Top Video Courses

• How Great Leaders Inspire Action: A TED Talk by Simon Sineck. Good discussion starter on leadership, the minority and the majority. 'There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or authority, but those who lead inspire us. Whether they are individuals or organizations we follow them not because we have to but because we want to. Not for them but for ourselves.'
• Capitalism Is Killing the Planet: How Can We Fight Back. One hour video of a panel discussion held in Washington, DC the evening prior to the February 2013 Forward on Climate Rally, Sponsor: http://ecologicalsocialists.com/ Speakers:Jill Stein, 2012 Green Party presidential candidate,Chris Williams, activist and author of Ecology and Socialism, Nick Davenport, activist with Solidarity.
• Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change.In a 30 minute video with Bill Moyers, Klein, author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, says the tragic destruction of Hurricane Sandy can also be the catalyst for the transformation of politics and our economy. Good discussion group starter.
• Marx in Soho. The play by Howard Zinn where Marx appears from the past, and talks to us about our lives and capitalism today.
• The Mexican-American War. A 90-minute video documentary on one of the most controversial conflicts in U.S. history, this unjust war  erupted as President James K. Polk sought to extend the borders of the nation to the Pacific, taking by force whatever territory stood in the way.
• From Capitalism's Crises to a New Order: 11 minute David Harvey animation video. Great discussion starter
• Reading Marx's Capital. 13 Video Lectures with David Harvey, author of 'The Enigma of Capital'. Powerful and effective, but be prepared to workk at it!
• Ollie Stone's 'Untold History' This is the first part of Stone's ambitious ten-part documentary series, 'The Untold History of the United States'. It is being shown of Cable TV's 'Showtime'. This first one give a more realistic overview of World War 2 Narrated by Stone, it explores the birth of the American Empire by focusing on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Through examination of key decisions during World War II, discover unsung heroes such as American Henry Wallace and explore the demonization of the Soviets. Important for any discussion of the period and the popular fronts.
• Gramsci and Hegemony. This is a 30-minute video by Peter D Thomas,  author of The Gramscian Moment. Gramsci was someone who completed our understanding of Marxism by substituting the rich aspect of cultural analysis with his revolutionary politic in a way that Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin and Trotsky didn't do. This is great video for introducing the study of his works.
• Slavery and the Prison-Industrial Complex. One hour talk, with one hour of Q&A with Angela Davis at the 5th Annual Eric Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University in 2003. Davis is  Professor in History of Consciousness and Chair of Women's Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, and a member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.
• 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.

• Democracy, Human Rights and 21st Century Socialism.  20-minute video of Carl Davidson on the topic in 2010. Davidson is co-chair of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, a national board member of the Solidarity Economy Network, and a member of Steelworker Associates. This talk, useful for discussion groups on socialism and democracy, was on a panel with four others at the 2010 USSF in Detroit, co-sponsored by Democratic Socialist of America

• The U.S. in 2012: What's Class Got to Do with It?  How Class Works Conference 2012: A Roundtable Discussion with Bill Fletcher, Jr., Juan Gonzalez, Bob Herbert, Frances Fox Piven, and Michael Zweig. 90 minutes. Very good for starting a discussion on current issues.
• Recent resources from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Germany. Most materials are in English, as well as other languages. Includes videos and a wealth of other material.
• Frantz Fanon Documentary - Black Skin, White Mask: 5 10-min videos
• 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...
• The Capitalist Mode of Power: 8 Videos from the Oct 2011 Conference at York University
• Marxian Economics with Richard Wolff and Stephen Resnick.
• Hobsbawm on Gramsci
• Rising Inequality in America: Moyers with Ehrenreich
• African America Freedom Struggle with Claybourne Carson.