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The economic system is incompatible with the survival of life on Earth. It is time to design a new one.
George Monbiot
Noam Chomsky puts RussiaGate in its proper perspective.
16 min
Three attributes can make the difference between success and failure for nonviolent movements around the world: unity, planning, and nonviolent discipline.
Hardy Merriman
My meeting with Charles Eisenstein.
20 min
Peter Joseph addresses the opening arguments put forward by Jordan B. Peterson, from Peterson's debate with Slavoj Zizek called "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism" - April 19th 2019 (Sorry for the typos. Mostly min. 46-48)
54 min
It took the Earth 10 million years to recover from the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs.
Aylin Woodward
'Just as we have a need for wild nature, along with that comes a need for ancient wisdom, ancient traditions with wise elders, who live close to the earth, and understand it. A need to return to those basic truths.' - Hermien de Vos
5 min
In 2015, while the far right was gaining ground around the world, socialist MP Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the UK Labour Party in a landslide victory. Accusations of antisemitism within the party immediately began to circulate. Well-known anti-racists and left-wing...
60 min
Microfibers, used to make things like yoga pants, are the ocean’s tiniest problem.
5 min
Confronting the Truth shows how countries which have experienced massive human rights violations have created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions.
73 min
For thirty years, President Hosni Mubarak had ruled Egypt by manipulating elections, crushing dissent, and jailing and torturing his opponents.
80 min
14-year-old filmmaker Dylan D'Haeze explores how communities can develop zero waste strategies and looks at building a sustainable lifestyle for today and for future generations.
2 min
Robert Reich explains how Trump has become isolated politically.
3 min
Cat Hobbs interviews activist and author George Monbiot on the potential of the commons, the idea of public luxury and more.
21 min
Green New Deal advocates in the United States should look to the Nordic countries for inspiration on how to overcome the 1 percent and address climate change.
George Lakey
Maslow's Hierarchy, (or Pyramid), of Needs is one of the central ideas in modern economics and sociology. The work of a once little-known American psychologist, it has grown into an indispensable guide to understanding the modern world. This film explains who Maslow was, what...
7 min
Successful social movements combine resistance to injustice with the affirmation of alternatives.
Greg Frey
In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking. We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the...
Jeremy Lent
"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to...
23 min
Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang says we need a U.S. economy with qualities of both capitalism and socialism.
6 min
Thanks to the filmmakers we've partnered with, our $5/mo+ supporters can instantly watch the 12 pay-per-view films below for free, and we plan to add more to this support tier over time. Check out the video below to watch the trailers for 5 of the 12 films back-to-back.
Nurses in New York City are pushing back against hospital systems that put profits over patients and threaten their efforts to strike for safer staffing ratios. While nurses are fighting, physicians, so far, have remained on the sidelines of this struggle.
Mike Pappas
What if we actually pulled off a Green New Deal? What would the future look like? The Intercept presents a film narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and illustrated by Molly Crabapple. Set a couple of decades from now, the film is a flat-out rejection of the idea that a...
8 min
Robert Reich debunks 12 misconceptions about tax policy in America.
8 min
Climate change denial draws headlines. But is it actually an obstacle to climate action?
4 min
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" is a masterpiece of animation. It's an incredible story with amazing characters and worthwhile themes that might just be more relevant today than ever before. As more and more people around the world seem to support the idea that group identities...
17 min
"Parks and Recreation" star Rashida Jones has established a lovable reputation for herself through roles in hit comedies like "The Office" and "I Love You Man". Over the past few years, she's also ventured into writing and producing films, currently tackling projects like...
14 min
"We do not live in a post-truth world and never have. On the contrary, we live in a pre-truth world where the truth has yet to arrive."
Henry A. Giroux
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient.
Michaela Haas
Faced with climate change and mass extinction there is only one thing to do. Stop trying to save the world.
Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for ‘Deep Adaptation.’ What we really need is ‘Deep Transformation.’
Jeremy Lent
Farmworker Realities vs Immigrant Fear Mongering in the Days of Trump and Beyond.
24 min
The short film invites us on an intimate journey through the liberated territory of the Zad of Notre-dames-des-landes, a community in France who resisted an airport, and in doing so created a beautiful way of living with hope in these tempestuous times.
4 min
Robert Reich examines Trump's dark vision for America, and how to create a progressive message for the future.
17 min
Robert Reich looks at antitrust laws and corporate giants.
12 min
Robert Reich explains how government policies protect the wealthy and corporations, but leave ordinary Americans at risk.
5 min
Jewish activists, journalists, & even lobbyists say criticizing Israel is NOT anti-semitic.
8 min
Just out of high school, at the age of 18, Miles Lagoze enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was deployed to Afghanistan where he served as Combat Camera — his unit's official videographer, tasked with shooting and editing footage for the Corps’ recruiting purposes and historical...
70 min
We see and judge women based on the perspective of super rich white men who also tend to own the beauty competitions and the cosmetic companies.
Tamara Pearson
DO YOU KNOW what really annoys me about the media’s coverage of U.S. politics, and especially the Democratic Party?
Mehdi Hasan
This presentation addresses the problem of communication, categorical associations, the rise of anti-intellectualism and other issues related to discussions surrounding social progress. It works to address the tendency to view all ideas as ideologies, as if the foundation of...
31 min
On the eve of another US war for oil, Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela and uncovers how US sanctions are crimes against humanity with UN Investigator and Human Rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas. Transcript and resources available at Media Roots.
39 min
Abby Martin interviews former Technical Director of the National Security Agency, Bill Binney, who blew the whistle on warrantless spying years before Edward Snowden released the evidence. They discuss the US empire's mass surveillance program and dangers of the Intelligence...
28 min
“In every American community you have varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them...
Bruce E. Levine
Venezuela has become a popular argument against socialism amongst conservatives because of the deep economic crisis it is currently traversing. Defenders of the Bolivarian project, though, say that US sanctions and economic war are to blame for the crisis. Greg Wilpert...
12 min
Relying partly on his experience as a Marine, Richard McKinney made an improvised explosive device he planned to detonate near a mosque, resulting in massive casualties.
5 min
There are clever people who make algorithms for the financial services sector. Remember those crumbs that used to fall from the rich man’s table? They’re all accounted for now. Every last one, down to the tiniest minuscule crumb that you can’t even see. They get collected by...
How Much Money Israel Lobby Gave Politicians Attacking Ilhan Omar I got kind of obsessive and looked up exactly how much $ each politician attacking Omar's comments about the Israel lobby has received from pro-Israel sources. Thanks for watching! Support my work...
6 min
The eight UrbanWINS cities are currently implementing pilot actions to prevent and manage waste. These actions are taking into account their urban metabolism data, as well as the discussions and decisions of a wide range of stakeholders who have participated in the online and...
6 min
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9 min
The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods of millions of small-scale producers worldwide. Yet it is an almost unavoidable consequence of de-regulatory ‘free trade’ agreements and the...
3 min
We have many problems – poverty, unemployment, environmental destruction, climate change, financial instability, etc. – but only one solution for everything, namely economic growth. We believe that growth is the costless, win-win solution to all problems, or at least the...
Herman Daly
Most everyone who’s interested in global inequality has come across the famous elephant graph, originally developed by Branko Milanovic and Christoph Lakner using World Bank data (see below). The graph charts the change in income that the world’s population have experienced...
Jason Hickel
10 years after the premiere of THE AGE OF STUPID, here's Franny Armstrong's new short film, WHAT IF?
In a parallel universe, Fred Miliband, Carolyn Lukas, Zack Harries, Jon Snowflake, Kris Peckham, Jonathan Pie and the President of the Maldives battle to save the people of...
9 min
Plastic polluted neighborhoods in Manila are taking things into their own hands by creating systemic zero waste programs that collect all recyclables, compost all organics, and push for corporate accountability.
4 min
Lyndon Johnson famously proclaimed his requirements for an appointee: “I want him to kiss my ass in Macy’s window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses.” Johnson and his ass-kissers were authoritarians.
Bruce E. Levine
Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated.
Sarah Gertler
Last year at Unrig Summit, Jennifer Lawrence sat down with Trevor Potter, a Republican and the forrmer commissioner of the U.S. Federal Election Commission to learn how to legally bribe politicians.
13 min
I recently had the opportunity to interview Masahiko Yamada, formerly Japan´s Minister of Agriculture and now one of the country´s foremost food sovereignty activists. We met at an international Economics of Happiness Conference in Prato, Italy, where Yamada delivered a...
Anja Lyngbaek
Find out how you can get involved at http://represent.us Our government is broken, and we have to fix it. RepresentUs board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of RepresentUs Josh Silver, walks through three lines that show what's wrong with legal corruption in our...
13 min