Video & Unpublished
This page features videos of public talks,
followed by some unpublished work.
* Videos *
The following videos may be viewed – except as indicated otherwise – at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHGeEGZxV4sz0DOG4RhQ4SQ
Pedagogy, Human Development and Socialism: The Bolivarian Revolution
Selections from a conversation between Peter McLaren and Michael Lebowitz, Part 1 and Part 2
Caracas, September 2006
Building it Now in Venezuela: Socialism for the 21st Century
Toronto, June 2007
Participatory Democracy and Human Development
Discussion among Robin Hahnel, Daniel Schugurensky, and Michael Lebowitz, Parts 1-5
Caracas, July 2007
Workers Control – Theory and Experiences
Panels and discussion hosted by the Centro Internacional Miranda
Caracas, October 2007
Socialism and Venezuela
Presentation to Socialist Alliance Forum, Parts 1-3
Melbourne, April 2009
Intellectuals, Democracy and Socialism
Presentation to Encuentro Intelectuales Revolucionarios Realizado en el Centro Internacional Miranda, Parts 1 -3
Caracas, June 2009
Workers Control, Workers Councils and the Social Economy
Presentation to workers at ALCASA, the state-owned aluminum industry, Parts 1-4
Cuidad Guyana, Venezuela, August 2009
Interview on Cuban TV
Discussion with Aurelio Alonso, Parts 1-2
Havana February 2010
Reinventing socialism and recovering Marx
Parts 1-10
Zagreb, May 2010
The Socialist Alternative – Real Human Development
Presentation at SFU Harbour Centre, Parts 1-2
Vancouver, October 2010
21st Century Socialism: The Strategy of the Left and the Latin American Experience
Presentations to N. Poulantzas Institute and Transform Magazine, Parts 1-3
Athens, Greece — December 2010
The Concept of Fairness Possibilities, Limits, Possibilities
Presentation to Critical Social Research Collaborative (CSRC) – the Fourth Annual Conference in Critical Social Research: Faultlines of Revolution!
Ottawa, May 2012
Primitive Accumulation vs. Contested Reproduction
Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2013
Contested Reproduction and the Contradictions of Socialism
Presentation to the Center for Politics of Emancipation
Belgrade Serbia, May 2013
Spectres and Struggles
Zagreb, Croatia, May 2013
World Peace Forum Panel 2013 – Building Parties
Presentation to World Peace Forum, Parts 1 and 2
Vancouver, 2013
Economic Problems Facing Venezuela
Delhi, March 2014
New Paths Require A New Culture of the Left
Presentation by Marta Harnecker upon receiving the Libertador Award for Critical Thinking
August 2014
Democracy Under Capitalism and Socialism
Presentation to the International Seminar, ‘Socialism, Democracy and Visions for the 21st Century’
Hyderabad, India, June 2014
What is Socialism in the 21st Century
Presentation to Socialist Alliance conference
Sydney, May 2016
If You Don’t Understand the Second Product in Capital, You Understand Nothing
Presentation to International Conference:150 years of Karl Marx’s “Capital” – Reflections for the 21st century
Athens, January 2017
* * Unpublished work * *
The Becoming of “Real Socialism” (2011…)
Discussion of the emergence of what I have called “vanguard relations of production” in the early Soviet Union, originally drafted for inclusion in Contradictions of ‘Real Socialism’: the Conductor and the Conducted (2012).