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Democracy at Work is a project that aims to build a social movement. The movement's goal is to transition to a new society whose productive enterprises (offices, factories, and stores) will mostly be WSDE's, a true economic democracy.
Sometimes satire is the best weapon. Craig Reucassel interviews comedy genius Sacha Baron Cohen in character as his latest creation: climate skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton.
Rap News EP3: Al Gore finally accepts Lord Monckton's challenge to a highly uncivilized debate over the issue of anthropogenic climate change, as the Copenhagen Climate Conference - aka COP15 -  approached and faded.
Obama supporters condemn right-wing-sounding policies when they think they’re Romney’s, but either excuse them or go into denial  when told that the policies are actually Obama’s.
Cornel West has some scathing words for president Obama. He must have summed up what at least a third of the country felt when they heard this little tidbit about Obama's second inauguration - but West delivers this instinctive reaction with a stinging eloquence of poetic...
Have you ever wondered why there’s so much debt? Or why the experts and authorities seem completely unable to solve the current debt crisis?
Ashin Sopaka is a Burmese exile. The military government has taken away his political status and his right to express himself. But they haven't taken his right to walk. Ashin is a Peacewalker. Following in the spirit of Gandhi's peaceful protests, Ashin has encouraged people...
In December, 2000 at the request of Professor David Andrus of USC's School of International Relations, Michael C. Ruppert gave a lecture on economics that rocked the foundations of about 70 upper classmen. There is the economics that is taught in most college curricula and...
"When I was very young, I was taken away from my mom..."
If a pig is very lucky he can have a wonderful life. But, our society is such that the vast majority of pigs don't have any luck at all and lead short, dismal lives filled with suffering.
Peak Moment 187: Filmmaker Jon Cooksey is one funny guy, even while presenting the most serious problems facing humanity. In this fast-paced conversation, he gallops all over the map with five big problems, five big solutions, and a playful and heartfelt approach. Wacky...
Addressing the countless "Sandy Hook was a hoax" videos that have been spreading, in 3 parts. Our apologies for the swearing and insulting tone of part 1. If you want a more moderate tone see part 3. But it's worth mentioning that part 1's insulting dismissal of "conspiracy...
As expected the, NRA wasn't  particularly pleased with President Obama's gun control proposals. And why not? As Jon Stewart outlined on Wednesday night's "Daily Show", the organization has enjoyed massive influence on gun laws and their enforcement for quite a while.
An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK's Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale. From toxic chemicals in drinking water to unregulated interstate dumping of potentially radioactive waste that experts fear can...
The brilliant naturalist, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, and founder of the Biomimicry Institute, Janine Benyus, reminds us that our prime directive as living beings is to seek to create conditions conducive to life. What are Nature's 100 Best...
Narrated by Oscar-nominee James Cromwell, this powerful film takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration behind the closed doors of the nation's largest industrial farms, hatcheries, and slaughter plants -- revealing the often-unseen journey that animals make from Farm to Fridge.
Edge Fund launched 15 December 2012. Edge Fund is a grant-making body with a difference. We are a community of donors, activists and people from communities facing injustice who work together to support efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice and to end...
This is an excerpt from an incredible speech made by Charlie Kaufman during BAFTA's 2011 Screenwriters' Lecture Series. The video touches on how the world is built on consumerism. It serves to distract us, killing the human in side of us, leaving us feeling inadequate...
When he watched mountaintop removal mining raze the mountain all around his home and family's land on Kayford Mountain in West Virginia, Larry Gibson became one of the country's first people to speak out against this extreme and egregiously irresponsible mining practice. He...
People everywhere are making choices more connected with their values. We are simplifying our lives, buying less and living more because we know that the Earth provides enough to satisfy everyone's need, but not everyone's greed. But there is one connected choice that...
Junior Walk's path to activism was not an easy one. From living with contaminated water in his own home as a child, to being kicked out of the house for speaking out against the coal company, and being threatened by relatives and neighbors, Junior has had to muster courage at...
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.
Many generations of Lisa Henderson's family lived in Marfork, WV. She was born there and loved it "A lttle slice of perfect paradise," she calls it. During Lisa's lifetime the town was abandoned because of pollution from nearby mountaintop removal mining. Because of this...
Their Future in Your Hands is a great new video resource that is ideal for stimulating discussion about animal rights in subjects such as citizenship, English, RE and sixth form general studies. The film demonstrates that animals have rich emotional lives - in many ways...
This video introduces the Token Exchange System, a local monetary/financial system being developed by the Principled Societies Project, based on the book "Creating Sustainable Societies" by John Boik. The token system is an advanced form of local currency. It is designed to...
David Diamond, Ph.D., of the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences shares his personal story about his battle with obesity.
Want to see the world from a different perspective? Want to trade mind-numbing life for a fiery one? Want to plan your rebellious getaway now? Political travel is the address if you are looking for a revolutionary way to travel.
Piglets dying while their mothers look on unable to help, crippled chickens dying on the floor of vast sheds, terrified cows desperate to escape the slaughterhouse and sheep being killed while their young still suckle are just some of the scenes from a new Animal Aid film...
"I hated mountaintop removal mining at first sight; I thought it was awful. You see, I grew up in these mountains, with the beauty, serenity and joy you feel inside this place. These mountains are so beautiful; I didn't want them destroyed. And I wanted my children and my...
In the spring of 2009, Amber moved to be with family in the small mountain town of Ameagle, in the heart of West Virginia's coal country. In Ameagle, she was surrounded by mountaintop removal coal mining and was awakened to its effects on communities, families, clean water...
The commercial advertising world...An art form that has had decades to develop & enhance it's way of selling mass products & services, worldwide or nationally. How conscious are we as a species of these tricks, and even if we are, what keeps us going back whilst local...
Self-described civilized man, belonging to the culture known as the Takers. What an extraordinary creature. He has walked on the moon and created the worldwide web that connects billions of people like us right here. But there is a darker side of Taker culture, a history that...
Russell seeks common ground with the notoriously anti-gay leaders.
Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves.
The voice-over on this ad is a joke. But also, maybe it kinda isn’t? After all, without unions, we’d have to drive our own garbage to the dump and our kids would probably be drinking pee from the water fountains. - Carolyn Silveira
Elder, healer and leader in the Maori community Rangimarie Turuki Rose Peri tells her story and shows us the true meaning of self-acceptance.
This is an excerpt from the two-part, 60-minute DVD. In it, Daniel Quinn proposes that the modern environmental crisis has its origins in the agricultural revolution that began about ten thousand years ago. At that time, humans developed a vision of themselves as the pinnacle...
What do you take for granted? Hopefully, we feel gratitude for all that we do have.  I made this film to inspire us to be grateful for and protect all that we have.
The Moapa River Indian Reservation, tribal home of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, sits about 30 miles north of Las Vegas and about 300 yards from the coal ash ponds and landfills of the Reid Gardner Power Station. Coal ash is the toxic ash and sludge left at the end of the coal...
This is a non-commercial attempt from Sanctuary Asia to highlight the fact that the world leaders, the irresponsible corporations and mindless 'consumers', are combining to destroy life on earth. This video is dedicated to all who died fighting for the planet and those whose...
Each of us has a choice to make each and every moment: a choice between love and fear. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, Jim Carrey, and the late comedians George Carlin and Bill Hicks share an experience that will take you on a journey...
Winnter at the ECU 2010 (European film festival) for "Best Non European Documentary," Dhobi Ghaat is a short film about the loss of cultural heritage in Pakistan due to modernization and global climate change, which has affected the lives of professional dhobis (laundery men).
A study published by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in January 2008 said that 5.4 million people had died from 1998 to 2007 in Congo, with 45,000 more victims being added to the death toll every month.
Switching the words "climate change" for global warming -- is it a devious, Orwellian perversion of the language, a mind controlling neurolinguistic word play engineered by psychological manipulators of the New World Order?. Climate deniers realize that only they can see...
CREW and Brave New Foundation have released Strategic Maneuvers, a new report and short film revealing the extent of the Pentagon's revolving door phenomenon, in which retired high-ranking generals and admirals cash in on their years of military experience by taking lucrative...
Visit - http://www.stoptheslime.org - to learn more and take action to help clean Florida's waterways.In this film, Earthjustice Managing Attorney David Guest talks about the threat to the health and wealth of Florida's citizens posed by toxic algae outbreaks. The outbreaks...
Philip Wollen, a former vice president of Citibank turned founder of the Kindness Trust gives a passionate, emotive speech on the ethics of modern factory farming. Powerful. Just watch.
Does your industry have billions of dollars worth of profits on the line? Have your PR think tanks told you that the best way to delay action is to simply create doubt in the public's eye? Then it's time to create your own climate change myth! This instructional video will...
This video is Midwest Permaculture's Intro to Permaculture Internet Webinar, The Case for Permaculture. Originally available free online in eighteen segments it is now available here as one single video. It is the first video in our Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series...
Multi-award winning undercover documentary about the ongoing struggle for freedom being fought by the people of West Papua living under Indonesian occupation.
I love Bill Nye more and more every day.  A very simple to understand video to explain how climate change works; and yes – it’s man made.  Love the part where they pull out Michele Bachmann’s political rantings.
Do you often ask yourself if the future is getting better?!
*Exxon hates your children. It's a serious accusation. And it deserves a serious explanation. Click here to learn more
A favorite hobby horse of Climate Denialists is that there is some kind of invisible, undetectable influence from the sun that is responsible for the unequivocal warming of the last century. Let's put that crock under a microscope and see where the cracks are.
Real problems, not #FirstWorldProblems    A new campaign created by one of the world’s leading creative agencies, DDB NY, has set the internet ablaze with its controversial attempt to raise awareness for the devastating problems currently facing many developing...
Soot, also known as black carbon, is the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide, and it's totally preventable. We already have the technology to avoid producing it; it's just a matter of using it. For more information, go to...
John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", explains why we need to remember the value of a buck. Interview filmed by Katie Teague for the film "Money & Life."
Factory farming is a huge problem. But the solution is simple, if you'll join us. Watch this short 2 minute video to see how...
Renowned  thinker Jeremy Rifkin speaks about a new Third Industrial Revolution - one based on a distributed, lateral power.
In this episode of Subculture Club we meet a few Freegans in New York City and learn about their strategies for practical living. We explore why they take limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.
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