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The Excitement Wars
The Excitement Wars
Discussion of overly excited Youtubers, the loudness wars and sensationalism in media.
7 min
How Marlboro Changed Advertising Forever
How Marlboro Changed Advertising Forever
Sell an identity, not a product.
5 min
Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III
Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III
This style of coverage—enthusiastic about the moral need for violence but oblivious to its obvious consequences—inhibits the public’s capacity to make sense of the extremely dangerous moment in which we are living.
Gregory Shupak
Why You Keep Using Facebook, Even if You Hate It
Why You Keep Using Facebook, Even if You Hate It
The network effect is Facebook’s biggest selling point, and the root of many of its problems.
5 min
Don't Fall for the Antifa Trap
Don't Fall for the Antifa Trap
The media's panic about antifa reflects an old bias in the way journalists cover protest movements.
8 min
Understanding the Blue Church
Understanding the Blue Church
In my Situational Assessment: 2017, I quoted a post from Reddit: “The Blue Church is panicking because they’ve just witnessed the birth of a new Red Religion. Not
Jordan Hall
Threats facing Humanity, Russiagate & the Role of Independent Media | With Paul Jay
Threats facing Humanity, Russiagate & the Role of Independent Media | With Paul Jay
In this interview with the senior editor and founder of The Real News Network, Paul Jay, we examine the threats facing humanity today, Russiagate and what issues independent media outlets should be prioritizing.
19 min
#Deletefacebook? Not in Indian Country
#Deletefacebook? Not in Indian Country
The social network has done more for bolstering the modern Indigenous rights agenda than perhaps any other platform of our time.
Jenni Monet
The Forgotten Hero of My Lai | Hugh Thompson Jr.
The Forgotten Hero of My Lai | Hugh Thompson Jr.
On March 16. 1968 American troops murdered over 500 innocent women, old men, and children in the Vietnamese village of My Lai. But it could have been much worse if not for one very brave helicopter pilot: Hugh Thompson Jr.
5 min
"A Glitch in the Matrix" - Jordan Peterson, the Intellectual Dark Web & the Mainstream Media
"A Glitch in the Matrix" - Jordan Peterson, the Intellectual Dark Web & the Mainstream Media (2018)
David Fuller: “A Glitch in the Matrix" is about the relationship between truth and reality, the ideological blind spots of the mainstream media and the existential threat of polarisation — all seen through the lens of Jordan Peterson’s recent viral interview with Cathy Newman...
55 min
Films for Action Is Making a Big Change, and We Want You to Be Part of It!
Films For Action Is Making a Big Change, and We Want You to Be Part of It!
For all our supporters who haven't heard yet, last month we decided to make a major change to how Films For Action operates.
Films For Action
Parents Need to Start Talking to Their Tweens About the Risks of Porn
Parents Need to Start Talking to Their Tweens About the Risks of Porn
Editor’s note: This article includes references to graphic sexual content that may be inappropriate for some readers.
Gail Dines
Becoming Mr. Roger's Neighbor
Becoming Mr. Roger's Neighbor
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was a hugely important kids' show, but for more than you may think.
2 min
Thought Police for the 21st Century: Google, Facebook Suppress Left Media Under the Guise of Combating "Fake News"
Thought Police for the 21st Century: Google, Facebook Suppress Left Media Under the Guise of Combating "Fake News"
DETROIT—The abolition of net neutrality and the use of algorithms by Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter to divert readers and viewers from progressive, left-wing and anti-war sites, along with demonizing as foreign agents the journ
Chris Hedges
Daniel Ellsberg vs Chelsea Manning ("The Post" movie interviews)
Daniel Ellsberg vs Chelsea Manning ("The Post" movie interviews)
I went to the theatre to talk to people who saw the movie, “The Post”. It’s about Daniel Ellsberg’s famous “Pentagon Papers” leak that exposed the US Government’s lies about the war in Vietnam. I was curious now that people consider Daniel Ellsberg a hero, what do they think...
7 min
Donald Duck Meets Glenn Beck
Donald Duck Meets Glenn Beck
Donald's life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on his house payments. As his frustration turns into despair Donald discovers a seemingly sympathetic voice coming from his radio named Glenn Beck. Will...
8 min
Films for Action: an Important Message to All Our Supporters
Films For Action: an Important Message to All Our Supporters
Hey everyone! We're excited to announce that Films For Action has launched a
Films For Action
Livin' the Screen Life
Livin' the Screen Life
Important official legal disclaimer: This is a short work of fiction. Any resemblances to real people, people you may know, people you think you may know, etc., is entirely deliberate.
John Savage
Meet the People Building Their Own Internet in Detroit
Meet the People Building Their Own Internet in Detroit
When it comes to the internet, our connections are generally controlled by telecom companies. But a group of people in Detroit is trying to change that. Motherboard met with the members of the Equitable Internet Initiative (EII), a group that is building their own wireless...
13 min
The Trap of Romantic Love
The Trap of Romantic Love
How the myth of romantic love is poisoning our relationships.
Sofo Archon
Films for Action's Vision for the Future
Films For Action's Vision for the Future
Films For Action is a learning library for people who want to change the world. 
Films For Action
Does Films for Action Have Bias? - a Statement About Neutrality and Our Values
Does Films For Action Have Bias? - a Statement About Neutrality and Our Values
It's hard to believe Films For Action has been around since 2006. From our early years focusing on local film screenings in Lawrence, Kansas to our more recent years, focusing on raising awareness globally via our website and social media, our mission has been to provide a...
Films For Action
Why the Documentary Must Not Be Allowed to Die
Why the Documentary Must Not Be Allowed to Die
I first understood the power of the documentary during the editing of my first film, The Quiet Mutiny.
John Pilger
Predatory Romance in Harrison Ford Movies
Predatory Romance in Harrison Ford Movies
Harrison Ford has played some of the most iconic male heroes ever to appear on film. Many of his most popular characters antagonize women, disregard basic ideas of consent and ultimately force themselves on their love interests. Although each movie attempts to frame these...
17 min
Born Sexy Yesterday: A Hollywood Movie Trope That Maybe Needs to Die
Born Sexy Yesterday: A Hollywood Movie Trope That Maybe Needs to Die
"This video essay is about a gendered trope that has bothered me for years but didn’t have a name, so I gave it one: Born Sexy Yesterday. It's a science fiction convention in which the mind of a naive, yet highly skilled, girl is written into the body of a mature sexualized...
18 min
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory provides a perfect lens through which to deconstruct a popular media trope I like to call the Adorkable Misogynist. Adorkable Misogynists are male characters whose geeky version of masculinity is framed as comically pathetic yet still endearing. Their...
22 min
This Incredible Animated Short Film Says So Much Without Saying a Word
This Incredible Animated Short Film Says So Much Without Saying a Word
Embark on a visionary journey through the fragmented unconscious of the West, and with courage face the Shadow. Through Shadow into Light.
13 min
Deliver Us From Venus and Mars: Why Aren’t We Free From Gender Stereotypes Yet?
Deliver Us From Venus and Mars: Why Aren’t We Free From Gender Stereotypes Yet?
Newspapers love to dish up stories of inherent differences between the sexes, because we lap them up. Gavin Evans reflects on why we are still so susceptible.
Gavin Evans
Trump Impersonators hold mock press conference on beach
Trump Impersonators hold mock press conference on beach
40 performers in donald trump masks unveil a new australian flag and hold a mock press conference to wipe out the PARIS AGREEMENT on climate change. Complete footage including aerials of this extraordinary public art performance. At Australia's coal capital, Newcastle, 4th...
4 min
The Miseducation of Dylann Roof
The Miseducation of Dylann Roof
How did Dylann Roof go from being someone who was not raised in a racist home to someone so steeped in white supremacist propaganda that he murdered nine African Americans during a Bible study? The answer lies, at least in part, in the way that fragile minds can be shaped by...
6 min
Why Use Creative Commons Licenses?
Why Use Creative Commons Licenses?
Even though Creative Commons licenses have been around for more than a decade, I am always surprised to learn that many progressive-minded activists, artists and academics – the people who should be most enthusiastic about the licenses – know nothing about them or at least...
David Bollier
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
John Oliver Dedicates an Entire Episode to Exposing Alex Jones as a Charlatan
John Oliver Dedicates an Entire Episode to Exposing Alex Jones as a Charlatan
Too easy? Definitely. But understanding how Alex Jones uses his "info warrior" persona to sell products offers a great lesson in media literacy. 
22 min
Fred Perry, Proud Boys, and the Semiotics of Fashion
Fred Perry, Proud Boys, and the Semiotics of Fashion
Over the past week the Proud Boys, a self-described "Western chauvinist" organization whose members are tired of apologizing for "creating the modern world", have garnered media attention. Along with the disruption of an Aboriginal ceremony in Halifax by Proud Boy servicemen...
Anya Simonian
Al Jazeera Responds to the Qatar-Gulf Crisis
Al Jazeera Responds to the Qatar-Gulf Crisis
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain want Al Jazeera - including AJ+ - to be shut down. Here’s what Al Jazeera journalists think of that.
5 min
100 Days Of 45
100 Days Of 45 (2017)
A mesmerizing compilation of clips from every single day of the 45th President's first 100 days. Like the films Alex is forced to watch in A Clockwork Orange - this breakneck, experimental documentary is a barrage of the media chaos that reshaped our reality. Each day ticks...
63 min
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
Venezuela Economy Minister— Sabotage, Not Socialism, Is the Problem
Venezuela Economy Minister— Sabotage, Not Socialism, Is the Problem
Today in the corporate media, Venezuela’s economic problems are used to paint the country as a failed state, in need of foreign-backed regime change. To get the Bolivarian government’s side of the crisis, Abby Martin interviews Venezuela’s Minister of Economic Planning...
28 min
Matthew Crawford: 'Distraction Is a Kind of Obesity of the Mind'
Matthew Crawford: 'Distraction Is a Kind of Obesity of the Mind'
Does your phone, the TV and advertising demand your attention everywhere you look? All this stimulation is triggering a social crisis, says writer Matthew Crawford. He talks to Ed Cumming about how to reconnect with reality
Ed Cumming
Epic Rant Against Rupert Murdoch Perfectly Captures UK Election Result
Epic Rant Against Rupert Murdoch Perfectly Captures UK Election Result
I see you, Rupert Murdoch. I see your whispery head, your hangdog expression, the malevolent balls of obsidian that function as your eyes. I see you shaking your head as you watch the exit polls come in, your flaccid jowls dangling, flapping about like the labia on a jogging...
Sam Gore
Films for Action — A Social Change-Oriented Alternative to Medium
Films For Action — A Social Change-Oriented Alternative to Medium
Films For Action is a library for all the best social change films on the internet, cataloged in one place. But because there is so much to cover, and films can’t cover it all — we also curate a ton of articles too. So this is our invitation to all of the social change...
Films For Action
Films for Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
This collection of 122 documentaries is a map for navigating the 21st century. It is guided by the premise that we are facing a planetary emergency, and the primary role of schools today should be to prepare students to become active participants in designing the transition...
Films For Action
Journalism's Next Frontier: Crossing the Threshold From Having to Being
Journalism's Next Frontier: Crossing the Threshold From Having to Being
A personal journey
Nafeez Ahmed
Getting Assange: the Untold Story
Getting Assange: the Untold Story
Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be prosecuted. Her obsession with Assange not only embarrassed her colleagues and the judiciary but exposed the Swedish state’s...
John Pilger
Privacy, Control & the Darknet
Privacy, Control & the Darknet
Out of the periphery of most online users, there’s a vast, hidden space used by people who want to remain anonymous, which filmmaker Alex Winter explores in his documentary Deep Web. The film focuses on the Silk Road, a black market hosted on the Darknet using bitcoin...
27 min
Pressed Into Silence: West Papua, Indonesia and World Press Freedom Day
Pressed Into Silence: West Papua, Indonesia and World Press Freedom Day
As Indonesia hosts World Press Freedom Day, accusations of hypocrisy are growing louder. The Indonesian government is notorious for restricting journalism within the occupied territory of West Papua – something that West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor and Cyril Payen of...
Victor Mambor, Cyril Payen
What Does It Take for Activists to Get Your Attention?
What Does It Take for Activists to Get Your Attention?
For major protests today, it is standard to have a media strategy. For example, there can be individuals assigned to media liaison. The location and timing of an action can be chosen with an eye toward media schedules. Some actions are designed specifically to attract media...
Brian Martin
Wikitribune - A New Crowd-Sourced News Platform
Wikitribune - A New Crowd-Sourced News Platform
The news is broken and we can fix it. We’re bringing genuine community control to our news with unrestricted access for all. We’re developing a living, breathing tool that’ll present accurate information with real evidence, so that you can confidently make up your own mind...
2 min
We Need to Talk About VICE
We Need to Talk About VICE
Clip taken from A Very Heavy Agenda Part 3: Maintaining the World Order
12 min
NYT Mocks Skepticism on Syria-Sarin Claims
NYT Mocks Skepticism on Syria-Sarin Claims
The New York Times and other major media have ruled out any further skepticism toward the U.S. government’s claim that Syrian President Assad dropped a sarin bomb on a town in Idlib province, reports Robert Parry.
Robert Parry
The Uncurious, Continuing, Stubborn Refusal to Grasp Bernie Sanders
The Uncurious, Continuing, Stubborn Refusal to Grasp Bernie Sanders
The Democratic establishment and those in the media who support them keep making the same mistakes on Sanders and his movement.
Liam Miller
A Hacker Explains the Best Way to Browse the Internet Anonymously
A Hacker Explains the Best Way to Browse the Internet Anonymously
While it may seem difficult these days to remain anonymous online, it's not impossible. We spoke with Kevin Mitnick, author of "The Art of Invisibility," who told us the one tool you should be using if you want to protect your identity. 
2 min
THE BIG IDEA (Basic Income Guarantee)
THE BIG IDEA (Basic Income Guarantee) (trailer)
Hi, I’m Matt Orfalea and for 3 years I’ve been writing and making videos about the BIG idea of a Basic Income Guarantee (aka Universal Basic Income) 
3 min
Five Paradoxes About the State of the Media
Five Paradoxes About the State of the Media
We are living in a time full of threats – and unprecedented possibilities, especially when it comes to the state of the media. Let’s consider five paradoxes, in no particular order.
Vanessa Baird
Tucker Carlson Interviewing Bill Nye Is Like Watching a Turkey Trying to Operate an iPad
Tucker Carlson Interviewing Bill Nye Is Like Watching a Turkey Trying to Operate an iPad
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...
9 min
5 Short Films, 5 Profound Lessons in Media Literacy
5 Short Films, 5 Profound Lessons in Media Literacy
Now more than ever, we cannot take news media at face value – we need tools to read media critically, strategies to discern how information works. This is what inspired The Listening Post’s project: Media Theorised. We’ve taken key works of five thinkers from around the...
The Listening post
Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in News
Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in News
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.
2 min
Digital Prophecies: The Medium Is the Message
Digital Prophecies: The Medium Is the Message
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...
2 min
How to Read the Signs in the News
How to Read the Signs in the News
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.
3 min
Stuart Hall: Race, Gender, Class: The Politics of News
Stuart Hall: Race, Gender, Class: The Politics of News
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.
3 min