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The latest entry in panics over social justice comes from my hometown, where some folks have created a list shaming restaurants and foodcarts that were owned by white people but sold “non-European international cuisine.” One of the more annoying restaurants on that list...
William Gillis
Political failure is a failure of the imagination, argues Guardian columnist George Monbiot. But, he says, Jeremy Corbyn has turned that failure into hope. Labour strategy used to be about mimicking its rivals. Now, it is about offering a radically different world.
2 min
These scenes are excerpted from California Newsreel’s acclaimed three-part documentary series, Race-The Power of an Illusion.
26 min
After a brutal mugging left him with traumatic brain injury, John Pierre decided to ‘suit up’ in a neon cape and lightning bolt socks, emerging as the New York running community’s very own superhero.
5 min
We spent an afternoon with Warren capturing how he sees the world.
4 min
There are two dates ingrained in the memory of the Palestinian people.
The first is May 15, 1948, the date which marks the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians and the destruction of their towns and villages by Zionist Jewish militias. A day before, the state of Israel was...
Marwa Fatafta
We are living through the collapse of the first truly global civilization in Earth’s history. This is bigger than the fall of Rome. Much more dramatic than the end for the Mayans. Greater in magnitude than the fall of the ancient Egyptians. And yet there is still hope for...
Joe Brewer
It has been 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War, which resulted in Israel's occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza and the Syrian Golan Heights.
5 min
Anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia
Caty Borum Chattoo
In Jackson, Mississippi, a coalition of Latino, black, and white activists known as MIRA confronts local lawmakers, who introduced 12 anti-immgrant bills into the state legislature in 2017. Among those protesting in the state's capital: 13-year-old Yizel, whose parents are...
11 min
Inside the Juvenile Justice Center in Nashville, Tennessee is a steel door fitted with a high-security system. Push a button and the door unlocks, revealing another steel door with a slot for IDs. When that door buzzes, I walk through with video gear. I’m searched, as is the...
Dan Birman
The numbers do not lie: women have long been underrepresented on the United States Supreme Court. In the court’s 228-year history, only four of the 112 justices have been female. Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female justice in 1981, almost two centuries after the...
Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers
House prices are through the roof. The banks are swimming in mortgage profits. Rents are sky high. Is it any wonder there are more people on the street?
Wayne Ellwood
Very few people know the history of school. Nor do they know the real reason schools were established in the first place. Here's a short history of schools in the U.S. from the documentary Class Dismissed.
2 min
Supergroup Prophets of Rage, made up of members of Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill, have just released the first track from their debut album, along with this music video directed by Michael Moore.
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In the run up to the 2017 snap election, VICE asks why so many enormous issues have not been up for discussion. This has been a campaign best defined by Brexit and the Prime Minister's refusal to engage with the opposition, but there is so much more which has been ignored. Why?
24 min
The debate over illegal immigration always misses something important: Undocumented immigrants are actually superheroes. Think about it. They literally risk their lives to make a better future for themselves and their families, and they do all the things we citizens would...
8 min
We spent an hour with Tony, capturing his wisdom. Thank you Tony. You really are an inspiration. We strive to take on your mantra that "less really is more".
Green Renaissance is a tiny collective of 4 passionate filmmakers (Warren, Jacky, Michael and Justine). We live Off...
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The uncompromising voice behind the first gay themed country music album - 40 years after its release.
15 min
Donald Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. This would blow a massive hole in the federal budget while benefitting Trump's super-rich friends and business associates.
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If you relate with a sense of having your true self shunned by the society we live in, this one’s for you! And if you have kids on top of that, it will really hit home.
8 min
There is a lot of grief and anguish in Portland. The killings of the two men standing up to defend women of color were horrific and jarring to everyone in the city of what their sense of community is. But life and politics go on. Here are some principles you may find useful...
Arun Gupta
Ahead of the British general election on June 8, the ruling Conservative party has renewed its commitment to “reduce and control” immigration to a net figure of under 100,000 – a level not seen for 20 years. This pledge caused some puzzlement. Even the Brexit secretary, David...
Robin Cohen
This is the story of people living and working with disabilities in modern Britain whose lives have been drastically affected by a series of Tory cuts, reforms and changes to disability benefits and a growing crisis in social care and housing.
15 min
In 2013 performance poet and rapper Kate Tempest and Battersea Arts Centre, embarked on a journey together to tour the award winning show Brand New Ancients. In collaboration with director Joe Roberts, Battersea Arts Centre produced these three short films interpreting Kate's...
11 min
In our current age of resurgent nationalism, anti-migrant xenophobia and increasing border militarization, it can be easy to lose track of the central role that migration has played in shaping the spaces we inhabit. The richness and depth of human history comes from the...
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The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, tells Owen Jones that she believes voters have felt powerless in recent years but ‘things have changed’ and people are realising they have the opportunity to transform Britain. The Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne says she thinks...
5 min
Without collective action, social change will be slow.
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One week before Donald Trump was elected, 700 workers—many of whom were Trump supporters—walked out of the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford, NY, sparking a 105-day strike. In the wake of his win, the workers gets candid about Trump's advocacy for union-busting legislation.
9 min
Last year, we visited a theme park celebrating America’s mythic Wild West in wintery Sweden that became a welcoming home for refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war. As strange as that sounds, this was a pretty good deal for about 500 people looking to start a new life. But...
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A theme park celebrating America’s mythic Wild West in wintery Sweden becomes a welcoming home for refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war.
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Nasir Sobhani of Melbourne, Australia, aka The Streets Barber, gives free haircuts to the homeless to help them feel clean, empowered, and understood. Life on the streets is rough, with homeless people often ignored or abused to the point that they no longer feel human -- and...
1 min
Music is a critical form of expression in American politics — especially in times of political and social unrest.
Dating back to the early days of colonization, American protest songs have shifted in style and form. The earliest protest songs were written in an era of oral...
7 min
A major leak of Facebook’s internal guidelines shows how the social network deals with hate speech, graphic violence and sexual imagery. As regulators become increasingly concerned about the content available on Facebook, is it time the company took a more active approach to...
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What can doctors do to ease emotional pain? The physicians of ancient and medieval times found many plants and plant-derived substances (ie, drugs) that soothed mental as well as physical ills. Rarely did they draw a line between the psychological and physiological benefits...
Marc Lewis and Shaun Shelly
Bayard & Me is a short doc about how the openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, best known for organizing the March on Washington and advising Martin Luther King, adopted his partner Walter Naegle in the 1980s for legal protections. In this intimate love story...
15 min
To coincide with Chelsea Manning’s release from Fort Leavenworth military prison, Guardian US chief reporter Ed Pilkington and Manning’s attorney, Nancy Hollander, explain the significance of her release and the impact of her legacy for the transgender community.
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Maybe it’s because we’re starting to see bits of Gilead all around us.
Mark Rahner
Not many boys dance ballet, but 11-year-old Gabriel Romero, who trains at Thom McIntyre’s Philadelphia Dance Center, is the ultimate boy ballerina (or ballerino). Even if he's the only boy ballet dancer among dozens of girls, Gabe doesn’t let it get to him. He’s in the studio...
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Human trafficking is a hidden industry that brings in $150 billion in illegal profits every year. In the United States, tens of thousands are trafficked annually—the biggest clients being major hotel chains and foreign diplomats.
The Philippines is one of the largest labor...
25 min
Six years ago, Dave Booda was accused of rape. He didn't defend himself - instead, here's what happened.
Dave Booda
"What if our response to the crisis is part of the crisis?"- Bayo Akomolafe
Bayo Akomolafe is globally recognized for his poetic, unconventional, counterintuitive take on global crisis, civic action and social change. He is the Coordinating Curator for The Emergence Network...
108 min
Most Americans don’t like Trump.
Musa Al-Gharbi
Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In all our relationships each one of us builds an image about the other and these two images have relationship, not the human beings themselves. The wife has an image about the husband ...
J. Krishnamurti
Acclaimed poet Kate Tempest performs her powerful work 'Tunnel Vision' on BBC's Newsnight.
2 min
Public money and public universities boost Big Pharma’s profits, so shouldn’t the public be able to afford the drugs?
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz, Clo Copass
David Graeber talks bullshit jobs and the concept of work under capitalism with Real Media and the Real News Network.
7 min
The increasingly unscrupulous propaganda machine of radical corporate capitalism is warping our humanity and driving us to destroy what is closest to our hearts, says clinical psychologist John F Schumaker. The last hope of defeating this evil might lie in the strategic use...
John F. Schumaker
An hourlong special that combines documentary footage of J. Cole’s travels to various cities through the Midwest and the South that have personal or political resonance for him with in situ music videos that locate Mr. Cole’s songs as part of a larger conversation about black...
48 min
People with disabilities are among the most discriminated against in Bolivia. Fed up of being ignored, a group of them marched across the Andes to the seat of the Government in La Paz, asking to speak with President Evo Morales. They are met with riot police, barricades, tear...
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This reporter is strong but unstable.
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Smoke That Travels is a personal documentary by Kayla Briët that explores preservation and loss of culture and her own identity as Prairie Band Potawatomi.
13 min
Senator Bernie Sanders unfiltered – in this AJ+ interview with Dena Takruri, he opens up about the Democratic Party, President Trump, Palestine and Syria.
10 min
“I have a problem with your title, like…why do you feel the need to tell black stories for white audiences and not for your own community?” A young black man in the front row wanted to know, his arms folded, as if he’d come to ask that question and promptly leave before my...
Justin Simien
THE CHILD MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT THE BODY REMEMBERS.
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John Harris and John Domokos start a five-week tour of the UK in the crucial battleground of south-west England.
From the Brexit heartlands of Cornwall to remain-voting Bristol, they try to answer 2017’s big question: how can such a divided, confused country even begin to...
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Chris Hayes, the progressive journalist, commentator and host of "All in With Chris Hayes" on MSNBC, explains the power of white fear and the great divide between the "Colony" and the "Nation."
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Give Directly, an NGO, has embarked on a pioneering economic experiment in rural Kenya. They are providing the residents of entire villages with a universal basic income through direct cash transfers.
11 min
In a country dealing with cash shortages, power outages and high unemployment, artists have been striving to reveal a beauty in the environment around them.
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Here are 4 excellent articles about how to end police brutality and reform our broken criminal justice system. Together they offer a holistic and comprehensive approach that should get us well on our way towards the more just and egalitarian world we all long for. The key is...
Our food system is built on stolen land and exploited labor. Here’s what we can do it fix it.
Leah Penniman
Some readers will know that I’ve contended that, despite its proponents’ assertions, antiracism is not a different sort of egalitarian alternative to a class politics but is a class politics itself: the politics of a strain of the professional-managerial class whose worldview...
Adolph Reed, Jr.
Cédric Herrou is a farmer who supports and houses African refugees in the alpine village of Breil-Sur-Roya in southern France. Some regard him as a heroic good samaritan, but others – including the French border police and state prosecutor – denounce him as the leader of a...
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Reactionary right-wing politics are on the rise in the west, and events are moving at a dangerous pace. In the wake of Trump’s ascendency to the US presidency, a toxic mix of white nationalism, Islamophobia, transphobia, violent misogyny, and anti-migrant hysteria is rapidly...
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In February of 2012, Jamal Faison was a 20-year-old college sophomore home on school break in New York City when he, along with a group of friends, was arrested for attempting to steal mobile devices from a subway rider. Jamal maintains he wasn’t involved in the...
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“When you left London the East India Company was a trading company,” Tom Hardy’s troubled anti-hero James Delaney is warned in the second episode of the BBC’s prime-time drama Taboo. “Now it is God Almighty.” Discussing the show before it aired, writer Stephen Knight referred...
Andrea Major
The biggest threat to authoritarianism is unity.
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In this video former finance minister of Greece, professor of economics, author and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), Yanis Varoufakis, argues why the Basic Income is a necessity today. His arguments take into account a macro socio-economic...
32 min
After 54 years of struggle under Indonesian rule, is freedom finally in sight for West Papua? Danny Chivers investigates.
Danny Chivers
Can two strangers with opposing views prove that there’s more that unites than divides us?
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A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you, says His Holiness Pope Francis in this searing TED Talk delivered directly from Vatican City. In a hopeful message to people of all faiths, to those who have power as well as those who don't, the...
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A discussion between Noam Chomsky, MIT's Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy, and Amy Goodman, host of the award-winning independent news program Democracy Now!
80 min
Today, the man that
Vegar Svanemyr
President Trump says he wants to strip funding from so-called "sanctuary cities," but what exactly do these cities do?
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The 2017 French Presidential election marks a profound change in European political alignments. There is an ongoing shift from the traditional left-right rivalry to opposition between globalization, in the form of the European Union (EU), and national sovereignty.
Standard...
Diana Johnstone
'The sentences of Jack Jones and Marcel Williams are another heinous example of how the death penalty is applied to people with severe mental impairments and history of abuse'
Lauren McCauley
This is about ME. This is about YOU. This is about US, and everyone who lives—and lived—in this world. Thanks to MyHeritage DNA for reminding us that we’re all HUMAN, and one big family.
Go to http://tiny.cc/dk1nky to discover who you are.
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Discussions about racism require an understanding of how society, institutions, and culture perpetuate inequity. john a. powell frames these forces as “structural racialization,” or, in his words, “the set of practices, cultural norms, and institutional arrangements that are...
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The Democratic Party has led Black America down a dead end. The sooner we begin to understand that, the more realistically we will be able to organize against fascism.
William C. Anderson, Zoé Samudzi
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Legendary African-American activist Angela Davis talks to Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director Jude Kelly CBE about women, race and class in the post-Trump era.
80 min
Given the latest political changes in this country we have decided to create the #IAmMigration. Our goal is to raise awareness and encourage the media to stop portraying immigration as a threat. We believe that somehow we are all a product of Migration. And we recognize that...
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The United States recently experienced its first wave of large-scale anti-immigration raids following the election of Donald Trump, who made the mass deportation of “illegal” immigrants a central part of his campaign. Although ICE officials claim that these raids targeted...
James C. Wilson
A Brown Girl's Guide to Gender written and performed by Aranya Johar.
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A Retrospective on Social Upheaval in France, 2015-2017
Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective
Rachael Leigh Cook explains that the war on drugs is a war on people in a reimagining of the iconic 'this is your brain on drugs' ads from the 1980s.
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It has been said that we’re living through “The Age of Loneliness.” Loneliness is “epidemic” among young adults, and even more common among the elderly, with some reporting that the numb
Planet Local
It is well known that economic inequality is rising. In most industrialised nations the distribution of wealth and income is becoming increasingly concentrated. In the United States, the top 10% of earners make more than nine times as much on average as the remainder, and in...
Nick Haslam
The terminally ill deserve to die a dignified death with loved ones able to see them go in peace. But for Allison's father, it was too late. Watch their story about the agonizing struggle against time and red tape that is all too familiar to too many Americans dealing with...
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As an anarchist, as someone who believes neither in leaders nor the means by which we select them, I’m obviously at something of a disadvantage when it comes to making political endorsements of any kind. That said, I wasn’t born an anarchist.
Alan Moore
CW: description of a suicide attempt
On 19th April 2012, I overdosed whilst living in San Francisco. I had just had a therapy session, in which my and my therapist signed a “suicide contract” — one that said I agreed to calling her if I was feeling like I was going to do...
According to Ubuntu philosophy, which has its origins in ancient Africa, a newborn baby is not a person. People are born without ‘ena’, or selfhood, and instead must acquire it through interactions and experiences over time. So the ‘self’/‘other’ distinction that’s axiomatic...
Abeba Birhane
The news is full of stories about how ‘the PC brigade’ is ruining British life, says Nesrine Malik. From Easter being banned to diversity drives ruining businesses, she says, politicians and the press fuel the false idea that diversity threatens all we know. But, she argues...
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Where humanity is going, there are no roadmaps. The terrain is unlike anything we’ve seen before. The changes sweeping the Earth right now are literally planetary in scale and so filled with complexity that few among us even have a semblance of knowing what is actually going...
Joe Brewer
AJ+ gives you a rare glimpse into the lives of hardworking undocumented immigrants making a difference.
16 min
1. Work – The constrained performance of some skill (cognitive, emotional, physical etc.) in return for substituting your own ends with an economic reward, or in the ultimate hope of receiving some such reward.
Nick Ford
Christmas Island, off the coast of Australia: here 50 million crabs make their slow and ancient migration from the jungle to the ocean's edge, while thousands of people seeking asylum are indefinitely held in a high security detention facility. Poh Lin, a trauma counsellor...
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It defies logic, right? That the poor would pay more for basic life items, essentially ensuring that they stay in the cycle of poverty forever. But people can forget that if you are living paycheck to paycheck, then it often becomes impossible to afford buying more than one...
Hazel Garcia
The Kurds’ democratic resistance to ISIS demonstrates that anti-fascism cannot be separated from the wider struggle against capitalism, patriarchy and the state.
Dilar Dirik
Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity since he was a boy. Now, in his book, The Descent of Man, he turns round to look at men with a clear eye and ask, what sort of men would make the world a better place, for everyone? Here, Sapphire McIntosh goes out on to the...
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Roy Wood Jr. talks to students at the University of Texas who are carrying dildos to protest guns on campus.
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