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Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa
Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa
The Hyde Amendment denies low-income individuals abortion access. Following an abortion helpline in Philadelphia where every phone counselor goes by Lisa, the film gives voice to women and teens affected by the explicitly discriminatory legislation.
14 min · 6,166 views · unrated
An Abortion Rights Battle Bigger Than Texas | Sunsara Taylor Interview [ATV 013]
An Abortion Rights Battle Bigger Than Texas | Sunsara Taylor Interview [ATV 013]
Episode breakdown Part 1: (00:26) Why I support The Abortion Rights Freedom Ride Part 2: (04:00) What Did Stop Patriarchy learn from the 2013 Freedom Ride? Part 3: (05:25) From Roe V. Wade until today, how did we loose so much ground?
30 min · 1,023 views · 4.5 stars
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)
This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first-person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Remembrances include those of women who experienced illegal abortions, doctors who risked...
27 min · 11,520 views · 3.8 stars
5 Lies About Abortion Doctors Are Forced to Tell You
5 Lies About Abortion Doctors Are Forced to Tell You
Picture this: you hurt yourself, and yougo to the doctor to talk about knee surgery.What would you think if your doctor was required by law to tell you that the operation would increase your chance of bone cancer? Or that repairing your torn ligament would increase your...
Meredith Clark · 15,805 views · unrated
America's War On Abortion
America's War On Abortion (2020)
Deeyah Khan investigates one of the most divisive issues in American politics - abortion, going on the frontline to meet those most affected by America's abortion wars.
66 min · 6,994 views · unrated
America's Reproductive Slaves
America's Reproductive Slaves
On Wednesday, the day it was announced that theU.S. birthrate fellfor the fourth straight year, signaling the lowest number of births in 32 years, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the most draconiananti-abortion lawin the country. That the two developments came at th
Chris Hedges · 9,193 views · 4 stars
Noam Chomsky - Values, Abortion, and Preserving Life
Noam Chomsky - Values, Abortion, and Preserving Life
In an edited interview from the Tony Kaye documentary "Lake of Fire", Chomsky is asked about decisions regarding the morality of abortion, and how individuals and society must take a hard look at specifics when discussing topics that deal with contradictory social values.
6 min · 1,356 views · 5 stars
What If Gun Laws Were Like Abortion Laws?
What If Gun Laws Were Like Abortion Laws?
What wouldgun rightslook like in America if we treated them likeabortion rights? The Supreme Court has ruled that owning guns and getting abortions are both rights granted to Americans, but the laws governing each are remarkably different. Republicans are the primary...
William Hamby · 5,761 views · 4.8 stars
Roe v Wade: How The Democrats FAILED Women On Abortion | Katie Halper
Roe v Wade: How The Democrats FAILED Women On Abortion | Katie Halper
More guns, no abortion: Welcome to Joe Bidens Liberal America
10 min · 2,841 views · unrated
Instead of Defunding Planned Parenthood, Can We Defund War?
Instead of Defunding Planned Parenthood, Can We Defund War?
Stacey Johnston · 1,144 views · 4.5 stars
Christians Call Out Hobby Lobby For Hypocrisy
Christians Call Out Hobby Lobby For Hypocrisy
The arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby proudly touts itself as a Christian company that puts people over profits. However, some staunch Christians say there's a gaping hole in that claim -- namely, China.
Kim Bhasin · 502 views · 3 stars
Bill Nye: Can We Stop Telling Women What to Do With Their Bodies?
Bill Nye: Can We Stop Telling Women What to Do With Their Bodies?
The Science Guy argues that most anti-abortion legislation is derived from outdated beliefs that predate smart science by fifty centuries.
5 min · 1,670 views · 5 stars
Why Republicans are NOT the Party of Freedom | Robert Reich
Why Republicans are NOT the Party of Freedom | Robert Reich
Why is the party of "freedom" trying to ban abortion? Because it's not actually about freedom. It's about power.
3 min · 6,664 views · unrated
How Unaccountable Institutions Are Shaping Your Life | Robert Reich
How Unaccountable Institutions Are Shaping Your Life | Robert Reich
Never forget that a majority of Supreme Court justices were appointed by presidents who initially lost the popular vote. The court is now poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, despite Americans supporting the landmark abortion ruling by a roughly 2-to-1 margin. This is not how a...
5 min · 3,421 views · unrated
The Age of the Demagogues
The Age of the Demagogues
The increase in nihilistic violence such as school shootings and Fridays lethalassault on a Planned Parenthood clinic, the frequent executions of poor people of color by police, and the rise of thuggish demagogues such asDonald Trumpare symptoms of the collapse of our...
Chris Hedges · 3,083 views · 5 stars
The Rise of The Ultra-Right in The US
The Rise of The Ultra-Right in The US (2025)
How has the ultra-right made it to the heart of American politics? By gradually occupying positions of power in politics, the judiciary and the media and steadily expanding its sphere of influence. Adherents have been bolstered by Trumps 2024 election victory. The tightening...
52 min · 934 views · unrated
The Dark Money Game (w/ Alex Gibney) | The Chris Hedges Report
The Dark Money Game (w/ Alex Gibney) | The Chris Hedges Report
On this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Chris Hedges speaks with filmmaker Alex Gibney about Gibneys documentary series The Dark Money Game, which examines the labyrinth of mirrors that facilitates untraceable corruption through the American political system. Although...
49 min · 173 views · unrated
Simone De Beauvoir's Political Philosophy Resonates Today
Simone De Beauvoir's Political Philosophy Resonates Today
Simone de Beauvoir is rightly best known for declaring: One is not born, but rather becomes, woman. A less well-known facet of her philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her political activism, a viewpoint that follows directly from her metaphysical stance on the self...
Skye C Cleary · 10,569 views · unrated
Why Do People Find Jordan Peterson so Convincing? Because the Left Doesn't Have Its Own House in Order
Why Do People Find Jordan Peterson so Convincing? Because the Left Doesn't Have Its Own House in Order
The Canadian clinical psychologist and university professor has become hugely popular for his 'anti-PC' views and is beloved of many on the alt-right. He's appealing for a number of reasons, most of them connected to the left-wing people he opposes
Slavoj Zizek · 4,481 views · 5 stars
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Your Mommy Kills Animals (2007)
Writer-director Curtis Johnson seems to view compassionately the young militants who make up the loose network of public speakers, protest organizers, and lab-animal liberators the U.S. government has labeled the number one domestic terrorist threat. One activist notes that...
105 min · 12,052 views · 3.1 stars
How to Understand White Male Terrorism
How to Understand White Male Terrorism
Weve been here before, and we know that violent backlash is at its fiercest when movements for racial and gender justice are winning.
Max Berger · 4,282 views · 4.8 stars
5 Ways May Is as Bad as Trump
5 Ways May Is as Bad as Trump
Donald Trumps presidency has already been an unprecedented barrage of racism, homophobia, sexism and other attacks on human rights and the planet. He is a racist, a misogynist, and the worlds climate change denier in chief; in short he is terrifying. But the response gives...
Steve Rushton · 6,212 views · 0.5 stars
Voting Matters
Voting Matters (trailer)
More than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most extensive pieces of civil rights legislation, people of color across the United States still are engaged in a battle to protect their right to vote.Voting Mattersfollows one dynamic woman working...
2 min · 1,559 views · unrated
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdochs War on Journalism pulls back the curtain on Fox News, revealing how it built a media empire on spin, fear, and partisan propaganda. Through insider accounts and damning footage, the film exposes how "fair and balanced" was always a marketing...
78 min · 16,764 views · 4.3 stars
The Market Theocracy
The Market Theocracy
The Handmaids Tale is less a dystopian nightmare about Trumps America than a comforting fiction we tell ourselves.
Angela Nagle · 1,754 views · unrated
How Cities Can Protect People Threatened by Trumpism
How Cities Can Protect People Threatened by Trumpism
Cities can offer shelter and protection to their vulnerable citizens and become a place progressives can exert real power.
Arun Gupta · 18,588 views · 5 stars
Election 2014 Postmortem: We Fucking Did This To Ourselves
Election 2014 Postmortem: We Fucking Did This To Ourselves
Did you vote yesterday? Are you under 30? Well, congratu-fucking-lations. You are among the few and the proud. Yesterday, Republicanssweptto what I'm bound by day-old tradition to refer to as "histo
Erin Gloria Ryan · 6,911 views · 3.5 stars
Women Like Sex. Stop Making 'Health' Excuses for Why We Use Birth Control
Women Like Sex. Stop Making 'Health' Excuses for Why We Use Birth Control
When 99% of the female population uses contraception, it's sad that we can't just come out and say that we use it for sex. And that we like thesex a lot. Women like to have sex. Some women who like to have sex don't want to get pregnant, so they use birth control. I...
Jessica Valenti · 4,361 views · 5 stars
The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking
Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood.
Maria Popova · 60,196 views · 4.7 stars
The Cautious Case for Harris
The Cautious Case for Harris
A Kamala Harris presidency will not fundamentally change the neo-liberal status quo, but what wins can we get?
Vincent Pagliaccio · 1,318 views · 5 stars
The 98.96% Difference Between REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS
The 98.96% Difference Between REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS
Actual Roll Call Voting Records on 20 Issues That America Cares About
Richard Greene · 455 views · 5 stars
Tribute to Aaron Bushnell by Iraq Veteran Mike Prysner
Tribute to Aaron Bushnell by Iraq Veteran Mike Prysner
The US military is presented as an institution that does protecting; defending; saving. But fundamentally, it is an institution of killing. Of mass killing. Throughout our countrys entire history there have been service members who could not grapple with that fact; who were...
Mike Prysner · 2,125 views · 5 stars
What "Taking the Country Back" Means for the Rest of Us
What "Taking the Country Back" Means for the Rest of Us
Ive been really angry and depressed for the last few months. Ive finally pieced together why.
Derrick Lemos · 2,490 views · 5 stars
Class: The Little Word the Elites Want You to Forget
Class: The Little Word the Elites Want You to Forget
The culture wars give the oligarchs, both Democrats and Republicans, the cover to continue the pillage.
Chris Hedges · 3,638 views · 5 stars
The One-Choice Election
The One-Choice Election
There is only one choice in this election. The consolidation of oligarchic power under Donald Trump or the consolidation of oligarchic power under Joe Biden.
Chris Hedges · 5,072 views · unrated
Where We Go From Here: 5 Key Ways to Build a Movement
Where We Go From Here: 5 Key Ways to Build a Movement
From "You Are on Your Own" to "We Are All in This Together." What this moment demands is a coherent strategy and egalitarian vision that can harness the energy and outrage Trump has provoked
Jules Lobel · 3,128 views · unrated
Why the Handmaid’s Tale Has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes in Trump's America
Why the Handmaid’s Tale Has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes in Trump's America
Maybe its because were starting to see bits of Gilead all around us.
Mark Rahner · 10,180 views · unrated
What Republicans and Conservative Libertarians Really Stand For, As Explained by an Anarchist
What Republicans and Conservative Libertarians Really Stand For, As Explained by an Anarchist
A strange thing happened during the October 2013 battle in the US Congress over a government shutdown and threat of default. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, denounced the Republicans as anarchists. So did Elizabeth Warren, one of the most liberal Senators. As did the...
Wayne Price · 6,681 views · 5 stars
Dear America: Please Get Your Head Out of Your Ass About Bernie Sanders
Dear America: Please Get Your Head Out of Your Ass About Bernie Sanders
Seriously, though, come on, guys.
Emil Mella · 19,791 views · 5 stars
How to Spot - and Defeat - Disruption on the Internet
How to Spot - and Defeat - Disruption on the Internet
David Martins Thirteen Rules for Truth Suppression, H. Michael Sweeneys 25 Rules of Disinformation (and now Brandon Smiths
Washington's Blog · 3,212 views · 4.8 stars
Building the New America
Building the New America
I: The American Reality America was founded on a dream. It was a dream that all people, from all the war-torn and disease-ridden corners of the earth, could come to this new-age Promised Land and build a common future side-by-side. It was half history, and half mythology...
Matthew R. Bishop · 1,173 views · 4.9 stars
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
DO YOU KNOWwhat really annoys me about the medias coverage of U.S. politics, and especially the Democratic Party?
Mehdi Hasan · 1,926 views · unrated
Syria’s Kurds Dreamt of a ‘Rojava Revolution’. Assad Will Snuff This Out
Syria’s Kurds Dreamt of a ‘Rojava Revolution’. Assad Will Snuff This Out
A brave social experiment looks doomed at the hands of Syrias dictator
Kenan Malik · 2,841 views · unrated
Rising for a Global Feminist Future With the Movement to Elect Bernie Sanders.
Rising for a Global Feminist Future With the Movement to Elect Bernie Sanders.
We are a coalition of feminists contending with both our differences and our commonality in age, race, class, religion, labor, and sexual orientation. We meet at the intersection of our fluid identities. Though our experiences are different, we share a vision of a feminist...
A Feminist Future · 1,063 views · unrated
What Have the Conservatives Done for Women?
What Have the Conservatives Done for Women?
We have made this video to show exactly how the Conservative government has impacted women and girls since 2010. The Conservative government have shown a violent hatred towards women and non-binary people with their cuts hitting women of colour and disabled women the hardest.
2 min · 1,372 views · 4 stars
No "Victories," No "Defeats": Watch Your Words If You Value Social Change
No "Victories," No "Defeats": Watch Your Words If You Value Social Change
Taking a lesson from Standing Rock, we must be careful with language while working toward progress in the Trump years.
Arun Gupta · 3,195 views · 5 stars
The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill Is About to Become Law - Here's Why That Should Terrify Us
The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill Is About to Become Law - Here's Why That Should Terrify Us
The evidence that these powers are all needed is thin indeed. And the cost to all of our privacy is huge.
Julian Huppert · 5,293 views · 4 stars
Solidarity Is About What You Do - Not Who You Are.
Solidarity Is About What You Do - Not Who You Are.
I am Black. I capitalize Black and leave white lowercased. Sure, its the accepted spelling, but really I do it because it feels good. My family lived in Missouri, but my mother crossed state lines to birth me in Kansas. Missouri was a slave state. Kansas was free, and she...
R.L. Stephens · 14,752 views · 4.8 stars
Trump’s Victory Won’t Push the Democrats Left — It’ll Only Weaken Our Movements
Trump’s Victory Won’t Push the Democrats Left — It’ll Only Weaken Our Movements
"Its one thing to criticize neoliberalism; its quite another to imagine that a fascist regime will provide better conditions for our movements to flourish."
Tim Hjersted · 839 views · unrated
Should Progressives Abandon Harris? Not If Getting an Arms Embargo Is Our Goal.
Should Progressives Abandon Harris? Not If Getting an Arms Embargo Is Our Goal.
Do the Democrats deserve to be abandoned for their complicity in supporting genocide? Absolutely. Is this a wise strategy, if getting a ceasefire and arms embargo is our goal? History and Trump suggests no. It will make the task far more difficult for our movements.
Tim Hjersted · 344 views · unrated
Bernie Vs. Hillary: What's a Feminist to Do?
Bernie Vs. Hillary: What's a Feminist to Do?
America's Only Elected Female Socialist on Women and the Presidential Race
Kshama Sawant · 21,292 views · 5 stars
10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrats goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
Daniel Hunter · 7,746 views · unrated
Vote for Our Movements, Not Politicians: a Strategic Guide to Elections, Where Activism Matters Most
Vote for Our Movements, Not Politicians: a Strategic Guide to Elections, Where Activism Matters Most
This is a guide to think less like a voter and more like an activist.
Tim Hjersted · 333 views · unrated
The Everyday Violence of Modern Culture
The Everyday Violence of Modern Culture
Modern society industrial civilization is built on violence.
Max Wilbert · 1,492 views · 4 stars
There Is a Moderate Republican in This Race, but She's Running as a Democrat
There Is a Moderate Republican in This Race, but She's Running as a Democrat
Historical perspective on Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
Tony Brasunas · 15,067 views · 4.5 stars
It's Time to Admit That Toxic Masculinity Drives Gun Violence
It's Time to Admit That Toxic Masculinity Drives Gun Violence
Our national attachment to dominance models of manhood is a major reason why we have so much violence.
Amanda Marcotte · 17,933 views · 0.5 stars
6 Reasons Female Nudity Can be Powerful
6 Reasons Female Nudity Can be Powerful
Last week, in the midst of what appears to beinfinite fascination[2]about Lena Dunhams nudity,I saw a fundraiser for the documentary Free the Nipple[3]and also, by coincidence, talked to Facebook spokespeopl
Soraya Chemaly · 4,710 views · 3 stars
America's Real Divide Isn't Left Vs. Right. It's Democracy Vs. Oligarchy
America's Real Divide Isn't Left Vs. Right. It's Democracy Vs. Oligarchy
Divide-and-conquer allows the oligarchy free rein. It makes the rest of us puppets, fighting each other on a made-up stage.
Robert Reich · 3,709 views · unrated
Epic Rant Against Rupert Murdoch Perfectly Captures UK Election Result
Epic Rant Against Rupert Murdoch Perfectly Captures UK Election Result
I see you, Rupert Murdoch. I see your whispery head, your hangdog expression, the malevolent balls of obsidian that function as your eyes. I see you shaking your head as you watch the exit polls come in, your flaccid jowls dangling, flapping about like the labia on a jogging...
Sam Gore · 10,893 views · unrated
How to Expose Trump's Dastardly Bait-And-Switch
How to Expose Trump's Dastardly Bait-And-Switch
Trump is not an economic populist, hes just playing one on TV.
Robert Borosage · 10,629 views · unrated