Top Video Courses
JERRY HARRIS, GLOBAL CAPITALISM AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY. 75 minute presentation of the author's new book, with Q&A, covering the history of the interconnected development of democracy with economic systems of the centuries, and the role of democracy in anti-capitalist strategy. Excellent for study groups reading the book.
- THE PRECARIAT, THE NEW YOUNG & DANGEROUS CLASS An 11 minute discussion starter. Author Guy Standing points in this interview the emergence of a new class structure that starts when neoliberals took control over the economy and politics back in the 80s and it´s consolidated with the actual global crisis. The common element of this new class is its rejection of neo-liberalism and social democracy and is becoming aware that it is a class for itself, favoring the emergence of new political forces like Podemos, SYRIZA and Left Ecology and Freedom in Italy. Guy Standing is an economist, professor at the University of London and founder / co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network.
- THE WORKING CLASS TODAY. David Harvey explain that organizing workers today might better be done by urban neighborhoods than factories. 20 minutes.
- FINANCIALIZATION AND THE WORLD ECONOMY. Jerry Epstein: Great discussion starter on the conflict between enterprise investment and speculation, and how the later is wrecking the economy. 15 minutes, Real News Network
- KOCH BROTHERS EXPOSED. A new one-hour documentary from Brave New Films, narrated by Jim Hightower, that goes deep into 'Citizens United' and worse. Got for Sanders campaign discussion groups.
- WHEN COMMUNISM WAS MADE ILLEGAL. History of the HUAC from its inception in 1938, through the Hollywood investigations of 1948, to the 1960 San Francisco City hall police water hosing of protestors. 45 minutes.
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Challenging Racism, Privilege and Denial in the Age of Obama, two hours with Tim Wise and his audience. Excellent for understanding privilege and the intersection of race and class. Listen to it in sections for study qroups, or all at once.
- DEMOCRACY, NATURAL RIGHTS & 21ST CENTURY SOCIALISM. A 20 minute video talk by Carl Davidson at the US Social Forum in Detroit. Good discussion starter.
- THE DOG WHISTLE OF RACIAL POLITICS. A 20 minute discussion starter with Bill Moyers and Ian Haney Lopez on how the rightwing political class uses race to manipulate elections.
- THE WORKING UNDERCLASS. A short video, 26 minutes, that exposes the nature of work and low wages in de-industrialized New Jersey, but typical across the U.S. Excellent as a discussion starter for campaigns around the minimum wage and/or a deeper look at capitalism today.
- SELLING CIGARETTES, BACON AND EGGS,AND WARS: Edward Bernays: Part 1 and Part 2, Cigarettes and Sufferettes, and the Selling of Wars. The nephew of Freud, Bernays invented public relations as a tool for capitalism, not only to sell its goods, but also its wars and other policies. The key the all other media studies. Less than 20 minutes. Great discussion starter on how hegemony is manufactured. Download his classic book, 'Propaganda,' HERE
- Ollie Stone's 'Untold History' All 10 parts of Stone's series on birth of the American Empire. Chapter 1: World War II Chapter 2: Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace Chapter 3: The Bomb Chapter 4: The Cold War: 1945–1950 Chapter 5: The 50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World. Chapter 6: JFK: To the Brink Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune Chapter 8: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Revival of Fortune Chapter 9: Bush & Clinton: Squandered Peace - New World Order Chapter 10: Bush & Obama: Age of Terror
- Discussion Starter: Automated Green Energy Production. This seven-minute video hightlighting Conergy, a fully automated factory producing solar cells in Germany, should open a variety of topics--the new working class, the labor theory of value, the falling rate of profit, the ability to shift to a solar-powered world, and much more.
- Carl Davidson at Berlin's Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on Mondragon's Impact
- Reading Marx's Capital Vol 2 with David Harvey: 4 90-min videos so far...
- Marxian Economics with Richard Wolff and Stephen Resnick.
Top Course Outlines and Materials
THE HARD ROAD TO RENEWAL: Thatcherism And The Crisis Of The Left. Stuart Hall's Downloadable Book On The Political Impact Of Margaret Thatcher Has Established Him As The Most Prescient And Insightful Analyst Of Neoliberalism Through A Gramscian Lens.- NEOLIBERALISM IS A POLITICAL PROJECT: David Harvey on what neoliberalism actually is — and why the concept matters, 15 page essay for discussion group
- THE HUNDRED YEAR WAR IN PALESTINE. This 90 minutes lecture was given by Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University) at the Centre for Palestine Studies at SOAS University of London on 11 March 2016. Excellent for a program on the topic.
- INTERVIEW WITH BILL GALLEGOS. By Ellly Leary and anne Lewis in Monthly Review, the discussion gives a good account of how Marxism Merged with the Latino movement, through the experience of one of its leaders, who today is also making similar connects in Climate Change battles.
- 'TURN TO THE WORKING CLASS'. This PhD thesis by Kerry Taylor represents the first scholarly account of an important strategy that emerged from the late 1960s political ferment. Thousands of young black, white, Asian, and Latino radicals from diverse class backgrounds concluded that a transformation of the nation's politics required them to concentrate their organizing efforts on worksites and within trade unions. It includes chapters on the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit and the October League in the US South.
- POLICE VIOLENCE, CAPITAL AND NEOLIBERALISMAn excellent essay, by Gary Potter, introducing the nature of police, recent changes in the nature of policing, and the economy. Good discussion starter.
- HUEY P NEWTON'S PHD THESIS on FBI/police repression and the Black community. 100 page PDF
- FOR MARXISTS DOING ELECTORAL WORK, studying Poulantzas is a big help. We have a free book by him in the books section. But check out 'Calibrating the Capitalist State in the Neoliberal Era' by Colin Jenkins of the Hampton Institute to get you started.
- POLITICS & CLIMATE CHANGE. Results of an import study of the 'Six Americas' as clusters of thinking on climate change, and how they are reflected in the electorate. Key to discussion of a Green Deal Deal. Download as PDF,
- FUSION POLITICS from the Arab Spring to Moral Monday. Discussion starter by CCDS's Harry Targ.
- UNITED FRONT, POPULAR FRONT & ELECTIONS. William Z foster in this 1939 132-page booklet, 'Your Questions Answered,' gives insight of the 1930s CP on Politics, Peace, Economics, Fascism, Anti-Semitism, Race Prejudice, Religion, Trade Unionism, Americanism, Democracy, Socialism, Communism.
- ORGANIC INTELLECTUALS. Slide Show on Teaching and Organizing--Gramsci, Arizmendi and Ella Baker. By Carl Davidson.
- INSTRUMENTS FOR DOING POLITICS. A powerful new pamphlet by Marta Harnecker for studying strategy and tactics, and doing revolutionary work in non-revolutionary conditions to change the correlation of forces.
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM. David Harvey delivers a 45-min lecture summarizing his remarkable book on the topic. It runs on YouTube with background photos.
- THE LAST WHITE ELECTION. Mike Davis in New Left Review does a deep analysis of current U.S. politics. Available as a downloadable PDF,
- Gramsci and Mao, Compare and Contrast This 1974 article by Nigel Todd, 'Ideological Superstructure in Gramsci and Mao Tse-Tung', is as relevant as ever. It provides an excellent opening to a discussion of the revolutionary role of intellectuals, and developing 'organic intellectuals' in the working class
Karl Marx's ideas are a common touchstone for many people working for change. His historical materialism, his many contributions to political economy and class analysis, all continue to serve his core values--the self-emancipation of the working class and a vision of a classless society. There are naturally many trends in Marxism that have developed over the years, and new ones are on the rise today. All of them and others who want to see this project succeed are welcome here. A PDF flyer file for spreading the word is 
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