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This short film highlights the non-profit organization "Paws of War" which rescues dogs and pairs them with U.S. Veterans.
6 min
Noam Chomsky discusses his book "9/11" and U.S. foreign policy in the 20th Century in moral terms in this 2002 interview with CBC Hot Type's Evan Solomon.
40 min
The oil industry is a powerhouse with control over land, resources, politics and more. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin uncovers big oil's strong-arm reach--its growth, its crimes, its power and its impunity.
29 min
Check out Sir-Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," remixed and rewritten to be about the shadiest kind of campaign funding. "I like super PACs and I cannot lie!"
3 min
In the 1970's, a small group of residents in the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas organized and successfully halted the U.S. Forest Service’s planned aerial applications of herbicides. Now the group battles their rural electric cooperative to protect the region’s organic farms...
75 min
Brave New Films is taking on the National Rifle Association and the gun manufacturers, the most feared special interest group in the USA. Their reluctance to allow for safe gun policies has helped create a 6 billion dollar a year industry and leaves 80 Americans dead from...
3 min
Black Voters explain why they have dropped Hillary Clinton, and supports Bernie Sanders instead. & Building on MLK's Legacy. Vote in the Primaries! Also make sure you register as a democrat if you're in a state with a closed primary Go to VoteForBernie.org for voter info.
5 min
He has no home and only the clothes he stands up in. She has a spare room. This is what happened when Yasser and Helen moved in together, as seen through both their eyes…
Helen Pidd and Yasser Al Jassem
Abby Martin interviews Dr. Deepa Kumar, professor of media studies at Rutgers University and author of *Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire*, about the roots of this alarming situation. From confronting right-wing arguments, to examining the reality behind Donald Trump's...
28 min
How safe is it to eat meat in America? Two PBS Frontline Documentaries ask the hard questions about E. Coli, Salmonella, and other bacteria that are sending American families to the hospital, and in some cases to the grave. The latest Center for Disease Control estimates...
In Modern Meat, FRONTLINE takes a close look inside the world of the modern American meat industry and shows how this once simple product has turned into a much more dangerous phenomenon, given the fact that an average American eats at least three hamburgers a week; and with...
54 min
FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in meat - particularly poultry - and why the food-safety system isn't stopping the threat. Focusing on an outbreak of salmonella Heidelberg at one of the nation's largest poultry processors, the documentary reveals how...
55 min
Let the Fire Burn is composed entirely with archival footage yet unfurls with the tension of a thriller. Jason Osder’s documentary recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy on May 13, 1985, when a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and the controversial...
3 min
The Israeli Ministry of Education decided to ban from the school program a book dedcribing an affair between a jewish woman and an arab man. So TimeOut Tel Aviv have decided to ask jews and arabs to meet and to kiss.
2 min
The blackout on Bernie is starting to end.
4 min
On December 4th 2015, Enbridge's began pumping tar sands crude on its 40 year old line 9 pipeline. On the same day, 22 year old Rachel Thevenard, began an 800 km run, through the route of the pipeline, to bring awareness, about the dangers of Line 9.
1 min
Syrian families in the besieged town of Madaya say they are starving to death. Al Jazeera's Jamal El Shayyal's reports.
2 min
Rapper and activist Killer Mike of Run The Jewels stops by The Late Show to talk about racial justice, Bernie Sanders and formal sweats.
4 min
Science now confirms what we have always known to be true - that we are literally all one. And this changes everything
Mark Ellison
Holden is just one of the 2.4 million people who was entrapped within the criminal justice system. After his release from prison he does all he can to make it in a world that does all it can to keep him “Locked Out.”
5 min
In January 1996 an army of eco warriors became national news when they took to the trees in Newbury to try and prevent the construction of a bypass.
12 min
A short documentary about a graffiti festival organized by a group of young artists who live in the periphery of the megacity Bogotá. With an annual graffiti festival they try to change the negative image of their barrio, stigmatized as a dangerous and violent place.
23 min
Every summer many European tourists travel to the Greek island Lesbos for a sunny holiday. This year thousands of refugees crossed the sea from Turkey and arrived on the island as well, looking for a safe haven in the European Union. Filmmakers Philip Brink and Marieke van...
23 min
Sparked by a public display of sexual harassment in 2012, GTFO pries open the video game world to explore a 20 billion dollar industry that is riddled with discrimination and misogyny. In recent years, the gaming community has grown more diverse than ever. This has led to a...
2 min
Appreciate others for what they have done. Don't apologize for simply existing.
Yao Xiao
Thích Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. Here, he shares his wisdom on compassion and explains the concept of interbeing. To him, all emotions and experiences deserve the grounds of compassion and need to be treated equally.
3 min
There are many different ways of living on this planet, who's to say their way is best?
1 min
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in...
2 min
OK, here’s the idea. We’re in a crisis so deep, so knotted, so unprecedented, and so urgent that, well, we have to change everything, pretty much. Or else.
John Foran
'This is the very definition of a film you MUST see before you die.' We all know that there's something odd about life. But we never really discuss it. 'The Great Everything & The Nothing' explores the world of social engineering, laying out our problems as a species and...
111 min
For next year, we need a resolution capable of confronting the crisis we face, and making a future worth fighting for.
6 min
The U.S. suffered its fair share of tumultuous weather conditions this year, as did many other parts of the world.
1 min
Philosopher Sandra Lee Bartky once observed that being feminine often means using one’s body to portray powerlessness. Consider: A feminine person keeps her body small and contained; she makes sure that it doesn’t take up to much space or impose itself. She walks and sits...
Lisa Wade, PhD
Abdullah Kurdi - father of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, who died during a boat crossing from Turkey to Greece - pleads with the world to open their doors to Syrian refugees.
4 min
In Racing Extinction, a team of artists and activists exposes the hidden world of extinction with never-before-seen images that will change the way we see the planet. Two worlds drive extinction across the globe, potentially resulting in the loss of half of all species. The...
3 min
Positive thinking isn’t naive, it’s the best way to get things done
Angus Hervey
The seizure of political and economic power by corporations is unassailable. Who funds and manages our elections? Who writes our legislation and laws? Who determines our defense policies and vast military expenditures? Who is in charge of the Department of the Interior? The...
Chris Hedges
I’ve protested the death of my father, Eric Garner, for more than a year. I’ve learned who my allies are – and who will fight for the spotlight instead of justice
Erica Garner and Kemi Alabi
Most of us haven't quite realized there is something extraordinary happening.
Gustavo Tanaka
Sanders' message, his campaign, and the resounding support he is receiving nationwide has sent chills through those whose primarily loyalty is to the wealthy donors in mansions and corporate suites and the policy architects on Wall Street
RoseAnn DeMoro
The hidden and remarkable story of why devastating floods keep happening.
George Monbiot
After more than a decade of discussion and planning, Peru on Sunday (November 8) will officially designate Sierra del Divisor National Park, a 1.3 million hectare (3.3 million acre) reserve that is home to uncontacted indigenous tribes, endangered wildlife, and one of South...
Rhett A. Butler
Jordan Klepper sets out to determine the likelihood of another gun owner stopping an active shooter.
10 min
Is freedom of speech welcome at the Mall of America? A judge has rejected an effort by the nation's largest shopping center to stop a Black Lives Matter protest and force organizers to post on social media that it's canceled. But the mall did manage to ban three organizers...
6 min
France passes a new law that bans the use of "excessively skinny" models and puts regulations on airbrushed photos to promote better self-image in women and girls. Some critics in the fashion industry have criticized the law's ambiguous language.
1 min
On this week's episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin interviews American political figure Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race-from the "Brown Shirt" Trump movement to "corporate criminal" Hillary Clinton-and the reality of who has power in America. Known for his...
25 min
I often get asked by people about what they can do to change things, to change the world, when each of us is just one person, in the face of so much that we cannot even hope to control or influence.
What can we do? Why bother, given our powerlessness?
As we look back on the...
Nafeez Ahmed
Dump Trump was a rally and march, which took place in New York City, on December 20. 2015. The rally was outside Trump Towers, and the March was to some of the Major Media Outlets which Donald Trump has been using as a megaphone to preach UN-American hate and bigotry, against...
21 min
The greatest challenges of our time is to end unjust distribution in the world and to fight climate change.
What is stopping us? And what can YOU do to make a difference?
7 min
Jess Thom's tics from Tourette syndrome can be funny, but people often suppress their laughter for fear of causing offence. This, she says, shows how hard it can be to deal with people who are different from us. But by having an open conversation about disability and...
2 min
BlackLivesMatter: A new generation of civil rights activists emerging from racism and violence in the USA.
57 min
Full length documentary following Chester P along his journey through Hip Hop, Homelessness and the Housing Crisis. Featuring Focus E15, Love Activists, New Era Estate residents, Streets Kitchen plus many more.
78 min
Ricky Syers is an off-beat 50 year old street performer who found his calling as a puppeteer after a lifetime of manual labor. While performing in New York City’s Washington Square Park, he met Doris Diether, an 86 year old community activist. They became friends and he made...
7 min
In what has become known as "The Homeland Incident," The Arabian Street Artists engineered a graffiti hack on the show Homeland by placing subversive messages written in Arabic on set. Homeland is not a Series is a message from the artists themselves. Directed by the Arabian...
7 min
On this week’s episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin interviews American political figure Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race—from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal” Hillary Clinton—and the reality of who has power in America.
Known for his...
25 min
It's not good enough to say the money comes from the XYZ Fund for Swell Americans; we need to know the wealthy individuals and corporate interests that are secretly pulling the levers.
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
These undercover videos supposedly showed Al-Qaeda in the drug trade. What they actually showed was more shocking. Produced in collaboration with ProPublica. For the full story, read more here.
6 min
The WTO is aiming to strengthen a 'corporate-driven free trade regime' while ignoring solutions that would protect small-scale farmers and increase food security, says La Via Campesina
Nadia Prupis
When the TV cameras are turned off and the headlines have moved on, what happens to the police officers involved in the deaths of black men in America? AJ+ takes a look at four cases in the last 18 months.
3 min
Paradise, California Police Officer Patrick Feaster shot an unarmed man who was climbing out of a car wreck. The victim, who was allegedly drunk driving, may be paralyzed due to the gunshot, but Feaster won't face criminal charges.
1 min
On November 23rd, 2015, Killer Mike sat down with Senator Bernie Sanders at The SWAG Shop in Atlanta, GA to discuss topics ranging from gun control to democratic socialism.
55 min
Director Theopi Skarlatos and producer Paul Mason present #ThisIsACoup, a four part documentary series telling the story of how the European Union destroyed the first radical left government in modern history. Directed by Theopi Skarlatos. Produced by Paul Mason.
65 min
Democracy is something we can all agree on. But what does it actually mean? James Butler looks at the many ways the word gets used politically and what it means to attempt to run a government or an organisation 'democratically'.
7 min
Global Capitalism: December 2015 Monthly Economic Update Richard D. Wolff Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 7:30pm "Saving Capitalism from Itself or Saving Us from It?
85 min
Shrimp peeled in forced-labor factories in Thailand gets mixed into the global supply chain and sold in the U.S.
2 min
Advertisers are using several psychological tactics to get us to buy a lot more this holiday season.
3 min
We brought together two people with a very large gap of 57 years between them and got them to ask each other questions about life and growing up. Our aim was to see if people from opposing stages of their lives could learn from each other.
4 min
Seeds of Justice follows Ethiopian plant geneticist Dr Melaku Worede’s inspirational work to re-valorise farmers’ knowledge and protect their position as guardians of seed diversity. Treading in Melaku’s footsteps from his youth to the present day through his pivotal...
36 min
Shaker Aamer was the last British resident of Guantanamo Bay. Speaking to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme, he describes what it was like to be held without trial for nearly 14 years.
94 min
A series of airstrikes in Syria from December 13-14 reportedly killed dozens of people and left hundreds wounded in the Ghouta district in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria. Some residents say the strike targeted a school, killing 10 children.
2 min
Seven hundred and fifty thousand people have fled for their lives to Europe this year. (At least three thousand four hundred and six people died in the Mediterranean sea.) Of that great mass of people, a few thousand have washed up Calais, France, trying to attempt the...
Kate Evans
A photographer has claimed he witnessed a close-to-extinction Amazonian tribe breastfeed their pets until the animals are fully grown.The Awa tribe reside in the forests of eastern Brazil, and face a possible end to their culture, due to European colonists who have enslaved...
ninemsn
There is enough wealth for all of us.
What if we decided that every human being has a right to income security?
How could a basic income change our lives?
Could this relieve our society from the stress and anger that comes with the rising inequality?
49 min
I'm in Paris now, preparing to speak tonight about climate change. It is a parallel venue, not mainstream, called Place 2 B, but even here I am afraid my message is going to be controversial. You see, I think there are deep problems with the standard climate change narrative...
Charles Eisenstein
Large hydropower projects are often propagated as a "clean and green" source of electricity by international financial institutions, national governments and other actors. They greatly benefit from instruments meant to address climate change, including carbon credits under...
7 min
The Kichwa tribe in the Sarayaku region of the Amazon in Ecuador believe in the 'living forest', where humans, animals and plants live in harmony. They are fighting oil companies who want to exploit their ancestral land. A delegation of indigenous people are at the Paris...
9 min
Sources and transcript: http://stormcloudsgathering.com/paris-attacks
8 min
We can make peace, with our energy sources, the planet and with each other if we end our addiction to oil
Rebecca Solnit
Under the plan receiving support by 70 percent of the country, every adults would receive a monthly allotment of €800
Jon Queally
This is a documentary about getting out into the natural world and learning from the wisdom of land and people - focusing on how rewilding our perception might be the catalyst for the changes we wish to see in the world.
45 min
On November 22, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, GA at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Americas to memorialize the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives at the hands of the U.S. Empire’s brutally repressive juntas it used to rule Latin...
29 min
You don’t have to tackle it all at once.
Maritsa Patrinos
The charade of the 21st United Nations climate summit will end, as past climate summits have ended, with lofty rhetoric and ineffectual cosmetic reforms. Since the first summit more than 20 years ago, carbon dioxide emissions have soared. Placing faith in our political and...
Chris Hedges
Yesterday undercover police cracked down on anyone questioning the sponsors of a corporate "Solutions 21" event in Paris. The action was supported by Corporate Europe Observatory, Les Amis de la Terre France, Attac France (Officiel), Climate Justice Action, JEDIs, Solidaire...
10 min
A touching look at the human side of the headlines as the historic French town of Calais becomes the reluctant host to thousands of refugees fleeing war and terror in Africa and the Middle East. People had set out for the UK; instead languish here in tents and make-shift huts...
27 min
Traditionally the climate talks have been a lot of talk and very little action... We sat down with world renowned environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva to discuss what she thinks, you'll be surprised what that is...
25 min
Enjoy our trailer for "The Year We Thought About Love" award-winning feature length documentary about a LGBTQ youth theater troupe.
3 min
What role should men play in working towards an end to sexism? How much or how little should men be helping? In this video we will explore answers to those questions and share a few suggestions for how men can respectfully approach feminism. We also explain why ending sexism...
10 min
1. Freedom of movement is not a right; it is a real living force. Despite all the obstacles that states put in people’s way — all the barriers of barbed wire, money, laws, ID cards, surveillance and so on — millions cross borders every day. For every migrant stopped or...
No Borders
Insurge Intelligence recruited Scenes of Reason to create a video teaser for an exclusive exploration of how the media is run in the UK and the USA under the title "How mainstream media became a neo-Stalinist propaganda regime for wealthy neocons. "
The Media Reform Coalition,
4 min
Do we want a society where everything is up for sale? Where do markets belong and where do they undermine values worth caring about?
5 min
Cop 21 - a brief intro - filmed by REAL MEDIA.
3 min
We’ve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.
Max Berger
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder November 24 in the death of Laquan McDonald. A video released by police shows Van Dyke shooting the teenager 16 times.
Paul Hirschfield
Nicolas Henin is a French Journalist who was held hostage by Isis for 10 months. One of his jailers was Mohammed Emwazi, known as “Jihadi John”.
Listen to what Nicolas has to say about Isis, our treatment of refugees and most importantly: what it’ll take to defeat them.
6 min
The remarkable mind that brought you QI, Blackadder and Spitting Image asks one of the world’s simplest but most significant questions – what do we really need to know? What should we teach our children, and what important information should all adults have at their disposal?...
2 min
All available evidence suggests that extending British bombing operations against ISIS will increase the danger we face, not diminish it.
David Morrison
US, British, French, Israeli and other energy interests could be prime beneficiaries of military operations in Iraq and Syria designed to rollback the power of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS) and, potentially, the Bashar al-Assad regime.
A study for a global oil services company...
Nafeez Ahmed
In October 2008 Iceland was hit with one of the biggest financial disasters any nation in the world had experienced. In response, citizens took to the streets creating what is now known as the “Pots and Pans Revolution”.
54 min
I have heard and read different opinions about the wave of Syrian refugees who try to make their way in to the EU. Then I went to Lesvos. 7 days on the Greek Island gave me a healthier, human perspective on the situation. Seeing the people behind the headlines with my own...
2 min