Surplus – Terrorized Into Being Consumers

A great, very Swedish documentary about consumerism and globalization based on the ideas of John Zerzan. Zerzan is an interesting fellow, on the one-hand arguing for property damage, but on the other, nearly admitting that his ideas are nearly impossible to implement. From the description:

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers is a 2003 Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It opens with footage of the protests at the 27th G8 summit in Genoa and prominently features the views of anarcho-primitivist John Zerzan.

Securing the International Oil Supply

From the comments:

It took me two days to get through this, but it was a really good watch. It was interesting to see different sides explained, but it is hard to deny the consequences that Mr Klare outlines.

Conversations with History – Seyla Benhabib

Yale political theorist Seyla Benhabib is UC Berkeley’s Harry Kreisler’s guest in a discussion of how political theory can further our understanding of globalization and its impact on the struggle for human rights.