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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.
9 min
'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".
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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.
108 min
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?
93 min
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
“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
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Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, says many Europeans' fear of refugees boils down to the idea of the "precariat" - people whose lives are marked by precariousness, anxiety and fear. As more EU countries raise walls and the backlash against...
We live in an ecology of separation; a human-built ecology so far separated from the earth's actual ecology that it is impossible for sustainability—let alone environmental and social well being—to be achieved within it. This is where we are as a society, but we don’t have to...
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Does the world really need neuroadvertisers, PR researchers and branding consultants? Renowned academic and coiner of the ‘we are the 99%’ slogan, David Graeber is a passionate advocate for meaningful work. After famously condemning the 21st-century phenomenon of ‘bullsh*t...
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Something in the water reveals the web of special interests, diplomatic ties and corporate influence behind the privatization of Greece's public services. The film follows the story of the fight for public water in Thessaloniki, where, despite 98.2% of voters choosing to...
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Think of someone you've lost touch with or haven't spoken to in awhile and take a moment to reach out and let them know you're thinking of them. A friend, a family member, a favorite teacher. It can be anyone. Do a kind act today. #reconnection #choosekindness
Imagine a world in which all of the main functions of society are run for-profit by private companies. Schools are run by multinationals. Private security firms have replaced police forces. And most big infrastructure lies in the hands of a tiny plutocratic elite. Justice...
Aisha Dodwell
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WikiLeaks has published 10 million documents over the last 10 years -- an average of 3,000 documents per day. What are the top 10?
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Jose and his family, like so many other Americans, work extremely hard to make ends meet. He votes to raise the minimum wage and create a better life for himself and others struggling to provide for their families. Why do you vote?
Have you been watching the political circus in the United States wondering why so many people are putting up with this nonsense? Trust me, you are not alone. There are millions of us who have awakened to the reality that the political system is so thoroughly rigged that it...
Joe Brewer
For the most part I’ve chosen to ignore the day-to-day coverage of this election, to spare myself the pain and frustration of rubbernecking our trainwreck democracy. When I do tune in, I’m always disappointed at the level of social commentary on the Donald, the superficial...
Britta Love
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Nabil Musa is the first "waterkeeper" in Iraq and the Middle East. His mission is to protect the waterways of northern Iraq, and specifically, the upper Tigris River, so that its water remains swimmable, fishable and drinkable. Musa paddles the waterways in his kayak to raise...
Why should plagues of mental illness surprise us, in a world being ripped apart?
George Monbiot
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TERRA tells the story of life. Yann Arthus Bertrand and Michael Pitiot reveal the incredible saga of our living planet. From the first lichen to the gigantic forests, monkeys of the jungle to the mythic animals of the savannah. Over barely 10,000 years, life on Earth has been...
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For-Profit Prisons have ruined lives, wasted millions in tax dollars, and haven't made us any safer. But it doesn't end there. Now that mass incarceration is being threatened by a wakening public, the parasites are moving on to capitalize on the "treatment" process after...
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History has shown us that voting on elections accomplishes next to nothing, and that real lasting revolutionary change is won through hard work, by real people self organizing, and not by elected politicians. Yet every four years, the spectacle of the Democrats VS Republicans...
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John Oliver examines the legal and moral issues surrounding the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.
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Climate Stories NC seeks to capture the voices of North Carolinians whose lives have been affected by changes in the climate. These are their stories.
Corporations have increased their wealth vis-à-vis countries according to new figures released by Global Justice Now. The campaign group found that 69 of the world’s top economic entities are corporations rather than countries in 2015*. They also discovered that the world’s...
Global Justice Now
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The worst thing about being naked and then being hit by a car is that road rash is a problem for skin.
Why was I naked in the middle of the road at noon? I'm glad you asked, imaginary other half of this conversation! I have no idea. Some characteristics of bipolar disorder...
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Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder are known for their fantastic performance installations based on cooperation and balance. Their newest is no exception. They've created a railroad-style home, called ReActor House, that turns slowly, and tilts on it's single supporting column...
During the US Presidential Debate on October 9th the candidates were asked about the consequences of Islamaphobia. Trump answered by saying “Muslims must report when they see something going on" while Clinton said American Muslims needed to be our "eyes and ears". Muslims...
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0:00 Intro
4:18 Single-payer Healthcare
5:42 Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
8:31 Universal Basic Income
14:25 Blocked from the Debates
17:36 Outro
Margaret Flowers
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We invited Native Americans to respond to "Christopher Columbus." These are their responses.
The country’s political system is increasing rotting from the outside in and the inside out—a disintegration exemplified by the respective nomination of these two candidates who represent the worst qualities of modern America.
Peter Bloom
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University of Auckland Tuākana Mentors and Students in the Faculty of Arts respond to the upcoming Disney film Moana.
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Since Bill O'Reilly sent Jesse Watters to Chinatown to have some "gentle fun" with Chinese Americans, Fusion Comedy took Jenny Yang to Beverly Hills to have some "gentle fun" with white people.
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“Looking for the bunnies: A visual essay on Thira by art collective Barabli”
You have been lied to, because they were lied to
They told you that you are intelligent
That you are capable
That you are virtuous
They told you that you are most deserving
That you are passionate
That you are kind
That you are owed
They say the best defense is a good offense.
Yotam Marom
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A film written to represent the growing population of homeless people on the streets of London and that each and every one of them has a story to tell.
Ruling far-right party surprised opponents by reversing position on draconian abortion ban
Nika Knight
White People Feelings — It Is Time to Get Over Ourselves
H. Nemesis Nyx
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With the elections weeks away, we're helping you make sense of everything from gun control to immigration reform together with policy experts and some of your favorite musicians.
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About 70% of our planet is covered by oceans and seas: large, full of life and mysterious. They are a source of food, way of transportation, oxygen producer, and more.
But the sea is in danger: overfishing, plastic waste, acidification, species extinction. We need to better...
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In November 2015, on the brink of their first true democratic elections, Myanmar is at an incredible turning point. An oppressive military regime and international sanctions had kept the country sealed off from the world for decades. However, this is all changing; since 2011...
You're probably saying, "Well, no- CTR may be immoral, evil censorship, but certainly not domestic terrorism." And in a relatively balanced environment, or if one looks only at the current details without any historical context, I would 100% agree.
But this is much more akin...
In the age of heavily restricted migration, passport control seems a natural prerogative of the state. The idea of abolishing passports is almost unthinkable. But in the 20th century, governments considered their “total abolition” as an important goal, and even discussed the...
Speranta Dumitru
I want to write a story. About lust. I know you don’t belong to me. I know you know where your home is and it is not in me. I, I am the temporary refuge. And as you finally drop your filters, perhaps with whiskey kicking in and rest your head nonchalantly on my chest, telling...
Competition and individualism are forcing us into a devastating Age of Loneliness
George Monbiot
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Manners, aristocracy, freedom: all things we tend to think of as inherent British values. But, says rapper Akala, we are taught a distorted version of history which erases serious political struggle. That, he argues, is what really bought us the fragile freedoms we have today.
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As part of our series Going Gonzo, we take an indepth look at the Dalit issues in Gujarat, and the rest of India, as we participate the in the Dalit Asmita Yatra (Pride march) that took place on August 15 (Indpendence Day). The march turned violent and here is a peek at what...
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Elections 2016... There has never been a better time for a rude awakening.
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“We’ve been here. We know how to take care of the land. Just listen to us.”
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Soria Moria is about a woman, Sina, who grew up in rural Cambodia and started working in hotels when she was 16. Through hard work, dedication, and the assistance of the Soria Moria Boutique Hotel, Sina has risen to a leadership position and is now on the way to owning her...
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In this Open Letter animation, Michael Nagler from the Metta Center for Nonviolence encourages Bernie Sanders' supporters that they don't need to "get over their anger," but harness it because it's a real power—and it can serve as the basis of a major transformation in the...
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Terrorism. It’s in the news; it’s in our lives. The US military is fighting an endless, borderless war on terror, but bombs and drones are just, “making terrorists faster than we can kill them.”
Solidarity protests were also held in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, London, and elsewhere in Europe and the United States
Deirdre Fulton