Capitalism Didn’t Replace Slavery, It Scaled It | David McNally
What if slavery wasn’t America’s past, but capitalism’s business model?Historian David McNally (author of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History) joins economist Clara Mattei to uncover how plantation slavery powered global capitalism, why coercion (not “free markets”) is the system’s core, and how exploitation survives today through austerity and war, from the shop floor to Gaza. We explore:• Slavery as modern business, the roots of today’s exploitation• Enslaved people’s stolen labor as the engine of modern wealth• Why “innovation” means faster extraction of unpaid labor• Austerity as state-enforced market dependence• Militarism as permanent demand (and profit)• Resistance from below, freedom won, not givenThis conversation breaks the Lincoln myth, centers enslaved people’s self-emancipation, and asks what real freedom requires now.❤️ Subscribe for more conversations on democracy, justice, and economic emancipation: / @freefreeforum 📌 Watch, share, and join the FREE Forum: https://freefreeforum.org 📖 Learn more in David McNally’s new book Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History:https://www.ucpress.edu/books/slavery...🌱 Support FREE & Help Us Grow: https://freefreeforum.betterworld.org🎧 Listen as a Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5m5xbrP...#Slavery #Capitalism #Exploitation #Resistance #Austerity #Militarism #DavidMcNally #ClaraMattei #FreeForum🌍 Connect with FREE Substack: https://substack.com/@freefreeforum X: https://x.com/freefreeforum Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freefreeforu... Instagram: / freefreeforum TikTok: / freefreeforum Facebook: / freefreeforum
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Capitalism & Slavery: The Truth They Don’t Teach You | David McNally & Clara Mattei
What if capitalism didn’t replace slavery, what if it scaled it? This talk uncovers how plantation slavery powered global capitalism, why “legal corruption” is written into the rules, and how austerity and militarism keep exploitation alive today. Economist David McNally, Clara Mattei, and Rep. Michelle McCane reveal why the system is rotten at its core, and why freedom has always been won from below, not gifted from above.❤️ Subscribe for more conversations on democracy, justice, and economic emancipation: https://youtube.com/@FreeFreeForum 📌 Watch, share, and join the FREE Forum: https://freefreeforum.org 📖 Learn more in David McNally’s new book Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History🌱 Support FREE & Help Us Grow: https://freefreeforum.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-free-today Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/RcE-4GT7C_o#slavery #Capitalism #Exploitation #Corruption #Austerity #Militarism #Democracy #FreeForum 🌍 Connect with FREE Substack: https://substack.com/@freefreeforum X: https://x.com/freefreeforum Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freefreeforum.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freefreeforum TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freefreeforum Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreeFreeForum.
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Legal Corruption: How Power Really Works | Camila Vergara & Clara Mattei
Corruption isn’t a scandal, it’s the law.Economist Clara Mattei and political theorist Camila Vergara expose how our democracy is designed to protect the wealthy. The constitution itself sets the rules of the game, rules that funnel power upward, reproduce inequality, and leave people powerless.This is legal corruption: not against the law, but because of the law. From elections that don’t change power to laws that put profit over people, they show why inequality isn’t an accident, it’s intentional.👉 If you’ve ever wondered why democracy feels broken, why the 1% keeps winning, and why real change feels impossible, this conversation makes it clear.Topics we cover:What “systemic corruption” really meansWhy elections deepen inequality instead of fixing itHow the constitution was designed to keep people from powerWhy democracy in practice is an oligarchic democracyWhat breaking the narrative could mean for the futureClara Mattei • Camila VergaraForum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE)❤️ Subscribe for more conversations on democracy, justice, and economic emancipation:https://youtube.com/@FreeFreeForum📌 Watch, share, and join the FREE Forum: https://freefreeforum.org🌱 Support FREE & Help Us Grow: https://freefreeforum.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-free-today🌍 Connect with FREESubstack: https://substack.com/@freefreeforumX: https://x.com/freefreeforumBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freefreeforum.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/freefreeforumTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freefreeforumFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreeFreeForum
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Democracy from Below: How to Defeat Oligarchy | Camila Vergara & Clara Mattei
Why does democracy feel powerless against billionaires, war, and corruption?We all feel it: democracy doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to. The wealth of the few grows, while the majority struggles to survive. Wars rage, children starve, and our voices barely register.In this first FREE Forum event, political theorist Camila Vergara and economist Clara Mattei expose how oligarchy isn’t an accident, it’s built into the rules of our system.From famine in Gaza to the concentration of wealth in the U.S., they show why oligarchy thrives, and how democracy from below can defeat it. This conversation is about reclaiming power from the few, and building people-led alternatives from the ground up.👉This isn’t about left vs. right. It’s about power: who has it, how they keep it, and how we take it back.❤️ Subscribe for more conversations on democracy, justice, and economic emancipation:https://youtube.com/@FreeFreeForum📌 Watch, share, and join the FREE Forum: https://freefreeforum.org🌱 Support FREE & Help Us Grow: https://freefreeforum.betterworld.org/campaigns/support-free-today#Oligarchy #Democracy #ClaraMattei #CamilaVergara #FREEForum #SystemicCorruption #peoplepowerPODCAST LINKS:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-with-clara-mattei/id1828302105Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5m5xbrPzTSmdGZFQuZP7ZCSOCIAL LINKS:Substack: https://substack.com/@freefreeforumX: https://x.com/freefreeforumBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/freefreeforum.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/freefreeforumTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freefreeforumFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreeFreeForum
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Militarism, Capitalism & Austerity: The Hidden Trinity of Power
Why do endless wars, austerity, and genocide continue — even when people everywhere demand peace and justice? This video explains the deep economic logic behind militarism, showing how capitalism and austerity are structurally tied to war spending.Drawing on Antonio Gramsci’s warning against indifference, the talk reveals how profit motives fuel violence in Gaza, Sudan, and beyond, while governments prioritize arms industries and surveillance over human needs. From record-breaking military budgets to soaring weapons stock prices, we connect the dots between economic structures and systemic violence — and why young generations are demanding divestment.This is part of FREE: The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation, a space for confronting the truths about how our economic system really works — and how we can change it.#Militarism #Capitalism #Austerity #Gaza #Sudan #AntiWar #Gramsci #FREEForum #Divestment #WarEconomy
The FREE podcast is hosted by economist Clara Mattei, author of The Capital Order and Professor of Economics at the University of Tulsa.
FREE stands for the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation.
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