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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World is a 2001 nonfiction book by journalist Michael Pollan. Pollan presents case studies that mirror four types of human desires that are reflected in the way that we selectively grow, breed, and genetically engineer our...
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Five years ago this month, the firm TransCanada submitted a permit request to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would bring tar sands oil from Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The project has sparked one of the nation's most contentious environmental battles in...
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Across the country there is a massive shortage in showers and toilets for the homeless. In San Francisco alone, there are 16 shower stalls for teh 3,100+ people who make the streets of the city their home.
New data shows that many will be paying less for private insuran
Jon Queally
12 min
Abby Martin speaks with Eugene Puryear, author of 'Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America', about how the US became the country holding a quarter of the world's prisoners, the privatization of prisons, and the racial bias inherent in the criminal...
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Abby Martin calls our Rep. Peter King, for grouping all Somali-Americans with Al-Shabaab militants, and calling to racially profile Muslim-Americans yet again. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin
From gated communities in outer space to graphs about who owns the wealth, two new films are giving Americans a window into the issue of income inequality
Chuck Collins
Earlier this month, I had the honour of being interviewed by
Nafeez Ahmed
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Into the Fire is being crowd-released: All over the internet people are embedding Into the Fire on their website or blog. With everyone who participates the audience and distribution network will grow. Are you participating?
There’s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists, then claim to be reassessing such policies after an avalanche of criticism—and then proceed, as it did this
Norman Solomon
3 min
This video exposes the privatizers and profiteers selling out our democracy.
$6,000.
That's over and above our payments
Paul Buchheit
3 min
Abby Martin calls out Judge Gerald Bruce Lee as the day's villain, for ruling in favor of the defense contractor CACI International in a lawsuit brought by former Abu Ghraib torture victims, citing the two tiered justice of forcing torture victims to pay their torturers for...
One young adult with Spastic Cerebral Palsy grew in to adolescence seeing and feeling no way to get medical help for his condition once he wasn't a kid any more. What shocked him the most, though, was the impact he began to see had happened to
all the other adults with the...
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This film is an international combination medical-science and social-justice film made by, and made about, adults with Spastic (muscle-tightness) Cerebral Palsy. The Nerves Of Us allows this age group, sidelined for hundreds of years compared to their baby and child...
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The map, as an innovation, is extremely important. Simply constructing a useful representation of our world onto a piece of paper (or clay or vellum or whatever) vastly increased the capabilities of humankind. But we continue to add and alter this medium, in ways that allow...
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What makes a great photograph great?
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My name is Felipe Carrelli and together with Thiago Carvalhaes and Tobias Rodil we are part of the Occupy the Car! We found a wrecked car on the street of Sao Paulo, and decided to turn it into an aesthetic statement. Passersby joined us, and it turned out a real community...
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In a surprisingly low-key interview, Richard Clarke, former White House Counterterror "Tsar" to Presidents Clinton and Bush, goes on record about what he believes happened at the CIA in the run-up to the 9/11 attacks, accusing then-CIA Director George Tenet and two of his...
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A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, INEQUALITY FOR ALL features Robert Reich—professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member—as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American econom
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Where do you draw the line?
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Peak Moment 200: "Is the world a better place because you were born?" asks author Derrick Jensen. He contrasts sustainable indigenous cultures, who enrich their habitat, with the current "dominant culture destroying everything." He explores how industrial civilization is...
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Bill Maher looked at just how much utter disturbing unhinged hatred there is in this country.
TED is a powerful and paradigm shattering initiative that brands itself with the slogan “Ideas worth spreading.” At this point, we have probably all heard of TED and the short talks given by inspiring people from all around the world to audiences at different conferences...
Joe Martino
A FEW MONTHS AGO at a gathering of activist friends someone asked, “If our world is really looking down the barrel of environmental catastrophe, how do I live my life right now?”
Derrick Jensen
2 min
Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the...
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Guy Debord's classic 1967 text, remade into a contemporary context, with all sorts of visual remixing in the grand spirit of 'the spectacle.' Also includes Marshall McLuhan and John Berger.
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Ecological economist Dave Batker questions whether GDP is an adequate measure of society's well-being and suggests workable alternatives.
In this film produced by John de Graaf of AFFLUENZA fame, ecological economist Dave Batker presents a humorous, edgy, factual, timely...
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AFFLUENZA diagnoses a serious social disease - caused by consumerism, commercialism and rampant materialism - that is having a devastating impact on our families, communities, and the environment. We have more stuff, but less time, and our quality of life seems to be...
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On September 21st, we will draw the line to protect our communities from climate change and show President Obama that there is no turning back -- to keep his climate promises, he has to stop Keystone XL and the tar sands.
We are now within two months of what may be humankind’s most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Harvey Wasserman
I suppose it takes a true radical these days to question the progressive’s sacred cow: Ronald Reagan. You read that right. This paradigm of modern conservatism was one of the most important American champions of gun control in recent decades, and so he has become a convenient...
Anthony Gregory
Republished in light of the recent Naval Yard shooting. - Ed
On December 14th, 2012, a horrible tragedy took place at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut. Adam Lanza walked into the school and fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff.
Some of...
Jon Gold
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When our economy is based on, y'know, stuff ... and stuff is made out of, y'know, stuff we get from the Earth ... how exactly do we think this is going to end?
Ever had the feeling that your job might be made up? That the world would keep on turning if you weren’t doing that thing you do 9-5? David Graeber explored the phenomenon of bullshit jobs for Strike Magazine's summer issue – everyone who’s employed should read...
David Graeber
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Please watch at 720p (HD quality)*** Animated on location at a beach, in snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle. MAKING OF VIDEO JUST ADDED: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkgJ6R0S_H8...
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Vigilante "It's Our Time" (Official Video)
First Single of Upcoming new Vigilante Album "Turning Point".
Directed by Brice Beillant (http://vimeo.com/bricebeillant)
A powerfull mix of Electro, Industrial and Dubstep. #INDUSTEP
All the money raised by...
Preface: Not all banks are criminal enterprises. The wrongdoing of a particular bank cannot be attributed to other banks without proof. But – as documented below – many of the biggest banks have engaged in unimaginably bad behavior.
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The FBI is instructing local police departments and "communities against terrorism" to consider anyone who harbors "conspiracy theories" about 9/11 to be a potential terrorist, in a circular released to local police departments.
The circular thus adds 9/11 official story...
Ralph Lopez
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Machine man speech by Charlie Chaplin in the great Dictator
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The Afghan war has provided NATO with access to control the $200+ Billion opium trade. The war has given NATO a key toe-hold in a geostrategic region, bordering perennial US target Iran as well as providing access to the key Central Asian nations- a vital area in NATO’s...
Building A Solidarity Economy
Under the cooperative model, workers own the business, reducing injustice because they have a stake in the community and because an individual will find it hard to exploit oneself. Workers often buy into their jobs (upfront or amortized), vote...
Sebastian A.B.
Now that public pressure has foiled U.S. plans to bomb Syria, the next urgent step is to build public pressure for stopping the deluge of weapons into that country.
Norman Solomon
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Abby Martin talks to Sheila Muxlow, campaign director of the WaterWealth Project, about Nestlé's massive water extraction operation in Hope, Canada, what North Americans can do to protect this valuable resource from exploitation. LIKE Breaking the Set @...
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Abby Martin breaks down how the Ag giant Monsanto has established a permanent revolving door in Washington, highlighting major conflicts of interest between top government officials who have personal stakes in the company. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet...
Hi. It’s me, Alexandra.
I know I’ve been distant lately. I’ve been avoiding you. After talking things through one night with a friend, I woke up and decided I was leaving you.
I’m 26. We had a good nine year run, but I’m saying goodbye. I didn’t just want to up and dump...
Alexandra Moga
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Sacred Spirit of Water speaks to how we will be impacted by the Canadian government's omnibus bills that eliminate protection for 99% of Canada's lakes and rivers and the Alberta government's potential plan to set up a provincial water market.
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Dokri and her Kondh community live in the remote hill range of Niyamgiri in the state of Odisha. India’s indigenous people know as Adivasi, or first people, have lived in these forested areas for hundreds of years.
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John Stewart ripped CNN apart on Tuesday night's Daily Show for it's appalling coverage of the Washington Navy Yard Shooting - specifically for drawing speculative conclusions in the absence of concrete facts.
Just mute the ad at the beginning. It is Comedy Central's video...
In recent years, Facebook has become an unexpectedly crucial tool for activism. The social media platform allows activists to efficiently connect and communicate with one another in order to arrange meetings, protests and boycotts. Unfortunately, activists who once found that...
Kevin Mathews
4 min
Abby Martin pays a personal tribute to Occupy, remarking on how the movement isn't dead, because shifting the public consciousness is not something that ever goes away.
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Abby Martin remarks on the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, highlighting a recent Reuters poll showing that only 15% of Americans are satisfied with the government's effort to prosecute Wall Street bankers, and speaks with former Philadelphia police captain Ray Lewis...
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Occupy Wall Street 2 Anniversary was held on September 17, 2013 in New York City's Zuccotti Park, Washington Sq Park, Times Sq. and the United Nations.
As predicted days before the UN's Syrian chemical weapons report was made public, the West has begun spin
Tony Cartalucci
Joseph Stiglitz couldn’t believe his ears. Here they were in the White House, with President Bill Clinton asking the chiefs of the US Treasury for guidance on the life and death of America’s economy, when the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers turns to his boss...
Greg Palast
In my unending search for just the right vintage images for our articles, I have looked through thousands of photographs of men from the last century or so. One of the things that I have found most fascinating about many of these images, is the ease, familiarity...
Brett & Kate Mckay
HAPPINESS IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH TRUE LOVE. True love has the power to heal and transform the situation around us and bring a deep meaning to our lives. There are people who understand the nature of true love and how to generate and nurture it. The teachings on love given by...
Thich Nhat Hanh
Here at Adbusters, we see three big tactical breakthrough ideas, three metamemes, that have the power to veer this global trainwreck of ours from its date with disaster. Make no mistake, the crash is a brutal world – a barbarian reality. It’s a happening that none of us...
Adbusters
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Shot on the front lines and meeting spaces of the Occupy movement in NYC, Boston, and Washington, DC from the earliest days through the end of January 2012, American Autumn: an Occudoc is an inside looking out view of the occupy movement.
This week marks two years since I joined a ragtag crew of outraged young Americans in the streets of lower Manhattan.
Justin Wedes
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Indigenous communities around the world resist threats to their sacred places—the original protected lands—in a growing movement to defend human rights and restore the environment. In this four-part documentary series, native people share ecological wisdom and spiritual...
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On the eve of the second anniversary of the Occupy movement, two video activists, have released a 10 minute short film providing perhaps the most detailed civilian account to date of the NYPD’s process of crowd dispersion during mass mobilizations. The video, shot on...
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What happened on September 11, 2001? All over the world, people question the official story and explanation about the events that took place in the USA more than 10 years ago.
Food waste is killing the planet. Here's how.
Kiera Butler
13 min
Abby Martin speaks with former US Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, discussing Iraq before the first Gulf War, his opinions on Syria, why he legally represented Saddam Hussein, and how US sanctions have a far greater negative effect on people than on the regimes of the...
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Abby Martin looks back at the signing of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) as the catalyst for America's global War on Terror, and highlights US Rep. Barbara Lee as the lone voice who opposed the legislation following the 9/11 attacks.
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Abby Martin talks to John Feal, founder and president of the Feal Good Foundation, about the plight of 9/11 first responders who continue to seek compensation for cancers they are contracting at a 15 percent higher rate than the general population.
In his important 2006 book, Nemesis, the Last Days of the American Republic, the third and concluding part of a trilogy, the late Chalmers Johnson, who was an expert on Japan and US foreign policy, writes that as much as 40% of the Pentagon budget is “blac
Mark H. Gaffney
“Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire...
Mickey Z.
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If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children.
Why is the American public so unenthusiastic about bombing Syria? Certainly the case for war is weak and hypocritical
Charles Eisenstein
When something goes right
Oh, it’s likely to lose me
It’s apt to confuse me
It’s such an unusual sight
—Paul Simon
Larry Summers has proven unacceptable to oversee the continued destruction of the U.S. economy. The U.S. public has successfully rejected proposed missile...
David Swanson
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What do you think an environmentally friendly city could be like? Build your LEGO® model of new city spaces to work, play, and live sustainably and write a brief description of your design.
Saint Louis - Previously classified documents reveal new details about how and where the US Army sprayed chemical agents over thousands of unwitting residents of St. Louis, Missouri during the 1950s and 60s as part of a series of Cold War experiments.
Brett Wilkins
Terrorists operating in Syria have threatened to "block" UN inspectors. Any bloodshed will be on the hands of the US who is now openly arming them.
In Reuters' "Syrian Rebels Slam U.S.-Russia Deal, Say Assad Is Moving Chemical Weapons To Lebanon And Iraq," Qassim...
Tony Cartalucci
Take a look at this picture. Do you know who it is?
Liam O'Ceallaigh
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This is a great example of a local business interacting with their local ecology to create something that improves the lives of everyone it touches. I hope it inspires others to use their gifts in ways to uplift society.
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In a world where violence and deception are the news, fear and distrust divide us more and more each day. Yet friendships are sealed online with the click of a button. One man set out to reach beyond the screen, and to prove how social networks can be used to unite and...
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What would you do in this situation?
For almost two centuries American government, though always imperfect, was also a model for the world of limited government, having evolved a system of restraints on executive power through its constitutional arrangement of checks and balances.
Peter Dale Scott
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5 years after the financial crisis, Wall Street grows bigger than ever. What's worse, it continues to hurt everyday Americans in ways that most of us aren't even aware of. This video summarizes 3 ways that happens.
Millenary wisdom revealed that: “what is here (in the inner universe) can be found anywhere outside of us (in Macrocosm) and what is not here cannot be found anywhere else”.
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It might be on a tacky TV show, but ignore the studio, focus on the performance and you will be rewarded with a captivating display of poise, grace and beauty with a finale that's a wonderful metaphor for the delicate balance in the natural world.
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Robert Anton Wilson has some strong words to share about Belief Systems.
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President Obama needs your help starting World War III! Find out how you can help!
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Produced by Chipotle and created by the Academy Award–winning Moonbot Studios - this masterfully animated film feels like more than an implicitly subversive attack on big agribusiness corporations like Cargill, Tyson and Monsanto.
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Abby Martin talks to legendary actor and activist, Ed Asner, discussing 9/11 questions, US intervention in Syria, the declining role of Hollywood's anti-war left and his charity work with his organization Autism Speaks. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet...
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Noah, a short film that debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, illustrates the flitting attention span and lack of true connection in digital culture more clearly than anything else in recent memory. (Warning: NSFW)
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Cambodia is one of the most heavily landmined countries in the world. In many rural areas, virtually all the fields and forest are full of mines. After her husband was killed, An Vi and her eight daughters were left with no choice but to risk their lives cultivating a...
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a comic strip that answers your questions over Obamacare!
Rajiv Narayan
3 min
If you spend most of your day inside, this is for you!
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Abby Martin remarks on how the American political and media establishment has marginalized those who question the US government's official narrative on the events of 9/11.
34 min
"Whitewashed" is a documentary film that explores racism and what it means to be white in the United States.
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"Wrong, Blasphemous and Sinful" is the English version of the Belgian film "Epouvantails, autruches et perroquets." The film analyzes the way the media managed to skip or distort controversial subjects surrounding the 9/11 attacks. The original film in French appeared on the...
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Black 9/11 names the identities of several 9/11 suspects that should be investigated if a criminal trial were ever to be conducted.
3 min
When our daughters or young women look at the screen they don't see a reflection of themselves
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has initiated a number of wars in Muslim countries. These wars, which would be more correctly called massacres, have resulted in the deaths of countless innocent Muslims. In some cases, attempts have been made to present these...
Kevin R. Ryan
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Abby Martin draws attention to five corporations that are profiting from the constant fear mongering that keeps the US at war and has resulted in the slow erosion of Americans' civil liberties.
What Do You Believe?
Preface: Americans have learned in the past decade that our government lied to us about:
Iraq weapons of mass destruction (and here)
The
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