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We need to start talking to our sons, and tell them that it’s OK to feel and express emotion. That it doesn’t make them any less of a man.
In Case I Don't Die - a Greek Whisper to Europe 10 min
"No, don't look at me like that... I won't make you feel uncomfortable. No more than necessary. You know that this video could begin or end with an imposing shot of the Acropolis. Or the Olympics. Or the deep blue waters of the Aegean. Or with people losing their jobs and...
Though a police officer exacted the physical violence caught on camera, a teacher, school administrator, and judge participated in it, too. Each of them prioritized power plays, intimidation, and coercion over teaching and learning in a safe environment.
Youth Uprising 13 min
When he was in eighth grade, Giancarlos Rodriguez led chants at a rally for the first time. Now he’s one of dozens of High School students in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood who are fighting for good schools and control over their education. When the School District...
Days of Revolt - Neoliberalism as Utopianism 29 min
In this episode of Days of Revolt, host Chris Hedges and author John Ralston Saul discuss neoliberalism as an ideology, the breakdown of that ideology, and what comes next. The two draw parallels between historic systems of power and the current corporatism that exists in the...
How Benghazi Gave Us Donald Trump 4 min
The Congressional Benghazi hearing last week was a triumph for Hillary Clinton. Everybody knows this except for consumers of Conservative media, like Fox News and Talk Radio. This phenomenon helps to explain something else, the Rise of Donald Trump.
As he prepares to launch a new, pan-European movement for change, Yanis Varoufakis sits down with Can Europe make it? to discuss democracy in Europe, Brexit, and the other part of Plan X.
Wilderness Is Not a Luxury, but a Necessity for the Human Spirit 3 min
A love letter to wilderness, this short video celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1964 U.S. Wilderness Act in stunning images and excerpts of poetry and words from Edward Abbey, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Muir and Wallace Stegner.
9 Years 4 min
Having done nothing to seriously address the causes of over population, co2 emissions, as well as other planet destroying factors. We have passed the point of no return.
Professors in Poverty 4 min
Meet Dr. Wanda Evans-Brewer. She has been teaching for 20 years, has a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a PhD in Education. She is also living in poverty. Today Professors in Poverty premieres at a Congressional briefing calling on politicians, colleges and...
3 Reasons Why the Paris Climate Talks Should Put the Migrant Crisis at the Top of Its Agenda 6 min
The negotiations should strongly consider how climate change affects the migrant crisis, argues New Internationalist Digital Editor Chris Spannos. The recent images from Europe and the Middle East of people fleeing war and persecution has shocked the world in both horror...
When Prince Ea Flips This Track Into Reverse, It All Makes Sense 2 min
I Bet Your Favorite Rapper Can't Do This.
Scandal of Britain's Battery Piglets 4 min
Viva! exposes the battery piglets on a British farm belonging to the Red Tractor scheme that supplies Morrisons supermarket.  Poplar Farm nr Hull produces 20,000 pigs a year for supermarkets and local businesses as East Riding Country Pork. What our cameras found will shock...
Enquiry Into Abuse By Undercover Police Who Infiltrated Activist Movements 6 min
As the Pitchford public enquiry begins into undercover policing, activists talk about their experience of being spied on by the police - families and groups campaigning over racist murders, trade unionists fighting for better conditions, women who had long-term relationships...
Fancy Stuff From an Indian Slum 4 min
A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
Where Were You When You Fell In Love With Nature? 12 min
Marine scientist and ocean advocate Wallace "J." Nichols explores the neuroscience of our brains on nature, and posits that our love of the natural world holds the key to preserving it.
A Very Heavy Agenda Part 1: A Catalyzing Event 94 min
"A Very Heavy Agenda is a behind-the-scenes look at the neocon thinkers that fuel America's endless wars. The film is a chillingly honest account of how the neocons behind both Bush and Obama's foreign policy have shaped the 'new American century' over the last 15 years, told...
Pirates Are the Best Customers 13 min
Verifiable and independent research data show something pretty weird (at first glance): not only are “pirates” not negatively affecting markets, but “pirates” are actually positively contributing to them. As industries push more on the piracy-destroys-everything rhetoric...
Think Ability the Power Within 25 min
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The BBC loves to boast about how “objective” and “neutral” it is. But a recent article, which it was forced to change, illustrates the lengths to which the British state-funded media outlet will go to protect one of the UK Government’s close
Shutting Down the Rainbow Nation: #Feesmustfall 11 min
Students shook the South African nation to its very core this week as protests swept across campuses with the so-called born frees at the helm. "Shutting Down the Rainbow Nation'' is a ten minute documentary that captures the energy and heart of the student-led movement...
The Scientist 62 min
"The Scientist" is a documentary that traces the story of Nobel prize nominee Dr Mechoulam from his early days......as a child of the Holocaust in Bulgaria, through his immigration to Israel, and his career as the chief investigator into the chemistry and biology of the...
Nina Simons’ opening talk from the 2015 Bioneers Conference
Moloch: Allen Ginsberg's Critique of Capitalism and Industrial Civilization 3 min
Part of Ginsberg's epic poem "Howl" where he foresaw saw destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. It is one of the classic poems of the Beat Generation.
The Man Who Stopped the Desert 65 min
As early as the 1970's the word ' Sahel ', a word that describes that bleak land between the Sahara desert and the wet forest of tropical Africa , had become synonymous with famine and poverty.
Noam Chomsky & Abby Martin: Electing the President of an Empire 26 min
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Abby Martin interviews world-renowned philosopher and linguist Professor Noam Chomsky. Prof. Chomsky comments on the presidential primary "extravaganza," the movement for Bernie Sanders, the U.S.-Iran nuclear...
The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat 8 min
The average American eats 80.6 pounds of beef very year. Since farming cattle is water and land-intensive—and responsible for between 18 and 51 percent of greenhouse gas emissions—companies like Beyond Meat are racing to diversify protein sources that will feed the world's...
Kahnawake Mohawks Block Train Tracks to Stop Sewage Dump 2 min
Kahnawake Mohawks made good on their promise to escalate actions, by blocking train traffic for over an hour, since Montreal’s mayor hasn’t canceled the scheduled 8 billion litre raw sewage water dump.
On Fracking 13 min
This film is about the impact of fracking on communities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Vera Scroggins is a filmmaker who documents the impacts of fracking on her local community in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Benjamin Stout is Professor of Biology at Wheeling...
"It is not consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness." - Karl Marx [1]
ALL WAYS UP DOCUMENTARY SERIES - EPISODE 2: DREAM BIG 309 min
'All Ways Up' presents 'Episode 2: Dream Big' featuring Dana Hammond of The Choice Group.
The tough logic of capitalism prevails even at the heart of the sharing economy. As nice as it may be to share, no one gives away anything for free.
Will Potter: the Shocking Move to Criminalize Nonviolent Protest 5 min
In 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter decided to take a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing: "I thought it would be a safe way to do...
[ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture | Contemporary Sustainable Archetypes 8 min
A deeper pattern is emerging where the most innovative buildings are a response to place. Andrew Michler and Science and Environmental Journalist Andrew Revkin, Dot Earth New York Times, engage in a lively discussion on the evolution of contemporary environmental...
The Golden Calf (Return of the Goddess) 3 min
From Nina Paley, the filmmaker behind the extraordinary This Land Is Mine, come the latest chapter in her ongoing feature film in production, "Seder-Masochism." You can donate to help finish the film here: questioncopyright.org/sedermasochism
Copying Is Not Theft 1 min
Our free culture anthem gets a fabulous arrangement by Nik Phelps. Vocals by Connie Champagne. Animation and song by Nina Paley.
Football Stars Help Homeless in Manchester 2 min
Two of the UK's biggest soccer stars are welcoming homeless people into their property for the winter.
Robots Stealing My Jobs 7 min
Every Job I've Ever Had Has-Been (or Will-Be) Automated
“Karollyne”: The Dog-Rescuing Homeless Encampment in Rio de Janeiro’s Forest 15 min
Roughly seven minutes away from my house by car, down a mountain road in the middle of the forest of Rio de Janeiro, sits an encampment in which several homeless people live. Because it’s behind a wall, one can’t see the encampment from the street. But what one does see when...
I wonder what our pro-nuclear greenies will be thinking this week as they listen to President Xi Jinping and George Osborne bombastically declaring ‘a new nuclear dawn for the UK’. I hope they’ll be feeling as ashamed as they should be.
Arctic repository is making the move to assist researchers sidelined by Syria’s Civil War.
The UK Flash Sale - Everything Must Go! 1 min
The UK is having a flash sale - everything must go, including our sovereignty!
Shao Jiang's home was searched after he was arrested outside a London reception for President Xi Jinping
How America Is Killing the Middle Class 4 min
The American Dream is threatened by a rapidly shrinking middle class. Millions of Americans are strapped with debt, higher costs of living and lower paychecks. How did it get so bad?
Israel's Mob Violence: Are Politicians Encouraging It? 3 min
An Eritrean man being beaten by an Israeli mob shocked many. Is this what happens when politicians encourage people to take the law into their own hands?
A Local Brigade 5 min
Here's the story of The Global Brigades who went to the community of Ekumfi Ekotsi along with 23 DCU students to provide the locals with much needed medical care. Music: Overhead, The Albatross - Telekinetic Forest Guard
Defendant 5 25 min
The personal journey of a filmmaker caught in the crossfire of the battle for Tasmania's ancient forests.
This is really just an excuse to show a wonderful film about vegetables. But it is also about how modern science has radically changed in a way that hasn’t been fully understood. How it has gone from promising extraordinary new worlds of the fut
Looking for 243 people who disappeared crossing the Mediterranean, we uncovered the shocking reality of what happens to those who perish at sea.
Could These Bugs Solve Our Trash Problem? 1 min
Can worms solve our planet's plastic problem?
South African students took their fight against tuition fee increases to the country’s parliament today (Oct. 21), one week after the #Feesmustfall protests began at the University of the
The European Commission’s ruling is the result of years of sustained activism from anti-austerity groups like UK Uncut.
Adam Elliott-Cooper discusses how Britain's role as a major imperial power not only brought about mass migration, but has united an otherwise extremely heterogeneous Black population in struggle through their common experience of colonial violence. The 'diversity in unity' of...
Oslo is the latest major metro to put pedestrians first in some central districts.
Integrating ecology with feminism is the only way to implement the Vatican’s newfound enthusiasm for environmental concerns.
Is Hillary Clinton Copying Bernie Sanders - and Why Does It Matter? 4 min
Bernie Sanders has rubbed off on Hillary Clinton. Not only has she stopped combing her hair, she's railing against billionaires and Wall Street. But how tied up with big money is the Democrats' darling? And what does this mean for the presidential campaign and party as a whole?
Stacey Dooley Investigates... Sex Trafficking In Cambodia 53 min
Stacey Dooley explores the issue underage sex trafficking in Cambodia, investigating how thousands of young girls are being sold into sexual slavery often by those they trust the most, their family. Sheconfronts the problem head on as she joins the police on raids to shut...
Turning Libya into a jihadi Mad Max should have cured Britain’s habit. But, instead of entering recovery, Cameron is just looking to score another hit in Syria
Miners Shot Down 2 min
In August 2012, mine workers in one of South Africa's biggest platinum mine began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days into the strike, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. The police insisted that they...
Board to the Future 1 min
It's the day Marty and Doc travelled to in Back to the Future II, so where are the hoverboards?
Ebola on the Ground 33 min
While Western media coverage of the Ebola crisis faded sometime in November, daily case counts in Sierra Leone continued to grow exponentially through the top of the new year. Okayafrica, teaming up with single-subject news site Ebola Deeply, arrived in Freetown on New Year's...
The Golden Thread: From Kalakshetra to California 60 min
This film was a labor of love: a home-made documentary, made on iMovie over many late nights, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Kalanjali: Dances of India, founded by Kalakshetra K.P. Kunhiraman and Katherine Kunhiraman. Some scenes in this video come from "Of Beauty &...
$420 Tiny House Made From Recycled Materials 4 min
The build of a $420 tiny house almost entirely made from recycled materials. The house is 6.25 square meters and includes a loft with a bed.
Jerusalem - What You Need to Know in 90 Seconds 2 min
You may have heard about Jerusalem on the news or seen many images of the holy al-Aqsa sanctuary. But do you really know what is happening over there? Or how Palestinians are being made to suffer? And are forced out of their homes? Well in 90 seconds you will. Friends of...
The Illegal Israeli Wall - What You Need to Know in 90 Seconds 2 min
You may have heard about it, may have even seen images about it. But do you really know anything about the wall? Or how it is being built on Palestinian land and around Palestinian cities? When it was made? And how it effects every single Palestinian in some shape or form...
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a scientist, ecologist and writ
In 2011, the tiny mountain nation of Bhutan announced a lofty goal: make the country’s agricultural system 100 percent organic by the year 2020. If it succeeded, it would be the first country in the world to achieve the feat. Bhutan — nestled in the Himalayas between India...
Jesse Ventura: How About a Maximum Wage? 2 min
How much income is too much? The former Minnesota governor rallies for the living wage and against the greed at the core of income inequality.
Whistleblow Wall Street makes it easier for bank workers to expose harmful and unjust practices
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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Canadian Election 15 min
Canada is about to have a major election. John Oliver enlists Mike Myers, a beaver, and a moose to give voters some advice.
Sam & Margot's Music Video "Burn It Down" Is a Not-So-Subtle Nod to the Corruption on Wall St 3 min
Sam & Margot hope to ignite a debate about capitalism and inequality with their new music video, aptly titled "Burn It Down," which recently premiered at The Milwaukee Film Festival. It certainly provides a nice theme song for the aspirations of the 99%. Yes, burn down this...
If we had focused on the real causes of poverty over the past 30 years we probably wouldn’t need the United Nations’ sustainable development goals now
A Fibreshed for London 25 min
"Fibreshed develops regenerative texstile systems that are based on carbon farming, regional manufactoring and public education"
Leaked UN report calls on governments around the world to decriminalise drug use and possession for personal consumption for all drugs
Last Friday I joined 300 migrants' rights protesters gathered at St Pancras station, spilling fake blood and blocking passengers from travelling overseas. Here’s why.
Rare As Hen's Teeth - An Honest Politician 8 min
Dennis Skinner is a British Labour MP who is legendary for speaking truth to power.
Intifada 3.0 29 min
The latest spasm of violence in Israel has left seven Israelis and at least 30 Palestinians dead. On Wednesday, a day when at least two stabbing attacks on Israeli Jews were reported, VICE News correspondent Aris Roussinos traveled to the West Bank to see if the apparently...
Stories From the Intifada 90 min
Twenty years after Israel captured the Palestinian territories in the 1967 Six-Day War, massive protests erupted across the occupied territories.
Is This the Third Intifada? 8 min
As deadly violence escalates across Israel and the Palestinian territories, the Guardian's Phoebe Greenwood travels to the West Bank to ask why now - and why Palestinian women are getting involved.
How to Stop a Pipeline: Canadian First Nations' Legal Battle for Their Territories 5 min
A decade-long battle over a proposed pipeline is helping shape the Canadian national election even as a historic legal case may make or break the development. First Nations are playing a central role. First proposed in 2004, the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline was planned...
Fossil Free UTAS Student Occupation 1 min
Students from the University of Tasmania have occupied the administration area of the Sandy Bay campus in Hobart from 1:30pm on Wednesday the 14th of October, 2015. They are refusing to leave until the University commits to divesting from the fossil fuel industry before...
Jonah Bryson - Vote for My Generation's Future 1 min
Share This Video. On October 19th, vote for my generation's future. Please like my page Jonah Bryson for more! #elxn41 #Vote #ActOnClimate #Canada
How the Government Can Kill You Anywhere, Anytime 2 min
A new whistleblower inside the U.S. drone program reveals just how easy it is for the government to kill people and how little evidence is needed.
Is This the World We Want to Offer the Children of the 21st Century? 2 min
This clip is taken from the end of the film War By Other Means (1992), by John Pilger. Watch the full documentary online here. It may be over 2 decades old, but it remains one of our favorite films for explaining one of the biggest issues of our time. The need for the world...
The Voice of Animals - the Story of Margrit Coates 17 min
The Voice of Animals is a documentary following the daily life of Margrit Coates, the first world-renowned animal healer. Through observing her activities, the film explores the world of animal healing, and reveals the philosophy and lifestyle of Margrit.
White Supremacists Get Trolled by Clown Protesters 2 min
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say no one was arrested during a loud -- and very colorful -- KKK rally and counter-protest in uptown Charlotte NC. Instead of shouting, the protesters used squeaky toys, whistles, and noisemakers to drown out the amplified speeches. Many dressed...
When I See Them I See Us: Black-Palestinian Solidarity 3 min
Over 60 leading Black and Palestinian artists and activists affirm Black-Palestinian solidarity in our new video. Featuring Ms. Lauryn Hill, Danny Glover, DAM, Omar Barghouti, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Yousef Erakat, Annemarie Jacir, Boots Riley, Dr. Cornel West, and many...
Maya Angelou: Still I Rise 3 min
In this video, Professor Angelou recites her poem, "Still I Rise," from her volume of poetry And Still I Rise, published in 1978.
At a vigil to honor the victims of Sandy Hook, I read aloud the piece that Rabbi Lerner wrote on December 14th, 2012, entitled: “Banning All Guns is Necessary but Not Sufficient”, that we also need a fundamental transformation of consciousness both inner and societal. An...
9/11 Not an "Intelligence Failure" 24 min
Ray McGovern and Jason Leopold: The intelligence agencies had the information, the question is why didn't they use it.
New research finds, through their silence, mainstream news outlets are 'legitimating' U.S. military's burn pits on civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan
Internalized racism prevented me from seeing how the system works.
Israeli Jew Stabbed by Man Who Mistook Him for a Palestinian Calls for Peace 1 min
Uri Rezken was stabbed in the back by a man who mistook him for Palestinian. Now, Uri's calling for peace.
The Cross of the Moment 84 min
Fermi's Paradox, climate change, capitalism, and collapse are among the subjects discussed in this feature length documentary on the environmental crisis. Interviewees include Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder, Derrick Jensen, Peter D. Ward, Jill Stein, Bill Patzert, Guy McPherson...
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