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Donald Trump plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians, saying, "The US will take over the Gaza Strip... We'll own it". His son-in-law Jared Kushner has invested in Israeli companies that profit from expanding illegal settlements. Trump and Kushner floated building luxury real...
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I'm Andres Acevedo and this is The Market Exit. During the migration crisis of 2015, the small country of Sweden admitted a very large number of refugees. What effects did this surge of migrants to Swedish have on the Swedish economy? To find out, I met professor Peo Hansen...
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Trump and Netanyahu, with the full backing of billionaire war profiteers and far-right ideologues, are openly orchestrating the ethnic cleansing of Gaza—framing mass displacement, destruction, and annexation as “peace.”
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Can you imagine libraries of tools, clothing, and even housing? The library economy can be the bridge to an entirely new world of human flourishing. Let's explore what the library economy is, what may or may not be included, and what it might take to bring it to life.
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The right’s fixation on “equality of outcome” as a specter haunting the Western world is not merely a misunderstanding. It is a deliberate fabrication, a straw man conjured to divert attention from the real issue: inequality.
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, many are raising concerns about the possible decline of liberal democracy. What then would a second Trump term mean for the next four years for the United States? And what impact will the president's foreign policy have on the...
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The EJN Director describes the five values which are the foundation of ethical journalism: 1. accuracy; 2. independence; 3. impartiality; 4. humanity; 5. accountability.
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Honeybees – small but mighty creatures that make life possible. They work together, each with a role, ensuring the survival of their hive. Just like honeybees, workers keep the world running – from transportation to caregiving, from cooking to serving food.
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Belki Sibe is a volunteer soldier's film. It unfolds an 18 month journey through war and revolution, in Rojava Kurdistan NE Syria, during the advance and victory of the Syrian Democratic Forces against ISIS, including the story of the International Freedom Battalion, where...
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America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting
Robert Reich
“I saw in Auschwitz that if a dominant group wants to dehumanize others (as the Nazis wanted to dehumanize me), the dominant group must first be dehumanized in a way themselves, by diminishing their empathy due to propaganda and indoctrination, in order to be able to be as...
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This playbook is inspired by the insights of George Lakey and the transformative movements of Norway and Sweden in the early 20th century. These nations, once marked by extreme poverty and inequality, achieved remarkable economic justice and democracy through collecti
The Amazon Labor Union made history in 2022 by becoming the first group to successfully unionize an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Two and a half years later, the company has refused to recognize the union and bargain a contract. To pressure the company to start negotiating...
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Anti-racist writer and educator Tim Wise presented a talk on “Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity,” at Stetson University in February.
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From Executive Producer Michael Moore and Palestine's Official Submission for the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, is a collection of revealing stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war, who capture their lives in Gaza amidst war.
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A desperate struggle between conservationists and oil interests plays out in Yasuni Man, as the indigenous peoples living in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon struggle to preserve their way of life against encroaching modernity. Filmmaker and biologist Ryan Patrick Killackey...
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From utopia to reality: fare-free public transport in Brazil.
Daniel Santini
Socialism is one of the most vilified and misunderstood ideas in modern political discourse. The number one reason for this hatred? Most people have no idea what socialism actually is. Decades of propaganda have reduced the concept to caricatures of authoritarian states and...
The multiple crises that humanity is facing are becoming increasingly visible: in the form of disasters related to ecological damage, the stark inequalities between a tiny minority of ultra-rich and the vast numbers of desperately poor, the health epidemics related to both...
Ashish Kothari
Want a better economy? Hate elitism? The problem isn't the left vs right, it's the top vs the bottom. You might want to look up.
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Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza strip. Watch this video to understand how Amnesty International arrived at this conclusion.
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I hereby give you my Oscar-nominated Documentary on the Killer Health Insurance companies like United HealthCare —SICKO — for FREE… and let’s end and replace this so-called “health care system” NOW
Michael Moore
With the tremendous success of his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn radically changed the way Americans see themselves. His friend Noam Chomsky says that Zinn litteraly transformed a generation's conscience. Zinn talks about those who have no voice...
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Yapping bout the whole united healthcare situation, insurance, lobbying, and more.
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Robert Sapolsky is a neuroendocrinology researcher and author. He is a professor of biology, neurology, neurological sciences, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. Sapolsky has received numerous honors and awards for his work, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 1987, an...
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This researcher has been studying the history of Trans kids for years. Here’s what you need to know.
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Corporations have turned Medicare Advantage into a money-making scheme, denying patients care to generate profits. For Megan Bent, it may have cost her father his life.
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A health insurance whistleblower is exposing their most appalling practice. It’s called prior authorization — and it’s part of a money-making scheme based on denying and delaying patients care. But doctors are fighting to reform it.
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Why are so many doctors being forced to take out payday loans to make ends meet? Trying to answer this question led us to a giant monopoly that's been slowly plundering every part of our health care system.
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We must challenge the logic of empire and violence—both state-sanctioned and vigilante, Tim Hjersted writes, while urging a shift to collective, nonviolent action to dismantle the profit-driven healthcare system.
What would happen if you could end sexism overnight by giving everyone a magic pink pill? Why changing hearts, minds and culture isn’t enough, you need to change the conditions that generate cultural attitudes in order for changing hearts and minds to have a long term effect.
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Celebrated thinkers like Steven Pinker and Harry Frankfurt tell us that inequality shouldn't concern us, and that we should only focus on whether or not we're lifting people out of poverty. In the real world, even if everyone starts off relatively wealthy, inequality...
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The Western alliance is divided over Israel, after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, charging him with crimes against humanity in Gaza. The United States is threatening sanctions. Ben Norton discusses the...
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As Elon Musk becomes increasingly involved in overtly supporting the Trump campaign, let’s take a look at his past. Musk initially branded himself as a “free speech warrior” when he purchased Twitter, promising to end censorship on the platform. However, over time, he has...
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A United Nations report, published in October, lays out in chilling detail the advances made by Israel in Gaza as it seeks to eradicate “the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.” This genocidal project, the report ominously warns, “is now metastasizing to...
Chris Hedges
This series of writings is an experiment—a new way of writing a book that invites you all to participate in. I’ve written or co-written thirteen published books over more than four decades as an author, and a number of others (we don’t talk about those), and seen publishing...
Starhawk
Trump’s mass deportation plan, though framed as a way to protect American jobs, actually helps corporations exploit workers and harms the U.S. economy. Here’s how: 🧵
What would you do if you joined the Air Force to defend the United States but realized your job made you complicit in ruining the lives of innocent Palestinians?
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We are living through this generation's WW2 moment. What will we tell our children when war crimes, including the crime of collective punishment, was committed against the Palestinian and Lebanese people with the complicit support of the United States of America?
With the 2024 US presidential elections just weeks away, former US President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign, pushing more aggressive rhetoric than ever before. Given his continued attacks on the legitimacy of the electoral system and his efforts to overturn the...
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In 2040, Palestinian genocide memorials will be visited by families around the world, and our children will ask us: what did you do to stop it?
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John Oliver discusses the attempts made by Donald Trump and his supporters to undermine the upcoming election, what we can expect after election night, and the greatest “I voted” sticker of all time.
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Need one more reason to stop Donald Trump this November? I have one for you. If Trump wins, he could become the first president in more than a half century to appoint a majority of the Supreme Court.
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The real extremists are the corporate and political elites who wear $5,000 suits and calmly explain why war, profit and greed are good on the evening news.
The Footage The BBC Won’t Show You
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Pro-Palestine content is suppressed on Meta’s platforms and has been for years, according to numerous reports. But Direct From is learning just how systemic this censorship is, and the toll it’s taking on employees.
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Mehdi Hasan addresses an inconvenient truth about the debate surrounding Gaza, Trump, Harris, and the November 5th elections.
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It's a year since Israel started its military offensive on Gaza. Now it is turning on Lebanon, saying it is attacking Hezbollah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists he will achieve his goals of destroying the groups that threaten the security of Israelis. But as that...
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One year of genocide in Gaza: 365 days of unrelenting Israeli bombardment, resulting in one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. This has been a war of many firsts, breaking records in scale and brutality.
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When political leaders speak of genocide, they repeat a timeworn mantra: "Never again." Over the past year, for the Palestinians of Gaza, "again" has become reality - mass casualties broadcast almost in real time by its victims. This film is about an alternative version of...
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As tensions remain high in the Middle East, prepare to hear the phrase "only democracy in the region" regarding Israel's presence. Israel's attack on Lebanon has left nearly a million people displaced. Their continued bombardment of Gaza now boasts a death toll of over 41,000...
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This feature length investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year long conflict.
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It isn't even subtle. -Owen Jones
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Israel is once again rejecting global calls for a ceasefire. But this time, they’re not for Gaza. They’re for Lebanon – where Israel has now launched a violent and reckless escalation in their almost year-long cross-fire battle with Hezbollah.
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This video essay looks at the destruction of Gaza as an ecocide and genocide perpetrated by settler colonial Zionism. More broadly, the video dives into how oil and gas have fueled conflict in West Asia, and how Israel has acted as an anchor for United States imperialist...
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Israel is bombing Lebanon, with staunch US support. An Israeli minister vowed that "Lebanon will be annihilated". Ben Norton analyzes the colonial war, explains the origins of Hezbollah, and provides historical context.
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“If we need to kill them all, we will” TRT World’s investigative documentary, Holy Redemption, unveils violent fanaticism of armed illegal Jewish settlers who aim to uproot Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. The documentary was made as our team infiltrated “Israel’s...
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Since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023, extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank are increasingly using violence to seize land and property which is forcing many Palestinians from their homes.
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As the US election looms, Elon Musk’s erratic and sometimes dangerous posts have made him one of the biggest purveyors of disinformation on his platform. How is the world’s richest man using his influence to shape the American political debate?
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