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Christine Carter
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Reboot, to begin again a fresh start.
Because sometimes a system is so messed up the only solution is to beboot and try again.
Reboot is the origin story that tells how Captain Cannabis® was created.
A humble group of college age musicians were finally getting their big...
8 min
Feeling trapped on the corporate ladder? You’re not alone… our work culture has become uncaring, toxic and rather dangerous to our well-being.
Sigmund Fraud
1 min
Marking International Day of Action Against Chevron, anti-Chevron protesters around the world are demanding justice for the company's human rights violations and environmental damage.
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Artist Grayson Perry explores contemporary masculinity, visiting ultra-male worlds to explore the changing lives and expectations of men in Britain today, and reflecting on his own prejudices and identity.
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From shells to sunflowers, dragonfly eyes to bee hives, you can find amazing connected paterns throughout nature.
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Gang rapes happened under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, in some cases instigated by his secret police. But since the revolution to overthrow Mubarak, activists say the attacks against female protesters and journalists are becoming more frequent and more vicious. A record...
6 min
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
Mark Wolynn
I know it hurts — but what you are feeling (alongside millions of others) is the natural consequence of late-stage capitalism.
Joe Brewer
Lodged between two of the most populated countries on earth — India and China — Bhutan may be small at 700,000 souls, but it has a mighty role to play in showing the world how to preserve the environment, while also cultivating happiness in its human population. In fact, the...
Carolanne Wright
"A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill." - Robert A. Heinlein
On May 13 the American news media reported that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had recruited U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota—a major oil drilling state—to help him draft his energy policy. Cramer has said he does not believe...
Richard Heinberg
5 min
(English subtitles with CC button)
After 40 years of unsustainable salmon farming in southern Chile, the negative effects have finally taken its deadly toll on local fish and shellfish. This 5 minute video shows very clearly what caused the biggest environmental disaster so...
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Today’s industry is quickly catching onto the modest fashion trend, but the hijab is much more than a fad. While more and more businesses are seeing it as a lucrative commodity, the headscarf is a religious garment just as much as a political one. For generations, it has been...
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Brazil today awoke to stunning news of secret, genuinely shocking conversations involving a key minister in Brazil’s newly installed government, which shine a bright light on the actual motives and participants driving the impeachment of the country’s democratically elected...
Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Fishman and David Miranda
Rahila Gupta meets the women fighters who are helping to stop the advance of ISIS while also leading a radical democratic charge against capitalist ideology. Welcome to the Rojava phenomenon.
Rahila Gupta
2 min
We all have it. Now, let's talk about it. Watch on for an intimate conversation about women and body hair.
2 min
'The fight against corporate control of our food is global'
Nika Knight
I used to get made fun of for my big front teeth. Once, when I got home from school, I found my mom’s nail file and tried to file them down. The edge of the nail file caught on my lip after I sawed away for a few minutes and punctured a hole in my cheek. I sat there, crying...
Rosemary Donahue
7 min
The obscure research that predicted Donald Trump. For more, read Amanda Taub's feature "The rise of American authoritarianism".
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2 min
For the first time in his life, Daniel Blake, a fifty-nine-year-old British carpenter, is obliged to apply for welfare after suffering heart problems. Although his doctor has put him on sick leave and told him he mustn't work, he is obliged to go job-hunting or else he'll be...
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Primaries and caucuses are a surprisingly undemocratic part of the democratic process. John Oliver discusses our convoluted system for choosing presidential nominees.
14 min
As an Economic Hit Man (EHM) in the 1970s I spent a great deal of time in Panama. I hate to admit it, but I helped forge the system that has now been exposed in the Panama Papers. It is a system of legalized crimes. How else can we describe it?
John Perkins
There is nothing more difficult to plan, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the creator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old system and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new one.”
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John Fullerton
Masculinity is having a moment — but it's not a good one.
Alex Mierjeski
9 min
It's not just black people. Cops kill a surprising percentage of all homicide victims. This makes it even harder to understand what Black Lives Matter opponents like Heather Macdonald are talking about. FURTHER READING: The Danger of the 'Black Lives Matter' Movement By...
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People all across the globe take to the streets in love to March Against Monsanto and help create a brighter future for everyone...
It is an honour to make this video. Please share far and wide to ripple our story of hope further with the world.
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When famed New Zealander psychologist, Dr Paul Spong, was first invited by the University of British Columbia to study the sensory apparatus of killer whales at the Vancouver Aquarium, he no doubt thought his time with the cetaceans would be like his other experiments in the...
How to be there for the people who need you most
Heather Plett
68 min
RE-LEARNING THE LAND is the story of a Blackfoot community in southern Alberta, Canada, and how they have re-taken control of their education system within Red Crow Community College. The film traces the decolonization of their learning and the development of an innovative...
68 min
In the struggle for a more just society, we will be aided, not hurt, by our shared nature.
Bhaskar Sunkara & Adaner Usmani
4 min
Renowned Cellular Biologist and author, Bruce Lipton, says the tremendous changes happening in the world today are like a late stage caterpillar. The creature has eaten its full and is now ready for its old self to die and be born anew.
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42 min
The following documentary examines the many parallels between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. Trump's right-wing populism, Islamophobia, racism, and nationalism has gained him support from white supremacists who say their groups are growing drastically thanks to Mr. Trump.
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The Global Survey of Circumcision Harm (GSCH) was launched because the medical community has never investigated the long-term adverse physical, sexual, emotional or psychological consequences of infant/childhood circumcision on the health of adult men.
From his film Whose...
45 min
2 min
Fox & City is a 2d animation project that was created for showing the linear walking exercise of the animated character. In consideration of aesthetic; collage technique, which is created by different found footages and original drawings was chosen.
2 min
When was the last time you opened your laptop midconversation or brought your desktop computer to the dinner table? Ridiculous, right? But if you are like a large number of Americans, you have done both with your smartphone.
Kostadin Kushlev
2 min
"Do you know what irony is?" BP is sponsoring an exhibition called 'Sunken Cities' at the British Museum. You could NOT make this up. So theatrical action group "BP or not BP?" crashed the press launch with a giant artwork, in solidarity with communities fighting BP in Egypt.
2 min
We have been told a great lie about capitalism — that everyone who works hard in life will be successful, make a lot of money, and have a good life.
Joe Brewer
4 min
Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in London have exactly the same number of hairs on their head? And why can patterns be found in just about any text — even Vanilla Ice lyrics? PatrickJMT describes the Ramsey theory...
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4 min
There's so much pressure on us to be always rational, calm and sensible: it's time also to say a word about the essential normality of a little madness.
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When talking about refugees, we use dehumanised language, which reduces human tragedy to numbers and statistics. But this suffering concerns real people, who - just like us - have families, loved ones, friends; their own stories, dreams, goals... Only when you sit down...
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20 min
The following video explores the influence billionaires have had through massive public relations campaigns, fake "grass roots" movements like the Tea Party, and funding of right-libertarian organizations like FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. Featuring: Noam...
20 min
In countless ways over the last 35 years, our society has become less economically equal and more dominated by corporate power. Less just and more jailed. Vast urban and rural areas decline as government subsidizes economic elites. Funds for education and social services are...
Jeff Cohen
6 min
In his humorous and uplifting style, Gever Tulley debunks classic myths of childhood safety. With rampant fear mongering, is it any wonder that children are actually over-protected? Instead, Tulley believes the most effective way to keep children safe is to give them a little...
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54 min
Cape Town, South Africa is one of the rape capitals of the world. One in three women can statistically expect to be raped in South Africa in her lifetime. This harrowing documentary contains interviews with rape survivors who share their experiences in horrific detail. Not...
54 min
3 min
What is Bernie Sanders' political revolution?
What no other candidate will tell you...
by Matt Orfalea
www.youtube.com/Orf
3 min
Is it weird to call Captain America an anarchist? Yes, yes it is. Of course, there’s a ton of different versions of the character throughout the canon, from the hyperpatriotic and jingoistic to the I-hereby-renounce-my-US-citi...
Sadie the Goat
Intersectional feminism is nothing new. It’s just bigger and stronger than ever.
Dani McClain
30 min
In the run up to the 2015 general election, a war is going on for the right to live in London. Rapid gentrification – praised as "regeneration" by local councils and property developers, derided as "social cleansing" by critics – is breaking up established communities. In...
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4 min
Kate Tempest performs her poem 'Progress' on Austrailian TV show Q&A.
4 min
An Interview With YPJ Commander Nisrîn Abdullah
Anon
25 min
Awel El-Khayt takes a closer look at the causes and consequences of sexual harassment and try and understand the mindset of the harasser and what motivates them. Men often find it difficult to understand how the fear of sexual harassment impacts the daily lives of Egyptian...
25 min
The president has reached the dubious milestone of being at war longer than any of his predecessors. And the conflicts aren’t ending anytime soon
Trevor Timm
8 min
The Libertarian Party is the best way to punish the Republicans for nominating Donald Trump. But who are these people? This video introduces Gary Johnson, John McAfee and Austin Petersen.
8 min
21 min
This one may be too much for you to contemplate but give it a try.
21 min
The façade of democracy and the disempowerment of the citizenry by corporations has sparked a nationwide revolt. Elites, fearing unrest, will soon become ruthless. We must engage now in acts of sustained civic mobilization and civil disobedience or be crushed.
Chris Hedges
2 min
Indigenous groups from across Brazil are protesting, saying the country's interim government and a new law could threaten their land rights. The proposed change to the constitution would give congress, which has strong links to agrobusiness, timber, mining and energy...
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A young girl's life gets turned upside-down in these tragic second-a-day videos. This is what war does to children.
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Leaders of more than two dozen Kayapó indigenous communities have rejected a $9 million offer from Brazilian state energy company Eletrobras to fund development projects in their region due to the the firm’s involvement in the construction of the Belo Monte dam, reports...
Rhett Butler
2 min
BBC Panorama investigates the ruthless world of the dog trade. Using secret filming they have uncovered some shocking truths about where and how these animals are being bred - including the conditions inside puppy farms that breed dogs for the UK market.
2 min
Death can be very painful and confusing. This is true for economic systems just as it is for personal loved ones. Moving on is just a hard thing to do.
It’s really tough to work through all the difficult feelings we have about loss. Will I see my grandmother again? What am I...
Joe Brewer
5 min
68 years after the Nakba, when most Palestinians were forced out of their homes during the creation of Israel, those who stayed behind are struggling to hold on to their homes. For residents like Basma, that means living with the constant threat of demolition, without sewage...
5 min
What if we told you that humanity is being driven to the brink of extinction by an illness? That all the poverty, the climate devastation, the perpetual war, and consumption fetishism we see all around us have roots in a mass psychological infection?
Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk
Between the mainstream media’s demonization of Donald Trump and the neocons jumping ship to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, a Clinton victory might prove grimly inevitable, but that will guarantee more neocon wars, says ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller.
Graham E. Fuller
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all.
George Monbiot
5 ways water can heal the mind and body and help you tap into your most calm and creative state of being
Carolyn Gregoire
Are we able to stop fracking and other threats to the environment from coming into our communities? Are we able to protect local farming from sewage sludge or factory farming? Are we able to protect workers and local economies from multi-national corporations?
CELDF
FROM THE TIME we began reporting on the archive provided to us in Hong Kong by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, we sought to fulfill his two principal requests for how the materials should be handled: that they be released in conjunction with careful reporting that puts the...
Glenn Greenwald
I’m writing this article in a whisper. There’s something about the topic of masturbation that seems especially scary to broach. There are friends that I have known most of my life that I have never really talked about this with – and if I have it’s been furtively, with a...
Vanessa Kisuule
16 min
Emergency call centers are in desperate need of funding and new technology. Until we upgrade our 911 system, we should at least create more informative PSA's.
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In April 2016, openDemocracy was in New York to hear from the Caravan Activists, a remarkable group of men and women who have lost sons and daughters, husbands and wives, friends and families to the 'war on drugs'. Now they campaign to change the system.
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Cathy Newman's full interview with Philosopher Noam Chomsky. From Trump and Clinton, to climate change, Brexit and TPP, America's foremost intellectuals presents his views on who rules the world today.
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On final day of two-week Break Free mobilization, demonstrations take place in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Turkey, and beyond
Deirdre Fulton
Last weekend, Nuit Debout’s international working group organized two days of assemblies and action planning on the Place de la République in Paris. Some hundred people came from all over Europe and beyond to get to know this new movement in one of the heartlands of the...
Manuela Zechner
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In 1948, around 80% of Palestinians were forced out of their homes during the creation of Israel. That event is known as the Nakba, or "the Catastrophe." So where did they go? And how many Palestinians are there around the world now?
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Beauty and fashion gurus are pretty, always in line with the current trends and loved by millions and millions of fans who voluntarily choose to blindly follow every single step of their heroes’ lives and at the same time adopt their wasteful behaviors by accumulating more...
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The following video documents Hillary Rodham Clinton's career of right-wing politics, corruption, political posturing, and opportunism. Correction: Salvadore Allende committed suicide and was not murdered. But the U.S. was heavily involved in the military Coup in Chile while...
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What's the point of being a progressive Democrat if you stand with the centre-right party establishment? This is the first and the last time a true champion of the people will come from within the system. Everyone else would just sell us out.
Saib Bilaval
45 min
Science Documentary - National Geographic, Drug Could Become A Pharmaceutical Of The Future
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A brief encounter with children living on floating houses in the downstream of Mekong Detal in Long Xuyen, Vietnam. Their life, dreams, fears, and views on marriage.
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This week Lee Camp continues his coverage of this year's election fraud. The fun never ends. From faulty voting machines, to voter purgings, to superdelegates with very mysterious connections to the Clinton campaign Lee takes us through the world of election scandal.
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You've got the bumper sticker, you're in the Facebook groups, maybe you've even voted already. What if I told you, that's just the beginning?
'This spill shows why there is a new and vibrant movement in the Gulf of Mexico for no new drilling'
Nika Knight
2 min
This pop-up shop in one of Bangkok's hippest shopping malls showed consumers the suffering behind every exotic-skins bag, belt, jacket, and pair of gloves or shoes.
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Official US defence and NATO documents confirm that autonomous weapon systems will kill targets, including civilians, based on tweets, blogs and Instagram
Nafeez Ahmed
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AWARDS Best Forced Labour Film: UK Consumer - Unchosen Modern Slavery Film Competition 2014 www.unchosen-films.org/ Film of the Month/ Director of the Month/ Score of the Month [Sam Jones] - The Monthly Film Festival - April 2016 http://tmff.net/winners/best-of-april-2016/...
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After hearing a 19th-century African-American song, Dr. Maya Angelou has never forgotten one important lyric: God put a rainbow in the clouds. Watch as Dr. Angelou shares how she honors those who employed kindness to help her, and find out how, she says, we can all "be a...
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"Sunflowers Everywhere 遍地開花!" Anything is possible when you sowing the seeds of Democracy, Taiwan after the Sunflower Movement (2014~2016):
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Bernie Sanders on Immigration. The Latino community is with Bernie. Viva Bernie!
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Pia Mancini and her colleagues want to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond. Through their open-source mobile platform they want to bring citizens inside the legislative process, and run candidates who will listen to what they say.
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Hillary Clinton wants American voters to be very afraid of Donald Trump, but there is reason to fear as well what a neoconservative/neoliberal Clinton presidency would mean for the world
Robert Parry
3 min
What does "a good day" mean to you?
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A student initiative to bring to light one of the most heinous crime in the history of mankind, 'ACID ATTACKS'. 'Scarred' isn't just a film, it is the story of survivors who have lost not just their face but their identity. It is a message that must reach out to millions of...
32 min
"Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia."
Deirdre Fulton
10 min
This film captures some of the real experiences people are facing today in the light of the UK governments recent changes to the welfare system.
Dole Animators is a group of benefit claimants based in the UK who have worked together to make this animated documentary.
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“The biggest casualty of humanity is the lack of communication, it’s the thing that breaks most relationships. It just feels so much better to talk and get it out.”
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Truly Inspiring speech by Jim Carrey.
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Depression and anxiety are rising rapidly among young people: what’s going on?
William Davies
In a moment the media missed or chose to ignore, Obama used classical reference to make a point.