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The latest video by Matt Orfalea.
7 min · 1,125 views · 3.5 stars
British comedian and activist Russell Brand joins forces with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom on a polemical documentary about the financial crisis and gross inequality we currently face. Starting with the genesis of today’s economic policies, with the arrival of...
2 min · 902 views · 4.5 stars
The Emperor's New Clothes trailer - a film by Michael Winterbottom with Russell Brand. Milton Friedman once said that every crisis was an opportunity.
3 min · 1,164 views · 5 stars
This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. Johnson, who cut his film teeth at NYU and made the Emmy®-nominated 2003 HBO...
80 min · 23,627 views · 3.7 stars
Collective action to right wrongs or help the suffering under neoliberal ideology is wrong, unfeasible, or some combination of the two.
Noah Berlatsky · 2,013 views · unrated
Talk by Naomi Klein author of "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" given September 27, 2007 at Town Hall Seattle. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman’s free market economic revolution. In contrast...
55 min · 12,080 views · 3.5 stars
A short summary
Colin Jenkins ·
1,956 views · 3.8 stars
RAP NEWS episode 9. 2011 hits harder than a pre-apocalyptic hangover as "the economy" threatens to annihilate our stock-piles of imaginary, inflated wealth, spawning a battle of epic proportions as insurgent grassroots forces move in to #OccupywallStreet and coalitions of...
7 min · 4,649 views · 2 stars
Crisis after crisis is being caused by a failed ideology. But it cannot be stopped without a coherent alternative.
George Monbiot · 6,543 views · 5 stars
Neoliberalism is a mature stage of capitalism - a reciprocal process of concentrated wealth taking control of the public agenda via government. Capitalist economists like Milton Friedman were instrumental in paving the way for neoliberalism. The idea gained prominence in...
Colin Jenkins ·
3,247 views · 4.8 stars
This week we take a look at the 6 plus year student revolt in Chile, plus ballot burning fury in Mexico and an interview with militants from Santiago who tell us about the anarchist scene there.
17 min · 2,361 views · 5 stars
Unconditional basic income, a policy option that seems radical by American standards, is gaining new traction across Europe, Canada, and even a few places in the United States. Also known as “universal basic income,” the policy mandates a guaranteed stipend to every resident...
Leslee Goodman · 7,624 views · unrated
First, the bad news: Even if the economy improves, middle-class career paths will continue to disappear as globalization and technological innovation render more jobs obsolete.
David R. Wheeler · 3,407 views · 4 stars
On August 1 the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), a coalition of over sixty organizations, rolled out “A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice,” an ambitious document described by the press as the first signs of what young black activists...
Robin D. G. Kelley · 3,596 views · 1 stars
Trump is a big problem. But he's not the cause of our problems.
John Atcheson · 3,676 views · unrated
Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all.
George Monbiot · 53,387 views · 4.3 stars
Half of all Canadians want it. The Swiss have had a referendum on it. The idea's not as far-fetched as it sounds
What if you could receive a guaranteed basic yearly income with no strings attached? Didn’t matter how much money you made now, or in the future. Nobody would ask...
Lynn Stuart Parramore · 20,858 views · 4.9 stars
Neoliberalism transforms freedom for the many into freedom for the few. Its logical result is neofascism.
Chris Hedges · 2,178 views · 4 stars
The coronavirus shutdown as a dress rehearsal for the reformation of late-capitalism to allow climate repair.
Eamonn Kelly ·
4,284 views · 4 stars
The motto of Dauphin, Manitoba, a small farming town in the middle of Canada, is “everything you deserve.” What a citizen deserves, and what effects those deserts have, was a question at the heart of a 40-year-old experiment that has lately become a focal point in a debate...
Whitney Mallett · 2,528,541 views · 4.8 stars
In this video we examine how fear can be used as a tool to manipulate others, and how those in positions of power, past and present, have effectively used fear to control certain aspects of society. =================================================== Support us on Patreon...
10 min · 541 views · 4 stars
Tom Friedman and Steve Bannon are, as usual, wrong. Hardship in the United States can’t be blamed on China’s “economic war” on democracy. It’s the fault of American corporations and elites.
Nicole M. Aschoff · 1,922 views · 3.5 stars
Or Whatever Number You Choose
Josh Liveright ·
1,402 views · 3.5 stars
"The speedy rise of fascism always seems to hit the world by surprise. Yet what we're witnessing did not begin with the Bolsonaros, Trumps or Dutertes, just as German fascism did not begin with Hitler."
Martin Winiecki ·
1,354 views · 3.5 stars
Hi, I’m Matt Orfalea and for 3 years I’ve been writing and making videos about the BIG idea of a Basic Income Guarantee (aka Universal Basic Income)
3 min · 1,339 views · 4.8 stars
The basic guaranteed income is one of those ideas, like land value taxation or the Tobin tax, that circles endlessly around. There are times when it’s obscure, and times when it’s being talked about again. It’s currently in the ascendant, and I suspect that it won’t be long...
Jeremy Williams · 6,069 views · 4 stars
I talk a lot about Basic Income, the concept that everyone should be provided a minimum guaranteed income to provide for basic human necessities (food, clothing, shelter). All over the world it is
Matt Orfalea ·
5,273 views · 5 stars
Murder, Torture & the Hustle that Pretends to be a Philosophy
26 min · 2,803 views · unrated
According to the standard account, capitalism—whatever your criticisms of it—is synonymous with freedom. Zephyr Teachout explains how we are told other systems necessitate central planning by undemocratic bureaucracies. But what if that’s not true? capitalism puts us at the...
6 min · 1,701 views · 4.5 stars
The simplest most effective solution to poverty.
3 min · 10,209 views · 5 stars
Twelve years ago, John Perkins published his book, “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.” Today, he says “things have just gotten so much worse.”
Sarah van Gelder · 5,107 views · 5 stars
Tax-avoiding, consumer-exploiting big business leaders are largely responsible for these abuses. Congress just lets it happen. Corporate heads and members of Congress seem incapable of relating to the people that are being victimized, and the mainstream media seems to have...
Paul Buchheit · 2,197 views · 5 stars
The economic collapse of 2008 came at the end of three decades of stagnant wages that resulted in record household debt and made it apparent that the economy does not work for most Americans.
It's Our Economy · 16,510 views · 5 stars
A 'cult,' according to Merriam-Webster, can be defined as "Great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work..(and)..a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion."
Paul Buchheit · 3,344 views · 4 stars
Dow pays "strategic intelligence" firm to spy on Yes Men and grassroots activists. Takeaway: movement is on the right track!
The Yes Men · 4,947 views · 5 stars
The Monopoly of Violence is a study of police brutality in France, specifically documenting the gilet jaunes protest movement of 2018 and 2019. But the footage could just as easily have been from the United States, or Hong Kong, or Britain. Citing the work of sociologist Max...
106 min · 2,933 views · 4 stars
Humanity has a lot of problems these days. Climate change, increasing economic inequality, crashing biodiversity, political polarization, and a global debt bubble are just a few of our worries. None of these trends can continue indefinitely without leading to a serious...
Richard Heinberg · 1,615 views · unrated
The Journal wants to shock and awe voters with big numbers, but Sanders’s proposals would save America big bucks.
Joshua Holland · 1,865 views · 4.5 stars
What's basic income?
"A basic income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement" (Basic Income Earth Network, (BIEN)).
What are the benefits of basic income?
Benefits include, in no particular order:
Reddit Wiki · 7,252 views · 5 stars
When the town of Sandy Springs, Georgia, spun-off from Fulton County and established a brand new government, it didn't sign a Declaration of Independence; it signed a contract.
PR Watch · 2,350 views · 4 stars
Thanks to the filmmakers, you can watch this film for free! If you'd like to show your thanks, you can buy a digital download of the film on this page for $10. All proceeds will go to the Media Freedom Foundation, which works closely with Project Censored. Whether you buy...
63 min · 14,745 views · 5 stars
Ted Franklin argues that climate activists must seize the time and get to work on the Green New Deal proposal.
Ted Franklin · 943 views · unrated
Elections have become auctions, and nearly every issue is paralyzed by the overwhelming influence of money. But you knew that. The real challenge is how to fix what has become one of our nation's most pressing political challenges.
Josh Silver · 4,960 views · 4 stars
Grundeinkommen - ein Kulturimpuls (The Basic Income - A Cultural Impulse) is a German film with subtitles in 10 languages that makes the case for a basic income for all citizens.
Subtitles Note: To make the subtitles easier to read, we highly recommend clicking the "CC"...
100 min · 21,523 views · 5 stars
Chances are if you are reading this, you have spent a fair amount of time discussing the [Occupy Wall Street movement]. Anyone with a basic familiarity with the protests is aware that the demonstrators represent a broad spectrum of ideologies, beliefs and goals.
Red Phoenix · 11,521 views · 5 stars
A thought for Labor Day: In the not-too-distant future we might wait around for a package delivery, hurry off to class, grab a taxi downtown, meet the family for dinner, and then take the train home. All without being served by a single human being. No delivery person, no...
Paul Buchheit · 2,625 views · 4.8 stars
No one should ever work.
Bob Black · 18,759 views · 4.8 stars
An emergency plan to meet the climate emergency
Richard Smith · 2,585 views · unrated
Happy Basic Income Day? May 1st may be better known as International Workers' Day, but some activists are trying to rebrand it. "Labor Day should not be about demanding ‘more jobs’ or higher wages," the official Basic Income Day website explains. "Labor Day should be about...
Dylan Matthews · 8,441 views · 5 stars
A couple years back when I was working toward a philosophy major in college, I wrote a rebuttal on the section of The Anarchist FAQ that covers anarcho-capitalism. I removed the rebuttal from the web because I didn't have the time or inclination to continue to maintain it or...
Chris Wilson · 31,012 views · 4.4 stars
Donald Trump is a distraction from the fact that the mainstream media has pretended the GOP is a normal party with values just to the right. Now the country is paying the price.
Neal Gabler · 2,881 views · unrated
When freedoms clash, some must take priority over others. In the economy, the mechanism that determines which freedoms are prioritised is the property rights system. Property rights bestow the freedom to control and profit from what is owned. They determine who has...
Raoul Martinez · 675 views · unrated
I just can't believe what happened in the British elections.
Thomas S. Harrington · 9,218 views · 4.8 stars
Hollywood celebrities and respected journalists span the globe to explore the issues of climate change and cover intimate stories of human triumph and tragedy.
In this first episode, we’re taken across the world to get various climate-related answers from experts, as well...
60 min · 17,792 views · 4.6 stars
London, May 2009. A small experiment involving thirteen homeless men takes off. They are street veterans. Some of them have been sleeping on the cold tiles of The Square Mile, the financial center of the world, for more than forty years. Their presence is far from...
Rutger Bregman · 27,440 views · 4.8 stars
The pandemic is very quickly teaching us what’s important: health, love, food, a safe and comfortable home, creativity and learning, connectedness, and being able to get out into nature. Shouldn’t those things be the pillars around which our societies are organised? The virus...
Laura Basu · 11,508 views · unrated
The media is trying very hard to send a certain presidential campaign down the memory hole. They omit it from infographics. They decline to report its policy announcements (like the excellent Thurgood Marshall Plan for public education,
Paul Waters-Smith · 1,202 views · unrated
“In refusing to prosecute, Obama and Holder demonstrate their own profound disregard for the collective rights of Black Americans as a people.”
Black Americans know all about “law and order”: the term, itself, is code for the state-wielded hammer that is relentlessly...
Glen Ford · 1,386 views · 5 stars
The explosion of worker cooperatives in recent years has social justice organizers talking. Transitioning to a people-powered economy will require the work of many different social movements and worker co-ops have come to the center of the conversation due to their ability to...
David Morgan · 1,278 views · unrated
The arrests at the end of Flood Wall Street may have been the only reason the mainstream media paid attention to the several thousand people who parked themselves next to the Charging Bull for the better part of eight hours. But, although no station covered it, what happened...
Kristen Steele · 1,088 views · unrated