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RESIST: The Unist'ot'en's Call To The Land is a short documentary that was filmed in the summer of 2013 on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, 1000 km north of Vancouver in northern BC (western Canada) over the duration of the fourth annual Environmental Action Camp, hosted by...
10 min
Thousands of video interviews conducted around the world to draw a large portrait of humanity.
www.7billionothers.org
12 min
Many American companies do not offer paid leave after the birth of a child, which means they probably shouldn't run sappy Mother's Day ads.
2 min
'Grace And Frankie' showrunner Marta Kauffman tells Larry King about an offensive comment made on the set of ‘Friends'
Whoever controls the price of oil can play god with the global economy - that’s why the US and Saudi Arabia are leading the way to smash OPEC and re-create a new global oil cartel
“No one can set the price of oil,” said Saudi oil minister Ali
Nafeez Ahmed
3 min
Paul Tudor Jones THINKS he's Robin Hood -but he is the opposite!
8 min
This short film explains why migratory sea birds arrive to the island of Chiloé (Chile), and the different migrations that the birds make. It shows how important wetlands are in giving these birds shelter, as well as exposes their threats. At the same time, we can appreciate...
Recent scientific reports about climate change make grim reading. A paper published in The Economic Journal by the respected UK economist Lord Stern states that the models previously used to calculate the economic effects of climate change have been ‘woefully inadequate.’...
Steve Taylor Ph.D.
15 min
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Private prison companies claim they can house, feed, and monitor inmates more cost effectively than state governments and so there you have it-- they win big contracts.
2 min
In this essential new feature documentary, legendary radical activist Angela Davis speaks for the first time about her 1970s imprisonment as a terrorist and conspirator, which became a flashpoint in the black liberation struggle and turned her into a revolutionary icon.
6 min
Walk with Juan around his multi-layered edible forest garden and learn how it requires little human input yet still provides an abundance of diverse food, a rarity in his region of Spain.
3 min
THE BIG BUSK: Happy Days in Shrewsbury 2015 in 3 minutes. See if you can spot yourself in the crowd! The Shrewsbury Ark #localtalent #pressplay Paul Henshaw and Karen Higgins #thebigbusk
Following decades of research and hundreds of cross-cultural studies, psychologists have identified a number of consistently-occurring human values.
Common Cause
Hours after the Conservatives were re-elected, the government looked at cutting access to work schemes for the disabled. You'd think they'd at least have the decency to bring some flowers before shafting the vulnerable, but no. Not these guys. Not today. Today is not...
Laurie Penny
The election results are in. The Tories can form a majority government to rule for the next five years. Now what?
The result was, admittedly, a surprise. With the Scottish National Party expected to clean up in Scotland, the Liberal Democrats collapsing and the Tories and...
Phil
6 min
The universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where are they? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in this gigantic and...
Projects and campaigns usually start because we feel inspired about an idea or passionate about a particular issue. Our first impulse is to throw ourselves into action straightaway. But if we take a little time to analyse the situation and to develop a plan of action we can...
Seeds for Change
1. Most people are motivated primarily by self-interest. As a creative community organizer, you are always trying to figure out people’s common self-interest, the glue that binds political organizations and movements.
Si Kahn
Anarchy is synonymous with chaos and disorder. It is a term that stands in direct contrast to the archetype of society we have become accustomed to: hierarchical, highly-structured, and authoritative. Because of this, it carries negative connotations. Merriam-Webster, the...
The comparisons being made between the Baltimore riots this past week and the historical Boston Tea Party are wrongheaded. Baltimore residents have much more to fight for than the American colonists of old.
5 min
What if there were a magical place where blacks could escape the indignities, dangers and inconveniences of racism?
10 min
this film exposes how officials in the Malaysian government are making huge profits on "development" projects that are forcibly relocating local people in Sarawak. The plan to build twelve additional mega-dams is excessive as Sarawak already has abundant electricity. Dam...
12 min
As part of the Vice The New Wave series, we meet The London Black Revolutionaries, a movement of radical young black people who do not feel represented by the "white supremacy" of our current political system. They hope to bring consciousness to the black working class with...
Sometimes I find, no matter how uncomfortable it makes me and others feel, I have to speak the truth. We can use all the euphemisms we want, but the literal truth is that schools, as they generally exist in the United States and other modern countries, are prisons. Human...
Peter Gray, Ph.D.
54 min
Bruce Schneier talk about the NSA at MIT: Edward Snowden has given us an unprecedented window into the NSA's surveillance activities. Drawing from both the Snowden documents and revelations from previous whistleblowers, this talk describes the sorts of surveillance the NSA...
2 min
Watch the video "Generateur De Gemmes Clash of Clans" uploaded by WotNewsBuzz on Dailymotion.
Ferguson. New York. Baltimore.
As cities erupt after decades of oppression and violence at the hands of police, calls for nonviolence can be deafening. “Violence isn’t the answer,” the moralists chide when protesters throw rocks and clash with police.
They’re right. But...
Nathalie Baptiste
19 min
In this extended interview, part of our recent episode "Absent Voices", Ronit Lentin explores issues of migrancy in Ireland and the concept of the racist state. She argues that states like Ireland are - by their very nature - racist, outlining Irelands' long and shameful...
36 min
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Miasma Theory was universally held and horribly wrong. What else might we be wrong about?
Weldon Kennedy
*Helpfulness not guaranteed.
Tom Tomorrow
25 min
A new report based on testimonies of Israeli soldiers concludes the massive civilian death toll from last summer’s Israeli assault on Gaza resulted from a policy of indiscriminate fire. The Israeli veterans group Breaking the Silence released testimonies of more than 60...
Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record.
Dan Froomkin
14 min
The Walls of Bethlehem documents clashes between Palestinians in Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem and invading Israeli soldiers after the Israeli army’s killing of 20-year-old Jihad al-Jafari in nearby Dheisheh refugee camp in February.
Last week, an activist in Baltimore began writing names of victims of police brutality along the sidewalk. She began with victims killed on January 1st of 2013 and wrote every name that was recorded until the present day. Names stretched from Penn Station to a George...
John Vibes
Waiting for political change to come about once every few years at election time is not only frustrating, but is an almost sure-fire way of ensuring that the changes you really want don’t get delivered within the time frames that are necessary.
If we really want to see...
SHIFT
Of the most commonly recurring themes that keeps popping up in the comments sections beneath my work is the "if only everyone stopped voting ..." type is probably the most infuriating.
Thomas G. Clark
13 min
In today's 'Trews Politics Week Conclusion' I recap last week's episodes, reveal Part 2 of 'Milibrand' and give my call to action for how to best use your vote to save the country, and for future REVOLUTION.
3 min
The Future of Energy is a powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift. It's a positive film about the renewable energy revolution, and a love story...
Advocates say that resolution in Chicago must be placed in the 'broader context of ongoing and endemic police violence.'
Lauren McCauley
13 min
The research documentary looks to investigate the UK’s existing economic and cultural attitudes towards charity and international development. With the “controversial pledge by the UK government to spend 0.7% of the UK’s income on foreign aid” the project looks to explore the...
1 min
'Everybody Loves Raymond' Star Brad Garrett Reflects On His Time Working With The Late Robin Williams. During a viewer call-in segment, actor and comedian Brad Garrett discusses with Larry King his time working with the late Robin Williams on HBO’s ‘The Crazy Ones.’
2 min
In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program, which partners with growers and retailers to improve working conditions for farm laborers in the Un
"Land is the only real wealth in this country and if we don't own any we'll be out of the picture."
Leah Penniman
2 min
This 2-minute short takes on plastic microbeads—the nasty little bits of plastic that companies have been putting in everything from body washes and hand soaps to toothpaste and make up. In it, we show how microbeads are actually designed to go down the drain and into our...
“I witnessed pepper spray, blunt force, and threats with firearms all used by police and National Guard. As such, it was important to make a record for both the news and the history books.”
Jennifer Baker
Thanks largely to Russell Brand, the question of whether to vote or not has been raised at national level this election.
Real Media
It’s hardly surprising that Eddie Izzard, Alan Partridge and now even Russell Brand all want us to vote Labour. They are the people the modern Labour Party represents after all. Millionaires who feel a bit guilty about poverty and stuff but don’t want to change things too...
Johnny Void
From Occupy to Ferguson, whenever a new grassroots movement arises, pundits charge that it lacks clear demands. Why won’t protesters summarize their goals as a coherent program? Why aren’t there representatives who can negotiate with the authorities to advance a concrete...
CrimethInc.
2 min
Congratulations to the United States Govt. for just accumulating $18 Trillion in debt! But no worries let's look at some of the biggest reasons why YOU don't need to worry about it.
My Home, My Land is a graphic representation of much of the Oakland Institute's work on land grabs. Illustrated by the Institute's Intern Scholar, Abner Hauge, this publication dismantles the many myths promoted by so-called donor countries, development agencies, and...
Illustrated by Abner Hauge
Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) prepared for battle. With state-of-the-art surveillance of local teenagers’ Twitter feeds, law enforcement had learned that a group of high school...
Michael Gould-Wartofsky
This week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Internet.org, its marquee project to “connect two-thirds of the world that don’t have internet access,” is now inviting any website or service to join the program. According to Zuckerberg, this change—which follows...
Josh Levy
4 min
A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
70 min
Part III of The Bloom “New Ways of The Sacred” looks at how Transformational Festivals are venues for an active engagement with ancient, universal themes of MYTHOS, RITUAL and THE SACRED, exploring ways which both honor the traditional, while reflecting our unprecedented...
4 min
Iron Age Mystics; is talent and experience combined into an amazingly musical blend of dissident yet melodious rock beneath passionately intelligent lyrics. A band for the times creating music for the people. With a debut album in the works IAM is the soundtrack for the...
4 min
Iron Age Mystics; is talent and experience combined into an amazingly musical blend of dissodent yet melodious rock beneath passionately intelligent lyrics. A band for the times creating music for the people. With a debut album in the works, IAM is the soundtrack for the...
1 min
Entertainer-turned-Democratic-candidate for U.S. Congress Clay Aiken talks to Larry King about headline-grabbing domestic violence cases and says society should do a better job of preventing such violence before it begins.
4 min
Black on Black Crime is the myth that just won't die. Despite being repeatedly shown to be ludicrous, it was still a large feature of the coverage of the Baltimore protests of the murder of Freddie Gray. This video puts the myth to rest.
20 min
Organized by the Earth Day Network and the Global Poverty Project, Global Citzen 2015 Earth Day, a massive tribute to the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, celebrated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., brought awareness to the combined plights of global poverty and...
6 min
According to a Princeton University study, public opinion has “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. One thing that does have an influence? Money. Nearly every issue we face as a nation is caught in the grip of corruption. From taxation to national debt, education to the...
5 min
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow (he knows something) explains the UK general election using what we understand best: Game of Thrones.
28 min
Last year the UK Home Office detained approximately 30,000 people across a network of 13 detention centres. People are incarcerated in these centres for immigration reasons without trial or charge. Many are asylum seekers and other migrants who have committed no crime. They...
On March 26, without much fanfare or attention from U.S. media, the Spanish government ended freedom of assembly. In the face of popular opposition (80 percent of Spaniards oppose it), the upper house passed the Citizens’ Security Law. Under the provision, which goes into...
Willie Osterweil
3 min
One of the world's most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving film illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. Seeds...
Some things are beyond measure and beyond price. No amount of money is enough to compensate for the loss of the sacred.
Charles Eisenstein
9 min
Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price joins Larry to discuss his headline making decision to dock his nearly $1 million yearly salary down to $70k per year, the new minimum wage for all employees at his company.
18 min
American students face a ridiculous amount of testing. John Oliver explains how standardized tests impact school funding, the achievement gap, how often kids are expected to throw up.
3 min
The Baltimore Uprising is a symptom of a much larger problem!
1 min
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill got robbed at gunpoint in Baltimore in the '90s. He confronted the gunman who had come to Scahill's free food pantry. They had a long conversation. Scahill still empathizes with the man and those protesting in Baltimore. This story is...
4 min
"Patriotism" by Emma Goldman, read by Sandra Oh.
69 min
"Mother" met en avant l'histoire de Beth, une mère de famille américaine militante des droits de l'enfant. A travers sa propre histoire familiale et sa rencontre bouleversante avec une jeune Ethiopienne, Beth prend conscience de l'impact dramatique d'une population planétaire...
69 min
Madre Tierra reflexiona sobre el polémico tema de la población uniendo los puntos entre el crecimiento de la población y los problemas sociales y ambientales más urgentes de la humanidad. Esta premiada película vuelve a sacar al ruedo este asunto después de que haya sido...
66 min
Today the word on the street is 'Occupy'. This is how we used to do it in the 90's...
Imagine 5000 people being taken across London by underground to a mystery location and then transforming a motorway into a sand pit, a dance floor, a forest. Imagine radical ecologists...
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In 2006, two of the world’s most celebrated writers, Eduardo Galeano and Arundhati Roy, shared the stage of Town Hall in New York City for a historic evening of readings and dialogue. Eduardo Galeano is a Uruguayan author who died on April 13, 2015. His books include the...
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Radical philosophy professor Chad Kautzer provides commentary to Run the Jewels "Close Your Eyes" music video.
30 min
What If A Solution To Climate Change Was Beneath Your Feet?
Soil is a living universe beneath our feet. As important to our lives as clean air and water, soil also holds a potential solution to the global climate crisis. Increasing numbers of scientists, farmers and...
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2 APR 2013 北京 2013年頭兩個月，北京只得四成日子空氣屬優良。國家衛生部資料顯示，中國肺癌死亡率比30年前上升了465%，且肺癌是發病率及死亡率最高的癌症。這跟空氣污染加劇有直接關係。 某日，換個場地，你和我、他跟她，聚集一起，放眼城市的綠，齊齊換一種方式郊遊去。讓我們以自己的步伐，改變一刻城市風景，重新認識大自然的韻律，為更多人走在一起前，演練更多可能。
15 min
We are in the middle of a growing housing crisis (the UK is in breach of its own United Nations human rights commitment to provide people with adequate homes) which is resulting in a social cleansing of London. This film looks at the West Hendon Estate, Barnet, where over 600...
3 min
Geoff Lawton talks International Permaculture Day at The Greening the Desert Sequel Site in the Jordan Valley (PRI Jordan). Join us worldwide on Sunday 3rd May for International Permaculture Day: In Support of Soil! http://bit.ly/IPD2015SupportSoil
What are modern workplaces doing to people? Umair Haque suggests they are turning them into assholes.
Umair Haque
We the Corporations: Corporations and the Hijacking of Democracy:
Joelle Hervic
5 min
This fun animation shows how reconnecting trees to our city's watersheds is one of the fastest ways to create lasting jobs while rebuilding local economies and preparing our communities to thrive and survive increasing threats of severe weather.
6 min
In this clip from Bill's interview with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (VT-I), he asks the senator from Vermont what it will take to get the "Hillary wing of the Democratic party to pay attention to the power of a populist message." Here's what he had to say:
2 min
Time is Art: Synchronicity & the Collective Dream is a feature documentary film coming 11/11/15.
“Time is Art” is ultimately the story of an artist’s search for inspiration in a money-driven society that shuns creativity, and of the human search for meaning in a seemingly...
8 min
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Paris Is Burning is a 1990 documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it. Many members of the ball culture...
Meat and Livestock Australia has published a series of study guides for primary and secondary school students.
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After the seas have disappeared, a courageous female pilot fights against vicious sky pirates for control of the last remaining source of water: the clouds. The bulk of the film was made using nothing but laptops during a 7-week artist retreat on a small caribbean island.
The history of the world holiday on the 1st of May - May Day, or International Workers Day, held in commemoration of four anarchists executed for struggling for an 8-hour day.
Anarkismo
5 min
We are living historic moments of oppression, to which the people have the right to respond with historic moments of resistance. The Which Side Are You On came out on our Radical Dilemma album, but the time is NOW for the song and the message it represents. It was an honor to...
It's not just a slogan. It's a call to organize!
Stephanie McMillan
We will have to consume less, not more, if we are serious about tackling climate change. So how do businesses like Coca-Cola lure us into forgetting that inconvenient truth?
Stephen Devlin
Many years ago I pitched a magazine editor on a story about Bernie Sanders, then a congressman from Vermont, who'd agreed to something extraordinary – he agreed to let me, a reporter, stick next to him without restrictions over the course of a month in congress.
"People need...
Matt Taibbi
When I told my grandma that I was among a crowd of protesters pepper-sprayed while covering the demonstration-turned-riot at Baltimore’s Mondawmin Mall on Monday, her response was blunt.
Julia Craven
7 min
NOW ON YOU TUBE: KROM RELEASE TALIBAN MAN VIDEO
(Directed by the Mancini Brothers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LLLboqeV6U
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Some of the most popular apps on your smartphone ask for permissions that expose data to outside sources. We asked people on the street to read some of these permissions out loud so we could capture their reactions.