Library
9,101-9,200 of 18,781 results
18 min
Five years after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, an end to the disaster is not in sight. This short documentary tells the story of the people from Fukushima, forced to leave their homes without knowing if they could ever return, and explores the work that Greenpeace has...
18 min
Strong encryption poses problems for law enforcement, is weakening it worth the risks it presents? It's...complicated.
120 min
Berkeley in the Sixties is a 1990 documentary film by Mark Kitchell. The film highlights the origins of the Free Speech Movement beginning with the May 1960 House Un
I love the core spirit of anarchism. But like most philosophies, oftentimes the spirit gets lost as it gets codified into a religion.
The world needs all of us to become healers. It needs us to nurture the sacred feminine and the sacred masculine that lies dormant to various degrees w
Transitioning from mindful but money addicted stripper to a conscious space-time-energy-love tinker.
2 min
A song for all the better anarchists.
2 min
3 min
According to World Health Organisation figures, 500 children are killed each day in road crashes globally. In a bid to raise awareness of this road safety crisis, Jean Todt, President of the FIA, the international motoring federation, and Special Envoy of the UN Secretary...
2 min
If you feel weird because you're not turned on all that often, stop worrying. Read more about this research here.
To understand the dynamics underlying the Clinton-Sanders nomination contest, it's helpful to remember the old adage that Democrats are supposed to be the party of ordinary working people. As the nomination process plays out, the 2016 race might be remembered as the party's...
David Niose
3 min
A powerful new campaign wants advertisers to know that many consumers are fed up with how women are portrayed.
Women Not Objects, a project dedicated to calling out the objectification of women in commercials, magazine spreads and other forms of advertising, has released a...
50 min
The night of #OccupyChamber named as 318 of 2014, one small gathering suddenly kick-started a national movement!
11 min
An introduction to the World Socialist Movement and The Socialist Party of Great Britain
75 min
How many con artists are allowed to blast through the media landscape, telling blatantly false lies and getting some of the top journalists and media figures in the United States to knowingly or unknowingly con and steal from the public on their behalf?
6 min
Palash Borah
A Delhi based queer activist, Palash has been working as a content analyst.
Story: Originally from Assam, Palash finds out the difference between gay life in a small town and the one in a metro city. Palash also speaks about the discriminations against LGBT...
The Radical Housing Network produce spoof copies of the London Evening Standard imagining what the city will look like in 2026.
Radical Housing Network
11 min
This is a lesson in how change happens in America as told by our own recent history. It is a tale told with segregation era photos set over the "I Have A Dream" speech given by Martin Luther King Jr at the March on Washington, accompanied by the song, "Time" from Inception...
8 min
Five years on from the start of Syria’s civil war, Sean Smith meets the people determined to live and work in Damascus, a city of relative peace despite the battles raging on its outskirts. Among them he meets a ballet teacher; a young entrepreneur who has opened a bar during...
249 min
Meatopia is called 'a meat-lover's paradise' by New York Magazine, and a "bacchanal of pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck, turkey and quail" by The New York Times. Meatopia has a simple concept: the greatest meat chefs in the world cook every part of every animal over open...
How We Are Collectively Improvising a 'New Story' About Learning
Bayo Akomolafe and Manish Jain
10 min
James Butler traces the EU's present day failings back to it's postwar inception in this bumper Terms of Engagement explaining the historical phenomenon of Europe.
31 min
Desperate to escape conflict and poverty, thousands of migrants and refugees attempt the perilous journey to Europe each year, with many crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa in rubber dinghies and wooden boats.
In the wake of the decommissioning of Mare Nostrum...
2 min
Dr. Rutledge and his team take an in depth look into a disease that has killed more people than any disease ever known -- Malaria. They interview African, Indian, and US Governments, charitable organizations, scientists, politicians, doctors, clinics, victims, and survivors...
47 min
Vignettes of some of the women, men and children journeying across the Aegean Sea, seeking refuge and lives of less precarity- and the reflections of those working in solidarity with them. Filmed in Lesvos, Greece.
1 min
The SBS team activates consciousness at festivals around South Africa - including Rocking the Daises, We Love Summer & Up the Creek. The network aims to inspire ACTION in environmental and social issues within South Africa. One of the campaigns - "dont be a fool, carpool!"...
107 min
Global Capitalism: Monthly Economic Update Richard D. Wolff Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:30pm Economics and 2016's Presidential Politics Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall 239 Thompson Street at Washington Square, Manhattan Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum...
11 min
Himadri talks about how in his childhood days, he was sexually exploited by his school seniors while he was in a boarding school in Darjeeling. He speaks about his coming out to his family and fight against an orthodox, chauvinist grandfather, who sent him for corrective...
5 min
Donald Trump uses a primary victory speech to defend his failed business ventures, which prompts Jordan Klepper to fact-check the magnate's claims.
4 min
Bernie Sanders endorsed by Martin Luther King Jr.'s close friend and civil rights activist, Harry Belafonte. Nina Turner, Cornel West, Killer Mike, Danny Glover, and millions more. Bernie Sanders for President. #FeelTheBern Edited by Matt Orfalea
3 min
Demeaned, suspended, expelled ...TEACHED. This unique series of short films candidly examines issues of race, education and equality. Produced by Loudspeaker Films, TEACHED will open your eyes to the ways America perpetuates injustice against youth of color through public...
Al contrario de lo que se suele creer, Charles Darwin no introdujo la idea de evolución. A mediados del siglo XIX, la evolución era un hecho que ya se conocía desde hacía mucho tiempo, y la mayoría de los pensadores de la época se contentaba con eso. La ausencia de una teoría...
Daniel Quinn / ishmael.org
REVOLUTION LA is a political discussion group and revolutionary grassroots movement dedicated to building class-consciousness from the bottom-up through community education, outreach and empowerment.As the struggle of disadvantaged populations continues to widen through mass...
REVOLUTION LA
En un semidocumental reciente, titulado Basura, se le pidió a un ingeniero de eliminación de residuos tóxicos cómo dejar de agobiar al mundo con nuestros venenos. Respondió que “tendríamos que eliminar a toda la gente de la faz de la tierra, porque los seres humanos GENERAN...
Daniel Quinn / ishmael.org
Modern society — industrial civilization — is built on violence.
Max Wilbert
"Our planet, our society, and we ourselves are built of star stuff."—Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Peter Tyson
The Awakening of Humanity
Occasionally in the course of human events, a new worldview emerges that transforms society. It happened when Jesus’ disciples were inspired by his life to believe in radical transformation of the person and theworld through love. It occurred in the...
Barbara Marx Hubbard
“We do not live in an era of change, but in a change of eras” is the way Jan Rotmans from the University Rotterdam describes the structural changes impacting our societies. This is also the phrase Michel Bauwens chose to open his latest book yet to be published in English...
Commons Transition
Most of the pain and killing and suffering comes from the hands of men in my age group. If all of a sudden all the men between 25-35 did half of what was on this list. If all the men in this age group dropped their weapons, ceased to objectify women and were more accepting of...
Jordan Jacques Aboutboul
Are the ancient stories of the Native Americans coming true?
John Black
Flowers In the Rain
Cold, wet, and tired from the long morning rally, my eight year-old asks again why we are here. We are standing with about fifty other media people, organizers, and just your ordinary eccentrics, grandmothers and fathers, university professors, musicians...
Jeannine Parvati Baker
I'd like to share an excerpt of the book I'm working on. It is from the beginning... (It is a first draft so be gentle!)
Charles Eisenstein
When I was in high school, I remember social banter consisting of a lot of subtle put-downs and one-upsmanship. The popular kids were generally not very nice, certainly not to us unpopular kids but not even to each other. I remember a few popular kids being nice to me on the...
Charles Eisenstein
43 min
In November 2015, 50 million cubic metres of waste was unleashed after a tailings dam collapsed in the Gualaxo River Valley. This report investigates what is being named the biggest disaster in Brazil's mining history.
A horror mudslide swept through the towns and villages...
If you look on a board game shelf, how many games will you see with actions based on collaboration, stewardship, generosity, and gratitude? Most likely, you’ll find mechanics like attacking, stealing, and backstabbing. Indigenous communities looking to facilitate...
Elizabeth LaPensée
'For years, communities on the front lines have led that struggle, and this May we can join them.'
Nika Knight
Dora Meade on finding out how money is really created and why we prefer not to talk about it
Dora Meade
51 min
The contemporary term false flag describes covert operations that are designed to deceive in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by entities, groups, or nations other than those who actually planned and executed them.[1]
2 min
Children without parental care such as orphans need Empathy and not Sympathy. They need to be socially integrated in the society.
2 min
Wataneya Society for theDevelopment of Orphanages was established in 2008 to address the urgent needs of institutional homes in Egypt, with a special focus on Orphanages. Circumstances in orphanages cause dramatic runaways, increasing the street children phenomenon.
20 min
The Rhineland region of Germany has more CO2 pollution than any part of Europe due to its many coal mines. That's why climate activists organized the largest protest against coal production that Germany has ever seen.
To find out why we are still using such harmful energy...
9 min
Cause Film Festival 2015 - (Australia) Runner Up Best Film Winner - Public Voting Sophea's Dream is a snapshot of the life of one Cambodian girl determined to overcome the obstacles facing her and build a better future.
Leftist: "If you think something will change if you vote for a different politician then you might not understand how the system works..."
14 min
In the most shocking upset of the 2016 presidential campaign to date, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary. Sanders won 50 percent of the vote to Clinton's 48. During the campaign, Sanders focused heavily on his opposition to what he...
She has a successful filmmaking career, a supportive wife and a transgender sister, but when it came to going public about her own transition, Lilly Wachowski didn’t have a choice.
Kasia Anderson
272 min
This video playlist compiles all of acTVism Munich's work that include a wide range of topics - privacy, democracy, economy, politics and social issues.
3 min
The moment Helen Steel confronts the former police spy who deceived her, before disappearing without a trace, is caught on camera at Sydney airport. The British social justice campaigner had flown from London to Australia to confront John Dines, finally seeing him...
I trampled clumsily through the dense undergrowth, attempting in vain to go a full five minutes without getting snarled in the thorns that threatened my every move. It was my first field mission in the savannahs of the Republic of Guinea. The aim was to record and understand...
Laura Kehoe
24 min
In 2015, evidence of slavery on a massive scale surfaced in the remote islands of eastern Indonesia.
Illegal fishing in Indonesian territorial waters had risen to an extreme level, but many of the Thai fishing boats responsible harboured a much worse secret aboard.
In the...
“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of women” -Jawaharlal Nehru
Anticapitalism isn’t simply a moral stance against injustice — it’s about building an alternative.
Erik Olin Wright
Homelessness, unaffordable urban real estate, devastating gentrification, and the housing bubble are all rooted in privatized housing.
Jesse A. Myerson
17 min
"Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil is an openly gay Indian royal family member who has been an inspiration for many Indians as well as people in abroad. Manvendra was disowned by his parents for his queer sexuality, yet he fought against the taboos and came out to the world with...
Love is not always about getting hold of the things, sometimes it demands sacrifices and Sudip’s story of falling in love is adorable yet touchy.
Learn about the hidden negative psychological and sexual effects of circumcision and how these effects harm women in relationships with men. This article is based on research reports in the medical and psychological literature.
Ronald Goldman
An excerpt from his book "No Death, No Fear."
Thich Nhat Hanh
Depression is a global epidemic. It is the main driver behind suicide, which now claims more than a million lives per year worldwide. One in four Americans will suffer from clinical depression within their lifetimes, and the rate is increasing with every generation.
Sara Burrows
Humans have an innate desire to place labels on everything. Labels give people a sense of order, and a way of distinguishing things.
John Haltiwanger
4 min
Kyle Cease explains why you should never lose your inner child.
Depression is the unavoidable by-product of not being who you really are
Nanice Ellis
10 min
This International Women's Day we celebrate three women who are leading the way in rural Cambodia. Watch our video to meet Koem Toch, Nim Mao and Choung Hach.
Exactly how will the wealthy and powerful who are the political establishment in this country put out the fire that this campaign has ignited?
Donna Smith
19 min
It all comes back to you and the power you have to choose how you want to respond.
'The pundits might not like it,' Sanders said on Sunday night, 'but the people are making history.'
Deirdre Fulton
16 min
As voters head to the polls in four states today, with Michigan seen as the top prize, the ongoing Flint water crisis has become a major campaign issue for Democrats. The crisis began when an unelected emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder switched the...
More than 60 groups sign letter calling for full investigation into government spying on protest groups
Lauren McCauley
4 min
An inspiring video on what it means to leave your legacy.
In what has to be some kind of record, the Washington Post ran 16 negative stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 hours, between roughly 10:20 PM EST Sunda
Adam Johnson
4 min
How is women’s leadership differing from typical male models? What makes it a decisive gamechanger in today’s world? This video showcases extraordinary women who are reframing the role of women and the feminine; proposing different responses to confrontation; transforming the...
2 min
Dutch volunteers in Greece are upcycling discarded boats and life jackets using the material to make bags for refugees. Floor Nagler is a Dutch textile student and she's giving workshops on how to turn boats into backpacks.
Europe is disintegrating before our eyes. Open and democratic societies cannot be built on fear and hatred
Nick Dearden
2 min
Robert Reich breaks down why Ted Cruz is more dangerous than Donald Trump.
3 min
Google Trends is a great tool to use to figure out what people are talking about. Unfortunately what people are talking about is profoundly depressing.
2 min
Activists disrupted the world's largest mining convention to hold a vigil for the people killed for opposing Canadian mining projects around the world, including Bertha Cáceras - an Indigenous leader from Honduras who was assassinated in her home four days ago.
4 min
Voices of Ndiael a documentary by WOTS? Walking on the South (Enzo Monaco) www.wots.eu
Recently, we were doing some work with a couple who were struggling in their relationship. They had been together for twelve years and had two children. It seemed that they fought about everything – about raising their children, about sex, about finances, and about where and...
Krishnananda and Amana
Are you passionate about the work that you do? What are you doing to maintain that? Being in action for the causes you are passionate about demands a lot and feeling burnt out at times is a normal reaction. Understand that experience as your innermost self calling you to tune...
Sofia Marbach
Could you feel empathy for someone who has committed an act of terrorism?
Chris Agnos
13 min
Nature is the great teacher. The more you embrace nature, the more you feel free.
4 min
Some of Detroit's schools are literally a mess. Budget cuts have led to maintenance problems, mold and mice. AJ+'s Dena Takruri dropped by Spain Elementary Middle School to talk with students, parents and staff to find out what's going on.
Noam Chomsky explores the possibilities for a better human society in What Kind of Creatures Are We?, a collection of lectures bringing together his areas of expertise from language and mind to society and politics. This book serves as both a concise summation of Chomsky's...
Noam Chomsky
How many of you can recall situations in which you felt unjustly treated or taken advantage of and you did not stand up for yourself? Or remember finding yourself in a situation where you felt small and insignificant? Or recall generally feeling overwhelmed? For me, it has...
Krishnananda
8 min
Exert from the feature documentary Losing the Marshes, a true story of the Olympics
We citizens of the Member States of the European Union, of the Schengen Area, the Balkans, of the Mediterranean, and of the Middle East as well as citizens of other countries in the world, who share our concerns, are launching an emergency appeal.
transform!
15 min
Special districts spend more public money than all city governments combined. That's odd considering most of us don't know they exist.
22 min
This week we take a look at the nefarious capitalist mechanism called free trade agreements, with a focus on world wide resistance to the TPP or Trans Pacific Partnership plus an update of anti-fascist resistance in Anaheim California.
Good beer comes from collaboration, not competition. By working together, small-brewers everywhere are giving corporations a run for their money.
A.C. Shilton
3 min
As the referendum on Brexit draws closer, arguments on both sides look increasingly unappealing - for those more interested in issues concerning social justice and democracy than corporate profit, Novara Media is providing a whole week of content dedicated to Europe, it's...
This amazing couple take the best underwater photography we’ve ever seen, and they do it all without scuba gear
Matt Ayres
Researchers say northeastern Australia's wilderness is under increasing strain, with data showing a big uptick in deforestation over the last two years.
Morgan Erickson-Davis