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Tell Congress: No Internet Kill Switch
Tell Congress: No Internet Kill Switch
A million people took to the streets of Egypt on Tuesday to protest the Mubarak regime and call for democratic reform. The Egyptian government responded, again, by cutting off Internet access and plunging the nation into digital darkness.
Films For Action · 4,589 views · 100%
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
The definitive critique of our economic system since its beginning to the present day.
Kevin A. Carson · 111,120 views · 98%
The Root Problem Is the Root Solution: How We Can Fix Our Democracy and Create a Sustainable Future
The Root Problem Is the Root Solution: How We Can Fix Our Democracy and Create a Sustainable Future
So, I was trying to get my friend to read a recent issue of Adbusters magazine.
Tim Hjersted · 16,754 views · 100%
Analysis of the Global Insurrection Against Neo-Liberal Economic Domination and the Coming American Rebellion – We Are Egypt
Analysis of the Global Insurrection Against Neo-Liberal Economic Domination and the Coming American Rebellion – We Are Egypt
Editor’s Note: The following report includes adapted excerpts from David DeGraw’s book, “The Road Through 2012: Revolution or World War III.”
David DeGraw · 6,901 views · 100%
Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure
Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure
"We encourage every city official, business owner, student, and citizen to read this book. Besides being incredible in terms of seeing the building of "civilization" differently (which relates to city-building and workplace-building), it has some of the most important...
Daniel Quinn · 65,941 views · 97%
Getting Free: Creating an Association of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods
Getting Free: Creating an Association of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods
The main purpose of this book is to try to persuade revolutionaries to shift the sites of the anticapitalist struggle and to select new battlefields. I identify three strategic sites for fighting - neighborhoods, workplaces, and households - that I believe will not only...
James Herod · 11,783 views · 75%
We Can't Wait for the Politicians, We Have to Create the Future that We Need Ourselves
We Can't Wait for the Politicians, We Have to Create the Future that We Need Ourselves
Very, very few people can ever say that they are in the single most important place they could possibly be, doing the single most important thing they could possibly be doing -- that's you, here, now. You are the movement that we need if we are going to win in the few years...
Bill McKibben · 6,620 views · unrated
America’s Killing Sprees Define Who We Are As A People
America’s Killing Sprees Define Who We Are As A People
When President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, his demeanor was properly restrained. It is hard to imagine George W. Bush issuing a similar pronouncement without cracking a grin and making a disparaging remark. The killing of bin Laden, Obama reflected...
Gar Smith · 4,230 views · unrated
The Facts Speak For Themselves
The Facts Speak For Themselves
Before I begin, I would like to say that theorizing about what happened on 9/11, when you’re not being given answers to your questions about that day by the people who SHOULD be able to do so, is PERFECTLY normal. As is suspecting that the reason these answers aren’t being...
Jon Gold · 17,349 views · 75%
How They Get Away With It
How They Get Away With It
This article will not attempt to prove that 911 is a USGIC (USG Intelligence Community) domestic covert operation, but it will show how such operations are covered up and disguised from their immediate victims, the people of the United States.
Michael Green · 4,650 views · unrated
Los Angeles becomes the first major US city to vote against corporate personhood
Los Angeles becomes the first major US city to vote against corporate personhood
Hundreds of Citizens Pack Council Chambers, Council Votes Unanimously to Support the “Move to Amend” LOS ANGELES, CA – After forty-five minutes of public testimony urging a yes vote, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to support a resolution calling on Congress to...
Move to Amend · 5,684 views · 100%
The Top 10 Films That Explain Why the Occupy Movement Exists
The Top 10 Films That Explain Why the Occupy Movement Exists
One of the most entertaining yet unsurprising aspects of Occupy Wall St has been the response from traditional media. Whether intentionally playing dumb or genuinely clueless, the mainstream media has failed to inform the public and substantially address the key issues. But...
Tim Hjersted · 134,090 views · 100%
A Love Letter to the Overcommitted
A Love Letter to the Overcommitted
It usually starts with a lack of sleep. Then I notice I'm only eating carbohydrates, and mostly things which require less than 10 minutes to prepare.
Cheyenna Weber · 8,084 views · 88%
Amend 2012
Amend 2012
Thanks to the Supreme Court and Citizens United, the same big corporations and billionaires that destroyed our economy and caused millions of us to lose our jobs and homes, are spending obscene amounts to drown out our voices in elections and take over our government.But...
2 min · 7,153 views · 75%
Modern Schools Stole Our Common Sense—Here's How We Take It Back
Modern Schools Stole Our Common Sense—Here's How We Take It Back
Long before we could vote, we learned to sit still, follow directions, and ignore the world outside the classroom window. This slowly dimmed the wild common sense we needed to fight corporate rule and reclaim our world, but it's not too late to reclaim what was lost.
Carol Black · 208,106 views · 96%
The Unofficial History of America™
The Unofficial History of America™
The history of America is the one story every kid knows. It's a story of fierce individualism and heroic personal sacrifice in the service of a dream. A story of early settlers, hungry and cold, carving a home out of the wilderness. Of visionary leaders fighting for...
Kalle Lasn · 7,476 views · 100%
Top 25 Censored Stories Of 2013 and a List of Independent Alternatives to the Corporate Media
Top 25 Censored Stories Of 2013 and a List of Independent Alternatives to the Corporate Media
Every year Project Censored puts together a list of the top 25 stories censored and ignored by the mainstream media. The recently published Censored 2013 covers the period between 2011-2012.
Tim Hjersted · 33,832 views · 100%
Films for Action's Recommended Independent Media
Films For Action's Recommended Independent Media
Our Recommended Independent Media Links: Adbusters Aljazeera AlterNet Black Agenda Report Boiling Frogs Post
Films For Action · 7,678 views · 100%
9 Key Facts about Media In America: Did You Know?
9 Key Facts about Media In America: Did You Know?
The free flow of news and information, accessible to everyone, is vital to the success of democracy. And today in America, that flow is in doubt. Our newspapers, traditionally the most reliable source of civic information and investigative reporting, are laying off reporters...
Common Cause · 6,509 views · 88%
Progressives: Washington's Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
Progressives: Washington's Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
Agreement was widely shared across the progressive community on Wednesday that the deal reached in Washington in the first twenty-four hours of 2013 fell well short of what might have been possible had President Obama simply held strong to the leverage provided to him by a...
Common Dreams staff · 2,133 views · unrated
Are Guns The Problem?
Are Guns The Problem?
Intro: Tragedy, Violence and Bourgeois Discourse
Red Phoenix · 3,494 views · 100%
A Libertarian Socialist Critique of the "Libertarian" Party & Ron Paul
A Libertarian Socialist Critique of the "Libertarian" Party & Ron Paul
The word “libertarian” is becoming an increasingly popular descriptor of political ideology in the US, though many in the US incorrectly associate libertarianism only with the capitalist Libertarian Party. Historically libertarianism was a term used most commonly by...
Brian Ellis · 8,968 views · 100%
23 Laws from Other Countries the US Should Consider Adopting
23 Laws from Other Countries the US Should Consider Adopting
Traveling is a great way to learn about other cultures and ways of thinking. While most of our encounters with a host country’s legal system usually revolve around visas and Customs offices, there is a much broader and underlying set of laws that guides the flow of daily...
Svene Berlein · 9,732 views · 100%
Let the Free Market Eat the Rich!
Let the Free Market Eat the Rich!
Anarchy and Distribution
Jeremy Weiland · 3,557 views · 75%
Discovered: A Cure for Political Corruption
Discovered: A Cure for Political Corruption
Elections have become auctions, and nearly every issue is paralyzed by the overwhelming influence of money. But you knew that. The real challenge is how to fix what has become one of our nation's most pressing political challenges.
Josh Silver · 5,093 views · 75%
CISPA Goes to The Floor for a Vote, Privacy Amendments Blocked
CISPA Goes to The Floor for a Vote, Privacy Amendments Blocked
Yesterday, the US House prepared for the debate on the privacy-invading "cybersecurity" bill called CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The rules committee hearing was the last stop before the bill is voted on by the full House.
Kurt Opsahl and Rainey Reitman and Mark Jaycox · 2,415 views · 75%
Mushroom Clouds Over Texas, 500 Deaths in Bangladesh - THAT'S Why We Need Unions
Mushroom Clouds Over Texas, 500 Deaths in Bangladesh - THAT'S Why We Need Unions
News reports tell us that more than 500 people have now died and more than 2,500 were injured in Savar, Bangladesh, while the toll in West, Texas stands at 15 dead and over 200 injured. Behind these two disasters is  a common thread of greed – and a common need for unionized...
Richard Eskow · 4,103 views · 75%
The Mother of All Rules Governing US Media: Censor & Cover-Up US Government Criminality
The Mother of All Rules Governing US Media: Censor & Cover-Up US Government Criminality
In January 2008 The Sunday Times published the second report of its four-part investigative series concerning the U.S. government’s direct role in international terrorism networks and organized crime involving nuclear espionage: For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets .
Sibel Edmonds · 4,173 views · 88%
Celebrate Interdependence Day on July 4
Celebrate Interdependence Day on July 4
What would it mean for us to reclaim July 4th not as a celebration of militarism, but as a celebration of our interdependence?
Michael Lerner · 6,742 views · 100%
Ten Alternatives to Time-Outs
Ten Alternatives to Time-Outs
As parents begin to seek a more gentle method of discipline, they often start by dropping the obvious punishments, such as spanking or removal of unrelated privileges. Finding themselves without tools to enforce their instructions, they begin to rely heavily on traditional...
The Hippie Housewife · 18,562 views · 50%
Monsanto Hates Democracy
Monsanto Hates Democracy
Monsanto hates democracy because democracy doesn't work for Monsanto. Nine out of 10 of us want to know where Monsanto's been hiding the GMOs in our food and  most of us wouldn't eat those GMOs if we knew where they were. If everything in this country were decided...
Alexis Baden-Mayer · 3,587 views · 75%
Welcome to Post-Constitution America
Welcome to Post-Constitution America
On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress created the first whistleblower protection law, stating “that it is the duty of all persons in the service of the United States to give the earliest information to Congress or other proper authority of any misconduct, frauds, or...
Peter Van Buren · 8,453 views · 75%
How America Reacted: Miley Cyrus VS Syria
How America Reacted: Miley Cyrus VS Syria
When the Ben Swann team has conference calls we certainly do not discuss pop culture. However, after watching the Miley Cyrus video pop up in my Facebook news-feed multiple times I said to myself, “What the hell, watch it.” After regaining composure from the visceral...
Michael Lotfi · 102,421 views · 75%
Five Acts of Terror Since 9/11. By the People We Chose to Protect Us.
Five Acts of Terror Since 9/11. By the People We Chose to Protect Us.
Every clear-thinking American knows that education and jobs are needed more than armed guards in poor neighborhoods. But average Americans are led to believe in a terrorist threat that may or may not exist, and that in any case is greatly exaggerated, while the corporate/milit
Paul Buchheit · 2,093 views · unrated
10 Arrests in 87 Minutes: How the NYPD Actively Suppressed The Occupy Movement
10 Arrests in 87 Minutes: How the NYPD Actively Suppressed The Occupy Movement
On the eve of the second anniversary of the Occupy movement, two video activists, have released a 10 minute short film providing perhaps the most detailed civilian account to date of the NYPD’s process of crowd dispersion during mass mobilizations. The video, shot on...
10 min · 5,198 views · 88%
Obama's Justice Department: Trumpeting a New Victory in War on Freedom of the Press
Obama's Justice Department: Trumpeting a New Victory in War on Freedom of the Press
There’s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists, then claim to be reassessing such policies after an avalanche of criticism—and then proceed, as it did this
Norman Solomon · 965 views · unrated
Disinfo Wars: Alex Jones' War on Your Mind
Disinfo Wars: Alex Jones' War on Your Mind
In 1833, William Miller predicted the second coming of Jesus Christ in the year 1843. Only after his fourth failed prediction, each of which saw hundreds of thousands of followers turn out, did his followers abandon him. By this time, Miller had already absconded with copious...
Nolan Higdon · 17,493 views · 79%
NSA Spying Did Not Result In a SINGLE Foiled Terrorist Plot
NSA Spying Did Not Result In a SINGLE Foiled Terrorist Plot
Debunking Government’s Justification for Mass Surveillance Preface: The Bush and Obama administrations have claimed for more than a decade that spying on Americans was justified by 9/11. Senator Diane Feinstein – head of the Senate Intelligence Committee – is now...
Washington's Blog · 1,685 views · 100%
What Republicans and Conservative Libertarians Really Stand For, As Explained by an Anarchist
What Republicans and Conservative Libertarians Really Stand For, As Explained by an Anarchist
A strange thing happened during the October 2013 battle in the US Congress over a government shutdown and threat of default. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, denounced the Republicans as “anarchists.” So did Elizabeth Warren, one of the most liberal Senators. As did...
Wayne Price · 6,785 views · 100%
Five Ways the U.S. Can Have an Icelandic Revolution
Five Ways the U.S. Can Have an Icelandic Revolution
“We have to nationalize the banks. We have to get rid of the government. We need to have access to the internet seen as a human right. We need to have a new Constitution," said Birgitta Jonsdottir, founder of the Icelandic Pirate Party. Jonsdottir, a lifelong political...
Carl Gibson · 5,474 views · 100%
Anatomy of the Deep State: Beneath Veneer of Democracy, The Permanent Ruling Class
Anatomy of the Deep State: Beneath Veneer of Democracy, The Permanent Ruling Class
There is the visible government situated around the Mall in Washington, and then there is another, more shadowy, more indefinable government that is not explained in Civics 101 or observable to tourists at the White House or the Capitol. The former is traditional Washington...
Mike Lofgren · 4,180 views · 100%
10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy
10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy
A Way to Achieve Global Human Happiness Without Destroying the Planet
Ashish Kothari · 53,911 views · 79%
March Against Corruption November 1, 2014 Everywhere
March Against Corruption November 1, 2014 Everywhere
Money in politics is the root of all political evil. Unite with us for a week of direct action beginning Saturday November 1, 2014 -- through and including election day in the U.S. (Nov 4th) and the Million Mask March (Nov 5th). Step One: RSVP to our official FB event page:
March Against Corruption · 3,205 views · 75%
We Can Negotiate Peace In Gaza: Here's How
We Can Negotiate Peace In Gaza: Here's How
When our brothers and sisters are killing each other, it is not time for us to take sides, but to take steps, with compassion and clarity, to end the carnage. We must move beyond the pro-Israel, anti-Israel narrative in the Middle East, which can lock us into a position where...
Dennis J. Kucinich · 5,990 views · 100%
A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning
A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning
The following statement somehow showed up on my Twitter feed the other day:
Carol Black · 170,524 views · 99%
'This Is the Story of Power in This Country'
'This Is the Story of Power in This Country'
Institutionalized Racism and the Militarization of Police in Ferguson, MO Last week, after days of violent police rampages in Ferguson, Missouri, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan) said the Senate will "review" the Defense Department program...
Nadia Prupis · 2,971 views · unrated
All of the Countries Which the U.S. "Regime Changed" Have Descended into Brutal Chaos
All of the Countries Which the U.S. "Regime Changed" Have Descended into Brutal Chaos
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 · 13,510 views · 100%
Ferguson Isn't about Black Rage Against Cops. It's White Rage Against Progress.
Ferguson Isn't about Black Rage Against Cops. It's White Rage Against Progress.
When we look back on what happened in Ferguson, Mo., during the summer of 2014, it will be easy to think of it as yet one more episode of black rage ignited by yet another police k
Carol Anderson · 5,129 views · 100%
Why We Won't Wait - Resisting the War Against the Black and Brown Underclass
Why We Won't Wait - Resisting the War Against the Black and Brown Underclass
Wait. Patience. Stay Calm. “This is a country that allows everybody to express their views,” said the first Black president, “allows them to peacefully assemble, to protest actions that they think are unjust.” Don’t disrupt, express. Justice will be served. We respect the...
Robin D.G. Kelley · 4,022 views · 88%
We Need a Truth and Reconciliation Process on Violence Against African Americans-Right Now
We Need a Truth and Reconciliation Process on Violence Against African Americans-Right Now
The decision not to indict Eric Garner's killer is just the latest story in a long history of violence against black men. What response can disrupt patterns set by centuries of racism? I am among the millions who have experienced the shock, grief, and fury of losing someone...
Fania Davis · 1,346 views · 100%
Coming Home to Roost: American Militarism, War Culture, and Police Brutality
Coming Home to Roost: American Militarism, War Culture, and Police Brutality
"President Kennedy never foresaw that the chickens would come home to roost so soon..." - Malcolm X, December 1, 1963 "Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle… you are here because you are real men and all real men like...
Colin Jenkins · 14,407 views · 88%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why I Have Mixed Feelings About MLK Day
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why I Have Mixed Feelings About MLK Day
I have mixed emotions about Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For me, it’s a time of hopeful celebration — but also of cautionary vigilance. I celebrate an extraordinary man of courage and conviction and his remarkable achievements and hope that I can behave in a manner that honors...
Abdul-Jabbar · 4,440 views · 88%
Preventing Dissent - How Britain’s new police state will radicalise us all
Preventing Dissent - How Britain’s new police state will radicalise us all
In the UK, an insidious secret network of violent extremists is plotting to subvert democracy. The members of this network detest our way of life, and hate our freedoms. Walking amongst us, this dangerous fifth column is exploiting the very laws we hold dear to campaign for...
Nafeez Ahmed · 8,638 views · 88%
Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change
Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change
When we talk about saving the world, what world are we talking about? Not the globe itself, obviously. But also not the biological world—the world of life. The world of life, strangely enough, is not in danger (though thousands and perhaps even millions of species are). Even...
Daniel Quinn · 18,925 views · 100%
My War on Terror: Letter to an Unknown US Patriot
My War on Terror: Letter to an Unknown US Patriot
Dear American Patriot,
Tom Engelhardt · 925 views · 88%
Patriarchy Is Killing Our Planet
Patriarchy Is Killing Our Planet
The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man's violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez Ahmed.
Nafeez Ahmed · 28,122 views · 100%
Give 'Em Hell, Bernie
Give 'Em Hell, Bernie
Many years ago I pitched a magazine editor on a story about Bernie Sanders, then a congressman from Vermont, who'd agreed to something extraordinary – he agreed to let me, a reporter, stick next to him without restrictions over the course of a month in congress. "People need...
Matt Taibbi · 3,125 views · 81%
Countries around World Are Revoking Freedom of Assembly
Countries around World Are Revoking Freedom of Assembly
On March 26, without much fanfare or attention from U.S. media, the Spanish government ended freedom of assembly. In the face of popular opposition (80 percent of Spaniards oppose it), the upper house passed the Citizens’ Security Law. Under the provision, which goes into...
Willie Osterweil · 17,903 views · 83%
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (trailer)
In this essential new feature documentary, legendary radical activist Angela Davis speaks for the first time about her 1970s imprisonment as a terrorist and conspirator, which became a flashpoint in the black liberation struggle and turned her into a revolutionary icon.
2 min · 1,632 views · 94%
A Real Solution to Environmental Sustainability
A Real Solution to Environmental Sustainability
Only a sweeping Constitutional amendment can save us from a global environmental disaster beyond our imagination.
Michael Lerner · 1,264 views · 88%
This Is What Happens When Our Politicians Say Yes to Dirty Energy
This Is What Happens When Our Politicians Say Yes to Dirty Energy
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 farc
3 min · 13,242 views · 95%
5 Guiding Principles for Social Justice
5 Guiding Principles for Social Justice
From the 23rd to the 26th of February of 1998, grassroots movements of all continents met in Geneva to launch a worldwide coordination network of resistance to the global market, a new alliance of struggle and solidarity called Peoples' Global Action against 'free' trade and...
People's Global Action · 6,442 views · 75%
The Case for a "Jazz Revolution" Against Corporate Capitalism
The Case for a "Jazz Revolution" Against Corporate Capitalism
Bottom up? Top down? Improvisation is the key to a middle way.
Keith Harrington · 4,220 views · 88%
FBI Don't Consider Dylann Roof a Terrorist But Say Animal Rights Activists Are
FBI Don't Consider Dylann Roof a Terrorist But Say Animal Rights Activists Are
The FBI on Friday announced the arrests in Oakland of two animal rights activists, Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane, and accused the pair of engaging in “domestic terrorism.” This comes less than a month after the FBI direct
Glenn Greenwald · 1,920 views · 88%
50 Non Profits I Support
50 Non Profits I Support
There are over 1.5 million non profits registered in the USA.  That is awesome!  Well sort of awesome actually.   It seems to me that if we have that many non profits we shouldn’t have as many problems as we do.  I really admire anyone who is going out of there way to make a...
Rob Greenfield · 1,926 views · 94%
UN Plan to save Earth Is "fig Leaf" for Big Business
UN Plan to save Earth Is "fig Leaf" for Big Business
Why the new Sustainable Development agenda is “fundamentally compromised” by corporate interests
Nafeez Ahmed · 2,646 views · 100%
What "Taking the Country Back" Means for the Rest of Us
What "Taking the Country Back" Means for the Rest of Us
I’ve been really angry and depressed for the last few months. I’ve finally pieced together why.
Derrick Lemos · 2,545 views · 100%
Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine
Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine
My new home of West Asheville is in the news. A local coffee shop, Waking Life Espresso, closed its doors after its owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens were outed for hosting a misogynistic blog. In addition to repulsive and degrading comments about women and details of...
Charles Eisenstein · 10,789 views · 91%
The Ecosexual Awakening
The Ecosexual Awakening
From the anthology Ecosexuality: When Nature Inspires the Arts of Love I hesitate to start an essay with definitions as if I could compel you with force of logic to accept conclusions that follow irrefutably from premises. Nor would that be very sexy: an imposition rather...
Charles Eisenstein · 2,230 views · 75%
Audre Lorde: "Learning From the 60s" (1982)
Audre Lorde: "Learning From the 60s" (1982)
"Hopefully, we can learn from the 60s that we cannot afford to do our enemies' work by destroying each other."
Audre Lorde · 13,537 views · 100%
Sanders' Snowden Response Proves He Doesn't Want a "Revolution"
Sanders' Snowden Response Proves He Doesn't Want a "Revolution"
Tuesday night at the Democratic presidential debate, leftist favorite Bernie Sanders clarified his feelings about National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Evan Greer · 859 views · 88%
Do You Yearn for a World of Love and Justice? So Do We.
Do You Yearn for a World of Love and Justice? So Do We.
And we're going to create that world together.
Rabbi Michael Lerner and Vandana Shiva · 4,719 views · 75%
5 Stories the Media Missed While Obsessing Over the #Starbucksredcup
5 Stories the Media Missed While Obsessing Over the #Starbucksredcup
When billionaire presidential hopeful Donald Trump inexplicably decided this week that boycotting Starbucks over the ‘de-Christmas-ization’ of their ubiquitous red holiday coffee cup was somehow a matter of national importance, the internet exploded — and American mainstream...
Claire Bernish · 38,452 views · 78%
Europe Is Harbouring the Islamic State's Backers
Europe Is Harbouring the Islamic State's Backers
Why France’s brave new war on ISIS is a sick joke, and an insult to the victims of the Paris attacks
Nafeez Ahmed · 10,604 views · 100%
After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here's Why.
After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here's Why.
A crash course in social democracy.
Ann Jones · 68,596 views · 97%
Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption - and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy
Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption - and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy
The multiple, remarkable crises subsuming Brazil are now garnering substantial Western media attention. That’s understandable given that Brazil is the world’s fifth most populous country and eighth-largest economy; its second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro, is the host of this yea
Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Fishman and David Miranda · 2,549 views · 100%
27 Honest Questions for Hillary Supporters
27 Honest Questions for Hillary Supporters
To those who are supporting Hillary Clinton,
Kris Seto · 84,299 views · 98%
Americans Agree: It's Corporate Power That's in Our Way
Americans Agree: It's Corporate Power That's in Our Way
There is widespread recognition among politicians and pundits that Americans are sharply divided by party on virtually all of the big questions facing our country. Everyone knows this is just the way things are, and it’s why we have gridlock in Congress. But here’s one...
Robert Weissman · 2,568 views · 100%
93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness
93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness
This is the crash-course in 'what the hell is going on here' that we surely all wish we got from our education growing up but probably never did.
Films For Action · 523,827 views · 91%
This Feminist Is #Still Sanders
This Feminist Is #Still Sanders
I write as a feminist, a well-seasoned historian of American women, and a die-hard supporter of Bernie Sanders. Long-time colleagues disparage my loyalty to the Sanders campaign and chastise me, along with him, for not celebrating Hillary Clinton’s landmark achievement as the...
Mari Jo Buhle · 1,256 views · unrated
A Welcome Democratic Stand on Guns, but Are These the Bills We're Looking For?
A Welcome Democratic Stand on Guns, but Are These the Bills We're Looking For?
The historic sit-in in the House is impressive to behold, but the two proposals the Democrats are demanding a vote on are very problematic
Phyllis Bennis · 2,180 views · unrated
Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israel Occupation
Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israel Occupation
Appointees by Clinton and Wasserman Schulz resoundingly reject numerous proposals put forth by Sanders surrogates
Lauren McCauley · 42,580 views · unrated
While You’re Busy Mocking Abigail Fisher, the Powerful Racist Forces Behind Her Are Getting a Pass
While You’re Busy Mocking Abigail Fisher, the Powerful Racist Forces Behind Her Are Getting a Pass
It might feel good to mock “Becky with the bad grades,” but focusing on her lets the real power players in her anti-affirmative action case off the hook.
Jon Booth · 7,690 views · unrated
15 Things Your City Can Do Right Now to End Police Brutality
15 Things Your City Can Do Right Now to End Police Brutality
Martin Luther King Jr. said it best in 1966: "[The] law cannot make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important also." Two years later, he was shot and killed in Memphis. But his dream that the United States legal system might...
Zak Cheney Rice · 7,326 views · 100%
Why Hope Has Power in This Gut-Wrenching Election Year
Why Hope Has Power in This Gut-Wrenching Election Year
Cynicism and despair are among democracy’s worst enemies.
Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen · 2,855 views · 88%
Speak Up: How to Respond to Everyday Bigotry
Speak Up: How to Respond to Everyday Bigotry
The Southern Poverty Law Center gathered hundreds of stories of everyday bigotry from people across the United States. They told their stories through e-mail, personal interviews and at roundtable discussions in four cities. People spoke about encounters in stores and...
SPLC · 16,259 views · unrated
A Strategic Voting Guide and Q&A For Progressives Thinking about the 2016 Election
A Strategic Voting Guide and Q&A For Progressives Thinking about the 2016 Election
Navigating the current political terrain means asking key strategic questions without losing sight of long-term vision
Michael Albert and Stephen Shalom · 21,553 views · 50%
Here Is Why Your Vote Is Not Your Voice
Here Is Why Your Vote Is Not Your Voice
In light of the precarious position many progressives find themselves in because they are weighing a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, this needs to be said: Voting is important, but in a democracy, our vote is not our voice.
Lawrence Ware · 10,628 views · 100%
The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill Is About to Become Law - Here's Why That Should Terrify Us
The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill Is About to Become Law - Here's Why That Should Terrify Us
The evidence that these powers are all needed is thin indeed. And the cost to all of our privacy is huge.
Julian Huppert · 5,345 views · 75%
Filmmaker Faces 45 Years in Prison for Reporting on Dakota Access Protests
Filmmaker Faces 45 Years in Prison for Reporting on Dakota Access Protests
"They threw the book at Deia for being a journalist."
Nika Knight · 32,279 views · 94%
Trump: The Illusion of Change
Trump: The Illusion of Change
“Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed.” — Wendell Berry
Helena Norberg-Hodge · 10,694 views · unrated
Fake News: Sensibly Navigating the Information Highway
Fake News: Sensibly Navigating the Information Highway
Many people are telling us who to believe and who not to believe using lists of “fake news” outlets that  inevitably encourage censorship, yet there is a much more sensible way to approach the issue. Humans live their lives based on stories, we make choices based on beliefs...
Jacob Devaney · 5,828 views · 94%
Stop Fueling the Anti-Russia Frenzy - It's Bound to Backfire
Stop Fueling the Anti-Russia Frenzy - It's Bound to Backfire
This week began with a mass email from the head of the Democratic National Committee, who declared: “By now, Americans know beyond any reasonable doubt that the Russian government orchestrated a series of cyberattacks on political campaigns and organizations over the past two...
Norman Solomon · 10,875 views · -12%
You’re Not In a Dialogue —You’re In a Power Struggle
You’re Not In a Dialogue —You’re In a Power Struggle
How the rhetoric of free speech is leveraged to create space for the far right to organize violent actions, and how else to understand freedom.
CrimethInc. · 6,665 views · 100%
The Real Truth About Fake News
The Real Truth About Fake News
Every day, we’re treated to another barrage of outright falsehoods from the White House: Trump won the election by a landslide, Sweden is the crime capital of Europe, corpses are piling up in Bowling Green, anarchists are on George Soros’s payroll, nobody loves women or black...
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective · 4,661 views · unrated
A “Political” Program for Anarchists
A “Political” Program for Anarchists
Many anarchists oppose in principle such use of the political process for anarchist ends. It is unethical, they say, for anarchists to participate in the political process. Voting entails selecting a representative to exercise coercive force in our name; and appealing to such...
Kevin Carson · 1,089 views · unrated
The Anarchism of Blackness
The Anarchism of Blackness
The Democratic Party has led Black America down a dead end. The sooner we begin to understand that, the more realistically we will be able to organize against fascism.
William C. Anderson, Zoé Samudzi · 714 views · unrated
4 Not-So-Easy Ways to Dismantle Racism in the Food System
4 Not-So-Easy Ways to Dismantle Racism in the Food System
Our food system is built on stolen land and exploited labor. Here’s what we can do it fix it.
Leah Penniman · 2,582 views · unrated
'God Have Mercy on Your Souls': GOP Passes Cruel, Destructive Trumpcare Bill
'God Have Mercy on Your Souls': GOP Passes Cruel, Destructive Trumpcare Bill
'By rushing this bill through Congress, Republicans are creating a manufactured crisis that will devastate millions of families'
Lauren McCauley · 4,099 views · unrated
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