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When Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate deal, the world reacted with outrage. And rightly so: the agreement represents a remarkable achievement in international diplomacy – a breakthrough after 20 years of failed climate negotiations. But as we...
Jason Hickel
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For the past 20 years, ex-Army Ranger and “killology” expert Dave Grossman has been traveling across the US to train police officers on his philosophy of killing. Footage from one of Grossman’s seminars is juxtaposed with stark, brutal images of police brutality—including the...
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Gary Oak recently returned from Syrian Kurdistan where he was a volunteer in the International Freedom Battalion. Here he talks about the revolution in Rojava.
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Food is your medicine - Joe's food garden is in the Western Cape in South Africa. Thank you Joe for being such an inspiration you are an incredibly wise man. We agree working with the soil is the best connection.
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This matrix parody is kind of mind blowing.
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There's been a lot of talk about where the Baby Boomer generation will live as they age. Several interesting, sharing-based housing alternatives such cohousing and senior villages have emerged as potential options. But what about all the businesses that Baby Boomers own? What...
Cat Johnson
Presently, most of the people in our culture believe that competition, possessiveness, and jealousy are all acceptable responses when we love someone. But is this really true, independent of culture or custom?
Pierre Fulton was black. He was poor. He had struggled his entire life. He had been in trouble with the law as a youth. Armed robbery, drug distribution, and gun possession were all on his record. It was now 2015 and Pierre was thirty. He had turned his life around. He got a...
R.L. Stephens
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The jobs of the future are unclear. And everyone's playing with the idea of a universal basic income. But with it, a profound question arises, what will be the role of the human being in the near future? And where are we going as a society?
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‘This Is Palestine’ follows the journey of Riverdance founder John McColgan through the West Bank and Gaza as he explores the impact of ongoing conflict and military occupation on the people who live there. The documentary features powerful interviews with people who have...
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Forced to flee Cote d'Ivoire's civil war in 2011, the Wazzi refugee dance troupe demonstrate their unbeatable spirit through the powerful song and dance of their homeland. Performed on the grounds of the Fententaa Refugee Camp in Ghana.
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The number of people facing housing insecurity, already on the rise, began to climb more steeply as a result of the Great Recession. This upward trend will likely be exacerbated if President Trump&r
Susan Fraiman, University of Virginia
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The day after the 2016 election. Thousands of Chicagoans marched in protest of Donald J. Trump's presidency on November 9th. Beneath all the fear, sadness and anger, these inspired protestors were ready to fight for the long years ahead. Their message was clear, "Never give up."
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Official music video for Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) by K'naan featuring Residente, Riz MC & Snow Tha Product.
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Think invisible men, time travel, flying machines and journeys to other planets are the product of the European or ‘Western’ imagination? Open One Thousand and One Nights – a collection of folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age, from the 8th to the 13th centuries...
Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
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The FCC is planning to repeal the strong net neutrality rules that we fought so hard to get in 2015. Why do we care? Vimeo is the home to so many makers, watchers, and all-around internet video lovers. Net neutrality makes sure there is room for creativity and equal access...
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What will be the lasting legacy of Grenfell Tower? Co-founder of the Justice 4 Grenfell campaign Ishmahil Blagrove shares his thoughts.
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“Beneath the notice of the social sciences, I will argue, market theory and practice together depend on a core structure of presuppositions of a necessary and benevolent design which constitutes an unacknowledged religious metaphysic.”
~ Dr. John McMurtry, Understanding...
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A happiness must read. Mo Gawdat’s wonderful book ‘Solve for Happy“.
Stephen Dargan
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Thanks to David Pakman. Get the book: http://www.thenewhumanrightsmovement.com
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As our country seems to become increasingly divided, it's important to acknowledge our many differences, yet understand and embrace that we are all one.
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Many different flowers are growing beautifully and strongly in this world. Taking their roots in the earth, sprouting, blooming, pollinated by birds and insects, living on in spite of rain, wind and storms. They pass on the baton of life, rebirth and decay. Everything in a...
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A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
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Zero Waste Shops are opening all over Europe. Dozens have opened and many more are coming. Each Zero Waste shop is unique. In Zurich, Switzerland, FOIFI launched 2 months ago and is making a huge splash. FOFI is both a bulk grocery store and café. You fill reusable containers...
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In this video we talk to the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, author & former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, about the European New Deal - a socioeconomic plan proposed by his movement that aims to tackle the difficulties faced by Europe today...
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In this educational video we talk to Swiss historian, author and Director of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research, Dr. Daniele Ganser, about the United Nations and the role it has played since it was established in 1945.
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Was Britain’s EU referendum hijacked by the American alt-right using a technique known as psychographics? Gabriel Gatehouse reports on the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica.
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A mesmerizing compilation of clips from every single day of the 45th President's first 100 days. Like the films Alex is forced to watch in A Clockwork Orange - this breakneck, experimental documentary is a barrage of the media chaos that reshaped our reality. Each day ticks...
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Individual actions can amount to change at a large scale. In his talk, Rob explains how this applies to environmentally friendly living. His extreme activism initiatives, such as the “Trash Me” campaign he ran in New York in 2016, are meant to awaken our consciousness on the...
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The Supreme Court allowed a partial version of Trump's executive order banning travel from 6 Muslim-majority countries to go into effect this summer. But the full order could have a lasting impact on how the US treats refugees.
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Humans aren't rational creatures, and here's what we can do about it.
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"We'll be ready," said the ACLU in response to the announcement
Jake Johnson
Out of the ashes of burning Cheetos, the new season offers lessons in democracy, compassion, and humanity.
Yessenia Funes
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Which marvel of nature can build a 2 metre Orb Web with a silk that ranks as the World's toughest natural fibre? - The answer is the Darwin's Bark Spider and this real life "Spider Woman", no bigger than a thumbnail has baffled scientists with her web of steel.
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Full speech transcript https://medium.com/p/77bcb3746378
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Having lost her majority, and with complicated Brexit negotiations and fields of wheat on her doorstep, Theresa May is determined to "get on with the job of government" (and to seek the Holy Grail).
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Introducing a Global Network of Municipalist Cities
Richard D. Bartlett
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This is the introduction to Kate Tempest's performance at Glastonbury 2017, in which she echoes British Prime Minister Theresa May's words back at her, while referencing Conservative cuts, the Grenfell fire and much more.
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On March 8, a crowd of over 50 protesters in Geneva, New York, (population 13,261) occupied the office of Republican Congressman Tom Reed. The occupation was part of a women’s strike organized in connection with International Women’s Day by the Geneva Women’s Assembly.
Liberation Staff
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. —Goethe
Charles Eisenstein
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The Conservative Party contracted a secretive call centre during the election campaign which may have broken data protection and election laws, a Channel 4 News investigation has found.
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This sermon was given at the ECM in Lawrence, KS in April 2015.
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan
Happy father’s day to the fathers, and to our fathers’ fathers, and their fathers’ fathers, and all the way back to Grandfather Sky. Past there to before there were fathers, because all was just ONE.
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan
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President Trump loves pipelines, and he says everyone else does too. So he shouldn't have a problem with one being built through one of his buildings, right?
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Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated short film, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory.
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There are few roads in Lesotho. There are even fewer mountain bikers. Here the horse is supreme and the myriad horse trails that have been carved through its steep and rugged mountains are its lifeblood. Horsemen ply these trails, just as they have for generations, riding...
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With barely enough shelter to house even 11% of the homeless people on its main island, Hawaii lawmakers struggle for solutions amid rising costs of living and low wages. But one group of homeless Hawaiians has taken matters into their own hands, forming a highly organized...
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Decades ago, there was a local campaign of resistance against the construction of a second airport near the city of Nantes, in western France. This resistance culminated in the establishment of a self-organized autonomous zone, known as the ZAD. Over 40,000 people take part...
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In austerity Britain, can justice and accountability be served for the victims of the Grenfell fire? Or are our laws already too much shaped to the needs of the business class?
Steve Tombs and David Whyte
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What is the best life we can live? How can we cope with whatever the universe throws at us and keep thriving nonetheless? The ancient Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism explains that while we may not always have control over the events affecting us, we can have control over...
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Documentary Film Series by Kathleen Lowson
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On Sunday, June 18th, 2017, Tai Amri Spann-Ryan gave a powerful and moving sermon at the Lawrence, KS Unitarian Fellowship in celebration of Juneteenth and the on-going struggle for liberation. The talk audibly left the crowd speechless for several seconds afterward. It is...
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In this sequel to The Empire Files’ report on trafficked Filipina domestic workers, Damayan’s Linda Oalican provides a deeper context to the epidemic of human trafficking by guiding us through the history of colonialism, resistance and US domination of the islands.
From the...
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Europe has been in an economic crisis for almost 10 years. This crisis was caused by speculation in financial markets by the elite one-percent.
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In the wake of Katrina, New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward was one of the few neighborhoods where relief came slowly. Less than 25% of its pre-Katrina population has returned and many houses have been abandoned or mowed down. As a result, the USDA officially listed the...
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New York City’s Fresh Air Fund has sent city kids, most of them low-income, to suburban and rural neighborhoods for two-week summer vacations for the past 140 years. Originally intended to restore malnourished, sickly and white immigrant children to health, the fund expanded...
Tobin Miller Shearer
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In 1991, arborist David Milarch had a near-death experience that inspired a personal quest to reforest our planet. He would harvest the genetics of the world's oldest trees, initiate tree-planting efforts to combat climate change, and help restore the planet’s health...
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In response to the police shooting death of Philando Castile, Trevor shares his own experience as a black man facing law enforcement discrimination in America.
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After the Finsbury Park mosque attack, we asked a white person to explain themselves.
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In 2015 the AJ+ team followed groups of refugees as they made their way across Europe. Now, 2 years later, Dena Takruri catches up with some of the people she met to find out how they are getting on.
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The Guardians of Civilisation is a documentary film initiated by Erik Valencic, a journalist who has been covering Middle East wars as a reporter since 2003. The film follows the tragic fate of Assyrian people in Iraq whose existence in the region is threatened. The Assyrian...
It’s routine for right-wing outlets like Fox to smear progressive activists under the guise of “news” coverage. But why the New York Times? And why the special venom for Bernie Sanders?
Norman Solomon
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When the world feels divided and polarised, we can't just sit back and watch it go backwards.
We need to reimagine our economy from work, housing, technology to community.
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John Waters' rollicking commencement speech at The Rhode Island School of Design offered up some good one-liners and a few pearls of wisdom, though phrased, quite naturally, in an irreverent way.
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I, along with produer Daniel Konteh, made Stand Your Ground to commemorate the America that I am proud to be a part of, the America that takes a stand when it sees civil liberties and human rights being threatened. I hope these movements to protect and celebrate the diversity...
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In today's Trews I read from my recent blog about the Grenfell tragedy, which you can read here.
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Moby says, “working on ‘In This Cold Place’ and ‘Are You Lost In the World Like Me?’ with Steve Cutts has been a creative highlight for me. He's such a great animator and activist, and I'm so happy he agreed to make these two videos.”
Last week, Moby & The Void Pacific Choir...
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In this video we talk to the founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, author & former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, who talks about the roots of the financial crisis of 2008 and how it paved the way for a new global regime called Bankruptocracy.
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Portugal is observing three days of national mourning after the wildfire which broke out on Saturday night around the town of Pedrógão Grande. This is by far the deadliest Portuguese wildfire in the country’s history and quickly approaching number ten of the top
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Google is attempting to bring the cultural and spiritual dimensions of Uluru to its Street View platform. To do this, they have created an interactive, audiovisual guided tour, narrated by traditional owner Sammy Wilson and with song and music by Anangu elder Reggie Uluru.
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The full horror of the Grenfell Tower fire in west London is still to emerge. Like millions of others, I watched live as TV breakfast reports showed the blaze in its intensity and eyewitnesses told of their devastating experiences and fury at those who allowed this to happen...
John Jewell
"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." This quote, which has often been misattributed to Sinclair Lewis, is wise in recognizing the authoritarian potential of both nationalism and organized religion. In slight contrast, Professor...
Colin Kaepernick took a courageous and principled stand last season by kneeling during the national anthem before NFL games. This was done in response to a society that continues to systematically, culturally, and institutionally devalue black lives. This devaluation is...
Disclaimer: The language expressed in this article is an uncensored reflection of the views of the artists as they so chose to speak and express themselves. Censoring their words would do injustice to the freedom of expression and political content this article intends to...
"To be born with the capacity to not worry about your basic needs is often misunderstood by not having to defend any injustices. To live in this bubble is a poor excuse to permit aggression to the less fortunate and that is a current reality."
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Regenerative agriculture offers a future for the sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic grazing and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara, in...
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Today in the corporate media, Venezuela’s economic problems are used to paint the country as a failed state, in need of foreign-backed regime change.
To get the Bolivarian government’s side of the crisis, Abby Martin interviews Venezuela’s Minister of Economic Planning...
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Chalk Girl: a protester at the heart of Hong Kong’s democracy movement. Two years since her arrest made her an accidental hero of the pro-democracy umbrella movement, the 16-year-old must decide whether to rejoin the battle alongside the 'localist' youth. As elections loom...
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The first and last rule of capitalism is this: Make More Capital. And it's killing us. But we can build better systems. There are plenty of options. We can change the rules.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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This Government Must Be Held Responsible
Mona Kamal
Liza Bramlett was a slave. She lived on a cotton plantation in the Mississippi Delta, during the 19th century. White men raped her repeatedly throughout her life. They traded her body amongst themselves in exchange for calves and piglets. In the end, Liza gave birth to 23...
R.L. Stephens
Does your phone, the TV and advertising demand your attention everywhere you look? All this stimulation is triggering a social crisis, says writer Matthew Crawford. He talks to Ed Cumming about how to reconnect with reality
Ed Cumming
It’s time to ensure that no American has to worry about where they and their families will sleep tonight, says housing consultant James Stockard.
James Stockard
No one is naturally or genetically oppressive; no human being is born as an oppressor. No one is naturally or genetically destined to be oppressed; no one is born to be oppressed.
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse
The latest entry in panics over social justice comes from my hometown, where some folks have created a list shaming restaurants and foodcarts that were owned by white people but sold “non-European international cuisine.” One of the more annoying restaurants on that list...
William Gillis
A common objection against participatory democracy is that, yes, it is a beautiful idea, but it can only work at the local level, like the neighborhood, the small town or the village. Our modern world is too complex, too global and interconnected – and we are simply too many...
Sveinung Legard
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In this educational video Professor of Economics Emeritus (University of Massachusetts), Marxist economist and founder of Democracy at Work, Richard Wolff, talks about the role of banks and insurance corporations in our society and how to reform them.
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#RewildTV went with Plant the Seed Education to Western Province Prepatory School in Cape Town, to test how Virtual Reality and Education might work to Develop empathy for both people and planet.
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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...
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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
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Regenerative agriculture offers a future for the sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic grazing and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara, in...
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Help us grow and strengthen ourselves in the midst of a strong Hindutva right-wing writhing in money, state support and a daily routine of lynching, beating, murdering and raping Dalits, adivasis, muslims, womxn and minorities.
When, if not now? And who, if not you and I?
Antifascist Action India
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We are visiting Edessa, north Greece. Between normal crops with trees that look like soldiers, perfectly aligned, tortured continuously by chemical sprayings and being pruned, there is a strange fruit orchard. In this fruit orchard there are no roads for cars and is full of...
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