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What is Populism? 6 min
James Butler examines the term Populism on this episode of Terms of Engagement.
Republican Fight to Criminalize Protest Tactics 5 min
Since the beginning of 2017, Republicans in over 18 states have proposed bills that would criminalize certain protest tactics. In Missouri, lawmakers want to make it illegal to wear masks, and in Tennessee, lawmakers want to give legal protections to drivers who hit...
Hooded: A Multimedia Project to Challenge and Change How Young Black Men Are Portrayed 3 min
Photographer Myles Loftin created a multimedia project that humanizes and decriminalizes the societal image of black boys and black men dressed in hoodies.
The Edible Bus Stop: Community Gardens From Neglected Sites 2 min
The Edible Bus Stop transforms neglected sites across London's bus network into valuable community growing spaces. Originating as a guerilla garden project adjacent to a bus stop in South London, we transform once-forgotten spaces into thriving neighbourhood hubs that are...
Escape From Syria - Faiza's Story 5 min
After visiting Jordan last year I interviewed a Syrian Refugee who fled across the border from Syria with her two children. I asked her young children to draw pictures of their journey. This animation takes inspiration from the children's drawings and uses the voice-over of...
Muslims This, ISIS That 3 min
This powerful spoken word by Hussam Ahmad urges people to look beyond the narratives being spun by the media and politicians.
Visit Hawai'i - The Occupied State 2 min
The US Government just released this tourism ad for Hawai'i and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Musician Macka B. Schools Us on Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet 4 min
Medical Mondays have become an internet sensation, Macka.B dropping bars about the Health benefits of Vegan Foods. This compilation video features 4 episodes, including the now famous cucumber, followed by herbal teas, pumpkin seeds and okra.
Love is Not Something That You Do - It is Something That You Can Become 1 min
Are you the longing for love? Watch the video to know more about love and longing for it.
Stressed out? This Weird, Relaxing And Life-Affirming Video May Be Just What You Need 3 min
Having a bit of a grumpy day? "Hi Stranger," by Kirsten Lepore, offers a surreal, uplifting and intimate experience that may leave you feeling relaxed as much as puzzled. With so much going on in the world today, little videos like these are a nice reminder of the other side...
MP Says Government is Intentionally Making People Destitute to Prevent Organised Opposition 2 min
Mhairi Black says the Tories' system of benefit sanctions is designed to victimise the most vulnerable in society. The SNP MP says the regime costs more to administer than it saves, makes those using it more likely to fall into hardship - and shifts blame from those who...
Sticky - Beautiful Animated Tale About a Remarkable Insect 19 min
Exiled from the tropical paradise where they evolved, a tiny population of remarkable stick insects dodged extinction by hiding under a single windswept bush on the world's tallest sea stack for 80 years. Thanks to a dedicated team of scientists they're now living safely in...
Bright Spots - Stunning Animated Exploration of Island Conservation 8 min
A poetic portrait of scientist Nick Holmes and his work preventing extinctions on islands. Part nature documentary, part fairy tale and chock full of blindingly beautiful, big-hearted science. Narrated by Nick Holmes from Island Conservation.
4 Essential Self-Defense Moves Every Woman Should Know 2 min
Trish Hoffman has made it her goal to teach women how to feel safe and prepared, no matter what. In the video above, she demonstrates how a woman can defend herself against an attacker in three specific scenarios.  There's no way of knowing how strong your attacker may be...
Breaking Taboos Around Men's Mental Health 9 min
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. Jamal Edwards, founder of film-making company SBTV, asks why so many men are taking their own lives, and whether society's stereotypes of masculinity have stopped men from seeking help with depression.
Thousands Take to the Streets of London to Stand Against Racism 2 min
On Saturday 18th March, the UN day against racism, 30,000 people marched against racism in London.
Peggy Orenstein: What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure 17 min
Why do girls feel empowered to engage in sexual activity but not to enjoy it? For three years, author Peggy Orenstein interviewed girls ages 15 to 20 about their attitudes toward and experiences of sex. She discusses the pleasure that's largely missing from their sexual...
Tamera - Taste of a New Culture 52 min
Tamera is an extraordinary intentional community in Portugal. A model for regional autonomy in energy and food, it is focused on creating a truly peaceful society, working harmoniously with nature. This short film looks at the many projects that have transformed the arid...
How to Be a Friend to Yourself 4 min
The person we may find it hardest to be kind and sympathetic to is, surprisingly, ourselves. Yet being a friend to ourselves provides the only viable basis for living an emotionally fulfilled life.
Kandi Mossett Explains the Intersectional Issues Around Standing Rock 4 min
Adapted from the feature documentary Not Without Us, Kandi Mossett from the Indigenous Environmental Network talks about the health, environmental and social impacts of extractive industries on indigenous communities.
Fukushima: Coming Home to a Nuclear Wasteland 22 min
Fukushima residents are grappling with a choice: return and rebuild their broken community, or stay away.
How Poaching Is Changing the Face of African Elephants 5 min
Elephants and their ancestors have roamed the African continent for millions of years. They are the largest land animals on earth and can live up to 70 years. Elephants are profoundly intelligent and social creatures. They have trunks that serves as their nose, arm, and...
George Monbiot on Neoliberalism: "A Self-Serving Racket" 2 min
An interview covering neoliberalism, migration, Brexit, Trump, community-building, climate change, democracy, power, globalization, and lots more.
Politica Recuperada. 10 min
Mientras las tecnologías digitales están cambiando todo, seguimos teniendo instituciones políticas del siglo XIX. Sin embargo, en los márgenes del poder actual, crece un movimiento que escapa de las trincheras ideológicas tradicionales, para dar cuerpo a otra forma de hacer...
Abby Martin Exposes Steve Bannon 26 min
Steve Bannon has been propelled over the last year from fringe media outlier to top propagandist of the U.S. Empire as Trump's Chief Strategist. From his Wall Street roots and apocalyptic film career to his cultivation of alt-right bigots at Breitbart News, Abby Martin...
Dear Europe - A Call To Vote for Unity, Against Authoritarianism 2 min
Dear Europe is a collaborative video about the upcoming European elections and how lessons gleaned from Brexit and Trump, might relate. The piece was made by artists who call the US and the UK home. Turn on closed captions for French, Dutch and German and Italian!
Ireland's Forgotten Mixed-Race Child Abuse Victims 15 min
Rosemary Adaser was one of many mixed-race children considered illegitimate who was brought up in institutions run by the Catholic church in Ireland between the 1950s and 1970s. She tells of the abuse and racist treatment she suffered, and returns to her school in Kilkenny...
How to Deal With a Racist Friend: Russell Brand the Trews 8 min
In today's Trews I respond to your comments on various subjects.
Moving the Giants - An Urgent Plan to Save the Planet 11 min
David Milarch is an arborist from central Michigan. In 1991, Milarch had a near death experience that inspired a personal quest – to archive the genetics of the world's largest trees before they're gone and to replant global forests to fight climate change. This is the story...
Trump’s 10 Steps for Turning Lies into Half-Truths (and What We Can Do About It) 2 min
Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal’s editor-in-chief insisted that the Wall Street Journal wouldn’t label Trump’s false statements as “lies.” Lying, said the editor, requires a deliberate intention to mislead, which couldn’t be proven in Trump’s case.
This is the Most Detailed Map of the Universe to Date 4 min
Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. But scientists have struggled to define exactly where one supercluster ends and another begins. Now, a team based in Hawaii has come up with a new technique...
What I Wish I'd Told You on International Women's Day 6 min
"I'm trying to find a way to translate my experience, so you can relate, but I'm waiting... waiting for the moment you stopped listening."
Richard Wolff Explains How & Why Bankers Want You to Stay Indebted Forever 14 min
In this interview with Professor of Economics Emeritus (University of Massachusetts) and founder of Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff talks about bankruptcy protection, debt jubilee, students debt and the function that a credit system serves in our society today.
Life Inside Islamic State 16 min
In January 2014 a brutal new Jihadist group swept through Syria and set up its capital in Raqqa in the east of the country.
Childless: Why Is Society so Frightened of Women Without Children? 3 min
The proportion of women not having children before the menopause has reached a record high in the last decade. Here, women from the UK, France and Spain discuss the taboo of childlessness that they say comes from a dated societal structure - and celebrate International...
Austerity Is a Feminist Issue 2 min
Women are massively more affected by budget cuts than men, says the Labour peer. They are more likely to be single parents, earn less and work part time than their male counterparts. She argues the government must replace ‘gender-neutral’ budgeting with economic policies that...
Tucker Carlson Interviewing Bill Nye Is Like Watching a Turkey Trying to Operate an iPad 9 min
Bill Nye is interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News to talk about climate change and research to identify the cause of the cognitive dissonance in those who deny the evidence that the current rate of climate change is man-made. What happens is an object lesson in media...
There's Too Many of These Crows - A Short Film About Aggression and Escalation 4 min
Humans and birds are having a difficult time co-existing, as a confrontation in an open field spirals out of control.
Israeli Army Vet's Exposé - "I Was the Terrorist" 28 min
In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City. Eran Efrati spent years as a sergeant and combat soldier in the Israeli military, but has since become an outspoken critic of the...
‘World’s Happiest Man’ Has A Plea: Treat Animals With Compassion 2 min
Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is asking for people to be more compassionate toward animals.
Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in News 2 min
Palestinian academic Edward Said’s (1935-2003) book ‘Orientalism’ showed how the West had the power to represent the colonial ‘other’ - while at once leaving them voiceless.
Digital Prophecies: The Medium Is the Message 2 min
In the 1960s, way before anybody had ever tweeted, Facebook Live-d or sent classified information to WikiLeaks, one man made a series of pronouncements about the changing media landscape. His name was Marshall McLuhan and you've probably heard his most quoted line: "The...
How to Read the Signs in the News 3 min
Roland Barthes The work of French philosopher Roland Barthes (1915-1980) is difficult, slippery, whimsical - it calls on us to read the world around us as a series of texts. He would have seen the TV screen as a cultural text - there to be read, interpreted, decoded.
Nine Legendary Activists Share Lessons On How To Win Social Change 15 min
Whether it's 1966 or 2016, one thing that hasn't changed much is how people organise and campaign for social and political advancement. Amidst rising political and social division, newsPeeks spoke with Noam Chomsky, Kathleen Cleaver, Devon Thomas, Angela Phillips, Erin...
The Wizard of Oz Could Be A Subversive Critique of Capitalism 5 min
In his introduction to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children's story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is it possible that this much-loved...
Stuart Hall: Race, Gender, Class: The Politics of News 3 min
Known as the ‘Godfather of Multiculturalism’, Stuart Hall (1932-2014) gave us tools to understand how representation is always imbued with ideology - and how to resist.
Edward Snowden on Donald Trump, Obama's Presidency, Activism & Liberty & His Life in Exile 22 min
In our interview with NSA-whistleblower, activist and human rights advocate, Edward Snowden, we talk to him about the history of intelligence agencies, notable whistleblowers, the role of politicians and whether he thinks that Donald Trump will misuse the power of the...
Incredible Animation Summarises Noam Chomsky's 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine 5 min
For decades, Noam Chomsky has been the agent provocateur when it comes to critiquing the US mainstream media. He co-authored ‘Manufacturing Consent’, a seminal work on mainstream journalism and its role in the mechanics of power.
Hawaiians Tell the Story of U.S. Imperialism and Land Grabbing That Continues to This Day 18 min
This three-part series reports on native Hawaiians fight for land and the movement for sovereignty from the U.S.
Take a Tour of Banksy's Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem 12 min
It's billed as the hotel with "the worst view in the world". The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem has opened its doors, packed with art works by Banksy.
Israeli Comedian Gets Serious in Final Monologue: Wake up and Smell the Apartheid 6 min
In Last Monologue, Israeli Comedy Show Host Implores Israelis to Wake Up and Smell the Apartheid. Asaf Harel's scathing indictment of Israeli society has gone viral. You can read more here.
'Worst view in the world': Banksy Opens Hotel Overlooking Bethlehem Wall 1 min
British street artist Banksy unveils his new Walled Off hotel on Friday. The 10-room establishment is situated next to the Israeli barrier wall at Bethlehem. Banksy hopes it will spark a dialogue and attract younger visitors from Tel Aviv while also creating jobs in the area.
Jon Stewart Returns to Urge the Media to Break Up With Trump 10 min
Worried that the mainstream media's breakup with President Trump has reporters feeling blue, Jon Stewart stops by with relationship advice.
Reimagine Work: Baking Without a Boss 3 min
"So much in society we are bombarded with a competitive approach and it is about reimagining that and reworking it!" A glimpse into the working lives of people from the Leeds Bread Co-op who can't imagine having a boss and are bringing the values of democracy, equality and...
Russell Brand Brilliantly Picks Apart Media Manipulation and Islamophobia 9 min
A look at Lindsay Lohan's recent appearance on Good Morning Britain and how she was quizzed about her faith.
Tulsi Gabbard Speaks Out Against the Regime Change War in Syria 6 min
There is no denying that interventionist wars that were propagated as necessary to relieve human suffering, have actually increased human suffering in those countries — many times over. We must understand the consequences of this destructive policy, end our counterproductive...
Bill Hicks Reminds Us Life is Just a Ride 2 min
Revelations is Bill Hicks' last special ever, taped in 1992, and features him at the height of his genius. Recorded at the Dominion Theatre in London, Bill Hicks opens our eyes and minds to the hypocrisy and ludicrousness of the world around us.
Sikh-American Valarie Kaur Offers a Powerful Reframing of This Moment in History 4 min
Sikh-American civil rights advocate Valarie Kaur's plea to her country in the times of Dona
Video Shows Shell Knew About The Dangers of Climate Change 25 Years Ago 2 min
In 1991, Shell produced a public documentary on global warming called Climate of Concern. It warned that trends in global temperatures raised serious risks of famines, floods and climate refugees. But in the quarter century since, Shell has continued to invest heavily in...
How the BBC Makes The Most Incredible Wildlife Films in the World 24 min
A look at how technology has evolved to bring us the extraordinary scenes seen on Planet Eart II.
The West Was Built on Racism. It's Time We Faced That 2 min
Dead white men are revered by many as responsible for the advancement of civilisation, says sociology professor Kehinde Andrews. But, he argues, this so-called progress came at the expense of millions of people of colour. Global inequality is not an accident, he argues – it...
Chris Hedges & Abby Martin - Trump, Fascism & the Christian Right 26 min
For the first time in modern history, a fringe wing of Christian extremists have obtained the highest seats of power in the US government—from Mike Pence to Betsy DeVos. This new development is coupled with the emergence of the Alt Right, the Trump movement, and the rise of...
Existing Is Resisting - How Farmers Are Resisting GM Crops 5 min
This animation illustrates the myriad practices of everyday resistance that have to be carried out by non-GM producers to try and avoid the spread of genetically modified (GM) maize and the burdens of GM contamination. It is based on the academic paper: Herrero, A....
4.1 Miles 21 min
Kyriakos Papadopoulos is a 41-year old local captain of the Greek Coast Guard. He has two wonderful young daughters Vivi and Melissa, and before the refugee crisis exploded in 2014, he had a “normal” life. Lesbos was a small peaceful island and is job involved routine border...
7 Signs of Tyranny 2 min
Consider yourself warned.
How to Be a Great Listener 5 min
There’s so much talking going on in the world with everyone trying to get their opinions and stories heard, but not a whole lot of listening. Yet, when we listen, we learn and we connect.  We discover new information and fresh things about other people.  Listening is a vital...
MLK Stands With Standing Rock (#NoDAPL) 3 min
Martin Luther King's words are as relevant as ever, highlighting the many parallels between the civil rights movement of the 60’s and the NoDAPL movement of the present. #NoDAPL
Saramurillo, Justice for Peru's Amazonian Peoples? 9 min
This short film tells the story of the recent indigenous mobilization at Saramurillo in the Northern Peruvian Amazon and shares the voices of indigenous peoples who united in this ongoing struggle for their rights, and for the protection of the water, land and life itself...
The London Anarchist Group Squatting Mansions to Fight Homelessness 6 min
London squatting activists ANAL (Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians) are squatting empty multi-million pound buildings and opening them up to the homeless.
Where the Term "Redneck" Came From 15 min
If you don't know this story, you'll never look at the word the same again.  This is just a window into the sometimes shocking, subversive and untold history of the United States, from the film Plutocracy by Scott Noble. Watch the full documentary online here (free).
Redneck Revolt Presents: A Message to the Patriot Movement 6 min
Over the past few weeks, Redneck Revolt has been communicating with a former member of a III% Patriot Militia based out of Ohio. Peter made contact with our organization after questioning the basis for an upcoming operation that his local militia group was asked to be...
Artificial Ethics and the Search for Intelligence 5 min
How Comedy Can Disarm Bullies 3 min
As long as you're funny, it can get you out of almost anything - even getting mugged, as co-founder of Between Two Ferns Scott Aukerman recounts. Unfortunately, not everyone out there is funny, although some people believe they are, and this is usually when you get...
Abby Martin Interviews President Correa on His Legacy & Critics 19 min
After 10 years and three terms, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa's time in office has ended. Under his administration Ecuador made far-reaching economic and social gains, despite having inherited a country on the brink of collapse. In one of his last interviews before...
"The Myth of Time" - Martin Luther King Jr. 3 min
Excerpt from MLK Jr.'s last sermon, "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution". Delivered at The National Cathedral on March 31, 1968 (4 days prior to his assassination)
The Price of Certainty 7 min
It’s alarming to see how polarized politics have become in the United States. The wider the gulf grows, the more people seem to be certain that the other side is wrong. Certainty can be a dangerous thing. Two years ago, I met the social psychologist Arie Kruglanski while...
Hans Rosling Brilliantly Explains Complexity of Population and Resource Issues Using Simple Tools 3 min
Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions. The challenge for the world is to get everyone out of extreme poverty and get the richest people to use less fossil...
Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance 5 min
In the small town of Oxford, Kane and Fiona Hogan have transformed their urban 1/2-acre property into abundant veggie gardens. Their business Urban Gardener aims to build resilience and food security in their local community.
The Importance of Empathy 3 min
With an increasingly polarized and divided world, we need empathy more than ever before. Too often we are talking at each other, unable to listen and jumping to entirely wrong conclusions. Communication is fast becoming a stressful endeavor, which instead of connecting us, is...
The Caretaker: An Immigrant Nation Short Film 7 min
The Caretaker is an intimate portrait of the relationship between an immigrant caretaker, and a woman in the last months of her life. This short film is the first of eight films in the Immigrant Nation series
Meet the Earthship 7 min
Outside of Taos, New Mexico, you'll find a community of people living in off-grid homes made of garbage. The homes are called Earthships and were invented by Michael Reynolds. We went to Taos to check them out.
The 'Alpha Dog' Myth Is Leading Countless People to Mistreat Their Dogs 2 min
Do you think of yourself as the alpha dog of the house? Do you think it's important to assert your dominance over your dog? Well, you're in for a surprise.
The Charter For Compassion 2 min
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. AFFIRM the Charter today: http://charterforcompassion.org
Glacier Exit 5 min
We stood on the ice dunes of the glaciers of Alaska in the midst of a snowy winter. Trekking the slopes of another planet had been on our list for a long time. The silence and majesty of the mountains surrounding us, the bluest ice we had ever seen and the steady rush of ice...
John Oliver Has A Genius Plan To Force Trump To Learn Some Actual Facts 23 min
Donald Trump spreads a lot of false information thanks to his daily consumption of morning cable news. If only we could sneak some facts into the president's media diet...
Squat The Rich 6 min
London activists are squatting empty multi-million pound buildings and opening them up to the homeless.
Redneck Revolt's Response to the Alt-Right 7 min
Last week, a video statement made by self-proclaimed members of the "Alt-Right" was shared by Milo Yiannopoulos and has since spread across the Internet.
Ken Loach and 'I, Daniel Blake' Crew Speak Out Against Callous Elite 6 min
Director Ken Loach accepts the Bafta award for Best British Film for his portrayal of life in the British welfare system in I, Daniel Blake. He uses his speech to criticise the government for its “callous brutality” and its attitude towards “the most vulnerable and the...
Dr. MLK Jr. Legacy Symposium: "Moving Toward Collective Liberation" 112 min
Honoring the life, legacy and enduring dream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This interactive panel will explore the continued struggle for collective liberation and explore the role of men and masculinity in a new civil rights movement led by queer/femme black and...
The Essence of Gaia Theory 1 min
Dr. Stephan Harding explains Gaia Theory and its Impact on his Life.
Why Don't People Revolt? 5 min
“What has to be explained is not the fact that the man who is hungry steals or the man who is exploited strikes, but why the majority of those who are hungry don't steal and why the majority of those who are exploited don't strike.” - Wilhelm Reich "The Mass Psychology of...
Want to Make Films for Action? Here are Some Handy Video Guides to Get You Started 20 min
Videos are a fantastic tool for activism and advocacy. Here are a few video guides to creating films of your own. Produced by Witness, you can find many more helpful videos and written materials on their website.
Compassion Is Action 5 min
From Ladakh to Bhutan, Buddhist nuns and monks from 60 centers in the Himalayan region work on environmental protection. From cleaning up rivers, to installing solar panels, the nuns and monks approach the environment with a sense of compassion, recognizing the...
These Kids Teach Us Important Lessons in Kindness 3 min
Kids give an important reminder to be kind to others, regardless of our differences, and inspire hope for the future. "In the wake of the US election, filmmaker Jessie Auritt wanted to do something to try and combat the negativity, xenophobia, racism and sexism that...
6 Habits of Highly Empathic People 4 min
Are you a Highly Empathic Person? Discover the traits of those who are, and learn how we can use empathy to support both others and ourselves. Learn more here.
This Love Song to the Earth Urges Us to Love and Care for Her 3 min
This is a love song like you've never heard before. Join Charles Dance, David Gyasi, Miranda Richardson, Elbow and people across the country in coming together to protect all we hold dear from climate change. Watch, share, #ShowTheLove. Together we can protect the places and...
This Movement is Just Beginning and You Are All Part of It 4 min
On the women's march and the series of protests happening around the world at the moment, together combining to make perhaps the largest movement in history.
Kate Tempest Laments Massive Humanitarian Crisis as Europe and US Is Lost 4 min
Poet Kate Tempest's extraordinary song 'Europe Is Lost' is set to images of everything from the US election to Isis, the KKK to Trump, beauty pageants to apocalyptic film scenes, all artfully cut together by Manuel Braun.
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