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===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB-5u8VgFc_TI1aAj8_SmDA RichardDWolff]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB-5u8VgFc_TI1aAj8_SmDA RichardDWolff]=== | ||
:''Main article: [[Richard D. Wolff]]''<br> | :''Main article: [[Richard D. Wolff]]''<br> | ||
A lifelong professor of economics, Richard D. Wolff is a well-known critic of contemporary capitalism and the leading proponent of an alternative economic system based on Worker Self-Directed Enterprises (WSDEs). He is the host of Economic Update, and has been interviewed on several popular television programs that include: Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Moyers’ Moyers & Company, The Charlie Rose Show, and Up with Chris Hayes. As the founding director of Democracy at Work ( | A lifelong professor of economics, Richard D. Wolff is a well-known critic of contemporary capitalism and the leading proponent of an alternative economic system based on Worker Self-Directed Enterprises (WSDEs). He is the host of Economic Update, and has been interviewed on several popular television programs that include: Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Moyers’ Moyers & Company, The Charlie Rose Show, and Up with Chris Hayes. As the founding director of Democracy at Work (d@w), Wolff’s publications that advocate for making the workplace democratic include articles in Truthout.org, The Guardian, Common Dreams, as well as his recent book: Capitalism's Crisis Deepens. The videos on this channel also advocate for WSDEs as a key part of moving forward from the current model of capitalism to a new and better economy.<br> | ||
More information can be found on | More information can be found on d@w's websites:<br> | ||
http://democracyatwork.info<br> | http://democracyatwork.info<br> | ||
http://rdwolff.com | http://rdwolff.com | ||
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Swedish Marxist who makes educational videos. | Swedish Marxist who makes educational videos. | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgr5cilTJPILaRYS7f_TkVA Maoist Rebel News]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgr5cilTJPILaRYS7f_TkVA Maoist Rebel News]=== | ||
Canadian [[Maoism|Maoist | Canadian [[Maoism|Maoist]] who is known by the name Jason Unruhe. Even within the left, he is known for having controversial views on topics such as race, sexuality and gender.<br> | ||
Website: https://maoistrebelnews.com | Website: https://maoistrebelnews.com | ||
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===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNalGyK3DaK37GTLIHSwmyA The Marxist Project]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNalGyK3DaK37GTLIHSwmyA The Marxist Project]=== | ||
Videos on Marxism and topics from a Marxist perspective. | Videos on Marxism and topics from a Marxist perspective. | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA0N4UVTnqiFB7D3oS_xdWg Caleb Maupin]=== | |||
Journalist and political analyst. Talks about books and has debates. | |||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ Paul Cockshott]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBfIU1_zO-P_R9keEGdDHQ Paul Cockshott]=== | ||
:''Main article: [[Paul Cockshott]]''<br> | :''Main article: [[Paul Cockshott]]''<br> | ||
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ML propaganda channel. | ML propaganda channel. | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSX5GRWdk2Vxwqk0yRg7adg Premier Liles]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSX5GRWdk2Vxwqk0yRg7adg Premier Liles]=== | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEBbylt9Rax3nOP_hyPnMPA Prolekult]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEBbylt9Rax3nOP_hyPnMPA Prolekult]=== | ||
"Prolekult is a Marxist film, writing and culture platform based in Birmingham, England. The purpose of the project is to provide high-quality film content looking at world politics, culture and economics from a Marxist perspective." | "Prolekult is a Marxist film, writing and culture platform based in Birmingham, England. The purpose of the project is to provide high-quality film content looking at world politics, culture and economics from a Marxist perspective." | ||
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===[https://www.youtube.com/c/Taranisnews Taranis News]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/c/Taranisnews Taranis News]=== | ||
French gilets jaunes riot clips. | French gilets jaunes riot clips. | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC89ak_KGxGmfBRVeOwwpbLQ The Flame of Liberation]=== | |||
"The Flame of Liberation is an online media center which promotes revolutionary ideology from the past so that we can learn from it and apply it to the future. The Flame of Liberation puts a special focus on revolutionary movements from around the globe which have been under emphasized and or mischaracterized." | |||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEXR8pRTkE2vFeJePNe9UcQ The Grayzone]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEXR8pRTkE2vFeJePNe9UcQ The Grayzone]=== | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCko8bu6w_OpE8DlKDubg9sQ The Swoletariat]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCko8bu6w_OpE8DlKDubg9sQ The Swoletariat]=== | ||
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Videos on Noam Chomsky. No activity since mid-2013. | Videos on Noam Chomsky. No activity since mid-2013. | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClJF8jKPt0E6Za-LYj70agQ Understanding Power]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClJF8jKPt0E6Za-LYj70agQ Understanding Power]=== | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1E-JS8L0j1Ei70D9VEFrPQ Vaush]=== | |||
Vaush is a Twitch streamer and YouTuber who covers current affairs with a "dirtbag" approach, meaning he doesn't shy away from using some amounts of "performative cruelty" and explicit language. He has emerged out of the community of the political gaming streamer Destiny. He is controversial for his statements on pedophilia in addition for statements in support of NATO, harsh criticism of socialist states like Cuba and the DPRK, and support for the Democratic Party of the USA, for which he is sometimes called a liberal. | |||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUh5QoIsGENSQIkhLm-0OQ Viki1999]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUh5QoIsGENSQIkhLm-0OQ Viki1999]=== | ||
Transgender Austrian YouTuber who makes a variety of videos from analyzing arguments to explaining different leftist ideologies. | Transgender Austrian YouTuber who makes a variety of videos from analyzing arguments to explaining different leftist ideologies. | ||
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Videos are in Urdu and English. Informally affiliated with Zero Books. | Videos are in Urdu and English. Informally affiliated with Zero Books. | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbLXNpNWzVWsD3nMjmP7mQ The Red Phoenix (American Party of Labor]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbLXNpNWzVWsD3nMjmP7mQ The Red Phoenix (American Party of Labor]=== | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkebf5OI9FU6kr77VhUFzTg 毛主义共产党 - Maoist Communist Party]=== | |||
===[https://www.youtube.com/c/theiww The IWW]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/c/theiww The IWW]=== | ||
===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3h2oeevDS8AP1GuuKJx8oA Socialist Workers Party (UK)]=== | ===[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3h2oeevDS8AP1GuuKJx8oA Socialist Workers Party (UK)]=== | ||
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Revision as of 14:31, 30 January 2023
Leftist content creators are sometimes called BreadTube, LeftTube, or sometimes even Beardtube for Marxist-Leninists. They mostly create videos for YouTube with many also having blogs, with some having their own websites.
List of YouTube channels
Democracy at Work
"Democracy at Work is a non-profit 501(c)3 that produces media and live events. Our work analyzes capitalism critically as a systemic problem and advocates for democratizing workplaces as part of a systemic solution. We seek a stronger, fuller democracy – in our politics and culture as well as in our economy - based on workers’ equal collaboration and shared leadership inside enterprises and throughout society."
RichardDWolff
- Main article: Richard D. Wolff
A lifelong professor of economics, Richard D. Wolff is a well-known critic of contemporary capitalism and the leading proponent of an alternative economic system based on Worker Self-Directed Enterprises (WSDEs). He is the host of Economic Update, and has been interviewed on several popular television programs that include: Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Moyers’ Moyers & Company, The Charlie Rose Show, and Up with Chris Hayes. As the founding director of Democracy at Work (d@w), Wolff’s publications that advocate for making the workplace democratic include articles in Truthout.org, The Guardian, Common Dreams, as well as his recent book: Capitalism's Crisis Deepens. The videos on this channel also advocate for WSDEs as a key part of moving forward from the current model of capitalism to a new and better economy.
More information can be found on d@w's websites:
http://democracyatwork.info
http://rdwolff.com
azureScapegoat
Swedish Marxist who makes educational videos.
Maoist Rebel News
Canadian Maoist who is known by the name Jason Unruhe. Even within the left, he is known for having controversial views on topics such as race, sexuality and gender.
Website: https://maoistrebelnews.com
TheFinnishBolshevik
Finnish communist and Marxist-Leninist, gives information and various thoughts on various topics pertaining to these.
Xexizy
Marxist YouTuber covering various topics.
The Marxist Project
Videos on Marxism and topics from a Marxist perspective.
Caleb Maupin
Journalist and political analyst. Talks about books and has debates.
Paul Cockshott
- Main article: Paul Cockshott
Scottish computer scientist and Marxian economist who does videos on all sorts of topics, among them being Marxism, history, economics, and the future.
/leftypol/ videos
Animarchy
An anime youtuber who publishes videos about anime from a Marxist viewpoint, meme videos, and game streams. Critical supporter of Stalin and the Soviet Union and used to identify as a Posadist (likely as a joke). He said on a comment section he is a "orthodox Marxist". Friends with Weeb Revolution.
Anticonquista
Ashley_F
Ashley Frawley is a humanist Marxist who is affiliated with Zero Books.
Austrian_Maoist1
BayArea415
Pro-China Marxist-Leninist and attorney who published videos about China. He deleted his YouTube channel and Reddit account and privated his Twitter account in mid-2021.
Video archive
Benji
Various kinds of content.
BigBreadBrainz
Comrade Pierre Tru-Dank
"Syndical-communist, Marxist, Cockshottian, cybernetic squad, Sorelian, De Leonist, futurist, proletarian internationalist, economics student, lift brah, and most certainly a pessimistic lefty eceleb. Pierre is one of the original /leftypol/ "gang of four" from 2016 who aims to rejuvenate a dying online left from its idpol, reformist, sensationalist, and red liberal/conservative plague."
Comrade Rhys
ContraPoints
Alias of Natalie Wynn, a socialist and a transgender woman. She mainly discusses topics such as gender and sexuality. She has also made videos on right-wing personalities such as Jordan Peterson.
DANOV
Damon Garcia
Dankey Kang
DemocraticSocialist01
Dialectical Vegan Egoist
Empire Files
Documentaries and interviews hosted by Abby Martin. Reports on war along with inequality within imperialist states.
Ewoks Unhinged
FRSOorg
Fellow Traveler
Flea Market Socialist
He does incredible visual arts propaganda and also has great how-to videos for everyday lefty needs.
GentleGinjeet
Hakim
Hakim Alrah
Hasan Piker
Hasan Piker is a Twitch streamer and YouTuber who covers current affairs.
Human concepts and other things
IanWright
Website: darkmarxism.online
InDefenseOfToucans
Communist history, especially Soviet and Bolshevik.
Innuendo Studios
Social politics and online culture discussed from a left-wing perspective. Has a good series on exposing the alt-right's tactics.
Irish Socialist Republicans
Kelly Zahos
Leaflets
Left of Wreckage
Leftism Today
LiberationNews
Luna Oi
Michael Roberts economist
He also has a blog.
Nathan Rich
American-Chinese anti-imperialist living in Beijing and critiquing western MSM disinfo on China, also does an in-depth historical series on China.
Neo Jacobin
NoMoreLibsPlease1975
Banned multiple times. His whole shtick is to combat liberals by intentionally overidentifying with what they hate: Stalin, Pol Pot, North Korea, Holodomor, etc.
Paul Morrin
Philosophy Tube
A channel created by Abigail Thorn, originally made for only Philosophy-related content and video essays.
Plastic Pills
Videos on Marx, Adorno, Lacan, Althusser, Debord, Deleuze, and others.
PoliDice
Leftist YouTuber who debunks right-wing falsehoods.
Polinkazh
Politsturm International
ML propaganda channel.
Premier Liles
Prolekult
"Prolekult is a Marxist film, writing and culture platform based in Birmingham, England. The purpose of the project is to provide high-quality film content looking at world politics, culture and economics from a Marxist perspective."
ProSocialism
ProletarianU
Rad Shiba
Left-communist and orthodox Marxist.
RayRamses
Red Plateaus
Humanist Marxist.
RedScareTv
Redfish
Richard Medhurst
Analyzes the news through an application of socialist materialism.
Shaun
British leftist who mostly debunks right-wing falsehoods.
Soapbox
Socialism: 101
Socialism For All
Socialist Voice
Space Babies
Spooky Scary Socialist
Swoletariat
Tankie Talk
Taranis News
French gilets jaunes riot clips.
The Flame of Liberation
"The Flame of Liberation is an online media center which promotes revolutionary ideology from the past so that we can learn from it and apply it to the future. The Flame of Liberation puts a special focus on revolutionary movements from around the globe which have been under emphasized and or mischaracterized."
The Grayzone
The Swoletariat
Thought Slime
Run by a non-binary anarcho-communist who mainly makes comedic videos around topics relating to anarchist theory, anti-capitalism and anti-fascism. They have also made a couple story-time videos as well as movie reviews.
Three Arrows
Progressive, anti-fascist, and social democratic BreadTuber whose name comes from a symbol popular with the American antifa movement[1]. His channel is similar to that of Shaun's, "but with a greater focus on debunking bad history, and a sense of humor just as dry."[2]
Todd McGowan
Lacanian.
Tovarisch Endymion
understandingpower
Videos on Noam Chomsky. No activity since mid-2013.
Understanding Power
Vaush
Vaush is a Twitch streamer and YouTuber who covers current affairs with a "dirtbag" approach, meaning he doesn't shy away from using some amounts of "performative cruelty" and explicit language. He has emerged out of the community of the political gaming streamer Destiny. He is controversial for his statements on pedophilia in addition for statements in support of NATO, harsh criticism of socialist states like Cuba and the DPRK, and support for the Democratic Party of the USA, for which he is sometimes called a liberal.
Viki1999
Transgender Austrian YouTuber who makes a variety of videos from analyzing arguments to explaining different leftist ideologies.
Weeb Revolution
Pro-China Marxist-Leninist and also supports Soviet Union fully. Produces various videos about anime from a communist viewpoint along with a few gaming videos. Friends with Animarchy.
YazMinsky
"Using video games to talk about art, culture, politics, and philosophy. Also other stuff."
Zero Books
Marxist book publisher that posts theory discussions and clips.
Organization channels
Communist Party USA
Freedom Road Socialist Organization — FRSO
Party for Socialism and Labor (Liberation News)
Taimur Rahman, General Secretary of the Pakistani communist Mazdoor Kisan Party
Videos are in Urdu and English. Informally affiliated with Zero Books.
The Red Phoenix (American Party of Labor
毛主义共产党 - Maoist Communist Party
The IWW
Socialist Workers Party (UK)
Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist)
Lecture/educational
Students for a Democratic Society
In Defense of Marxism
Marxist theory and analysis. In Defense of Marxism is the organ of the International Marxist Tendency, a revolutionary organization operating in more than 30 countries, including the United Kingdom, Pakistan, the USA, and all over Latin America.
Communist Corresponding Society
The Communist Corresponding Society is a Marxist discussion group based in the UK. The CCS seeks to encourage discussion, analysis, self-education, and self-clarification by drawing on multiple strands of Marxist and leftist thinking. They post their latest guest talk/lecture audio on the internet for a week (starting in 2021, prior talks only stayed on the internet for a day).
Global Marxism Online Talk
The Global Marxism Online Talk is hosted by the Gyeongsang National University (Korea) SSK research team and presents topics from various researchers around the world focusing on "Postcapitalism and the Innovation of Marxism".
See also
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows#Use%20outside%20Germany
- ↑ 5 Fantastic YouTubers Fighting The Spread Of Alt-Right Propaganda, Dani Di Placido, March 24, 2019