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GIVE US SPACE is a feature documentary about the complexity of the housing crisis in London. Filmed over 2013-2014, the film focuses on housing as a human need and Human Right, interviewing people and following empowering grass-roots movements, and housing struggles, while...
14 min
Native American Boarding School Video. Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement(A.I.M) reflects on his experiences with Native boarding (residential) schools. Dennis escaped several times from the boarding schools. Survivors of Native boarding school have...
Sometimes, words just aren’t enough, but there are other ways to get ideas across. These images will help you understand what depression feels like.
Sherrie
If you’ve struggled with depression at any point in your life, you’ve probably heard some well-meaning soul say “just try to get some exercise, it’s good for your mood!” Annoyingly, they’re right; I don’t think that exercise can single-handedly cure depression or treat its...
Sarah Kurchak
Many Americans are rightfully scared shitless of Donald Trump; in particular marginalized people. But for many of us, we do not have the privilege of it being the first time we are truly afraid for our lives.
Morgana Visser
4 min
On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas, is dying out as islanders embrace digital communication and move to cities and the mainland...
The illusion of power IS a kind of real power. There is a lesson in this for the majority of humanity.
Joe Brewer
7 min
A short film about the humanitarian consequences of the political crisis.
37 min
The day after Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the Democratic National Convention and urged his supporters to work to ensure his former rival wins the presidential race, we host a debate between Clinton supporter Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President...
Emails appear to violate White House policy
Nika Knight
3 min
Now you can Enjoy a magic world of SAMSKARA fulldome show in VR format. This show is a result of collaboration between digital artist Android Jones and 360Art fulldome studio production powered by Fulldome.pro https://youtu.be/tdIrQzlDAeI - SAMSKARA SHOW. Teaser E3 2016. 360...
Brilliant comic, part of the Seeing Wetiko series, from The Rules.
Christina Tran
25 min
The series documents Rob Greenfield's off the grid bike ride across America on a bamboo bicycle where he practiced sustainable living to the extreme. In 4,700 miles of cycling he used just 160 gallons of water, burned less than one gallon of gas, never turned on a light...
It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals. I am sketching out here opinions based on information, they may prove right, or may prove wrong, and they’re intended just to challenge and be part of a wider...
Tobias Stone
2 min
How to Be There for the People who Need you Most.
3 min
When you shrink the United States' population down to 100 people this is what you get. The United States has over 2,000,000 prisoners. Who are they? What are they in for?
56 min
Watch how Europeans gave away African land they never owned, then expressed anger when Africans resisted. The film is called Africa: A Voyage of Discovery, Episode 6: The Magnificent African Cake. Don't miss the part between the 2-5 minute mark.
Cynicism and despair are among democracy’s worst enemies.
Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen
30 min
The list of resources mentioned in this talk is online at this link: http://www.ncrtc.eu/fileadmin/Callahan_Academy/NCRTC/Articles/Ways_To_Freedom_Resources.pdf
Dear fellow JillB4 Hill folks and Berniecrats, a part of me really does not want to expend energy posting to all my center-left groups about the necessity of preventing Trump from winning the election. The necessary historical context in which to look at how detrimental a...
Monday morning saw Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former DNC chair, booed offstage at the Florida Democratic Delegation Breakfast; while it was transpiring, MSNBC's caption read that she was being cheered. A concise example of establishment media trying to force a positive...
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Unseen Tears Native American boarding school documentary. Native American Residential schools / boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada have had a lasting impact on Native communities. Native American families in Western New York and Ontario continue to feel the impact of the...
I am Black. I capitalize Black and leave white lowercased. Sure, it’s the accepted spelling, but really I do it because it feels good. My family lived in Missouri, but my mother crossed state lines to birth me in Kansas. Missouri was a slave state. Kansas was free, and she...
R.L. Stephens
2 min
On the eve of the Democratic Convention a large group of Bernie Sander supporters marched in Philly, the site of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to say Bernie or Bust. Video Ninja Andalusia Knoll filed this report
Bringing together the inner and outer aspects of transformation may be the revolution of our times
Kavita Byrd
It's The Biggest Problem in American Politics
Reihan Salam
2 min
I hope all of my teachers see this. - Prince EA
5 min
Psychedelic drugs could be the key to making you happier and healthier. So why won't we research them?
3 min
"Tyranny is probably established out of no other regime than democracy [...] the greatest and most savage slavery out of the extreme of freedom." Plato's The Republic.
A personal project filmed and edited at the 2016 Republic National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, and...
The beautiful and mind-bending illusions in Canadian artist Robert Gonsalves’ paintings have a fun way of twisting your perception and causing you to question what in his paintings, if anything, is real.
Most of his stunning paintings have an unclear boundary between the...
Dovas
5 min
Supergroup Prophets of Rage descended upon Cleveland during the Republican National Convention to givea voice to those not represented in the political process.
3 min
If you had to flee your country, what’s the one piece of technology you would take with you?
3 min
This is deep. "Whose story is defining the context of your reality?"
'When it comes to climate change, there’s precious little time for lesser evils; the physics—as scientists are quick to tell us—has put humanity on a deadline.' - Kate Aronoff
Jon Queally
In 1987, the United States Senate passed a resolution which acknowledged the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the United States Constitution. Furthermore, the resolution acknowledged the historical debt which the United States owes to...
Ojibwa
3 min
This is something everyone can do to take some of the power from the present system and put it into the people's hands. Find a bank near you: blackoutcoalition.org/black-u-s-banks/
3 min
Alan Watts discusses choice and the thoughts process behind it. Our choices are fundamentally what shape our character, and more importantly our life as a whole.
If you buy products or services from any of the 50 companies listed below (and you likely do), you are supporting modern American slavery
Sara Burrows
Hillary Clinton's pick of Tim Kaine for VP may trigger the sea change progressives have been dreaming of and working towards for decades. Please hear me out.
What does the meat industry do to people’s mental health?
Andy West
Both inner and outer change are essential for political transformation.
Michael Edwards
Nominating a political clone like Sen. Tim Kaine is exactly the wrong thing to do if you want a higher turnout
John Atcheson
What’s in it for you?
*Author's note: Hey Guys! I'm just a high school freshman/teen girltrying to figure stuff out, or atleast I hope I do someday. This is just some high school striy tat I wrote decribing the various incidents. Ihope you ys like reading it as much as I...
An action to bring together a unified transformation team, key-holders for unlocking next culture for everybody.
Erik Lawyer
In May, the ABC’s first female managing director Michelle Guthrie was introduced by the ABC Board as bringing “business expertise, international contacts, a record in content-making across an array of platforms, a deep understanding of audience needs and corporate...
Nicholas James
On #BlackLivesMatter, moral injury and activism
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan
4 min
We all know it sucks to be lonely, but is it actually essential for our survival? Here's more on why loneliness might be a good thing.
6 min
They say things have to get worse before they get better. Well, here's our inflection point, if we seize it.
All over the world there is a feeling that something is deeply wrong. It is often felt more than seen, an unnamed darkness that keeps millions (even billions) of people disconnected from the reality of authentic life-affirming experience. Too many of our so-called leaders are...
Joe Brewer
Once again we find ourselves confronting the murder of another black man at the hands of police. The video showing Michael Slager fire eight times at a fleeing Walter Scott is irrefutable evidence of the police brutality that people of color fear. As with Trayvon Martin...
Ijeoma Oluo
Intellectually lazy. Willfully ignorant. Blinded by privilege. Drunk with prejudice. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think of the 30 percent of Americans in 2016 who agree “our country has made the changes needed to give blacks equal rights to whites.”...
Anthony DiMaggio
6 min
It may seem hard, but it's not impossible.
4 min
A stirring speech by the legendary cosmologist Carl Sagan, on the evolution of human consciousness. Decades old but still highly applicable today.
"More of us flee from war, oppression and famine today, than at any other time in human history, and the world impoverishes...
Putting Our Aspirations to the Test
13 min
Some stories, like the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, are too big for one late night host to tackle alone.
4 min
Alex Jones and Roger Stone interrupted The Young Turks live coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
With Trump securing the Republican candidacy, the question unavoidably rises if a fascist is now running for president. The short answer is: “No, but…”
Maximillian Alvarez
4 min
A father awakes to begin looking for work. His wife prepares breakfast in her uniform as their daughter asks if she can go on a school field trip. Daily routines can differ widely depending on a family's legal status in the United States. That's the premise of the first...
22 min
A social justice group that invites white people to fight racism is spreading like wildfire in the US. From 12 to 150 chapters in two years. Clearly a whole lot of white people are interested in fighting systemic injustice. But how? This week's guests have dedicated their...
What my evening with Milo told me about Twitter’s biggest troll, the death of reason, and the crucible of A-list con-men that is the Republican National Convention.
Laurie Penny
No matter who we vote for or who gets elected, the revolution must continue. These films remind us why.
Charles Eisenstein is one of the first people I heard talk about the "new story," synthesizing a diverse movement that has been emerging for the last several decades. When I go back far enough, I first heard about these ideas from reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn when I was...
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Wetiko is an Algonquin word for a cannibalistic spirit or thought-form driven by greed, excess and selfish consumption. It deludes it host into believing that consuming the life force of others for self-aggrandizement or profit is a logical and morally upright way to live.
Dear Democrats,
unknown Redditor
15 min
Street artist MissMe, the Artful Vandal, offers a very personal, very intimate take on the many little hits that broke her and on how she recovered from the one big blow to re-make herself and become the powerhouse that she is today.
27 min
Streamed live on Jul 19, 2016
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Audio sync is a bit off in beginning - it levels off - stay with it. Debbie talks about liberal hypocrisy in supporting in DEED with Hillary Clinton what Donald Trumps says in WORD. Here are the LINKS...
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A report on the first two days of the 2016 RNC in Cleveland, which got off to a slow, but weird start. Video Ninja: Heatscore Music: Run the Jewels
24 min
Michelle Alexander posits that mass incarceration perpetuates a racial caste system in the United States. After the Civil Rights Movement, a “wave of punitive” legislation swept across the nation, targeting Black and Brown communities.
24 min
This is "Steady The Buffs" by AF Film. This is a very unique remembrance film which tries to explore what remembrance really means. Visiting a remembrance event, interviewing historians and talking to people in the street leads the viewer to wonder whether remembrance has...
This week, our movement hits the streets for #FreedomNow, two days of nationally coordinated actions calling for a divestment from the policing strategies that have failed us.
Movement for Black Lives
132 min
PORTUGUESE VERSION: https://youtu.be/8c6E14beSyY
195 min
Art offers a way of challenging power, rather than replicating oppression patterns or power dynamics. Play also allows social actors to disarm the audience. In this #flashmob action, CF reminded the public of how beautiful animals are by creating a human wall of artwork from...
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Companies like Chick-fil-A promote the idea that some lives are more worthy than others. And that is the root of all that is wrong with our world.
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Companies like Chick-Fil-A promote the idea that some lives matter more than others. And that is the root of all that is wrong with our world.
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On day 2 of #CFUnited2016 we went down to Wall Street and reclaimed the Charging Bull for all bulls and all other nonhuman animals exploited by the violent capitalist system that Wall Street has built its fortune on. Fuck capitalism!
69 min
#CF disrupted the Bernie Sanders rally at St. Mary’s Park, South Bronx. For over 20 minutes, the group stood among the estimated 27,000 Bernie supporters, chanting, “Animals’ lives are their right! We have just begun to fight!” We also held a bright orange banner that said...
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Starbucks mission statement says ‘Being present, connecting with transparency, dignity and respect.’ They use slick marketing, humanewashing, and carefully crafted empty words to reassure their customers that they can feel good about buying their products, when in reality...
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CF stands by all of our siblings. Until every animal (human and non-human) is free!
**SPANISH video here: https://youtu.be/rPHJx5FCg1k **
**SLOVENIAN video here: https://youtu.be/2s6WFcUtBD0 **
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This campaign has generated significant press hits http://collectivelyfree.org/press/ ** Activists in 18 different cities worldwide are calling attention to the exploitative culture that Starbucks perpetuates. From coffee workers in Ethiopia getting less than a dollar a day...
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Opening with the voice of Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks, the video tells the story of Joshua, a calf killed mere hours after his birth simply because he was a byproduct of the dairy industry. Every year Starbucks alone uses 140 million gallons of cow's milk...
140 min
Activists with Collectively Free staged a disruption of a quintessential July 4th pastime - the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. During the awards ceremony, two activists, covered in (fake) blood jumped onto the stage, held signs that read, "Does Taste Justify the...
Before Referendum Day:
‘Don’t worry,’ said Twitter. ‘There’s plenty reasonable people in the UK who won’t vote to leave.’
Referendum Day:
The UK voted to leave.
America, the unthinkable sometimes happens.
Tom Mitchell
2 min
The Republican Party didn't always sound this way. In fact, their party platform in 1956 was downright progressive on certain issues.
6 min
Writer and Poet Clint Smith on the moment black lives began to officially matter, and the long history of pre-smartphone police brutality and state-sanctioned racism that preceded it.
A coalition airstrike reported on Tuesday that killed at least 85 civilians—one more than died in the Nice attack in France last week—wasn’t featured at all on the front pages of two of the top US national newspapers, the New York Times and LA Times, and only
Adam Johnson
2 min
Stories of asylum seekers, made by asylum seekers: This animation video was created, narrated and animated in a participatory workshop.
6 min
Bassem explores the Second Amendment and the gun culture that fosters business promos like "Buy an engagement ring, get a gun for free!"
4 min
Sagan's ability to convey his ideas allowed many people to understand the cosmos better—simultaneously emphasizing the value and worthiness of the human race, and the relative insignificance of the Earth in comparison to the Universe. He hosted and, with Ann Druyan, co-wrote...
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A group of people in Lithuania were invited to an audition and while they were waiting they were secretly filmed as they were asked to translate a racist message someone had received in Lithuanian. Their responses are pained and uncomfortable but show support and solidarity...
96 min
Visions of Utopia documents and profiles 7 diverse intentional communities in the United States.
3 min
A spoken word film about enjoying nature and spending more time outdoors. Our environment and our climate is what keep us alive. If we look after our planet, it will look after us in return. Written, Performed & Directed by Gary Turk.
4 min
One of the most maddening sides of modern life is that the media always under-reports the crucial stories, while hyping nonsense. We could get enraged and pious; but we’re better off understanding how human nature works. Getting stern isn’t going to help.
Turkey’s president exploits the recent attempted coup against him to crack down on opponents.
Chris Brazier
3 min
Anti-nuke campaigners spent a month shutting down the atomic bomb factory in Burghfield The peace group Trident Ploughshares were joined by a number of other groups for the demonstrations throughout June 2016 Their aim is to make it as difficult as possible for AWE Burghfield...
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In her book, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister traces the long history of marriage and its varied purposes in the United States. She also argues that the unprecedented rise in independent, unmarried women demands shifts in power dynamics and policy. It’s completely...
Comedian Frankie Boyle publishes critical article on his Facebook page after it was pulled by The Guardian newsaper
Frankie Boyle
One of the downsides of presenting such a visionary solution to our global crisis is that it's hard to know where to begin, beyond raising awareness. The gap between where we are now, and where we'd like to go appears so great that it is not at all obvious how the transition...
The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralizing and monopolizing power and control. - Vandana Shiva
Yavor Tarinski
2 min
"Basic Income would be great cause it'd put me out of business. We shouldn't have a country where people have to pay me money to find out what they're eligible for, which is stupid! I should not be in business."
4 min
Black Lives Matter is a powerful and influential movement for justice and empathy. Because the movement is challenging systems of racial oppression in the United States, there are a lot of negative reactions and social media misinformation about it.