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From people who live with the scars of having been bullied to families who now grieve the loss of their child to suicide in the wake of brutal acts of bullying, this film examines the reasons why people bully and the fallout that occurs from that bullying.
67 min
Abby Martin speaks to Eugene Puryear to discuss the big picture of US imperialism in Africa: From the Berlin Conference to the subversion of liberation movements to neocolonial puppets and the current sprawl of AFRICOM "counterterrorism."
54 min
A journey through Greece's past and recent history. The everyday life in the epicentre of the neoliberalist policies implemented.
«If Democracy can be destroyed in Greece, it can be destroyed throughout Europe»
Paul Craig Roberts
165 min
Presence / Absence is a two minute video observing simple, everyday actions juxtaposed with the complex world of simulation and gaming.
2 min
Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (Ariz.) office is pushing back against criticism of her Friday vote to reject a $15 minimum wage bill, with a spokeswoman for the senator calling commentary on the way in which she cast her vote sexist. Sinema was among eight Democrats who...
10 min
“We’re all being tempted to be distracted by the circus that is Meghan, Harry & the Royal Family, this is classic distraction stuff” - John Ashton
10 min
What really happens to your recycling.
2 min
This short film uses the story of Richard Nixon’s paranoia to explore how a similar outlook has been perpetuated on the larger social scale by the new media age. Skimming through the evolution of the mainstream media via television and newspapers, this short film comments on...
7 min
Fossil fuels on their way out? Hah! The skeleton CEO at the Fossil Fuels AGM will tell you the truth: even after Covid 19 they're still booming.
6 min
This is a clip from The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013). Watch the full documentary here.
11 min
This documentary chronicles the history of The Farm, America's oldest hippie commune, located in Summertown,Tennessee
58 min
The term "fake news" is thrown around without much thought, but with more and more people losing faith in the media, honesty in news broadcasting is something we need to consider. In this episode, Second Thought takes a look at whose interests the corporate media serves, and...
14 min
The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial.
Chris Hedges
An investigation of 9/11.
115 min
For too long women in general and women of color even more pointedly have been told to suppress their grief and rage in the name of love and forgiveness. No more. How do we reclaim our emotions in the labor of loving others? What might authentic reckoning, apology, and...
90 min
Fourth generation cattleman Will Harris shares his evolution from industrial to regenerative farmer.
15 min
What can we learn about our selves and our environments by singing in place? Six singers improvise in various urban places and in a variety of acoustics to see if singing as a listening practice has the potential to raise awareness between self and environments. In this mini...
28 min
Someone sent me a video on January 19th in which the host, claiming a secret source among the White Hat power faction, said that final plans are in motion to overthrow the criminal Deep State once and for all. The inauguration of Joe Biden will not take place. The lies and...
Charles Eisenstein
The Last Guardians is an award-winning documentary made with the indigenous Sàpara and Kichwa communities of Ecuador's Amazon. Now, more than ever, the global community can learn from indigenous knowledge and wisdom in its battle to conserve the planet. Becoming, once more...
45 min
Ruth Stout was known as the “Mulch Queen” and practiced permanent garden mulching, saving her hundreds of hours of gardening time as she improved her soil year over year. She had a 45’x50′ vegetable garden where she grew veggies for two people year round and said she “…hasn’t...
23 min
There are still efficient ways to produce healthy fresh organic food in a time where most food is being mass produced by corporations in less than hygienic ways. Country farmers and urban farmers explain.
71 min
The Australien Government has made an ad about the new Media legislation it just passed, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
4 min
"One of the most common questions I get on my channel is "what can normal people do to help?" So, here's a video on what you can do to help! Building dual power and getting involved in mutual aid networks are some of the most effective ways to win over new people to the cause...
14 min
Food Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on such topics as organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
79 min
The chaos we see in society is a reflection of the chaos within the minds of human beings. If we wish to heal society, we need to heal ourselves. Our society, and consequently us as individuals, operates on a worldview based in separation, in seeing and feeling ourselves to...
103 min
It’s part of the human condition to run away from pain. Most of us have habits that we acquired as a way to cope with painful childhood experiences or traumas, which unfortunately don’t serve us as adults. These habits can manifest as addiction in a wide variety of forms...
65 min
Veïnes de la Roca del Vallès (Barcelona) parlen de les seves vivències entorn el masclisme: com afecta en el seu dia a dia en diferents àmbits: en l'esport, en el món laboral, en el món educatiu... La diversitat de generacions fa veure l'evolució al llarg dels anys (i el que...
18 min
Amidst mass protests against their US-backed dictator, Abby Martin covers how the US Empire has determined the destiny of the Haitian people for generations.
9 min
Since 2015, the U.S. has witnessed the rise of an insurgent left electoral movement. Not only did Bernie Sanders nearly win the Democratic nomination twice, but socialists across the country have started gaining power – from city councils to congressional seats. But if you’re...
8 min
What is the State's role? How does its theoretical purpose compare to its actions in reality? In this episode, Second Thought considers the role of the modern state and evaluates whether it's fulfilling its stated duty to the people.
14 min
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, about her recent trip to Venezuela. In her first interview since the publication of the preliminary...
Ben Norton traveled to Ecuador to report on the historic February 7 election, which pits a wealthy US-backed right-wing banker against a left-wing economist who pledges to continue the socialist Citizens' Revolution launched by former President Rafael Correa.
16 min
Haitian president Jovenel Moïse has cracked down on a wave of popular protest as he tries to cling to power. While tens of thousands of Haitians have taken to the streets in the face of government repression, the Biden administration is backing Moïse's effort to remain in...
47 min
Abby Martin responds to the outcry against Michael Che's joke on the last episode of Saturday Night Live about medical apartheid in Israel.
5 min
Capitalist realism is the ambient all pervasive atmosphere where it's just sort of implied that capitalism is all there is. It conditions how we view the world, how we work, our social relations, even our thoughts and behaviors. When it comes to mental health, capitalist...
25 min
“These wonderful qualities that bind us together, that reflect our common humanity are unbelievably unbelievable and wonderful to see. And so this is one of the reasons I'm optimistic.” Nicholas Christakis
3 min
“It is our disregard for nature and our disrespect of the animals we should share the planet with that has caused this pandemic.” Jane Goodall
4 min
The "hyper-individualist" mindset runs rampant in capitalist nations, especially the US, where it's praised as "hard work" and "common sense." In this episode, Second Thought takes a look at why the individualist mindset is counterproductive and an utterly absurd way to view...
12 min
From North to South embarks to small island states from the North Sea to the South Pacific which belong to the lowest producers of CO2, yet are the ones most affected by climate change and rising sea levels. Three destinations that share the same longitude, the same threat...
18 min
Brexit was presented as a populist revolution against the elite. But in the years since the referendum, a group of men deep in the heart of the British establishment have been carrying out a coup of a different kind – using Brexit to try and turn Britain into a low-tax, low...
62 min
For the last two centuries progress has been our reason for being; progress has provided us with better ways of living. But progress has also given us napalm, pesticides, nuclear waste and global warming. And progress significantly altered our planet for the long term. It can...
2 min
The Reunited States is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides.
85 min
What's the problem with unfulfilled technological ideas and ideals? A critical perspective on the blockchain and DAOs that offers a better "Future of Work".
Dear Thalia is a film that provides a rare close-up view of one homeless family’s story. Filmed over a four-month period, it follows Tracy and Tabatha Martin raising their three-year old daughter Thalia. The family lived at a homeless encampment in the Kakaʻako neighborhood...
57 min
ESSAYS FROM THE HEART: DANCING WITH BEAUTY (working title)
4 min
Vampires reveal their existence to human beings. The media reacts. In the first half, this film examines the reaction of two media outlets as well as the reaction of several college students, captured by a film student conducting man on the street interviews. In the second...
33 min
We're taught to believe that America is the greatest country on earth and that it couldn't possibly get any better. Let's put that claim to the test. In this episode, we'll compare the US to other wealthy nations using several key metrics: "low-skilled" job compensation...
14 min
Don't think it could happen? Think again... Full 24min Interview.
10 min
Child sex trafficking expose' documentary, Contraland, filmed by the Veterans of non-profit organization Veterans For Child Rescue. V4CR exposes the multi-billion dollar industry of child sex trafficking, alerting the populace on the epidemic and how you can empower and...
99 min
And if you're not mad too...
2 min
Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature. Thanks...
80 min
How our cruel meat production burns fossil fuels, forests and the planet.
3 min
The Gravel Institute is launching a new series to supplement our explainer videos: mini-documentaries on the struggles of workers in our stagnating, highly unequal economy. This video focuses on Chris Smalls, an Amazon warehouse employee who exposed their deeply unsafe...
10 min
By popular demand, here's Second Thought's take on the GameStop/Reddit/Robinhood stock market debacle. In this episode, we take a look at the strange and deeply funny spectacle of a bunch of normal people tanking a hedge fund, but more importantly, we analyze what the...
14 min
Kaba is a short documentary about the life of Kaba Mohamed, a 22-year-old Ivorian who decided to leave his country to regain his safety. The decision to leave his hometown has unleashed many other episodes eventually crossing the continent in order to re-establish himself in...
14 min
Youtube & Facebook CENSORING Livestreams Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Orf Matt Orfalea https://twitter.com/0rf https://medium.com/@0rf https://facebook.com/MattOrfVids
56 min
Journalist Ford Fischer's latest battle with YouTube censorship.
94 min
While millions of people are spellbound by falsehoods, actual threats go unheeded and unchecked.
Jeremy Lent
Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. There’s a better way.
Hamilton Nolan
The Democrats and Republicans have legalized a level of greed and fraud that even heirs of the robber barons thought unsustainable.
Chris Hedges