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How Elon Hijacked the Government
How Elon Hijacked the Government
Elon Musk now has access to some of the most sensitive government data imaginableyour Social Security, tax records, Medicare details, and even Treasury payments. With the full backing of the Trump administration, Musks hand-picked team, including young engineers with little...
18 min
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town
How Oil Propaganda Sneaks Into TV Shows | Climate Town
Theres nothing quite as satisfying as watching a fictional character obliterate some poor soul with a monologue so sharp it could split atoms. Whether its Matt Damon roasting an Ivy League trust fund kid or Eminem fact-checking his battle rap opponent into oblivionwhen the...
32 min
We Are All For Sale: The Truth About Modern Capitalism
We Are All For Sale: The Truth About Modern Capitalism
What is neoliberalism? In this video, we uncover how this economic theory evolved into a dominant cultural force that shapes the way we work, date, and live. Neoliberalism isnt just about tax cuts and deregulationits a mindset that has infiltrated every part of modern life.
14 min
Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep 54 | Feb 9th 2025
Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep 54 | Feb 9th 2025
In this (2 hour+ !) episode of Revolution Now (Episode 54), Peter Joseph examines the complexities of systemic transition and the limitations of reformist approaches to change, including a critical review of Jason Hickels work.
136 min
Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings
Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings
Billionaires like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos arent just amassing wealththeyre consolidating power, shaping government policy, and controlling the flow of information. As the ultra-rich dismantle institutions, defund public programs, and rewrite the rules to...
10 min
How To Stop Being Controlled By Social Media | Your Tools to Fight Back In The Attention Economy
How To Stop Being Controlled By Social Media | Your Tools to Fight Back In The Attention Economy
Do you ever feel like social media is manipulating your emotions? Thats not a coincidence. Platforms thrive on outrage, keeping you engaged by feeding you rage-inducing content. But you dont have to play their game.
43 min
5 Reasons Trump Will Fail (and It’s Already Happening)
5 Reasons Trump Will Fail (and It’s Already Happening)
Brendan's substack: https://brendanmiller.substack.com/
11 min
Chris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide
Chris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide
The genocide in Gaza portends the emergence of a dystopian world where the industrialized violence of the Global North is used to sustain its hoarding of diminishing resources and wealth.
13 min
How MAGA Evangelicals Corrupted Christianity
How MAGA Evangelicals Corrupted Christianity
MAGA evangelicals have abandoned the core teachings of Christianity, replacing the gospel of Christ with blind loyalty to Donald Trump. When Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called for mercythe most basic Christian principleTrump and his supporters dismissed her, proving how deeply...
16 min
Capitalism Is Over: What's Next Is Worse
Capitalism Is Over: What's Next Is Worse
The Silicon Valley Plan to End Capitalism
18 min
The Importance of Still Showing Up for Life Even When It Feels Like the World Is Crashing Out.
The Importance of Still Showing Up for Life Even When It Feels Like the World Is Crashing Out.
This is for the tragic optimists those who see the world burning but still plant seeds. Those who hold the weight of despair in one hand and the stubborn hope for something better in the other, and if that sounds like you , come be tragically optimistic with me. - Dasia...
39 min
Honest Government Ad | Nuclear
Honest Government Ad | Nuclear
The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its nuclear plan, and its surprisingly honest and informative!
5 min
Trump’s Shocking Plan for Greater Israel Exposed
Trump’s Shocking Plan for Greater Israel Exposed
Trump and Netanyahu, with the full backing of billionaire war profiteers and far-right ideologues, are openly orchestrating the ethnic cleansing of Gazaframing mass displacement, destruction, and annexation as peace.
19 min
What If We Ran The Economy?
What If We Ran The Economy?
Can you imagine libraries of tools, clothing, and even housing? The library economy can be the bridge to an entirely new world of human flourishing. Let's explore what the library economy is, what may or may not be included, and what it might take to bring it to life.
25 min
FASCISM: An In-Depth Explanation
FASCISM: An In-Depth Explanation
"We have created our myth. The myth is a faith, a passion. It is not necessary for it to be a reality. . . . Our myth is the nation, our myth is the greatness of the nation! And to this myth, this greatness, which we want to translate into a total reality, we subordinate...
43 min
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon Musk to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections. If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations.
4 min
The Time To Fight Is NOW
The Time To Fight Is NOW
Take Action! Organizations to Join/ Support: https://www.ahsantetheartist.com/pro-democracy-groups
12 min
From Awra Amba to Ethiopia and the World
From Awra Amba to Ethiopia and the World (2023)
A documentary about Awra Amba, produced by Ato Andargachew Tsige.
60 min
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Rule America
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Rule America
A group of tech billionairesincluding Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and their alliesare working to reshape government to serve corporate power. Their goal is not just deregulation or lower taxes, but the replacement of democracy itself with privatized, CEO-run enclaves.
30 min
The Hottest Year In Human History, And Where We Go From Here
The Hottest Year In Human History, And Where We Go From Here (2024)
Award-winning filmmakers Anne Macksoud and John Ankele offer their new short film and call to action, THE HOTTEST YEAR IN HUMAN HISTORY: AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, featuring author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
22 min
Democracy Doesn’t Exist in the United States | Chris Hedges
Democracy Doesn’t Exist in the United States | Chris Hedges
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many are raising concerns about the possible decline of liberal democracy. What then would a second Trump term mean for the next four years for the United States? And what impact will the president's foreign policy have on the...
37 min
The 5 Core Values of Journalism
The 5 Core Values of Journalism
The EJN Director describes the five values which are the foundation of ethical journalism: 1. accuracy; 2. independence; 3. impartiality; 4. humanity; 5. accountability.
3 min
The Power of Worker Bees: Why We Organize the South
The Power of Worker Bees: Why We Organize the South
Honeybees small but mighty creatures that make life possible. They work together, each with a role, ensuring the survival of their hive. Just like honeybees, workers keep the world running from transportation to caregiving, from cooking to serving food.
8 min
Tech CEOs Admit They Want AI Monopoly: US Plans to Block China's Competition & 'Steal' Engineers
Tech CEOs Admit They Want AI Monopoly: US Plans to Block China's Competition & 'Steal' Engineers
Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley fear competition from Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek, so they're working with the US government to cut off competitors. Billionaire Donald Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies, arguing "competition is for losers". Ben...
30 min
Why I Don't Think We Should Waste Our Time Making Anti-Trump Content | F.D Signifier
Why I Don't Think We Should Waste Our Time Making Anti-Trump Content | F.D Signifier
America worships power, and thats exactly why Trump is back in office. We all saw it coming. The man is a felon, a fraud, a scammerhis supporters know it, and they love him for it. Whats the point of giving the latest examples, F.D Signifier argues, they dont care.
15 min
The Cure For A World Run By Psychopaths | George Monbiot
The Cure For A World Run By Psychopaths | George Monbiot
What if the world we live in isnt broken by accident but by design? And what if the path to fixing it has been within us all along?
7 min
How Mushrooms Clean Up the Planet (and Other Fungi Powers)
How Mushrooms Clean Up the Planet (and Other Fungi Powers)
They are mostly invisible, essential for life on earth and could be the building blocks of our future. Here's how fungi can clean up our soils from the mess we created - and even house us.
14 min
Wisdom Weavers Of The World
Wisdom Weavers Of The World
As humanity stands at a crossroads, 13 Indigenous Elders from diverse cultures around the globe gather in Hawaii to discuss the state of the world and invited the filming of their councils and ceremonies to co-create a message for humankind.
14 min
Belkî Sibê: A Journey Through the Syrian War and The Rojava Revolution
Belkî Sibê: A Journey Through the Syrian War and The Rojava Revolution
Belki Sibe is a volunteer soldier's film. It unfolds an 18 month journey through war and revolution, in Rojava Kurdistan NE Syria, during the advance and victory of the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, including the story of the International Freedom Battalion, where...
3 min
Tea Creek
Tea Creek (trailer)
Against the backdrop of colonization and the climate crisis, Jacob Beaton, a passionate Indigenous entrepreneur, has embarked on a remarkable journey. His vision is to transform his family farm into a beacon of hope for Indigenous Food Sovereignty. In a world where the...
2 min
From A Village To The World: The Journey of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
From A Village To The World: The Journey of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (2023)
Iceland has seen a dramatic transformation in recent decades, from being one of the poorest nations in the Western world, to a leader in many economic indices. What accounts for Iceland's rise? lafur Ragnar Grmsson, the former President of Iceland 1996-2016, shares his life's...
59 min
Climate Extremes
Climate Extremes (204)
Are we at risk of crossing planetary tipping points? Are we at risk of pushing the planet toward a trajectory where it could unstoppably drift away from a state that can support life as know it?
53 min
LAFD: Design For Disaster - The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration
LAFD: Design For Disaster - The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration
This 1962 documentary film produced by the Los Angeles Fire Department, describes the historic Bel Air / Brentwood wildfire that started on November 5, 1961 in the Bel Air community of Los Angeles. Over the course of three days, the wind-driven fire destroyed 484 homes...
27 min
The Rise of The Ultra-Right in The US
The Rise of The Ultra-Right in The US (2025)
How has the ultra-right made it to the heart of American politics? By gradually occupying positions of power in politics, the judiciary and the media and steadily expanding its sphere of influence. Adherents have been bolstered by Trumps 2024 election victory. The tightening...
52 min
How Soon is Now? Daniel Pinchbeck on Social Change and Global Transformation
How Soon is Now? Daniel Pinchbeck on Social Change and Global Transformation
Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of How Soon is Now? We are on the brink of an ecological mega-crisis threatening the future of life on earth and our actions over the next few years may well determine the destiny of our descendants. Between a manifesto and a tactical plan of...
11 min
The Death of Empathy: Holocaust Survivor Hajo Meyer on Dehumanization from Auschwitz to Palestine
The Death of Empathy: Holocaust Survivor Hajo Meyer on Dehumanization from Auschwitz to Palestine
I saw in Auschwitz that if a dominant group wants to dehumanize others (as the Nazis wanted to dehumanize me), the dominant group must first be dehumanized in a way themselves, by diminishing their empathy due to propaganda and indoctrination, in order to be able to be as...
3 min
The United States Is An Oligarchy? The Research, Explained | RepresentUs
The United States Is An Oligarchy? The Research, Explained | RepresentUs
The U.S. is functioning like an oligarchy. A Princeton/Northwestern study revealed that economic elites and business interests have far more influence on U.S. laws than ordinary Americans. The result? A government that serves the wealthy few, while the rest of us are left...
3 min
ENOUGHNESS, The Prequel: Indigenous Economics with Tantoo Cardinal
ENOUGHNESS, The Prequel: Indigenous Economics with Tantoo Cardinal
Indigenous Economies have values added. Todays economy values hoarding, greed and consumption. Using Indigenous values of sharing, cooperation and fairness with the millennial old design principles of indigenous economies see how we can transform todays finance system to meet...
8 min
Why Ordinary People Commit Evil... From Fact to Fiction
Why Ordinary People Commit Evil... From Fact to Fiction
In the wake of World War II, a Nazi named Adolf Eichmann was tried in Jerusalem for his participation in the Holocaust. The narrative was simple. This man is a monster; a cold, calculating, sadistic, unfathomably evil monster. And why not? Certainly this is a convenient...
47 min
The Deficit Myth: The Biggest Lie In Politics
The Deficit Myth: The Biggest Lie In Politics
The truth about inflation, money printing, taxes, fiat currency, and "the national debt." Debunking lies about what causes inflation and common misconceptions about government spending and "taxpayer money." Does the national debt actually matter? Do budget deficits matter?...
35 min
The Problem With Taxing The Rich from a Leftist Perspective
The Problem With Taxing The Rich from a Leftist Perspective
The myth of tax revenue and why taxing the rich is not the real solution to inequality.
21 min
The Future Is Local: Bioregioning 101
The Future Is Local: Bioregioning 101
The past century has been marked by the rise of globalization in every sense of the word - through production, culture, agriculture, consumption and more. This trend has brought great wealth and opportunities to many people - but what have we lost and forgotten through this...
89 min
Human and Planetary Health: Ecosystem Regeneration | Daniel Wahl
Human and Planetary Health: Ecosystem Regeneration | Daniel Wahl
In this perceptive and radical talk, Daniel Wahl PhD observes that we are standing at the dawn of the planetary era.
29 min
The 4 Paths to Resist Trump
The 4 Paths to Resist Trump
We worked with friends to create the Resistance Guidebook with practical ideas about starting points for people who are feeling the need to do something but not sure about what.
3 min
HOPE in Spite of Trump | Robert Reich
HOPE in Spite of Trump | Robert Reich
If youre feeling despair, I completely understand. But Trumps second term will expose a reality that has been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy. Im hopeful that America will see this reality for what it is and respond to it. ...
5 min
What Does Elon Musk Really Want?
What Does Elon Musk Really Want?
Donald Trump is back in the White House, but who is really pulling the strings?
6 min
An Unprecedented Corporate Assault is Coming. Can It Be Stopped?
An Unprecedented Corporate Assault is Coming. Can It Be Stopped?
Corporations are planning an assault on workers rights once Trump takes office. It's time for Democrats to fight at the state level. In over a dozen states the Democrats have the power to overturn anti-union laws or pass key worker protections. Now they need to act.
9 min
House Music: A Cultural Revolution
House Music: A Cultural Revolution (2024)
Chicagos secret is very much out in the open now: house music DJs headline clubs and festivals from London to Cape Town. But this electronic dance music was born behind closed doors at underground venues. In the early 1980s, a band of mostly Black, gay artists created house...
53 min
Deep Ecology
Deep Ecology (2025) ($5)
Deep Ecology delves into the profound interconnectedness of our personal and collective grief with the ecological and systemic crises engulfing our planet. At its heart lies the transformative practice of community acknowledgment and expressionrituals where participants...
53 min
Local One
Local One
The Amazon Labor Union made history in 2022 by becoming the first group to successfully unionize an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Two and a half years later, the company has refused to recognize the union and bargain a contract. To pressure the company to start negotiating...
10 min
Climate Inertia: Why Change Feels Impossible
Climate Inertia: Why Change Feels Impossible (2022)
We have never been so aware of the risk of collapse due to climate change. And yet, it seems we are unable to make the collective change the situation seems to demand. How can we explain our collective inertia in the face of the ongoing environmental crisis? Why cant our...
50 min
Colorblind | Tim Wise
Colorblind | Tim Wise
Anti-racist writer and educator Tim Wise presented a talk on Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity, at Stetson University in February.
75 min
How Billionaires Took Over The World
How Billionaires Took Over The World
Theres a Sickness at the Heart of Politics & Its Called Oligarchy
9 min
Power: One River, Two Nations
Power: One River, Two Nations (1996)
When Hydro-Qubec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the region decided to stand up to the giant utility. With unprecedented access to key figures like Cree leader Matthew Coon Come and American...
77 min
He Was The Most Decorated Marine In US History. Then He Turned on The Empire.
He Was The Most Decorated Marine In US History. Then He Turned on The Empire.
Smedley Butler was the most decorated marine in US history. By the time he left, he said that he spent most of his time as a "gangster for capitalism" and called all wars a racket. BT's Kei Pritsker goes through the life of the infamous Marine Corps general turned...
8 min
1 Million Members, 100 Million Trees: How Brazil’s Socialist Farmers Are Fighting Big Ag
1 Million Members, 100 Million Trees: How Brazil’s Socialist Farmers Are Fighting Big Ag
The one-million strong Landless Workers Movement (MST) is a backbone of the Brazilian left, famous for its mass actions and radical land occupations all across the Brazilian countryside. While fighting agribusiness giants, the MST has become the largest producer of organic...
20 min
The REAL Story of Jesus
The REAL Story of Jesus
This might be a controversial question. But the answer isn't straightforward and requires us to examine Jesus in a way many of have us have never before.
12 min
What Studies Say About Transgender, Gender Dysphoria, and Gender Affirming Care
What Studies Say About Transgender, Gender Dysphoria, and Gender Affirming Care
What does medical science say about transgender / gender affirming care? Dr. Anthony Youn dives deep into the studies, claims, and expert professional recommendations from an open minded point of view.
14 min
From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza
From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza (trailer)
From Executive Producer Michael Moore and Palestine's Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, is a collection of revealing stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war, who capture their lives in Gaza amidst war.
3 min
How Leftists Can Win in 2025
How Leftists Can Win in 2025
Ready to start your political education journey? Click here: https://democracylover.gumroad.com/l/fpjkwn
11 min