 to 1985. After transitioning to law, he clerked for Judge Leonard Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1989 to 1990 and then worked as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City. In 1991, he joined the faculty at the University of Miami School of Law, becoming a full Professor in 1996 and later Professor Emeritus. He has taught courses in Labor and Employment Law, Property Law, Immigration Law, and Jurisprudence and Political Theory. He has also lectured internationally at institutions such as the University of Tübingen, Deakin University, the Jena Center for 20th Century History, and the University of Ulster.
February 11 · 1 hr 51 min
L. Randall Wray | MMT, Heterodox Economics, and the Future of Economics
Prof. L. Randall Wray joined Class Unity to talk about Modern Monetary Theory, heterodox economics, and the future of economic studies. Prof. Wray is a professor of Economics at Bard College and Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute. Previously, he was a professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City in Kansas City. In this episode we are discussing his book, Macroeconomics; Author(s): William Mitchell, L. Randall Wray, Martin Watts; Red Globe Press, Macmillan International; February 2019; https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/Macroeconomics/?K=9781137610669. For donations, membership inquiries, or educational courses, check out our website here: https://classunity.org
February 9 · 1 hr 23 min
William I. Robinson | The Epochal Crisis of Global Capitalism
We are joined by William I. Robinson for a conversation on the global implications of the recent US attack on Venezuela. The discussion will place this and other acts of US aggression within the broader crisis of world capitalism, the breakdown of the post-WWII international world order, and the emergence of a global police state. Prof. Robinson’s area of study is in macro and comparative sociology, globalization and transnationalism, political economy, political sociology, development and social change, immigration, Latin America and the Third World, class and capitalism. He attempts to link his academic work to struggles in the United States and around the world for social justice. Among the undergraduate classes he teaches are: Globalization and Resistance, Sociology of Globalization, Global Inequalities, Development and Social Change in Latin America, and Twentieth-Century Revolutions in Theory and Practice. His publications and professional activities are discussed on his web page: http://robinson.faculty.soc.ucsb.edu/ Link to the article from the discussion: https://nacla.org/global-meaning-us-attack-venezuela/ For donations, membership inquiries and educational courses please visit: http://www.ClassUnity.org
January 26 · 1 hr 27 min
Michael Hudson & Vijay Prashad | Hyper-Imperialism, Imperialism, and Global Politics
Welcome to another Class Unity speaker event. Today we will be joined by authors Vijay Prashad and Michael Hudson to discuss hyper-imperialism, imperialism, and the state of global politics. Michael Hudson is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, and the author of many books and papers on political economy, the history of economics, economic history, finance, and imperialism. Vijay Prashad is an Indian author, journalist, political commentator, and Marxist. He is the executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor of LeftWord Books, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter, and a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. For donations, educational courses and membership inquiries, please visit us at ClassUnity.org
January 20 · length unknown
Class Unity News Round Up #1
Members of class unity discuss recent events in domestic and geopolitics: Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Denmark, Bulgaria, NATO, ICE, the Fed, Powell, Trump
January 19 · length unknown
Transmissions Ep. 20: Philip Cunliffe | Is Globalization Over?
Welcome to Episode 20 of Class Unity: Transmissions. For this episode, Nick is joined by Class Unity member Dave for a wide-ranging conversation with Philip Cunliffe on the question of the national interest. Cunliffe is Associate Professor of International Relations at University College London, author of The National Interest: Politics After Globalization, and co-founder and […]
January 5 · 1 hr 31 min
Ingo Schmidt | Economics as Class Struggle
In today’s episode, we’re joined by Professor Ingo Schmidt for a wide-ranging discussion on economic theory and left politics. Dr. Schmidt is a Professor of Labour Studies at Athabasca University in British Columbia, Canada. His PhD research focused on trade unions and Keynesianism, and his work has placed him at the center of critical debates […]
Dec 22, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Clyde W. Barrow | Marxist State Theory Today
In this episode, we are joined by political theorist Clyde W. Barrow to revisit the classic debates in Marxist state theory and to consider their renewed relevance in the present conjuncture. Barrow was a guest speaker in the CU “State Theory” course that ran earlier this year, and we thought we’d invite him back for […]
Dec 10, 2025 · 1 hr 37 min
Benjamin Studebaker on The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy | A Q&A with Class Unity
Benjamin Studebaker talks with Class Unity about his new book, “The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way is Shut” (2023). You can find him here: https://benjaminstudebaker.com/about/ And his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Crisis-American-Democracy-Shut/dp/3031282094 And you can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org Please consider donating or joining today!
Dec 3, 2025 · 1 hr 31 min
Vivek Chibber on The Class Matrix | A Q & A with Class Unity
Vivek Chibber discusses his latest book, “The Class Matrix” (2022), as well as the so-called “cultural turn”, with Class Unity. You can find his book here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674245136 And you can find Class Unity here: https://classunity.org
Nov 27, 2025 · 1 hr 25 min
Class, Higher Education, and Consciousness | Q&A with Gary Roth
Gary Roth talks to Class Unity about class, higher education, and consciousness. Gary teaches Sociology at Rutgers University. He is the author of “The Educated Underclass” (Pluto, 2019) and “Marxism in a Lost Century: A Biography of Paul Mattick” (Brill/Haymarket Books, 2015). For a sample of his work, see his essay “The Overproduction of Intelligence” […]
Nov 20, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min
The Return of Inflation with Paul Mattick Jr. | A Q & A with Class Unity
Paul Mattick Jr. talks with Class Unity about his new book, “The Return of Inflation” (2023), about money, capital, capitalism, class, politics, and inflation. See the following interview for details about his latest book: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/02/field-notes/Understanding-Inflation-Friends-of-the-Classless-Society-speak-with-Paul-Mattick
Nov 13, 2025 · 1 hr 36 min
Sarah Knuth on “Rentiers and the Green Economy”
Sarah Knuth talks to Class Unity about rentiers, the political economy of green energy, neoliberalism, and capitalism. You can find her essay here: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1215052 And here: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/current/thought-leadership/renewable-energy-us-tax-credits-for-wind-and-solar-mostly-benefit-big-banks/ Check out our website at: https://classunity.org
Nov 6, 2025 · 1 hr 31 min
Thomas Fazi on the European Union and the Contemporary Left
Thomas Fazi talks with Class Unity about the politics and economics as well as the problems of the European Union and issues with the contemporary left. He is the author of: “The Covid Consensus: The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor: A Critique from the Left”, with Toby Green. Hurst. (2023)“Reclaiming the State: A […]

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