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The fundamental aim of black voters should be to put a smile on Martin Luther King, Jr's face from the grave.
Dr. Cornel West
Remember the black presidential discussion in 2007 and 2008?
Bruce A. Dixon
In deliberating on what to write about for this latest edition of the Hair of Samson, it was suggested that I write about Bernie Sanders. I was initially somewhat skeptical of this endeavor. After all, it is quite obvious that Sanders is not a socialist but a social democrat...
Thomas Estabrook
In the Rojava region of Syria, despite the difficulties, people are organizing communes and women’s councils.
Syria can seem an endless black hole of misery, but in the northern, largely Kurdish region of Rojava, it is also the scene of a profoundly democratic and humanist...
Tony Iltis & Stuart Munckton
Immersed in middle class American life, I am the mother of a teenage son and daughter, and I live in a medium sized town outside of Philadelphia. If that conjures images of navigating complex social media relationships, painful negotiating sessions around cash, google...
This week, a huge portion of the Jungle refugee camp in Calais is due to be bulldozed. We can not sit back at let this happen...
3 min
We hear a lot of talk about the oppression of women, but do we really hear any talk about the oppression of men? Quite frankly, I never have. At least not in the way I'm about to explain. As a life coach and hairstylist for 25 years, I have had my share of up close and...
Kristen Brown
Working in a retail job, you think you’ve become accustomed to bad behavior on the part of children as well as parents. But you are appalled to see a mother use an umbrella to spank a small boy. Will intervening threaten the child or endanger your job?
Laura Grace Weldon
I witnessed this bumper sticker, decked out in bright red, white, and blue lettering, attached to the post holding my neighbors’ mailbox this week as I walked my dogs during unseasonably high temperatures. For my neighbors to display this placard proudly in their front yard...
Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld
If ever one wondered about the efficacy of a state government agency imposing officials on local governments, Flint has answered that question forever.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
No matter who wins the Democratic nomination, it is now utterly clear that the Clinton team disastrously misjudged the American electorate. This is not an accident. It derives from the Clintons' gradual evolution from idealists to hardened insiders, America's decline into...
Charles Ferguson
I confess, I am a culturally alienated, old, disconnected 1960s and ‘70s radical trying to live and struggle for revolutionary change in a world that might have passed me by, because I cannot for the life of me understand how Beyonce’s commodified caricature of black...
Ajamu Baraka
A few days after Paris Terrorist attacks, I’m in the pub with some friends and colleagues and I’m in conversation with someone about the attacks. Her response was very much aligned to mine, a sense of: more love/ less aggression = good response to the situation. Control...
Julie Drybrough
Join Abby Martin as she investigates why there are thousands of bodies on the US Mexico border--and uncovers a hidden war--in this full-length documentary, originally aired as a two-part series.
Discover what is not only a shockingly high body count, but a humanitarian...
50 min
The arrest of two Spanish puppeteers accused of “promoting terrorism” in a play reveals the violence of the state in a way that satire never could.
Peter Gelderloos
Human Family -
I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse...
2 min
We are what we buy at the mall, see at the multiplex, and hear on our iPods. Author Thomas De Zengotita discusses our new "Mediated" life.
James Westcott
Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 seeks to find 'common solutions to common problems,' says former Greek finance minister
Nadia Prupis
After hundreds of years of isolation, here’s how the indigenous heroes are fighting to reclaim their cultural identity — and their health.
9 min
(Warning: Graphic content) A compilation of Larken Rose audio clips taken from various radio interviews. Edited by Harvey Lester ( http://www.facebook.com/harveylester84) If you appreciate videos like this, and would like to see more, please consider donating. Thanks!
6 min
Stumping for Hillary Clinton this weekend in New Hampshire, hedge fund manager Madeleine Albright squawked, "There's a special place in Hell for women who don't help each other."
Holly Wood
'Women all over the country can write about the damage done to their lives by the rigged economy and the special place in hell they work to escape daily when trying to fight back.'
Donna Smith
"The next few decades offer a brief window of opportunity to minimize large-scale and potentially catastrophic climate change that will extend longer than the entire history of human civilization thus far."
Lauren McCauley
In the mounting, panicky attempts of elites to derail the Sanders candidacy, one strand dominates.
Bill McKibben
This clip from upcoming feature documentary "The World Is My Country" introduces the origins of and need for a World Passport.
8 min
Activists in custody, protests shut down, warrantless house arrests, and the COP21 strangled by anti-terrorist measures, a look back on the first months of the state of emergency in Paris.
20 min
Poet, teacher, activist and more-pay tribute to Dr. Maya Angelou and listen to her read her unforgettable poem "Phenomenal Woman."
2 min
A dystopian warning from the future
There's nothing more American than Football. There's also nothing more socialist. Brian Dunkleman Takes On the Stigma of Socialism.
3 min
'War Horse' author Michael Morpurgo and actors Jeremy Irons and Maxine Peake have joined forces to make a powerful new 5 minute film especially for you. Please watch and share.
5 min
"From conflict to collaboration, we now celebrate the protection of areas of cultural and ecological importance while ensuring economic opportunities for the communities exist long into the future."
Nadia Prupis
The crack in your being that pain inflicts is a sacred gift where openness, love, compassion, vulnerability and new inner wisdom can emerge and connect with the world.
William Timothy Walker
Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can...
4 min
Samurai Sound X People's Army Present : I'm Not An Alien We value music as a powerful tool to bring people together, raise spirits and hope around the world. We look at the world in 2016 and see ongoing suffering due to war and poverty. Global events continue to separate and...
3 min
Today I read for maybe the 10,000th time an assertion that supporters of Bernie Sanders are unrealistic, that Bernie Sanders supporters will all be disappointed if they elect him because he won’t be able to bring the change he’s promising, that Bernie Sanders’ policies will...
Cody Gough
Robert Smalls began life as a slave in Beaufort, South Carolina. Born on April 5, 1839, he taught himself to read, and was later briefly allowed to attend school. In his early 20s he was assigned to work as a deckhand on a small cargo ship, and within two years he was the...
3 min
The story of one of the most complex organisations in the world, told through the voices of those on the frontline.
3 min
Wow, the price of oil is still low as hell. Oil company earnings are terrible. Consumer prices at the pump are super cheap. Oh, that remind me, you know what we could use right now?
Hamilton Nolan
While mainstream Dems debate realism vs. idealism, another set of the left is having an entirely different debate
Josh Fattal
In 2008, when then-Senator Barack Obama promised progressive change if elected President, his primary opponent, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, derided him.
Robert Reich
Welcome to the very first "A is for Anarchy" a monthly video series that breaks down anarchist concepts, theories and thoughts. On this episode we look at the concept of "Autonomy".
4 min
News of the poisoned water crisis in Flint has reached a wide audience around the world. The basics are now known: the Republican governor, Rick Snyder, nullified the free elections in Flint, deposed the mayor and city council, then appointed his own man to run the city. To...
Michael Moore
Watch how harnessing human potential along with the sun is improving millions of impoverished lives.
11 min
In a world of American media displaying never-ending coverage of ISIS beheadings, how many politicians say "I'll be damned" if Americans lead the fight against ISIS?
H. A. Goodman
Racism isn't just about police brutality or the criminal justice system. It's in the air and water. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a textbook case of environmental racism. We explain how it's playing out across the country.
3 min
The Democratic Party is engaged in an epic battle about how change happens. On one side is the establishment who are backing Hillary’s cautious, pragmatic, and incremental approach. On the other are the Sanders supporters who are calling for a revolution.
There’s an irony...
John Atcheson
It's timid and fearful to limit ourselves to incremental change -- and it only makes the powerful more powerful
Cat J. Zavis
The alliances and proxies of the Syrian Front explained. World War III - The New Axis of Evil Sources and transcript: http://stormcloudsgathering.com/world-war-3-new-axis
11 min
Epic compilation of some of his most dramatic moments of Bernie speaking truth to the establishment. Bernie Sanders has stood up for the working class and spoken out against government corruption his entire career. Bernie Sanders is a beast to be reconned with, a bold leader.
4 min
This video, uploaded to YouTube by John Smith, overlays the commentary of the BBC's Korea correspondent Stephen Evans from a march in Pyongyang onto footage of the annual Trooping of the Colour, which coincides with the Queen's birthday, at Buckingham Palace.
2 min
Many of you have contacted me wanting to know how you can help the people of Flint with the two-year long tragedy of drinking water contaminated by the radical decisions made by the Governor of Michigan. The offer is much appreciated by those who are suffering through this...
Michael Moore
Kerstin woke up every day before the sun came up.
Waiting for the dawn near some rocks, she puts gloves
and walked the same stretch of beach picking up garbage.
After an hour, she cleaned the 200 meters of beach.
He ended sad and frustrated to see such indifference of human...
3 min
In a post-apocalyptic future, what might happen to life if humans left the scene? After all, humans are very likely to disappear long before the sun expands into a red giant and exterminates all living things from the Earth.
Luc Bussiere
These are some of the things I can do because I’m fortunate to work for a company that lets me work from anywhere:
Hug my kids and feed them breakfast before they leave for school in the morning.
Greet and make a snack for them when they get home; hear all about their...
Jason Zimdars
There is a great deal of wisdom here, captured in this short film featuring Toghestiy and Mel Bazil. Filmed on stolen Gixtsan and Wet'suwet'en territories. Learn more about their project at unistotencamp.com
3 min
'We need someone who will work to substantially lower drug prices, implement rules to safely import brand-name drugs from Canada and hold companies accountable who defraud our government.'
Nadia Prupis
These colorful homes are bulletproof, fireproof, and can withstand earthquakes. They also maintain a comfortable temperature, produce zero carbon emissions, and are powered by solar and methane gas from recycled waste.
Amanda Froelich
Activists fixate on the future: impatient for the world we want to see. But falling into the capitalist trap of ceaseless productivity leads to burn out
Janey Stephenson
"Completely mind-blowing documentary about neocon ideologues and their bipartisan destructive influence"- Max Blumenthal [Author of Goliath & The 51 Day War]
120 min