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What I Wish I'd Told You on International Women's Day
"I'm trying to find a way to translate my experience, so you can relate, but I'm waiting... waiting for the moment you stopped listening."
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. The fight to save the Earth must begin with the empowerment of women...
Leftist Crushes John Oliver's Venezuela Episode
The week of Venezuela's presidential election, John Oliver dedicated an ENTIRE episode of his HBO show "Last Week Tonight" to the countryfull of distortions and highly misleading to progressive-minded people.
What Happens When Fear Wins
A dystopian warning from the future
Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy
"My dad was an abusive alcoholic, or whatever. He'd go to the bar, come home drunk, find out I'd f-cked up at school, and he'd choke me out."
Anarchism: the A word
Mindless, violent thugs, hell-bent on sowing chaos. Thats the kind of press anarchists often get. Uri Gordon provides a more sympathetic take on a growing yet still little understood politicalmovement.
The True Cost of Climate Denial
President Trump announced the U.S.s intent to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement what many said was the worlds best chance to collectively limit the impact on the planet. The first effects of climate change are already being felt, and projections show that...
How the World Runs on Looting the Congo
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.
Films for Action Is Ready to Hit the Tipping Point in 2012
It's been five years sincetheFilms For Action project began in Lawrence, Kansas. It started with one simple idea:wecan't depend onthemainstream mediatoinform us, so let's becomethemedia ourselves by hosting documentaries on issues thatthecorporatemedia ignores.
Trump's Actions Warrant a General National Strike
Political movements rarely succeed without causing discomfort and inconvenience
Peter Joseph - Critique of Jordan B. Peterson (vs Slavoj Zizek: "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism")
Peter Joseph addresses the opening arguments put forward by Jordan B. Peterson, from Peterson's debate with Slavoj Zizek called "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism" - April 19th 2019 (Sorry for the typos. Mostly min. 46-48)
South of The Border
Theres a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesnt know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream medias misperception of South America while interviewing...
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners
Through the stories of six extraordinary individuals, Self-Taught explores what self-directed education means to them and the impact it has had on their lives, ambitions, work and beliefs.
What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire
A middle class white guy comes to grips with peak oil, climate change, mass extinction, population overshoot and the demise of the American lifestyle.
Stories That Once Offered My Life Meaning No Longer Satisfy. Have You Felt This Too?
Sometimes I feel nostalgic for the cultural mythology of my youth, a world in which there was nothing wrong with soda pop, in which the super Bowl was important, in which America was bringing democracy to the world, in which the doctor could fix you, in which science was...
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.
Why Are the Feds Cultivating Their Own "Homegrown Terrorists"?
The FBI caught another homegrown terrorist this week, except like many recent plots the agency has uncovered, the attack was a plant, a plan concocted by the FBI itself. Its the latest in a growing number of terrorism plots that the FBI stirs up by infiltrating communities...
Is Consumerism Killing Our Creativity?
Have you ever fallen into a black hole of comparison shopping? Youre looking for a new digital camera, for instance. You head over to Cnet.com and read some reviews of various cameras, watch the video demos, identify the model you want. Then perhaps you employ Googles...
Anonymous Declares War On The Koch Bros.
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Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective
Humanity is more than ever threatened by its own actions; we hear a lot about the need to minimize footprints and to reduce our impact. But what if our footprints were beneficial? What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet?
John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip
This is easily the best comic strip ever made.
The War You Don't See
A powerful and timely investigation into the medias role in war, tracing the history ofembeddedand independent reporting from the carnage of World War One to the destruction of Hiroshima, and from the invasion of Vietnam to the current war in Afghanistan and disaster in Iraq.
Sweden's Feminist Foreign Minister Has Dared to Tell the Truth About Saudi Arabia. What Happens Now Concerns Us All
Margot Wallstrms principled stand deserves wide support. Betrayal seems more likely
One Comic Perfectly Sums Up Class Differences in Society
We all know that class differences exist in society, but just how bad can it be?Auckland-based artistToby Morrisrecently created an illustration breaking down the upbringing differences depending on socioeconomic status.
15 Easy Things You Can Do to Help When You Feel Like Shit
You dont have to tackle it all at once.
Trump Is a Symptom of a Sickness That Is Raging All Across The World
This is why we are here. And this is what we need to remember.
Life in Occupied Palestine
Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American, gives her eyewitness perspectives on average citizens living in occupied Palestine. Baltzer spent 5 months in the West Bank working with the International Women's Peace Service. Her presentation highlights how the Israeli government's policies...
The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves
"When working-class people (or their upper-class idols) argue that the rich must get richer to properly motivate the rich, but the poor must stay poor or else they will lose all incentive to work, they are repeating dogmas that are as old as the invention of capitalism...
Mutiny of the Soul
Depression, anxiety, and fatigue are an essential part of a process of metamorphosis that is unfolding on the planet today, and highly significant for the light they shed on the transition from an old world to a new.
RiP! A Remix Manifesto
In RiP: A Remix Manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.
A Sufi Perspective on Religion: The Present Need of the World (1926)
No one with any sense who observes keenly the present condition of humanity, will deny the fact that the world today needs the religion. Why I say the religion and not a religion is because there are many religions in existence which might be called a religion; but what is...
Israel's Apartheid Wall Must Fall
Comedian Mark Thomas walked the length of Israel's Apartheid Wall on both sides! July 2014 marks 10 years since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled the construction of Israel's Apartheid Wall in the occupied Palestinian West Bank illegal under international law.
Only a Society That Is Truly Insane Could Allow This to Happen
Powerful short video remix. Graham Hancock and Joe Rogan discuss our current situation on the planet. The audio was taken from Joe Rogan Experience podcast episode 417.
Cowspiracy - The Documentary Turning Environmentalists Vegan
Streaming giant Netflix recently launchedCowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, a 90-minute documentary financed via the crowd-funding site Indiegogo and executive-produced by Hollywood star Leonardo di Caprio. It is the latest in a short line of factual features promoted by...
Devastating Photographs Reveal Terrible Human Cost of Europe's Continuing Imperialism
Migrants seeking a better life in Europe have died by the thousands in the Mediterranean Sea in recent years while fleeing poverty and bloodshed in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian
The powerful and hard-hitting documentary, American Holocaust, is quite possibly the only film that reveals the link between the Nazi holocaust, which claimed at least 6 million Jews, and the American Holocaust which claimed, according to conservative estimates, 19 million...
The Conflicting Way Women Relate to Sex (And How to Overcome It)
Men are obsessed with sex, according to this article by Steve Bearman in Elephant Journal (and re-posted on this website). Men are thought to think about sex all the time, and allowed to be sexual all the time. For women that is pretty different...! We will be frequently...
The West Was Built on Racism. It's Time We Faced That
Dead white men are revered by many as responsible for the advancement of civilisation, says sociology professor Kehinde Andrews.But, he argues, this so-called progress came at the expense of millions of people of colour.Global inequality is not an accident, he argues it is...
Are You Racist? 'No' Is Not a Good Enough Answer
Most of us, says Marlon James, are non-racist. While that leaves us with a clear conscience, he argues, it does nothing to help fight injustice in the world. In fact, we can pull off being non-racist by being asleep in bed while black men are killed by police. We need to stop...
Powerful Testimony - UK Veterans Speak Out Against War, For Peace
Veterans For Peace UK is an ex-services organisation of men and women who have served in every war that Britain has fought since WW2. Thier work involves:
I'm Not Cleaning for the Queen!
News reporter Jonathan Pie gets annoyed at the so called "Clean for The Queen" campaign.
An Unlearning: My Meeting with Charles Eisenstein
My meeting with Charles Eisenstein.
Culture in Decline #1: What Democracy?
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.
Struggle[s] at Nuit Debout, Part 1: Paris - Medialien
Thoughts on the first weeks at Nuit Debout, how it functions, its massification, its relationship to the labour unions, to violence, to police brutality and to the post-colonial left. VO: FR CC: EN Struggle[s] at Nuit Debout, Lutte[s] Nuit Debout, Part 1: Paris
Anonymous Have Just Brilliantly Trolled Trump
Anonymous published information about Donald Trump, includinghis cell phone number and Social Security number, online. The response from the Trump team was to call for the arrest of those responsible and for an apparent investigation by theFBI and Secret Service.However, what...
The Empire Files: The Tyranny of Big Oil
The oil industry is a powerhouse with control over land, resources, politics and more. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin uncovers big oil's strong-arm reach--its growth, its crimes, its power and its impunity.
Gil Scott-Heron Explains the Meaning Behind 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'
Rest in Power, Gil Scott-Heron (1949 - 2011). Watch a music video of 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' via Part 2.
Man in His Arrogance - a Great Speech by Carl Sagan
Sagan's ability to convey his ideas allowed many people to understand the cosmos bettersimultaneously emphasizing the value and worthiness of the human race, and the relative insignificance of the Earth in comparison to the Universe. He hosted and, with Ann Druyan, co-wrote...
Agneta
Agneta is a documentary film about the life of the now 80-year-old Swedish peace activist Agneta Norberg. Through Agneta's extraordinary and humorouspersonality, the documentary explores questions of what it means to be an activist, how a third world war can be avoided, and...
Traffic Stop
Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didnt matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers one night in 2009, he lost his belief in a color-blind worldand nearly lost his life. Alex tells his...
How Stress Affects Your Brain
Stress isnt always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when youre playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when its continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can...
Why We Fight
Inspired by Dwight Eisenhowers legendary farewell speech (in which he coined the phrase military industrial complex), filmmaker Eugene Jarecki surveys the scorched landscape of a half-centurys military adventures, asking how and telling why a nation of, by, and for the people...
Racing Extinction
In Racing Extinction, a team of artists and activists exposes the hidden world of extinction with never-before-seen images that will change the way we see the planet. Two worlds drive extinction across the globe, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. The...
This is an Anthem for Our Times
I think the world deserves to see the truth about #NoDAPL
In Defence of Life
In Defence of Life follows the struggles and triumphs of four communities resisting large-scale mining projects in Colombia, the Philippines, South Africa and Romania. Courageous environmental and human rights defenders from these communities describe how they have suffered...
Humano
Humano is a documentary that narrates a young man's journey to the Andes mountains, accompanied only by a camera, two hundred questions and the yearning to discover the origin of man. In Q'eros, he meets a shaman who will explain that before answering his questions, he must...