The Top Censored Stories of 2014 | Interview with Mickey Huff

Abby Martin interviews, Mickey Huff, Director of Project Censored, about some of the top 25 censored stories of 2014, covering everything from the lack of police brutality statistics to the impact of ocean acidification.

14 min

Who Owns the Benefit? The Free Market as Full Communism

There’s a wonderful phrase for how capitalism works in the real world (I’m not sure who first came up with it, but I associate it with Noam Chomsky): “The socialization of risk and cost, and the privatization of profit.”

Kevin Carson

Taking Down the Daily Show with Allison Kilkenny and Jamie Kilstein

Abby Martin interviews co-founders of Citizen Radio and authors of the new book, #NEWSFAIL, Allison Kilkenny and Jamie Kilstein, about the biggest flaws in corporate comedy news and why topics like feminism and climate change are covered so poorly by cable news.

17 min

Happidrome: The Kurdish Fight For Anarchy

In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them. No-one talks about the Kurdish defenders and what inspires them. But the moment you look into what the Kurds are fighting for - what you discover...

Adam Curtis

Basic Income FAQ

What's basic income? "A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement" (Basic Income Earth Network, (BIEN)). What are the benefits of basic income? Benefits include, in no particular order:

Reddit Wiki

Human Universe: From Apeman To Spaceman

Beginning in Ethiopia, Professor Brian Cox discovers how the universe played a key role in our ascent from apeman to spaceman by driving the expansion of our brains. But big brains alone did not get us to space. To reveal what did, Brian heads out of Africa to the ancient...

60 min

Greening the Desert (2014)

Synopsis

7 min

Common Mythconceptions: World's Most Contagious Falsehoods

A fun infographic on common myths and misconceptions from the book Knowledge is Beautiful. Click the infographic for a scalable full-size image.

David McCandless

Life in a 'Degrowth' Economy, and Why You Might Actually Enjoy it

What does genuine economic progress look like? The orthodox answer is that a bigger economy is always better, but this idea is increasingly strained by the knowledge that, on a finite planet, the economy can’t grow forever.

Samuel Alexander

There’s Power in How We Think about Things

When you walk or drive down a city street, what you are seeing all around you are manifestations of thoughts. Every building began as an idea in somebody’s mind. Somebody acquired the land. Somebody designed the house. Somebody had the idea to organize people together to...

Thom Hartmann

The Premises of Endgame

These premises appear at the beginning of Endgame, Derrick Jensen's seminal critique of civilization.

Derrick Jensen

No Masters: Hierarchy and Anarchy

This is an extract from CrimethInc's seminal book Days of War, Nights of Love.

CrimethInc

Neil Turok - The Universe Within

"My goal is to get people thinking and trying to wrap their heads around the amazing things that have been achieved and to dream about what will be achieved."

8 min

Some of Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas Explained in an Amazing Animation

No time to read Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time? In just two and a half minutes, Alok Jha explains why black holes are doomed to shrink into nothingness then explode with the energy of a million nuclear bombs, and rewinds to the big bang and the origin of the universe?

3 min

Intersectionality: What It Is and Why It's Important

Wikipedia describes intersectionality as "the study of intersections between forms or systems of oppression, domination or discrimination". We prefer this explanation from the perspective of a stripey blue triangle...

Miriam Dobson

Wealth Illusion, Structural Violence & The Fear of Truth

Abby Martin interviews the creator of the Zeitgeist Movement, Peter Joseph, covering everything from the upcoming Zeitgeist Festival in Los Angeles on October 4th to economic and societal solutions to global problems ranging from environmental destruction to mass inequality.

30 min

Commercialisation: The Antithesis of Sharing

The danger is not commercialisation per se but our constant identification with its inner and outer manifestation, in which humanity’s intelligence is led in the opposite direction from nature and spiritual evolution. What is evil, anyway, if not our identification with...

Mohammed Mesbahi

Uniting the People of the world

The time has come when we must demonstrate in our millions not against this or that, but rather for who we are * * * At this time of economic turmoil it can be difficult to perceive for oneself how the principle of sharing is a solution to world problems, and this is...

Mohammed Mesbahi

Carl Sagan - A Way of Thinking

"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking." Carl Sagan

9 min

About Time - The Case For A 21 Hour Working Week

A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, entrenched inequalities, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and...

4 min

Parenting Without God

When asked if the world would be better off without God, Dan Arel, the author of Parenting Without God does not pull punches. "The world would be better off without the idea of God,' Arel clarifies "the world is already without God."

30 min

This Is The "Living on Earth 101" Primer Every Human Needs To See. And It's Only 52 Seconds.

This Wombat has some simple instructions for living on Earth. A great reminder for sure!

1 min

The People Who Wouldn't Mind If the Pacific Northwest Were Its Own Country

The first thing we heard when we pulled into the Finney Farm was the clattering of drums, followed by a high-pitched howling noise.

Allyce Andrew

How Unarmed Peace Efforts Can Save Lives and Diffuse Conflict Even in War Zones

"I think if we had a gun we would have been shot immediately.”

Robert Koehler

Against Conspiracy Theories - Why Our Activism Must Be Based in Reality

A talk given at Occupy Wellington, New Zealand, to counter the prevalence of conspiracy theories amongst the local wing of the Occupy movement.

Asher

A German Guy Wants to Give You a Bunch of Money for Nothing

What would happen if we didn't have to worry about making a living anymore? Would people just sit on their asses all day or actually do something meaningful with their lives? Michael Bohmeyer, a 29-year-old founder of a tech startup in Berlin, wanted to find out.

Chris Köver

What's So Special about Storytelling for Social Change?

A new world requires new stories, but people will only listen to them when they themselves are included in the storyline. This requires a ‘gear-shift’ in conversations about radical action.

Simon Hodges

This Video Dispels Every "Nature VS Nurture" Myth You've Ever Heard. The Implications are Profound.

If everyone watched this it could transform the world.

31 min

What is the Meaning of Death? This Man Has Some Words to Share with You.

A good friend of mine, Ian Mackenzie recently shot this short film The Meaning of Death – Stephen Jenkinson. Hope you are as moved as I was by the film. IN JANUARY this year, I flew out to attend my first full session of the Orphan Wisdom school, founded by Stephen...

5 min

The Story That's Destroying the World

Let me start by saying something that sounds controversial but actually isn't:

Tim Hjersted

Towards a New Co-Existence: On Reframing Our Ecological Crises

How we think about and talk about ecological crises and our role in them form the structures of our responses. This is why thought forms, concepts, frames as George Lakoff calls them, are all central, form the crux, of attempts to protect species and the planet’s systems...

Elizabeth Oriel

Films For Action: We Share Breaking Knowledge

A lot of media organizations focus on breaking news. We&

Films For Action

The Greening of the Self: the Most Important Development of Modern Times

Something important is happening in our world that you are not going to read about in the newspapers. I consider it the most fascinating and hopeful development of our time, and it is one of the reasons I am so glad to be alive today. It has to do with what is occurring to...

Joanna Macy

Co-Creating a Peaceful World Through Love-in-Action

Economic globalization obliterated traditional boundaries and created previously unimagined opportunities for collaboration and expansion. It also unleashed a series of unintended and problematic changes, exposing those with the least power to ecological devastation...

Bess Kercher

Ubuntu

"I am because you are," is the deep meaning of Ubuntu, a traditional African philosophy recognizing the shared essence within humanity and life. In this film, we visit Dorah Lebelo and the GreenHouse Project, Credo Mutwa, the great Zulu traditional healer and teacher, and the...

8 min

The Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual on The Art of Living

Wisdom for aspiring leaders and change-makers of every kind

Stephen Mitchell

How to Start an Empathy Revolution

Empathy can be a force for radical social change, but only if we understand how to unleash it.

17 min

5 Reasons It's Time for the 4-Day Work Week

Psst: Working less is the key to success.

Lynn Stuart Parramore

The Lottery of Birth (2013)

Do you shape the world or does it shape you? Drawing on leading thinkers from around the world, and with a torrent of mind-expanding ideas and information, THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH will make you think again about what it means to be free.

80 min

What Happens When Silicon Valley Experiments With Direct Democracy

Like a few other cities, the city is letting some citizens vote directly on how the city spends its money. But, of course, it's adding an online twist. The heart of Silicon Valley is experimenting with a novel form of direct democracy that gives citizens direct control...

Gregory Fernenstein

The Permaculture Orchard : Beyond Organic (trailer)

The Permaculture Orchard : Beyond Organic is a full-length educational film that will give you the tools necessary to get started on your own project, whether it's a multi-acre commercial orchard, or a few fruit trees in your urban backyard.

1 min

Listen To This Mute: An Angry Speech-Impaired Man Rants about His Country

A mute man rants about everything that is wrong in his country in under 3 minutes and goes on to tell you how you can change everything. A powerful film, relevant in every democracy across the world.

3 min

Global Economic Sharing: The Most Important Debate of Our Time?

Almost everywhere we look, there is an emerging debate on the i

Share The World's Resources

The Key to Global Prosperity: Worker Ownership

Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth and roots the value it generates in communities.

Jeffrey Hollender

6 Anti-NSA Technological Innovations that May Just Change the World

Rather than grovel and beg for the U.S. government to respect our privacy, these innovators have taken matters into their own hands, and their work may change the playing field completely. People used to assume that the United States government was held in check by...

SCG News

The Open Source Revolution Is Coming And It Will Conquer The 1% - Ex CIA Spy

Robert David Steele, former Marine, CIA case officer, and US co-founder o

Nafeez Ahmed

Another World (2013)

"Another World" is a film about the grassroots initiatives in Greece that form another world right here and now, away from the crisis and beyond capitalism (Greek narration, English subtitles in captions).

91 min

Tesla To Open Source ALL Of Its Patents, Won't Sue Anyone For Using Its Technology

At a time when most high-tech companies are hoarding patents and suing each other, creating a complex web of cold war-style mutually-assured destruction, Tesla is going against the crowd (once again) and open sourcing all of its patents, making its inventions available for...

Michael Graham Richard

Bioecon: A Natural Economy

Today it is possible to create together a moneyless economy based on human needs. Bioecon provides the necessary tools so that we can make it at local, regional and global scales. READMORE Bioecon is a peer to peer, growth sensitive, decentralized and self regulated...

1 min

The French Are Right: Tear Up Public Debt - Most Of It Is Illegitimate Anyway

As history has shown, France is capable of the best and the worst, and often in short periods of time. On the day following Marine Le Pen's Front National victory in the European

Razmig Keucheyan

The Myth Of Human Nature | Gabor Mate

Are we competitive, selfish, individualistic creatures by nature? What is human nature, anyway?

2 min

How Do You Define Yourself? Do You See How Your Answer May Lead to Violence?

Conflict starts with definitions of "us" and "them" ... what if there is no "them" ... ?

2 min

Comic: How Big Media Is Killing Democracy, But The Solution Is Up To Us

Today, six corporations own most of our media—but we could be poised to take it back.

Symbolia and YES! Magazine

The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Development Paradigm

During the 15 years, I lived and worked in Asia as a development professional from 1978 to 1992, I witness a troubling paradox. GDP was growing, incomes were rising, there was an expanding middle class, and a few people were getting fabulously rich. Development seemed to be...

David Korten

A Will for the Woods (trailer)

What if our "last act" could be a gift to the planet — a force for regeneration? Musician, folk dancer, and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial, determined that his final resting place will benefit the earth. A WILL FOR THE WOODS is an immersive...

2 min

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

This is easily the best comic strip ever made.

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

A World Beyond Markets: How Will The 'Collaborative Commons' Transform Our Lives?

Jeremy Rifkin, one of the world's most popular public thinkers and political advisors, argues that capitalism will no longer be the dominant paradigm in the second half of the 21st century.

23 min

Solidarity Means Attack!

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13 min

Immortal Technique on Conspiracy Facts, Money as God & Breaking the Two Party Dictatorship

Hip hop artist Immortal Technique discusses everything from his creative process in his politically charged lyrics to his views on capitalism and the two-party stronghold over American politics.

13 min

What If the Government Guaranteed You an Income?

First, the bad news: Even if the economy improves, middle-class career paths will continue to disappear as globalization and technological innovation render more jobs obsolete.

David R. Wheeler

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