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Robert Reich explains how expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit would boost wages for millions of working Americans.
8 min
Until recently, historians have failed to uncover the truth behind the war of 1862 in Minnesota. In this movie, filmmaker Sheldon Wolfchild portrays his grandfather, Medicine Bottle. He tells a Dakota oral history of the 1862 war, the hangings of the Dakota 38 Plus 2, and the...
For many of us who actually live along the U.S.-Mexico border, the “Mesquite Manifesto” addresses economic and climate problems by building up industry around the native tree.
Gary Paul Nabhan
The growth of white supremacy and fascism has been noticeable in a number of countries lately, prompting the question: What can we learn from each other? Each country might find “best practices” elsewhere that could be applied at home, in addition to learning from its own...
George Lakey
It’s very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people.
Bill McKibben
I grew up believing that following the news makes you a better citizen. Eight years after having quit, that idea now seems ridiculous—that consuming a particularly unimaginative information product on a daily basis somehow makes you thoughtful and informed in a way that...
David Cain
45 min
The phrase 'Intellectual Dark Web' was first coined by mathematician Eric Weinstein in early 2018, it quickly spread. Was this just a chance remark, or was there a plan? This film explains how the creation of the Intellectual Dark Web was part of a long term strategy, and...
Donald Trump insists that the border wall he wants built will be nothing less than beautiful. He has assured us that the latest version, a series of steel slats topped by triangular spikes, will fulfill the non plus ultra of architectural design: it will be “totally effective...
Sandra Lubarsky
"Either we choose to go on as a civilization or we don't. That is as black or white as it gets. There are no grey areas when it comes to survival."
Greta Thunberg
15 min
David Pakman's long-form investigation into political correctness, including a history of the term, and whether it is too liberally or conservatively applied in modern culture.
The issue before us is death. Not only our individual death, which is more imminent for some of us this morning than others, but our collective death.
Chris Hedges
He stands now, as he did then, as a living force for justice, in uncompromising opposition to poverty, racism and war
Robert C. Koehler
All suffering begins and ends in our brains.
5 min
"Business leaders and elite intellectuals recognized that the public had won enough rights so that they can't be controlled by force, so it would be necessary to turn to control of attitudes and opinions...
Just days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, activists from Greenpeace climbed up a large construction crane near the White House and unfurled a large banner with the single word: Resist.
Christopher Beem
What policy issues would be off the table? What demands for transformation would be watered down?
RoseAnn DeMoro
5 min
Audience Question: Can you give examples of white identity politics?
2 min
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted.
This article was first published in “Bye-Bye 45: A Guide to Bringing Him Down.” Read more about the action guide here.
Onnesha Roychoudhuri
82 min
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107 min
Tears in the Bayou is a documentary that takes you through the madness in the inner city of Houston, Texas.
And we wouldn’t even have to tax the rich to pay for it.
Ellen Brown
6 min
Historian Rutger Bregman found a way to end poverty. Obviously we had to ask him how!
4 min
Robert Reich explains why we must limit the influence of donors and lobbyists on Washington.
3 min
Robert Reich explains why the growing federal debt enriches Wall St. bankers and wealthy Americans.
14 min
In Part II of our series Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin addresses the surprise order from Trump that he was "ending the war" in Syria.
17 min
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.
2 min
More than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most extensive pieces of civil rights legislation, people of color across the United States still are engaged in a battle to protect their right to vote. Voting Matters follows one dynamic woman working...
The latest UN climate talks, known as COP24, have just concluded. The supposed story this time was one of a grinding victory by the EU and developing nations over recalcitrant petro-states – Russia, the US, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. These four, condemned as “climate villains&
Nicholas Beuret
9 min
From Trump in the U.S. to Bolsonaro in Brazil, ordinary people in large democracies are discontented and shifting right, what can progressives do about it? Cornel West in conversation with Sharmini Peries.
I am constantly amused by people who post threats on Twitter and Facebook as they warn anyone within all-caps distance that they will block or defriend anyone who dares commit the unforgivable sin of disagreeing with them. There was a time where debates advanced...
Teodrose Fikre
A network of public banks could underwrite the new New Deal in the same way President Franklin Roosevelt financed the original.
Ellen Brown
19 min
Tomas Björkman is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016), Världen vi skapar (eng. The World we Create) (2017) and, together with Lene Andersen, The Nordic Secret (2017).
22 min
David Pakman's long-form analysis of Jordan Peterson, and more specifically the movement that has been created around him, including its ideology, shortcomings, and more.
29 min
Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author of his most recent book with Greg Lukianoff "The Coddling of the American Mind," joins David Pakman to discuss politics, tribalism, and much more.
4 min
You may have heard by now that Amazon’s new headquarters will soon call the New York and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas home. This decision has engendered much criticism. But the Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson doesn’t think the vitriol is enough.
“We should all...
The US has a surprisingly large amount of public ownership. But in order for it to truly serve the social good, it must be expanded — and democratized.
Thomas M. Hanna
Activism is normal; what’s strange is that we don’t see it that way.
Laurence Cox
8 min
Former US President Barack Obama admitted that the neoliberal capitalist policies he and his predecessors supported fostered the rise of the far-right and grossly exacerbated inequality.
The smartest thing the Swedish and Norwegian left did was to avoid getting baited by their Nazi antagonists into street-fighting and mounting chaos. Instead, they modeled self-discipline and used the disruptive, nonviolent power of noncooperation to force a power shift.
George Lakey
9 min
Incoming members of the US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, have both come out in favor of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement — the first House members to ever do so. Critics, however, suggest that BDS is anti-Semitic and undermines a two-state...
5 min
Robert Reich explains why using the private sector for government services can have negative consequences.
1. The State of the Spirit, 2018
Rabbi Michael Lerner
[T]he biggest enemy of society’s security is the state and the private organization’s belonging to it.
Selma Irmak, member of the Democratic Society Congress[1]
Introduction
Police arbitrariness and impunity are a common trait across the world. In the U.S. the...
12 min
As world leaders struggle to agree on a plan to curb global emissions at the U.N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, Democracy Now! looks at Costa Rica’s plan to go fossil-free beginning next year. It will be the first country in the world to decarbonize its economy.
(Excerpts from the keynote speech given by Professor William Robinson at the Nov 18 L.A.
William I. Robinson
Ted Franklin argues that climate activists must seize the time and get to work on the Green New Deal proposal.
Ted Franklin
154 min
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. It includes six cases of movements, and each case is approximately 30 minutes long.
When we allow ourselves to fall victim to hatred, we are doing our opponents’ work for them.
Susan L. Rhodes and Charles R. Schwenk
As the Brexit negotiations wrap up and Theresa May’s deal is lambasted by Remainers and Leavers alike, it’s still far from clear what the future holds for the United Kingdom. On March 29 2019, it is due to leave the European Union.
Joe Herbert, Newcastle University
An emergency plan to meet the climate emergency
Richard Smith
First, you have to admit that you have a problem . . .
Hi there. If you are here, it is probably because you have come to the conclusion that our political system is no longer “fixable” by ordinary means and that some sort of deep structural changes need to be made. If you...
Jordan Hall
27 min
To Burn or Not to Burn: In Sweden, waste incineration plants convert excess and non-recycled rubbish into energy. The Swedish government classifies this process as recycling, but is this form of waste disposal really sustainable?
26 min
Can we be addicted to ideology? Gabor Maté is an world famous expert on addiction - in his book 'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts' he talks about how addiction is best viewed not as a crime or illness but as a coping mechanism for a personal, spiritual crisis.
Mother Jones would have us pray for George H.W. Bush, who died at age 94, but also for his victims, many of whom, children included, were buried without pomp, or were simply disappeared
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
One cannot serve both the one percent and the 99 percent as their interests are at odds with each other. Although many join for righteous reasons, actions speak louder than intentions. Actions of the U.S. military has always been death, destruction, anguish of the working...
Will Griffin
Neoliberalism transforms freedom for the many into freedom for the few. Its logical result is neofascism.
Chris Hedges
Allow me to begin by stating an anthropological and genetic fact. Any conversation about so called “American” nationalism must begin with the story of human migration itself, which is a story that started in Africa: the one place where all humanity can affirm a shared genesis...
George Cassidy Payne
55 min
In the year 2000, in a war barely noticed outside Yugoslavia, the indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic fought to hold power. He controlled a battle-hardened army, a tough police force, and most of the news media. But he underestimated his opponents, led by a student...
22 min
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45 min
In this exclusive extended interview, Abby Martin speaks with Randy Credico who tells his side of the story on his role in the Russia investigation, his upcoming interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and true nature of his relationship with Trump campaign advisor...
57 min
The following documentary examines far-right radio host Alex Jones, and the affect his fear-mongering and conspiracy theories has had on the public. Also explored is his relationship with Donald Trump, and the numerous contradictions of Alex Jones.
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
“The person who claims the legitimacy of the authority always bears the burden of justifying it. And if they can’t justify it, it’s illegitimate and should be dismantled. To tell you the truth, I don’t really understand anarchism as being much more than that.”
—Noam...
Bruce E. Levine
It was a moment of the kind that changes lives. At a press conference held by Extinction Rebellion last week, two of us journalists pressed the activists on whether their aims were realistic. They have called, for example, for carbon emissions in the UK to be reduced to net...
George Monbiot
10 min
Is Trump Acting Out His Childhood Trauma On The People Of America? Today's video features Dr. Gabor Maté a renowned expert in addiction and trauma - here he is diagnosing Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Obama! Check out the full Under The Skin episode here.
What is happening to Assange should terrify the press. And yet his plight is met with indifference and sneering contempt.
Chris Hedges
"We can set the legislative agenda with a bold progressive vision rooted in inclusion, fairness, and justice. But none of this is automatic—we have to demand it of Congress."
Jake Johnson
136 min
A new 2-part documentary by Reich-Wing Watch looks at the rise of right-wing terrorism in the United States.
121,000 likes and 36,000 shares attest to a powerful story about how change is fought for.
Davis Hammet
"The speedy rise of fascism always seems to hit the world by surprise. Yet what we're witnessing did not begin with the Bolsonaros, Trumps or Dutertes, just as German fascism did not begin with Hitler."
27 min
Is it Spam or Censorship?
6 min
Sarah runs into her old pal Jesus at the polls. With returning guest star Fred Armisen.
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
Cult leaders arise from decayed communities and societies in which people have been shorn of political, social and economic power. The disempowered, infantilized by a world they cannot control, gravitate to cult leaders who appear omnipotent and promise a return to a mythical...
Chris Hedges
4 min
Greetings from Trumplandia, also known as the second congressional district of Maine, which is now polling for Donald Trump. I have called Lewiston, Maine, home since 2001 when I moved there for university as a teenager. I am currently finishing a Ph.D. in Quebec, from where...
Ryan Conrad
"Ideological hegemony is the process by which the exploited come to view the world through a conceptual framework provided to them by their exploiters." - Kevin A. Carson
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Check out the Jimmy Dore Show.
Ever since the Brexit referendum was first announced, we have been bombarded by an array of starkly contradictory pronouncements – from the Leave camp’s now infamous claim that withdrawal from the EU would release £350 million a week for the NHS to the former Chancellor...
Helena Norberg-Hodge
In my recent essay, I argued that power in our societies resides in structure, ideology and narratives – supporting what we might loosely term our current “neoliberal order” – rather than in individuals. Significantly, our political and media classes, who are of course deeply...
Jonathan Cook
I rarely tell readers what to believe. Rather I try to indicate why it might be wise to distrust, at least without very good evidence, what those in power tell us we should believe.
Jonathan Cook
The US government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded.
The report, entitled Testing Theories of American...
Zachary Davies Boren
30 min
John Oliver discusses the ongoing controversy surrounding Brett Kavanaugh, the sexual assault allegations against him, his Supreme Court nomination, and what that could all mean for the highest (mostly-dog) court in the land.
16 min
Read the accompanying 10,000-word essay on his deceptions here, via Current Affairs magazine.
"Elites" aren't accustomed to adversity, being challenged, or having their birthright entitlements questioned. They coast through their prep schools and Ivy League, and slide into their preordained adult lives without ever experiencing the daily struggles of working people...
79 min
At the demise of empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secret jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth is hidden in British jurisdictions and Britain and...
The United States has repeatedly accused the Russian and Iranian governments of using social media to spread “disinformation” and foment chaos. Under US government pressure, Big Tech corporations have banned large numbers of accounts accused (in some cases falsely) of being...
Ben Norton
7 min
When kings went out of style, that impulse didn’t leave with them; it simply found a different way of manifesting.
Peace to you; if you’re willing to fight for it”
– Fred Hampton
The “founding fathers” deliberately arranged a system of governance that would protect the wealthy minority from the majority. Over time, as it fused with capitalism, this arrangement transformed the US...
A dear friend of mine passed away in 2016. He was a lifelong revolutionary activist and quite possibly the most interesting man in the world (sorry, Dos Equis guy). His name was Kwame Somburu, formerly Paul Boutelle.
Two top candidates say Congress should decriminalize unauthorized border crossings entirely, while aspiring U.S. Sen. Beto O’Rourke argues asylum-seekers should be exempted from illegal entry prosecution.
Roque Planas
8 min
Democracy Now! continues their interview with A.C. Thompson, correspondent for Frontline PBS and reporter for ProPublica. His new investigation is titled Documenting Hate: Charlottesville. He discusses how he was there in Portland, Oregon, when anti-racist, anti-fascist...
7 min
Ian Bremmer: The problem is not Trump. Trump is a symptom. If the problem were Trump it wouldn’t be happening in other places around the world. We actually see all sorts of countries, advanced industrial democracies, where people are getting angrier and they’re voting more...
We exist within a system of global violence that forces us into relationships of domination with each other, creates a situation where the material safety of some is dependent on the oppression, life energy is extracted for profit, and human existence entails the destruction...
Simon Mont
Seven decades on, Israel is geopolitically embattled and the Jewish community is increasingly polarized around the issue of occupation. The occupation – Israeli military control over the Palestinian West Bank and the borders of Gaza Strip – is five decades old. Entire...
Benjamin Steinhardt Case
Since publishing my essay Un-Identity: Climbing Down the Other Side of Peak Liberalism, I’ve connected with dozens of other leftists around the world burned out on the hypocrisy and stagnancy of liberal identity politics. Many of us share common experiences of trauma and...
Pat Mosley
57 min
Political power—armed central authority, with states and war—is it part of human nature?
Trump’s White supporters—not immigrants—are bringing lethal drugs, violence, and crime.
Mike Males
3 min
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Police State it's creating, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.