"the system=shit?" & other basic questions about the planet
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:14 am
Recently, I've come across a few interesting documentaries and the likes about the global crisis, I thought I'd share them.
Richard Wolff, 'Capitalism Hits the Fan':
screening of the short version of his documentary + Q&A afterwards, 1.5 hours
http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Richard_Wolff ... ts_the_Fan
(if you are put off by his solution, that reeks a bit of marxism (cooperations), the difference is that these cooperations aren't state run/owned; and aside from that he still has plenty of other interesting things to say)
30 minute interview with Jeremy Rifkin (apparently a hit on the net amongst Belgian youngsters):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9wM-p8wTq4
(with Dutch subtitles, btw)
1.5 hour movie on animal rights, quite brutal, but a must see. (Narrated by Joachim Phoenix.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4DJh-L7Ys
(this one, and especially the notion of speciesism, which is explained in the first 10 minutes, actually made me become, after years of a low on meat diet, fully vegetarian.)
And there's Food, Inc. of course, tying capitalism and food production nicely together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVFKEWL6DVU
(1.5 hour docu)
It would be nice if people with a background in economics could comment on the first vid.
Other comments/videos/etc. would be highly appreciated.
Richard Wolff, 'Capitalism Hits the Fan':
screening of the short version of his documentary + Q&A afterwards, 1.5 hours
http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Richard_Wolff ... ts_the_Fan
(if you are put off by his solution, that reeks a bit of marxism (cooperations), the difference is that these cooperations aren't state run/owned; and aside from that he still has plenty of other interesting things to say)
30 minute interview with Jeremy Rifkin (apparently a hit on the net amongst Belgian youngsters):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9wM-p8wTq4
(with Dutch subtitles, btw)
1.5 hour movie on animal rights, quite brutal, but a must see. (Narrated by Joachim Phoenix.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4DJh-L7Ys
(this one, and especially the notion of speciesism, which is explained in the first 10 minutes, actually made me become, after years of a low on meat diet, fully vegetarian.)
And there's Food, Inc. of course, tying capitalism and food production nicely together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVFKEWL6DVU
(1.5 hour docu)
It would be nice if people with a background in economics could comment on the first vid.
Other comments/videos/etc. would be highly appreciated.