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Let's say that tomorrow you are elected Secret Ruler of the USA, a position that gives you total power over the government, economy, and the culture at large -- everything that hippies refer to as "the system." Now, your first job is to not get beheaded by rioting peasants...
David Wong
On Tuesday Red Pepper co-editor Emma Hughes was refused entry into Azerbaijan ahead of the European Games. She wrote this in detention in Baku
As I sit detained in Heydar Aliyev international airport Baku is tantalisingly close. The broad surface of Heydar Aliyev Pr
Emma Hughes
Using California's rooftops, parking lots, and other developed land, the state could power itself up to five times over.
Adele Peters
Happy Basic Income Day? May 1st may be better known as International Workers' Day, but some activists are trying to rebrand it. "Labor Day should not be about demanding ‘more jobs’ or higher wages," the official Basic Income Day website explains. "Labor Day should be about...
Dylan Matthews
Revolution is what sets our movement apart from establishment candidates such as Clinton.
"We [should] tell new stories of the dream, not the nightmares. We must describe where we want to go, such as happier lives, and better cities."
Bill Kilby
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To watch "How to Harvest Bananas in a Permaculture Food Forest" click here:
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From the creator of Escape from Doncatraz, media activist Jay Baker, equipped with with cameraphones and a limited budget, the grainy footage of guerilla documentary Return to Doncatraz brings us a look into the rise of right-wing agenda in his hometown of Doncaster, and...
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Veterans For Peace UK is an ex-services organisation of men and women who have served in every war that Britain has fought since WW2. Thier work involves:
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BDS, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel, has gained momentum across American college campuses. In response, anti-BDS efforts have also intensified. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing an "offensive" against boycott efforts...
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Dear Everyday Sexist,
Alia Al Ghussain
Most of us will experience a mental health difficulty like depression, anxiety or addiction during our lives. And at some point, most of us will have a friend or family member who is mentally unwell.
Meg John Barker
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At its root, capitalism is an economic system based on three things: wage labour (working for a wage), private ownership or control of the means of production (things like factories, machinery, farms, and offices), and production for exchange and profit.
While some people...
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The UK’s largest coal-fired power station last year received an estimated £385 million in renewable energy subsidies, according to an analysis by advocacy group Biofuelwatch.
Zachary Davies Boren and Oliver Munnion
On April 2, 2015, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired the documentary “Volunteers Unleashed” after a controversial reworking of the film in response to threats of litigation from Free the Children, the superpower Canadian non-profit run by the Kielburger family.
Pippa Biddle
Prisons should not be profit centers
Mary Turck
A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!
Tim Hjersted
Only a sweeping Constitutional amendment can save us from a global environmental disaster beyond our imagination.
Michael Lerner
Is there a belief about the Universe or about ourselves that causes all of the conflict in the world?
Chris Agnos
You don't have infinite money. Spend it on stuff that research says makes you happy.
Jay Cassano
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Mohamed Morsi was a terrible president. On May 16th he was sentenced to death, and his appeal comes up next week. Killing him is a bad idea. Turkish and Russian history demonstrate that not killing your leaders is the first step towards decent government.
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You can get thousands out in support of a protest against something horrific, but it's far fewer of us who dare to get involved in the business of proposing an alternative
Why wasn't Jesus a woman? Or Trans? Or disabled? - An article written from a Christian perspective.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or “TPP,” may sound like a boring subject to some Americans, but the details are alarming. Leaked documents show that the agreement would allow multinationals to sue any country whose laws they claim stand in the way of profits. These companies’...
Jen Sorensen
Recent revelations have challenged the official version of Bin Laden’s death, but the real cover-up concerns the motivations behind the War on Terror.
Peter Bloom
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A playful exploration of the concept of zero and its role in our lives. Features audio excerpts from Prem Rawat's talks with quirky music and humorous, doodle-style animated infographics. Also features (often humorous) person-on-the-street interviews about the topic of zero.
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800 people illegally occupy an old movie theater in Barcelona in order to screen a documentary. They rename the old building after a girl who committed suicide in 2011: Cinema Patricia Heras. Who was that girl? Why did she kill herself and what does the city have to do with...
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How large is Africa compared to the United States, or Western Europe? Most inhabitants of the latter places might guess it is a little larger, but few would have any idea of the scale of the difference. This has led German graphics designer Kai Krause to produce this map to...
Stephen Luntz
Although the death of Walter Scott at the hands of Officer Michael Slager has effectively faded from the national conscience, what should never be ignored is the effect of the filming of Scott’s death had on handing Slager a murder charge. By most accounts, Slager’s reaction...
Ben Branstetter
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Climate change is about...food, water, extractivism.
Climate change is about...women, in leadership, in unity.
Climate change is about...much more than climate change.
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A group of artists including actors Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott and Juliet Stevenson and designer Vivienne Westwood are fronting a campaign to raise public awareness of the trade deal TTIP (pronounced tee-tip) which is being secretly negotiated between the EU and the US. They...
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The reality of extinction can be hard to communicate to those disconnected from nature, so artist Louis Masai brought it to their urban landscape. Painting huge, vibrant murals of threatened species around London, Masai shows the power of the image to re-engage.
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It’s been another great year of sales for Amazon. That’s what CEO Jeff Bezos will tell shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in Seattle on 10 June. But that’s not the whole story. That’s not the story for the thousands of Amazon workers who make the whole Amazon...
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Boading, dubbed China's 'greenest city', is the world's biggest maker of solar panels and wind turbines, write Caleb Goods & Carla Lipsig-Mumme. But it's also has the country's worst pollution. Green energy, electric cars and the batteries that power them are great, but with...
Caleb Goods & Carla Lipsig-Mumme
I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: “I’m so busy… I am so busy… have so much going on.”
Omid Safi
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Is the ‘old’ Monsanto, the one responsible for producing Agent Orange, PCB’s and DDT and a terrible record at covering up and denying the tragedies that have resulted from their use, the same as the ‘new’ Monsanto, the one at the forefront of research in plant gene...
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If you’re suffering from ‘affluenza’ it’s time to recognize that you’re sick.
Darrin Drda
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Since 2012, Speciesism: The Movie director Mark Devries has been secretly using spy drones to investigate and expose the environmental devastation caused by factory farms. In this video, the drones capture shocking aerial footage of several massive facilities that supply...
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It’s not a new idea to access training as a way to strengthen white people’s ability to be allies of people of color. In the 1970’s some of us brought to the world of direct action training a session designed to support everyone to move beyond racial and gender oppression...
George Lakey
When you take a moment and look around at the world, things can appear pretty messed up. Take 5 or 10 minutes and watch the 6 o’clock news. Chances are, the entire time, all you are going to see is war, conflict, death, illness, etc. Sure, this is part of the mainstream...
Joe Martino
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It’s 2002 and Queen Elizabeth II visits Jamaica for her Golden Jubilee Celebrations. While there, she is petitioned by a small group of Rastafari for slavery reparations. For Rastafari, reparations is linked to a desire to return to Africa, the homeland of their African...
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This is a letter to my younger self - both the inner cynic and the idealist that secretly believes a more beautiful world is possible.
Charles Eisenstein
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This is a video created by Anjane Motion Pictures as a response to the ongoing trolls on the Nepal Earthquake and also our initiative to help Nepal recover from this disaster. Spare a prayer, not a status. #beingthechange Do Share
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This video is created in response to the opinions given by the rapists and defendant layers! We support women empowerment and do not intend to offend any one. Please comment with your views.
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The Flaw of Attendance is a work of Anjane motion Pictures tp show case the problems caused in a students life due to strict rules of attendance and measure to fight it! If you don't like the rule of attendance do watch the video, like comment share and subscribe.
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He cleans up after himself. He cleans up our planet. He is a role model for young men. He is rigorously honest and fiercely optimistic.
Boysen Hodgson
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Useful advice for starting a dance party or a mass movement to change the world.
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This seeking for security is inviting insecurity. Have you ever found security in any of your relationships? Have you?
J. Krishnamurti
United Nations (UN) climate negotiations must urgently and equitably address climate change, and lead to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases if our planet is to have any hope of stabilising global temperatures. Growing talk among politicians, business leaders, and...
Action Aid
On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. Fifteen percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom...
Redditt Hudson
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Franz Gayl loved his job and the Marines, but after watching countless lives lost due inadequate safety protection on the Humvee, he knew something needed to be done.
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Welcoming and insightful in both approach and tone, this compilation of short videos named Capitalism tackles various aspects of capitalistic ideals from a surprisingly human perspective which often borders on the psychoanalytical. Over a series of breezy and appealing...
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“The three most destructive words that every man receives when he’s a boy is when he’s told to 'be a man,'” —Joe Ehrmann, coach and former NFL player
If we are honest with ourselves, we have long known that masculinity kills men, in ways both myriad and measurable. While...
Kali Holloway
The status quo is doomed but whether the future will be progressive or reactionary is uncertain, Hedges tells Salon
Chris Hedges
People who live in a traditional village — that means a community of about 150 people — are far better off than the rest of us.
Diane Cole
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Please help us bring awareness to the over 100 million sharks slaughtered every year by sharing this #SaveSharks PSA featuring Kelly Hu, Dean Cain, Jorja Fox, Clifton Collins Jr and Shiloh Fernandez. Together we can save our oceans by saving sharks!! #savesharks...
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In this episode of The Trews I discuss the CBS show The Briefcase which is one of the latest to use poverty as entertainment.
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John Oliver explains why America's bail system is better for the reality tv industry than it is for the justice system.
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As leaders of the seven wealthy democracies known as the Group of Seven hold talks in a secluded castle in Germany, thousands of protesters have been met with 20,000 police in the largest security operation in the history of Bavaria. Issues on the G7 agenda include climate...
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At a pool party in McKinney Texas on Friday 5 June 2015, police respond to calls of a "disturbance". What follows is a shocking example of racial profiling, violence and aggression directed at the black teens in attendance. At the 3minute mark in this video a police officer...
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Tavis Smiley dictates a letter to a young American with inspiration from his late friend, Maya Angelou. No matter how much you seek the answers to life from external sources, the truth you seek can only be found within you. You must walk your own path without aid of...
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More than 400 protesters gathered outside the notorious Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire on Saturday and called for its immediate closure. Protesters tore down outer fences at the centre and chanted messages of support for those detained inside. Yarl's...
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CAN YOUR EATING HABITS REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD?
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EXTINCTION SOUP follows documentary filmmaker Philip Waller on his quest for adventure as he sets out to tell the story of his larger-than-life friend and extreme sports legend, Jimmy Hall. The film quickly takes a surprise turn when Waller finds himself consumed with...
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Plastic is so ubiquitous that it can be found in or associated with nearly every tangible item in existence. Just think about how many different things you used today that either were plastic or came packaged in plastic, you’
Kate Good
We don’t have to pick sides in this movement. We are all on the same side. We are all on the side of justice.
Co-authored with David M. Fields
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Originally uploaded to best video you will ever hear page on facebook. Israel activists stop a chick grinding machine and a well spoken woman has something to say to an officer.
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Given the realities of the climate crisis, can we continue to try to grow our way out of economic inequality?
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Quite a bit changed for me over the first couple of years I started testosterone.
James St. James
In record numbers, people are escaping regions plagued by warfare, instability, disasters, poverty, or systemic persecution. The United Nations announced last year that forced displacement had topped 50 million globally, and early tracking indicates that number may increase...
Alan Taylor
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The small-scale farmers' right to store and share seeds, in countries like Ghana, is under threat by the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition - an aid programme supported by the UK and other G7 nations. Food sovereignty is under threat, with multi-national...
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Marinaleda is a small and remote village of Andalusia, one of the poorest regions in Spain. The town, with a population of 2,700 citizens, has a unique political and economic system of a strong socialist nature. As a result Marinaleda has virtually full employment in...
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With virtually no police, crime or unemployment, meet the Spanish town described as a democratic, socialist utopia. Unemployment is non-existent in Marinaleda, an Andalusian village in southern Spain that is prosperous thanks to its farming cooperative.
Jade Small
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Multi-disciplinary artist Amer Shomali joins us in the studio to talk about his film, "The Wanted 18". Screened as part of Paris's first Palestinian film festival, the documentary-animation hybrid recounts the true story of a group of fugitive farmyard animals during the...
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I’m looking out across a valley, very fertile and green. Different cultures share their space with young and old alike. A society that cares for the soil beneath our feet, the water that nourishes us and the air that fills our lungs. The health and well-being of all beings...
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Seriously, though, come on, guys.
Emil Mella
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The findings of a 6-year-long Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that Canada committed "cultural genocide" against its aboriginal population for over a century in order to "gain control over their lands and resources."
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A little teaser of things from Newtown Market Hall please follow Intrigue Videos on facebook and twtter https://twitter.com/IntrigueVideos https://www.facebook.com/videointrigue
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French photographer Xavier Hubert Brierre travelled to Gabon with his wife and set up a mirror in several locations in order to capture animals walking by. Their vastly varied responses to their reflections are fascinating. You can see longer clips of what he found on his...
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'Atoms of Resistance' documents the everyday struggles of a group of ordinary Palestinians. Each one of them is an inspired, unique, and soulful individual, struggling on in the face of the oppressor's efforts to coerce and co-opt them, hoping for change.
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What does it mean to be an anarchist? In general, critics of anarchism promote negative stereotypes of the movement. They picture angry and violent teenagers defacing public property, looting stores, and creating havoc. While certain violent movements have claimed to be...
wikiHow
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A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
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In his Mansion House speech next week the Chancellor is expected to announce his plans to sell off RBS – at an eye-watering £13bn loss to the taxpayer. This huge loss reveals the scale of what the government is prepared to sacrifice to save the banks.
Tony Greenham
Environmental photography is fast becoming one of the most powerful ways to call attention to issues about our planet, be it melting ice caps, city-leveling earthquakes or the innate beauty of our natural surroundings. Now the Royal Geographical Society is bringing together...
Kate Lismore
Dozens of social movement organizers recently gathered in Toronto at a meeting convened by the This Changes Everything team to envision a new economy centered on climate justice. With relentless extractions of labour and land harming all life on earth, cross-sectoral...
Harsha Walia
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The power is in your hands.
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Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures
Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan
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Von Salat schrumpft der Bizeps! Eine Lach- und Sachgeschichte über die guten Argumente, Fleisch zu essen.
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This video shows another side of the Nepal earthquake that happened on 25 April 2015. It is a testimony of the plight of stranded Indian nationals at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. *For licensing / permission to use: [email protected]
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My reaction to the spectacle of The Queen's Speech that opened the Conservative government following the UK general election.
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An ongoing series covering the Ukrainian Crisis from the start of the Euromaidan protests. Events are presented in chronological order without commentary, relying solely on raw footage, news reports, witness interviews and official statements.
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Arrowhead has been mining water from National Forest land using a permit that expired 27 years ago. Turns out their permit isn't the only thing that expired -so did the domain registration from their "Born Better" campaign. We've re-privatized their...
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There is place where sex, creed and ethnicity do not harbor division. A place where everyone is military trained so that having a police force becomes obsolete. A place where civilian females, instead of asking for permission, instead of waiting for outside help, have taken...
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INDIA's DAUGHTER is the story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student by 6 men on a moving bus, and her death, sparked unprecedented protests and...
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After ignoring inquiries from animal advocacy groups for weeks, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) admitted to the NY Times that it abandoned 66 former lab chimps in Liberia, leaving them to starve to death after using them in experiments for three decades: “We never had any...
Donny Moss
In a recent article “How Europe’s climate policies led to more U.S. trees being cut down,” the Washington Post highlights the dangers of wood-based bioenergy and the subsidies that drive them–subsidies that have helped mak
GE Trees
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A woman is raped every ten minutes in the UK and yet thousands of rapes go unreported and conviction rates remain low. Pips Taylor explores why, in powerful interviews with young rape survivors. She confronts those in authority about the failures in the system and speaks to...
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Hard to feel bad when I think good thoughts. Hard to feel good when I think bad thoughts.
Sam Yang
Physical exertion was and still is the first form of character building. As a child, movement was the initial way we learned to assert ourselves. Our physical behavior was the only window to know what kind of character we had. Early on, the only way for parents to influence...
Sam Yang