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How Facebook May Secretly Foil Your Activist Plans
In recent years, Facebook has become an unexpectedly crucial tool for activism. The social media platform allows activists to efficiently connect and communicate with one another in order to arrange meetings, protests and boycotts. Unfortunately, activists who once found that...
"Fuhck the Bahnks" by the Bondi Hipsters
We applied for a bank loan but they turned us down, so we wrote this song... This track goes out to the one percent... #sorrynotsorry
On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom
In Wildness is the preservation of the World.Thoreau says it in Walking, and Jack Turner, in his exquisite collection of essays,The Abstract Wild, questions how many of us have any idea what it means. P
Argentina: The Country That Monsanto Poisoned
American biotechnology has turned Argentina into the worlds third-largest soybean producer, but the chemicals powering the boom arent confined to soy and cotton and corn fields. They routinely contaminate homes and classrooms and drinking water. A growing chorus of doctors...
World War III Kickstarter UPDATE
Last year, we asked for you to help us make Obama's World War III plans a reality. Now, we're happy to report...we're almost there! Part 2 is the first WW3 Kickstarter video that came out in 2013.
How the Prison-Industrial Complex Kills People For Profit
Failing to provide sick prisoners with needed care turns out to be pretty good for Corizon's profits.
Poet Sarah O'Neal's Powerful Response to Those Who Fail to Understand #BlackLivesMatter
19-year-old spoken-word poet Sarah O'Neal recites her poem An Overreaction, where she speaks about Dr. King and her frustration at having to defend protests.
The News, Unfiltered
UK News reporter Jonathan Pie has a go at David Cameron, Alan Sugar, Nuclear Weapons, Matt Damon's treatment in the press, Jeremy Corbyn's treatment by the press...you name it, he has a go about it!
Alfie Kohn: No Grades + No Homework = Better Learning
In a thought-provoking presentation, Alfie Kohn makes a compelling case that two traditional features of schooling -- grades and homework -- are not only unnecessary but actually undermine students interest in learning. This trailer is made up of 4 clips from the DVD. Click...
Neil deGrasse Tyson Smacks Down an Assumption We've Held About Our Animal Relatives For Far Too Long
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, discusses the human-animal connection from a scientific standpoint.
The Pain You Feel Is Capitalism Dying
I know it hurtsbut what you are feeling (alongside millions of others) is the natural consequence of late-stage capitalism.
100% Possible - Clean, Safe, Renewable Energy
What if Steve Jobs had given up on the iPhone how would you be reading this now?! More importantly, what would our world be like if MLK hadn't had a dream, or Gandhi never stood up? In December 2015 worldleaders will meet for the world's biggest climate summit. It's time to...
Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?
Why I Refuse to Let Technology Control Me. By Prince Ea
$420 Tiny House Made From Recycled Materials
The build of a $420 tiny house almost entirely made from recycled materials. The house is 6.25 square meters and includes a loft with a bed.
Ecocide: The Psychology of Environmental Destruction
Recent scientific reports about climate change make grim reading. A paper published in The Economic Journal by the respected UK economist Lord Stern states that the models previously used to calculate the economic effects of climate change have been woefully inadequate. They...
Jews and Arabs Kiss to Protest Book Ban
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.
WikiRebels
Exclusive rough-cut of the first in-depth documentary on WikiLeaks and the people behind it! From summer 2010 until now, Swedish Television has been following the secretive media network WikiLeaks and its enigmatic Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange.Reporters Jesper Huor and...
Whoa Canada
Whoa Canadais about Canadas surveillance programs in an era of climate change. Weve interviewed some of the countries leading experts and people who have actually been wrongfully targeted by this surveillance and intimidation. Together with members of the SHD community weve...
Why I Am Not Charlie
There is no but aboutwhat happened atCharlie Hebdo.Some people published some cartoons, and some other people killedthem for it. Words and pictures can be beautiful or vile, pleasing or enraging, inspiring or offensive; but they exist on a different plane from physical...
Kate Tempest's Powerful Intro to Glastonbury 2017
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.
Goodnight Democracy: How Big Money Bought Our Democracy, Children’s-Book Style
RememberGoodnight Moon, the childrens book about a young rabbit going to bed?
The Employment - A Surreal Short Film About the Drudgery of Work
An anonymous man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the utilisation of people as objects in an everyday thing.
Zombie Apocalypse and the Politics of Artificial Scarcity
Dystopian narratives have long been an alluring and thought-provoking form of entertainment, especially for those who take an interest in studying social and political structures. From classics like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World to the current hit, The Hunger...
If Fast Food Commercials Were Honest
Turns out the only thing grosser than the food is how the commercials are made.
Kensho - Dreaming with Alan Watts
Short film dreamt by Aaron Paradox, narrated by Alan Watts.
Gasland
The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of fracking or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a Saudia Arabia of natural gas just beneath us. But is fracking safe?
7 Reasons The Universal Basic Income Is Worth Fighting For
The Universal Basic Income (UBI) sometimes called the Unconditional Basic Income, Citizens Income or Social Wage has in recent times become a focus of economic discussion across the political spectrum. While column inches in the Financial Times and The Economist have been...
Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama
MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING features conversations that span 13 years between two formidable women whose lives and political work remain at the epicenter of the most important civil rights struggles in the US. Through the intimacy and depth of conversations, we learn about...
The Purpose of Nonviolent Communication
Nonviolent communication is a tool that we can use to resolve conflicts at both the individual and collective levels. By focusing on identifying the needs of individuals and groups instead of the assigning blame for circumstances, nonviolent communication has the potential to...
The Sacred Science
The Sacred Scienceis a groundbreaking documentary that captures an unprecedented glimpse into the ancient healing practices of the Amazon rainforests medicine men, or shamans, whose unique knowledge of indigenous plants and rituals is threatened by deforestation...
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the crisis.
Israelis Speak Candidly to Abby Martin About Palestinians
On the streets of Jerusalem, Abby Martin interviews Jewish Israeli citizens from all walks of life. In several candid interviews, disturbing comments reveal commonly-held views about Palestinians and their future in the region.
Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Astronomer Carl Sagan's landmark 13-part science series takes you on an awe-inspiring cosmic journey to the edge of the Universe and back aboard the spaceship of the imagination.
Why School Sucks
I hope all of my teachers see this. -Prince EA
The American Dream
The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you've been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you...
A German Guy Wants to Give You a Bunch of Money for Nothing
What would happen if we didn't have to worry about making a living anymore? Would people just sit on their asses all day or actually do something meaningful with their lives? Michael Bohmeyer, a 29-year-old founder of a tech startup in Berlin, wanted to find out.
Being Crazy in a Sick Society Is Actually Healthy
Tobe normal is to be sick
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?
The Cove
Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary of 2009, THE COVE follows an elite team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers as they embark on a covert mission to penetrate a remote and hidden cove in Taiji, Japan, shining a light on a dark and deadly secret. Utilizing...
I Love My Country But Hate What They Are Doing
The lies that lead us to never ending war - and real solutions to change this fate 32 minute short film featuringprominent Swiss historian and researcher Dr. Daniele Ganser, Tommy Hansen, Gerald Celente, Anthony Freda, Ken O'Keefe, Gary Franchi, Ray McGovern and Joe Rogan.
Stephen Fry Asked What He Would Say To God, His Answer Is Damning
Atheist Stephen Fry on Irish television showThe Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne is asked, suposing he existed, what he would say to god - whom he describes as a capricious, mean-minded maniac.
Why Engagement Rings Are A Scam. Here Are The Facts.
The comical geniuses over at College Humor recently released a new short video that is capturing the attention of many across the internet due to its comedy, but even more so due to its factual backing. The 4 minute video takes us through the history of the engagement ring, a...
Cops Get "Protected and Served," Don't Like It
Thomas Nestel, the Philadelphia Transit Authority police chief, is aghast over the refusal of bystanders to help a transit cop Sam Wellington being beaten up by one of their fellow citizens that hed been trying to arrest. I was horrified. I was frightened for my cops.
Work Myths: 9 Lies You've Been Told About Work
Lies you've been told about work.
The Next Time Someone Responds to "Black Lives Matter" with "All Lives Matter" Send Them This
Imagine that you're sitting down to dinner with your family, and while everyone else gets a serving of the meal, you don't get any. So you say "I should get my fair share." And as a direct response to this, your dad corrects you, saying, "everyoneshould get their fair share."...
UKs Youngest MP Just Gave Her First Speech in Parliament, And It's A Cracker
Mhairi Black, the youngest person to be elected to parliament since at least the 19th century, used a barnstorming first speech in theHouse of Commonsto mount a withering attack on the chancellor for cutting housing benefit to young people and to call for Labour to join the...
Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free
Disobedienceis afilm about a new phase of the climate movement: courageous action that is being taken on the front lines of the climate crisis on every continent, led by regular people fed up with the power and pollution of the fossil fuel industry.
The Lie We Live
Spencer Cathcart raises all the right questions, exposes collective lies and stories we tell ourselves all the while retaining a sense of hope for humanity. This video will challenge your views, values and beliefs in a very direct and unforgiving manner, but it will also...
The Fighting F--k Toy and Other Disturbing Hollywood Archetypes that Shape Our Perception of Women
Want to have a pervasive effect on the subconscious attitudes of our culture? Get into the entertainment business.
The Greatest War Going On Today Has Been Called The Silent War, Because Few Ever Speak Of It
"There are no bullets, but it's a war in which people are dying... And the principle weapon, is debt." This clip is taken from the beginning of the film War By Other Means (1992), by John Pilger. Watch the full documentary online here. It may be over 2 decades old, but it...
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On a Moving Train
In these turbulent times, Howard Zinn is inspiring a new generation. This acclaimed film looks at the amazing life of the renowned historian, activist and author. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became an academic...
A Brief History of European Colonization in Africa
This clip, narrated by Kevin Spacey, comesfrom the feature documentaryUganda Rising.It shows how Africa was carved up by Europeancolonialforces, using divide and rule policies that continue to have devastating effects on those living in those countries to this day.
The Best Intro to Tar Sands in 3 Minutes
Animated sequences from the feature documentary H2Oilexplain, in a nutshell, the issues and problems associated with oil/tar sands production in Canada. You can view the full film here.
Real Value
Award-winning filmmaker Jesse Borkowski delivers a refreshing meditation on how business can be used to create value beyond profit; connecting motivational stories from social entrepreneurs working in agriculture, apparel, insurance, and biofuel, with the captivating science...
Greece is the Latest Battleground in the Financial Elite’s War on Democracy
From laissez-faire economics in 18th-century India to neoliberalism in todays Europe the subordination of human welfare to power is a brutal tradition
For The Next 7 Generations
In 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four...
Moyers & Company:  This Economist Will Blow Your Mind
Economist Richard Wolff joins Bill Moyers to shine light on the disaster left behind in capitalism's wake, and discusses how to battle for economic justice. A noted professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and now visiting professor at Manhattan's New...
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC Bud' being exported to the United States, the trade has become an international issue...
How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot
When whales were at their historic populations, before their numbers were reduced, it seems that whales might have been responsible for removing tens of millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year. Whales change the climate. The return of the great whales, if...
Alfie Kohn: The 3 Most Basic Needs of Children & Why Schools Fail
What students most need, high schools seem almost designed to thwart.