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Success, Culture & Race | Coleman Hughes
Coleman Cruz Hughes writes on the topic of race for Quillette and the New York Times. Despite still being an undergraduate, studying philosophy at Colombia University, his articles have sparked polarised reactions, leading to a meteoric rise in profile over the last couple of...
Can the Government Just GIVE EVERYONE a Job?
Australia's treasurer is doing the rounds celebrating 5% unemployment... as if that's something to be proud of? That's celebrating a system in which hundreds of thousands of single parents, old people, and young people are locked out of paid work. Where eight people are...
The Way Politicians Talk about Economics is Wrong – and Dangerous
The government is very excited about returning to budget surplus. But what does it actually mean? Because so far, chasing surpluses has gutted our schools and hospitals. It's stopped us from acting on climate catastrophe. It's condemned folks doing it tough to starve. Why?...
This Civilisation Is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire - and What Lies Beyond
An excerpt from a new book by Samuel Alexander and Rupert Read
What Can Baltimore Learn from the Bay Area's 30% Decrease in Homicides?
Bay Area violence interrupters say a sustained commitment to community-based violence reduction is key to reducing violence.
D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler's Rise to Power
Historian Peter Kuznick joins Paul Jay to discuss the role of Ford, GM, and other industrialists in rearming Germany and supporting Hitlers rise to power.
Coordinates
They say it's the end of the world. We say it's the beginning of the next.
Charles Eisenstein Full-length Interview from Living the Change
Going around New Zealand making a film like that's not gonna get you anywhere, that's irrational, impractical, unrealistic
The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange
LONDONOn Friday morning I was in a small courtroom at Westminster Magistrates Court in London. Julian Assange, held in Belmarsh Prison and dressed in a pale-blue prison shirt, appeared on a video screen directly in front of me. Assange, his gray hair and beard neatly trimmed...
Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos
Imagine a world where food routinely gets shipped thousands of miles away to be processed, then shipped back to be sold right where it started. Imaginecows from Mexicobeing fed corn imported from the United States, then being exported to the United States for butchering, and...
Economics 101 and Ecological Collapse
The collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. David Attenborough
Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?
Vijay Prashad challenges the media reality that Iran attacked the oil tankers, calling for a real investigation to uncover the truth.
The Military is Afraid of Climate Change
President Trump is skeptical of climate change and its link to extreme weather events, but the U.S. Department of Defense takes the threat deadly serious. The Pentagon is fortifying military bases to withstand things like flooding and wildfire. Military leaders are also...
Feeling Guilty About Climate Change feat. Hank Green
Do you have complicated feelings about fossil fuels?
Maori Elder Rose Pere Speaks and Sings for the 2015 Parliament Indigenous Plenary
Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Rose Pere, a Traditional Maori Elder, Leader Creation, and a Tohuna, addresses the Spotlight on Indigenous Peoples plenary at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 19th.
Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet
Just 100 companies are responsible for more than 70% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. The guys who run those companies and theyaremostly guys have gotten rich on the backs of literally all life on Earth. Their business model relies on the destruction of...
5 Heroic Truth-Tellers Wrongly Charged with Espionage
Thanks for watching! - Matt Orfalea
David Foster Wallace - The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction
Decades ago, David Foster Wallace foresaw the problems that technology, media, and entertainment would cause for this generation. We now live in the internet/information age, where technology and media are inescapable. During Wallace's later life, he pointed out the problems...
Existentialism & The Internet  - Why We’re Getting More Anxious
It is not as if the internet and age of information is bad, but it's not as if it's good. In this video, Pursuit of Wonder explores why, during an era where there is more information than ever about how to live and be happy, we are more confused and less happy than ever, in...
Regreening the Planet
Regreening the Planet looks at the profit that comes from the recovery of ecosystems in Spain, Egypt and India. Restoring ecosystems does not only generate ecological profit but also economic.
The Salt of the Earth
The life and work of photographer Sebastio Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting deprived societies in hidden corners of the world.
The Faux Revolution of Mindfulness
McMindfulness is the new capitalist spirituality.
Vertical Literacy: Reimagining the 21st-Century University
TheFridays For Future (FFF)climate strike by high school students may well be one of the most important, yet hardly covered stories by the US media today. During the week of March 15th alone, 1.6 million strikers were counted across 125 countries. This environmental movement...
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...
Honest Government Ad | Julian Assange
The British, Australian, Ecuadorian and US Governments have made an ad about Julian Assanges arrest and its surprisingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | The Economy
The Australien Government has made an ad about wages and the economy, and it's surprisingly honest and informative!
Omnipotent Amazon
No company stores more data than Amazon, the former online bookseller. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in the world. Every second Euro in online trading is spent at Amazon. Is the IT giant, with its unabated growth, about to turn our economic system upside...
XY Chelsea
Produced by Pulse Films, XY Chelsea tells the historic story of whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison was commuted by President Obama in 2017.
The Donut Economy: Why Our Economic Model Must Change
In Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth, we see that markets are inefficient and growth is not the holy grail. It's time for a new economic model: doughnut economics.
FRONTLINE: Trump's Trade War
As the trade war between the U.S. and China escalates, FRONTLINE and NPR take a look at what led to the rising tensions and whats at stake.
A Blueprint for 21st Century Public Ownership
Problem: Privatisation. Solution: Public ownership.
Eurotopia: Why the EU Needs a New Vision
What is wrong with the EU and why does the EU need a new vision? Is the EU new vision to become a republic? Or what can we still expect from the EU?
The Farms of the Future
Hou Xueying, a mother from Shanghai, was tired of food safety scares and of a city life disconnected from the land. So she moved her family to the country to learn about sustainable farming. Her parents disapproved; they had struggled to give her a comfortable life in the...
Five Myths in the Fight against Climate Change
With so much misinformation about climate change about, New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy debunks 5 myths about the climate crisis that are doing the rounds. These myths are a dangerous distraction from the task at hand.
Public Ownership Is Back and This Is How We Do It
Jack Harmsworth from We Own It makes the case for why the UK must learn from its European neighbours and take back control of privatised industries.
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
A stunning sensory experience and cinematic meditation on humanitys massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a years-in-the-making feature documentary from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013) and...
Socialism: The Same Old Scare Tactic
Robert Reich explains why Donald Trump and Republicans use socialism to scare the American people.
All About Weeds
Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what reparative steps need to be taken, and speed up the natural sequence of recovery. Weeds can actually be great friends to gardeners. In any square meter of ground, there...
The Meaning of Life
A video remix featuring the wisdom of Alan Watts. I hope this video is able to inspire you more than once to be the person you were always meant to become in this life! -Gabriel Ng
White Widow (Modern Slavery, Farmer Suicide and Agriculture Crisis in India)
White Widows portrays the tough and disadvantaged life of Indian cotton farmers in their village Dhanoli located in the region of Vidarbha, well known as the epicentre of farmer suicide.
Snowflakes -- The Right's War on the Individual
Thought Slimeexplains the Right's war on the individual, in a kind of funny roundabout way.
Forget Iran. Here's the REAL Enemy and the True Danger
Some people in the media want you to believe that Iran is your enemy. Is this really true? In this video we reveal who is the shocking real enemy... the true danger to your freedom. HINT: It is NOT who you think it is. And it has NOTHING to do with nuclear weapons. We reveal...
What Is: Oligarchy?
Robert Reich explains why American democracy has become an oligarchy.
How Corporations Shifted The Blame For Climate Change
How corporations convinced the public to blame themselves rather than the100 companies most responsible.
Robert Reich: Why We Need a Wealth Tax
Robert Reich explains why we must tax wealthy estates in order to reduce inequality.
Policing Identity Politics in Trump's America: Briahna Joy Gray at The Harvard Law Forum
Briahna Joy Gray is a leading Millennial writer on identity politics, racial justice and economic power. She is a contributing editor at Current Affairs and has been featured in New York Magazine, Rolling Stone and The Guardian. She is the co-host of SWOTI (Someone's Wrong on...
Pushing Back on Grievance Studies with Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
Mike Nayna: In an attempt to expose academic fields corrupted by postmodern ideology, Helen Pluckrose, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay spent a year submitting intentionally broken papers to academic journals. Their secret project was cut short when an investigative...
Debunking Jordan Peterson’s “Cultural Marxism” with Richard Wolff
Jordan Peterson is known for propagating the fear of "Cultural Marxism." After a disappointing debate on Marxism with Slavoj iek, Abby Martin talks to Marxist economist and professor Richard Wolff about Peterson's theories.
Iran Economic Sanctions Kill as Effectively as Bombs
The Trump administration's illegal economic sanctions against Iran makes it impossible to import essential medicines, says CEPR's Mark Weisbrot.
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh: Only Love Can Save Us From Climate Change
Leading spiritual teacher warns that if people cannot save themselves from their own suffering, how can they be expected to worry about the plight of Mother Earth
Russiagate Explained & Debunked w/ Aaron Maté - Award Winning Journalist
The truth about Russiagate and R. Kelly! (Mostly just Russiagate ;) 0:42 WTF is Russiagate | Trump/Russia Conspiracy Theory 2:55 Russian Hacking Pt.1 14:10 An Act of War? 17:50 "Meme Warfare" 29:05 Russian Hacking Pt.2 - Bill Binneys Alternative Theory 39:32 Truth vs...
Controlling 5G: A Course in Obstacles
Across the United States, telecom providers have begun mapping their plans to deploy 5G small, microwave-emitting cellular sites throughout neighborhoods. Every person deserves to be informed about whats happening and whats within every households ability to control.
The Battle For New York: A Series on the City's Housing Crisis
Ep. 1 // Rats in the Hallway // Working class women of color and young white socialists in an East Harlem join forces against a private equity slumlord. Read the story by Georgia Kromrei atindypendent.org/2018/02/rats-in-the-hallway.
If Life Wins There Will Be No Losers
How can we create a worldwide, permanent shift to regenerative culture in every sphere of life?
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words
The word sustainability, were it up to me, would be extinct, wiped out, kaput.
Russia-Gate's Monstrous Offspring
Russia-gate has shed any premise of being about Russian interference, writes Daniel Lazare, but the idea that America may in anyway be responsible for its own fate is of course unthinkable.
China Is Not the Problem. Capitalism Is.
Tom Friedman and Steve Bannon are, as usual, wrong. Hardship in the United States cant be blamed on Chinas economic war on democracy. Its the fault of American corporations and elites.
How Culture Makes Us Feel Lost - Dr. Gabor Maté On Finding Your True Self Again
Dr. Gabor Mat gives a beautiful speech on human nature and the implications culture has on our ability to maintain it. In this segment of the speech, he discusses four different categories of self-alienation and provides a sentiment of hope to stay in touch with our true...