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America has used its history of struggle and protest to gain the freedoms it has today, says Owen Jones. But, he argues, the country is now in grave peril. He says the US must draw on its proud history of positive action to avoid a Trump victory.
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Harriet Paintin and Hannah Kirmes-Daly spent a week at the refugee camp during its last days, collecting portraits, hopes and thoughts of its residents.
Harriet Paintin, Hannah Kirmes-Daly
While it's not entirely clear who coined the phrase "socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the rest," its ability to provoke — and, more importantly, to describe — is beyond question.
Jake Johnson
Prayer circles, rubber bullets, and a buffalo stampede at the major protest in rural North Dakota.
Antonia Juhasz
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Utilizing casual unrushed surroundings, intimate extended interactions, and unscripted freewheeling conversations, citizen-journalist Cee documents a diverse team of real world, out of this world, and down to earth activists who reveal that their world is shared and united...
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Our society seems to harden and love for our peers harder to give. We amaze ourselves over it, disapprove of it and place blame with the mad individual. Imagination however teaches us to take in to account the conditions of the environment -parents, school, friends, societal...
"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people." / "Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." - John Quincy Adams
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More like "alien tribes" than rival parties. That's how the Pew Research Center describes how the two sides in an increasingly divided America see each other.
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O ano de 2016 já entrou para a História como aquele em que atingiu o seu auge o movimento estudantil secundarista em nosso país: em Outubro de 2016, mais de 1.100 escolas e universidades públicas foram ocupadas pelo Brasil afora. Neste documentário, buscamos revelar a...
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The words of John Trudell, who walked on late last year, ring out in this video by filmmakers Heather Rae, Cody Lucich and Ben Dupris, who recently spent time with the water protectors near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation who are trying to stop the Dakota Access oil...
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The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.
Jason Tebbe
“The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover. The daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.”
Gavin Aung Than
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Unknown to most, the amount of homeless individuals and families in the UK is at its highest point in a generation, and continuing to rise. Although some government and private assistance is in place, it's not nearly enough to tackle the ongoing epidemic.
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A voyage across the US-Mexico border, stitched together from 200,000 satellite images. Directed by Josh Begley. Read more here.
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The more I look at the USA, the less I see the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
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Facebook’s system allows advertisers to exclude black, Hispanic, and other “ethnic affinities” from seeing ads.
Julia Angwin, Terry Parris Jr.
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Documentário, curta-metragem, 28 min, Maio de 2016, um filme de Eduardo Carli de Moraes.
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'Like Robin Hood, because Robin Hood was a pirate, we want to take the power from the powerful to give it to the people.'
Common Dreams
This piece is very personal because, as an Indigenous woman, my analysis is very personal, as is the analysis that my friends on the frontlines have shared with me. We obviously can’t speak for everyone involved, as Native beliefs and perspectives are as diverse as the...
Kelly Hayes
My story is just one of more than 65 million. I’m one of the lucky ones who gets to share it.
Ahmed Abdalrazag
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acTVism Munich Playlist October 2016
This video playlist compiles all of acTVism Munich's work for the month October 2016 which includes a wide range of topics - privacy, democracy, economy, politics and social issues. This video playlist includes interviews with Joseph...
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We are in an age of spillages and fundamental breaches in the borders of things. From the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, to the ‘insurgency’ of Syrian refugees, to the surprising revelations that with the NSA the Americans spy on everyone else, and to the...
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Uma produção A Casa de Vidro; um filme de Eduardo Carli de Moraes.
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The world doesn't stop being sacred because we start to understand it - and that's mostly because understanding is not a relation of exteriority or of final approximations, but of ongoing participation.
The American journalist, Edward Bernays, is often described as the man who invented modern propaganda.
John Pilger
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We must start taking full responsibility for our lives so that no harm is done to the earth by the choices we make and no harm or suffering done to other people by the choices we make. In nearly every aspect of our lives we are forced and coerced to destroy the Earth and...
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Water protectors have extended their camp beyond the overflow site, just north of the Standing Rock reservation, to the pipeline easement line. The Oceti Sakowin declared eminent domain on land bought by Dakota Access and set up their new
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"From one death for every 269 arrivals last year, in 2016 the likelihood of dying has spiraled to one in 88," says UNHCR spokesman
Deirdre Fulton
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Prince Ea announces who he's voting for. It's probably not who you think.
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This election year has been absolutely unprecidented, even for people who have no real interest in politics. The television tells us that one of the two most untrusted, disliked candidates in living memory will become our next President- while simultaniously mocking and...
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With just weeks until the U.S. presidential election—and with both mainstream candidates embroiled in unprecedented scandal—Abby Martin interviews one of the progressive alternatives, socialist candidate Gloria La Riva.
La Riva is a long-time organizer in the anti-war and...
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On October 22, just before dawn, hundreds of people, including many families, gathered and prepared to march toward the Dakota Access pipeline construction site near Standing Rock, North Dakota. Dozens of officers, backed by military trucks, police vans, machine guns, and...
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The British government recently gave the green light for Heathrow airport’s third runway. It was heralded by its supporters as a vital boost for jobs and growth – and proof that the UK was “open for business”. The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, referred to the decision...
Matthew Adams
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#WhoWeAre is a campaign to share the stories of people whose actions show us compassion and to send a message of empathy, hope and optimism.
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Join Emerge America's #WhySheRuns campaign to support female candidates and encourage more women to running for office. More information is available at www.emergeamerica.org/whysheruns.
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Author, Activist and Former California State Senator Tom Hayden talks in depth with the author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein, about the state of the fourth branch of government: journalists.
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When my father was seven he and his best friend Phil cut their index fingers open and placed them together to create a “blood pact” that they would always be brothers. To this day I still call Phil my uncle and cannot think of anyone that my father has showed more inalienable...
Bianca Vivion
When Arundhati Roy was preparing, in 2014, for a trip to Moscow to meet Edward Snowden, she was troubled by two things.
Jake Johnson
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From Chile's marble caves to the blue buildings of Jaipur in India, here are eight stunning places that showcase awesome natural and man-made sights.
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Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning film I, Daniel Blake tells the story of a man who is denied disability benefit after a heart attack and who is then subsequently caught in a bureaucratic nightmare – along with Katie, a young woman with two children to protect. Loach...
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Soon Hillary Clinton will likely become the first female president of the United States. Maude Garrett tells her what she should expect.
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The 'new story' - that longed for milieu when all is right with the world and things are set straight - seems to be taking its sweet time coming. Why?
In addition to advising on all three mega-mergers, Credit Suisse is playing a big role behind the scenes of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Wenonah Hauter
Let's all take a moment to clear our aching, overstuffed heads. Empty your mind of every piece of political rhetoric you've heard for one moment. Now please, for the sake of human lives everywhere, give serious consideration to the fact that there's only one candidate running...
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In 2016 the meaning of masculinity is something of a minefield. But at a time of war, of financial scandal, of terrorism and violent crime - is manhood itself to blame? Grayson Perry answers the question what is it about men?
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Hello! We are Oh Wonder, a musical duo from London.
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This is my ballot. It arrived in the mail where I live in Washington state — and I’ve already sent it back to the elections committee. Note how I didn’t vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinto
Joe Brewer
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The Professor of Geography examines social inequality and the geodemographics of the UK, using maps created by Oliver O'Brien (UCL, CASA) in 2012 and updated in 2015. You can further explore the maps here.
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The Forgotten Children: More than a hundred child refugees are stuck in asylum limbo on the island of Nauru as a result of Australia's harsh and unsympathetic border policies. ABC Four Corners reveals their story.
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'I wrote about how money laundering was actually done... they spiked it.'
Parliamentary Candidate David Malone was a popular second choice in the UK Green Party leadership election. As a scientist, author and journalist, Malone says he wants the Greens to have a 'difficult...
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Donald Trump is actually the corporate triceratops, Mr. Richfield, from the 90's TV show sitcom, "Dinosaurs".
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Climate change is probably the most serious problem humanity is currently facing, yet it is repeatedly ignored by the general population, as well as world governments. It is crucial that we start taking it seriously, before it's too late. In this short video, Elena Krasnova...
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Cuba - diverse, vibrant and complex - is undergoing immense change. But what does it mean to be Cuban in this time of change? Six people. Six films. From the comedy and ballet worlds of the capital Havana, to the mountains of the Sierra Maestra, to a neighbourhood showdown in...
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Born in Darfur, Sudan and raised in Philadelphia, Emi Mahmoud is the 2015 World Poetry Slam Champion and the Women of the World co-Champion of 2016. From a young age Emi presented poetry to raise awareness about the conflict in Darfur.
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CNN accused of switching their focus group question from asking "third party" to "undecided".
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I am part of a team of academics teaching a course to residents in the Calais Jungle, a camp for migrants and refugees outside the French city. Life Stories in the Jungle has been running since November 2015. I travel with a team of colleagues and students from the University...
Aura Lounasmaa
Ranked-choice voting is catching on, and Maine might become the first state to help citizens vote for candidates they actually want.
Peter White
Doing so would constitute 'double win for tackling the twin health threats of air pollution and climate change,' report states
Nadia Prupis
The media present poverty as the fault of the poor, Ken Loach tells Malcolm Lewis in this interview.
Malcolm Lewis
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Voting laws vary from state to state, which can be confusing. What can you do about it? Watch this video and stay informed now!
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Vox's Emily Crockett explains why Donald Trump's comments aren't just "lewd," they're predatory.
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Society sets the bar so high to become a 'good immigrant', argues writer Nikesh Shukla, that normal immigrants are demonised. He says non-Brits in the public eye have a simple path to good-immigrant status - as long as they play within the rules. But immigrants should be held...
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A few years ago, I got into an argument with my now mother-in-law over my supposedly “backwards” ways. My transgression? I did not attend a party of my now husband’s (then merely boyfriend’s) distant relatives, none of whom I knew, while he was out of town. Why didn’t I want...
Cat Elz
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Football’s world cup for unrecognised territories is viewed through the eyes of the manager and players of one of the most fascinating teams, Iraqi Kurdistan.
In summer 2016, an extraordinary tournament took place: football's ‘rebel' world cup for stateless nations...
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Thich Nhat Hanh explains the Four Qualities of Love that can bring deep meaning to our lives.
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Leaning against the door of a state restaurant, I’m anticipating someone named Rita. I don’t understand abundant concerning her: I do understand she’s young, in her 20s, which she’s one in all the primary fashion bloggers to return out of the new freelance state.
Anarchism : The word “anarchy” comes from Greek and means “no rulers”. As a political philosophy, anarchism is based on the idea that organization does not require rulers—that people can get together and deal with all the problems facing them, without an authority directing...
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Why is it discriminatory to require voters to present ID on election day? Many of us use our ID on a daily basis so it doesn’t seem unreasonable to be asked to prove who we are when we go to vote.
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The Koch Brothers are trying to hide behind a thin veil of deceit. They are targeting poor Latino communities, offering them free food and even school supplies, yet at the same time, actively working to suppress the minimum wage. It's time everyone knows that LIBRE is an...
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Catalonian artist Xavi Bou draws his inspiration from long childhood walks with his grandfather. In his latest work, Ornitographies, individual sequential images of birds in flight are combined and layered to produce a single chronophotograph. These incredible images show the...
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Water for Gold tells the alarming story of how international trade law is leading us to trade our most basic rights to clean, safe water for access to gold.
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What if womankind decided to usher in a new identity for humanity?
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Humans have long imagined beings in other worlds or on other planets whose emotions, motivations and physiologies closely mirror our own. Science fiction in its many forms tends toward a human-inflected conception of non-human life out in the Universe. This view of aliens as...
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This dispatch comes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, aka The Destroyer of Dreams.
Chris Coltrane
Putting Monsanto on trial is only the beginning of what the world's people must do to regain control of their food systems
Vandana Shiva
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Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) interviews actor, screenwriter, producer and activist John Cusack. Among other topics Cenk and John Cusack discuss his new book 'Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations' , Edward Snowden, how mainstream media limit the...
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A historic gathering is taking place against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock. Thousands of people, and around 300 Native nations, have gathered to stop Big Oil’s pipeline, which threatens sacred Native grounds and the environment.
To give an eyewitness account...
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In her first on-the-ground report from Palestine, Abby Martin gives a first-hand look into two of the most attacked refugee camps in the West Bank: Balata and Aida camps. With millions of displaced Palestinians around the world, hundreds of thousands are refugees in their own...
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Previewing Abby Martin’s on-the-ground investigation in Palestine, The Empire Files looks at the long history of Zionist colonization, expansion and expulsion of Palestine’s indigenous inhabitants.
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This is the portion of Jim Gottstein's October 7, 2016, talk at the MindFreedom Conference: Creative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model where he talks about the neuroleptics (misleadingly marketed as "antipsychotics") reducing recovery rates from 80% to 5%. Jim's full talk...
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Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn The Central Park Five Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Ken Burns Documentary Movie HD A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of...
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Animated film by Steve Cutts for 'Are You Lost In The World Like Me?', taken from These Systems Are Failing- the debut album from Moby & The Void Pacific Choir.
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This week we bring you a special sedition on the anniversary of one of the most bad-ass and sophisticated revolutionary organizations in the United Snakes... The Black Panthe Party. If you love our reports, consider making a donation - http://submedia.tv/donate We kick things...
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(reblogged from The Huffington Post)
John Wellington Ennis
"They threw the book at Deia for being a journalist."
Nika Knight
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We live in a time of great uncertainty and confusion. Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis, random bomb attacks. And those who are supposed to be in power are paralysed - they have...
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The evidence that these powers are all needed is thin indeed. And the cost to all of our privacy is huge.
Julian Huppert
There was once an old blind man who lived high atop a mountain. He was named a Shaman by the busy village below- as much for his great wisdom as for the uncanny way he could navigate without sight, even to and from his own home without assistance. 'Such a blessed soul he must...
Disclaimer: I do not support Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president. I think the scope of the political debate is far too narrow for the kinds of actions that need to take place to prevent the extinction of most of the life on earth, including human beings. Stepping...
There's a simple solution: it's called the future.
Liam Miller
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This year could well become the warmest on record. And nowhere has felt the effects more than the Arctic. Science Editor Tom Clarke has been to Norway's Svalbard islands in the high Arctic to see the changes firsthand.
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Climate Deadline. Paris, December 2015. The nations adopted the first truly universal climate treaty. That treaty is being ratified and implemented right now. Whose interest will it serve? What can be done?
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Everything we have been told about Muammar Gaddafi is a western fabrication to further their new wold agenda. Please take the time to watch this documentary on this great leader and share it far and wide. This video is combined from YouTube'r Dale Flores where you can find it...
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10 years ago Planet Earth changed our view of the world. Now we take you closer than ever before. This is life in all its wonder. This is Planet Earth II.
A decade ago, the landmark television series Planet Earth redefined natural history filmmaking, giving us the ultimate...
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The Royal Canadian Geographic Society's first Explorer in Residence, Jill Heinerth talks us through the uniqueness of what has become an explorer's paradise: Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada. The final resting place of four WWII ships sunk by German U-boats in 1942, now...
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Documental realizado por el banco de semillas holandés Paradise seeds en conjunto con fundación Daya de Chile
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“Being poor is hoping the toothache goes away,” Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi wrote in a personal blog post over a decade ago. “Being poor is a heater in only one room of the house... Being poor is needing that 35-cent raise... Being poor is six dollars short on the...
Matt Stannard
Are you having a hard time knowing who to trust? Not sure what is going on in the world? Is your Facebook feed full of lies, misdirections, and half truths? This is because billions of dollars are being spent to confuse all of us.
More than one billion dollars has been...
Joe Brewer