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"Austerity is a matter of life and death." Rapper Lowkey watched people die with his own eyes, this is what he thinks should happen to the criminals responsible for the Grenfell Tower fire.
Roughly 30 per cent of Mongolians live nomadically or semi-nomadically, and the region’s history of nomadism has left an indelible mark on the country’s culture. Easily portable traditional huts known as gers (more commonly referred to by their Russian name, yurts) are still...
Residents of Notting Hill say they are proud of the community, who have come out in force to help those who have lost everything in the Grenfell Tower fire. Locals worked tirelessly to provide food, water and clothing. However, with the search for friends and relatives...
RE-LEARNING HOPE is the story of Unitierra, an autonomous university in Oaxaca, Mexico that is immersed in, and has emerged from, the social and indigenous movements of the region. The film tells the story of this emergence of Unitierra and its powerful critique of...
Doughnut Economics, the new book by Kate Raworth, is out now.  These animations tell the story of the book's seven ways to think in 60-second bites. Check out the full set as they come online at
Political failure is a failure of the imagination, argues Guardian columnist George Monbiot. But, he says, Jeremy Corbyn has turned that failure into hope. Labour strategy used to be about mimicking its rivals. Now, it is about offering a radically different world.
These scenes are excerpted from California Newsreel’s acclaimed three-part documentary series, Race-The Power of an Illusion.
Shock. It’s a word that has come up a lot since November— for obvious reasons. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about shock. Ten years ago, I published “The Shock Doctrine,” an investigation that spanned four decades from Pinochet’s U.S.-backed coup in 1970s Chile to...
In their mission to stop fishing of the endangered totoaba fish, the Sea Shepherd crew finds other animals caught up in fishing nets.
After a brutal mugging left him with traumatic brain injury, John Pierre decided to ‘suit up’ in a neon cape and lightning bolt socks, emerging as the New York running community’s very own superhero.
John Oliver's plan for Theresa May: send Lord Buckethead to negotiate Brexit.
We spent an afternoon with Warren capturing how he sees the world.
It has been 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War, which resulted in Israel's occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and the Syrian Golan Heights.
Automation in the Information Age is different.
In Jackson, Mississippi, a coalition of Latino, black, and white activists known as MIRA confronts local lawmakers, who introduced 12 anti-immgrant bills into the state legislature in 2017. Among those protesting in the state's capital: 13-year-old Yizel, whose parents are...
So far 5 million people have watched as of June 2017. The ad promotes a beautiful message: "Worship your God with love, not terror. Be tender in your faith, tender not harsh. Confront your enemy with peace, not war. Persuade others with leniency, not force." We couldn't...
Very few people know the history of school. Nor do they know the real reason schools were established in the first place. Here's a short history of schools in the U.S. from the documentary Class Dismissed.
Westminster rebel Caroline Lucas, is the first and only Green MP for England & Wales. In an age of disillusionment and mistrust for the ruling elite, she looks from the inside at what's wrong with England's archaic parliamentary system.
Classic Cassetteboy mashup.
In May 2017, a group of Pacific Islanders travelled half way across the world to visit the Canadian tar sands.
Stewart explains Conservative economic theory in 2 minutes.
Supergroup Prophets of Rage, made up of members of Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill, have just released the first track from their debut album, along with this music video directed by Michael Moore.
In the run up to the 2017 snap election, VICE asks why so many enormous issues have not been up for discussion. This has been a campaign best defined by Brexit and the Prime Minister's refusal to engage with the opposition, but there is so much more which has been ignored. Why?
The debate over illegal immigration always misses something important: Undocumented immigrants are actually superheroes. Think about it. They literally risk their lives to make a better future for themselves and their families, and they do all the things we citizens would...
The worst thing that the British government is doing today is supporting the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen’s civil war.  It should be a national scandal, but at the moment, it isn’t even an election issue. David Wearing teaches Middle East politics and international...
We spent an hour with Tony, capturing his wisdom. Thank you Tony. You really are an inspiration. We strive to take on your mantra that "less really is more". Green Renaissance is a tiny collective of 4 passionate filmmakers (Warren, Jacky, Michael and Justine). We live Off...
How elites on both sides of the political spectrum have undermined our social, political and environmental commons.
Join best-selling author Michael Pollan (Food Rules, The Botany of Desire) on a fascinating journey to answer the question: What should I eat to be healthy? Cutting through confusion and busting myths and misconceptions, In Defense of Food shows how common sense and...
An epic, ominous and perhaps life saving radio interview occurs with director, Peter Charles Downey on a small-town country radio station about his new documentary movie, Surviving Earth. Where the trees whisper of humanity’s mass suicide in a valley of depleting resources...
President Trump announced the U.S.’s intent to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement – what many said was the world’s best chance to collectively limit the impact on the planet. The first effects of climate change are already being felt, and projections show...
The uncompromising voice behind the first gay themed country music album - 40 years after its release.
Communication is more than a string of words that gets across static information. The language we use to converse does more than give facts—it can actually offer understanding. Take it from Alan Alda, a career actor whose craft thrives on effective communication through...
Donald Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. This would blow a massive hole in the federal budget while benefitting Trump's super-rich friends and business associates.
If you relate with a sense of having your true self shunned by the society we live in, this one’s for you! And if you have kids on top of that, it will really hit home.
We have made this video to show exactly how the Conservative government has impacted women and girls since 2010. The Conservative government have shown a violent hatred towards women and non-binary people with their cuts hitting women of colour and disabled women the hardest.
"Big whirls have little whirls that feed on their velocity, and little whirls have lesser whirls, and so on to viscosity." - Meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson ("Weather Prediction by Numerical Process." Cambrige University Press, 1922)
This is the story of people living and working with disabilities in modern Britain whose lives have been drastically affected by a series of Tory cuts, reforms and changes to disability benefits and a growing crisis in social care and housing.
In 2013 performance poet and rapper Kate Tempest and Battersea Arts Centre, embarked on a journey together to tour the award winning show Brand New Ancients. In collaboration with director Joe Roberts, Battersea Arts Centre produced these three short films interpreting Kate's...
The relentless pursuit of self-reliance and self-improvement is rooted in our lost connection to common stories, homeland and ancestors that bind and unite us. The times now demand that we recognize the world's suffering in our own.
NHS crisis, education crisis, u turns ... you can't trust Theresa May. All proceeds from downloads of the track between 26th May and 8th June 2017 will be split between food banks around the UK and The People's Assembly Against Austerity.
Comedian John Cleese is taking advantage of the huge tax breaks given to churches by founding a new one - The Church of JC Capitalist. Praise be the almighty $.
Children are running wild in the mud, climbing high into trees and playing with knives, but no one is telling them off. This is kindergarten, Danish-style.
Baking soda isn't just useful for cooking. You can use it as a deodorant, cleaning paste for rusty metal, heartburn relief, and more.
Between the Tomahawk strike on Syria and the MOAB in Afghanistan, cable news under Trump has been saturated by images of American firepower. But the media's obsession with American weapons sanitizes violence and makes it harder to think critically about why we use deadly force.
In our current age of resurgent nationalism, anti-migrant xenophobia and increasing border militarization, it can be easy to lose track of the central role that migration has played in shaping the spaces we inhabit. The richness and depth of human history comes from the...
The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, tells Owen Jones that she believes voters have felt powerless in recent years but ‘things have changed’ and people are realising they have the opportunity to transform Britain. The Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne says she thinks...
Without collective action, social change will be slow.
How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic -- and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what we do, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky looks at extreme context, examining actions on timescales from seconds to millions of years before they occurred. In this...
Catalonia is at the forefront of new economic thinking. They are a region rich in social currencies and in projects and people creating functioning post-capitalist societies. In June 2015, while in the midst of arranging the launch of the Exeter Pound, a local currency for...
When we shot “World Vote Now” from 2001-2009, in 26 countries around the world, we got a first glimpse of what kind of global democratic system is needed and what is possible. Nobody could have predicted the incredible events that have since followed in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya...
One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford, NY, sparking a 105-day strike. In the wake of his win, the workers gets candid about Trump's advocacy for union-busting legislation.
Last year, we visited a theme park celebrating America’s mythic Wild West in wintery Sweden that became a welcoming home for refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war. As strange as that sounds, this was a pretty good deal for about 500 people looking to start a new life. But...
A theme park celebrating America’s mythic Wild West in wintery Sweden becomes a welcoming home for refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war.
Nasir Sobhani of Melbourne, Australia, aka The Streets Barber, gives free haircuts to the homeless to help them feel clean, empowered, and understood. Life on the streets is rough, with homeless people often ignored or abused to the point that they no longer feel human -- and...
Animals have a lot to teach us about wisdom if we are ready to take their quietly-delivered lessons on board.
We can't let huge corporations continue to underpay our friends and families! Today, May 23, is the day before their annual shareholder meeting-- where they make the key decisions that will impact workers across the nation for the next year. Make sure McDonald's hears you...
In the first two decades of the new millennium, stories of the post-apocalypse have permeated pop culture, from books such as Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006), Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl (2009) and Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven (2014) to films and TV...
Human is one of the most extraordinary films ever made. The 6 hour epic journeys around the world and presents us with a huge range of voices the encompass what it means to be Human. This entirely wordless edit features the wonderful music from the film, intercut with the...
Music is a critical form of expression in American politics — especially in times of political and social unrest. Dating back to the early days of colonization, American protest songs have shifted in style and form. The earliest protest songs were written in an era of oral...
Both sides of politics are burning political capital to approve a massive coal mine with a poor business case, run by a questionable company, in a dying industry. We've got one question - why?
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