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Can We Cure Ourselves of the Deadly Viruses of Greed and Militarism?
Can We Cure Ourselves of the Deadly Viruses of Greed and Militarism?
​The sicknesses that caused the Iraq War and the Wall Street crash are alive and well in American society, mutating from administration to administration.
Jeff Vogel
'Beyond Dehumanizing': ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses
'Beyond Dehumanizing': ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses
The proposal does not treat detainees “as people but just things to be warehoused like Amazon packages,” said one critic.
Julia Conley
What Christmas Once Meant—and What It Could Mean Again for a Divided America
What Christmas Once Meant—and What It Could Mean Again for a Divided America
Christmas, once a time to gather, reflect, and renew our obligations to one another, and the social rituals that once cultivated empathy and reinforced civic responsibility, have been reduced to a spectacle of distraction, dead trees, credit card receipts, and gift wrapping.
Martina Moneke
Why I'm Done With Twitter | Kat Abughazaleh
Why I'm Done With Twitter | Kat Abughazaleh
I'm sick of using a website that rewards white supremacy, is swarmed with bots, and doesn't even work. So as of today, I'm no longer using it. You can find us literally anywhere else. And if you want to support a candidate who puts their money where their mouth is, chip in at...
4 min
The 60 Minutes Story the Trump Administration Doesn't Want You to See
The 60 Minutes Story the Trump Administration Doesn't Want You to See
This is a 60 Minutes Story about how the Trump administration violated our constitution and people's basic human dignity. Acting like this does nothing to make us safer, and in fact only makes it more likely that American citizens are put at risk.
14 min
How to Make a Fascist
How to Make a Fascist (2025)
This epic four hour doumentary explores the "ingredients" that contributed to the rise of fascism, focusing on Germany and Italy. It argues that fascism wasn't a simple anomaly but emerged from a complex mix of historical, social, and psychological factors.
239 min
LA Teachers Union: No Endorsements for Genocide Enablers
LA Teachers Union: No Endorsements for Genocide Enablers
“Politicians should not be rewarded for enabling a genocide nor in perpetuating Israel's periodic bombing attacks on Palestinians.”
Marcy Winograd
Can a New 'New Deal' Wipe Out Corporate Control of the Democratic Party?
Can a New 'New Deal' Wipe Out Corporate Control of the Democratic Party?
The exploding popularity of progressive politicians and the policies they embrace is not an anomaly. It's a signpost.
Thom Hartmann
How Leftists Can Reclaim Self-Improvement
How Leftists Can Reclaim Self-Improvement
Grow a YouTube channel that changes the world:https://www.vanguardstudios.info/
13 min
Who’s the Real Criminal at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade
Who’s the Real Criminal at Sea? Trump’s Tanker Grab vs. the Houthis’ Anti-Genocide Blockade
How can Washington claim the right to seize or blow up vessels, disrupt maritime trade, and kill civilian boaters—while bombing Yemen and condemning its de facto Houthi government for intercepting ships in the Red Sea to counter Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
Medea Benjamin
Rogue State: USA Believes It Doesn't Have to Follow International Law
Rogue State: USA Believes It Doesn't Have to Follow International Law
Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and demands that the Hague modify its founding charter to guarantee the US impunity for its war crimes. The United States claims its geopolitical adversaries are "rogue states", but overwhelming evidence...
30 min
In Defense of Noam Chomsky
In Defense of Noam Chomsky
Chomsky is 97 and recovering from a stroke. It falls to those of us who understand his contributions, and who refuse to participate in guilt-by-association politics, to make the case for intellectual honesty and proportional judgment, especially when the establishment is...
Tim Hjersted
A Possible Strategy for Stopping War on Venezuela
A Possible Strategy for Stopping War on Venezuela
​Critics of state violence become most dangerous when they directly jeopardize the state’s capacity to inflict violence. The most common and tangible way that happens is when soldiers refuse to kill.
Kevin Young
For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
The only thing that definitively clears suspicion for ICE is biometric identification. The presumption is that people may lie, documents may be forged, but biometric scans are objective and certain. People are guilty until an algorithm proves them innocent.
Jordan Liz
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (2024)
Neoliberalism – a business-backed ideology committed to cutting taxes, busting trade unions, gutting government regulations, and privatizing public services – is the dominant political and economic philosophy of our time. Yet despite capturing both major parties and shaping...
76 min
Tools for Growing the Commons
Tools for Growing the Commons
The true strength lies in the careful combination of these tools into multi-layered, living systems—creating the conditions not just for protection, but for long-term flourishing.
Michel Rauchs
A Letter to Liberals: On Lesser Evils and the Courage to Demand Better
A Letter to Liberals: On Lesser Evils and the Courage to Demand Better
We hear it constantly: "You're too harsh on Democrats. You're helping Republicans by criticizing our side. Now is not the time—we need unity against the rising threat of fascism."
Tim Hjersted
Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget
Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget
Squeezed domestic spending and extravagant military spending have widened inequality, with dire consequences for democracy.
Catherine Lutz
A Letter to Conservatives: On Power, Principles, and the Path Forward
A Letter to Conservatives: On Power, Principles, and the Path Forward
Our ask isn't that you become a progressive. It's for both loyal Democrats and loyal Republicans to stop defending their party uncritically and to challenge the rot in both parties, especially the one they think will be more responsive to their opposition.
Tim Hjersted
How Peter Thiel Is Destroying Democracy
How Peter Thiel Is Destroying Democracy
This is Peter Thiel - a major player in Silicon Valley who wants to transform humanity. But what does he actually want? What’s his problem with democracy? And is there an endgame? - fern
36 min
Should We Destroy the Machines?
Should We Destroy the Machines?
Over the past year, Silicon Valley has gone fully mask off in favor of fascism and oligarchy. Gone are the days of the Valley’s veneer of idealistic futurism, where technology was supposed to level the playing field and make us more connected than ever.
69 min
How Liberalism Enables the Far-Right
How Liberalism Enables the Far-Right
In many parts of the world we're living it, seeing it rise, meanwhile the establishment is unable or unwilling to do anything about it. There is also a lack of grassroots organizing or a coherent leftist strategy to counter it.
55 min
Trump Admits He Wants to Take Venezuela's Oil — and Give It to US Corporations
Trump Admits He Wants to Take Venezuela's Oil — and Give It to US Corporations
Donald Trump imposed a naval blockade on Venezuela and admitted that he wants to take the country's oil and give it to US corporations: "They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out, and we want it back". Ben Norton explains how...
21 min
Taking Power Amidst the Turbulence (w/ Dylan Saba) | The Chris Hedges Report
Taking Power Amidst the Turbulence (w/ Dylan Saba) | The Chris Hedges Report
As American hegemony transforms into something that will be determined by “the forces of historical contingency,” how can regular people fight back against the increasingly violent Empire?
41 min
The Video The UK Government Doesn't Want You To See
The Video The UK Government Doesn't Want You To See
Hunger Strikers are Dying for Gaza & no one’s allowed to talk about It.
9 min
Trump's Cruel Immigration Policy Is Devastating Children
Trump's Cruel Immigration Policy Is Devastating Children
​If you care about children; if you say you’re “pro-life;” if you consider yourself a good or moral person, you should care about how the US treats all children.
Rachel Rutter
Mark Kelly Is Right: Military Members Have the Power to Resist What They Know Is Wrong
Mark Kelly Is Right: Military Members Have the Power to Resist What They Know Is Wrong
​When military members have claimed such power and refused blind military obedience—during the Vietnam War and the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—it has had a significant impact on this country’s politics and policies, as well as on individual lives.
Nan Levinson
Lawless Strikes Off Venezuela Threaten Justice at Home
Lawless Strikes Off Venezuela Threaten Justice at Home
​We are drifting from a system based on legal principles to one in which the will of a single leader determines who is guilty and who is innocent, and who lives and who dies.
Brian Garvey
Breaking: Trump Plots Assassination Of Americans | The Kyle Kulinski Show
Breaking: Trump Plots Assassination Of Americans | The Kyle Kulinski Show
Support The Show On Patreon!:https://www.patreon.com/seculartalk
17 min
"The Problem With Plastic": How Pollution Is Worsening Climate Crisis & Hurting Our Health
"The Problem With Plastic": How Pollution Is Worsening Climate Crisis & Hurting Our Health
Democracy Now! speaks with former EPA regional administrator Judith Enck about her new book, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late.
13 min
Why Tech Billionaires Are Quietly Bankrolling Europe’s Far-right
Why Tech Billionaires Are Quietly Bankrolling Europe’s Far-right
The far right is gaining power in Europe, fuelled by conspiracies about migrant invasions and a shrinking white population.
22 min
We Investigated the Criminals Who Bought Trump: What We Found Will Shock You
We Investigated the Criminals Who Bought Trump: What We Found Will Shock You
A billionaire put $75 million into the Trump family crypto company. His SEC probe was dropped.
13 min
Extrajudicial Killings From Barack Obama to Donald Trump
Extrajudicial Killings From Barack Obama to Donald Trump
If Obama could kill a 16-year-old American boy without accountability, why wouldn’t Trump believe he has the same power to snuff out the lives of civilians with no due process?
Medea Benjamin
Trump Declares Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction as His 'Lawless Killing Spree' Escalates
Trump Declares Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction as His 'Lawless Killing Spree' Escalates
One expert said the Trump White House is "replaying the Bush administration's greatest hits as farce."
Jake Johnson
How to Kill People and Get Away With It *using AI* (W/ Antony Lowenstein)
How to Kill People and Get Away With It *using AI* (W/ Antony Lowenstein)
Full interview: Part 2
12 min
Winning in Places Where the Democratic Party Is Dead
Winning in Places Where the Democratic Party Is Dead
The door is wide open to try something new.
Les Leopold
US Influence in Latin America Grows: Nazi-tied, Pro-Israel, Anti-China Candidate Wins Chile Election
US Influence in Latin America Grows: Nazi-tied, Pro-Israel, Anti-China Candidate Wins Chile Election
The winner of Chile's presidential election, José Antonio Kast, is the son of a German Nazi official. He is a US-backed far-right extremist who loves Donald Trump, Israel, and fascist former dictator August Pinochet. He is also very anti-China, and will assist in Washington's...
38 min
Tucker VISITS GAZA REFUGEES, Slams Israel for "MASS MURDER"
Tucker VISITS GAZA REFUGEES, Slams Israel for "MASS MURDER"
In the segment of Due Dissidence, hosts Keaton Weiss and Russell Dobular play and analyze a recent Tucker Carlson episode in which Carlson visits wounded Palestinian refugees from Gaza housed in a Qatari rehabilitation compound and denounces Israel’s military campaign as...
18 min
'A Monstrosity': Trump Blames Killing of Rob Reiner and Wife on Director's Anti-Trump Views
'A Monstrosity': Trump Blames Killing of Rob Reiner and Wife on Director's Anti-Trump Views
One critic called Trump's social media post following the murders "the most disturbing, deranged, and demented post you'll ever see from a US president."
Brett Wilkins
We're Making 'Tax the Rich' More Than a Slogan
We're Making 'Tax the Rich' More Than a Slogan
Taxing the rich should bring a smile to your face. It certainly brings one to mine.
Max Page
Why the Future Is Post-Growth | Donnie Maclurcan on Life Beyond Capitalism
Why the Future Is Post-Growth | Donnie Maclurcan on Life Beyond Capitalism
My guest today is Donnie Maclurcan, founder of the Post Growth Institute and a thinker who played a major role in my own journey. In this episode, Donnie breaks down why money accumulation under capitalism necessarily produces rising debt and inequality, leading to human...
80 min
A National Network of Activists Pursuing “People’s Budgets” Gains Prominence
A National Network of Activists Pursuing “People’s Budgets” Gains Prominence
Across the country campaigns that meld community budget goals with participatory democratic practices have gained ground. Seattle and Nashville offer two examples.
Celina Su
American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning
American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning
More than 100 democratic socialist elected officials, staffers, and organizers from across the US met in New Orleans for the How We Win conference last weekend. The gathering demonstrated American socialists’ growing influence and confidence.
Branko Marcetic
EXPOSED: How Israel’s “Sinister” Control of the West Works
EXPOSED: How Israel’s “Sinister” Control of the West Works
This week on the show Katie talks to Ghada Karmi about the possibility of a one state solution and her latest book, Murjana.
9 min
Israel's Colonial Aims Are the Main Barrier to Lasting Peace
Israel's Colonial Aims Are the Main Barrier to Lasting Peace
What if Gaza agrees to surrender its weapons? Will Israel leave the Palestinians alone? Will the prospects of a just peace and Palestinian freedom increase exponentially?
Ramzy Baroud
You Could Be on Trump's Enemies List, but the Mainstream Media Won't Warn You
You Could Be on Trump's Enemies List, but the Mainstream Media Won't Warn You
​A new Department of Justice memo is another giant step towards authoritarianism; however, establishment media didn’t see it that way.
Jim Naureckas
ICE Raids Against Farmworkers Expose the Pretense of Border Security
ICE Raids Against Farmworkers Expose the Pretense of Border Security
​When the state hunts its most essential—and most exploited—workers to meet deportation quotas, the myth of border security collapses.
Julia Norman
The Capitalist Mindset
The Capitalist Mindset
I’m Andres Acevedo, and this is The Market Exit.In this essay, I explore a question I’ve been thinking about for years: Why does everything in our economy seem to demand endless growth?
11 min
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again
Without a full and honest accounting of the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party’s myriad failures, there can be little realistic hope of defeating Trumpist authoritarianism in the future.
Christopher D. Cook
The Lies Americans Tell Themselves to Justify State Violence Against Migrants
The Lies Americans Tell Themselves to Justify State Violence Against Migrants
I posted a photo of Border Patrol agents pinning a man to the ground in a headlock – and the internet made up every excuse in the book to defend the assault.
Scott Hechinger
We Found a Solution to America's Inequality. It's Not Where You'd Expect.
We Found a Solution to America's Inequality. It's Not Where You'd Expect.
Behind Italy’s beauty (and parmesan) is a radical tradition of cooperatives. In some areas, they make up nearly a fifth of the GDP. We went to Emilia-Romagna, one of the richest regions in the country, to investigate how Italy’s workers built a more democratic economy.
19 min
Norman Finkelstein EXPOSES Israel’s DARK SECRET
Norman Finkelstein EXPOSES Israel’s DARK SECRET
Norman Finkelstein’s Most EXPLOSIVE Interview Yet
25 min
Kettling of the Voices: The Hidden War on Democracy in the UK
Kettling of the Voices: The Hidden War on Democracy in the UK (2015)
Kettling of the Voices reveals the hidden war on democracy in the UK. Following key characters that are targeted by the authorities, the film explores the increase in police tactics used to crush dissent in the city of London and Glasgow.
71 min
Will This Documentary Put Keir Starmer Behind Bars?
Will This Documentary Put Keir Starmer Behind Bars?
Declassified presents the first documentary about Britain's complicity in the Gaza genocide, exposing Keir Starmer's shady spy flight missions for Israel.
35 min
When Cheering for Murder Is Disguised as Patriotism
When Cheering for Murder Is Disguised as Patriotism
To revel in the image of human beings being blown apart is to confess a kind of moral numbness that civilizations acquire only in their final stages of decay.
Tim Hjersted
Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
The president's latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States.
Jeffrey D. Sachs
How to Make Housing Affordable for Everyone, Now and Forever!
How to Make Housing Affordable for Everyone, Now and Forever!
In this video we outline:
30 min
You Know How to Whistle, Don't You?
You Know How to Whistle, Don't You?
Resistance to ICE and the Trump regime gets creative…drawing on protest traditions from around the world, and starting some new ones.
Jennifer Thomas
Asking the Right Questions When Lawless US Officials Go on a Murder Spree
Asking the Right Questions When Lawless US Officials Go on a Murder Spree
Declaring unilaterally that a war exists (when it doesn't) and then bombing unarmed civilian boats in international waters is inherently illegal, regardless of whether anyone is killed by the first, second, or tenth bomb. That’s an act of piracy and murder, not a legal use of...
Phyllis Bennis and Khury Petersen-Smith
Those Cheering These Killings are Not Defending Civilization—They Are Dismantling It
Those Cheering These Killings are Not Defending Civilization—They Are Dismantling It
The moment we allow governments to kill without trial, we step out of the rule of law and into barbarism.
Tim Hjersted
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