Category: Videos

[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

[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.

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.

Climate Disruption, Migration, and the Rise of Walls (February, 2020)

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 the charge in these dehumanizing policies. Join us to discuss these important issues with Todd […]

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. But it also showed the obstacles that stand in the way of the workers’ movement. […]

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 are they surfacing now? What are the root causes of these crises? How can humanity […]

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 starving and bombing the people of Yemen. U.S. imperial interests, in competition with Russia and […]

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 and billionaires and the most expensive housing in the country. What happened? Dick Walker, former […]

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 Germany Today Paula Anders, German activist in the Revolutionär Sozialistische Organisation

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, and the possibilities for revolutionaries to run working class candidates who stand for the independent, […]

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 struggles against the rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

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 the earth and of its people. We must acknowledge that many of the strategies followed […]

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 Tunisia and their roles in the 2011 popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring.

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 author and editor My talk reflects on the life and work of Cedric J. Robinson, […]

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 been a radical committed to transforming US personal and political life.

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. He is the author of numerous books and articles and host of the weekly radio […]

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 socialist ideals.