Video Recommendations (updated May 10, 2025)
From Economist Varoufakis to Professor Chomsky, here are some of our favorite videos
TECHNOFEUDALISM: What killed capitalism (the book published in the UK by Penguin and in the US by Melville House) https://youtu.be/Fhgm5b8BR0k?si=DD_rJMUJwtfOu9mk
Noam Chomsky - Propaganda & Control of the Public Mind https://youtu.be/9shpeKIXCMc?si=zl3S9FOLkOueyljC
"Big Questions" talk by C. Thi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah, titled 'Games and Value Capture. 'https://youtu.be/j5FA7vK3TLs?si=-fkqhjaFmUxw0Yez
The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix https://youtu.be/uaaC57tcci0?si=zlzQSFYexT0Ssf7f
Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica’s Plot to Break the World https://youtu.be/kaiOmdUaacM?si=zn64-u4JpWAd07tD
What are behavioural futures markets? Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism | VPRO Documentary https://youtu.be/hIXhnWUmMvw?si=psNzXsGp8moM3zJG
Christopher Wylie | Fashion Models and Cyber Warfare https://youtu.be/IE5ZvAj5tVI?si=D-DG0XsoJswxbrml
Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent https://youtu.be/tTBWfkE7BXU?si=qHcu908Popx60PrF
Wealth Inequality in America https://youtu.be/QPKKQnijnsM?si=n_hfAtdGMWTy3f1k
What the 1% Don't Want You to Know https://youtu.be/QzQYA9Qjsi0?si=G5vweM9bdQdQ8Z6c
Billionaire George Soros is plotting the capitalist takeover of sex work. https://youtu.be/fT_WkQpBmUg?si=l0gEE-NAtP0VE6wU
Chimpanzee VS Human child learning https://youtu.be/JwwclyVYTkk?si=9LgWYq6z4G1ag7qr
Noam Chomsky - Work, Pay, and Raising Children https://youtu.be/KBSUkDXekMM?si=Lkyhhll27rSxP3MO
Courtship mating behavior: Monkeys Use Money to GAMBLE and Buy PROSTITUTES! https://youtu.be/TSS3zy0ue9Y?si=Fe2YsoQx4AWBJKcm
“The Public’s Media: The Case for a Democratically Funded and Locally Rooted News Media in an Era of Newsroom Closures,” on NPR and its network of affiliates, authored by Michael Swerldow, with an introduction by me, recalling the origins of NPR and why Congress created it, along with PBS, to fill the vacuums left by commercial radio/TV. You can obtain a copy of this report here: https://nader.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/the_publics_media.pdf
Sneak Previews - Siskel & Ebert Season 4, Episode 4 "Women in Danger" In this special episode, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss exploitative thriller and slasher films of the late '70s and early '80s which feature women in danger.
Lorde encourages women to actively reclaim their erotic energy as a means to resist oppression and fight for social justice. https://youtu.be/aWmq9gw4Rq0?si=LCyARyDo9SG5JT43
E57: West Virginia Mine Wars, part 1 https://youtu.be/Q5UFSV8xFjs?si=6XlYrPmbH42O_mFn
"Corporations Are Not People": Activists Push Amendment to Revoke "Corporate Personhood" https://youtu.be/w8GlJC2cyxI?si=lWlKO5HFXOQBWsJK
Noam Chomsky - Corporate Personhood https://youtu.be/hYclXJTRzqU?si=gOIOuOm_RdkjQlM7
McCain: Corporations are not people https://youtu.be/PjAsOP2AiwY?si=6kQR_UwB3r8TEki-
Astroturfing and manipulation of media with Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada https://youtu.be/-bYAQ-ZZtEU?si=8UxvlHTgfCDN0iEA
With no annual parade, how will Boston celebrate Pride? https://youtu.be/9UoSk5U8WcM?si=e2fWA3woQBtr75cH
Sarah Maslin Nir spent 13 months investigating workplace conditions in New York City nail salons. https://youtu.be/0o3V5eUtlQI?si=l2cSACsL5dCgbhVN
Brothel Owner Dennis Hof Wins Republican Primary https://youtu.be/qpwjwTg4Wfs?si=5TmHjK6uMEiYxBFn
Dennis Hof's former girlfriend shares crazy stories about the Bunny Ranch - Prison Talk 22.05 https://youtu.be/z9_mWQnJ2Gc?si=VFHvmtzhrJiA_1t3
Should Prostitution Be Legal? https://youtu.be/Ub-vSQqEmPg?si=JxF_c1DYBVp6yml8
Richard D. Wolff Lecture on Worker Coops: Theory and Practice of 21st Century Socialism https://youtu.be/a1WUKahMm1s?si=nvYag2NgAzFgt6W2