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Youtube, Facebook and Twitter have become the new weapons of mass mobilisation. Are social networks triggering social revolution? And where will the next domino fall?
26 min · 13,415 views
THE GMO FILM PROJECT tells the story of a father's discovery of GMOs through the symbolic act of poor Haitian farmers burning seeds in defiance of Monsanto's gift of 475 tons of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds to Haiti shortly after the devastating earthquake of January 2010...
6 min · 13,413 views
Malian-French soul pop singer Inna Modja shares the music video for “Tombouctou,” her latest single off the upcoming Motel Bamako album. The visuals, shot in Bamako at Malick Sidibé‘s studio, follow the aesthetic of the iconic Malian&nbs
4 min · 13,408 views
"By releasing this report, the IMF has shown that 'trickle-down' economics is dead; you cannot rely on the spoils of the extremely wealthy to benefit the rest of us."
Jon Queally · 13,402 views
The belief that economic growth can be detached from destruction appears to be based on a simple accounting mistake.
George Monbiot · 13,393 views
Every drone flown by the U.S. military has inside a piece of the Democratic Republic of the Congo--a valuable mineral, of which the DRC has trillions of dollars worth buried underground.
27 min · 13,375 views
In this epic moment of radical environmental and social disruption, the world is experiencing the dawn of a revolutionary transformation to becoming an ecologically literate and socially just civilization.
Kenny Ausubel · 13,369 views
Her opponents call her “The Green Killer”. They gave her “The Bullshit Award” for sustaining poverty. TIME says she is a hero of our times, an icon for youngsters all over the world.
The film is about Vandana Shiva, Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist, who...
72 min · 13,367 views
This is the incredible story of Daryl Davis.
3 min · 13,352 views
London activists are squatting empty multi-million pound buildings and opening them up to the homeless.
6 min · 13,341 views
Charlie Chapin's final monologue in the film "The Great Dictator".
5 min · 13,321 views
Nominated for an Academy Award, this film chronicles the hard-fought campaign for mayor of Newark, New Jersey, by Corey Booker, a young community activist and City Council member, against a 16-year incumbent with a powerful political machine.
81 min · 13,320 views
When Arundhati Roy was preparing, in 2014, for a trip to Moscow to meet Edward Snowden, she was troubled by two things.
Jake Johnson · 13,309 views
To avoid social, environmental and economic collapse, the world needs to move beyond the standard choices of capitalism or socialism. That’s the conclusion of a new report released Wednesday by US think tank Capital Institute.
Jo Confino · 13,300 views
Why we need to move empathy from personal emotion to collective moral concern -- Empathy comes in two distinct forms: affective empathy is our instinct for mirroring the emotions of others, while cognitive empathy is our conscious ability to understand someone else’s...
5 min · 13,292 views
Dr. Stephen Ilardi is a professor of clinical psychology and the author of The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression Without Drugs.
23 min · 13,282 views
"I remember the first time that a grading rubric was attached to a piece of my writing….Suddenly all the joy was taken away. I was writing for a grade -- I was no longer exploring for me. I want to get that back. Will I ever get that back?"-- Claire, a student (in Olson...
Alfie Kohn · 13,270 views
Travelling the length of the country and back again with a pair of horses and gypsy caravan, Live Before You Die is the ultimate horse-drawn road movie, following a band of Travellers with handcarts, goats, donkeys and ponies along green lanes to the fairs and festivals of...
6 min · 13,268 views
A lively and no-nonsense lecture by Jacque Fresco, speaking about the Venus Project, held in London in October 2009.
55 min · 13,262 views
Anarchists have traditionally opposed voting for a variety of ideological reasons. For many, not voting is held as a badge of honor - a way of signaling one's commitment to anarchist theory. I've often thought that this belief in not voting almost represents a sort of reli
Tim Hjersted ·
13,248 views
With 20 million refugees worldwide, the International Olympic Committee announces a new team to make the games more inclusive for people without a nation to call home.
Christopher Zumski Finke · 13,245 views
Eleven years in the making, FUEL is the in-depth personal journey of filmmaker and eco-evangelist Josh Ticknell, who takes us on a hip, fast-paced road trip into America's dependence on foreign oil. Combining a history lesson of the US auto and petroleum industries and...
112 min · 13,242 views
Gavin Aung Than · 13,236 views
An evil telemarketing company, a corporation making millions off of slave labor, and one Oakland man at the center of it all who discovers a secret that threatens all of humankind. Boots Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” is the dystopian social satire being hailed as one of the...
21 min · 13,213 views
Quantifying the Effects of Regime Change
Since 2001, the U.S. has undertaken regime change in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
All 3 countries are now in chaos … and extremists are more in control than ever.
Iraq
In Iraq, hardcore Islamic jihadis known as ISIS have taken...
Washington's Blog · 13,213 views
This absorbing documentary focuses on 10 visionary New Zealanders out to prove that a shift in consciousness can heal our environment. You'll be inspired, and never look at stinging nettle in your garden in quite the same way again.
2 min · 13,207 views
The religious façade is merely another element of IS propaganda, the mobilising ideology that provides a veneer of legitimacy for its existence
Recently, in the Daily Mail, Piers Morgan wrote about his “uncon
Nafeez Ahmed · 13,206 views
Five years before whistleblower, Edward Snowden released information on the extensive reach of the U.S. Government's foreign and domestic spying, the filmmakers and investigators at PBS Frontline were uncovering proof of their own that regular American citizens were being...
56 min · 13,200 views
What does it mean to earn a profit in an extractive economy? Simply put, it means to behave like a parasite. All you need do is attach yourself to a nutrient-rich host and suck the value out of it. When the host dies, move on to the next “market opportunity” and never look...
Joe Brewer · 13,186 views
Kenya: a forest people #fightback as they are illegally evicted, beaten & imprisoned - paid for by the World Bank.
57 min · 13,175 views
Series Premiere: Culture in Decline | Episode #1 "What Democracy?" by Peter Joseph. This opening show addresses the coming 2012 US Presidential Election and the subject of what we perceive as "Democracy" in the world today.
29 min · 13,169 views
Ground-breaking discoveries about early childhood and the human brain have offered vital clues about the roots of human violence and social disharmony. Our brains’ empathy centres grow – or fail to grow – according to how we are nurtured.
Robin Grille cites several examples...
19 min · 13,164 views
In his new film, director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished - a radical narration about race in America, using the writer's original words. He draws upon James Baldwin's notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin...
93 min · 13,150 views
Economist Richard Wolff explains our class society.
13 min · 13,147 views
Iraq is descending into chaos, but not for the reasons you're being fed by the politicians and the mainstream media.
In June of 2014 the world watched in shock as an Islamic militant group operating under the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (or ISIS), took...
13 min · 13,140 views
A short film fom Over Grow The System that showcases young farmers who are growing the change they want to see in the word.
4 min · 13,139 views
In an extensive mini-documentary by Rogue Kite Productions and The Young Turks, we tell you the true story of what happened leading up to and after the California Democratic Primary. #ShowMeTheBallots #&
40 min · 13,126 views
“Every child,” wrote pioneer botanist Luther Burbank, “should have mud pies, grasshoppers, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet...
Mike Weilbacher · 13,119 views
Comedian John Cleese is taking advantage of the huge tax breaks given to churches by founding a new one - The Church of JC Capitalist. Praise be the almighty $.
2 min · 13,117 views
An explanation for why defeating Donald Trump—despite what we know about Hillary Clinton—should be the left's primary national electoral objective this November
Adolph Reed Jr. · 13,114 views
PLASTICIZED is an intimate account of a first-hand journey aboard the Sea Dragon with the 5 Gyres Institute on the very first scientific expedition, focused on plastic waste, through the centre of the South Atlantic Ocean. An eye-opening story about the institute's global...
48 min · 13,111 views
What can we do that honors and respects every human being on the planet?
8 min · 13,109 views
“There is a place between passivity and violence. I’ll meet you there.” – Rivera Sun
Nonviolent struggle is on the rise globally. Neither passive, nor inaction, this powerful way of working for change is proving Gandhi’s audacious claim that “nonviolence is the greatest...
Rivera Sun · 13,104 views
Every year world leaders and business executives meet at Davos to discuss how they want to run our economy - in their own best interests. We're led to believe that without their entrepreneurial talent that we would all be worse off than we are now. The myths of this elite...
Global Justice Now · 13,103 views
Aikido is a powerful martial art developed throughout the mid 20th century by a Japanese named Morihei Ueshiba. Aikido differs from most other martial arts in that the practitioner seeks to achieve self-defense without injury to attackers.
Furthermore, there are no...
Aikido Association of America · 13,101 views
Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit goes undercover to reveal the true scale of modern slavery in suburban Britain. We expose the slave masters and the people smugglers and talk to victims about their ordeals.
Read the full interactive story here.
47 min · 13,101 views
The future we long for is alive and well in the more hopeful corners of our heart.
Chris Taylor ·
13,098 views
Israel claims that it is merely exercising its right to self-defense and that Gaza is no longer occupied. Here’s what you need to know about these talking points and more.
Israel has killed upwards of 1500 Palestinians in the past three weeks. The UN estimates that more than...
Noura Erakat · 13,088 views
In December, 2000 at the request of Professor David Andrus of USC's School of International Relations, Michael C. Ruppert gave a lecture on economics that rocked the foundations of about 70 upper classmen. There is the economics that is taught in most college curricula and...
86 min · 13,053 views
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line of Shunryu Suzuki's classic...
170 min · 13,050 views
A universal basic income (UBI) – an idea in which the government replaces all other forms of monetary assistance (welfare, social security, etc.) with yearly stipend – has enormous potential to radically transform our current unsustainable consumer economy based on individual...
Chris Agnos · 13,049 views
The Disney Company's massive success in the 20th century is based on creating an image of innocence, magic and fun. Its animated films in particular are almost universally lauded as wholesome family entertainment, enjoying massive popularity among children and endorsement...
5 min · 13,044 views
Between Tues 23rd and Fri 26th June Lancashire County Council is scheduled to be considering applications for 2 new fracking test sites on the Fylde Peninsular near Blackpool. We have been here before with the last attempt in January ending in far
3 min · 13,035 views
On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead – one protester, and two police officers – and many more injured.
“VICE...
22 min · 13,035 views
“The way we are trying to change the world is not going to work, and it’s never going to work”
This is the bold statement Deborah Frieze offers as she opens her TEDx talk.
In this wonderful video, Deborah offers us a new map for navigating the potential for transformative...
Ash Buchanan · 13,031 views
In contrast to White House refusal to condemn Israel, the U.N. Human Rights Council denounced the massacre and slammed Israel for repeatedly violating international law
Jake Johnson · 13,013 views
What the tropical nation of Costa Rica lacks in size, it more than makes up for in a wealth of biodiversity. Despite occupying just 0.03% of the planet’s surface, the region's lush forests are home to an incredible 500 thousand unique organisms -- representing over 4% of...
Stephen Messenger · 13,009 views
Renowned political theorist Noam Chomsky is often cited for his criticism of the US political system. In the second of a special two-part interview, Chomsky sits down with Mehdi Hasan to discuss the 2016 US presidential election and the rise of Islamophobia.
9 min · 13,004 views
Derek Hallquist is an earnest young filmmaker who wants to get to the bottom of the energy debate. How is the world going to become a truly responsible consumer of energy? Is it even possible? While searching for answers to these burning questions, Derek decides to make a...
92 min · 13,003 views
Albert Einstien once said "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid". Today Prince Ea puts modern schooling on trial.
6 min · 12,957 views