A talk by Noam Chomsky at the New York Poetry Center [1970]. (title is self explanatory)

www.egs.edu Michael Hardt, speaking about the common in communism, capitalism and socialism, nature of economic and social production, economy, property, labor, conditions, regulation, privatization, nationalization, economic and financial crisis, political evolution, climate change, Karl Marx in a lecture at the European Graduate School, or EGS, in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Free Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2009 Michael Hardt. Michael Hardt. Michael Hardt, born 1960 is an American literary theorist and political philosopher based at Duke University. Michael Hardt’s recent writings deal primarily with the political, legal, economic, and social aspects of globalization. Perhaps his most famous work is Empire, a book about the current global power structure, written with Antonio Negri. The sequel to Empire, called Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, describes the possible democratic alternatives to that structure, was released in August, 2004, and details the idea of the multitude (which Michael Hardt and Negri initially elaborated in Empire) as the potential site of a global democratic movement. Many of Michael Hardts seminars focus on the work of important figures in the history of critical theory and political theory, such as Marx, Jefferson, Gramsci, Foucault, Deleuze, and Guattari. Sometimes referred to as the “Communist Manifesto of the 21st Century”, Empire proposes that the forces of current class oppression, namely – corporate globalization and commodification of services (or “production of affects”) have the potential to fuel social change of unprecedented dimensions. Born in Washington DC, Michael Hardt attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland. He studied engineering at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania from 1978 to 1983. In college during the 1970s energy crisis, Michael Hardt began to take an interest in alternative energy sources. Talking about his college politics, Michael Hardt said, “I thought that doing alternative energy engineering for third world countries would be a way of doing politics that would get out of all this campus political posing that I hated.” After college, Michael Hardt worked for various solar energy companies. Michael Hardt also worked with ngos in Central America, doing tasks like bringing donated computers from the US and putting them together for the University of El Salvador. Yet, Michael Hardt says that this political activity did more for him than it did for the El Salvadoreans. In 1983 he moved to Seattle to study comparative literature. From there Michael Hardt went to Paris where he would meet Negri and write his dissertation under Negri’s guidance. Michael Hardt speaks fluent French and Italian, and is Professor of Literature and Italian at Duke University. In 2006, Michael Hardt was a member of the group of 88 Duke professors who signed a statement supporting the accuser in the Duke rape case. Michael Hardt also works on modern Italian literature and culture. His oevre includes: Gilles Deleuze: an Apprenticeship in Philosophy, Labor of Dionysus: a Critique of the State-form, with Antonio Negri, Empire, with Antonio Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, with Antonio Negri, and Commonwealth, with Antonio Negri.

Nabers Group www.Nabers.com, recently caught up with Thomas Woods the author of the best selling book Meltdown. Learn what he has to say about auditing the Federal Reserve (FED). Currently, over 300 Congressmen Republicans and Democrats in the House Of Representatives have co-sponsored a Bill HR 1207 – dubbed Ron Paul’s Audit the FED Bill, which would allow Congress to audit the FED. With the national debt spiraling out of control and fiscal policy seemingly unmanageable, many taxpayers want to see the FED audited. The proposed bill will force the FED open their books to the US taxpayers and their Representatives. FED Chairman, Ben Bernanke, and US Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, according to Thomas Woods are deeply concerned about the possibility of the FED being audited. What is even more suspicious to Woods is that Tim Geithner has publicly expressed concerns although he is not part of the FED. You can learn more about Thomas Woods here http You can learn more about Nabers Group here: jeffnabers.com http www.solo401k.com Stay tuned to this channel for more videos by the Nabers Group.

Film: Goodbye Lenin! Directed by Wolfgang Becker Germany (2002) Family Drama/Political Satire 12 parts/115 mins In German with English subtitles (default) Please be sure to turn on the CC (closed captions) button to view subtitles —Subtitles are translatable to any language— 1.Click on the arrow to the left of the CC button. 2.Then click on translate. 3.Pick your language in the bottom menu, then viola!. WARNING: Film contains adult language, some drug use and brief nudity (Rated R by MPAA) For a full description of this film go back to part 1: Synopsis: The year is 1989, and East Berlin is celebrating 40 years of socialist rule by the German Democratic Republic. However, these are tumultuous times, and East Germany is on the brink of dramatic political and cultural change. Christiane Kerner is a dedicated socialist activist helping to improve the lives of those around her. But after seeing her son Alex getting arrested in a protest rally she suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Months pass, all the while the Germany she once knew is being transformed from the relentless triumph of capitalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. Knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal when his mothers awakens, Alex strives to keep the fall of the GDR a secret for as long as possible from his bed-ridden mother. We follow Alex through his often comical yet sincere attempts to keep a pre-Wall façade; but when his game takes on a life of its own, long buried family secrets surface as East Germans around them experience freedoms for the first time.

Film: Goodbye Lenin! Directed by Wolfgang Becker Germany (2002) Family Drama/Political Satire 12 parts/115 mins In German with English subtitles (default) Please be sure to turn on the CC (closed captions) button to view subtitles —Subtitles are translatable to any language— 1.Click on the arrow to the left of the CC button. 2.Then click on translate. 3.Pick your language in the bottom menu, then viola!. WARNING: Film contains adult language, some drug use and brief nudity (Rated R by MPAA) For a full description of this film go back to part 1: Synopsis: The year is 1989, and East Berlin is celebrating 40 years of socialist rule by the German Democratic Republic. However, these are tumultuous times, and East Germany is on the brink of dramatic political and cultural change. Christiane Kerner is a dedicated socialist activist helping to improve the lives of those around her. But after seeing her son Alex getting arrested in a protest rally she suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Months pass, all the while the Germany she once knew is being transformed from the relentless triumph of capitalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany. Knowing that the slightest shock could prove fatal when his mothers awakens, Alex strives to keep the fall of the GDR a secret for as long as possible from his bed-ridden mother. We follow Alex through his often comical yet sincere attempts to keep a pre-Wall façade; but when his game takes on a life of its own, long buried family secrets surface as East Germans around them experience freedoms for the first time.

Responding to christoferl’s recent video “Secularism is Anti-Christ II.” Are Christians meant to be involved in social policy and government? christoferl’s video: www.youtube.com Music: “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” by Selah