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The Capitalist economy and its social theoretical reasoning brought many positive aspects to the development of modern society. Unfortunately the later stages of development have been marked by excess and major distortions. Excessive greed, neglect and exploitation within the...
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Immigration is a new chapter in one's life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one's life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director's experience with immigration.
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In this four-part series filmmaker Matthew Cooke joins Patricia Arquette to explore the state of democracy in the United States.
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Taking direct action against the dirty fossil fuel industry and for a clean energy future, Ende Gelände is a mass action movement focused around Germany's massive lignite mines and associated infrastructure. This video is from the second day of four days of direct action...
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'Kids play with mud. They build sandcastles. It's like building your own little fortress. It's not rocket science.'
Ross and Kathryn decided that they were not going to get into debt buying a big house. Instead, they spent a year building it themselves. They made use of...
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Apparently millennials are more than man-buns, gentrification or an avocado obsession. Millennials, defined as people with birth dates from early 1980s to late 1990s, are leading the sustainable investment surge in the United States. Aligning their personal values with their...
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We all can agree that if Earth dies, we die. So why do so many people keep denying climate change and our impact on this planet? Why do we take our time here for granted? Whether it's the food we eat, companies we support, our daily habits or how we vote, we have the power to...
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After the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, many people are asking themselves what they should do if Nazis rally in their city. Should they put their bodies on the line in counter demonstrations? Some say yes.
Laurie Marhoefer
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Heather Heyer is the latest casualty in a number of deaths at the hands of white nationalists. Foreign Policy recently published an FBI and Department of Homeland Security bulletin that concluded white supremacist groups were "responsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from...
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The Relevance of Radicalized Peacebuilding to Antifa Praxis
Emmi Bevensee
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Lousy Badger Media presents The Cornerhouse Eviction.
In the early hours of Sunday morning Greater Manchester Police closed off Oxford Road Train Station approach as UK Evict used ladders to gain entry to the 6 month occupation of the old Cornerhouse Cinema. The squat had...
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We asked rapper Akala about education, didn't realise we'd find out the secret to eternal youth. Thanks Akala!
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Just another clicktivist petition pushed by corporate NGOs with no connection to grassroots struggle? Not this time – West Papuans are risking beatings, arrest, and even death to sign a petition for their right to self-determination, coordinated with international support...
Connor Woodman
Will progressives accept the empirical data behind the efficacy of nonviolence?
There are lots of good strategies for beating both corporate and government Internet censors and snoops. These range from alternatives to Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter — to direct subscriptions to authors and pubs — to setting up your own VPN. All are worth...
Whitney Webb
This comic originally appeared exclusively in my second Zen Pencils book collection (available from all good retailers!) in 2015. I really enjoy writing t
Gavin Aung Than
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During 1995 the Peruvian government took the drastic decision to reduce the rate of natural population growth to a level no greater than 25 per annum and put in place a series of campaigns to promote it (VSC.) Groups of men and women of reproductive capacity, especially those...
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Brave New Films has partnered with the organizers of the effort to free Pastor Noe, Matthew 25. No matter your religious or spiritual beliefs, immigration de...
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Antifa’s horizon is in toppling the legitimacy of extraction and ownership anchored in presumably natural foundations
Angela Mitropoulos
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Farming and farmers are the heart of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's work. In his latest film HUMAN, this theme takes a central space. In the continuity of this work, and in collaboration with France Agrimer, he goes beyond it with a sensitive film, dedicated to all those men and...
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And why the struggle for a new economic paradigm is about to get real
Nafeez Ahmed
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Despite protests, the Israeli government will displace the Bedouin population of Umm al-Hiran to a temporary area until a new neighborhood is built for them nearby. However, residents won't be welcome to return to the new Jewish-only city of Hiran.
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The rise of fascism has injected new venom into an old debate, preventing activists from seeing movement strategy clearly.
Ben Case
Musician and poet Joshua Idehen took to Twitter and helped us all make sense of the many terms by our society using analogies based around your mum washing your clothes. Genius.
Joshua Idehen
An engineer in Algeria has developed an ingenious new house building technique on a desert refugee camp. He wanted to build a home for his grandmother that would beat the heat and sandstorms, and plastic bottles were readily available. Filled with sand and straw and encased...
Jeremy Williams
Trump's "plan" for America's longest war will almost certainly increase terrorism and cause civilian deaths to skyrocket, analysts argued
Jake Johnson
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Many of humanity’s greatest problems stem not from a shortfall of technical or financial intelligence, but what we term emotional intelligence. It is through the acquisition of Emotional Intelligence that we stand to become better lovers, workers, friends and citizens. We are...
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Finding the Feminine was borne out of a trip to Mexico. Media had warned me to expect a macho country unsafe for women, but what I found was something different.
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For a Better World proposes alternative ways of thinking and living in the name of a better world.
Envisaging a world without environment destruction, human rights violations, corruption and wars.
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Women's activism is redefining "development." Latin America is rich in resources such as gold, coveted by extractive industries and corporations. Part of a short documentary about women's lives and the mining industry in Perú, this clip features Teresa, an...
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Following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a powerful message to President Trump, suggesting what he should have said.
“In fact, as president of this great country, you have a moral responsibility to send an...
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Ed is commissioned to make a documentary intending to change the habits of society that are detrimental to animals. But completely alien to the animal-loving culture; he will realize that to carry out the project, he must rst convince himself.
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Maz Saleem’s father who killed by a neo-Nazi terrorist, who then went on a bombing campaign - but you’ve probably never heard of him. Why?
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Director Toby Amies visits Pascal Brault's verdant South of France garden set amid a range of mountains.
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Pie doesn't in any way have another go at Trump.
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"The Boston counter-protest is now perhaps the largest anti-racist protest this year."
Jake Johnson
Court ruling "gives hope across the country for people facing the onslaught of oil and gas infrastructure."
Jessica Corbett
In the wake of the Charlottesville incident, we must understand that the kind of work that needs to happen now, in order for racial healing to take place, will not be held by the combative punditry of CNN or be championed by the White House and the mass culture of occlusion...
How far can body positivity take us in the fight for women’s liberation?
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VICE News attends the memorial service held for Heather Heyer, who was killed during the rally on Saturday when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters. Elle Reeve speaks to Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer after the memorial.
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An intimate portrait of the devastation of domestic abuse.
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This short video reveals a vision close to our hearts coming to life through Ecosystem Restoration Camps - where people around the world from every nation are bringing ecosystems back to life. Not by petitioning the "authorities". Not by voting. Not by clicking "like" on...
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I would like to make what I hope is my last post on this before I try to go forward with my life after this weekend.
Lisa Moore
Christian Picciolini, former White Nationalist and founder of Life After Hate, talks to NPRs All Things Considered about his reaction to what unfolded in Charlottesville over the weekend, and about the divisiveness that's been growing in the country over the past several months.
Stacey Vanek Smith
Sex workers in Mozambique are providing health support to those at the margins of society. They face political and financial challenges, but against the odds they are helping thousands. Jules Montague reports.
Jules Montague
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President Trump is facing widespread criticism for his latest comments on the deadly white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Speaking at Trump Tower on Tuesday, Trump said the violence was in part caused by what he called the "alt-left." President Trump’s...
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We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.
Stanislav Vysotsky
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Dr. Gerald Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war...
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Isn’t it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are?
Zenobia Jeffries
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Writers, Scientists and conservationists such as George Monbiot, Stephan Harding, Jane Goodall, Aldo Leopold, and Arnae Naess have helped develop empathy and create awareness on the importance of growing our Relationship with the natural world.
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An annoymous poster to Antifa International writes:
you antifa guys are actually more hateful and violent than any neo nazi group in the 21st century. its fucking disgusting and you should be branded as terrorists just as much as the KKK
Antifa International...
Antifa International
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On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead – one protester, and two police officers – and many more injured.
“VICE...
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Nowhere is the sharp injustice of gentrification so grossly demonstrated as in Stokes Croft. With its world renowned street art and buzzing local scene, this area is the main fount of culture and creativity, which has propelled the city of Bristol to international fame. For...
Fabian Frenzel and Armin Beverungen
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Peter Joseph is the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a grassroots, worldwide organization that advocates an alternative economic system based on sustainability, cooperation and human need. His most recent book, ‘The New Human Rights Movement,’ delivers a startling exposé...
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In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.
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Twitter user @JuliusGoat posted this incredible thread in response to the Unite The Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, and quickly got hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes. Read it and share widely, it's epic!
Julius Goat
"I want her death to be a rallying cry for justice and equality and fairness and compassion," says mother of Heather Heyer. "No mother wants to lose a child, but I'm proud of her."
Jon Queally
The times certainly are a-changing.
Juan Manuel and Martin Kirk
Once-celebrated author and thinker Daniel Pinchbeck can't find an audience for his new book. He has a few ideas why.
Katie Bain
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
In the shadow of Santa Monica’s legendary “Chain Reaction” monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Harvey Wasserman
"Patricio's candidacy and radical vision for Mexico challenges conventional politics and marks a new phase for the Zapatista and indigenous struggle in the country."
Benjamin Dangl
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“What does a world that respects Indigenous peoples look like, that’s working towards ending racism, colonialism, and other intersecting oppression on a global scale?”
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In order for the Democratic Socialists of America’s 2017 Convention to be successful, three major tasks needed to be accomplished this past weekend.
1. Members needed to develop meaningful relationships with comrades from around the country.
2. Members had to participate in...
Michael Stivers
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A film on the illusion of trees...and people.
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A plea deal is an arrangement to resolve a case without going to trial. This is an option most often taken by those who cannot afford bail and want to go home instead of wait days, months, even years locked up in jail. An estimated 177,624 innocent Americans pleaded guilty in...
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Cooperatives are businesses owned by the people who use their services. Many communities look to their local food co-ops as a way to maintain greater control over their food. Garlic is isolated as just one of many foods that can communicate the importance of retail food...
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Sabine Lichtenfels speaking at "Defend the Sacred - Envision a Global Alternative" in Tamera (7th August).
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My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Americans think they live in a democracy. But their workplaces are small tyrannies.
Elizabeth Anderson
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett examines how other cultures protect new mothers’ well-being.
Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Before casting the blame for our environmental ills on countries like China, we would do well to reflect on who is truly responsible.
Alex Jensen
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Martin Winiecki speaks about 'What is Sacred Activism?' in the opening speech (6th of August 2017) of the international gathering 'Defend the Sacred - Envision a global alternative' in Tamera.
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Technology has grown with us, side by side, since the dawn of human society. Each time that we've turned to Technology to solve a problem or make us more comfortable, we've been granted a solution. But it turns out that all of the gifts Technology has bestowed on us have come...
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A short film exploring transitional steps that countries can adopt which could lead to preventing nuclear weapon conflicts.
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In Newcastle, things are changing – bouncers are clubbing together. WATCH an inspiring film about security workers fighting unsafe work conditions, exploitation and lack of support.
https://www.uk.coop/the-hive/
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The Democratic Socialists of America, a traditionally progressive socialist organization founded in 1982, has seen its membership increase from roughly 5,000 to 25,000 members in the past year following the Bernie Sanders campaign and the subsequent election of Trump. Now...
Adam Weaver
The twentieth century saw four basic visions of hell on earth, or dystopia. These were:
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A slice of life depiction about a camp in Vashon Island, WA that teaches parents how to parent nonviolently. Directed by: Hanna (Andie) Utkin.
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What is the point of international co-operation in matters of shared concern? According to the UN Charter, its founding member nations were determined to achieve overarching societal progress based on human rights.
Amy Maguire & Jason von Meding
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Ours is an age of historically unprecedented state and corporate surveillance. Our society's growing addiction to social media, smart phones and other forms of digital communication has ushered in a more interconnected society, but one that is almost entirely dependent on the...
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A lively animated video done of the children's book, Nothando's Journey. Author Jill Apperson Manly joined producer/musician, Joel Karabo Elliot, to bring illustrator/artist, Alyssa Casey's beautiful collages to life. Authentic accents, sounds and music enrich the story and...
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None So Blind is a documentary about a particularly violent domestic abuse case in Northern Maine. It follows the story of a women rebuilding the relationship between her and her daughter, after leaving her long term boyfriend, and abuser.
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It’s time to dethrone capitalism’s single-minded directive and replace it with a more balanced logic, laying the foundations for a better, more equitable world
Martin Kirk
Tim Goulet reviews the third installment of the radical working-class history documentary Plutocracy by filmmaker Scott Noble.
Tim Goulet
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The forgotten people of Mosul, Iraq, July, 2017
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Our organizing can't just speak to the everyday crises of people's lives under capitalism. It has to intervene in them.
R.L. Stephens
If something bites you, it is inside of your clothes.
—Swahili proverb
I have argued that change will come not from overcoming the powers-that-be, but through their transformation. I have stated that we are fundamentally the same being lo
Charles Eisenstein
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"J" an Iranian political asylum seeker is imprisoned for entering the UK border.
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In today's global landscape, challenges inside and outside our feminist movements have sharpened, but so have we.
So it's time to ask: what is the state of our collective movements today?
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It is increasingly clear that reverting this catastrophic climate crisis requires a deep systemic change to our economic, political and social structures along with the promotion of climate and environmental justice that places people and planet at the core. So what is the...
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James Baldwin was a writer and political activist from Harlem, New York. He explored issues that challenged U.S. empire, racism and homophobia.
teleSUR
How will humanity survive?
The elephant in the room is ego – each one the center of its own Universe1. Yet this is the only world we believe is possible. What will it take to initiate a Copernican shift away from our myopic, egocentric orientation – and transform our...
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In this segment of Behind The Headline, Mnar Muhawesh connects the dots between today's famine epidemic in Eastern Africa and Yemen to modern day colonialism. NATO states, corporations like Exxon Mobile, arms traffickers like Israel and major arms buyers from the United...
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The present economic system is based upon the class ownership of the means of living. It is not geared to meeting our needs but to making profits for those who own the world’s resources. The gap between the rich and everyone else is now greater than ever before. Oxfam reports...
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This is Part 2 of Amy Goodman's conversation with bestselling author and Intercept senior correspondent Naomi Klein about her book, "No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need."
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This video explains our Ecological Footprint and Earth Overshoot Day with a particular focus on the #movethedate campaign to move back the day of ecological overshoot.
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Former British diplomat Carne Ross argues that representative democracy and capitalism are broken and that the only alternative is anarchism.
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Human Rights Israeli lawyer Zvi Zer explains how family laws work in Israel. He goes into some details regarding the corruption in the Judicial System.
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