Educational
Former Socialism’s Faults – Hakim (2020)
This is a fantastic video that will give you not only an introduction to past socialist states but also good-faith criticisms of them. These examples will give you plenty of substantive topics to think about and talk about when you discuss Socialism with skeptics.
The Scarcity Trap: Why We Keep Digging When We’re Stuck In A Hole (NPR, 2018)
Researchers show us what a scarcity mindset is and how it affects our behavior and decision-making in this poignant segment.
Yanis Varoufakis with Professor Noam Chomsky at NYPL, April 16, 2016
Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy? (2018)
Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis explains how socialism is rooted in democracy and its history in everyday language to the Cambridge Forum in Massachusetts.
Rotten (2018, 2019) [Netflix]
Rotten details contemporary global capitalism by telling the backward and inhumane stories of the food industry through an international lens. This is a very useful documentary series to learn real world examples of how the profit motive is inherently, well, rotten.
If you don’t have Netflix, the full series can be streamed for free on bootleg sites like 123movies. Here is an episode I enjoyed on water.
What Constitutes a Socialist Society? – Xexizy (2017)
A great (but higher level) explanation of commodity form and state capitalism.
The 5 Filters of The Mass Media Machine – Al Jazeera English (2017)
A fun and easy animated breakdown inspired by Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent.
Marx’s Capital with Martin Thomas
This playlist is a fantastic breakdown of Marx’s Capital in everyday language.