Re: Educational Videos

by **Celtiberian** Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:28 pm

ANTI-CAPITALISM

*Animated excerpts from the Manifesto of the Communist Party.

by **Admin** Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:11 am

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by **Celtiberian** Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:38 pm

Prof. Harvey's lectures are enormously helpful for anyone considering embarking on a reading of Marx's chef d'oeuvre, Das Kapital. I highly recommend viewing them.

by **Rev Scare** Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:18 pm

An entire online course on Marxian social theory and economics provided by Profs. Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff. This is an excellent course for those who are newcomers to Marxist theory.

Honestly, comrades, there cannot be any excuses for lacking adequate knowledge of these important subjects. The internet (developed by sinister "Big Government," of course) is an invaluable resource.

by WodzuUK Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:27 pm

Celtiberian wrote:I agree that Jewish elites control a disproportionate percentage of our political and economic institutions, relative to their population size, in the Western world today (particularly in the United States). And yes, a lot of Jews possess a Zionist supremacist world view. Nevertheless, I consider much of Kevin MacDonald's research to be misleading and basically useless—not unlike the entire discipline of evolutionary psychology in general.

First of all, he attempts to link "political radicalism" exclusively to Jews, when it was European gentiles (many of them being overtly antisemitic) who basically invented socialism, and who were just as instrumental in the development of communism—to say nothing of the violent labor union activism that was taking place in the United States, which was largely being led by gentiles. He also conveniently fails to mention that the Immigration Act of 1924, which significantly limited non-White immigration into the United States, was primarily supported by trade unions—mainly the American Federation of Labor, which was then headed by the Jewish immigrant, Samuel Gompers. It was gentile and Jewish capitalists who were behind wanting to increase the size of the labor market, just as they've always been. Most Jewish-American labor activists were adamantly opposed to immigration, particularly non-White immigration (including the founding member of the Socialist Party of America, Victor L. Berger). Those who try to shift the responsibility of immigration in the United States exclusively onto Jews, thereby absolving gentile capitalists of any and all responsibility, are being obscurantists.

Of course Zionist organizations sought to increase the amount of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe into this country; every ethnic minority organization pursues such an agenda, from Cuban-Americans to Chinese-Americans. Non-capitalist Jews simply have no special interest in dramatically altering our nation's ethnic demographic. Whatever support for multiculturalism that happens to exist within the Jewish community today is just as observable in the gentile community, and it's being fostered by bourgeois interests. Kevin MacDonald, however, is a paleoconservative reactionary, and thus omits information that reveals the capitalist mode of production of being the leading cause of immigration and multiculturalism.

Indeed I agree, but it is not suprising that he does that.

An old Indian man explains european relation to the ''Aryan race''

Great video by TribalSocialist

Marx's views on race by Nazboluploads

by **Celtiberian** Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:29 pm

Revolutionary Wolf wrote:

An entire online course on Marxian social theory and economics provided by Profs. Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff. This is an excellent course for those who are newcomers to Marxist theory.

I'm really glad you posted Prof. Resnick's lecture series on Marxian economics and social theory. I had been watching this course a few weeks ago and hope to finish it up sometime soon. It's definitely worth viewing.

Prof. Richard D. Wolff also has several online classes which I recommend, especially to those who are new to Marxian theory:

*Marxian Economics - An Intensive Introduction
*Marxian Class Analysis: Theory and Practice
*Advanced & Applied Marxian Economics
*Economic Crisis and Globalization

by Isakenaz Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:14 pm

by **Celtiberian** Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:06 am

PART I of II:

*Author, Terry Eagleton, discusses the mythologies which have emerged regarding Karl Marx, as well as his new book, Why Marx Was Right.

by **Celtiberian** Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:54 am

PART I of VIII

*Samir Amin, Michael Lebowitz, Mikhail Ryklin, and Slavoj Žižek discuss "The collapse of Neoliberalism and the future of Socialism today."

by **Celtiberian** Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:02 am

*Terry Eagleton on Marxism as a theodicy.

by **Celtiberian** Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:59 am

*Socialist theorist, Leo Panitch, is interviewed by Steve Paikin on the current economic crisis.

by Altair Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:08 am

Death of a Nation Part 1 of 6.

"Fifteen years after the fall of Communism, Marcel Theroux goes on a personal journey through Putin's Russia. He discovers a country that's literally dying."

The sense of irony I find throughout the interviews really resonates with me.

by **Admin** Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:39 am

Part I of X

by **Celtiberian** Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:08 pm

In this recent lecture, Prof. Chomsky analyzes the theory and history of neoliberalism and discusses socialist philosophy:

Q&A PART II of V:

I really want to emphasize 1:45-9:44 of this segment of the question and answer period, because Chomsky is voicing the exact criticism we left-wing nationalists have been making for years: the contemporary Left is engaged in activism (e.g., immigrant and LGBT rights issues) which effectively alienates the overwhelming majority of the national proletariat and, consequently, radical working-class organization has been suffering for decades. Fortunately, the errors of the cosmopolitan Left represent our opportunity.

by **Celtiberian** Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:30 pm

*Though the robotic narration leaves much to be desired, this video is an excellent summery of Marx's theory of alienation. I recommend viewing all of TheCommunard's work on YouTube.

by **Celtiberian** Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:41 pm

Many of us have already linked to Brendan Cooney's work throughout this thread, but his latest installment in the 'Law of Value' series deserves a post of its own. These latest videos brilliantly debunk the foundation of marginal utility theory—a cornerstone of bourgeois economics.

One criticism I have, however, is that I don't believe the orthodox labor theory of value need be accurate in order to condemn capitalism as being fundamentally exploitative. I believe David Schweickart correctly addressed the issue when he wrote,

"Perhaps labor is the only productive activity. Such is the claim of the labor-theory of exploitation. This is the theory usually associated with Marx. Marx argues that labor is the source of all value and yet workers receive only a portion of that value. He argues that wage labor masks the fact that workers, collectively, are paid not the value of what they produce, but rather the value of what it takes to produce (and reproduce) them as a laboring class.

The standard response to this argument is dismissal, on the grounds that it appeals to a discredited theory of value. It is alleged that Marx's argument depends on the faulty assumption that prices in a market economy are proportional to labor inputs, which, in general, they are not. It should be well known by now (although it is not) that this response is wholly inadequate. For the 'Fundamental Marxian Theorem'—that positive profits require a positive rate of exploitation—is independent of the assumption that prices are proportional to labor values. The mathematical Marxists (Morishima, Roemer, and others) have demonstrated this quite conclusively."
David Schweickart, "A Democratic Theory of Economic Exploitation Dialectically Developed." Rogert S. Gottlieb, ed., Radical Philosophy, p. 108 (emphasis added).

Nevertheless, I do believe in the labor theory of value originally propounded by Marx. But there are a variety of grounds upon which one can forcefully criticize capitalism, the LTV being but one of them.

by **Celtiberian** Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:35 pm

The following is an important debate between Michael Albert and Adam Buick, hosted by the World Socialist Movement. In the debate, Albert defends the necessity of economic planning while Buick argues on behalf of free access communism. Though Buick is a poor spokesman for his position (Peter Kropotkin was, by far, the greatest exponent of free access), Albert was fair to his perspective and sufficiently demonstrated why free access is untenable. Unfortunately, Buick decided to take the infantile route by characterizing participatory economics as a form of "capitalism" simply because the model features a measured claim on the social product in the form of money.

PARECON OR A WORLD WITHOUT MONEY?

by **Celtiberian** Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:15 pm

When addressing the factors which led to the USSR and Eastern bloc's dissolution, I often refer to the research conducted by David M. Kotz on the subject. Fortunately, I was recently able to locate a brief talk by Prof. Kotz on the theses of his books Revolution from Above: The Demise of the Soviet System and Russia's Path from Gorbachev to Putin: The Demise of the Soviet System and the New Russia which I think the forum will appreciate.

by **Admin** Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:49 pm

Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's Box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in every aspect of our lives, from the environment to our democracy and our own personal liberty.From conflicts of interest in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a military industrial complex that just about owns our government. We cannot change our system until we know how it works and this film, with interviews from some of today's leading thinkers, will show you a simple but powerful way to start making meaningful and sustainable change.

*Edit: After having just viewed some of this documentary, I can already see a few objectionable components thereof (e.g. finance capital conspiracy theories, etc.). When time permits, I will watch further and determine if it should be removed from this thread all together.

by ForTheFuture Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:24 am

I don't get it most of the time, but for though of you who are all into philosophy, this is probably a useful channel: youtubecom/user/drjasonjcampbell

by Red Aegis Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:58 pm

ForTheFuture wrote:I don't get it most of the time, but for though of you who are all into philosophy, this is probably a useful channel: youtubecom/user/drjasonjcampbell

I checked him out and watched the video in which he talks about his personal beliefs. He's a dualist and idealist so I don't think he could be more wrong. That said, he may be able to teach the material that he presents well. I won't be looking to him but others may benefit.

by Red Aegis Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:36 pm

by ForTheFuture Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:14 am

Pro-DPRK film about imperialism and it's tactics. Regardless of what you think of North Korea it's an interesting watch nevertheless.

by Red Aegis Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:33 pm

You can get all the good information without the "Dear Leader" and such crap somewhere better and in a more amicable form. Why do I know this? It is the same reason why the DPRK quotes Chomsky, they copied his work and added pro-North Korean propaganda. Here's what they copied from:

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