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The system is broken—so where do we start building a new one? Faced with interlocking ecological, economic, and political crises, local innovators are organizing at the city level to develop real foundations for systemic alternatives.
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Instances of racial profiling plague minority communities on a daily basis. Director, A.J. Ali is no stranger to this phenomenon. When he and his wife were targeted for harassment by police numerous times in Howard County, Maryland, he was forced to take a stand.
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Jonathan Smucker explains How to Not Be an Activist. Keynote talk from Personal Democracy Forum 2017
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BlackRock and other asset managers are profiting off of every aspect of your life. It's not a conspiracy — it's an open restructuring of society.
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The vast majority of the world voted at the UN General Assembly to demand an end to Israel's unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months, with 124 countries (64%) in favor, 14 (7%) against, and 43 (22%) abstentions.
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Watch as several organizations move towards a more cooperative future by experimenting with open and non-traditional business models. Among them are a small craft-brew coop, a peer-to-peer open hardware lab and an urban agricultural social enterprise.
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When it comes to the question of how we organise the land we inhabit and the resources therein, we’re presented with two paths: privatisation or nationalisation. The capitalist or the State. But an alternative exists in the commons, and it is no tragedy.
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We need a social revolution to build a better future. But how is that process carried out? What tactics and strategies are needed to fundamentally transform the socioeconomic and political order?
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*click-baity headline*, but read Capitalist Realism! We need to encourage ourselves to go further than we have gone before and push beyond vague, passive anti-capitalism towards the values and praxis that build towards liberation.
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Imagine if such an attack had been launched on Israel. Imagine the response.
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Donald Trump left office with the lowest approval rating of any president ever. But some people now seem to be suffering from amnesia. Let me jog your memory. -Robert Reich
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As the climate crisis continues to accelerate, wealthy governments in the West are clamping down on climate protest. According to a new report from Climate Rights International, demonstrators around the world are being arrested, charged, prosecuted and silenced, simply for...
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As commerce transforms around the new rent-extracting digital fiefdoms, algorithms and AI become a way to transform skilled labor into machine-learning piecework. In Severance, technology is used to "sever" people's working selves from their actual selves, creating the...
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In this lengthy video essay, I outline why I feel that the MAGA movement (and the alt-right) is a neo-fascist political movement at its core. - AJ Rodriguez
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"Cancel culture" and "political correctness" are right-wing phenomena which today are dressed up in left wing language and symbols, and which serve to reinforce relationships of power and dominance between managers and workers.
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The terms "cancel culture" and "political correctness" are used to delegitimize ideas like gender equality and racial equality by conflating them with toxic dominance behaviour practiced by up-and-coming elites dressing up their power seeking goals in egalitarian social...
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If Donald Trump gets back into office, every part of the government will be turned into an arm of his MAGA agenda. How? Project 2025.
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Most journalists and academics don't even know what left and right really mean, or why it's so important to get it right - but you will after you listen to this.
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How can people who don't have official decision-making power exert their influence over those who do?
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Politics is the only practical discipline where none of the basic concepts have clear consensus definitions. This is why everything is so dumb.
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The song that could save America. Share widely.
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The inside story of 2020. The HBO Original Documentary #StoppingTheSteal premieres September 17 on @StreamOnMax.
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This short animation tells the story of the importance of our cultural values and their role in meaningful, durable systemic change. Join us on a journey that demonstrates the need to shift our mainstream cultural values to intrinsic values such as care, equality, creativity...
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Moneyless Society's flagship boots on the ground project is Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid Network, which is just like it sounds: a monthly pop up resource hub galvanizing barrier free access and cascading shared benefit bringing the community together to meet our...
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A Kamala Harris presidency will not fundamentally change the neo-liberal status quo, but what wins can we get?
Vincent Pagliaccio
In the latest episode of ‘Mehdi Unfiltered,’ Mehdi breaks down one of Donald Trump’s most fascistic plans: using the U.S. military to crush dissent. He discusses Trump’s plan to invoke the Insurrection Act to crack down on protesters with former Obama Defense Department...
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The same week France arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the "President of the Rich" Emmanuel Macron stole the 2024 election, refusing to allow the left-wing New Popular Front that won to form a government, instead appointing a prime minister from a right-wing party that got...
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"Trump did try and start new wars, expanded old wars, increased drone strikes, and helped do a genocide in the Middle East."
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Krystal and Saagar are joined by Jeremy Scahill to discuss Bibi sabotaging ceasefire proposals with Hamas.
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This is a bombshell warning. - Owen Jones
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Krystal Ball discusses Israel self destructing their economy amid the escalating tensions with Iran.
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Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez replied to a question on Instagram asking about the Green Party, and had some things to say.
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"You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
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“I’m an American citizen and I was shot by the IDF. Biden, what will you do?” Amado Sison was on a volunteer mission in the West Bank, when the Israeli army opened fire. He tells BT his story from the town of Beita.
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Unlike the Uncommitted movement which seeks compromise with the DNC on Gaza, the Abandon Harris movement believes Democrats must be defeated in November in order to exercise any real leverage. “Do not be deceived by the rhetoric that there is a lesser evil when it comes to...
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For decades, world leaders have said that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is simple: two states – Israel and Palestine – next to each other. But if the answer is so simple, what’s stopping it from happening? And is it even the right solution?
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Elliott County, Kentucky voted for Democrats for 144 years straight. Then, the county flipped to Trump…while simultaneously voting for Democratic Governor Andy Beshear. So what does this county have to tell us about this political moment?
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A secretive, high-tech gerrymandering initiative launched 10 years ago threatens to undermine our democracy. SLAY THE DRAGON follows everyday people as they fight to make their votes matter.
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You Are Being Lied To
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With the recent surprise win for the left in the French elections, some may be tempted to think fascism is on the back foot. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Let's take a look at the state of rising fascism in Europe.
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"Everyone should be hoping for his downfall."
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Narrated by Rosario Dawson. Produced by Martin Sheen and Maria Florio (Oscar, Best Documentary).
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"It was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who just six days earlier had approved sending $20 billion worth of more weapons to Israel. Yet the Biden delegates in the convention hall responded with a crescendo of roaring admiration."
Norman Solomon
This year, the Democratic National Convention held its first-ever panel on Palestinian human rights. The panel came after persistent grassroots organizing against U.S. support for Israel’s assault on Gaza.
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On October 22nd, 2023, James Talarico spoke at his home church in Texas about the dangers of Christian Nationalism.
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Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate! This is the best possible pick—and it’s a decision that’s been applauded by conservative and progressive Democrats. In this video Mike reacts to the announcement and explains why Tim Walz has crossover...
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In this clip from Mike's Twitch stream we talk about potential VP options for Kamala Harris, and Mike makes the case for Tim Walz and against Josh Shapiro.
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Racist pseudo-science is making a comeback thanks to Elon Musk. Recently, the tech billionaire has been retweeting prominent race scientist adherents on his platform X (formally known as Twitter), spreading misinformation about racial minorities’ intelligence and physiology...
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We need a human rights movement that challenges the orthodoxy of market capitalism, writes Peter Joseph.
Peter Joseph
"Schoolhouse Rock" was an American series of animated "educational" short films. They were shown during Saturday morning "children's programming" on the ABC television network from1973-1985.
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The US is once again facilitating a far right coup of the Venezuelan government. BreakThrough News breaks down everything you need to know.
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Yes, this is real.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz represents a midwest state, has charisma, great politics, and has accomplished a lot with just a 1-seat majority. He'd be the perfect running mate for Kamala Harris.
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"They scream socialism? We just build roads, and we build schools. and we build prosperity into this. Their whole plan is go backwards to give tax cuts to the wealthy." - Tim WalzSupport The Show On Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/seculartalk
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Hungry for change? These documentaries light the way by showing examples of people fighting against the status quo, creating alternatives and living a more beautiful world into being.
Tim Hjersted
A secret museum in an art hotel sparks intrigue when it's revealed to be a creation of controversial artist, Banksy. Using art as a form of political resistance, the hotel highlights the reality of life under Israeli military occupation. WALLED OFF journeys through the hotel...
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John Oliver discusses the wave of people claiming there’s a wave of “migrant crime,” where the term came from, and what we can do next.
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Trump says if Christians vote for him in 2024 they won't have to vote ever again.
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Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart.~Matthew Desmond[1]The issue of housing is of fundamental importance that has a direct connection, among other basic rights, to democratic participation. Despite that (or because...