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Andrew Feinstein on why it is not controversial to say so. (Feburary 2023)
12 min
Some people say our calls to #CeaseFireNow should be directed towards Hamas rather than Israel. But there’s a good reason for focusing on Israel, which I’ll pose with a question: which cri
Harambe’s death shattered the illusion of safety within the walls of captivity. After a toddler fell into his enclosure 7 years ago, through no fault of his own, Harambe was met with a single shot to his head. His violent death sparked a massive public outcry. As his story...
72 min
The reforms that could allow the PLO to lead and the Palestinian Authority to govern
Salam Fayyad
The son of an Israeli general raised inculcated with the value of Zionism, Miko Peled's perspective shifted after the tragic loss of his niece to a terrorist attack. Driven by that tragedy to figure out what why a Palestinian suicide bomber would take his own life, along with...
80 min
Why does the US gov’t support Israel no matter what? Hint: it has to do with imperialism. BT’s Kei Pritsker explains the crucial role Israel plays in US domination of the Middle East and geopolitics.
7 min
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has shocked the conscience of the entire world, with an endless flow of videos and images of Palestinian children cut into pieces by American bombs dropped by Israeli warplanes deliberately intended to destroy a civilian population.
55 min
The Government™ has made an ad about what's happening in Israel & Gaza and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
3 min
Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, activist and spokesman for Neturei Karta, talks to Al Jazeera
7 min
“Our education was so entrenched in believing that you should support Israel and that being Jewish meant loving and supporting Israel that I didn’t know there was another way to be Jewish.”
Jewish-American activist, Maya Edery, from Jewish Voice for Peace, speaks to MEE...
6 min
Rabbi Michael Lerner spoke at Muhammad Ali's memorial service in 2016 and received a roaring standing ovation for sharing a message that deserves to be heard around the world today.
9 min
"I just want to wake up from this nightmare"
11 min
Despite its intention of creating a Palestinian state, Hamas has arguably provided Israel with ammunition necessary to further its strategic goals since the fundamentalist group’s conception — with support from Israel.
Max Jones
"In this video essay, I look at how the birth of industrial capitalism led to the birth of fossil fuel use at an industrial scale. Specifically, I look at how capitalist forces led factory owners to embrace fossil fuels over water power, despite water being cheaper and more...
23 min
Despite growing international condemnation, Israel has rejected calls for a ceasefire of its continued assault on Gaza. "Israeli forces carried out indiscriminate attacks, killing and injuring civilians, and in some cases that we documented, … entire families were wiped out,"...
16 min
Israel’s message, on the eve of a ground invasion, is clear. Leave Gaza or Die.
Chris Hedges
Israel has unleashed a horrific war of collective punishment against the people of Gaza, the latest in a long history of anti-Palestinian oppression. As corporate media shamelessly provides cover for what is undoubtedly a genocide unfolding in real time, the need to ground...
54 min
Israel, which always seeks to blame Palestinians for the atrocities it carries out, is the least trustworthy source about the bombing of the hospital in Gaza.
Chris Hedges
Western leaders are giving Israel carte blanche to commit war crimes as are much of the press. One journalist who isn't though is Mark Lamont Hill on Al Jazeera, who challenged the former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister in an excellent interview.
7 min
On Oct 18, hundreds of Jewish activists were arrested after staging a sit-in at the US Capitol to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. Dave Zirin, who joined the sit-in, explains why he did so in this special edition of ‘Choice Words.’
6 min
"Raising the standard of living for the working class by increasing the minimum wage, creating stronger worker protections and job security, funding education and job training, making housing affordable, and socializing healthcare would benefit the entire working class, which...
Rhyd Wildermuth
In this video Peter Russell proposes that we stand on the threshold of a major leap in evolution, as significant as the emergence of life itself, and the essence of this leap is inner spiritual development. Moreover, he maintains that it is only through such a shift in...
26 min
“Israel has killed over 1000 children, where’s the outrage?”
9 min
Drought, forest fires and increasingly frequent storms. Climate change is destroying our forests. All over the world, people are looking for ways to keep them from dying out. Yet nature itself knows best what forests need to thrive.
26 min
"Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. They include the collective punishment of innocent Palestinians and the forced transfer of 1.2 million civilians from the north of the territory to the South, and yet reaction from senior British politicians has been pretty...
25 min
"The attack and the taking of hostages are a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. But the answer to killing civilians cannot be to kill more civilians. Imposing a siege and bombarding civilian infrastructure in a densely populated area will not bring peace...
Philippe Lazzarini
A compilation of footage from the upcoming, independent docuseries "The Elements of Mutual Aid." Spanning North America and including over 60 voices from the frontlines, this project explores the origins, structures, healing ways, and logistics of grassroots mutual aid toward...
3 min
The failure to intervene to halt the carnage threatens to ignite violence throughout the region.
Chris Hedges
The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone attacks on a variety of targets from tanks to automated machine gun nests, are the familiar language of the...
Chris Hedges
If there’s blood on anyone’s hands it's on those who say "Israel has a right to defend itself.” David Hearst is editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. Half of Hearst's family died in the Holocaust.
12 min
Did you also know that Hamas would probably not exist today were it not for Israel's indirect support? That the Israelis helped turn a bunch of fringe Palestinian Islamists in the late 1970s into one of the world’s most notorious militant groups? That Hamas is blowback?
7 min
A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.
Empire not only made the colonies. It made the unequal Britain we see today.
31 min
Seventy-five years of global inaction and Israeli impunity have led to this moment in which one of the most vulnerable populations on earth is pummeled by one of the world’s strongest military powers on a genocidal warpath.
Yumna Patel
Krystal and Saagar discuss the rising protests against the Netanyahu government after one of the largest security breakdowns in Israel's history.
14 min
America Lost is a documentary triptych that explores life in three of America’s “forgotten cities”—Youngstown, Ohio, Memphis, Tennessee, and Stockton, California. The film shows the dramatic decline of the American interior through a mosaic of stories including an...
76 min
This video shows and speaks of the idea that trusting 'what makes you come alive' is a valid source of information on how to spend your time. I find it very helpful to remind myself of this every day and follow and trust the longings of the heart. As Charles says: we don't...
6 min
"Amid all this insanity, we are deeply moved by and thankful for all Israelis and Palestinians who remain committed to nonviolence, even now that another violent chapter is opened. True courage lies in breaking the cycle of trauma, in refusing revenge, in loving in spite of...
Sabine Lichtenfels, A’ida al-Shibli, Uri Ayalon & Martin Winiecki
The one change will be that hardliners on all sides will have gained support—with no lessons learned—thus sowing the seeds for another round of violence.
Dr. James J. Zogby
The US achieved nothing in the Middle East, but millions of civilians paid the price – the same will be true now
Paul Rogers
There's a contradiction inherent in how Israel reckons with its atrocities against Palestinians. On one hand Israel's leaders and their supporters call for the genocide of Palestinians, such as this past weekend when Israel's Defense Minister announced a blockade of Gaza...
33 min
May cooler heads prevail. There are people who have lost their damn minds on both sides of this tragedy.
28 min
It's a common misconception that socialists want to...ahem...*bonk* the rich. So what do we really want to do? Come learn about how socialist societies treat those with wealth and power!
14 min
"While Israel has had a right-wing government for much of the last 25 years, the government that took power in late 2022 has become a fascist government with little respect for the history and judicial processes of a democratic society."
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Lowkey delivers a short history lesson.
10 min
'Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story' is a free 40-minute sustainability documentary following the highs and lows of a passionate community as they attempt to tackle the issue of food waste going to landfill. Their solution? A composting machine called bEartha and...
40 min
Separated Interbeings is a film collage of our diverse and complex world caught on camera, creatively put together to open deeper perspectives and insights on the world we live in.
900 min
What can one person do? What can a group of people do? What do we want to leave behind? In the film "Imprint" we visit 13 projects in 13 different places where committed groups work for a vibrant future. A personal and poetic depiction of what it means to be fully human in...
75 min
On Jan. 26, 2021, President Joe Biden signed four executive orders designed to address racial equity in the United States. With one particular action Biden hopes to right the historical wrongs Black folks have faced when it comes to housing and homeownership in this country...
7 min
"The white “race” was invented by rich Virginians in 1676 in the aftermath of a populous rebellion of impoverished, indentured, and enslaved Africans and Europeans now known as Bacon’s Rebellion."
2 min
"Not everything that looks like liberation actually is, nor is every political idea which claims to help people actually helpful. Sometimes, we can dream up things which become nightmares. Sometimes, the left is actually out of touch with reality, with “larger reality.”...
Rhyd Wildermuth
This is the official Film Trailer for “Zeitgeist | Requiem” by Peter Joseph. Fourth in the series, Peter Joseph continues to explore the incompatibility of modern capitalism with future human survival. Departing from the ideological dogmas of today, the work focuses on the...
4 min
Racial inequality provokes passionate opinions and varied ideas of how to build a fair, equitable society. One topic that's been contentiously debated for generations is color blindness: the concept that we should look beyond race when thinking about equity. In this talk...
14 min
The white “race” was invented by rich Virginians in 1676 in the aftermath of a populous rebellion of impoverished, indentured, and enslaved Africans and Europeans now known as Bacon’s Rebellion.
9 min
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has led him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of...
60 min
The 20th Century saw a great global uprising against European imperialism as the former colonial countries shook off their shackles and rose up for independence. More than a half century later, global inequality is sharper than ever before. To understand the current...
47 min
In the 10 years since we made Inequality for All, inequality has surged. Yet I have hope for the future:
6 min
Men are not okay. The manosphere is a vast network of incels, mens rights activists, pick up artists and more, and their violent rhetoric easily translates to conspiracy theories, making them the perfect target for the Alt Right. - Leeja Miller
26 min
When corporations profit - they keep it. When they fail - we pay for it.
2 min