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A documentary about the Refugee Crisis through the actions of Doctors of World Greece. Dedicated to all those who never completed their journey
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Here are some facts you need to know while debating gun control.
The debate over gun regulation in the US seems intractable, but there is one fact that both sides can agree on: Mass shootings are just the tip of a very complicated problem. In this video we run though 18...
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A father and son are sitting on a bench. Suddenly a sparrow lands across them.
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Composed, Produced and Directed by DocBlackDaWho - https://www.facebook.com/DocBlackdaWh... Poem and Concept by Dorian Grayskull https://www.facebook.com/NicodemusPoe... © Mean Business 2016
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An animated short film, narrated by two asylum-seeking men detained in Australia's Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre, recounting the dangerous journeys that brought them to the island and their memories of the riot that erupted in 2014.
If only there were as many people invested in the healing of the ‘racial divide’ as there were promoting it…
Thaddeus Howze
Both parties embrace all the wrong education reform ideas. Why is it so hard to invest in kids and teachers?
I know, the “b” word is a drag, if not a complete mystery, for most of us. It’s a word few attempt to spell, let alone re-imagine. Yet aside from a number of outliers, most companies today continue to embrace a bureaucratic structure of operation. While it’s hard to dispute...
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This clip is from the series Mr Robot, in which young anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante hacker. He is recruited by the mysterious leader of an underground group of hackers to join their...
Given its huge success in describing the natural world for the past 150 years, the theory of evolution is remarkably misunderstood. In a recent episode of the Australian series of “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here”, former cricket star Shane Warne questioned the theory –...
Paula Kover
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Ten years ago "Steven" came to Britain seeking asylum. He was refused and told to return to his country. But he can’t because that country doesn’t recognise him. With no nationality, he has no rights to the basics most people take for granted: healthcare, education, and...
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Abortion is theoretically legal, but some states make it practically inaccessible.
Universal health care doesn't have to mean higher taxes.
Leonid Bershidsky
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We are conditioned throughout our lives to accept the status quo. Eating meat is one of those conditions. We are taught to treat certain animals differently to others. This is called Carnism. We have a choice to reject the notion that eating animals is ok, the choice is yours...
"Self-care and healing and attention to the body and the spiritual dimension—all of this is now a part of radical social justice struggles."
Sarah van Gelder
46 min
Matt Frei enters the colourful and mad world of presidential hopeful, Donald Trump - whose meteoric political rise comes amid one of the most controversial political campaigns America has ever seen. Trump’s plans to ban Muslims from entering the States and to build a wall to...
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It should never happen again, but it does. Genocide after the Holocaust continues to happen. What can we do? This talk explores how kindness and empathy can be cultivated, and how we can deepen our understanding of the Holocaust through the authentic sites, service and oral...
Blackfish already made a splash in the animal captivity scene, and now Zoochosis, a short documentary about the very unnatural behaviors that captive animals exhibit in artificial zoo environments, is adding more waves.
Jessica Ramos
28 min
Ensuring a good welfare for animals housed in zoos, is not an easy job. It might not even be something we will ever really get a perfect grip on. Animal species have evolved over many years and their physical, physiological, social and behavioral traits have been developed in...
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In this episode of Days of Revolt, host Chris Hedges sits down with two residents of agribusiness capital Salinas, California: civil rights attorney Anthony Prince and radical councilman José Castañeda. Together, the two have been fighting against the corporatization of...
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In this first segment of Chris Hedges’ conversation with Green Party candidate Jill Stein, the two diagnose the problems plaguing the US political system. They focus on the dysfunction of a two-party system dominated by corporate interests, and that system’s refusal to solve...
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More than 20 years ago, a psychology student doing his training at one of Argentina's oldest psychiatric wards kept being asked by his family and friends what it was like to work in there. So he came up with an idea: to let the patients explain in their own words.
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Kunkush the cat was a beloved member of a family who became refugees when they fled Iraq for the safety of Europe. Travelling through Greece, family and cat became separated. Kunkush was found and fostered in Berlin, where an international online search was co-ordinated in...
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The documentary DARFUR DIARIES features interviews with many victims of the devastating genocide taking place in the area. The filmmakers seek to shine some light on this dark chapter in human history.
98 min
A young Republican man comes to New York for the first time to be a delegate at the 2004 Republican National Convention and falls into an unlikely affair with a girl he knew in college -- a Democrat who has returned to the city to protest the convention.
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Despite its coastal beauty and colonial architecture, Nicaragua's oldest city, Granada, is mired in unemployment, poverty and violence. It is the poorest city in Central America where 80% of the population survives on less than $1 per day. The picturesque streets are littered...
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Diana DeGarmo (American Idol) stars as Frankie, the front woman of a struggling rock band, The Altos. When Nicolette, the daughter of the new mafia don, takes an interest the band, a cascade of events takes Frankie towards unexpected romance.
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On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which led to the incarceration of 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans. We spoke with people who lived through it.
"...Patriarchy is not the rule of men over women, it's the rule of the binary - the insistence that there really are sides, and that each is a pre-existing category unto itself, fixed and hallowed, one superior to another."
Adebayo Akomolafe
According to Rio specialists, the actions currently being taken against mosquitos given the spread of Zika will not have the expected effect until there is a "real environmental revolution" in Brazil.
Carolina Torres
The resemblances to interwar Italy are unmistakable, and the results are gradually turning out to be almost as fatal.
Cihan Tugal
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Immunotherapy is a gene-editing cell treatment that uses a cancer patient's own immune system to fight cancer cells. And scientists say it has an over 90% success rate. Lead researcher Stanley Riddell at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center says, "We are at the...
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Have you wondered why politicians aren't what they used to be, why governments seem unable to solve real problems? Economist Yanis Varoufakis, the former Minister of Finance for Greece, says that it's because you can be in politics today but not be in power — because real...
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Americans should know about this period of history. Because the history of racism is also the history of power, and who holds it. And this story continues to this very day.
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Machines could take 50% of our jobs in the next 30 years, according to scientists. While we can’t predict the future, we can imagine a world without work – one where those who own the tech get rich from it and everyone else ekes out a living, propped up by an increasingly...
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George Takei talks about his experience as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 leading to the mass incarceration of innocent Japanese Americans. This is...
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The Olive Branch for Children is a grassroots organization that helps remote communities in Tanzania assess their primary needs and establish programs that target the most vulnerable.
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The Olive Branch for Children is a grassroots organization that helps remote communities in Tanzania assess their primary needs and establish programs that target the most vulnerable.
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BikeSurfBerlin is a free bicycle lending project in Berlin. It allows everyone the opportunity to cycle in a relatively safe city environment without the need to leave a deposit or pay to use the bikes. It relies on the generosity
If Whites learn about their radical history, their proud class struggles against the parasitic elites, their defiance of established religions and political powers, maybe they will stop fearing immigrants, “thugs,” and “welfare queens” and once again target corrupt...
Diallo Kenyatta
Weirdness is good. It sets us apart and allows us to be wholly different from the rest of the world, while still being innately the same. Humans tend to forget that what makes us weird are the things we are passionate about, and the levels that passion can reach.
We forget...
Jon Westenberg
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Lead contamination in the water supply of Flint, Michigan, has forced residents to drink, cook with and even bathe in bottled water while still paying some of the highest water bills in the country. In this Democracy Now! special report, we go from Flint to Mecosta County...
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Fiona Oakes - For the animals gives an insight into the inspirational story of Fiona Oakes: the fastest woman to run a marathon on every continent plus the North Pole. Fiona has been vegan all her adult life, and runs to prove that veganism is not prohibitive to performance.
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Most scientists today believe consciousness is an emergent property of the brain, yet if you look deep enough into this assumption, you will find that it is physically impossible.
At least not with the current knowledge we have in physics.
This insight was termed by the...
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Throughout the history, one of the deepest questions mankind has asked itself is the question of its true identity: who am I?
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Video of Performance Premiere at Berliner Festspiele, July 4th 2016.
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Sculptor Jason diCaires Taylor creates underwater botanical gardens made of inert stone not only for our viewing pleasure but to help rebuild our dying coral reefs.
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The Young Lords were a Latino activist group that took action to improve conditions in their communities and also advocated for Puerto Rican independence. Former major members came together to tell the story of the Young Lords and what is needed of Latino activism today.
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Synopsis :
-1950 : on the coast of Japan, an American woman is visiting a village with her military husband and a group of friends. Breaking away from the group, she meets with Namiko, a young ama fisherwoman.
-Au Japon dans les années 50, une jeune américaine visite un...
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This YouTube audio tape by Dr. Max Hammer should be very helpful for people who are seeking to develop psychologically healthy, fulfilling, interpersonal relationships, with true love, good communication, and empathic experiential intimacy. Furthermore, Dr. Hammer's...
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- Today, we go to Flint, Michigan, for a Democracy Now! special on the ongoing Flint water crisis. In 2014, an unelected emergency manager appointed by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder switched the source of the city's drinking water from the Detroit system, which they'd been...
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Primary Author name: Dr. Max Hammer Authors on title page: Dr. Max Hammer, With secondary contributing authors Dr. Barry J. Hammer and Dr. Alan C. Butler Book Title: "Psychological Healing Through Creative Self-Understanding and Self-Transformation" This book is available in...
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Book Title: "Deepening Your Personal Relationships" Subtitle: "Developing Emotional Intimacy and Good Communication" Primary Author: Dr. Max Hammer, with secondary contributing authors Dr. Barry J. Hammer and Dr. Alan C. Butler. Available in soft cover print and electronic...
Green Film Fest invites you to join us for this special event to meet The Yes Men (Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum) and see their latest film The Yes Men Are Revolting.
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We recognize at the very root of many of our systemic issues is an economic system that measures progress and success in only one metric - growth or profit. Economic growth means consuming more resources each year than were consumed in the prior year, which means that more of...
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A group of Secwpemc women shut down a treaty vote being held by the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council (NStQ) in Williams Lake, i so called British Columbia, "Canada". One person was briefly detained by police but released after the women surrounded the cop car. For more info...
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PSYCHOSIS is an accurate translation in sound of my first acute psychotic episode. It is an audio work in five sections where I try to recreate all the feelings, experiences, sensations and emotions I had while in that mental state. My mission is to make the darkness...
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SEASPIRACY: What You Should Know About Fish, The Ocean, and More! By Friendly Activist The Friendly Activist YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFriendlyActivist EDUCATIONAL VEGAN CONTENT https://www.patreon.com/thefriendlyactivist?ty=h The Friendly Activist Website...
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Doublespeak highlights the contradictory actions of President Obama and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron when it comes to addressing the urgent threat of climate change.
The film uses archive footage from speeches and news reports to paint a picture of how...
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Candie Hailey was sent to solitary confinement just six weeks after she landed at Rikers Island jail. A month after she got out of solitary, she was sent back for 95 days. After years in jail, she saw her day in court and was found not guilty.
When it comes to homelessness, sleeping rough in a shop doorway is just the start of the problem. From young people living with parents because of unaffordable rents, families sleeping in homeless hostels, or couples teetering on the edge of mortgage arrears, many of the...
Julie Rugg
The Flint water crisis exposes like nothing else the toxic cynicism of America's ruling class, writes Jesse Jackson. In their privileged view, the victims of the lead poisoning are disposable 'unpersons' that matter less than General Motors' auto parts. But now they, and...
Jesse Jackson
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Why does our empathy seem to have limits? Why can't we extend our compassion to the whole world?
Mark Heley
And why you should too.
Alejandra Quintero
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People seem to find the success of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump mystifying. It's really quite simple. They have a constituency the Republicans and Democrats have ignored for decades...
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Trailer for the upcoming "Stand Up Sunday" documentary, an interview with Black Lives Matter organizers from Louisville, KY.
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Stand Up Sunday is a group of Black Lives Matters activists from Louisville, KY. With a dynamic approach to social justice reform and racial and economic equity, the organizers have been eliciting policy change in a wide range of issues from schools to housing, hunger to...
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On Jan 31, 2015, UC Berkeley students staged a silent protest at the Grand Opening of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive to bring awareness to the deplorable conditions of university contract workers.
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Después de la muerte de Sandra Bland, las mujeres negras de Oakland, California relatan lo que quieren que sepamos si mueren en custodia policial y hablan sobre lo que realmente significa ser mujer y ser negra en un estado policial. Este mensaje se esta traduciendo a 10...
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Black women from Oakland and San Francisco, CA discuss the death of Sandra Bland, what they would want the world to know about them if they were in police custody, and what it means to be a black woman in the United States under our current police and prison system.
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Trong phim ngắn này, phụ nữ da đen từ Oakland, Cali cho chúng tôi nghe những gì họ muốn chúng tôi biết nếu họ chết trong trại giam, và thảo luận về các thực tại của cuộc sống là người da đen và là phụ nữ trong một nhà nước cảnh sát.
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Trailer for SUV TAGGERS, an award-winning, festival favorite short film (4:25). Two 'bad boy' environmentalists with a sense of humor place embarrassing but truthful bumper stickers on highly polluting, dangerous SUVS in the malls of California. A great discussion starter for...
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Trailer for a half-hour, family-friendly video that presents eco-living basics with humor and down-to-earth examples, narrated by Tony Shalhoub. GOINGGREEN answers the question, What can I personally do to help solve the environmental problems facing us today?
GOINGGREEN...
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death has raised a lot of questions about what comes next. Here's what you need to know about the months ahead.
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Kendrick Lamar freestyled about Trayvon Martin at the 2016 Grammy Awards in a political powerhouse performance.
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The powerful story of how art saved the lives of talented homeless and indigent men and women who, despite a daily struggle for survival, create art in the worst area of Los Angeles known as Skid Row, the homeless capital of America. It’s also about the ubiquity of art in...
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Science meets fantasy in this animated short film about poaching and extinction that uses unicorns as an allegory for real animals. It takes a scientific look at unicorns as if they were real animals and asks what our relationship could have been with this species.
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Renowned political theorist Noam Chomsky is often cited for his criticism of the US political system. In the second of a special two-part interview, Chomsky sits down with Mehdi Hasan to discuss the 2016 US presidential election and the rise of Islamophobia.
People often think that a certain level of inequality is normal in our societies, says the social geographer Danny Dorling. But the gap between the superrich and the rest of us has widened dramatically in the past 12 months. The author of a number of books including...
Danny Dorling
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“You don't know what we are”: a battle-cry that is almost a statement of intent. Made of archival and found footage, The Devil is composed of fragments and testimonials from the Black Panther Party struggle against oppression, composing a visual essay that documents the...
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When nature is exploited it's time for the people to come together.
When an old woman comes around, she brings with her a song and the rain that follows. At first the villagers welcome her but when the rains turn to floods she is turned away. Grandmother Cricket aka Abeula...
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We began with rhythm. From the beating of our mother’s heart to the first kick in our mother’s womb. We were born to move. ‘We Came To Dance’ combines this rhythm that we all share, with the rhythm of music, dance and an epic piece of spoken word that unravels over the...
He was 12, playing with a toy gun, in a locale with open-carry laws. Tamir Rice was executed for being a black boy
Chauncey Devega
Life depends on it. Bill McKibben on the big changes we’ve already made in remarkably short order
Bill McKibben
U.S. military recruiters are teaching in public school classrooms, making presentations at school career days, coordinating with JROTC units in high schools and middle schools, volunteering as sports coaches and tutors and lunch buddies in high, middle, and elementary...
David Swanson
Super Bowl 50 is the first National Football League championship to happen since it was reported that much of the pro-military hoopla at football games, the honoring of troops and glorifying of wars that most people had assumed was voluntary or part of a marketing scheme for...
David Swanson
In most of the liberal discussions of the recent police killings of unarmed black men, there is an underlying assumption that the police are supposed to protect and serve the population. That is, after all, what they were created to do. If only the normal, decent relations...
Sam Mitrani
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Local councils and other public bodies have been warned they could face severe penalties if they try to boycott Israeli goods and products or disinvest in companies that operate there.
You are in an imaginary hot air balloon. It’s just you and all of your belongings in the wicker basket. Something went wrong and you are losing altitude fast. You will hit the ground in less than ten minutes if you don’t come up with something quick.
Gilbert Ross
I am starting to hate the European Union. But I will vote to stay in.
George Monbiot
“Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a forest—thick canopies of maple trees and sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over and over, no matter how badly you are devastated.” ...
Rae Swersey
Loving-kindness meditation is also known as metta meditation.
Elyane Youssef
I understand it hurts, and it hurts really badly. No one deserves to be treated the way you were. No one deserves to feel emotional pain tearing through their body or bringing them to their knees. You did nothing to deserve this and it is not your fault.
Kristen Brown
So what? So You are literally All That Is. You are literally infinite, You are literally eternal, You are literally God. And more importantly, You are literally Me! This changes everything.
For most of human history — several thousand generations of it, what historians curiously label "pre-history" — human societies lived with a basic sense of cultural relativity. What worked for one people didn't have to work for another. There was no universal template.
Tim Hjersted
1. I have actively avoided saying anything about Beyoncé's new song and video. I don't think they are interesting, important or deserving of my commentary. That as a Black, queer person I have, in the last week, been expected--and, at moments, obligated--to respond to them is...
Benji Hart
In the search for a way to fight against discrimination and oppression, many young people in particular embrace identity politics. It can be an important first step towards the development of socialist consciousness – if it leads on to an understanding of the class nature of...
Hannah Sell
Spectres, Joylessness, and the contours of ressentiment
Lupus Dragonowl
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Bhutan is a living example that it is possible to develop in a different way, and is creating a caring economy based on the values of altruism, compassion and collaboration.
It is clear to the billions still living in poverty today that the globalized capitalist economy is...