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From Politics Chat, August 12, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
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Scorched earth is evil incarnate. What if we did the total reverse, as a strategy for winning?
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When rulers isolate people to keep control, they also plant the seeds of their own downfall.
George Cassidy Payne
In 2022, I did an Earth Day talk called Words vs Reality, and it cataloged three dozen or so terms that – from a systems perspective – would actually require new labels. For example, fossil fuels might better be labeled flammable fossils, or consumer might be human. After...
Nate Hagens
Have I mentioned how important I think Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael is? I reread it recently for the first time in a while, and was again impressed with how many important modernity-challenging ideas are packed into one novel.
Tom Murphy
Oh No. Is Do the Math about to get hijacked for another long series about a Daniel Quinn book, like it was for Ishmael?
Tom Murphy
We’re awkwardly caught between being too intelligent to work as well as turtles and mushrooms, but not intelligent enough to be like angels or gods. The flaw, then, is intelligence, which gives us enough power to screw up the world. It’s a special curse.Yet, we need not...
Tom Murphy
Private equity funds and other Wall Street investors are buying up homes across the US and the West, driving up rent and the cost of living. Economist Michael Hudson explains how these corporate landlords are a result of the system of financialized capitalism, dominated by an...
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Economist Michael Hudson describes how the Western powers designed the international financial, legal, and political system in a way that benefits North American corporations at the expense of the countries of the Global South.
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On how the blatant and brutal genocide in Gaza has exposed four key myths of this system for all to see.
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From Politics Chat, August 7, 2025. You can watch the full chat via Part 2 above.
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With this manifesto, we are putting national governments everywhere on notice. We are not going away. We will become bolder in our local experiments and in our challenges to your authority.
Michael Shuman
My guest today is Jason Hickel, Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and author of two books: The Divide and Less is More. We discuss why a growth-based capitalist economy is incompatible with a...
77 min
In 2024 McAllen, Texas had a booming economy, with $100 million in increased sales tax revenue from 2023. Now, residents tell us that it's a ghost town and the local economy is hurting. Why? ICE raids on shops and factories have left workers too scared to go outside.
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A damning indictment of neoliberalism in the Balkans, Venezuela, and Iceland, through stories of corrupt politicians, fictional tribunals, and economic colonization. It features exclusive interviews with Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone, and Carla Del Ponte.
124 min
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Why are human beings so greedy and why are our societies so hierarchical, when our ancestors’ societies were so fiercely egalitarian? What is “human nature” in this regard?
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The invasion of Grenada by US forces in 1983 echoed around the world and put an end to a unique experiment in Caribbean politics. What were the circumstances that led to this extraordinary chain of events?
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Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a neighborhood that wasn’t designed around cars? Well - in most of the country that’s actually illegal. But in Tempe, AZ there’s a new development called Culdesac that has managed to make it happen. This community is designed...
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With B'Tselem admitting that Israel's actions in Gaza are genocidal, it's looking increasingly difficult for cowardly western leaders to keep pretending Israel isn't committing genocide
Another Angry Voice
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” – Omar El AkkadWhen he posted on October 25, 2023, he also shared video of Gaza, in three...
Wim Laven
In this video, which is part of his TEDxRainier talk, Rick Steves shares lessons learned from Iran and tells why spending all that time and money away from home has broadened his perspective, enriched his life, and made it clear to him, as he says in his talk, “Fear is for...
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Visions of the future are common in science fiction. From "The Fifth Element" to "Doctor Who" to "The Hunger Games," we have imagined the future of fashion time and time again. But what if...it's all weird and messed up and we have to write a video essay about it? What if...
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Why is Gen Z so obsessed with “cringe” culture, and what does it reveal about today’s digital world? This video essay examines the evolution of cringe—from embarrassing moments to ironic badges of identity—focusing on how Gen Z reclaims millennial-era awkwardness, such as...
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The displaced and bereaved in Gaza, and the disappeared in America, are not the only ones experiencing injury. We who witness and cannot stop it also lose confidence in our ability to effectively support decency and justice.
Abba A. Solomon
The one-sided trade agreement that Donald Trump imposed on the EU illustrates how the US empire exploits its "allies" in Europe as vassals to benefit the American oil/gas industry, Big Tech corporations, and the military-industrial complex. This did not start with Trump, but...
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Why are so many artists struggling in a booming music industry? Over 600 million people globally have streaming subscriptions, with most of them paying about 12 bucks a month. And for musicians, it’s never been easier to release work into the world. But ease of access doesn’t...
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China and Russia help formerly colonized countries in the Global South defend their sovereignty amid constant US meddling and aggression, argues Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, a Latin American country that has been invaded and militarily occupied by the USA multiple...
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This provocative documentary on maverick academic Russell Jacoby explores the ignominious fate of public intellectuals, the neutering of radicalism in American public life, and the need for daring Utopian thought.
56 min
What if the way you see the world is shaped by trauma you haven’t fully processed?
7 min
From Politics Chat, July 22, 2025. You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
22 min
Investor-owned utilities are building expensive & polluting energy projects to drive up shareholder profits. The scheme enriches massive firms like Blackrock and Vanguard. Meanwhile customers are forced to pay higher and higher energy bills.
11 min
Donald Trump has broken promises to MAGA before but never experienced an upset like this. Why are the Epstein files different?
19 min
This video explains: 1. What the political left and right actually mean 2. Why elites don’t want us to know what they mean 3. How confusion about left and right is a major cause of growing inequality 4. How understanding what left and right mean is a key tool in the fight for...
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Regenerative living is a revolutionary philosophy rooted in reciprocity, creativity, and care.
Master of fright, John Carpenter directs this entertaining and darkly humorous horror film. Roddy Piper plays Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker who stumbles upon a special pair of sunglasses that reveal an awesome global secret--the ruling elite of the world are...
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The mainstream narrative loves to invoke figures like Albert Einstein, MLK Jr, and Nelson Mandela, yet it always ends up whitewashing their radical beliefs. This video will shine a light on what the approved narrative conveniently ignores. This video is for educational...
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Two dialysis giants control the industry — and they're gaming the healthcare system. DaVita and Fresenius are pushing out and intimidating patients, and sometimes refusing to send them to the hospital. It's all done to boost profits and make more off the dialysis business.
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Why Epstein’s 'client list' will never be released.
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Climate change is happening, but has it ever happened before?
23 min
Despite a strong desire from the public to get to the bottom of the Jeffrey Epstein case, which saw the trafficking and sexual exploitation of thousands of young girls, the cabal associated with Epstein continues its conspiracy to suppress the ugly truth of the ruling class.
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From Politics Chat, July 17, 2025. You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
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Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but empirical evidence shows that the USA and European countries are oligarchies dominated by economic elites and large corporations.
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The 3.5% figure keeps getting passed around as if it’s a formula for regime change. It’s not. It’s a retrospective pattern from a dataset of 20th-century movements—not a strategy, and not a rule. In this video, we break down why the misuse of the 3.5% number has become a...
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The New York Times finally admitted Israel is carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, in an article by an Israeli scholar who studies the Holocaust. A United Nations report detailed how US corporations are profiting from these crimes, although the...
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From Politics Chat, July 15, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
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Mobile homes are one of the last remaining affordable housing options in America. Now they’ve become private equity’s latest target. Private equity firms now own at least 1200 parks nationwide. And residents have seen their rents spike by as much as 100% in the last 6 years.
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With MAGA and Democrats demanding answers about the Epstein files and Trump denying their existence, Jordan Klepper charts the president’s well-documented history with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, which might be why the president wants the entire thing to blow over...
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Labour Friends of Genocide EXPOSED
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Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS? It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, but what we think.
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Working people are struggling to make ends meet. Trump’s planned tariffs will make the problem worse.
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What's it like to see the world for the first time, with a fresh pair of eyes, from a completely different perspective? In this video, we'll be taking a look at one of the most profound films of the last several decades: Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary and visual...
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The sanctioning by the Trump administration of Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, is an ominous harbinger of the end of the rule of international law.
Chris Hedges
The Trump administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files and videos is done not only to protect Trump, but the ruling class. They all belong to the same club.
Chris Hedges
Just two days after we sat down with Francesca Albanese, the Trump Administration placed her under sanctions. They accuse the UN Special Rapporteur of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. She says the sanctions are “mafia style intimidation techniques” and vows to...
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The myth that “Palestinians always reject peace” has been a pernicious lie used to delegitimize their struggle for decades. In reality, Palestinians have never been offered a just peace—yet they’ve repeatedly chosen to compromise. Still, they’re blamed for the continued...
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Close Donald Trump allies like Steve Bannon say "the president is pissed every time he looks at the BRICS de-dollarization effort". The US government fears the Global South's challenge to the exorbitant privilege of the dollar. Trump is trying to make an example out of...
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Pundits are saying that the clumsy way in which Trump's administration is handling the scandalous Jeffrey Epstein case is damaging the MAGA movement. This video examines cult influence techniques to ask the question: Will Trump emerge from the Epstein coverup with an even...
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