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Global Studies
Global Studies is a fast-growing cross-disciplinary field. It’s brought into being by the radical and rapid growth of global capital, global markets and a worldwide division of labor and production that in turn has an impact on politics, society and culture
Dialectics of Globalization
A one-hour video lecture at the Brecht forum in NYC by Jerry Harris, DeVry University, on the rise of the transnational capitalist class, and the conflicts it causes
The Future of Globalization: Neo-Fascism or the Green New Deal
A one-hour lecture by Jerry Harris, which takes a deep look at how the climate crisis is cause change in global elites.
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Why is the Far-Right Rising Globally? Walden Bello, author of “Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far-Right,” argues that the far-right is in ascendancy at the moment not only in reaction to the failures of neoliberalism, but also because of the failures of liberal democracy. Two 20 minutes videos.
Paul Krugman: Reflections on Globalization
An 80-minute lecture by the nobel-prize-winning Keynesian economist comparing today’s global markets and tradem with those of the past
Edward Said on Orientalism
Edward Said’s book ORIENTALISM has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging (and lavishly illustrated) interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of “the Orient.” Said argues that the Western (especially American) understanding of the Middle East as a place full of villains and terrorists ruled by Islamic fundamentalism produces a deeply distorted image of the diversity and complexity of millions of Arab peoples. 40 minute video. Director: Sut Jhally, 1998.
The Maidan Uprising and Civil War in the Ukraine
Volodymyr Ishchenko, a sociologist and leftist commentator, presents his perspective on the Ukrainian Maidan and the ongoing civil war. This video talk raises questions of revolution, nationalism, fascism, imperialism and the strategy which has been raised in political and academic discussions in and around the Ukraine. 55 Minutes. ACCESS HERE
Inside Job: Documentary on Global Finance
Narrated by Matt Damon, this 1:45 hour film gives a comprehensive overview for financialization and the wreckage it left in countries around the world.
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Globalism, the Nation-State and Democracy
Open University of the Left, November 19, 2011, Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Jerry Harris, 90 minute lecture with Q&A; on the Relationship between Nation-States and Democracy
The End of Poverty?
Activist filmmaker Philippe Diaz examines the history and impact of economic inequality in the third world in the prize-winning documentary ‘The End of Poverty?’ Diaz traces the growth of global poverty back to colonization in the 15th century, and features interviews with a number of economists, sociologists, and historians who explain how poverty is the clear consequence of free-market economic policies that allow powerful nations to exploit poorer countries for their assets and keep money in the hands of the wealthy rather than distributing it more equally. 105 minutes.
The Voices of China’s Workers?
In the ongoing debate about globalization, what’s been missing is the voices of workers — the millions of people who migrate to factories in China and other emerging countries to make goods sold all over the world. Reporter Leslie T. Chang sought out women who work in one of China’s booming megacities, and tells their stories. 15 minutes. Great discussion starter
Understanding the Rise of China
Economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of “When China Rules the World,” he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers three building blocks for understanding what China is and will become
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