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George Monbiot Exposes Coronavirus Corruption at the Heart of Government
Covid Corruption, Privileged Parasites & the Gilded Circle: Watch the full 18min interview with Monbiot on Corruption. 
America's Unemployment Problem
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on America's job market, leaving millions without steady pay or healthcare. We know that unemployment is a real problem, but the "official" unemployment figures don't tell the whole story. The true rate of unemployment is much worse than you think.
Diwata
Mining companies are destroying large parts of ancient forest. However on the island of Palawan in the Philippines a small group of women are standing up against these big companies and protecting the forests and the spirit that lives within them; Diwata.
Just the Way You Are
"Growing up I had vague memories of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, but watching his program now as an adult and as a filmmaker I was fascinated by the degree of sophistication and discipline Rogers brought to his show.
American Psychosis | Chris Hedges
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, author and activist Chris Hedges discusses modern-day consumerism, totalitarian corporate power, and living in a culture dominated by pervasive illusion.
Neoliberalism: The Root of Our Problems
A short film by Eat The Moon.
Voting | ContraPoints
ContraPoints tackles the great "to vote or not to vote" debate in entertaining fashion. 
The Politics of Cultural Despair | Chris Hedges
Author, activist and dissident Chris Hedges spoke at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on October 16, 2020. In this talk he examines the cultural and social forces that have given rise to extremism in the United States. He explores the myriad of factors that led...
The Last and Most Important Advice I Will Ever Give | Dr. Meyer Hillman
89-year-old social scientist Dr. Mayer Hillman explains the source of climate change and what must be done.
Take Back Your Attention From The Social Media Algorithms
"Take Back Your Attention" is a short compilation with clips from several Rebel Wisdom films, and featuring visuals from the recent Netflix film with Tristan Harris, "The Social Dilemma".
Covid-19 Exposes Our True Power | Charles Eisenstein
Last year, five million children worldwide died of hunger, yet no government has declared a state of emergency or asked that we radically alter our way of life to save them. Nor do we see a comparable level of alarm and action around suicide or drug overdoses, the...
Why Everyone Deserves A Basic Income | Guy Standing
There is a simple solution to the economic problems we face today. It’s called a universal basic income and this is the justification for it.
How Amphibians Restore Balance To The Land | Harvey Tweats
Many of us are aware of the remarkable effects of large megafauna in an ecosystem. We now know that wolves change rivers, that whales alter the composition of the atmosphere and that the ponds that beavers create prevent terrible floods. Yet few are enlightened to the...
World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!
After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June 21, we hosted an inspiring online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of...
World Localization Day - full version. Be part of this inspirational movement for change!
After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June 21, we hosted an inspiring online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of...
Why Do We Make Life So Hard? | Jon Jondai
Jon Jondai shares his life story of trying to find success in the city only to turn around and come back home to live a life of freedom. 
Can You See It ? | Extinction Rebellion France
Can you see the absurdity of our world? Can you imagine another society?
Is There a Future for Our Democracy? Why Everything Depends on the Answer | David Orr
We are living through the most dangerous challenge to free government in the U.S. anyone of us alive has encountered. Like a house with crumbling foundations, American democracy is suffering from decades of deferred maintenance. The challenge of repairing and updating our...
David Graeber on the Extreme 'Center'
“It strikes me that what’s called the moderates are the most immoderate people possible.”
Is The World Really Overpopulated? | George Monbiot
A story of the denial of our common humanity, featuring George Monbiot.
Indigenous Thinking for Troubled Times, Tyson Yunkaporta
Can indigenous thinking save the world? Tyson Yunkaporta's new book 'Sand Talk' explores this question and is making a big impact.
Honor Yard: Finding Hope & Healing in a Maximum-Security Prison
Imagine finding hope, camaraderie and healing in a maximum-security prison. “Honor Yard” explores the symptoms of trauma from the perspective of the men who live in an Honor Yard at a California Prison in Lancaster, CA.
The Power of Love - A Reading by Satish Kumar
Enjoy this heartwarming share from peace and environmental advocate, Satish Kumar.
The Inner Peace Revolution
We all want peace, so why isn’t the world more peaceful? Discover the scientific evidence that points to a surprising solution.
Why Billionaires Should Pay for the Coronavirus Crisis | Grace Blakeley
"Not working people who sacrificed their lives to keep our economy going"
How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill - Dr. Jonathan Haidt
Dr. Jonathan Haidt explains how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for a failure.
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything
Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded...
Honest Government Ad | The Recession
The Australien Government has made an ad about the recession, its cuts to Jobseeker/Jobkeeper, tax cuts for the rich, cuts to the Environment Act; and the 'Gas-led Recovery' - and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
Worker Cooperatives: Expanding Democracy In The Workplace
For the vast majority of people, work is miserable, tedious, and meaningless. It doesn't have to be that way. Expanding workplace democracy through worker co-ops is a step in the right direction. This video was written in part by a Second Thought patron! Big thanks to Thought...
Can Universal Basic Income End Our Cultural Obsession With Work? | Philosopher Andrew Taggart
In 1948, German philosopher Josef Pieper predicted that society was headed for a dystopia he called 'Total Work'. With most of us in 2017 working too long, missing social events, working on weekends, and egging on our older years just for the retirement, practical philosopher...
Hope in a Changing Climate - by John D. Liu
Hope in a Changing Climate optimistically reframes the debate on global warming. Illustrating that large, decimated eco-systems can be restored, the BBC World documentary reveals success stories from Ethiopia, Rwanda and China which prove that bringing large areas back from...
Trump: What's The Deal?
Donald Trump is one of the richest and most famous men in America, but on what foundation has his success been built? From accusations of harassment to repeated flirtations with bankruptcy, his very public business career has been one of artifice and intrigue; a Machiavellian...
America's Patriotism to Fascism Pipeline
There have been plenty of videos examining the YouTube far-right radicalization machine, but far fewer looking at the effect of Fox News and conservative talk radio hosts on older generations. This video by Second Thought is an attempt to explain why so many people from our...
Are You Really "Free" Under Capitalism?
For decades, Americans have used the words "capitalism" and "freedom" as synonyms. In this video by Second Thought, we'll explore why capitalism not only fails to provide the freedom it promises, it also actively suppresses real freedom. 
America's Two-Party Corporate Duopoly
The two major parties aren't as different as you think they are. Democratic and Republican voters are more divided than ever, but that's not the case for elected officials. In this episode of Second Thought, we'll discuss the similarities between the two major parties, and...
How Dark Money Convinced You to Vote for Monsters | Peter Geoghegan
The story of George Soros, fake news & the Americanisation of far right politics. 
How to Be a Woke White Person
Ever wonder how to become a woke white person? In this step by step instructional, you’ll slice through social justice warrior school and emerge with a high level degree in woke-ology. You’ll know not only how to get offended by anything, you’ll understand how to accrue woke...
Identity & Empathy | Ayishat Akanbi
Ayishat Akanbi is a stylist and cultural commentator. Her monologue 'The Problem with Wokeness' went viral a couple of years ago. She argues that modern social justice movements, or 'wokeness', often creates division, and harms those it is intended to help.
Noam Chomsky: How the Mass Media Manufactures Consent
Summary of Chomsky's analyses on how the corporate media functions. Excerpt from the documentary Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992). Watch the whole thing here.
Seven European cities pilot solutions to be more circular
The Circular Economy Action Plan, adopted by the European Commission in 2020, is one of the cornerstones of the European Green Deal. The plan includes a series of measures to ensure that the resources used in the EU are kept in use for as long as possible. The final goal is...
The White Fragility Hustle
In part 1, Kyle Kulinski critiques the corporatization of anti-racist philosophy, which conveniently leaves the power structures (ie the true engines of inequality and exploitation) of these corporations unchallenged.
What is Work? | Nancy Folbre
What counts as work and what doesn't? Nancy Folbre shows how nearly half of all work done in this country is ignored by economists. She argues that we need to create better measures of non-market income, consumption and investment.
Noam Chomsky on the Harper's Letter and Cancel Culture
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” ― Noam Chomsky
Globalization's Discontents | Joe Stiglitz
The promise of globalization is built on a lie, designed to spread risk while concentrating reward. Joe Stiglitz digs into why so many economists and policymakers have twisted the facts in support of this form of globalization.
Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph
Part 1: introductions are made, along with a treatment on the origins and nature of systemic racism in the USA.
War on Journalism | Bob Woodward & Julian Assange
If Julian Assange goes to prison for revealing government secrets, no journalist is safe—even the famous Washington Post reporter, Bob Woodward, who broke the “Watergate” story uncovering secret crimes of the Nixon administration. To illustrate this point I’ve logged dozens...
Is Universal Basic Income The Future?
Imagine a future in which every person was afforded the basics of life. How would this change our society? Is UBI the future? – Second Thought
RNC 2020 & Kenosha: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses a week that saw the Republican National Convention, a horrific series of shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a strike in professional sports -- three stories that are really one story, about race in America.
Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media
You're probably aware that Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm, but do you really know how consolidated the American media landscape is? In this episode of Second Thought, we're looking at how just five mega-corporations control the entirety of US media.
Honest Government Ad | TRUMP 2020
The White House has made an ad about how things are going, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
Government Explained
An inquisitive alien visits the planet to check on our progress as a species, and gets into a conversation with the first person he meets. The alien discovers that we live under the rule of a thing called "government", and wants to understand more about what "government" is...
Lost In Carranza
In the night of October 12th 2015, Pablo Carranza falls back into hard drugs despite his sobriety and battle against years of addiction. Alone in his apartment, filled with regret and guilt, he decides to confess by leaving a final voice message for his first love.
Until Further Notice
I made this video after a friend left me a voicemail. We had both recently been laid off our jobs and all non-essential businesses were being shut down. We didn't realize it at the time but we were the lucky ones - essential workers were out there risking their health to keep...
Transformation Diaries
Transformation Diaries is a platform for the questions of our times. From love, sexuality and social organization, all the way to our relation to the biosphere and the metaphysical, we explore the underlying sets of beliefs and assumptions at the wellspring of culture —...
The Banker Ladies
Created by the Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective, The Banker Ladies tells the stories of Ginelle, Aisha, and Mabinty, three Black women in Toronto creating diverse financial services for their communities through Rotating Saving and Credit Associations (ROSCAs).
Raising Free People | Akilah Richards
We can’t keep using tools of oppression and expect to raise free people - we must examine privilege and power in our relationships with our children, the world’s most vulnerable citizens and embrace chaos in efforts to allow trust-based practices to emerge. We can do this...
Giants: The Global Power Elite - A Talk by Peter Phillips
Who holds the purse strings to the majority of the world's wealth? There is a new global elite at the controls of our economic future, and here former Project Censored director and media monitoring sociologist Peter Phillips unveils just who these players are.
The Logic Behind Defunding the Cops
Ben Burgis is the author of "Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left" and in this video he takes a critical look at the demand to defund the cops.
Unlearning Race? | Thomas Chatterton Williams
As tensions rise over racial divisions throughout the western world, books like 'White Fragility' and 'How to Be An Anti-Racist' have flown to the top of the bestseller lists. These frame race as central to our understanding of the world.