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Rebellion and Self-Organization in Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt

ZStore, May, 24 2011

 

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In this talk at the LEFT FORUM in New York City, three experts on North African liberation struggles talk about the rich history of independence movements in Africa (David Porter, Horace Campbell) as context for the current wave of revolutions ...

The Wisconsin Uprising & Beyond

ZStore, May, 24 2011

 

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This panel discussion from the 2011 Left Forum features Bhairavi Desai, John Nichols, Austin King, Ben Manski, Monica Adams, Sarah Manski, and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field. The panelists describe the organizing and actions that occurred during the u...

Imagine A Baby

ZStore, May, 24 2011

 

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Lydia Sargent prepared this talk for a Left Forum panel/workshop on "Reimagining a Non-Sexist Society." This video is a revised version of that talk. It tells the story of an individual born in 1942 who grows up in a society where her...

Right-Wing Populism in the USA

ZStore, November, 30 2010

 

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Understanding Social Movements of the Right in America Today   In this talk from ZMI 2010, Berlet offers an in-depth description of the rise of the far right over the last 50 years, from an ostracized John Birch Society fringe elem...

What Went Wrong?

ZStore, April, 20 2011

 

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  A Q&A with Noam Chomsky   In this fascinating, informal discussion, Chomsky answers students’ questions about what went wrong after Obama’s 2008 election message of hope and change. Chomsky maintains that w...

U.S. Savage Imperialism: Noam Chomsky on the U.S. Empire, the Mideast, and the World

ZStore, October, 20 2010

 

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In a talk at Z Media Institute 2010, Noam Chomsky begins by comparing the similarity between the U.S. founding mission to be an empire of the chosen, with Israel’s mission. He cites the U.S. self-proclaimed “humanitarian mission&rdq...

The Center Cannot Hold: Rekindling the Radical Imagination

ZStore, June, 02 2010

 

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  Noam Chomsky at the 2010 Left Forum In Noam Chomsky's much anticipated first appearance at the Left Forum (the U.S.'s premiere gathering of leftists and progressives held each spring in NYC), he delivered the closing plenary speech to an ...

The Chomsky Sessions Set

ZStore, April, 30 2010

 

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-  Five DVD Set  -  In February 2010, Noam Chomsky visited the Z offices in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for a five-hour interview with Z staff member Michael Albert on various topics, including: the responsi...

The Chomsky Sessions 5: International Relations

ZStore, May, 01 2010

 

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Session 5 covers international relations, colonialism, self-determination, the anti-war movement, and answering the critics. Runtime 55 minutes. The Chomsky Sessions In February 2010, Noam Chomsky visited the Z offices in Woods Hole,...

The Chomsky Sessions 3: Education & Economics

ZStore, April, 08 2010

 

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Session 3 covers the educational and economic systems in the U.S. Runtime 55 minutes. The Chomsky Sessions In February 2010, Noam Chomsky visited the Z offices in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for a five-hour interview with Z staff member ...

The Chomsky Sessions 2: Science, Religion, & Human Nature

ZStore, April, 08 2010

 

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Session 2 covers science, rationalism, religion, sectarianism, conspiracy theories, and human nature. Runtime 55 minutes. The Chomsky Sessions In February 2010, Noam Chomsky visited the Z offices in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for a five...

The Chomsky Sessions 1: The Responsibility of Intellectuals

ZStore, March, 19 2010

 

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Session 1 covers the responsibility of intellectuals, scholars, and journalists. Runtime 55 minutes. The Chomsky Sessions In February 2010, Noam Chomsky visited the Z offices in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for a five-hour interview with Z sta...

I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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A feminist satire telling of the events leading up to that fateful day when 1960s' feminists read about the death of feminism in various mainstream women's magazines, and elsewhere. The Boston Phoenix called it a "rich and funny wake and sing...

Participatory Economics: The Short Course

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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Michael Albert's "testimony" at this World Social Forum panel covers the broad general outlines of the values we might want in an alternative economy: solidarity, self-management, diversity, equity, and efficiency, including structures w...

Historical Roots of the Economic Crisis

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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In this interview, Jack Rasmus (author, professor, former labor organizer) explains in detail the causes of the great Depression and the subsequent down-up-down crises of the 1930s, drawing parallels to today's &q...

Hugo Chavez at the 2005 World Social Forum

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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Hugo Chávez gives a powerful speech at the 2005 World Social Forum where he declares that capitalism needs to be transcended via democratic socialism. The DVD also contains three more short features: Interviews with people from all ...

Immigration in the Belly of the Beast

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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This plenary discussion at the 2007 United States Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia covers immigration in the U.S. today from a variety of perspectives: Latino/a, African American, Native American, LGBTQ youth, union organizing, and human rights. D...

Urban Space And Freedom

ZStore, December, 29 2009

 

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Delivered at the B-Fest in Athens, Greece, Spannos speaks about urban problems and possibilities for the 21st century. He proposes a vision for urban living and ecological sustainability, balancing urban and rural life, reorganizing private and...

Towards a Revolutionary Student Movement: Organization, vision and strategy for a revitalized left

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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The panel is chaired by Kate Griffin (New School SDS) and features talks by Pat Korte (New School SDS), Rachel Haut (Queens College SDS), and Dave Shukla (UCLA SDS).   Student radicals describe a burgeoning youth organization (the new S...

Implementing Participatory Society in Venezuela

ZStore, November, 24 2009

 

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An interview with Michael Albert about his visit to Venezuela where he talked with various people involved in worker-run factories, participatory planning, and other innovative institutional attempts to make their society truly democratic. Recor...

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