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Videos of Townhall: On the Brink of Starvation: Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel
Covid-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel …
Videos from May Day 2020 Online Celebration
Part 1: Presentation Part 2: 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis Part 3: International Greetings Part 4: Discussion
[VIDEO] 2019 Uprisings Around the World and the COVID-19 Crisis
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Videos of Townhall • COVID-19: Voices from Europe
The virus has spread across the world and has impacted people in different ways …
Videos of Townhall • COVID-19: Workers From the Frontlines
Videos from COVID-19 townhall …
Videos From Townhall • Workers’ Lives at Risk
Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …
[VIDEO] Capitalism is the Problem
We live in a time of extreme contradictions. On the one hand, our civilization has eliminated smallpox, brought us cell phones, robotics, and space travel …
Videos From Online Townhall: The Coronavirus Pandemic – Their System Can’t Protect Us
Presentations from Online Townhall • The Coronavirus Pandemic: Their System Can’t Protect Us • March 28, 2020 …
[VIDEO] We need PPE! Hospital Workers Protest in Oakland
Healthcare workers protested the lack of protective equipment (PPE) outside of Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, California (March 23, 2020).
[VIDEO] A Viral Threat Turned into a Global Disaster (editorial video)
Two months ago, on January 15th, the second death from a virus was reported in Wuhan, China. Since then Wuhan and the coronavirus (COVID-19) have become household terms. …
[VIDEO] The 2020 Elections: What’s at Stake? What Are Our Choices? (March, 2020)
The Trump presidency has helped create a climate of disorientation and crisis here and around the world. The Democrats promise to fix the broken system, or they just assume that people who are sickened by Trump will put their hopes in a Democratic candidate — no matter who it is. …
[VIDEO] Climate Refugees: Made in the U.S.A.
Rain in the 2019-2020 season has been well below average in California, and the outlook for the rest of 2020 is for it to be drier than average, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. …
[VIDEO] Bezos on Climate Change – Covering Up the Truth
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and richest person on the planet, recently announced in an Instagram post that he is planning on donating $10 billion to combat climate change. “Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. …
[VIDEO] The Battle Against Pension Reform in France
On February 29, the French government used an executive order to pass a widely-hated reform of the pension system, which is their equivalent of social security. …
[VIDEO] Newark: Poisoned Water and Poisoned Politics
For many years, Newark NJ has had a big problem with lead in its drinking water. Lead is hazardous and most dangerous to children. It can cause brain damage and many other serious problems.
[VIDEO] Celebrate the Baltimore Uprising of 2015! Keep fighting racism!
This April marks the fifth anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising of 2015. …
[VIDEO] International Women’s Day and the Harvey Weinstein Conviction
International Women’s Day, March 8th, was created over a 100 years ago through the demonstrations for women’s equality, particularly by the organized struggle of working women against their exploitation and oppression. …
[VIDEO] Class Struggle in France – Interviews with activists (February, 2020)
Interviews with a rail worker and a high school teacher, both revolutionary activists with L’Étincelle, a Trotskyist group originally from Lutte Ouvrière but today is active within the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA).
The Climate Emergency (September, 2019)
Climate scientists have warned us that we are facing a planetary emergency which threatens the survival of most species on the planet. Yet the world’s most powerful governments and corporations insist on staying the same catastrophic course. …
US Economic Policy: What’s in Store for the 99% (November, 2019)
How are the billionaires multiplying and making profits world-wide, and on whose backs? What’s behind this so-called “recovery”? What can we expect in the near future – is the economy rushing toward a deeper crisis? …
Climate Disruption, Migration, and the Rise of Walls (February, 2019)
As global warming accelerates, tens of millions of people are displaced all over the world every year. In response, governments have intensified their construction and expansion of border walls along with their criminalization of immigrants. And the U.S. only leads …
Peter Phillips: Giants – The Global Power Elite (November 11, 2019)
Peter Phillips’ latest book Giants: The Global Power Elite takes a look at the top 300 most powerful players in world capitalism, who are currently in control of the global economy. …
The Challenges We Face Today: Short-Term Mobilizing or Organizing for Real Social Change
Revolutionary University, October 2018 We can go beyond resistance to the forces of capitalism that have created a world of war, poverty, racism, sexism, exploitation and environmental destruction. It is possible for us to live in a world where …
France: “All Together! General strike!” (Revolutionary University, Fall 2018)
Revolutionary University October 2018 France: “All Together! General strike!” This was was one of the slogans last spring. The mobilizations against the French government’s attacks proved that the working class is still able to fight back against the capitalists’ offensive. …
Kamran Nayeri: The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It
Revolutionary University October 2018 An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism The world is in the midst of profound social and planetary crises, which threaten humanity and much of life on Earth: Catastrophic climate change, the Sixth Extinction, and nuclear holocaust. Why …
The Middle East in the Era of Trump – Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil
Revolutionary University October 2018 The Middle East in the Era of Trump The Middle East is in turmoil – the Syrian War rages, Israel continues its murder of Palestinians, Egypt’s military regime has tightened its grip and Saudi Arabia is …
Richard Walker – The Bay Area: For the 1% or For Us?
A Speak Out Now Forum May, 2018 For decades the San Francisco Bay Area was a home for working class families, radicals, musicians, poets and artists of all sorts. Now, it’s the tech capital of the world, boasting of millionaires …
Short Term Mobilizing or Organizing For Real Social Change?
Revolutionary University October 2017 Presentation by Revolutionary Workers Group (Speak Out Now) activists, followed by Q&A and discussion.
Updates from Germany and France (Revolutionary University 2017)
Revolutionary University October 2017 France: In The Streets, Workplaces, Universities, Schools & Hospitals… Everybody Hates Macron Michelle Verdier, an activist in the French Trotskyist group Fraction L’Etincelle The Myth Of The Social Democratic State and The Reality of Life in …
Carol Dansereau: The Environmental Crisis – Where It Comes From. How We Can Get Beyond It
Revolutionary University October 2017 Q&A The Environmental Crisis – Where It Comes From. How We Can Get Beyond It Carol Dansereau, an environmental activist, attorney and author based in Seattle
Raj Patel: A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
Revolutionary University October 2017 A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: Raj Patel, author and Research Professor at the University of Texas at Austin will discuss his new book (coauthored with Jason W. Moore).
What France’s Election Means (Richard Wolff Interviews a French Revolutionary Activist)
Marxist Economist, Richard Wolff, interviews Antonin Plarier, a French revolutionary activist in the group NPA (New Anti-Capitalist Party) and L’Étincelle in France. The interview covers the recent French elections, questions of populism, comparisons to the presidential elections in the U.S, …
Ramsey Kanaan: Organizing in Hard Times – Lessons from the Anti-Poll Tax Movement in the U.K.
Presentation by Ramsey Kanaan followed by Q&A On January 21, millions of people showed their defiance to the new Trump regime. Could we see a movement develop that could challenge the power held by the 1%? Is it possible? Yes. …
Emel Mathlouthi: The Artist as Activist
Revolutionary University October 2016 Emel Mathlouthi, Tunisian singer, songwriter, social commentator and participant in the Arab Spring – will take us through her musical and political journey. He song Kelmti Horra (my word is free) became well-known throughout Tunisia during …
The Refugee Crisis in Europe & Social Movements in France
Revolutionary University October 2016 Pauline Casy. activist in the French revolutionary group “L’Etincelle” (The Spark) and Toni Robert, activist in the German revolutionary group Sozialistische Arbeiterstimme (Socialist Workers Voice)
Carol Dansereau: A Socialist Perspective on the Environment
Revolutionary University October 2016 Why are we losing our fight for the Earth? And what will it take to win? To answer these urgent questions, we must understand what’s blocking our way forward: an economic system based on exploitation of …
Joel Beinin: Workers and the Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt
Revolutionary University October 2016 Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University and author of the recent book “Workers and Thieves” will discuss the struggles of the working classes and unemployed in Egypt and …
Robin Kelley: Revisiting Black Marxism in the Wake of Black Lives Matter
Revolutionary University October 2016 Robin D. G. Kelley, is Distinguished Professor of History and Black Studies & Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA, and current Chair of the Department of African American Studies and a prolific …
Our Role In Transforming The World (audio)
Revolutionary University October 2016 Activists in Speak Out Now present a revolutionary socialist perspective on the challenges and choices we all confront today.
Harriet Fraad: How Capitalism Shreds Our Personal Lives
Revolutionary University October 2016 Harriet Fraad is a licensed mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. She has been an activist in the feminist movement and the journal Rethinking Marxism. For 40 years, she has …
Richard D. Wolff: Crisis – It’s How Capitalism Works
Revolutionary University October 2016 Richard Wolff, Marxist professor of economics, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the New School University, New York City. …
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil: Syria and the Conflict in the Middle East
Revolutionary University, March 2016 Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil, Professor of Political Science at CSU Stanislaus and author of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. (angryarab.blogspot.com)
Dr. Susan Weissman: The Life of Victor Serge
Revolutionary University, March 2016 Dr. Susan Weissman is Professor of Politics at St. Mary’s College and author of Victor Serge: The Course is Set on Hope. Victor Serge was a revolutionary socialist who fought Stalinism and Fascism, staying true to his …
Robert Brenner: Capitalism – a System in Crisis
Revolutionary University, March 2016 Robert Brenner, economist and Professor of History at UCLA and an editor of the socialist journal Against the Current, and New Left Review
