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ADDED Nov 22, 2016

30 min

#Nodapl, Dapllies.Com John Bolenbaugh Trailer. Help Me Change This World.

DAPL's Worst Nightmare: Big Oil EXPOSED By Whistleblower John Bolenbaugh. Together we can and will change the world for the better.

ADDED Oct 18, 2016

60 min

John Cusack Interview With Cenk Uygur on the Young Turks

Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) interviews actor, screenwriter, producer and activist John Cusack. Among other topics Cenk and John Cusack discuss his new book 'Things that Can and...

ADDED Oct 10, 2016

21 min

Guantánamo: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

John Oliver examines the legal and moral issues surrounding the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.

ADDED Oct 3, 2016

20 min

Police Accountability: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

John Oliver discusses the systems in place to investigate and hold police officers accountable for misconduct.

ADDED Aug 22, 2016

18 min

Charter Schools: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores why they aren't at all like pizzerias.

ADDED Aug 15, 2016

18 min

Auto Lending: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

Auto lenders can steer vulnerable people into crushing debt. Keegan-Michael Key and Bob Balaban help John Oliver show exactly how.

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Top 10 Reasons to Continue Supporting The Movement Sanders Ignited

Hillary Clinton will trounce the self-destructive Donald J. Trump, but the neo-liberals secure total victory if the Sanders movement falls away

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Pope Francis: Capitalism Is 'Terrorism Against All of Humanity'

Pope Francis argues that modern economy's worship of 'god of money' leads to disenfranchisement and extremism

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Police Violence in Rio Escalates Ahead of Olympics

Raull Santiago is a human rights defender from Rio de Janeiro. In March 2014, he co-founded the collective Papo Reto (Straight Talk), a group of citizen journalists documenting life in...

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The Climate Crisis Is Here But Corporate Media Doesn’t Want You to Know

What is salient is not important. What is important is not salient. The media turns us away from the issues that will determine the course of our lives, and towards topics of...

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A Note From Sweden on Use of Force

I received the following comment from a police officer in Sweden after my recent post “Using Force: A Reflection and Some Suggestions for Police.” I think these comments bear publishing...

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A Brief History of the Modern Police

The Stimulator interviews Kristian Williams author of "Our Enemies in Blue" http://kristianwilliams.com/

ADDED Aug 8, 2016

19 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Journalism

The newspaper industry is suffering. That's bad news for journalists - both real and fictional.

ADDED Aug 1, 2016

18 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Democratic National Convention

John Oliver covers the Democratic convention and the unconventional state of our democracy.

ADDED Jun 27, 2016

21 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Doping

Doping scandals have cast a shadow over the Olympic Games. Until we eliminate drugs from sports, we should at least update our athlete promos.

ADDED Jun 27, 2016

11 min

Part 1: "My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard": Shane Bauer Goes Undercover to Expose Conditions

Between 2009 and 2011, Shane Bauer spent nearly two years locked up in an Iranian prison as one of the jailed American hikers. Last year, he went back to jail-this time as an undercover...

ADDED Jun 23, 2016

31 min

rEVILution: Rise of the Christofascists (2016)

The following documentary examines the role Christianity plays in American right-wing politics and the radicalizing effect it has had. Republicans often say that a handful of radicals...

ADDED Jun 21, 2016

Hidden41 min

UNCOUNTED - the Story of the California Election

In an extensive mini-documentary by Michelle Boley (@roguekite) and Taylor Gill (@taylorcgill) and produced by TYT and Rogue Kite Productions, we tell you the true story of what happened...

ADDED Jun 20, 2016

16 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Brexit

Britain could soon vote to leave the European Union. John Oliver enlists a barbershop quartet to propose a smarter option.

ADDED Jun 13, 2016

21 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Retirement Plans (HBO)

Saving for retirement means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice. Billy Eichner and Kristin Chenoweth share some tips.

ADDED Jun 6, 2016

20 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Debt Buyers

Companies that purchase debt cheaply then collect it aggressively are shockingly easy to start. We can prove it!

ADDED May 23, 2016

14 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Primaries and Caucuses

Primaries and caucuses are a surprisingly undemocratic part of the democratic process. John Oliver discusses our convoluted system for choosing presidential nominees.

ADDED May 20, 2016

20 min

Peasants for Plutocracy: How the Billionaires Brainwashed America

The following video explores the influence billionaires have had through massive public relations campaigns, fake "grass roots" movements like the Tea Party, and funding of...

ADDED May 16, 2016

16 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: 911

Emergency call centers are in desperate need of funding and new technology. Until we upgrade our 911 system, we should at least create more informative PSA's.

ADDED May 16, 2016

1 min

Where Did the Palestinians Go?

In 1948, around 80% of Palestinians were forced out of their homes during the creation of Israel. That event is known as the Nakba, or "the Catastrophe." So where did they go? And how...

ADDED May 14, 2016

44 min

Hillary Clinton: Republican for President

The following video documents Hillary Rodham Clinton's career of right-wing politics, corruption, political posturing, and opportunism. Correction: Salvadore Allende committed suicide...

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Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free

Disobedience is a film about a new phase of the climate movement: courageous action that is being taken on the front lines of the climate crisis on every continent, led by regular people...

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Concerning "Bernie or Bust"

Have you seen the article going around, with the headline "Will some Democrats refuse to rally behind their nominee?"

ADDED May 9, 2016

19 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Scientific Studies

John Oliver discusses how and why media outlets so often report untrue or incomplete information as science.

ADDED Apr 28, 2016

3 min

Amy Goodman: How the Media Is Ruining This Election

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! tells us about Trump-land and how the media is ruining this election.

ADDED Apr 25, 2016

22 min

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief.

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Radical Politics in the Age of American Authoritarianism: Connecting the Dots

If the left is to fight back against authoritarianism, we must bring together diverse movements working for social change.

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Fair Game: Why Bernie Should Keep Going

Predictably, after New York, the establishment is demanding that Bernie bow out. The etiquette of conventional Party politics, after all, dictates that he step aside, lest he weaken the...

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Street Art to Make You Smile

Our city streets can be gloomy grey concrete-covered places; these genius pieces of street art transform everyday objects and situations into fun and playful social spaces

ADDED Apr 24, 2016

25 min

Days of Revolt - Beyond the Vote

In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews Dr. Margaret Flowers, activist and Green Party candidate for the Senate in the state of Maryland. They confront corporate...

ADDED Apr 24, 2016

26 min

Days of Revolt: Letting Go of the World

In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews documentary filmmaker Josh Fox, who directed the new film "How to Let Go of the World". The two discuss the catastrophe of...

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Action Man: Battlfield Casualties

The UK is one of only nineteen countries worldwide, and the only EU member, that still recruits 16 year olds into its armed forces, (other nations include Iran and North Korea). The vast...

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Sanders Campaign's Commitment to Victory Irritates Media, Offends Clinton Campaign

Once again, for the umpteenth time in the Democratic presidential primary, there is a dominant narrative in the establishment news media that it is over for Bernie Sanders. News outlets...

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For 40 Years, Liberals Have Accepted Defeat and Called It “Incremental Progress.”

Bernie Sanders offers a different way forward.

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The Democratic Stockholm Syndrome

New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for those holding their progress captive

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