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Holocaust Survivor to Mehdi: Trump ‘ABSOLUTELY’ Resembles 1930s Germany
Holocaust Survivor to Mehdi: Trump ‘ABSOLUTELY’ Resembles 1930s Germany
In this conversation, Mehdi Hasan sits down with Stephen Kapos – an 88-year-old British-Hungarian Holocaust survivor, who was forced to go into hiding at the age of seven, was separated from his mother and father, lost 15 members of his family to the Nazi concentration camps...
26 min
What Is Libertarian Socialism?
What Is Libertarian Socialism?
Libertarian socialism is a political tradition that argues real freedom requires both personal liberty and democratic control over the economic institutions that shape our lives.
Tim Hjersted
The Real Ideology Behind Reason Magazine's Anti-Socialist Crusade
The Real Ideology Behind Reason Magazine's Anti-Socialist Crusade
Reason Magazine presents itself as a courageous outsider “pushing back against socialism,” but its real and consistent function is far more familiar: it operates as an ideological shield for concentrated private power while marketing itself as anti-authoritarian.
Tim Hjersted
This Is the US Empire's New Strategy for Global Dominance
This Is the US Empire's New Strategy for Global Dominance
The Donald Trump administration revealed the US empire's new plan for global dominance in the 2025 National Security Strategy. The goal is to impose hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, reviving the colonial Monroe Doctrine, to move supply chains out of Asia and bring...
70 min
Stupidity at a Scale Beyond Comprehension
Stupidity at a Scale Beyond Comprehension
Militarism must be exposed for what it is: savage, medieval madness.
Matthew Cooke
What the ‘Men in Crisis’ Narrative Hides About Power, Capital, and Discontent
What the ‘Men in Crisis’ Narrative Hides About Power, Capital, and Discontent
Steve Rose's framing of Scott Galloway as a kind of enlightened guide to “the crisis of men” is a useful illustration of how contemporary media systems manage dissent.
Tim Hjersted
A Society Built on Scapegoats Will Always Destroy Itself
A Society Built on Scapegoats Will Always Destroy Itself
If we’re serious about understanding what makes a society flourish - or disintegrate - history offers plenty of lessons. The idea that hatred, exclusion, and authoritarian nationalism could lead to “greatness” is not only unsupported by the historical record - it is...
Tim Hjersted
Mehdi Hasan Pays Tribute to His Late Father
Mehdi Hasan Pays Tribute to His Late Father
Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo’s editor in chief, share’s a personal message after the passing of his father:
5 min
Unpacking the Dangerous Myth of 'Narco-Terrorism'
Unpacking the Dangerous Myth of 'Narco-Terrorism'
Framing “Operation Southern Spear” as a battle against “narco-terrorists” is a desperate attempt to commit new violence using old excuses, one which ignores the security state’s history of creating its own enemies.
Brett Heinz
When Religious Mafia & Rightwing Extremists Take Over (w/ Rollo Romig) | The Chris Hedges Report
When Religious Mafia & Rightwing Extremists Take Over (w/ Rollo Romig) | The Chris Hedges Report
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49 min
Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a 'Toxic Lie' Pushed by Plastics Industry
Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a 'Toxic Lie' Pushed by Plastics Industry
"These corporations and their partners continue to sell the public a comforting lie to hide the hard truth: that we simply have to stop producing so much plastic," said one campaigner.
Brett Wilkins
Did We Watch The Same Movie?
Did We Watch The Same Movie?
Somehow a lot of people managed to miss the point of every movie they were raised on, from Star Wars to The Lion King to Robocop to Beauty & the Beast.
4 min
The Crisis Is Real, but the Story Is Wrong: What Scott Galloway Misses About Men, Power, and Society
The Crisis Is Real, but the Story Is Wrong: What Scott Galloway Misses About Men, Power, and Society
Galloway describes real symptoms facing young men, but his analysis leaves the political economy that produced those symptoms out of view. To understand the crisis, we have to step outside the self-help narrative and confront the system that created these conditions in the...
Tim Hjersted
Public Grocery Stores Don't Lead to Monopolies — They’re a New Choice in a Rigged Market
Public Grocery Stores Don't Lead to Monopolies — They’re a New Choice in a Rigged Market
Critics say a public grocery program would limit consumer freedom, but unlike corporate monopolies, it expands it by adding competition, giving shoppers another choice and pushing private retailers to keep prices in check.
Tim Hjersted
Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide
Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide
The political issue of complicity with genocide will not go away. And that's a good thing.
Norman Solomon
Trump Frees One of World's Worst Drug Traffickers - While Meddling in Foreign Elections
Trump Frees One of World's Worst Drug Traffickers - While Meddling in Foreign Elections
Donald Trump pardoned and freed from prison one of the world's worst drug dealers, the former dictator of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), who was convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine and machine guns into the US. Ben Norton explains how the United States has...
26 min
How Public Groceries Can Make Food Affordable Again
How Public Groceries Can Make Food Affordable Again
Errol Schweizer, a former national vice president of grocery at Whole Foods, argues in Jacobin that the private sector is responsible for ever-rising grocery prices and can’t be relied on to fix the problem. Our food system needs a public option.
Errol Schweizer
Charlie Kirk and the Conservative Death Cult
Charlie Kirk and the Conservative Death Cult
In this sprawling 2 hour video, F.D Signifier argues that Charlie Kirk’s career and death illustrate how modern U.S. conservatism functions as a “death cult,” using culture-war propaganda to justify and normalize avoidable suffering and mass death, especially among white...
118 min
Inequality and the Rise of the Nationalist Right
Inequality and the Rise of the Nationalist Right
Nationalist right parties aren’t winning because their ideas are new or good. They’re winning because after 40 years of bipartisan neoliberalism, people are desperate, angry, and looking for anyone who seems to actually name their pain and offer a way out.
37 min
Why the Russian Revolution Failed: When Rich Kids Do All the Socialism
Why the Russian Revolution Failed: When Rich Kids Do All the Socialism
The leading actors of the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917 sought to establish socialism: a deeply democratic economic and political system where the employee/employer relationship is abolished, and where workers control their workplaces, the means of...
89 min
How DSA Is Building Municipal Socialism in the Nation’s Largest City
How DSA Is Building Municipal Socialism in the Nation’s Largest City
A look inside the strategy, structure, and mass organizing powering the Left’s most ambitious municipal project in America.
Grace Mausser
The Case for a Planetary Identity in an Age of Collapse
The Case for a Planetary Identity in an Age of Collapse
A cosmic identity begins with the understanding that humanity is a single species — sharing not only a common biology and evolutionary history, but a shared capacity for consciousness, suffering, and ethical responsibility. It invites us to situate ourselves not as members of...
Tim Hjersted
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
Robert Reich
Climate and the Revival of Political Hope
Climate and the Revival of Political Hope
A transformation of climate politics will come when the majority on the margins becomes a self-aware political force. The approach sketched here—combining adaptation, emotionally literate education, and campaigns that awaken collective efficacy—offers practical, hopeful steps...
Liam Kavanagh
How Palantir Profits From War and Mass Surveillance
How Palantir Profits From War and Mass Surveillance
Palantir is the corporate Big Brother. The CIA-backed company gets most of its revenue from government contracts. It profits from war, mass surveillance, and even dystopian "predictive policing". Ben Norton shows how Palantir is run by extreme hawks who insist the West is...
29 min
How the Left-Right Divide is Weaponized By Elites to Maintain the Dominant Order
How the Left-Right Divide is Weaponized By Elites to Maintain the Dominant Order
To declare oneself “left” or “right” is to join a moral tribe, often in association with political parties, seeking community and order. The cost is critical independence and intelligence.
Peter Joseph
American Decline in the Fossil Fuel Age
American Decline in the Fossil Fuel Age
By the time Donald Trump leaves office in 2029, this country will be distinctly on the imperial decline. By discouraging alternative energy and encouraging fossil fuels, President Trump is undercutting America’s economic competitiveness in the most fundamental way imaginable.
Alfred W. Mccoy
Trump's Would-Be Assassin's Online Activity REVEALED
Trump's Would-Be Assassin's Online Activity REVEALED
The FBI claimed Thomas Crooks had no online footprint, but Tucker Carlson found his vast internet commentary. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks.
22 min
The Movie Based on Lies
The Movie Based on Lies
I NEED YOUR HELP!
36 min
Giving Thanks on an Endangered Earth
Giving Thanks on an Endangered Earth
​So many of us are now searching for a bridge to the world we need. I'm thankful that we're searching together and for the possibilities we may find.
Erika Spanger
The Dark Side of Gratitude: When Thankfulness Becomes a Tool of Control
The Dark Side of Gratitude: When Thankfulness Becomes a Tool of Control
​Gratitude is celebrated as a virtue, but coerced thankfulness can reinforce inequality, stifle emotions, and keep us complacent.
Martina Moneke
Israel Lobby EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened at the BBC
Israel Lobby EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened at the BBC
You won't see this message aired on corporate news.
14 min
Why Trump Supporters Are at a Breaking Point
Why Trump Supporters Are at a Breaking Point
Nearly 5 million people in Florida get their health care through Obamacare plans.
9 min
Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, I’ll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
Impeachment isn’t an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent.
7 min
Norman Finkelstein: Gaza, Truth & the Battle for Free Speech
Norman Finkelstein: Gaza, Truth & the Battle for Free Speech
Acclaimed scholar & author Norman Finkelstein delivered a powerful and defiant address at UMass, Amherst, on Sept. 24, 2025.
135 min
Let the Canary Sing
Let the Canary Sing (trailer)
Let the Canary Sing chronicles Lauper’s meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. The documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of a renowned and...
2 min
Palantir Executives Sell Their Shares as the Stock Crashes - but They Smear Critics as 'Crazy'
Palantir Executives Sell Their Shares as the Stock Crashes - but They Smear Critics as 'Crazy'
The most overvalued stock on Earth may be that of Palantir, the corporate Big Brother that is getting huge contracts from the Trump administration and helps the US government wage war and carry out mass surveillance. Executives have been selling billions of dollars worth of...
24 min
How Compassion Becomes a Wrench in the Machinery of Extremism
How Compassion Becomes a Wrench in the Machinery of Extremism
“So you’re saying we should just be nice to fascists.”
Tim Hjersted
An Introduction to Integral: A Federated, Post-Monetary Cooperative Economy
An Introduction to Integral: A Federated, Post-Monetary Cooperative Economy
In this article, Peter Joseph presents Integral—a cooperative economy designed to replace both markets and top-down state control with a cybernetic architecture of open design, time-based reciprocity, and democratic coordination. Rather than offering yet another abstract...
Peter Joseph
Trump 2.0 Exposed the Rot at the Top; Now We Must Work to Fix It
Trump 2.0 Exposed the Rot at the Top; Now We Must Work to Fix It
​Playing the long game requires that the rest of us learn from this revolting era—learn why the wealthy and powerful must be constrained, and learn how to constrain them.
Robert Reich
This Thanksgiving, Let’s Feed Families, Not Factory Farms
This Thanksgiving, Let’s Feed Families, Not Factory Farms
​Nearly 70% of the grain grown in this country—corn, soy, wheat, and barley—never feeds a single human being. Instead, it’s fed to pigs, chickens, and cows packed into industrial animal factories.
Matthew Dominguez
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Hot Tub of Death
Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Hot Tub of Death
When a mega-billionaire carps that a “doomsday outlook” is harming the climate movement, it's important to say many things in response, including this: he's dead wrong.
Juan Cole
Why Trump Tried Tariffs: The Turn to Nationalist Capitalism
Why Trump Tried Tariffs: The Turn to Nationalist Capitalism
Trump's trade policies are an admission of capitalism's failures. Perhaps finally enough people have learned the lessons of the past so that we can build an economy that works for working people.
Richard Wolff
NSPM-7: A Blueprint for Silencing Progressive Movements
NSPM-7: A Blueprint for Silencing Progressive Movements
Directing state power against those who participate in movements for justice and equality undermines genuine efforts to confront all manifestations of bigotry and oppression while weakening democratic life.
Barry Trachtenberg
Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30
Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30
"The advance of the extreme right, fascism and wars around the world exacerbates the climate crisis and the exploitation of nature and of peoples. The countries of the global North, transnational corporations, and the ruling classes bear the main responsibility for these crises."
People's Summit Towards COP30
AI Bubble Madness: Why Nvidia's Market Cap Fell $600,000,000,000 in ONE DAY
AI Bubble Madness: Why Nvidia's Market Cap Fell $600,000,000,000 in ONE DAY
The US economy depends on an unsustainable stock market bubble driven by AI companies that are almost all losing money. Nvidia seems healthier, but serious red flags explain why its stock price is extremely volatile, and why its market capitalization dropped $600 billion in...
29 min
Zohran Rises, Trump Flexes, Europe Falls — w/ Yanis Varoufakis
Zohran Rises, Trump Flexes, Europe Falls — w/ Yanis Varoufakis
As the world slides deeper into imperial rot — from Trump’s transformation of the U.S. into a Department of War state, to Europe’s political collapse, to global leaders shamelessly bowing to Washington — a socialist shockwave has erupted in New York City: Zohran Mamdani has...
43 min
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.
Jeffrey C. Isaac
Trump Showers Zohran Mamdani With Love in Stunning Meeting
Trump Showers Zohran Mamdani With Love in Stunning Meeting
Trump absolutely loves Zohran Mamdani. I break down their first public meeting including several clips and the Fox News immediate reaction to all of it.
13 min
Films For Action Reached 3 Million People Last Month Thanks to Our Patron Supporters
Films For Action Reached 3 Million People Last Month Thanks to Our Patron Supporters
Friends, over the past month our posts on Facebook got over 10 million views and reached more than 3 million people — almost double the month before. That's all thanks to you.
Tim Hjersted
Stupa: The Inside Story of Outsider Art
Stupa: The Inside Story of Outsider Art (2025) ($5)
Meet Boinga Bob — an autistic outsider artist whose extraordinary home in Australia has become both a rule-breaking work-of-art and spiritual temple. Exploring Bob’s life and other rebel artists, this philosophical documentary celebrates the creativity of unconventional...
52 min
The 86 House Democrats Who Condemned Socialism Weren’t Defending Democracy—They Were Defending Concentrated Private Power
The 86 House Democrats Who Condemned Socialism Weren’t Defending Democracy—They Were Defending Concentrated Private Power
When 86 House Democrats—including party leader Hakeem Jeffries—join Republicans to “condemn the horrors of socialism,” you don’t need a political science degree to understand what’s happening.
Tim Hjersted
Zohran Mamdani’s Reported Plan for ‘Arabic Numerals’ in School Trolls Rightwing
Zohran Mamdani’s Reported Plan for ‘Arabic Numerals’ in School Trolls Rightwing
Rightwingers, including several prominate ones, completely fell for a troll post about NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's "requirement to teach Arabic numerals in schools".
10 min
The Central Function of Race in America Has Been to Prevent Class Solidarity
The Central Function of Race in America Has Been to Prevent Class Solidarity
From the very beginning of the American project, race has been the primary tool for dividing the population against itself.
Tim Hjersted
Epstein Emails Reveal "Bubba" Bombshell About Trump & Republicans Pretend It’s NBD | The Daily Show
Epstein Emails Reveal "Bubba" Bombshell About Trump & Republicans Pretend It’s NBD | The Daily Show
A batch of newly surfaced Epstein emails sparks Trump’s fight-or-flight mode, a diversionary DOJ investigation into the Democrats, and a Fox News crash out as pundits try to downplay the Epstein files. While rumors swirl about a jaw-dropping degree of closeness between Donald...
23 min
Exposed: The US-Israeli Plan to Colonize Gaza
Exposed: The US-Israeli Plan to Colonize Gaza
Donald Trump vowed to "take over" and "own" Gaza. The US government plans to divide the Palestinian territory into a "green zone" run by Western allies, while trapping Gazans in a "red zone", which won't be rebuilt. The USA hopes investors will make hundreds of billions of...
29 min
Schumer Democrats Can’t Stop Trump. Mamdani Democrats Can.
Schumer Democrats Can’t Stop Trump. Mamdani Democrats Can.
A week after Zohran Mamdani’s inspiring win, the Democratic Party’s centrist leadership proved its worthlessness in the Senate. The moderate party establishment is no match for Trumpism. It’s time to give Mamdani’s democratic socialism a chance.
Ben Burgis
What Is the Opposite of Fascism?
What Is the Opposite of Fascism?
Fascism is not merely a set of authoritarian habits or unpleasant attitudes. It is a political arrangement designed to centralize power: the fusion of state authority with corporate interests; the suppression of dissent; the mobilization of nationalist mythology to bind the...
Tim Hjersted
Why Progressives Need to Be More Critical of Corporate Democrats, Not Less
Why Progressives Need to Be More Critical of Corporate Democrats, Not Less
A former supporter recently unfollowed Films For Action's Facebook page, which I admin, saying:
Tim Hjersted
Self-Determination, Not Goodwill, Will Decide the Global South’s Future
Self-Determination, Not Goodwill, Will Decide the Global South’s Future
The Global South did not cause this crisis, but we are determined to define its solution. In Punjab, that solution begins with clean streets, safe water, affordable energy, and credible finance – all bound by one idea: the path out of climate despair runs through green...
Maryam Nawaz Sharif
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