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This Is the US Empire's New Strategy for Global Dominance
This Is the US Empire's New Strategy for Global Dominance
The Donald Trump administration revealed the US empire's new plan for global dominance in the 2025 National Security Strategy. The goal is to impose hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, reviving the colonial Monroe Doctrine, to move supply chains out of Asia and bring...
70 min
What the ‘Men in Crisis’ Narrative Hides About Power, Capital, and Discontent
What the ‘Men in Crisis’ Narrative Hides About Power, Capital, and Discontent
Steve Rose's framing of Scott Galloway as a kind of enlightened guide to the crisis of men is a useful illustration of how contemporary media systems manage dissent.
Tim Hjersted
The Crisis Is Real, but the Story Is Wrong: What Scott Galloway Misses About Men, Power, and Society
The Crisis Is Real, but the Story Is Wrong: What Scott Galloway Misses About Men, Power, and Society
Galloway describes real symptoms facing young men, but his analysis leaves the political economy that produced those symptoms out of view. To understand the crisis, we have to step outside the self-help narrative and confront the system that created these conditions in the...
Tim Hjersted
Public Grocery Stores Don't Lead to Monopolies — They’re a New Choice in a Rigged Market
Public Grocery Stores Don't Lead to Monopolies — They’re a New Choice in a Rigged Market
Critics say a public grocery program would limit consumer freedom, but unlike corporate monopolies, it expands it by adding competition, giving shoppers another choice and pushing private retailers to keep prices in check.
Tim Hjersted
American Decline in the Fossil Fuel Age
American Decline in the Fossil Fuel Age
By the time Donald Trump leaves office in 2029, this country will be distinctly on the imperial decline. By discouraging alternative energy and encouraging fossil fuels, President Trump is undercutting Americas economic competitiveness in the most fundamental way imaginable.
Alfred W. Mccoy
An Introduction to Integral: A Federated, Post-Monetary Cooperative Economy
An Introduction to Integral: A Federated, Post-Monetary Cooperative Economy
In this article, Peter Joseph presents Integrala cooperative economy designed to replace both markets and top-down state control with a cybernetic architecture of open design, time-based reciprocity, and democratic coordination. Rather than offering yet another abstract...
Peter Joseph
Why Trump Tried Tariffs: The Turn to Nationalist Capitalism
Why Trump Tried Tariffs: The Turn to Nationalist Capitalism
Trump's trade policies are an admission of capitalism's failures. Perhaps finally enough people have learned the lessons of the past so that we can build an economy that works for working people.
Richard Wolff
AI Bubble Madness: Why Nvidia's Market Cap Fell $600,000,000,000 in ONE DAY
AI Bubble Madness: Why Nvidia's Market Cap Fell $600,000,000,000 in ONE DAY
The US economy depends on an unsustainable stock market bubble driven by AI companies that are almost all losing money. Nvidia seems healthier, but serious red flags explain why its stock price is extremely volatile, and why its market capitalization dropped $600 billion in...
29 min
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.
Jeffrey C. Isaac
The 86 House Democrats Who Condemned Socialism Weren’t Defending Democracy—They Were Defending Concentrated Private Power
The 86 House Democrats Who Condemned Socialism Weren’t Defending Democracy—They Were Defending Concentrated Private Power
When 86 House Democratsincluding party leader Hakeem Jeffriesjoin Republicans to condemn the horrors of socialism, you dont need a political science degree to understand whats happening.
Tim Hjersted
What Is the Opposite of Fascism?
What Is the Opposite of Fascism?
Fascism is not merely a set of authoritarian habits or unpleasant attitudes. It is a political arrangement designed to centralize power: the fusion of state authority with corporate interests; the suppression of dissent; the mobilization of nationalist mythology to bind the...
Tim Hjersted
A Practical Guide to Chris Hedges’ Prescription for Change
A Practical Guide to Chris Hedges’ Prescription for Change
To defeat the rise of authoritarianism, Chris Hedges has called for mass movements, strikes and counterinstitutions to challenge corporate rule and revive democracy. This guide breaks down his suggestions into actionable steps.
Tim Hjersted
Trump’s Greatest Ally Is the Democratic Party
Trump’s Greatest Ally Is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes the only tools that can thwart Trumps emergent authoritarianism fearing they too will be swept aside.
Chris Hedges
"Socialism Has Never Worked" | Matthew Cooke
"Socialism Has Never Worked" | Matthew Cooke
I mean do we want to live in a society or nah: anti-social is the way to go?
6 min
Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable
Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable
It would be nice if all revolutions came this cheap.
Richard Eskow
FDR Warned Us about Organized Money. The Threat He Saw Now Dominates Both Political Parties in the US.
FDR Warned Us about Organized Money. The Threat He Saw Now Dominates Both Political Parties in the US.
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peacebusiness and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know...
Films For Action
Trump Just Lost the Trade War With China - Which He Started!
Trump Just Lost the Trade War With China - Which He Started!
Donald Trump is losing the trade war on China, which he started. The agreement he made at the meeting with President Xi Jinping shows how the US is much more dependent on the Chinese economy than vice versa. Political economist Ben Norton explains how Trump's tariffs have...
40 min
We Investigated Hundreds of Trump Donors: What We Found Will Shock You
We Investigated Hundreds of Trump Donors: What We Found Will Shock You
Trump used to say that Big Tech is a horrible thing for our country.
12 min
Challenging Monopoly Power: Why Local Business Is Better for People, the Planet, and Your Wallet with Stacy Mitchell
Challenging Monopoly Power: Why Local Business Is Better for People, the Planet, and Your Wallet with Stacy Mitchell
Monopolistic business practices have been illegal in the United States for more than a century. Yet, monopoly power continues to accelerate in our modern commercial landscape. Large, powerful corporations edge out smaller businesses, often citing scale, efficiency, and lower...
88 min
Warning: Largest Bubble Ever Seen Threatens US Economy
Warning: Largest Bubble Ever Seen Threatens US Economy
The US economy depends more and more on enormous bubbles in the stock market and AI. The richest 10% of Americans drive half of all spending, while the real economy in many states is in recession. When the bubble pops, it could cause a severe crisis. Political economist Ben...
34 min
Start Building the World You Want to Live in After Trump's Dark Age
Start Building the World You Want to Live in After Trump's Dark Age
As Trump demolishes the old and drives America toward a darker future, the Democrats instinct has been to grieve, resist, and dream of restoration. But restoration may be the wrong goal.
Richard Sclove
The Great Transition, 2025-2050
The Great Transition, 2025-2050
Part 1 of this 2 part short film explores one of humanitys greatest challenges the energy transition and the bold choices that will define our future. The next 25 years will decide who leads and who is left behind.
24 min
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
Were now in the Second Gilded Age. As in the first, Americas wealth is in the hands of a few, conspicuous consumption exists alongside homelessness and hunger, monopolies crush competition, money corrupts politics, and working people are abused and exploited.
7 min
The Real Reason Why Trump Is Bailing Out Argentina With $20 Billion
The Real Reason Why Trump Is Bailing Out Argentina With $20 Billion
The Donald Trump administration plans to use $20 billion of US government money to bail out Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei. Ben Norton explains the scandal, involving election meddling, anti-worker austerity, economic crisis, corrupt corporate payouts, and, of...
16 min
How the US Loots the Congo’s Minerals | BreakThrough News
How the US Loots the Congo’s Minerals | BreakThrough News
Kambale Musavuli of the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa explains how eastern Congo is facing a de facto annexation by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, with U.S.-backed forces driving a war that has already killed millions in the scramble for the countrys vast mineral...
16 min
AI Fight: the Working Class Is at a Crossroads W/ Prof. Wolff
AI Fight: the Working Class Is at a Crossroads W/ Prof. Wolff
The CEO of Walmart one of the largest employers in the U.S. has joined the chorus of business leaders warning that AI will change literally every job. Already, artificial intelligence has upended the entry-level job market, led to thousands of layoffs, and threatens to...
10 min
How To Boycott An Invasion | Matthew Cooke
How To Boycott An Invasion | Matthew Cooke
Is Your City Getting Invaded? Boycott! Divest! Sanction! Boycotting these companies may take a few hours. Time well spent. We cannot afford to continue to fund them.
4 min
America's Forgotten Socialist History
America's Forgotten Socialist History
From our very earliest education Americans are told that the US has never been and will never be a socialist country. While it's true that the US has never been governed by a socialist party, it's impossible to look at US history and say we've never had strong socialist...
18 min
AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders
AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders
The artificial intelligence and robotics being developed by multi-billionaires will allow corporate America to wipe out tens of millions of decent-paying jobs, cut labor costs and boost profits.What happens to working class people who cant find jobs because they dont exist?
13 min
USA vs China: Which Represents Humanity's Future? Compare Their UN Speeches
USA vs China: Which Represents Humanity's Future? Compare Their UN Speeches
The US and China are the world's two most powerful countries, but they have very different visions for the global order. Compare the speeches delivered at the UN General Assembly by Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Li Qiang. The United States wants a unipolar system based on...
44 min
What Will Socialism Look Like?
What Will Socialism Look Like?
In this video essay, I examine what ecosocialism might look like in the future. From zero-carbon, accessible, and free public transit, to low-cost housing, an ecosocialist future would seek to bring better well-being to all people and the planet.
21 min
FDR vs the Billionaire Class: How the New Deal Saved America
FDR vs the Billionaire Class: How the New Deal Saved America
What really happened in the United States in 1933?
14 min
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
Ella Fassler
BlackRock Is Terrifying
BlackRock Is Terrifying (2025)
This is not another mainstream video about BlackRock.By now, people know the public narrative:
61 min
A Leftist's Guide to Debating Capitalism
A Leftist's Guide to Debating Capitalism
Get my Leftist Rhetoric Pocket Guide:https://www.patreon.com/posts/leftist-rhetoric-138912827?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
34 min
Challenging Corporate Power and Rights Has Never Been So Important
Challenging Corporate Power and Rights Has Never Been So Important
So if we want real change and a world where future generations of all life, not just human beings, can live in peace with equal rights and justice for all we have to tackle corporate rights, powers, structures and impunity.
Helena Paul
Degrowth and Liberty: Being Free With Less
Degrowth and Liberty: Being Free With Less
How is freedom, a polysemantic term, understood by the majority today? What is the relationship between modern freedom and the perpetual growth system? And what kind of freedom would post-growth have to put forward?
Florent Marcellesi
Your Socialist Grandfather Wants You to Fight for Economic Democracy
Your Socialist Grandfather Wants You to Fight for Economic Democracy
"The left" must get back to what was its original reason for existenceto fight for one-person, one vote democracy in the economic as well as political systems that govern our lives.
Gary Engler
How China Launched a New Industrial Revolution
How China Launched a New Industrial Revolution
In the 1980s, China was a poor, agrarian country with a closed economy and little global influence. But four decades later, it is the worlds largest manufacturer, the undisputed leader in clean energy, and a central player in the global economy.In 2024, China invested $940...
19 min
Capitalism’s Addiction To Growth Means Civilisational COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Jason Hickel
Capitalism’s Addiction To Growth Means Civilisational COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Jason Hickel
Our politicians dont agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the pie, they assure us, and there will be more to go around.
107 min
US Attacks Blow Back, Uniting China, India, Russia, Iran; Encouraging Dedollarization
US Attacks Blow Back, Uniting China, India, Russia, Iran; Encouraging Dedollarization
The US government has long tried to divide China, India, and Russia, but Washington's aggressive actions have only brought them together.
52 min
A Guide To Democratic Socialists of America
A Guide To Democratic Socialists of America
Further reading:https://dsa-lsc.org/2025/01/31/a-guide-to-dsa-politics/ (The article that inspired this video)https://www.dsausa.org/resources/faq/ https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/structure/
30 min
Why Mushrooms Are Starting To Replace Everything
Why Mushrooms Are Starting To Replace Everything
Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics werent manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. Its turning agricultural...
16 min
We NEED To Nationalize 70% of the Economy
We NEED To Nationalize 70% of the Economy
Are corporations destroying America? From greedflation to wealth inequality, the U.S. economy is collapsing under late stage capitalism. This video explores why industries like healthcare, housing, energy, banks, and utilities should be nationalized and treated as public...
44 min
How Supermarkets Rewired the Planet
How Supermarkets Rewired the Planet
The supermarket is one of the strangest and most powerful inventions in human history. Grocery shopping is often perceived as a simple, mundane activity. And for many, access to food has never been more effortless. But supermarkets hold far more power than we realize.
29 min
US Dollar Dominance Could End Very Fast, Warn Top Economists. This Is How.
US Dollar Dominance Could End Very Fast, Warn Top Economists. This Is How.
The dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency has been gradually declining for years, but Donald Trump's policies could rapidly accelerate de-dollarization and the transition to a more multipolar international financial order, warn even mainstream American...
52 min
Why People Are Leaving Blue States — and Why Dems Should Worry
Why People Are Leaving Blue States — and Why Dems Should Worry
Democrats are facing a ticking time bomb: the 2032 presidential election. Halfway through the decade, projections show an alarming trend for Democrats: Big blue states like California and New York are shedding population while big red states like Florida and Texas are...
13 min
100 Ways a Green New Deal Would Make America Great
100 Ways a Green New Deal Would Make America Great
The Green New Deal is often framed as a response to climate change but whether you see it as a crisis or a hoax, the real point is what it delivers here at home: millions of good jobs, lower energy bills, stronger communities, and true energy independence. Its about...
Films For Action
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (ft. Lina Khan)
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks to a shady tactic called surveillance pricing. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains what we can do about it.
6 min
Israel's DARK SECRET Genocide Economy EXPOSED
Israel's DARK SECRET Genocide Economy EXPOSED
This is the REAL reason the US sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
14 min
Who Is REALLY Controlling the Economy?
Who Is REALLY Controlling the Economy?
In this video, Im exploring how business elites and super-rich industrialists funded a narrative that would come to dominate the 20th century: the myth that free markets equal freedom, that government is the enemy, and that corporate success magically trickles down to benefit...
77 min
How Google Broke Google
How Google Broke Google
Is it just us, or has Google gotten worse? After years of relentless growth, the dont be evil company has effectively monopolized the internet. Its using this chokehold to drive up revenue by forcing ads on usersat the expense of quality and useful search results.
22 min
This Is the Secret To Understanding US Politics and the New Cold War On China: Monopolies
This Is the Secret To Understanding US Politics and the New Cold War On China: Monopolies
One of the main goals of the US political and economic system is to protect corporate monopolies. Silicon Valley Big Tech corporations fear Chinese competitors, so the US government is trying to ban them. Political economist Ben Norton explains how imperialism works, and what...
53 min
Why Zohran Terrifies BOTH Republicans AND Democrats
Why Zohran Terrifies BOTH Republicans AND Democrats
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19 min
The TRUTH About Zohran’s Supermarkets
The TRUTH About Zohran’s Supermarkets
In this video, Spencer Snyder discusses the forgotten history of public markets, the role of the Robinson-Patman Act in keeping chains in check, and how deregulation in the 1980s fueled todays food deserts.
22 min
The Meme That Broke the Border
The Meme That Broke the Border
Signal Slice: A Month ago, we exposed a hidden tourism crisis. It just went nuclear. What happens when border agents treat memes as extremism and airlines start fleeing the country? America is finding out the hard way. In this investigation, we expose how the crisis has...
12 min
What If We Stopped Making So Much Stuff?
What If We Stopped Making So Much Stuff?
A growing portion of climate activists and policy makers argue that reducing global economic activity - or degrowth - is the only way to save the planet. But critics say increasing economic growth ensures human well-being. Whos right?
12 min
Degrowth and Ecosocialism | Jason Hickel
Degrowth and Ecosocialism | Jason Hickel
Economic anthropologist, Jason Hickel, is one of the leading degrowth researchers leading the charge for ecosocialism. He says if we limit the energy demands of the elite and hungry multinational corporations, reimagining economics to support and nurture human dignity, we...
58 min
Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over, Making Life Unaffordable: Economist Michael Hudson Explains Why
Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over, Making Life Unaffordable: Economist Michael Hudson Explains Why
Private equity funds and other Wall Street investors are buying up homes across the US and the West, driving up rent and the cost of living. Economist Michael Hudson explains how these corporate landlords are a result of the system of financialized capitalism, dominated by an...
60 min
How the World Can Free Itself From US Financial Colonialism: Economist Michael Hudson Explains
How the World Can Free Itself From US Financial Colonialism: Economist Michael Hudson Explains
Economist Michael Hudson describes how the Western powers designed the international financial, legal, and political system in a way that benefits North American corporations at the expense of the countries of the Global South.
52 min
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