North Dakota Gov Cuts Water Supply to Native Americans as DAPL Protest Swells in Number and Spirit

Thousands join protest camp as supporters are holding a rally in Washington D.C. on Wednesday outside of Army Corps hearing

Lauren McCauley · 41,134 views · 3 stars

The Big Picture

Humanity has a lot of problems these days. Climate change, increasing economic inequality, crashing biodiversity, political polarization, and a global debt bubble are just a few of our worries. None of these trends can continue indefinitely without leading to a serious...

Richard Heinberg · 1,618 views · unrated

Threads - A Beautiful Cartoon Weaving Together The Stories of Migrants in Calais and Their Allies

Seven hundred and fifty thousand people have fled for their lives to Europe this year. (At least three thousand four hundred and six people died in the Mediterranean sea.) Of that great mass of people, a few thousand have washed up Calais, France, trying to attempt the...

Kate Evans · 3,930 views · 5 stars

Stunning Award Winning Photos Highlight Social and Environmental Issues

The winners of the the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2016 competition have been announced. This contest provides an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography, by both amateurs and professionals. The competition aims to inspire...

David Sim · 16,133 views · 3.5 stars

The Moral Dimensions of Climate Change

Is climate change a moral issue? We know that Al Gore thinks so. Former Clinton administration climate negotiator Don Brown expanded upon this idea at a panel on ethics at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development sponsored by the Baha'i faith. In his eleven minute...

11 min · 3,870 views · 3.5 stars

The Need for Common Ground, and the Need to Do What You Do

Both Trump and Clinton are scary bad news. There's plenty of time to make a decision. You don't have to answer to anyone when you make it. Whichever decision you make, make it part of a long-term plan.

Michael J. Dumas · 4,544 views · 5 stars

#Istandup Against the Harm Caused by Objectification of Women in Advertising

A powerful new campaign wants advertisers to know that many consumers are fed up with how women are portrayed. Women Not Objects, a project dedicated to calling out the objectification of women in commercials, magazine spreads and other forms of advertising, has released a...

3 min · 18,945 views · 5 stars

When Will Ordinary People Rise Up?

Public uprisings and mass occupations have become a significant force for change on the world stage since 2011, as evidenced in the Middle East revolutions and Occupy protests across North America and Europe. This essay explores the nature of this new social actor, which...

Adam Parsons · 3,177 views · 4.2 stars

Anchoring Wealth: How Cities can Address Climate Change, Boost the Green Economy AND Tackle Population Growth

In Brief: There will be at least 100 million more Americans by 2050, and likely 150 million more. Yet the cities that will house them are so spatially and economically unstable that it is impossible to do much beyond superficial sustainability planning. One solution is to...

Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson, Steve Dubb · 7,292 views · 5 stars

The Fun of Empire: Fighting on All Sides of a War in Syria

CBS News, August 18, 2011: President Barack Obama officially demanded that Syrian President Bashar Assad resign for the sake of his own people, saying he was no longer fit to lead after “imprisoning, torturing, and slaughtering his own people” during a crackdown on...

Glenn Greenwald · 2,294 views · 5 stars

The Hamas Attack and Israel's War in Gaza

Like many other people in Israel and across the world, my first reaction to the attack on October 7 was of shock and horror. But that initial reaction was accompanied by rage, not only at the appalling massacre perpetrated by Hamas on women and children, the elderly and the...

Omer Bartov · 394 views · 4.8 stars

WikiLeaks releases first 200 of 5 Million Stratfor emails

WikiLeaks has released the first 200 of a cache of 5m emails obtained from the servers of Stratfor, a US-based intelligence firm.

Films For Action · 3,955 views · 5 stars

Drone Warfare's Deadly Civilian Toll: A British Drone Pilot Speaks Out

The picture is of a US Predator drone in Afghanistan. The strike in Somalia means armed drones are operating in six countries. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images I find myself caught between the need to follow the drone debate and the need to avoid unpleasant memories...

James Jeffrey · 4,344 views · unrated

Commoning as a Transformative Social Paradigm

In facing up to the many profound crises of our time, we face a conundrum that has no easy resolution: how are we to imagine and build a radically different system while living within the constraints of an incumbent system that aggressively resists transformational change?...

David Bollier · 1,374 views · 5 stars

Happidrome: The Kurdish Fight For Anarchy

In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them. No-one talks about the Kurdish defenders and what inspires them. But the moment you look into what the Kurds are fighting for - what you discover...

Adam Curtis · 2,252 views · 5 stars

Should Twitter, Facebook and Google Executives Be the Arbiters of What We See and Read?

There have been increasingly vocal calls for Twitter, Facebook and other Silicon Valley corporations to more aggressively police what their users are permitted to see and read. Last month in The Washington Post, for instance, MSNBC host Ronan Farrow demanded that social media...

Glenn Greenwald · 4,542 views · 4 stars

‘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 · 2,392 views · unrated

Crisis Fatigue and the Co-Creation of Positive Possibilities

A letter to a community organizer and networker overwhelmed by the potential impact of global crises on his community

Tom Atlee · 3,248 views · unrated

The day the world went mad

Yesterday was August 28th 2012. Remember that date. It marks the day when the world went raving mad. Three things of note happened. The first is that a record Arctic ice melt had just been announced by the scientists studying the region. The 2012 figure has not only beaten...

George Monbiot · 4,934 views · unrated

Five Eco Villages Around The World

Communities in Senegal, Colombia, Jamaica, Palestine and Egypt are experimenting with more sustainable ways of living

Anna Leach · 5,674 views · 4 stars

Bradley Manning Deserves Americans' Support

Last week, PFC Bradley Manning offered to accept responsibility for releasing classified documents as an act of conscience – not as charged by the US military. As people who have worked for decades against the increased militarization of societies and for international...

Desmond Tutu, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel · 4,264 views · 5 stars

Revealed: How the FBI Coordinated the Crackdown on Occupy

It was more sophisticated than we had imagined: new documents show that the violent crackdown on Occupy last fall – so mystifying at the time – was not just coordinated at the level of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and local police. The crackdown, which...

Naomi Wolf · 7,104 views · 5 stars

Beautiful No Dig Permaculture Kitchen Garden

This video is of Tim and Maddy Harland's beautiful no-dig permaculture kitchen garden in Hapmshire UK. Tim and Maddy are the founders of the fantastic @PermacultureMagazine and have a tranquil vegetable garden, meadow and food forest at their home that has been maturing for...

11 min · 16,495 views · 0.5 stars

World's Small Farmers Fighting Back as WTO Pushes Corporate Agenda

The WTO is aiming to strengthen a 'corporate-driven free trade regime' while ignoring solutions that would protect small-scale farmers and increase food security, says La Via Campesina

Nadia Prupis · 1,361 views · 4.5 stars

Indonesia Is Burning, The World Is Looking Away

In the greatest environmental disaster of the 21st Century (so far), Indonesia has been blotted out by smoke. And the media.

George Monbiot · 30,697 views · 4.5 stars

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 · 8,460 views · 5 stars

5 Reasons It's Time for the 4-Day Work Week

Psst: Working less is the key to success.

Lynn Stuart Parramore · 5,743 views · 5 stars

'I'd Rather Die at Sea than Stay There' - Migrants on Crossing the Med

After a terrifying journey across the Mediterranean, thousands of migrants arrive in Sicily every week. These are their stories.

Photographs by Gideon Mendel - Interviews by Alessandra Bonomolo · 5,408 views · 5 stars

Paul Hawken: Regeneration

Paul Hawken is a visionary social entrepreneur, the award-winning author of multiple landmark books including Blessed Unrest, The Ecology of Commerce and Natural Capitalism (co-author), and the Co-Founder of OneSun, a radically innovative solar energy technology company.

29 min · 4,735 views · 5 stars

Man in His Arrogance - a Great Speech by Carl Sagan

Sagan's ability to convey his ideas allowed many people to understand the cosmos better—simultaneously emphasizing the value and worthiness of the human race, and the relative insignificance of the Earth in comparison to the Universe. He hosted and, with Ann Druyan, co-wrote...

4 min · 34,846 views · 4.9 stars

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 · 227,009 views · 4.7 stars

What This Jewish Professor At Columbia Wants You To Know

For over seven months, a dominant conversation in the U.S. news media has been about alleged and increased antisemitism on American campuses - culminating in the coverage around student encampments. The “Gaza solidarity encampment” at Columbia University, in particular, has...

7 min · 229 views · unrated

Planetary Mission: Unique Self Symphony of Human Genius, Innovation & Synergy

"For the first time in history, humanity has a story that has the potential to unite us all. As we embody the natural impulse of evolution within us, we create a powerful field connecting cocreators worldwide in a unique self symphony of human genius, innovation and synergy...

5 min · 1,294 views · 5 stars

On the Lam and Back in Command: Paul Watson and Sam Simon

For the past eight years the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) led by Captain Paul Watson has prosecuted its anti-whaling campaigns in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary near Antarctica and disrupted the annual Japanese whaling hunt. This year another ship is being...

Jerry Cope · 3,362 views · 5 stars

The American Ruling Class (2005)

The American Ruling Classis one of the most unusual films to be made in America in recent years -- both in terms of form and content. The form is a "dramatic-documentary-musical" and the content is our country's most taboo topic: class, power and privilege in our nominally...

89 min · 11,547 views · 3.8 stars

Confessions of an FDA Agent, Truth Behind 'Honor Diaries' & US' Embarrassing Illiteracy Rate

Abby Martin talks about a new 'breakthrough' technology discovered by the US Navy, that converts sea water to fuel, yet is only being considered for military use.

27 min · 901 views · 3.5 stars

Climate Change: What's Really Been Going On (And How We Can Solve It)

Ever wondered why we're not on track to solve climate change despite all the protests and petitions? Watch this to hear the story of what's really been going on. For more information on how you can take action visit http://nononsensevideos.org/action

3 min · 3,686 views · 4.5 stars

Using Biomimicry To Build a Centenary City in Nigeria

Nigeria will be celebrating its 100th birthday in 2014 and as part of the celebration a new city will be built based on biomimicry.

11 min · 7,613 views · 4.2 stars

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 · 4,084 views · 5 stars

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth

Bolivia is set to pass the world's first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as "blessings" and is expected to lead to radical new

John Vidal · 8,024 views · unrated

Glitch in the Matrix II, The Origin of the Intellectual Dark Web (2019)

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...

45 min · 4,792 views · 4.3 stars

Poverty Goals? No, It's Extreme Wealth We Should Be Targeting

If we had focused on the real causes of poverty over the past 30 years we probably wouldn’t need the United Nations’ sustainable development goals now

Zoe Williams · 3,846 views · 5 stars

11 of the Most Sacred and Iconic Trees From Around the World

Originally published at Garden Buildings Direct.

Kayla Williams · 11,560 views · 5 stars

How Amphibians Restore Balance To The Land | Harvey Tweats

Many of us are aware of the remarkable effects of large megafauna in an ecosystem. We now know that wolves change rivers, that whales alter the composition of the atmosphere and that the ponds that beavers create prevent terrible floods. Yet few are enlightened to the...

8 min · 1,467 views · 4 stars

Misadventures in Corporate Media | Jeff Cohen Interview

Misadventures in Corporate Media | Jeff Cohen Interview Had fun speaking with Jeff Cohen about the 5 media filters "Manufacturing Consent" and his own misadventures in cable news. Jeff wrote the book “Cable News Confidential” about his misadventures in Corporate Media. He...

72 min · 770 views · unrated

Smear-Mongering: a Mea Culpa for the Age of Mccarthyism 2.0

OK, I guess I’d better come clean. It seems that I must be a paid agent of the Kremlin. After all, I write for CounterPunch Magazine — for money! I used to write regularly for Truthout.org — for money! I’ve contributed articles to the Baltimore Gazette. I’ve often quoted and...

Chris Floyd · 3,480 views · 4 stars

Sea The Truth (2010)

Sea the Truth is based on numerous scientific publications that examine the problems of seas and oceans. Below follows an overview of the themes addressed in the film and a brief explanation.

60 min · 19,563 views · 4.5 stars

The Assange Agenda -- Surveillance, Democracy And You (trailer)

The Assange Agenda is a documentary about how surveillance by governments and corporations is disrupting democracy and how Julian Assange, Wikileaks and others attempt to turn back the clock on the erosion of civil liberties and individual...

3 min · 3,378 views · 4 stars

Could the Ferguson Conflict Produce Actual Reform on the Limits of Policing?

Every once in a while, a dramatic news story can actually produce real reform. More often the momentum peters out once the story disappears from the news (remember how Sandy Hook meant we were going to get real gun control?), but it can happen. And now, after the aftermath of...

Paul Waldman · 1,066 views · unrated

Devastating Photographs Reveal Terrible Human Cost of Europe's Continuing Imperialism

Migrants seeking a better life in Europe have died by the thousands in the Mediterranean Sea in recent years while fleeing poverty and bloodshed in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

David Sim · 93,599 views · 4.9 stars

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor ... the Europeans Embracing Migrants

Away from the xenophobic hysteria aimed at desperate immigrants are people taking steps to help newcomers and promote the good things they bring

Various · 5,223 views · 4.5 stars

The Dutch "Basic Income" Experiment Is Expanding across Multiple cities

Free cash is in the works for a growing number of Dutch urbanites. After the city of Utrecht announced that it would give no-strings-attached money

Maria Sanchez Diez · 7,255 views · 4.8 stars

The Ecocity: The Only Way to Organise Massive Populations?

Richard Register invites permaculturists to scale up their ideas on a bigger level to cater for our increasingly large world population.

Richard Register & Sven Eberlein · 10,548 views · 5 stars

David Cameron on Immigration: "Bloody Unicorns, Coming Here, Takin' Our rainbows"

Word is the air-conditioning units of Downing Street are soon to be replaced, after a record number of vacuous policy announcements dangerously increased the amount of hot air circulating above Cabinet meetings. Adding to the strain on the huffing-and-puffing air recyclers...

Alastair Sloan · 2,053 views · 5 stars

Scotland 5. Donald Trump 0. What Price America?

Author and humourist PG Wodehouse once wrote that “it is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine”. He was absolutely right when it came to American presidential hopeful and property mogul Donald Trump’s attempts to insinuate...

Gavin Foster · 5,997 views · 4.5 stars

The Radical Left Has Bernie Sanders All Wrong

While mainstream Dems debate realism vs. idealism, another set of the left is having an entirely different debate

Josh Fattal · 5,474 views · 5 stars

Why Americans Can't Debate Politics Anymore | The Chris Hedges Report

Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff join The Chris Hedges Report to discuss their new book, Let's Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy.

32 min · 2,375 views · unrated

How Fascism Serves Capitalism (2023)

In this documentary, Dr. Michael Parenti defines fascism, describes its characteristics, and explains the role fascism plays in serving the rational interests of capitalists while suppressing organized worker movements.

32 min · 1,949 views · unrated

A New Economy (2016)

What if working together for the good of all was the most common business model? Watch as several organizations strive towards building a more cooperative future. By putting humanity before the bottom line, they are finding their place in a new economy no longer dominated by...

85 min · 3,046 views · unrated

'Strong Men?' Masculinity in the Modern World

What are the challenges facing men today? Former US Army Ranger and philosopher Michael Robillard looks at the growing sense of alienation felt by men and how to find a sense of belonging.

50 min · 2,865 views · 5 stars

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