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What Can Baltimore Learn from the Bay Area's 30% Decrease in Homicides?
Bay Area violence interrupters say a sustained commitment to community-based violence reduction is key to reducing violence. 
D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler's Rise to Power
Historian Peter Kuznick joins Paul Jay to discuss the role of Ford, GM, and other industrialists in rearming Germany and supporting Hitler’s rise to power. 
Coordinates
They say it's the end of the world. We say it's the beginning of the next.
Charles Eisenstein Full-length Interview from Living the Change
“Going around New Zealand making a film … like that's not gonna get you anywhere, that's irrational, impractical, unrealistic…”
Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?
Vijay Prashad challenges the media reality that Iran attacked the oil tankers, calling for a real investigation to uncover the truth. 
The Military is Afraid of Climate Change
President Trump is skeptical of climate change and its link to extreme weather events, but the U.S. Department of Defense takes the threat deadly serious. The Pentagon is fortifying military bases to withstand things like flooding and wildfire. Military leaders are also...
Feeling Guilty About Climate Change feat. Hank Green
Do you have complicated feelings about fossil fuels? 
Maori Elder Rose Pere Speaks and Sings for the 2015 Parliament Indigenous Plenary
Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Rose Pere, a Traditional Maori Elder, Leader Creation, and a Tohuna, addresses the Spotlight on Indigenous Peoples plenary at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 19th.
5 Heroic Truth-Tellers Wrongly Charged with Espionage
Thanks for watching! - Matt Orfalea 
David Foster Wallace - The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction
Decades ago, David Foster Wallace foresaw the problems that technology, media, and entertainment would cause for this generation. We now live in the internet/information age, where technology and media are inescapable. During Wallace's later life, he pointed out the problems...
Existentialism & The Internet  - Why We’re Getting More Anxious
It is not as if the internet and age of information is bad, but it's not as if it's good. In this video, Pursuit of Wonder explores why, during an era where there is more information than ever about how to live and be happy, we are more confused and less happy than ever, in...
Honest Government Ad | Julian Assange
The British, Australian, Ecuadorian and US Governments have made an ad about Julian Assange’s arrest and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | The Economy
The Australien Government has made an ad about wages and the economy, and it's surprisingly honest and informative!
A Blueprint for 21st Century Public Ownership
Problem: Privatisation. Solution: Public ownership.
Five Myths in the Fight against Climate Change
With so much misinformation about climate change about, New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy debunks 5 myths about the climate crisis that are doing the rounds. These myths are a dangerous distraction from the task at hand.
Socialism: The Same Old Scare Tactic
Robert Reich explains why Donald Trump and Republicans use socialism to scare the American people.
All About Weeds
Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what reparative steps need to be taken, and speed up the natural sequence of recovery. Weeds can actually be great friends to gardeners. In any square meter of ground, there...
The Meaning of Life
A video remix featuring the wisdom of Alan Watts. I hope this video is able to inspire you more than once to be the person you were always meant to become in this life! 💓 - Gabriel Ng
Snowflakes -- The Right's War on the Individual
Thought Slime explains the Right's war on the individual, in a kind of funny roundabout way.
Forget Iran. Here's the REAL Enemy and the True Danger
Some people in the media want you to believe that Iran is your enemy. Is this really true? In this video we reveal who is the shocking real enemy... the true danger to your freedom. HINT: It is NOT who you think it is. And it has NOTHING to do with nuclear weapons. We reveal...
What Is: Oligarchy?
Robert Reich explains why American democracy has become an oligarchy.
How Corporations Shifted The Blame For Climate Change
How corporations convinced the public to blame themselves rather than the 100 companies most responsible. 
Robert Reich: Why We Need a Wealth Tax
Robert Reich explains why we must tax wealthy estates in order to reduce inequality.
Policing Identity Politics in Trump's America: Briahna Joy Gray at The Harvard Law Forum
Briahna Joy Gray is a leading Millennial writer on identity politics, racial justice and economic power. She is a contributing editor at Current Affairs and has been featured in New York Magazine, Rolling Stone and The Guardian. She is the co-host of SWOTI (Someone's Wrong on...
Pushing Back on Grievance Studies with Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
Mike Nayna: In an attempt to expose academic fields corrupted by postmodern ideology, Helen Pluckrose, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay spent a year submitting intentionally broken papers to academic journals. Their secret project was cut short when an investigative...
Debunking Jordan Peterson’s “Cultural Marxism” with Richard Wolff
Jordan Peterson is known for propagating the fear of "Cultural Marxism." After a disappointing debate on Marxism with Slavoj Žižek, Abby Martin talks to Marxist economist and professor Richard Wolff about Peterson's theories.
Iran Economic Sanctions Kill as Effectively as Bombs
The Trump administration's illegal economic sanctions against Iran makes it impossible to import essential medicines, says CEPR's Mark Weisbrot.
Russiagate Explained & Debunked w/ Aaron Maté - Award Winning Journalist
The truth about Russiagate and R. Kelly! (Mostly just Russiagate ;) 0:42 WTF is Russiagate | Trump/Russia Conspiracy Theory 2:55 Russian Hacking Pt.1 14:10 An Act of War? 17:50 "Meme Warfare" 29:05 Russian Hacking Pt.2 - Bill Binney’s Alternative Theory 39:32 Truth vs...
The Battle For New York: A Series on the City's Housing Crisis
Ep. 1 // Rats in the Hallway // Working class women of color and young white socialists in an East Harlem join forces against a private equity slumlord. Read the story by Georgia Kromrei at indypendent.org/2018/02/rats-in-the-hallway.
How Culture Makes Us Feel Lost - Dr. Gabor Maté On Finding Your True Self Again
Dr. Gabor Maté gives a beautiful speech on human nature and the implications culture has on our ability to maintain it. In this segment of the speech, he discusses four different categories of self-alienation and provides a sentiment of hope to stay in touch with our true...
Giants: Who Really Rules The World?
Abby Martin sits down with Peter Phillips, former director of Project Censored and professor of Political Sociology at Sonoma State University. His new book “Giants: The Global Power Elite” details the 17 transnational investment firms which control over $50 trillion in...
Privilege
According to the theory of Privilege, everybody is born into different circumstances, and those circumstances make certain outcomes in life more likely relative to those born into different circumstances. Circumstances that render a higher likelihood of a fulfilling life are...
Why We Must Legalize Marijuana
Robert Reich explains why we must the War on Drugs, and legalize cannabis.
Do Charities work in Africa?
Back in 2015 the RnB artist Akon grabbed headlines when he claimed that he doesn’t think charities ‘in Africa work’. But was he right?
Is the Psychedelic Renaissance Doomed? | Jamie Wheal
Jamie Wheal documented the new psychedelic renaissance in his bestselling book 'Stealing Fire', where he talked about the transformative potential of flow states and psychedelics. Since then he has become increasingly concerned and disillusioned with the direction of the...
Green New Deal: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
With the Green New Deal sparking a national conversation about all the ways to combat climate change, John Oliver looks at a few potential solutions. 
'Masculinity is Essential to Society'
In episode two of The Guardian's series on modern masculinity, Iman Amrani met Neil Smedley, a barber shop owner in Leeds. In the interview they did together Neil spoke about a range of issues, some of them very personal, and they felt that they couldn't do his story justice...
How Denver Decriminalized Magic Mushrooms
Denver became the first city in the country to decriminalize the use and possession of psilocybin mushrooms, after a ballot initiative squeaked through with 50.6% of the vote, according to election officials. The unofficial final results -- which are not expected to change...
Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail
China has the world’s fastest and largest high-speed rail network — more than 19,000 miles, the vast majority of which was built in the past decade. Japan’s bullet trains can reach nearly 200 miles per hour and date to the 1960s. They have moved more than 9 billion people...
Robots And AI: The Future Is Automated And Every Job Is At Risk
Robots are already changing jobs as an endless array of robots enter our everyday lives. From trucking to service work to high-end jobs like doctors and lawyers, this documentary explores how robotics and artificial intelligence are changing the workplace.
The Sustainable City
Fully Charged spent an amazing day at the Sustainable City, a housing development in Dubai with 3,500 people already living there and it's still not quite finished. This truly is a remarkable achievement, a stark lesson to building contractors the world over. It's not more...
Honest Government Ad | War on Satire
The Australien Government just released this ad about how it doesn't like us satirically impersonating the Australian Government, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. 
Richard Wolff: Beyond Universal Basic Income
Prof. Richard Wolff presents an in-depth analysis of UBI, showing its advantages over most welfare, safety net systems. An even better alternative would avoid capitalism's unnecessary production of unemployment because it utilizes technical progress (rising productivity) for...
Charles Eisenstein: Unlearning For Change Agents - Full First Session
Hi everyone, I’m pleased to announce a new online short course I’ve created called Unlearning: For Change Agents.
A Real Solution to Money in Politics! with James D'Angelo
A Real Solution to Money in Politics with James D'Angelo How to end the corrupting influence of money in politics. America's founding fathers had an effective solution, but is it worth it? Matt Orfalea ▶https://twitter.com/0rf ▶https://medium.com/@0rf...
How to Get Your Brain to Focus | Chris Bailey
The latest research is clear: the state of our attention determines the state of our lives. So how do we harness our attention to focus deeper, get distracted less, and even become more creative? Chris Bailey, author of the recent book Hyperfocus, talks about how our ability...
Chomsky BRILLIANTLY Dissects Trump, Democrats & RussiaGate
Noam Chomsky puts RussiaGate in its proper perspective.
Peter Joseph - Critique of Jordan B. Peterson (vs Slavoj Zizek: "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism")
Peter Joseph addresses the opening arguments put forward by Jordan B. Peterson, from Peterson's debate with Slavoj Zizek called "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism" - April 19th 2019 (Sorry for the typos. Mostly min. 46-48)
Looking Upon the Ocean with New Eyes and Ancient Wisdom
'Just as we have a need for wild nature, along with that comes a need for ancient wisdom, ancient traditions with wise elders, who live close to the earth, and understand it. A need to return to those basic truths.' - Hermien de Vos
Why These Plankton are Eating Plastic
Microfibers, used to make things like yoga pants, are the ocean’s tiniest problem. 
Robert Reich: America Has Already Fired Trump
Robert Reich explains how Trump has become isolated politically.
Not Capitalism, Not Communism: George Monbiot on Why We Need the Commons
Cat Hobbs interviews activist and author George Monbiot on the potential of the commons, the idea of public luxury and more. 
Why Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Matters
Maslow's Hierarchy, (or Pyramid), of Needs is one of the central ideas in modern economics and sociology. The work of a once little-known American psychologist, it has grown into an indispensable guide to understanding the modern world. This film explains who Maslow was, what...
How to Green the World's Deserts and Reverse Climate Change | Allan Savory
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to...
Andrew Yang: The Entire Socialism-Capitalism Dichotomy Is Out of Date
Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang says we need a U.S. economy with qualities of both capitalism and socialism.
A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and illustrated by Molly Crabapple. Set a couple of decades from now, the film is a flat-out rejection of the idea that a...
Robert Reich: 12 Myths About Taxing the Rich
Robert Reich debunks 12 misconceptions about tax policy in America.
Climate Denial Isn’t Stopping Climate Action. Here’s What Is. | David Wallace-Wells
Climate change denial draws headlines. But is it actually an obstacle to climate action? 
Can "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Help Us Restore Balance to a Divided World?
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" is a masterpiece of animation. It's an incredible story with amazing characters and worthwhile themes that might just be more relevant today than ever before. As more and more people around the world seem to support the idea that group identities...
Interview with Rashida Jones on Her Porn Documentary 'Hot Girls Wanted'
"Parks and Recreation" star Rashida Jones has established a lovable reputation for herself through roles in hit comedies like "The Office" and "I Love You Man". Over the past few years, she's also ventured into writing and producing films, currently tackling projects like...