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Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israel Occupation
Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israel Occupation
Appointees by Clinton and Wasserman Schulz resoundingly reject numerous proposals put forth by Sanders surrogates
Lauren McCauley · 42,593 views · unrated
CIA "Concludes" Russia Meddled in US Election, Provides No Evidence
CIA "Concludes" Russia Meddled in US Election, Provides No Evidence
'What we have instead are assertions, disseminated by anonymous people, completely unaccompanied by any evidence, let alone proof,' writes Glenn Greenwald
Nadia Prupis · 25,893 views · unrated
So, Russell Brand Is Right-Wing Now? 15 min
So, Russell Brand Is Right-Wing Now?
Kyle Kulinski covers the controversy over Russell Brand being labeled "right-wing" in a semi-viral tweet calling out Joe Rogan for having a right-wing guest bias on his show in Feb 2022.
The Kyle Kulinski Show · 17,599 views · unrated
What Bernie Skeptics Need to Know Before Super Tuesday 9 min
What Bernie Skeptics Need to Know Before Super Tuesday
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich debunks six common myths about Bernie Sanders' electability, and makes the case for why the senator from Vermont is Democrats' best shot at taking back the White House.
Robert Reich · 17,076 views · unrated
Bernie Sanders Could Still Win the Democratic Nomination -- No, Seriously
Bernie Sanders Could Still Win the Democratic Nomination -- No, Seriously
Tuesday night on CNN, while discussing Bernie Sanders’ landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in West Virginia — which followed a 5-point Sanders win in Indiana last week — Michael Smerconish said that “Democratic super-delegates might have to rethink” their support of...
Seth Abramson · 12,457 views · 88%
Trump is a Symptom, Not the Problem 3 min
Trump is a Symptom, Not the Problem
Check out the Jimmy Dore Show.
Matt Orfalea · 7,056 views · 81%
America's Two-Party Corporate Duopoly 11 min
America's Two-Party Corporate Duopoly
The two major parties aren't as different as you think they are. Democratic and Republican voters are more divided than ever, but that's not the case for elected officials. In this episode of Second Thought, we'll discuss the similarities between the two major parties, and...
Second Thought · 6,287 views · 100%
Oligarchs Are Gaming Democracy | George Monbiot 10 min
Oligarchs Are Gaming Democracy | George Monbiot
"The oligarchs have discovered the formula for persuading the poor to vote for the interests of the very rich” - George Monbiot
Double Down News · 5,682 views · 100%
Why Does The Media Love War So Much? | George Monbiot 10 min
Why Does The Media Love War So Much? | George Monbiot
“They are entirely complicit”
Double Down News · 5,294 views · 100%
American Cartel: How America's Two Major Parties Helped Destroy Democracy
American Cartel: How America's Two Major Parties Helped Destroy Democracy
Cartel: An association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.
Frank Castro · 5,284 views · 88%
Answering the Call 75 min
Answering the Call ($10)
Fifty one years ago, the nation watched in horror as bloody images of police attacks on civil rights protestors in Selma, Alabama aired on television. John Witeck...
4,579 views · 100%
What Happened in Arizona Wasn't an Accident: When States Make Voting Impossible, It's for a Very Clear Reason
What Happened in Arizona Wasn't an Accident: When States Make Voting Impossible, It's for a Very Clear Reason
Arizona residents were forced to wait hours on line in order to vote in this week's primary. Some were turned away.
Bob Cesca · 4,112 views · 100%
The One Thing NEVER Mentioned When Talking About Islamist Terrorism 13 min
The One Thing NEVER Mentioned When Talking About Islamist Terrorism
Let's talk about radical Islam... and who's funded it.
Double Down News · 4,093 views · 100%
Nomiki Konst: My Urgent Personal Message to Senator Bernie Sanders 12 min
Nomiki Konst: My Urgent Personal Message to Senator Bernie Sanders
Filmed at 6pm ET 3/12: Nomiki Konst's urgent message to Bernie Sanders, in the face of electability issues, the upcoming debate, the Covid_19/ Coronavirus pandemic....
Nomiki Konst · 3,802 views · 100%
Race Traitors Wanted: Apply Within
Race Traitors Wanted: Apply Within
A Review of David Gilbert's 'Looking at the U.S. White Working Class Historically'
Colin Jenkins · 3,694 views · 100%
Voters Guide: Use Your Vote to Choose Your Opponent
Voters Guide: Use Your Vote to Choose Your Opponent
This guide explains why "year-round activism + voting" is the best strategy for creating the world we want. Voting alone won't do it, but "year-round activism + not voting" needlessly puts us at a tactical disadvantage. Spending 1 day to choose our political opponents for the...
Tim Hjersted · 3,487 views · 88%
Voting Is a Chess Move, Not the Whole Game
Voting Is a Chess Move, Not the Whole Game
"Voting is a chess move, not a valentine. And here's the joy of being politically engaged all year round every year; you get to work with a whole lot of chess pieces and players and strategies and longterm visions, so you don't agonize over whether this little hop with a pawn...
Tim Hjersted · 3,478 views · unrated
My Son was Shot Dead with an AR-15 in School. I Warned Biden about Texas Shooting - He Didn’t Listen 10 min
My Son was Shot Dead with an AR-15 in School. I Warned Biden about Texas Shooting - He Didn’t Listen
“We don’t need your thoughts & prayers, what we need is our kids”
Manuel Oliver · 3,437 views · unrated
The Media Created a Monster. Now They Want to Wash Their Hands | George Monbiot 6 min
The Media Created a Monster. Now They Want to Wash Their Hands | George Monbiot
"How did this reality TV star Donald Trump become President of the United States?"
Double Down News · 3,430 views · unrated
Why All US Politicians Should Earn Minimum Wage | Francesca Fiorentini 10 min
Why All US Politicians Should Earn Minimum Wage | Francesca Fiorentini
Biden's Stimulus Bill & The History of Failure
Francesca Fiorentini · 3,206 views · unrated
The Victims of 9/11 Should Have Got Justice, Instead They Got War 9 min
The Victims of 9/11 Should Have Got Justice, Instead They Got War
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Double Down News · 2,187 views · unrated
Glenn Greenwald: MSNBC's Laughable Russiagate Meltdown 12 min
Glenn Greenwald: MSNBC's Laughable Russiagate Meltdown
Intercept Co-founding Editor Glenn Greenwald makes the case against Russiagate.
The Hill · 2,185 views · unrated
Trump is Expanding the US Empire 17 min
Trump is Expanding the US Empire
In the first installment of this multi-part series, Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin debunks the notion that Trump is an anti-interventionist president, outlining his first two years of aggressive foreign policy that has expanded US wars and occupations.
Empire Files · 1,990 views · 75%
7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Anti-Progressive Biases
7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Anti-Progressive Biases
Over the last year, corporate outlets have continuously portrayed progressive reforms as scarily left-wing despite poll after poll showing they are broadly popular.
Jeff Cohen · 1,967 views · unrated
Michael Moore, Filmmakers Respond to Criticism of Planet Of The Humans 18 min
Michael Moore, Filmmakers Respond to Criticism of Planet Of The Humans
Academy award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore and associates discuss their new documentary, 'Planet of the Humans,' a documentary that says we are selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America.
The Hill · 1,851 views · 88%
How Not to ''Bern Out'': Ten Steps Toward a Future We Can Believe In
How Not to ''Bern Out'': Ten Steps Toward a Future We Can Believe In
In the last six months, a relatively low-profile senator from a low-profile state has become a national and even global political phenomenon. At a recent speech in the South Bronx, over 18,000 people rallied with thunderous applause when Bernie Sanders said, "We need millions...
Quincy Saul · 1,769 views · 100%
Why Trump Fears Bernie Sanders
Why Trump Fears Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on Bernie Sanders show that he’s starting to realize something that still escapes most pundits: Sanders would be his toughest opponent to beat in November.
Luke Savage · 1,581 views · unrated
Democratic Party "Leadership" Is Upside Down
Democratic Party "Leadership" Is Upside Down
No matter how intense the top-down pressure gets from Speaker Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, we should insist from the bottom up that members of Congress stand their ground for progressive principles.
Norman Solomon · 1,526 views · unrated
Redemption is Within: #WeAreNotBlack #WeAreNotLabels #WeAreHuman 44 min
Redemption is Within: #WeAreNotBlack #WeAreNotLabels #WeAreHuman
"Please don’t let the jarring title of this video dissuade you from watching the video. Within a few minutes you will realize that this conversation is exactly what is needed instead of the conversation that preaches separable grievances." - Teodrose Fikre
1,226 views · unrated
The Irony of the Centrist-Progressive Debate
The Irony of the Centrist-Progressive Debate
Moderates consistently warn that progressive ideas can't win "the middle." But just look at the polls.
Jim Hightower · 812 views · unrated
Mitch McConnell’s Do Nothing Republicans 7 min
Mitch McConnell’s Do Nothing Republicans
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discusses Mitch McConnell’s Do-Nothing Senate Republicans, who have refused to serve as a check on Donald Trump's power or take up the nearly 400 bills passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. Fortunately, voters can...
Robert Reich · 646 views · unrated
Nation "Too Broke" for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion on F-35
Nation "Too Broke" for Universal Healthcare to Spend $406 Billion on F-35
There always another $27 billion or lying around, it seems, when Lockheed Martin needs more money for expensive weapons system
Jon Queally · 16,943 views · unrated
Bill Maher - New Rules: America Isn't #1 4 min
Bill Maher - New Rules: America Isn't #1
Bill Maher points out that America needs to stop bragging about being number 1, and start acting like it. Think we have the freest media in the world? We're 44th. Literacy? 55th. The most free?
vita63640 · 8,505 views · 95%
Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes
Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes
“There’s another word for lesser evilism. It’s called rationality. Lesser evilism is not an illusion, it’s a rational position. But you don’t stop with lesser evilism. You begin with it, to prevent the worst, and then you go on to deal with the fundamental roots of what’s...
Noam Chomsky and Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata · 6,470 views · 100%
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care'
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care'
In the spring of 2009, a Republican strategist settled on a brilliant and powerful attack line for President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to overhaul America's health insurance system. Frank Luntz, a consultant famous for his phraseology, urged GOP leaders to call it a...
Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan · 5,948 views · 100%
Bill Maher on Big Pharma and Healthcare 4 min
Bill Maher on Big Pharma and Healthcare
Bill Maher talks about the need for preventative medicine, Big Pharma influencing government healthcare plans, the abundance of drugs that cure problems we don't even know we have, and more - all packaged in a dose of ironic comedy.
pheldd · 5,436 views · 100%
The One-Choice Election
The One-Choice Election
There is only one choice in this election. The consolidation of oligarchic power under Donald Trump or the consolidation of oligarchic power under Joe Biden.
Chris Hedges · 5,377 views · unrated
Bill Maher's Fake PSA for the Estate Tax 1 min
Bill Maher's Fake PSA for the Estate Tax
In this satirical Public Service Announcement, Bill Maher shows the faces of the 2-3 people who will be affected by the estate tax.
TennisFan723 · 5,267 views · 88%
There Are No Democratic or Green Saviors: Get in the Streets!
There Are No Democratic or Green Saviors: Get in the Streets!
Regardless of the outcome of November’s U.S. elections, what will count most is what happens in the streets. As Frederick Douglass put it plainly a century and a half ago, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did...
Pete Dolack · 2,658 views · 100%
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
DO YOU KNOW what really annoys me about the media’s coverage of U.S. politics, and especially the Democratic Party?
Mehdi Hasan · 2,028 views · unrated
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
Media coverage of tragedies like shootings and bombings is frequently politicized, particularly when jihadism is a factor in perpetrators’ motives. In its coverage of the recent outbreak of conspiracy-fueled far-right wing terrorism, however, many media outlets have rushed to...
Justin Anderson · 1,465 views · unrated
“You Can Have Your Weak Nominee If You Wish” – the Sanders Endorsement Backfires on Hillary Clinton, Empowers Sanders in One Masterstroke
“You Can Have Your Weak Nominee If You Wish” – the Sanders Endorsement Backfires on Hillary Clinton, Empowers Sanders in One Masterstroke
Ultimately, what the Sanders endorsement has proved is what the candidate was arguing from the beginning – that it was not Sanders and his campaign that was holding Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers back. By ceasing to lobby for the nomination and supporting Hillary Clinton...
Saib Bilaval · 310,838 views · 98%
She's With Them - But We've Got Us: a Movement Bigger Than Sanders
She's With Them - But We've Got Us: a Movement Bigger Than Sanders
The DNC and the Clinton campaign joined forces against the 'political revolution' for one simple reason: they knew it could win. And it still can.
Jon Queally · 79,862 views · 100%
Trump in the White House: an Interview With Noam Chomsky
Trump in the White House: an Interview With Noam Chomsky
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump managed to pull the biggest upset in US politics by tapping successfully into the anger of white voters and appealing to the lowest inclinations of people in a manner that would have probably impressed Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels...
C.J. Polychroniou · 50,428 views · 92%
American Horror Story
American Horror Story
I went backstage at the biggest political show on earth- and found America telling stories about itself
Laurie Penny · 20,224 views · 100%
The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
College-educated elites, on behalf of corporations, carried out the savage neoliberal assault on the working poor. Now they are being made to pay. Their duplicity—embodied in politicians such as Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama—succeeded for decades. These elites...
Chris Hedges · 19,853 views · 92%
These Candidates for US Congress Want to Win in 2018 on a Platform of Decisive Climate Action
These Candidates for US Congress Want to Win in 2018 on a Platform of Decisive Climate Action
More than 100 U.S. House and Senate candidates pledge to move off fossil fuels.
Wenonah Hauter · 19,045 views · 62%
The Case Against Voting for Obama -- Even if you Think He's Better than Mitt Romney
The Case Against Voting for Obama -- Even if you Think He's Better than Mitt Romney
Tell certain liberals and progressives that you can't bring yourself to vote for a candidate who opposes gay rights, or who doesn't believe in Darwinian evolution, and they'll nod along. Say that you'd never vote for a politician caught using the 'n'-word, even if you agreed...
Conor Friedersdorf · 10,281 views · 100%
The Real Global Threat to 21st Century Freedom Is Authoritarian Capitalism Not Democratic Socialism
The Real Global Threat to 21st Century Freedom Is Authoritarian Capitalism Not Democratic Socialism
The fascists and plutocrats are not just coming... they are already here.
Peter Bloom · 7,148 views · unrated
What Republicans and Conservative Libertarians Really Stand For, As Explained by an Anarchist
What Republicans and Conservative Libertarians Really Stand For, As Explained by an Anarchist
A strange thing happened during the October 2013 battle in the US Congress over a government shutdown and threat of default. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, denounced the Republicans as “anarchists.” So did Elizabeth Warren, one of the most liberal Senators. As did...
Wayne Price · 6,894 views · 100%
Bernie Sanders Has No Reason to Drop Out. Here's Why.
Bernie Sanders Has No Reason to Drop Out. Here's Why.
The media and the Democratic establishment have written Bernie Sanders off. Others, like Rep. Jim Clyburn, are calling for Sanders to drop out, the debates to be called off, and for the remaining primaries to be canceled.
Saib Bilaval · 5,520 views · 81%
It's Not Just the GOP - The Democratic Party Is Also Imploding
It's Not Just the GOP - The Democratic Party Is Also Imploding
Whichever side emerges victorious, both Republicans and Democrats should face up to a much bigger truth: Neither party as currently constituted has a real future. Fewer and fewer Americans identify as either Republican or Democratic according to Gallup, and both parties are...
Mike Krieger · 4,257 views · unrated
Now Is the Time to Defeat Both Trump and Clintonian Neoliberalism
Now Is the Time to Defeat Both Trump and Clintonian Neoliberalism
"If Trump is the price we have to pay to defeat Clintonian neoliberalism – so be it." — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mark Lewis Taylor · 3,985 views · unrated
As Establishment Lines up Behind Clinton, Calls Resound to 'Let It Bern'
As Establishment Lines up Behind Clinton, Calls Resound to 'Let It Bern'
"The Bernie campaign didn't get this far by deferring to the powerful, and there's no good reason to start now," says Norman Solomon of RootsAction
Deirdre Fulton · 3,897 views · unrated
Corbyn Lives to Fight Another Day
Corbyn Lives to Fight Another Day
Corbyn has survived the latest challenge to his leadership. Paul Mason on why they want to beat him — and how he can win.
Ronan Burtenshaw with Paul Mason · 3,707 views · 100%
As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders
As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders
The corporate establishment has not yet figured out how to defeat Bernie Sanders in the primary, but the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana appears dead set on damaging the progressive frontrunner as much as possible.
Norman Solomon · 3,003 views · unrated
Right-Wing Politics has a New Secret Weapon. Can the Left Harness It? - Jeremy Heimans 7 min
Right-Wing Politics has a New Secret Weapon. Can the Left Harness It? - Jeremy Heimans
The election of Donald J. Trump surprised many, most of all the Democrats. Jeremy Heimans, a political activist and the Founder of the online media company Purpose, explains it simply: Donald Trump won the internet, and thus won the presidency.
Big Think · 2,677 views · unrated
Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement
Pelosi Supports Occupy Wall Street Movement
House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she supports the growing nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement, which began on the streets of downtown New York City in mid-September.
Jessica Desvarieux · 2,548 views · 100%
The Deeper Reason Many Intelligent Progressives and Independents Will Not Support Hillary Clinton
The Deeper Reason Many Intelligent Progressives and Independents Will Not Support Hillary Clinton
The “lesser-of-evils” argument might not work for independent voters this year. Tony Brasunas investigates the real reasons behind Clinton's flagging support. The piece had been immediately taken down from the Huffington Post by their editors, with no explanation given to...
Tony Brasunas · 2,520 views · 88%
Flugennock 20 min
Flugennock
Flugennock  chronicles the art and activism of political cartoonist Mike Flugennock. Flugennock's comics have circulated for more than thirty years. Based in Washington D.C.,Flugennock's marijuana fueled posters have promoted smoke ins, marijuana legalization, protests...
alchemicalmedia · 2,195 views · 88%
Bloomberg Is the Equal Evil
Bloomberg Is the Equal Evil
An oligarch is trying to buy the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination with cash payments from his own personal fortune. If his takeover attempt succeeds, it will smash the party and assure the reelection of Donald Trump. Given their shared interests, we might wonder...
Nicholas Levis · 1,851 views · unrated
With Iran Deal Reached, US Anti-War Base Must Now Mobilize to Defend It
With Iran Deal Reached, US Anti-War Base Must Now Mobilize to Defend It
Campaigners urge US civil society to 'show solidarity' with counterparts in Iran by preventing Congress from sinking the accord
Sarah Lazare · 1,812 views · 88%
A Rejoinder on "The Sanders Paradox"
A Rejoinder on "The Sanders Paradox"
When CounterPunch published my essay “The Sanders Paradox: A Brief for Bernie” two weeks ago, I was hoping that it would trigger constructive, spirited discussion and debate on the left about the Sanders candidacy. With some 1,400 Facebook shares fromCounterPunch, and some...
William Kaufman · 1,752 views · unrated
Social Democracy Is 100% American
Social Democracy Is 100% American
Appearing late last week on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri insisted that Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont “is too liberal to gather enough votes in this country to become president.” Indeed, responding to the fact...
Harvey J. Kaye · 1,597 views · 88%
Socialists for Biden and The Power of Corporate Media
Socialists for Biden and The Power of Corporate Media
While behind in the race for delegates, Bernie Sanders’ policy agenda—from Medicare for All to big tax increases on the wealthy—is remarkably popular with Democratic primary voters.
Jeff Cohen · 916 views · unrated
10 Things We All Lose If Bernie Chooses Not to Run in 2020
10 Things We All Lose If Bernie Chooses Not to Run in 2020
What policy issues would be off the table? What demands for transformation would be watered down?
RoseAnn DeMoro · 902 views · unrated
Why Tim Walz is By Far THE BEST Running Mate Kamala Harris Could've Chosen 24 min
Why Tim Walz is By Far THE BEST Running Mate Kamala Harris Could've Chosen
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...
The Humanist Report · 819 views · unrated
Ending the Empathy Gap
Ending the Empathy Gap
Our aim is a society where people are guaranteed the necessities of life not because they’re sympathetic, but because they’re human beings.
Clio Chang · 713 views · unrated
The Centrist Delusion: 'Middle Ground' Politics Aren't Moderate, They're Dangerous
The Centrist Delusion: 'Middle Ground' Politics Aren't Moderate, They're Dangerous
In a world of competing narratives serving competing interests, there’s always a temptation to gravitate to the political centre ground, the would-be midpoint between two apparent extremes, with its aura of moderation, reasonableness and realism. After all, isn’t the truth...
Raoul Martinez · 680 views · unrated
The Reviews Are In: Conservatives Say the DNC Was 'Disaster' for the GOP
The Reviews Are In: Conservatives Say the DNC Was 'Disaster' for the GOP
Something strange happened on the last night of the Democratic National Convention.
Katherine Krueger · 55,661 views · 62%
Why Radical Leftists Should Support Bernie Sanders
Why Radical Leftists Should Support Bernie Sanders
Leftists can fantasize that they are doing a great service to humanity by scoffing at Bernie, but they’re merely isolating themselves from the rest of the country.
William Kaufman · 30,311 views · 95%
Corporate Capitalism Is the Foundation of Police Brutality and the Prison State
Corporate Capitalism Is the Foundation of Police Brutality and the Prison State
More training, body cameras, community policing, the hiring of more minorities as police officers, a better probation service and more equitable fines will not blunt the indiscriminate use of lethal force or reduce the mass incarceration that destroys the lives of the poor.
Chris Hedges · 19,574 views · 92%
Vote for the Lying Neoliberal Warmonger: It's Important
Vote for the Lying Neoliberal Warmonger: It's Important
An explanation for why defeating Donald Trump—despite what we know about Hillary Clinton—should be the left's primary national electoral objective this November
Adolph Reed Jr. · 13,254 views · 58%
Why I'm Leaving the Democratic Party
Why I'm Leaving the Democratic Party
The Democratic party has done everything in its power to alienate me—and, I suspect, my generational peers of similar political proclivities. Let’s start with the Political Compass. Back in high school, quite some years ago, our Civics teacher had us take the Political...
Germaine Wensleydale · 11,079 views · 100%
Racism Is About Power, Not Unpleasant Sentiments
Racism Is About Power, Not Unpleasant Sentiments
In September of 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis— a man who the best evidence suggested was innocent. On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered by self-appointed community ‘guardian’ George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Then Michael Brown...
Rob Urie · 8,974 views · unrated
Election 2014 Postmortem: We Fucking Did This To Ourselves
Election 2014 Postmortem: We Fucking Did This To Ourselves
Did you vote yesterday? Are you under 30? Well, congratu-fucking-lations. You are among the few and the proud. Yesterday, Republicans swept to what I'm bound by day-old tradition to refer to as "histor
Erin Gloria Ryan · 6,983 views · 62%
Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill
Neocons and Neolibs: How Dead Ideas Kill
Hillary Clinton wants American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world
Robert Parry · 6,527 views · 100%
The Democratic Stockholm Syndrome
The Democratic Stockholm Syndrome
New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for those holding their progress captive
Peter Bloom · 5,958 views · 100%
Criticizing Israel isn’t Anti-Semitic, Here’s What Is
Criticizing Israel isn’t Anti-Semitic, Here’s What Is
Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated.
Sarah Gertler · 4,892 views · unrated
Noam Chomsky's Roadmap to a Just World: People Reanimating Democracy
Noam Chomsky's Roadmap to a Just World: People Reanimating Democracy
Noam ChomskyI'd like to comment on topics that I think should regularly be on the front pages but are not - and in many crucial cases are scarcely mentioned at all or are presented in ways that seem to me deceptive because they're framed almost reflexively in terms of...
Noam Chomsky · 4,377 views · 75%
Dear Bernie
Dear Bernie
Dear Bernie, I am a 28-year-old History PhD from India. Since you announced your run in 2015, I’ve put in hundreds of hours into your campaign efforts: into texting, online activism, watching every CSPAN speech, rally, town hall and interview - in writing academic and...
Saib Bilaval · 4,328 views · 75%
To My Liberal Friends Who Support Israel's War: This Is Not What Defense Looks Like
To My Liberal Friends Who Support Israel's War: This Is Not What Defense Looks Like
According to a December poll, 76% of Democrats and 61% of Americans support a permanent ceasefire. That still leaves 24% of Democrats who support Israel's war on Gaza.
Tim Hjersted · 3,754 views · unrated
From Sanctuary City to Liberated City
From Sanctuary City to Liberated City
In just one week, with several strokes of a pen, Trump unleashed upon the working class in the U.S. an attack not seen in decades. From his attack on the flawed Affordable Care Act to the banning of immigrants from Muslim countries to the explicit targeting of “sanctuary...
Frank Lara · 3,462 views · 38%
The Age of the Demagogues
The Age of the Demagogues
The increase in nihilistic violence such as school shootings and Friday’s lethal assault on a Planned Parenthood clinic, the frequent executions of poor people of color by police, and the rise of thuggish demagogues such as Donald Trump are symptoms of the collapse of our...
Chris Hedges · 3,287 views · 100%
Liberal Groups Aim to Take Back the Occupy Movement
Liberal Groups Aim to Take Back the Occupy Movement
Occupiers from occupations all over the United States are headed to Washington, DC, for three days of action that are being organized under the banner, “Take Back the Capitol.” They are driving from Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and other cities to the...
Kevin Gosztola · 3,248 views · unrated
A Biden Nomination Means a Second Trump Term
A Biden Nomination Means a Second Trump Term
I remember when I began to feel dread that Donald Trump would win in 2016. It was when I saw Hillary Clinton shimmy in the first Presidential debate. Trump was managing to attack her from both the left and right while scoring laugh lines, and Clinton met his comically...
Paul Waters-Smith · 2,901 views · unrated
Fact-Checking the Democratic Party Platform
Fact-Checking the Democratic Party Platform
Much hay was made of Paul Ryan's dishonesty when he accepted the Republican Party's nomination for vice president last week in Tampa. Suddenly, everyone was very excited about fact-checking. Predictably, the same scrutiny has not been applied to the recently released...
J.A. Myerson · 2,534 views · unrated
Chomsky Describes US Domestic Policy in Two Words: 'Pure Savagery'
Chomsky Describes US Domestic Policy in Two Words: 'Pure Savagery'
Cuts to food stamps and jobless benefits predictable result of 'neoliberal assault' on American people As Congress decides this week whether to re-institute emergency jobless benefits for millions of Americans and closes in on negotiations for a Farm Bill that could see...
Jacob Chamberlain · 2,189 views · 88%
What a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Look Like
What a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Look Like
We have a decade to transform the US economy to stave off climate catastrophe, and Bernie Sanders has the only agenda to do so and the only mobilization strategy to get it done. No plan for a better future is worthwhile if environmental crisis renders our future unimaginably...
Daniel Denvir · 1,996 views · unrated
It Is Clear the Establishment and Corporate Media Would Prefer Trump Reelection to President Bernie Sanders
It Is Clear the Establishment and Corporate Media Would Prefer Trump Reelection to President Bernie Sanders
"One of Sanders' campaign slogans is 'Not me. Us.' That thought literally needs to become reality if Sanders is to address the challenges that await him."
William Grover · 1,905 views · unrated
Noam Chomsky: Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
Noam Chomsky: Sanders Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements
The impeachment trial of Donald Trump for power abuses is winding down, with his acquittal all but ensured when the Senate reconvenes on Wednesday to vote on the articles of impeachment. Yet, his real crimes continue to receive scant attention, and it is Sen. Bernie Sanders...
C.J. Polychroniou · 1,722 views · unrated
It's Media—Not Bernie Sanders—That Have an Antisemitism Problem
It's Media—Not Bernie Sanders—That Have an Antisemitism Problem
Have you heard the news? Democratic presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders is antisemitic. Yes, yes, he’s Jewish, and has a long history of anti-racist activism—but that doesn’t matter.
Alan Macleod · 1,181 views · unrated
How the Trump Regime Was Manufactured by a War Inside the Deep State
How the Trump Regime Was Manufactured by a War Inside the Deep State
A systemic crisis in the global Deep System has driven the violent radicalization of a Deep State faction
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism 78 min
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism pulls back the curtain on Fox News, revealing how it built a media empire on spin, fear, and partisan propaganda. Through insider accounts and damning footage, the film exposes how "fair and balanced" was always a marketing...
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Three Next Steps in the Political Revolution
Three Next Steps in the Political Revolution
Bernie Sanders can't do it alone.
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Why Do We Focus on the Gleaming Bombs, Not the Aftermath?
Why Do We Focus on the Gleaming Bombs, Not the Aftermath?
"Perhaps our whole fucked up attitude to war comes from only ever seeing our missiles taking off, only ever seeing our soldiers setting out."
Frankie Boyle · 8,828 views · 91%
The Oligarchy Knows Class Warfare Is the Real Fight—Why Don't Liberals?
The Oligarchy Knows Class Warfare Is the Real Fight—Why Don't Liberals?
The Democrats and Republicans have legalized a level of greed and fraud that even heirs of the robber barons thought unsustainable.
Chris Hedges · 8,212 views · unrated
How Talk Of Income Inequality is Scaring the Upper Class
How Talk Of Income Inequality is Scaring the Upper Class
NEW YORK — The co-founder of one the nation’s oldest venture capital firms fears a possible genocide against the wealthy. Residents of Manhattan’s tony Upper East Side say the progressive mayor didn’t plow their streets as a form of frosty revenge. And the co-founder of Home...
Ben White · 5,229 views · unrated
Bernie Sanders Is a Once in a Lifetime Presidential Candidate. The Time Is Now.
Bernie Sanders Is a Once in a Lifetime Presidential Candidate. The Time Is Now.
In a world of American media displaying never-ending coverage of ISIS beheadings, how many politicians say "I'll be damned" if Americans lead the fight against ISIS?
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Why Sanders Supporters Should Not Let Democratic Primary Demoralize Them
Why Sanders Supporters Should Not Let Democratic Primary Demoralize Them
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was expected to do very well in the five primaries on April 26, but after the results, Bernie Sanders and his supporters face a critical moment in the election as the campaign fights for every possible delegate on the way to...
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