Online explainers, recorded lectures, courses, and video essays used across the school’s themes. These are distinct from the films and documentaries index: a film is a standalone work you would screen start to finish, while these are shorter or supplementary videos — a four-minute explainer to open a session, a lecture course to accompany a reading group, a video essay to complicate a mainstream framing.

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138 videos and lectures — online explainers, lectures, and video essays (distinct from films you would screen). Generated from theme lens frontmatter.

TitleCreatorYearLengthTypeAccessUsed in
China’s 40 years of reform that turned it into a superpowerABC News (Australia)201810 minexplainerFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Practical
Systemic Racism Explainedact.tv20194 minexplainerFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Experiential
Augusto Boal Exercises (demonstration)Organic Acting2016~6 minexplainerFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Practical
The Racist Origins of the U.S. Police ForceAJ+20207 minexplainerFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Practical
The State, Strategy, and Power · Historical
How Anarchy WorksAndrewism, Andrew Sage202353 minessayFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Theoretical
How Degrowth Can Save the WorldAndrewism, Andrew Sage202330 minessayFreeHow Capitalism Works · Liberatory
How To Build A Solarpunk CityAndrewism, Andrew Sage202241 minessayFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Liberatory
How To Build Radical CommunityAndrewism, Andrew Sage202427 minessayFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Practical
Ecology and the Climate Crisis · Practical
What is Mutual Aid?Andrewism, Andrew Sage202020 minexplainerFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Practical
What is Pan-Africanism?Andrewism, Andrew Sage202126 minessayFreeImperialism and the Global System · Liberatory
Why States Fail HumanityAndrewism, Andrew Sage202445 minessayFreeThe State, Strategy, and Power · Liberatory
The Miracle Plan That Built Vietnam’s EconomyBehind Asia202310 minexplainerFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Practical
The Soviet Economy, ExplainedAsianometry202018 minexplainerFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Theoretical
Rojava, Syria’s Secret Revolution (BBC Our World)Darius Bazargan, BBC201423 mindocumentaryFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Historical
The Death of YugoslaviaBBC1995287 mindocumentaryFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Experiential
CIA Stories: The Jakarta MethodVincent Bevins, Abby Martin, Empire Files67 mininterviewFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Historical
What is Social Reproduction Theory? (Tithi Bhattacharya)Tithi Bhattacharya, Pluto Press20177 minexplainerFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Theoretical
Environmental Justice for AllRobert D. Bullard58 minlectureFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Historical
Economics: The User’s Guide (Talks at Google)Ha-Joon Chang62 minlectureFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
How We Can Build A Solarpunk Future Right NowOur Changing Climate, Andrewism202213 minessayFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Liberatory
Why We Need DegrowthOur Changing Climate202326 minessayFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Liberatory
How Unions CRUSH CapitalistsAdam Conover202328 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Liberatory
Glen Coulthard on Red Skin, White Masks (lecture)Glen Sean Coulthard77 minlectureFreeSettler Colonialism, Land, and Indigenous Sovereignty · Theoretical
A World Without Governments? Anarchism ExplainedCrashCourse202412 minexplainerFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Theoretical
The State, Strategy, and Power · Liberatory
Crash Course World History #33: Capitalism and SocialismCrashCourse, John Green201211 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Historical
Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40CrashCourse, John Green201213 minexplainerFreeImperialism and the Global System · Liberatory
Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35CrashCourse, John Green201214 minexplainerFreeImperialism and the Global System · Historical
Revolutions of 1848: Crash Course European History #26CrashCourse201913 minexplainerFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Historical
Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History #35CrashCourse, John Green202016 minexplainerFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Historical
Slavery in the American Colonies: Crash Course Black American History #2CrashCourse, Clint Smith202111 minexplainerFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Historical
The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23CrashCourse, John Green201313 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Historical
The urgency of intersectionalityKimberlé Crenshaw, TED201619 minlectureFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Theoretical
How Daniel Ortega Turned From Liberator to TyrantDW History and Culture44 mindocumentaryFreeSocialism and National Liberation: the Global South · Practical
Angela Davis on Abolition, Defunding the Police, and the 2020 UprisingAngela Y. Davis, Democracy Now!202026 mininterviewFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Liberatory
Angela Davis on feminism, communism and being a Black PantherAngela Y. Davis, Channel 4 News201832 mininterviewFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Liberatory
Matthew Desmond on Evicted (Politics and Prose)Matthew Desmond201664 minlectureFreeHow Capitalism Works · Experiential
Frank Dikotter on Mao’s Great Famine (Harvard Book Store)Frank Dikotter201139 minlectureFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Historical
Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian StoryAl Jazeera English202247 mindocumentaryFreeImperialism and the Global System · Historical
The Witch Trials and the Rise of Modernity and CapitalismESOTERICA202015 minexplainerFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Historical
Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving, Settler Colonialism and Continuing Indigenous ResistanceNick Estes, Democracy Now!201914 mininterviewFreeSettler Colonialism, Land, and Indigenous Sovereignty · Historical
Nick Estes on Standing Rock (Democracy Now!)Nick Estes, Democracy Now!2019interviewFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Liberatory
Paulo Freire: An Incredible ConversationPaulo Freire, LiteracyDotOrg2016~9 mininterviewFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Theoretical
Paulo Freire and Critical PedagogyFreireProject2008~9 minexplainerFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Theoretical
Geographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson GilmoreRuth Wilson Gilmore, Antipode Foundation202016 minlectureFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Theoretical
Health, Capitalism, and Whose Bodies Count · Theoretical
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Defense of Art over ProfitsUrsula K. Le Guin, American Masters (PBS)201412 minspeechFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Liberatory
Explaining the Economy of the Soviet UnionHakim202228 minexplainerFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Theoretical
Crises of Capitalism (RSA Animate)David Harvey, The RSA201011 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
Reading Marx’s Capital (video lecture course)David Harvey2007~2h per classlectureFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
After Work: What Is Left?Helen Hester, Nick Srnicek, CCCB201970 minlectureFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Liberatory (further reading)
Object of Plunder: The Congo through the CenturiesAdam Hochschild201463 minlectureFreeImperialism and the Global System · Historical
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformationbell hooks, Media Education Foundation1997~66 minlectureFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Theoretical
Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach: From the Young Hegelians to DeleuzeAcid Horizon202460 minlectureFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Theoretical
What is Anarchism?Revolution and Ideology202017 minexplainerFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Theoretical
Deschooling Society: Why Our Education System Is Broken? (Ivan Illich)2025~12 minexplainerFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Liberatory
The Zapatista Uprising, 30 Years LaterModern Insurgent202442 mindocumentaryFreeAnarchism, Mutual Aid, and Prefiguration · Historical
Jane McAlevey on Deep OrganizingJacobin201812 mininterviewFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Liberatory
Whiteness and the Normative American CitizenMatthew Frye Jacobson2014123 minlectureFreeImmigration and the Making of Race · Historical
Family abolition (Sophie Lewis)Sophie Lewis, Verso Books20192 mininterviewFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Liberatory
POLITICAL THEORY – Karl MarxThe School of Life20148 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
Origins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Theoretical
Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks: An OverviewShades Of Literature201922 minlectureFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Liberatory
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching (Bettina Love)Bettina Love, City Club of Cleveland2019~60 minlectureFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Liberatory
Critical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Practical
Why did the Paris Commune Fail?History Matters20214 minexplainerFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Historical
The State, Strategy, and Power · Historical
Racism has a cost for everyoneHeather McGhee, TED202014 minlectureFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Theoretical
Environmentalism: From the Control of Nature to PartnershipCarolyn Merchant59 minlectureFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Historical
John Merriman: The Paris Commune of 1871John Merriman, Yale University201450 minlectureFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Historical
David Montgomery: Labor Struggles, Past, Present, FutureDavid Montgomery114 minlectureFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Historical
Explained: Racial Wealth GapNetflix, Vox202016 minexplainerFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Practical
Explained: Why Women Are Paid LessNetflix, Vox202019 minexplainerFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Practical
North Koreans tell BBC they are stuck and waiting to dieBBC News202322 minreportFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Experiential
Undocumented Migration to the U.S.: Origins, Consequences, RemediesMae Ngai76 minlectureFreeImmigration and the Making of Race · Historical
Foucault: WTF? An Introduction to Foucault, Power and KnowledgeTom Nicholas201926 minexplainerFreeThe State, Strategy, and Power · Theoretical
Hegemony: WTF? An introduction to Gramsci and cultural hegemonyTom Nicholas20176 minexplainerFreeThe State, Strategy, and Power · Theoretical
Neoliberalism: From Ronald Reagan to the Gig EconomyTom Nicholas201925 minessayFreeHow Capitalism Works · Historical
World-Systems Theory, Dependency Theory and Global InequalityThen & Now201614 minexplainerFreeImperialism and the Global System · Theoretical
The Wobblies: Iconic Film on the IWW Rereleased for May DayDemocracy Now!202217 mininterviewFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Historical
We Just Unionized Amazon: How Two Best Friends Beat the Retail GiantDemocracy Now!202228 mininterviewFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Practical
Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short HistoryNPR, Code Switch20187 minexplainerFreeAnti-Blackness and Racial Capitalism · Historical
Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? Who Needs To Fix It?Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell202011 minexplainerFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Theoretical
8 Minutes with Silvia FedericiThe People’s Forum NYC20198 mininterviewFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Experiential
Reflections on the Overthrow of CommunismMichael Parenti199680 minlectureFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Liberatory
Myles Horton: Radical Hillbillypbriggsiam2015~30 mininterviewFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Historical
Rosa Luxemburg’s Reform or RevolutionTheory & Philosophy202220 minlectureFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Liberatory
Marxism (YouTube lecture playlist)lectureFreeunfiled
Hegel: Dialectical PhilosophyOverthink Podcast, Ellie Anderson, David Peña-Guzmán202150 minlectureFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Theoretical
The work that makes all other work possibleAi-jen Poo, TED201916 minlectureFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Practical
King Leopold II & Colonialism in the CongoThe People Profiles202479 mindocumentaryFreeImperialism and the Global System · Historical
Fundamentals of Marx: Surplus Labor and ValueThe Marxist Project201910 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Theoretical
Lenin in Five Minutes: ImperialismThe Marxist Project20195 minexplainerFreeImperialism and the Global System · Theoretical
Lenin in Five Minutes: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat and the StateThe Marxist Project20195 minexplainerFreeThe State, Strategy, and Power · Theoretical
A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not growKate Raworth, TED201816 minlectureFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Theoretical
The Problem With Race-Based MedicineDorothy Roberts, TED201515 minlectureFreeHealth, Capitalism, and Whose Bodies Count · Historical
RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education ParadigmsKen Robinson, The RSA2010~12 minexplainerFreeCritical Pedagogy and the Practice of Liberation · Experiential
Gabriel Rockhill — Are Fascism and Liberalism Partners in Capitalist Crime?Gabriel RockhilllectureFreeunfiled
Gabriel Rockhill — Liberalism and Fascism: The State of American PoliticsGabriel RockhilllectureFreeunfiled
Loretta Ross Defines Reproductive JusticeLoretta Ross, WebsEdge Medicine20225 mininterviewFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Practical
Who Cares? The Gendered Burden of Unpaid Care WorkAina Salleh, TEDx202111 minlectureFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Experiential
Thomas Sankara speaks (with English subtitles)Thomas Sankara12 minspeechFreeSocialism and National Liberation: the Global South · Experiential
Thomas Sankara’s ‘Against Debt’ Speech, 1987Thomas Sankara19876 minspeechFreeImperialism and the Global System · Liberatory
Bodu Bala Sena official channelBodu Bala SenaarchiveFreeReligion, Reaction, and Supremacy · Practical
The women who demanded wages for houseworkBBC World Service, Witness History20244 minexplainerFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Historical
Marx’s Theory of Capitalism (Open Yale PLSC 118, Lecture 10)Ian Shapiro201151 minlectureFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
Chris Smalls: The Man Who Took On Amazon and WonThe Daily Show202210 mininterviewFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Experiential
Gary’s EconomicsGary Stevenson15 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Practical
Sea of Memory: A Vietnamese Boat Refugee DocumentarySuperNamn201125 mindocumentaryFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Experiential
The Model Minority Trope, ExplainedThe Take202018 minexplainerFreeImmigration and the Making of Race · Experiential
Women Speak: Workers’ Narrative VideosWIEGO Delhi Focal City team2019narrativeFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Experiential
What is a gig economy?TED-Ed20226 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Theoretical
”How Can I Help?” Mutual Aid 101Second Thought202114 minexplainerFreeThe State, Strategy, and Power · Practical
A Future Beyond Capitalism? Socialism ExplainedSecond Thought202013 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Liberatory
How Capitalism Ruined WorkSecond Thought202118 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Experiential
How Corporations Shifted The Blame For Climate ChangeSecond Thought20197 minexplainerFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Historical
How The US Took Over The WorldSecond Thought202423 minexplainerFreeImperialism and the Global System · Practical
This Is Why You’re PoorSecond Thought202318 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Practical
Why Capitalism Can’t Handle Climate ChangeSecond Thought202112 minexplainerFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Theoretical
Why Corporate America Hates UnionsSecond Thought202218 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Practical
Why Managers Exist (It’s Not Why You Think)Second Thought202315 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Theoretical
The Immigrants of Angel IslandTIME202111 minexplainerFreeImmigration and the Making of Race · Experiential
Climate GriefPhilosophy Tube, Abigail Thorn201930 minessayFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Experiential
Identity: A Trans Coming Out StoryPhilosophy Tube, Abigail Thorn202138 minessayFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Liberatory
Intro to Hegel (and Progressive Politics)Philosophy Tube, Abigail Thorn201814 minexplainerFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Liberatory
Marx: A Complete Guide to CapitalismPhilosophy Tube, Abigail Thorn202450 minessayFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
How To Start A Union: Step By StepMore Perfect Union202213 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Practical
Starbucks Tried to Crush Its Baristas. What Happened Next Will Shock YouMore Perfect Union202412 minexplainerFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Practical
Half-Earth Socialism: the gameTroy Vettese, Drew Pendergrass, Son La Pham2022explainerFreeEcology and the Climate Crisis · Liberatory
The collapse of Venezuela, explainedVox20178 minexplainerFreeSocialism and National Liberation: the Global South · Practical
Before the Prague Spring (Cold War documentary)The Cold War202319 mindocumentaryFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Historical
Cuban Revolution (Cold War documentary)The Cold War202219 mindocumentaryFreeSocialism and National Liberation: the Global South · Historical
Mao’s Great Leap Forward (Cold War documentary)The Cold War202114 mindocumentaryFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Historical
The Kronstadt Rebellion Against LeninThe Great War202014 mindocumentaryFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Liberatory
Philosophize This! Hegel (Episode 66)Stephen West201920 minexplainerFreeOrigins: Dialectics, Marx, and the Workers’ Movement · Theoretical
Economic Update: Reform vs. RevolutionRichard D. Wolff, Democracy at Work202531 minlectureFreeThe State, Strategy, and Power · Liberatory
Economic Update: The Rise and Fall of the USSRRichard D. Wolff, Democracy At Work201929 minlectureFreeRevolution in Power: the USSR, China, and the Eastern Bloc · Liberatory
How You Are Being ExploitedRichard Wolff, The Gravel Institute20214 minexplainerFreeHow Capitalism Works · Practical
Marxism 101: How Capitalism is Killing ItselfRichard Wolff, Abby Martin201558 mininterviewFreeHow Capitalism Works · Theoretical
Worker Cooperatives: Movements for Social Change and Personal EmpowermentRichard D. Wolff, Democracy at Work201630 minlectureFreeLabor, Work, and Organizing · Liberatory
What is the real value of unpaid work?UN Women20173 minexplainerFreeGender, Reproduction, and the Household · Theoretical
Ellen Meiksins Wood on the Origin of Capitalism (lecture)Ellen Meiksins WoodlectureFreeHow Capitalism Works · Historical
Suraj Yengde on Annihilation of CasteSuraj Yengde118 minlectureFreeReligion, Reaction, and Supremacy · Experiential

A note on use

Short videos are best as openers or companions, not as the substance of a session. A four-minute explainer can surface a shared reference the room then complicates; a lecture course can carry a reading group through a difficult text over weeks. Name the framing a video brings, especially when it is mainstream or liberal, so the room reads it critically rather than absorbing it.

Status

This index is generated from theme content. To add a video or lecture, add it to the relevant theme lens with format: video and re-run the generator. Contributions welcome via pull request.