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22 min
Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief.
Each year, immense schools of migrating salmon bring nutrients from the ocean to Pacific Northwest rivers—literally feeding the trees. Here’s where humans come in.
Jennifer Luxton and Stephen Miller
Why should we care about a failed independence uprising that occurred 100 years ago on April 24, led by Irish rebel James Connolly?
Paul Buhle
4 min
After Theresa May says Britain should leave the European convention on human rights, Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough and Sarah Solemani expose the problems in the Conservative plan for a UK bill of rights. This satirical take on the classic Monty Python sketch asks 'what...
335 min
ART FROM A MISTAKE
The body of work of Vanni's "coffee stains" comes from accidental spills (this video was filmed to present the style and process of rearranging a spill of coffee using a finger and a toothpick): the beauty of this process is to bring meaning and purpose to...
60 min
Occupy Ministry of Education 2 b continued...
Sometimes when you are living within a system of oppression it is difficult to even see that the system exists, let alone imagine alternative ways of living and organising. Thankfully the system of capitalism, and its coke-fuelled cousin neoliberalism, that dominates the...
Emma Lindsay responds to an all too common argument about women’s responsibilities with respect to alcohol and rape
Emma Lindsay
1 min
Let's take care of our home. It's the only one we have.
47 min
Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit goes undercover to reveal the true scale of modern slavery in suburban Britain. We expose the slave masters and the people smugglers and talk to victims about their ordeals.
Read the full interactive story here.
72 min
It’s true; musicians can be a catalyst for social change! Watch the inspiring story about the first Permaculture Action Tour, with music producer The Polish Ambassador, that covered over 9,000 miles though 33 cities and 19 states, from San Francisco to New York City...
The Films for Action series continues!
Please join Films for Action Fort Bragg at the KNYO Studios/Fallout Shelter at 325 N. Franklin St. on Sunday April 24 at 7 PM for the fourth movie in a series, The Truth About Cancer Part 4, a documentary series that investigates how...
25 min
In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews Dr. Margaret Flowers, activist and Green Party candidate for the Senate in the state of Maryland. They confront corporate power's influence in the U.S. two-party electoral system, and detail the forms of resistance...
26 min
In this episode of Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews documentary filmmaker Josh Fox, who directed the new film "How to Let Go of the World". The two discuss the catastrophe of climate change, and the role of art and culture in helping us embrace what climate can't change.
60 min
Trees, water & land are dear, they can be given up for money 水土樹木誠可貴, 但為圖利皆可拋！
Our city streets can be gloomy grey concrete-covered places; these genius pieces of street art transform everyday objects and situations into fun and playful social spaces
S&U
Provisions in COP21 deal 'are not enough to avoid a pathway towards a 3°C world,' warns Oxfam
Deirdre Fulton
60 min
Land, water & trees are dear. They can be given up for money 水土樹木誠可貴, 但為有利可圖, 在所不惜！
13 min
Living in the Shadow is a documentary that explores the effects of redevelopment in East London. The film follows the developing story of The Goodsyard development project — a derelict site at the risk of becoming a complex of skyscrapers. ‘Redevelopment’ as a process is...
When I listen to people talking on the train, in the university, in bars, my ears are eager to hear two words- Bernie Sanders. Sadly, my ears remain unsatisfied. There is little talk about US presidential elections in Italy (I would venture to say Europe in general) and if...
60 min
Ready for an hour of rapid fire personal growth and spiritual wisdom? This 1996 documentary features interviews with some of the leading personal growth voices including Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Thomas Moore, and many others. They confront some of life’s most...
Political rhetoric in the U.S. is often characterized by sickly sweet appeals to democracy. Voting is held up as the foundation of democracy, or as the most useful or necessary method of political participation or expression. Judging by that rhetoric, and by the image of the...
Kevin Cashman
Predictably, after New York, the establishment is demanding that Bernie bow out. The etiquette of conventional Party politics, after all, dictates that he step aside, lest he weaken the front runner. But this race has never been about tweedle-dee vs. tweedle-dum, so the...
John Atcheson
If you haven’t been paying attention, I don’t blame you for at first not believing this. After all, companies go to great lengths to greenwash their image and present themselves as progressive and environmentally responsible, even while they turn your land to deserts and your...
Exposing The Truth
60 min
To save the suffering 尋聲救苦!
1 min
We envision a criminal justice system that recognizes the humanity of the 2.2 million people currently behind bars in America and moves toward compassion and treatment rather than punishment and incarceration. With empathy, understanding, and love we can build the political...
A “dark money” organization tied to the billionaire Koch brothers is allegedly aiding Arizona politicians’ and special-interest groups’ efforts to block a bill that would ban uranium mining around Arizona’s iconic landmark,
Lorraine Chow
Wealth inequality has reached truly epic proportions — with 62 individuals amassing the same aggregate wealth as 3.7 billion. Most of us intuitively sense that this outcome was rigged by design by a global elite.
Joe Brewer
"LGBT travelers may be affected by legislation passed recently in the states of North Carolina and Mississippi," the warning reads
Nadia Prupis
Danny Dorling is a professor of geography at the University of Oxford. He does some rather brilliant stuff with maps, which show us new ways of looking at the world. He’s also written numerous books about inequality and why we need to do something about it. We spoke to him...
Economy Team
4 min
A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
4 min
A story by Our Better World - telling stories of good to inspire action.
14 min
Against the wishes of an overwhelming majority on-island, Norfolk Island has had its democratic rights ripped away in a callous manner by the Australia government...and this unique jewel in the Southern Pacific Ocean is on the cusp of losing its culture, heritage and...
Once again, for the umpteenth time in the Democratic presidential primary, there is a dominant narrative in the establishment news media that it is over for Bernie Sanders. News outlets have crunched the numbers, again, and after the loss to Hillary Clinton in New York...
Kevin Gosztola
9 min
This episode shows the experience taken place at South Africa where the main theme is housing. This episode is presented as a personal journal, and presents the key elements of the experience in Porth Elizabeth.
135 min
Democracy at Work, The Left Forum and Judson Memorial Church present: Global Capitalism: Monthly Economic Update, April 2016 The Varieties of Socialism: An Explanation.
Why Labour should democratise the Bank of England
Paul Mason
60 min
Fuck The Government 昨天拆大埔, 今天拆政府!
1 min
Rakhee Patel, an Indian from UK working towards raising awareness about Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the south Asian community has offered her help to spread awareness about Ostomy in India.
16 min
“Everything in my mind works like a search engine set for the image function” - Temple Grandin
2 min
The path to happiness and health begins with compassion. Try telling that to TV journalist Mike Wilson, who only believes in one thing – Mike Wilson. But when rookie reporter Katie Dawkins uncovers new and intriguing medical research, Mike must dig deep into his past and...
Democracy is the most universal political ideal of our day. George Bush invoked it to justify invading Iraq; Obama congratulated the rebels of Tahrir Square for bringing it to Egypt; Occupy Wall Street claimed to have distilled its pure form. From the Democratic People’s...
Crimethinc
3 min
We should all be able to afford a home in an area we want to live. But for many of us in the UK, with prices spiralling way beyond incomes, this isn’t a reality.
Instead, finding somewhere to live can often feel like a game.
Why is this? And who are we actually playing...
48 min
The defiant women who returned to the radioactive exclusion zone soon after the disaster share their tales of survival.
5 min
Why do we need libraries, I hear you cry, when there is THE INTERNET? Well, the thing about the internet is that it'll only show you what's most popular, not what is BEST.
9 min
Thrilled to announce that this film won 1st Prize for Long Documentary Category at the Danish Press Awards in March 2017!!!
New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for those holding their progress captive
Peter Bloom
Why has our mainstream culture become so trivial?
6 min
The One Thing You Should Know; Before You Die...
9 min
Insegnare nasce come termine per semplificare il concetto di imprimere un segno.
Ci sono insegnanti che insegnano da una cattedra, adoperando testi, grafici e lavagne, riportando lezioni apprese attraverso lo studio e la pratica al fine di aiutare i più giovani ad...
L'infante nel ruolo di insegnante
7 min
The Gift is the story of an ordinary couple, when he gives her a small sphere pulled out his chest, she can't separate herself from her new gift… even after they break up.
2 min
Anthony Barnett looks at the two sides of the Conservative party: the Blairites and the Maggie-ites. His book 'Blimey, It Could Be Brexit!' is being published, week by week, on openDemocracy. Read it here
4 min
Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they glimpsed fleeing the scene. If six of them pick the same person, there’s a good chance that’s the culprit. And if all ten do, you might think the case is rock solid. But sometimes, the closer...
British MPs launch landmark report on impending environmental ‘limits’ to economic growth
Nafeez Ahmed
2 min
The hunt for six boats fishing illegally in Antarctica is finally over thanks to the Sea Shepherd, a non-profit organization that aims to protecting biodiversity.
2 min
"I bite my thumb at you, BP!"
2 min
Sweden has became the first country with its own national phone number (+46 771 793 336), which you can call and be connected to a random person in Sweden. The initiate was launched to mark the 250th anniversary of the abolishion of censorship in Sweden, which was the first...
1 min
When Amy Oestreicher first got her ostomy, she felt very alone. She felt self-conscious, and sometimes she longed for her old body. When she couldn't take self-loathing anymore, she decided to make friends with it. She reached out. She inquired about support groups in...
When I first got my ostomy, I felt very alone. I felt self-conscious of the smell and sound, and sometimes I longed for my old body.
Amy Oestreicher
1 min
Due to either birth defects, injury, inflammatory bowel diseases or cancer, an Ostomy surgery is performed where the infected part in the lower abdomen is cut off and instead an artificial opening is created on the surface of the abdomen. The opening is called a Stoma.
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Bernie Sanders offers a different way forward.
Matt Karp
3 min
A new animation about consumption, climate change and wellbeing by PIRC, George Monbiot and Leo Murray. For more info, see: http://carbonomissions.org.uk
4 min
REVERSING THE MISSISSIPPI is a documentary about a genius technologist and a rebel educator, two pioneers from opposite spectrums with one goal in common: Build a sustainable community. Can two men driven by determination overcome global challenges to change the world?
11 min
CANDiGRAM is the video log of a Love Activist... If loving ourselves is so important for the health and happiness of our children, our friends, the world, what can we do when we find it seems impossible?
1 min
Due to either birth defects, injury, inflammatory bowel diseases or cancer, an Ostomy surgery is performed where the infected part in the lower abdomen is cut off and instead an artificial opening is created on the surface of the abdomen. The opening is called a Stoma.
More...
1 min
Due to either birth defects, injury, inflammatory bowel diseases or cancer, an Ostomy surgery is performed where the infected part in the lower abdomen is cut off and instead an artificial opening is created on the surface of the abdomen. The opening is called a Stoma.
More...
13 min
The first ever CANDiGRAM. CANDiGRAM is a video log devoted to Love Activism and creative self expression.
60 min
Forced eviction by police 強拆暴政! Heavy penalty by law 罰款殺人!!
2 min
There is a great importance of bees in our lives; in the life of our planet.
The experts have already told us about it. Who am I to talk about it again?
However, I can admire the work of Costas from an altitude of 980 meters.
I admire people who are cooperating with...
5 min
A psychological look into the effects the Water Crisis has had on the citizens of Flint, Michigan.
13 min
As the 30th anniversary of the deadly disaster draws near, we meet chief operator of reactor n°4 at Chernobyl, Alexander Nikolaevich Zelentsov, who was the first to arrive on site after the disaster.
“They told me there had been an accident in the plant and sent a bus to...
Workers' Party president Dilma Rousseff is not accused of any crimes—while right-wing politicians voting to impeach her are investigated for corruption
Nika Knight
Wayne Ellwood explains what is driving this devastation and why we need to save the trees.
Wayne Ellwood
Crisis after crisis is being caused by a failed ideology. But it cannot be stopped without a coherent alternative.
George Monbiot
For decades, poet-philosopher and radical environmentalist Derrick Jensen has warned us about the problems of civilization. Yet he’s a tireless activist with hope for the planet’s future.
Derrick Jensen
17 min
Is seafood on the menu tonight? Well, there's a chance it might have been caught by a slave. That's what the Associated Press uncovered when reporters traveled to the remote island of Benjina, Indonesia. They found workers trapped in cages, whipped with toxic stingray tails...
20 min
This week we take you inside the sketchy world of booty hiding, otherwise known as offshore tax havens. In the music break UK rap crew dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip with "Great Britain" Then we continue of our coverage of a revolution that's taking France by storm and that has...
The largely unknown until recently Kurdish city of Kobane managed to attract the attention of the world with its fierce resistance[i] against the invasion of the Islamic State and became an international symbol, compared to the defence of Madrid and Stalingrad. The bravery...
CIC
The Syrian civil war has entered its fifth year with few signs of ending.
Jeffrey H. Cohen
19 min
Lead poisoning is a national problem. If only lawmakers were as concerned as the puppets on Sesame Street.
One man’s journey from misogyny to feminism
As Told to MEL
40 min
"Shoe! 咻！" a shoe-flying movement to the Govt.
Over 1,000 signatories, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, say it's time for drug reform based in "science, compassion, health, and human rights"
Nadia Prupis
3 min
One minute stories on race and identity.
14 min
The fear, chaos, and disbelief triggered by mass shootings have become an inescapable yet unbearable reality. Speaking is Difficult represents five years of an American crisis, connecting the audio of 911 calls with visual portraits of the locations where the violence...
Historical perspective on Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
Tony Brasunas
60 min
"悲 Sad, 恨 Hate, 怨 Grief, 幹 Fuck" ~Abandoned Workers 關廠工人
Establishing a globally agreed tax body under the auspices of the United Nations and putting an end to dubious tax avoidance activities would bolster government revenues and help finance the provision of essential public services, especially in the Global South.
60 min
"Nobody cares for workers, till we fight for ourselves. 工人沒人疼, 只有自己拼!" ~Abandoned Workers 關廠工人
120 min
#CF Organizer gets arrested for speaking out against the violent Easter tradition of eating the bodies of animals. Saint Patrick's Cathedral - New York St. Patrick's Cathedral
For full op-ed please read: http://www.collective...
191 min
Collectively Free, with activists from around the world, challenged speciesism, racism and the voracious consumption in the chocolate industry by sharing the stories of children like Drissa and unnamed mother cows. Isolating oppressions without acknowledging their stems and...
Have you heard this thing going around, saying there's been some sort of shift in humanity? Some have even named it, calling it "The Awakening". But I never take anyone at their word. I'll accept the given information as a placeholder, perhaps a good theory, but until I get...
There is widespread recognition among politicians and pundits that Americans are sharply divided by party on virtually all of the big questions facing our country.
Everyone knows this is just the way things are, and it’s why we have gridlock in Congress.
But here’s one...
Robert Weissman
5 min
Peace House attended a Trump rally disguised as satirical characters. What happened after completely changed their perspective...
53 min
Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) interviews three very powerful, hard-working activists who all happen to be supporting Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign: Rosario Dawson, Linda Sarsour and Nomiki Konst from YouTube Space New York. Actress Rosario Dawson, who has been...
6 min
It is important to remember that we are all together in being alive.
33 min
In Defence of Life follows the struggles and triumphs of four communities resisting large-scale mining projects in Colombia, the Philippines, South Africa and Romania. Courageous environmental and human rights defenders from these communities describe how they have suffered...