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anticap
2nd April 2010, 10:21
Please post links to your favorite online leftist videos.

Not movies, but documentaries, political speeches, debates, etc., from any and all tendencies.

Preferably longer stuff that one can sit back and get comfortable with (i.e., not YouTube clips, unless they're longer videos split up, and with a playlist for automatic viewing).

Thanks!

I'll try to keep this post updated.

(And I guess I should have started, so I'll add Capitalism and Other Kids' Stuff)

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Alphabetically:


Capitalism and Other Kids' Stuff (0:51) - World Socialist Movement (http://www.worldsocialism.org/video/) (the source; various formats) - Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/Capitalism_Kids_Stuff) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3072291302771620276) (slightly more interesting CGI backdrop)



Capitalism Hits the Fan (0:57) - Richard Wolff's home page (http://rdwolff.com/content/capitalism-hits-fan-movie) (the source; can also be purchased here (http://capitalismhitsthefan.com/))



Christopher Hitchens vs Al Sharpton on Atheism and God (1:29) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=891776135764757633)



Freedom Next Time - John Pilger (0:44) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4258131083758254736) - Democracy Now! via Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/dn2007-0807_vid)



"Is Socialism Obsolete?" Christopher Hitchens versus Dinesh D'Souza in 1989 (1:16) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4330727826265688929) -



[I]Market Abolition - Michael Albert (0:26) - ZCommunications (http://www.zcommunications.org/michael-albert-on-market-abolition-by-site-administrator) (the source)



Mozart Was a Red (0:16) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5404826610265339909) - [Rothbard's satire of Randroidism, based on his firsthand experiences with Rand and her cult. Not a leftist video, of course, but worth watching as a testimonial to insanity.]



The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx - Mark Steel (0:53) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1140827163899724067)



Socialism on Trial (0:35) - Google Video (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7743971529828959210)

¿Que?
2nd April 2010, 10:57
Christopher Hitchens versus Al Sharpton.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=891776135764757633#

Be advised: Hitchens is only drinking water!

¿Que?
4th April 2010, 07:29
I just watched Capitalism and Other Kids' Stuff. I thought it was good, but pretty basic.

I'm also bumping this thread because it's a good idea. Should probably be a sticky.:thumbup1:

anticap
4th April 2010, 18:37
Thanks for the bump. I agree, a sticky would be good (it doesn't have to be this thread; I'm no glory hound).

I think the simplicity of CaOKS is its strength. It's non-sectarian and non-proselytizing. It uses a simple analogy to show how capitalism works and the injustices that are its foundations. If you can get a pro-capitalist/anti-socialist to watch it with an open mind (which isn't easy), they will often grudgingly admit to having their minds opened further by it.

I've added Capitalism Hits the Fan, which can be viewed (in its entirety, but with a "preview" watermark) at the bottom of the linked page.

anticap
7th April 2010, 02:19
Added a few old bookmarks that may be of interest:

Freedom Next Time - John Pilger

"Is Socialism Obsolete?" Christopher Hitchens versus Dinesh D'Souza in 1989

Market Abolition - Michael Albert

Mozart Was a Red

The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx - Mark Steel

Socialism on Trial