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Should we eat meat? That’s the big question, which — for this series — I’m asking three different ways: in terms of environmental sustainability, morality, and practicality.
Nathanael Johnson
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International Gathering of the elders of the feminine is happening in Taos, New Mexico from October 2 to 4, 2015. We are remembering together, what it means to be a human being. The gathering brings oral traditions from many tribes that have held the ancient ways of being...
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This 7-minute clip from Engines of Domination discusses the abolition of armed central authority and what kind of world that would make possible -- a world of peaceful voluntary communities thriving in harmony with their habitat.
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I Love My IUD is an inspiring short film by Women at the Center profiling Colorado's wildly successful Colorado Family Planning Initiative. Through the stories of women, providers and advocates, learn more about how access to family planning transforms lives and communities.
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Poem by Agnes Török on the news of a new Conservative budget. Based on experiences of living in Britain under austerity as a young, queer, unemployed, female immigrant student - and not taking it any more. More info on:
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Two years ago, I was hired as a campaign coordinator for a community initiative in South L.A. I got the job because I’d been an organizer for labor unions, and I was eager and thrilled. I’d be coordinating The Belong Campaign, part o
Melissa Chadburn
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President Obama calls for major criminal justice reforms in a NAACP speech.
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A young family has won its epic battle to live in a real-life “hobbit house” after defeating an attempt by planners to bulldoze it.
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Richard Swift begins his journey through political alternatives to capitalism by looking at the nature of the beast they seek to oppose.
Richard Swift
The only guide to understanding the Iran Nuclear Deal, in plain english.
Joel Davidge
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When it come to scholarly subjects, writing has always been a tricky subject. When teaching a subject in Math, for example, an instructor passes on information regarding strict rules that must be observed. Learning the basics of English is very similar, full of detailed rules...
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View Part 2/2: http://youtu.be/_pKZLHNYPbM Are we beyond the tipping point for survivable climate change? How will our nation thrive the coming food and national security threats tied to climate change?
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Now that Syriza has caved in to the creditors, the need for grassroots mobilization is more urgent than ever. A new cycle of struggles is ahead of us.
Theodoros Karyotis
Previous generations of architects thought of how architecture could interpret the world, but I think now is the time to think of how architecture can change the world. We architects can assume that role and make a real difference in how people live and behave. – Giancarlo...
Kim Samuel
The city of Melbourne assigned trees email addresses so citizens could report problems. Instead, people wrote thousands of love letters to their favorite trees.
Adrienne LaFrance
Campaigners urge US civil society to 'show solidarity' with counterparts in Iran by preventing Congress from sinking the accord
Sarah Lazare
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The Narita airport project was, at the time it was planned in the ’60s, one of the biggest public-works projects ever attempted in Japan, but it ended up only a third as large as originally envisioned. That’s because the farmers whose land was seized for the airport resisted...
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In recent months, one of the key issues relating to transgender rights that has come up in public debate is that of out transgender military service. A leading trans legal scholar, however, tells BuzzFeed the focus is “likely to harm” other progress sought by the transgender...
Chris Geidner
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Mhairi Black, the youngest person to be elected to parliament since at least the 19th century, used a barnstorming first speech in the House of Commons to mount a withering attack on the chancellor for cutting housing benefit to young people and to call for Labour to join the...
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Vox Media decided to celebrate the Fourth of July by publishing an article entitled "3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake". They claim that Slavery would have ended sooner, Native Americans would have gotten a better deal, and our system of government would have...
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Corporations and individuals are suspected of hiding $21 trillion in taxable income. How do they do it? AJ+ will tell you.
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In an excerpt from the 2006 documentary "American Blackout" Senator Bernie Sanders Explains Why Elites Don't Want You To Vote.
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Words to live by from Dr. Maya Angelou. Love each other.
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Riots Reframed is a feature-length documentary which reframes England's 2011 riots through voices of resistance -- threading these perspectives together using moody instrumentals, dramatic monologue and raw spoken word. This hard-hitting film is unique both in its scope and...
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Recently, a provocative quote by an American author and speaker, Byron Katie has been making its way through the internet circuit. The quote says, “Victims are violent people.” Given the amount of violence taking place in the world today, as well as the rise of self-help...
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The poor and the working class in the United States know what it is to be Greek. They know underemployment and unemployment. They know life without a pension. They know existence on a few dollars a day. They know gas and electricity being turned off because of unpaid bills...
Chris Hedges
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Standing Up with Andre Arruda features disability advocate and comedian Andre Arruda, who is living with Morquio syndrome and relies on a scooter to get around.
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A Mass Action to #EndCoal in the Rhineland, Germany
Ende Gelände
It takes courage to step away from the crowd and voice your own opinion, but the reward is there if your voice is the one the world needs to hear.
An historic betrayal has consumed Greece. Having set aside the mandate of the Greek electorate, the Syriza government has willfully ignored last week's landslide "No" vote and secretly agreed a raft of repressive, impoverishing measures in return for a "bailout" that means...
John Pilger
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Istanbul is a truly dynamic city, full of paradoxes and historical treasures, with an exploding population of over 20 million people. Its perpetual industrialization spearheaded by the government and the disproportionate financial opportunities available in the city continues...
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A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law.
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The revolution in Rojava doesn’t just roar, it beckons through the creaky skeletons of our theoretical hang-ups, it shows that the fire and brimstone of fascism and corporatocracy can be matched with people power and armed defence
Joshua Virasami
In his first interview since resigning, Greece's former Finance Minister says the Eurogroup is “completely and utterly” controlled by Germany, Greece was “set up” and last week’s referendum was wasted.
Harry Lambert
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In June 2013 Brazil was rocked by a wave of protests, begining with demonstrations against an increase in public transportation fares in São Paulo and evolving to national protests, reaching hundreds of cities. The movement saw over one million people taking to the streets...
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Emicida is a Brazilian MC and hip-hop artist, famous for his rap battles. This video for his new single Boa Esperança "Good Hope" is a collaboration between Emicida and domestic workers - directed by Katia Lund (City of God) and João Wainer (
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In 2010 the UK government cancelled a program to rebuild 715 schools, because they’d run out of money. But at the same time the Bank of England had created £375 billion of new money through a program called Quantitative Easing. Instead of this money being spent on something...
Positive Money
The never-ending austerity that Europe is force-feeding the Greek people is simply not working. Now Greece has loudly said no more.
As most of the world knew it would, the financial demands made by Europe have crushed the Greek economy, led to mass unemployment, a collapse...
Thomas Piketty, Jeffrey Sachs, Heiner Flassbeck, Dani Rodrik and Simon Wren-Lewis
Scientist, writers, and scholars have stirred up a new movement in regards to the Earth's environmental changes. Apparently thinkers of this kind believe that the climate changes over a period of time rates our environment with a new name. The Earth's history and its unique...
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A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
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How does overfishing affect you and the planet you live in? This short film quickly explains the food chain of the sea and how overfishing affects more than just our ability to eat certain kinds of fish.
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Even though French economist Thomas Piketty has made an air-tight case that we’re heading toward levels of inequality not seen since the days of the nineteenth-century robber barons, right-wing conservatives haven’t stopped lying about what’s happening and what to do about it.
Robert Reich
Rather than resolving the euro crisis, Tsipras’ unexpected U-turn has revealed deep conflicts among the creditors, who now fight over how to respond.
Jerome Roos
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Serena Williams is widely regarded as the best female tennis player of all time. But her career has been followed by severe racism and sexism that taps into stereotypes about black women.
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A feature-length, multi-award winning documentary by Alanis Obomsawin set in the thick of the armed confrontation between Mohawks and Canadian government forces during the 1990 standoff in the Mohawk village of Kanehsatake near the village of Oka in Quebec. The two-and-a-half...
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Sign the petition here: http://tinyurl.com/WatermarkMine The farmers of the Liverpool Plains food bowl are fighting for their survival against massive proposed coal mines. Find out more and get involved! #wrongminewrongplace
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WINNER - Best Online Short, Tribeca Film Festival 2013 "A Short Film About Guns" examines the illegal arms trade and how it functions across the globe. Featuring four experts on arms trafficking who recount their varying first hand experiences with the black market trade in...
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https://www.patreon.com/theramintrees 'Atheism happened to me when I wasn't looking. Theism happened to me when I wasn't thinking.' A timeline of some key memories around my personal experience of religion, running from my earliest memories to my emergence from it into atheism.
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Did you know that over 1,000 American civilians are killed yearly by police officers. In this video you will see steps on ways to prevent police fatalities and know your rights when being detained by a police officer. Here is how to survive a crazy cop.
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A few days ago, animal rights activist Amber Canavan began a jail sentence for photographing and rescuing several ducks from Hudson Valley Foie Gras, where ducks are force-fed until their livers are engorged.
She was originally charged with felony burglary and petty larceny...
Will Potter
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An extract of an interview with indigenous militant Gord Hill, who breaks down just what the fuck happened during the so called "Oka Crisis"
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African governments, ignoring the protests of their farmers and civil society, have agreed an oppressive 'plant variety protection protocol' that will open up their countries to commercial seed monopolists, while limiting farmers rights to save, use, exchange, replant...
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
Let’s face it, eating well is expensive… or it can be. Buying produce that is either organically grown (or biodynamically) is not cheap. But ingesting pesticide residue is anything but ideal.
Jerry James Stone
Next Tuesday MPs will be voting on an 'amendment' to the Hunting Act that outlaws fox hunting and other cruel sports, writes Robbie Marsland. But its effect would be to make the law a dead letter - so full of holes as to permit the return of full-blown hunting with dogs. MPs...
Robbie Marsland
Last night activists from
Global Justice Now and Jubilee Debt Campaign
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Goodwin's Way documents a town's resistance to a coal-powered future 100 years after the killing of controversial local labour activist Ginger Goodwin. Which way is forward?
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News of " Thrill of the century "
" An existence beyond our existence as Human kind "
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This is a special edition of the Fishbones climate change animation, dedicated to the occassion of the International Climate Top in Paris 2015 -- otherwise known as COP21. Fishbones is an animated short explaining the most fundamental thing you need to know about what climate...
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It is urgently necessary to internationalise the Greek people’s cause. Only the total elimination of the debt would bring an "ideological blow" to the current European system.
1. The Greek people’s massive "No" does not mean a rejection of Europe. It means a rejection of the
Alain Badiou
You might be forgiven for believing that murder has become an official police policy. Yet again we see that another police officer has been cleared of murder – and yet again as the target lay injured, the officer in question continued shooting.
What Greek Ex-Finance Minister had actually suggested, is that his country pay an increased sum of money back, but over a longer time period, enabling the economy to grow over time. The creditors refused. When Prime Minister Tspiras announced a referendum would take place...
Sophie McAdam
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A pop-up shop selling placebo pills for “first-world problems” just opened its doors in Amsterdam on June 7th. A Netherlands-based fund created the campaign to raise money for very real problems facing millions who cannot access AIDS medications.
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In 2015 the bees are still dying in masses. Which at first seems not very important until you realize that one third of all food humans consume would disappear with them. Millions could starve. The foes bees face are truly horrifying – some are a direct consequence of human...
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Brilliant story about the community of Magdalena Teitipac in Oaxaca, Mexico, who have succeeded in banishing a mining company that intruded on their traditional lands without any previous consultation. They say the key to their success in fighting a major company with state...
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This powerful piece of spoken word by Ayesha Jaco is the intro to Lupe Fiasco's album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
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You’re busy, “crazy-busy” even, so why would taking more breaks and wandering off for walks during the working day help you become less busy and more successful? Because, when done properly, less is more says Christine Carter
Christine Carter
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The elaborate myth of racial difference that was created to sustain American slavery persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved.
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One year on, the children of Gaza still face suffering and trauma. Jon Snow has returned to the territory on the anniversary of the conflict. He found children scavenging in the ruins of a mosque destroyed in last year's bombardment.
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If you ask most people, you'll find that the only two conceptions of how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are either a one- or two-state solution. But what if there's a third path? A recent conference explored that option.
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From laissez-faire economics in 18th-century India to neoliberalism in today’s Europe the subordination of human welfare to power is a brutal tradition
George Monbiot
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With the threat of strikes always on the radar, Olivia Cappuccini explores what it takes for trade unions to put a strike into action in the modern world, and how it is not as hot headed as it seems. Scenes of Reason is a news website that explores and decodes top stories in...
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This path calls us to gaze, unflinchingly, at difficult truths. The messy reality is that our cooperative participation in systems of oppression itself causes harm. And so we might be tempted to use meditation practice as a refuge from a world on fire and deny our part in it...
Alex Swain
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Zulu Sangoma (healer) Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa calls on all human beings to awaken the mother mind, that part of human consciousness that feels what is happening in the world.
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In 2013, Mason Wartman left a successful career on Wall Street to open Rosa’s Fresh Pizza. Inspired by the kindness of one customer, Wartman instituted a system that allows customers to buy a $1 slice for a homeless person in need of a meal.
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As the nation marks this Independence day with traditional fanfare—hot dogs, flag-waving, and fireworks—one small community in Taos, New Mexico takes a very different approach. Here in the quaint village of Arroyo Seco, the community honors those who have spoken out against...
Deena Guzder
Appearing late last week on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri insisted that Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont “is too liberal to gather enough votes in this country to become president.” Indeed, responding to the fact...
Harvey J. Kaye
Over the years, Exxon spent more than $30m on think-tanks and researchers that promoted climate denial.
Suzanne Goldenberg
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"Red Path premiered at the Unmentionables Film Festival in New York, a festival dedicated to breaking taboos and this first year the taboo was menstruation.
I truly believe t
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This short film is so powerful and inspiring. Since watching it I have tried my best to make every second count. - Kasim Khan
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In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of American media. Now that number is six. And Big Media may get even bigger, thanks to the FCC's consideration of ending a rule preventing companies from owning a newspaper and radio and TV stations in the same big city.
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Latin American Artist María María Acha-Kutscher takes photographs from social and feminist movements and turns them into stunning pop art illustrations
María María Acha-Kutscher
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Just acknowledge that all that sh*t is f*cking b*llshit — you're here now, in this place, with your inner stillness. Take in a deep breath ... now breathe out. Just feel the f*cking nonsense float away.
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The numbers are in. Not only does the British government spy on its citizens, it forces them to foot the bill. It is the taxpayers who bear the costs of the growth of mass surveillance. And the costs are far greater than earlier estimates suggested.
Disappointment reigns as ISDS-lite gets the nod in Strasbourg
Guy Taylor
It's gotten to be a pattern on the Left. When Black protest erupts into insurrection, as it did in Ferguson and Baltimore, most liberals and white radicals express empathy for the cathartic release of anger, but urge the oppressed that this is not the way. This is "not...
Lorenzo St. Dubois
"They just wanted to take a bat to them," said former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, referring to the attitude of European leaders to
Andrew Gavin Marshall
Is imagining a better economic/political system a necessary step in making it happen?
Gary Engler
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Award winning new short film that asks the simple, yet terrifying, question: how would you cope on a factory farm?
Want to help the suffering of animals? The best way to do that is to simply stop eating them! Why not try our 30 Day Vegan? It's absolutely free and shows just...
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More training, body cameras, community policing, the hiring of more minorities as police officers, a better probation service and more equitable fines will not blunt the indiscriminate use of lethal force or reduce the mass incarceration that destroys the lives of the poor.
Chris Hedges
In Fayoush, Yemen on Monday morning, just outside of Aden, “a massive airstrike” hit a marketplace and killed at least 45 civilians, wounding another 50. Officials told the AP that “bodies were strewn about following the strike.” The bombing was carried out by what is...
Glenn Greenwald
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Exotic Tropical Fruit: Salak AKA Snake Fruit click here:
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In January 2015 Syriza became the first radical left government in modern Europe. In July its people rejected financial regime change with a resounding No! vote in the referendum. Our cameras were there, from the first election rally to the government HQ on referendum night...
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The anti-fracking movement is about more than ecological issues. Discussing alternative ways to organize energy and society are central to this struggle.
Claire Fauset & Eleanor Finley
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Together with Amnesty International, Forensic Architects from University of London have embarked on an extraordinary and ambitious scientific project - The Gaza Platform. Its the most comprehensive database ever build on what happened during the Gaza conflict 2014. The...
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Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are 5 of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and had a profound influence on the trajectory of the human race. Through countless...
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In 2007, five men were arrested and accused of plotting to attack the Fort Dix military base near Trenton, New Jersey. Among them were the brothers Dritan, Shain and Eljvir Duka. Their case involved highly paid government informants with criminal histories, one of whom worked...
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Colorado is on to something. Most of our discussions of poverty leave out the most basic part of the problem. We will have less poverty when we have less unwanted kids. Colorado has made incredible progress on exactly this issue.
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There are several important variables to the Greek debt crisis that most people aren't talking about.
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The wave of joyous solidarity at the Greek “No” vote still resounds across the world today, revealing millions who identify with the struggle and have had enough of being bullied and controlled.
Michaela Whitton