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A Jobless Economy
A Jobless Economy
We need an economy that finally cements the most fundamental freedom: to decide how we live our lives. One simple policy can deliver that.
Samuel Miller McDonald · 4,646 views · 100%
Obama and the War Criminals 10 min
Obama and the War Criminals
The Republicans and Democrats play for the same team. It is all window dressing to keep us divided cheering for our 'Red' team or our 'Blue' team when in reality, they are of the same cloth. There is no change. It is the same basic message only it is now delivered with a new...
puppetgovcom · 4,550 views · 100%
The Left After Charlottesville: Where To Go From Here
The Left After Charlottesville: Where To Go From Here
The Left can't allow itself to be consumed by debates about antifa. We need a proactive program and patient organizing.
Robert Greene II · 4,332 views · unrated
Revealed: the day Obama chose a strategy of silence on climate change
Revealed: the day Obama chose a strategy of silence on climate change
Sandy has blown climate change back on the agenda – and many believe the White House was wrong when it decided in 2009 that climate change was not a winning political message [as opposed to the opportunity of the clean energy economy].
Alberto · 4,184 views · 100%
What's Happening in Wisconsin Explained
What's Happening in Wisconsin Explained
If you need to know the basics of what's going on in Wisconsin, read on. If you're already up to speed, you can follow the action on Twitter or jump straight to the latest updates from our reporter on the ground in Madison.
Andy Kroll · 3,336 views · unrated
Gerrymandering (trailer) 2 min
Gerrymandering (trailer)
Right now, across the country, our two major political parties are gearing up for a once-a-decade war whose winner will control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more. There will be battles in every state, and each will be kept carefully hidden from the prying...
3,193 views · 75%
State of the Union 2015: Lethal, Predatory, Delusional
State of the Union 2015: Lethal, Predatory, Delusional
“The economy inhabited by the vast majority of Americans grows smaller and more cutthroat, with nearly all the new wealth accruing to the rich.” Tuesday night, in his next-to-last State of the Union address, President Obama flashed the suckers a bag of tricks that has no...
Glen Ford · 3,138 views · 94%
An Ecosocialist Path to Limiting Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C
An Ecosocialist Path to Limiting Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C
An emergency plan to meet the climate emergency
Richard Smith · 2,732 views · unrated
10 Reasons to Call for MORE Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage
10 Reasons to Call for MORE Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage
Last week President Obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for some federally contracted workers to $10.10. This move illustrates the fact that we need a higher minimum wage for all workers. It also promotes the bill by Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. George Miller...
Richard Eskow · 2,415 views · 50%
The Coming Climate Revolt
The Coming Climate Revolt
Chris Hedges made these remarks Saturday at a panel discussion in New York City titled “The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out?” The other panelists were Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Kshama Sawant and Sen. Bernie Sanders. The event, mo
Chris Hedges · 2,179 views · 75%
The State of the Spirit, 2018
The State of the Spirit, 2018
1. The State of the Spirit, 2018
Rabbi Michael Lerner · 2,110 views · unrated
The Tyranny of Decorum
The Tyranny of Decorum
David Sirota, a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders’s 2020 campaign, argues that a key mistake of the campaign was Sanders’s refusal to more forcefully articulate the contrasts between his record and Joe Biden’s.
David Sirota · 1,698 views · unrated
We Talked To Real Swing Voters: What They Told Us Will Shock You. 16 min
We Talked To Real Swing Voters: What They Told Us Will Shock You.
Elliott County, Kentucky voted for Democrats for 144 years straight. Then, the county flipped to Trump…while simultaneously voting for Democratic Governor Andy Beshear. So what does this county have to tell us about this political moment?
More Perfect Union · 1,315 views · unrated
Corporate Media Equate Sanders to Trump—Because for Them, Sanders Is the Bigger Threat
Corporate Media Equate Sanders to Trump—Because for Them, Sanders Is the Bigger Threat
As Bernie Sanders emerged as a threat to Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination in 2016, media began liberally tossing around articles equating Sanders and Donald Trump (FAIR.org, 4/15/16, 12/9/16). These typically acknowledged that the comparison seemed far-fetched, but...
Julie Hollar · 1,164 views · unrated
Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides
Minneapolis: Now This Fight Has Two Sides
What the Riots Mean for the COVID-19 Era
Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective · 976 views · unrated
Biden or Sanders - Who is More 'Electable'? 16 min
Biden or Sanders - Who is More 'Electable'?
Corporate media and corporate Democrats say Sanders is less electable because of his supposed "radical" views. But is this true? And what about Biden's electability, given his past support for neoliberal policies?
The Real News Network · 529 views · unrated
Sweden's Feminist Foreign Minister Has Dared to Tell the Truth About Saudi Arabia. What Happens Now Concerns Us All
Sweden's Feminist Foreign Minister Has Dared to Tell the Truth About Saudi Arabia. What Happens Now Concerns Us All
Margot Wallström’s principled stand deserves wide support. Betrayal seems more likely
Nick Cohen · 227,208 views · 92%
After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here's Why.
After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here's Why.
A crash course in social democracy.
Ann Jones · 68,662 views · 97%
Neoliberalism—The Ideology at the Root of All Our Problems
Neoliberalism—The Ideology at the Root of All Our Problems
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all.
George Monbiot · 59,918 views · 82%
Behind the Media Surge Against Bernie Sanders
Behind the Media Surge Against Bernie Sanders
It’s routine for right-wing outlets like Fox to smear progressive activists under the guise of “news” coverage. But why the New York Times? And why the special venom for Bernie Sanders?
Norman Solomon · 30,897 views · 75%
Defeat the Right in Three Minutes: A Practical Guide to Understanding Conservative Politics
Defeat the Right in Three Minutes: A Practical Guide to Understanding Conservative Politics
Have you got three minutes. Because that's all you need to learn how to defeat the Republican Right. Just read through this handy guide and you'll have everything you need to successfully debunk right-wing propaganda.
Conceptual Guerilla · 28,754 views · 88%
We've Got Ninety-Nine Problems but the Root Is ONE
We've Got Ninety-Nine Problems but the Root Is ONE
Political and ideological differences prevent us from seeing that our hopes and frustrations are interconnected.
Teodrose Fikre · 16,380 views · unrated
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Why Hillary Refuses to Debate Sanders Before the California Primary
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Why Hillary Refuses to Debate Sanders Before the California Primary
After Hillary Clinton recently reneged on her promise to debate Bernie Sanders in California, the real reasons for the refusal appear to be very different. The longer the scrutiny of her record and comparison to Sanders continues, the more voters are discontent with settling...
Saib Bilaval · 14,488 views · 88%
Don't Hate Me Because I Constantly Post about Bernie Sanders. The Mainstream Media Won’t; SOMEBODY has to do it!
Don't Hate Me Because I Constantly Post about Bernie Sanders. The Mainstream Media Won’t; SOMEBODY has to do it!
Yes. I’m one of those people. I’m totally on Team Bernie and so excited to be a part of the political revolution. Since I’ve maintained for at least fifteen years that “Campaign Finance Reform (which does not have a sexy ring to it at all!) is the single most important...
Patty Jane · 11,161 views · 88%
How to Expose Trump's Dastardly Bait-And-Switch
How to Expose Trump's Dastardly Bait-And-Switch
Trump is not an economic populist, he’s just playing one on TV.
Robert Borosage · 10,727 views · unrated
Crossroads and Country Roads: Wildcat West Virginia and the Possibilities of a Working Class Offensive
Crossroads and Country Roads: Wildcat West Virginia and the Possibilities of a Working Class Offensive
During the four days I spent in West Virginia, I was repeatedly thanked for coming to support teachers from out of state, though mostly people seemed a bit surprised that I cared. Perhaps it was because I arrived at the exact moment that most of the national media was leaving...
Kate Doyle Griffiths · 9,886 views · unrated
Demonstrators Demand 'Clean Energy Revolution' on Eve of Dem Convention
Demonstrators Demand 'Clean Energy Revolution' on Eve of Dem Convention
'When it comes to climate change, there’s precious little time for lesser evils; the physics—as scientists are quick to tell us—has put humanity on a deadline.' - Kate Aronoff
Jon Queally · 9,436 views · unrated
In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis 258 min
In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis (2024) ($20)
'In the Eye of the Storm' is a six-part documentary series about the dramatic journey and inspiring vision of one of the foremost political figures of our age, the maverick Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis.
Raoul Martinez · 9,005 views · 100%
We Cannot "Give Trump a Chance"
We Cannot "Give Trump a Chance"
In the ten days since the election, several thousand people have phoned and emailed my Seattle City Council office in their fury over my call to shut down Donald Trump’s agenda with massive peaceful protests on Inauguration Day.
Kshama Sawant · 8,113 views · 94%
To Save Democracy, We Need to Make Voting Much, Much Easier
To Save Democracy, We Need to Make Voting Much, Much Easier
Political rhetoric in the U.S. is often characterized by sickly sweet appeals to democracy. Voting is held up as the foundation of democracy, or as the most useful or necessary method of political participation or expression. Judging by that rhetoric, and by the image of the...
Kevin Cashman · 7,002 views · unrated
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300 million. But efforts to solve p
Mariame Kaba · 6,620 views · unrated
What Would the Black Panthers Think of Black Lives Matter?
What Would the Black Panthers Think of Black Lives Matter?
The black revolution is much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes. It is forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws—racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism. It is exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society. It reveals...
Paul Street · 5,907 views · 100%
Why the US and Britain Are Not Democracies
Why the US and Britain Are Not Democracies
Surely the United States and Britain are democracies. After all, they have free and fair elections and representative governments; freedom of speech and association means that dissent and demonstrations are tolerated; all citizens are deemed equal before the law; and...
Mark Devenney and Clare Woodford · 4,613 views · unrated
The Left Deserves Better Than Jill Stein
The Left Deserves Better Than Jill Stein
Stein’s Green Party run doesn’t offer a plan to win, or to build power. The Left is capable of so much more.
Kate Aronoff · 4,539 views · 94%
Media's Coronation of Clinton Belies Sanders' Path Toward Victory
Media's Coronation of Clinton Belies Sanders' Path Toward Victory
'The pundits might not like it,' Sanders said on Sunday night, 'but the people are making history.'
Deirdre Fulton · 4,397 views · 75%
Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites
Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites
We must organize to replace existing structures of power with ones capable of coping with the crisis before us.
Chris Hedges · 4,274 views · 100%
America's Real Divide Isn't Left Vs. Right. It's Democracy Vs. Oligarchy
America's Real Divide Isn't Left Vs. Right. It's Democracy Vs. Oligarchy
Divide-and-conquer allows the oligarchy free rein. It makes the rest of us puppets, fighting each other on a made-up stage.
Robert Reich · 3,857 views · unrated
Identity Politiks: When Grievance Gets Weaponized
Identity Politiks: When Grievance Gets Weaponized
Let me admit, I grow weary of hearing gripes and grievances. I don’t say this to somehow deny atrocities that have been committed against people in the past nor am I blind to injustices that continue to be perpetuated in the present. Yet there is a big difference between...
Teodrose Fikre · 3,471 views · unrated
No More Bubble Gum (Occupy Wall St)
No More Bubble Gum (Occupy Wall St)
Who could have envisioned Occupy Wall Street and its sudden wildflower-like profusion in cities large and small?John Carpenter could have, and did. Almost a quarter of a century ago (1988), the master of date-night terror (Halloween, The Thing), wrote and directed They Live...
Mike Davis · 3,460 views · unrated
Agenda 21: the UN, Sustainability and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Agenda 21: the UN, Sustainability and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Virtually none of the outlandish claims about Agenda 21 are true. Yet, as with all such baseless propaganda, the hysteria over it has had the effect of poisoning any kind of rational discussion of the very real challenges we face — challenges that are essential to tackle...
Heidi Beirich · 3,457 views · unrated
How Can We Make Our Politics Reflect What's Best in Us and Not What's Worst?
How Can We Make Our Politics Reflect What's Best in Us and Not What's Worst?
Both inner and outer change are essential for political transformation.
Michael Edwards · 3,160 views · unrated
Hedgefund Executives Spent At Least $10 Million on Last Election
Hedgefund Executives Spent At Least $10 Million on Last Election
A small network of hedge fund executives pumped at least $10 million into Republican campaign committees and allied groups in last year’s elections, helping bankroll GOP victories that changed the balance of power in Washington, according to a review of campaign records...
Peter H. Stone and Michael Isikoff · 2,863 views · 100%
‘Abolish ICE’ Doesn't Mean What Conservatives Say It Does
‘Abolish ICE’ Doesn't Mean What Conservatives Say It Does
Abolishing ICE is not about lawlessness or open borders but about upholding our constitutional principles of defending people’s freedom from big government, government overreach and racial discrimination
Cesar Vargas and Yesenia Mata · 2,688 views · unrated
CNN: Criticism Of Sinema On $15 Minimum Wage Is Sexist 10 min
CNN: Criticism Of Sinema On $15 Minimum Wage Is Sexist
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...
Secular Talk · 2,555 views · unrated
Time to Transform Bernie's Campaign Into a Permanent Organization
Time to Transform Bernie's Campaign Into a Permanent Organization
The biggest question for Bernie Sanders and his supporters is whether they’ll transform his presidential campaign into a permanent organization that can carry his political revolution forward in the long-term; or whether, like Occupy Wall Street, it will quickly disappear.
Miles Mogulescu · 2,379 views · 100%
A Welcome Democratic Stand on Guns, but Are These the Bills We're Looking For?
A Welcome Democratic Stand on Guns, but Are These the Bills We're Looking For?
The historic sit-in in the House is impressive to behold, but the two proposals the Democrats are demanding a vote on are very problematic
Phyllis Bennis · 2,208 views · unrated
Progressives: Washington's Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
Progressives: Washington's Fiscal Deal a Predictable, Terrible Mess
Agreement was widely shared across the progressive community on Wednesday that the deal reached in Washington in the first twenty-four hours of 2013 fell well short of what might have been possible had President Obama simply held strong to the leverage provided to him by a...
Common Dreams staff · 2,155 views · unrated
Joe Biden Isn't the Safe Bet to Beat Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders Is.
Joe Biden Isn't the Safe Bet to Beat Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders Is.
Joe Biden is a weak candidate who is more likely to lose to Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders. The best chance we have at ousting Trump is voting for Sanders in the rest of the primaries.
Will Meyer and Ashwin Ravikumar · 2,146 views · unrated
As the Trump Administration Retreats on Climate Change, US Cities Are Moving Forward
As the Trump Administration Retreats on Climate Change, US Cities Are Moving Forward
Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing threat, President Donald Trump’s recent infrastructure plan makes no mention of the need to build resilience to rising global temperatures. Instead, it actually seeks to weaken environmental...
Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick and Maxwell Palmer · 1,971 views · unrated
Real Libertarians Don't Shill For The Kochs
Real Libertarians Don't Shill For The Kochs
It’s been the thing lately, among certain establishment liberals, to dismiss libertarians as “Koch-funded shills.” We’ve heard a lot of it from Mark Ames and Yasha Levine at NSFWCorp, for example.
Kevin Carson · 1,672 views · unrated
It's Not Bernie but the So-Called 'Moderates' That the Democratic Establishment Should Be Freaking Out About
It's Not Bernie but the So-Called 'Moderates' That the Democratic Establishment Should Be Freaking Out About
The best way for Democrats to defeat Trump's fake anti-establishment populism is with the real thing, coupled with an agenda of systemic reform. This is what Bernie Sanders offers.
Robert Reich · 1,503 views · unrated
The Cautious Case for Harris
The Cautious Case for Harris
A Kamala Harris presidency will not fundamentally change the neo-liberal status quo, but what wins can we get?
Vincent Pagliaccio · 1,502 views · 100%
Why You Should Take a Chance on the Socialist
Why You Should Take a Chance on the Socialist
The media is trying very hard to send a certain presidential campaign down the memory hole. They omit it from infographics. They decline to report its policy announcements (like the excellent Thurgood Marshall Plan for public education,
Paul Waters-Smith · 1,360 views · unrated
The Fight Of Their Lives 235 min
The Fight Of Their Lives (2020)
The Fight Of Their Lives documents the citizens fight against a Hazardous Waste Incinerator in Granville County, North Carolina in 1990. But it was more than just a single county's fight, it was a statewide fight that garnered national attention. It shows the many faces...
1,135 views · 75%
Bernie's Executive Orders List Shows He Means Business
Bernie's Executive Orders List Shows He Means Business
Last week, news broke that Bernie Sanders’s team has been compiling a long list of executive orders for Sanders to potentially enact if he becomes president. A document reviewed by the Washington Post “shows how the Sanders campaign has already begun extensive planning for...
Meagan Day · 1,050 views · unrated
'Cultural Marxism': a Uniting Theory for Rightwingers Who Love to Play the Victim
'Cultural Marxism': a Uniting Theory for Rightwingers Who Love to Play the Victim
What do the Australian’s columnist Nick Cater, video game hate group #Gamergate, Norwegian mass shooter
Jason Wilson · 830 views · unrated
KING: Why I'm Leaving the Democratic Party
KING: Why I'm Leaving the Democratic Party
Many of you aren't religious, so please forgive me for recalling my roots as a preacher and starting us off with a simple verse of scripture.
Shaun King · 211,173 views · 97%
Jane Sanders: Why Bernie Voters Shouldn't Get Over It
Jane Sanders: Why Bernie Voters Shouldn't Get Over It
Bernie's wife discusses her proudest and most difficult campaign moments, the DNC email leak and the future of his revolution
Tessa Stuart · 119,229 views · 62%
27 Honest Questions for Hillary Supporters
27 Honest Questions for Hillary Supporters
To those who are supporting Hillary Clinton,
Kris Seto · 84,378 views · 98%
Bernie Sanders Calls on His Supporters to Run for Office
Bernie Sanders Calls on His Supporters to Run for Office
During his June 16th national livestream address Sanders called on his supporters to run for local, state, and national offices, to continue the "process of transforming America".
Liam Miller · 55,114 views · 83%
When the System Feels Rigged, How Surprising Is Convention Mayhem?
When the System Feels Rigged, How Surprising Is Convention Mayhem?
Nevada's Democratic convention devolved into mayhem on Saturday as party pushed controversial new rules and disqualified Sanders delegates
Nika Knight · 39,827 views · 88%
An Open Letter to My Friends Who Support Donald Trump
An Open Letter to My Friends Who Support Donald Trump
I'm cool with you removing me from your friends list if you don't like this post. You can even disown me if you like. But Donald Trump isn't a good person, nor would he be a good president. I can understand a difference in politics. I can understand if you don't like a...
Jeremy Nix · 36,873 views · unrated
ARMY FOR TRUMP “Enlists” Citizens to “FIGHT” for Donald Trump 2020
ARMY FOR TRUMP “Enlists” Citizens to “FIGHT” for Donald Trump 2020
A terrifying new website recently opened up: ArmyForTrump.com
Matthew R. Bishop · 27,280 views · 88%
Fair Game: Why Bernie Should Keep Going
Fair Game: Why Bernie Should Keep Going
Predictably, after New York, the establishment is demanding that Bernie bow out. The etiquette of conventional Party politics, after all, dictates that he step aside, lest he weaken the front runner.  But this race has never been about tweedle-dee vs. tweedle-dum, so the...
John Atcheson · 23,104 views · 88%
Dear America: Please Get Your Head Out of Your Ass About Bernie Sanders
Dear America: Please Get Your Head Out of Your Ass About Bernie Sanders
Seriously, though, come on, guys.
Emil Mella · 19,898 views · 100%
No Moral Superpower: Arundhati Roy, Edward Snowden, and the Crimes of Empire
No Moral Superpower: Arundhati Roy, Edward Snowden, and the Crimes of Empire
When Arundhati Roy was preparing, in 2014, for a trip to Moscow to meet Edward Snowden, she was troubled by two things.
Jake Johnson · 13,464 views · 94%
Tyranny at Standing Rock
Tyranny at Standing Rock
“We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” — Benjamin Franklin, as quoted in The Works of Benjamin Franklin Divide and conquer. It’s one of the oldest military strategies in the books, and it’s proven to be the police state’s most...
John W. Whitehead · 12,242 views · 100%
LEAKED EMAIL: Republican Pollster Caught Influencing Fox News
LEAKED EMAIL: Republican Pollster Caught Influencing Fox News
At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase "public option."
Ben Dimiero · 11,855 views · 100%
Van Jones: Only a 'Love Army' Will Conquer Trump
Van Jones: Only a 'Love Army' Will Conquer Trump
Though it's important to fight Trump's policies, "it's at the values level that we need to do a reset," says Jones
Tim Dickinson · 10,971 views · unrated
The Pandora's Box of War
The Pandora's Box of War
War opens a Pandora’s box of evils that once unleashed are beyond anyone’s control. The invasion of Afghanistan set out to defeat al-Qaida, and nearly 16 years later, we are embroiled in a losing fight with the Taliban. We believed we could invade Iraq and create a...
Chris Hedges · 10,536 views · 100%
Are You Ready to Consider That Capitalism Is the Real Problem?
Are You Ready to Consider That Capitalism Is the Real Problem?
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society.
Dr. Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk · 9,793 views · 92%
The Remarkable Bernie Sanders Journey That Will Overcome the Crowning of Clinton
The Remarkable Bernie Sanders Journey That Will Overcome the Crowning of Clinton
It’s not over. Far from it. The economic and political establishment, which includes the Democratic National Committee (DNC), its Wall Street and corporate backers, and the major media, most of it now owned by a half dozen big corporations, have worked feverishly to turn the...
RoseAnn DeMoro · 9,752 views · 75%
How Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Politics Can Change the World, One City at a Time
How Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Politics Can Change the World, One City at a Time
The Commons is maturing politically, its methods and principles becoming more visible and its participants winning municipal elections in a variety of European cities. How did this happen, and what happens next? First, a look at our present political context, and then some...
Stacco Troncoso & Ann Marie Utratel · 8,975 views · 100%
How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence
How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence
Protesters are eager to expend extraordinary energy denouncing small-scale racist actors. But what about the large-scale racist actors?
Aviva Chomsky · 8,890 views · unrated
Vicious Abstraction and Systemic Racism: The Violence of False Representation and Coded Language
Vicious Abstraction and Systemic Racism: The Violence of False Representation and Coded Language
Abstraction comes in countless forms, but beware the vicious variety, which corrupts our thinking. A ‘vicious abstraction’ is a misrepresentation of an abstraction. You’d be amazed how far little white lies can go. Suffice it to say empires can be built on them. But suppose...
Brent Cooper · 8,756 views · unrated
The Top 6 Critiques of Obama from a Reality-Based Perspective
The Top 6 Critiques of Obama from a Reality-Based Perspective
Barack Obama has been called everything from a gun-hating, closet-Muslim hiding socialist to a big-government loving, deficit exploding, tax increasing, class-warfare waging liberal elitist. He's been compared to Hitler and denounced for wanting to destroy capitalism and/or...
Films For Action · 8,716 views · 100%
The Psychology of Hate: How We Deny Human Beings Their Humanity
The Psychology of Hate: How We Deny Human Beings Their Humanity
From slavery to genocide, society has shown a terrifying ability to disregard the personhood of others. Here's why.
Nicholas Epley · 8,148 views · 75%
Where Are Workers Most Underpaid: Apple, Walmart or McDonald's?
Where Are Workers Most Underpaid: Apple, Walmart or McDonald's?
A study determined that due to low wages and employee's reliance on government subsidies, a typical Walmart store costs taxpayers over $1.7 million per year, or about $5,815 per employee. Apple, Walmart and McDonald's are among the largest corporate employers...
Paul Buchheit · 7,784 views · 75%
Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies
Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies
As I’ve written about before, America’s election season degrades mainstream political discourse even beyond its usual lowly state. The worst attributes of our political culture — obsession with trivialities, the dominance of horserace “reporting,” and mindless partisan...
Glenn Greenwald · 7,742 views · 100%
The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump 55 min
The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump (2020) ($5)
For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have repeatedly criticized the left for playing “the race card” and “the woman card.” This new film turns the tables and takes dead aim at the right’s own longstanding – but rarely discussed – deployment of white-male identity...
7,488 views · 100%
It's Not Your Speech, Milo
It's Not Your Speech, Milo
Understanding the UC Berkeley Protests
CrimethInc. · 7,454 views · 100%
DNC Admits They Are Under No Obligation to Offer Real Party Primaries
DNC Admits They Are Under No Obligation to Offer Real Party Primaries
Well that didn’t take much. After all the time and effort that those of us in the alternative media have been pouring into our attempts to show people that democracy does not exist in America, the political establishment has stepped forward and admitted it candidly with its...
Caitlin Johnstone · 7,181 views · unrated
And After the Election, The Reaction
And After the Election, The Reaction
Could there be any better illustration of the shortcomings of representative democracy than this year’s Presidential campaign? For months upon tiresome months, the whole world has cringed as US voters struggled to identify the second worst of all possible evils. As anarchists...
Ret Marut · 6,837 views · 100%
The Zombie Doctrine - Neoliberalism Rules The World
The Zombie Doctrine - Neoliberalism Rules The World
Crisis after crisis is being caused by a failed ideology. But it cannot be stopped without a coherent alternative.
George Monbiot · 6,687 views · 100%
We Have to Demand an End to the Social Order That Led to George Floyd's Murder
We Have to Demand an End to the Social Order That Led to George Floyd's Murder
At times of widespread misery, a single incident of blatant injustice can cause enormous, unexpected outrage — outrage that then fuels far wider protests and more radical demands. This is exactly what we’ve seen across the United States since George Floyd’s murder.
Jeremy Gong · 6,105 views · unrated
Youth Leadership Gave Biden a "Cheat Sheet" for Winning the Support of Young Progressives
Youth Leadership Gave Biden a "Cheat Sheet" for Winning the Support of Young Progressives
Not all of them. But enough to potentially beat Trump.
Films For Action · 5,716 views · 100%
Revolution Now: 10 Reasons Why Activists Should Support Bernie Sanders
Revolution Now: 10 Reasons Why Activists Should Support Bernie Sanders
1. On Sanders’ Decision to Run as a Democrat
Justin Akers · 5,649 views · 88%
Should Progressives Unify With the Democratic Party Establishment? Hell No!
Should Progressives Unify With the Democratic Party Establishment? Hell No!
In countless ways over the last 35 years, our society has become less economically equal and more dominated by corporate power. Less just and more jailed. Vast urban and rural areas decline as government subsidizes economic elites. Funds for education and social services are...
Jeff Cohen · 5,470 views · 94%
Not Quite All Things Considered: Why the Mainstream Media Discounts Bernie Sanders
Not Quite All Things Considered: Why the Mainstream Media Discounts Bernie Sanders
Recently, on All Things Considered—you know, that bastion of liberal media—Mara Liasson, talking about the prospect of Joe Biden running for President said: There are many Democrats who think it would be good for Hillary Clinton because she'd have a serious opponent, and it...
John Atcheson · 5,154 views · unrated
Beyond Bernie: Still Not With Her
Beyond Bernie: Still Not With Her
Since the June 6 California primary, the historic upheaval that coalesced around Bernie Sanders’ campaign has continued to defy the demands of the political establishment, but has also increasingly turned into a search for the way forward. After a powerful, year-long mass...
Kshama Sawant · 5,072 views · 100%
Daniel Ellsberg: Defeat Romney, Without Illusions about Obama
Daniel Ellsberg: Defeat Romney, Without Illusions about Obama
It is urgently important to prevent a Republican administration under Romney/Ryan from taking office in January 2013.
Daniel Ellsberg · 4,657 views · 50%
2% Have 95% of the Wealth!
2% Have 95% of the Wealth!
Redistribution of wealth. These are the three dirtiest words in the English language…to the 2% of Americans holding 95% of the country’s wealth. It’s of small wonder we hear politicians from both sides of the aisle condemning any attempt to even the economic scales. When...
Mike Burrows · 4,455 views · 75%
10th Anniversary 9/11 Truth Hit Piece Roundup
10th Anniversary 9/11 Truth Hit Piece Roundup
30+ 9/11 Truth Hit Pieces In 2 Weeks For the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack, the mainstream media has offered an unprecedented level of apparent bias against reasonable people invested in justice for the victims of 9/11. The majority of articles below imply that...
9/11 Truth News · 4,392 views · 100%
The Promise of a Million Utopias
The Promise of a Million Utopias
If more of us could embrace “live and let live,” if we were willing to give every geographic area an opportunity to create its own utopia, Americans might be thrilled to reengage with politics. And as a country, a million local experiments would greatly improve our decision...
Michael Shuman · 4,283 views · unrated
Third Party Candidates to Join in Real Time on Democracy Now!'s Live Coverage of First Pres. Debate
Third Party Candidates to Join in Real Time on Democracy Now!'s Live Coverage of First Pres. Debate
Eli Dragen · 4,274 views · 100%
Nearly Half of Americans Are Now Classified as Low Income or Below the Poverty Line
Nearly Half of Americans Are Now Classified as Low Income or Below the Poverty Line
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.
Associated Press · 4,207 views · unrated
Struggling Against All Odds: A Review of Plutocracy III: Class War
Struggling Against All Odds: A Review of Plutocracy III: Class War
Tim Goulet reviews the third installment of the radical working-class history documentary Plutocracy by filmmaker Scott Noble.
Tim Goulet · 4,147 views · unrated
The Case for Strategic Voting in Elections
The Case for Strategic Voting in Elections
Vote‬ defensively. Vote offensively. Vote when there is someone worth voting for. Vote locally where we have more agency over the outcomes. Vote to protect our movements, which is the real source of our power.Reject ideologies that benefit the status quo. Not voting says...
Tim Hjersted · 4,134 views · unrated
Chomsky: Why the Rest of the World No Longer Wants to be Like U.S.
Chomsky: Why the Rest of the World No Longer Wants to be Like U.S.
Many countries in the world see the U.S. as the single greatest external threat to their societies. During the latest episode of the Washington farce that has astonished a bemused world, a Chinese commentator wrote that if the United States cannot be a responsible member of...
Noam Chomsky · 4,125 views · unrated
Moyers & Company: Politics' Effect on Science & Education 26 min
Moyers & Company: Politics' Effect on Science & Education
Astrophysicist and celebrity science advocate Neil deGrasse Tyson recently, and at great length, discussed the importance of scientific literacy with Bill Moyers.
Moyers & Company · 4,080 views · 75%
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