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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 Dr. Christopher Mott, Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. Dr. Mott is an international relations scholar specializing in historical geopolitics, grand strategy, and the intersection of defensive realism and sovereignty in an increasingly multipolar world. His work has appeared in The National Interest, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Agonmag, India’s World, and UnHerd. Follow him on X (Twitter) @chrisdmott and on Substack @chrismott296764. For donations, educational courses, and membership inquiries please visit. ClassUnity.org

Class Unity discusses political economy, the state, imperialism, and nationalism with Christian Parenti, who is a professor of economics at John Jay College and the author of many essays and books, the most recent of which is Radical Hamilton. “Cuba’s Real Crime in the Minds of American Elites,” June 18, 2026: https://covertactionmagazine.com/2026/06/18/cubas-real-crime-in-the-minds-of-american-elites/ “The great Covid reckoning: It’s essential to stopping the next pandemic,” August 28, 2026: https://unherd.com/2026/08/the-great-covid-reckoning “The Rise of the Fraud Economy,” August 10, 2026: https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-rise-of-the-fraud-economy/

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_

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

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

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

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  

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

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.

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