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People across Australia are standing their ground for nature. There's a lot at stake, but we're ready to face the challenge together. It's not just our iconic landscapes and spectacular natural places that need protecting, Australians must work together to minimise the...
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She wasn't just a shitty writer - she was a shitty writer whose work allows millions of self-involved douchebags to feel intellectually justified as they bitch about paying taxes and look down their noses at people on welfare.
Scientists in Israel are exploring another medical use for marijuana: Their research indicates that a compound in the plant helps heal bone fractures.
Matt Ferner
8 min
Iran is a fascinating place. Unfortunately it has been defined by its struggles with the United States. Iran knows us very well, but Americans barely know them at all. Washington, DC believes that they are terrorists, governed by an evil theocracy, dedicated to the...
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New footage: LAPD tasers man in a wheelchair in downtown Los Angeles. About a dozen officers fire beanbags, tasers, or something else to “subdue” a man in a wheelchair. This is an on going pattern and practice.
Have you ever felt yourself a slave to a particular feeling, unable to get beyond a negative emotional state, even when you try to? Why does this happen? How can we gain control over our emotions so as to lead happier and more productive lives?
The inner personality of a...
Vedanta Institute Los Angeles
As a strong supporter of Bernie Sanders, my first reaction to hearing about Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protest at Netroots Nation was disappointment. This looks bad, I thought. Bad for Bernie, who is the only presidential candidate with any chance of challenging...
Tim DeChristopher
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An exploration of internet harassment and hate campaigns, looking at mob mentality, how those who respond aggressively may feel they are being attacked and how to deal with these angry people. Produced by Ian Danskin it is divided into 6 parts as follows:
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Cure Violence is guided by clear understandings that violence is a health issue, that individuals and communities can change for the better, that community partners and strategic partnerships are keys to success, and that rigorous, scientific, professional ways of working are...
The view of Earth from orbit is never the same – from minute to minute, day to day, year to year.
Ellen Gray and Patrick Lynch
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More than 200 (sanctuary) cities don't cooperate with U.S. Immigration to deport undocumented immigrants. Police say it helps them to fight crime by building trust with immigrants, but does it really make a city safer?
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Roger Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd, discusses education in the United States and the world view that sets the US apart from "others".
The life of Ferdinand Tonnies, German sociologist and political activist, is a testament to the dramatic social changes which swept across Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Born in 1855 to a wealthy farmer at the northern fringe of the German empire, Tonnies spent his...
Daniel Hruschka
3 min
This is a video produced by National Geographic Television and the Jane Goodall Institute to honor Dr. Goodall.
Bottom up? Top down? Improvisation is the key to a middle way.
Keith Harrington
31 min
Alihuen means Big Tree in the language of the indigenous Mapuche peoples of Chile. When Jeroen decided to settle in the rural Chepu province of Chiloe with his wife Grecia, this name was not taken lightly, for the farmland which it would represent has undertaken massive...
A book called “Biocentrism: How life and consciousness are the keys to understanding the true nature and the universe” stirred the Internet, stating that life does not end when the body dies, but it lasts forever.
Saso Denkovik
When current science news is filled with pictures — incredible, beautiful, literally awesome pictures — of planetary bodies 3 billion miles away, it's easy to forget what's happening on the soil beneath our own feet.
Max Plenke
(Acclaimed News) Public faith in politicians and their puppet corporate media has been slowly declining for decades thanks to the efforts of dissidents, researchers and activists, and now for the first time the scales have tipped as trust in the establishment is at a record low.
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Cities spend massive amounts of public money on privately-owned stadiums. Cities issue tax-exempt municipal bonds that - wait, don't fall asleep!
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Producers, sellers, and consumers waste tons of food. John Oliver discusses the shocking amount of food we don't eat. Connect with Last Week Tonight online...
For those of you in Canada worried about the possibility of bill C-51 bringing on a Police State in your country, let me introduce you to the reality in the streets of Montréal, a city in your country. The Canadian Police state isn’t coming, it’s here. It’s been tested on...
The dramatic growth of ecological restoration, from mass reforestation to the large-scale reintroductions of long-lost species, is providing a welcome cause for optimism among often overly-pessimistic conservationists, argues Marcus Nield
Marcus Nield
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Would you stop showering if it meant that was the only way you could keep eating beef? California's ongoing drought needs radical action. But in a state dependent on water-hungry meat production, it would be politically dangerous to suggest eating less beef. Activists the Yes...
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The most recent budget outlined £34.8 billion in cuts to government expenditure, including large tax credit cuts (£6 billion), ongoing benefit freezes (£4 billion) and reductions in spending on unprotected government departments by&
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This is a commissioned project made for the Danish Refugee Council and RMMS in Nairobi. This Migrant Business, shows the systems that exist that enable and exploit African migrants seeking better lives in the Middle East and Europe. The system creates a cyclic force that...
In July 1967, Stokely Carmichael addressed the Dialectics of Liberation Congress at Roundhouse with a potent articulation of the relations between race, capitalism and imperialism, set in the context of the radical psychiatry movement. Forty-eight years later, it seems such...
Stokely Carmichael
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Eric Garner's death in 2014 at the hands of the NYPD helped spark a nationwide movement for police reform. One year later, his family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with New York City, but they aren't satisfied that justice has been served.
“Horrendous inequity whereby a few hundred people possess half of Earth’s wealth as more than one billion live on less than $1.50/day is evil incarnate and will kill us all… The human family will only avert biosphere collapse if we choose to live more simply, share more with...
Dr. Glen Barry
On The Back of a Tiger is documentary taking on the scientific and medical mainstream with radical ideas on nutrition, aging, and consciousness. The film needs your support to raise funds to finish production. Help start a revolution in science and medicine!
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"Peace is a consequence of entrega" says Magdala Ramirez. What is entrega? & What does it mean to live in an entrega? In this video, she explains another way of being, a state of consciousness that can be attained in toughest life situations and how we can find a path back to...
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For two weeks in March 2015, a film crew was given exclusive access to the Horizon-1 high-tech experimental community, which has been in development since 2006 via an undisclosed location in Western Europe. This film captures the opinions and perspectives of several project...
49 min
Published on 19 Jul 2014
DVD produced by the Socialist Party (SPGB) in 2005. 'Capitalism & Other Kids Stuff' offers an answer as to why we live the way we do, and what our possible alternatives are. The ideas it proposes are one's you're unlikely to see on any TV show, art...
In the past few years, central London has witnessed the rise of "anti-homeless spikes", rows of small steel protrusions placed in doorways to make them too uncomfortable for rough sleepers to bed down in for the night. This phenomenon has coincided with a
Little Atoms
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Malian-French soul pop singer Inna Modja shares the music video for “Tombouctou,” her latest single off the upcoming Motel Bamako album. The visuals, shot in Bamako at Malick Sidibé‘s studio, follow the aesthetic of the iconic Malian
Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian
Paul Mason
We're still trying to eliminate sweatshops and child labor by buying right. But that's not how the world works in 2015.
Written by Michael Hobbes, Illustrated by Abigail Goh
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Psychologists who study the fascinating phenomenon of change blindness know that merely looking at something is not the same as actively paying attention to it. As the demonstration in this video shows, people can be blind to significant changes in a visual scene that are...
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Paul Mason explains Greece's tough third bailout package as the cogs of its economy start to turn again. He meets a doctor whose hospital has had its budget slashed from €19 million to €7 million and who says the deal is 'a crime against humanity'.
Which businesses are pushing most for the proposed EU-US trade deal TTIP? Who’s influencing EU negotiators? Corporate Europe Observatory’s eight new info-graphics reveal the corporate lobby behind the TTIP talks.
Corporate Europe Observatory
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Are drone strikes as "precise" and "effective" as the US government would like us to think? The short answer is, Hell NO. What the US government doens't want you to know about its drone program.
9 min
As California's drought continues to deepen, offshore in the Pacific, scientists have identified an enormous "blob" of warm water, that seems to be part of the larger climate change process. Interviews with key scientists who are making the observations.
It's all about their agenda now.
Tom Toles
Reward workers and their reps who enter into negotiation in good faith and there would be no need to strike
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On the night of January 1st 2011, anonymous supporters of Animal Equality rescued 36 dogs from the vivisection breeding facility Harlan Interfauna/Isoquimen, situated in Catalonia, Spain.
Five lessons from a socialist computing project in Salvador Allende’s Chile
Eden Medina
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An animated look at Neil deGrasse Tyson's life story. From his humble beginnings as a subatomic particle to planetarium director to rockstar astrophysicist. *Not narrated by Carl Sagan, but we think Tim did a good job paying homage to him.
Creston Davis, Director of the Global Center for Advanced Studies, interviews the Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat about his forthcoming book on love.
Srećko Horvat
Last week the government quietly announced a review into the biggest political hot potato of all - and almost no-one noticed.
Richard Grimes
Last week, Pope Francis and church officials encouraged everyone to consume less and think more about our impact on the environment.
Michael McCutcheon
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:
www.agnestorok.org
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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.
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?
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...
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...
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.
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.
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 (
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.
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.
120 min
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.