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Hundreds of Citizens Pack Council Chambers, Council Votes Unanimously to Support the Move to Amend
LOS ANGELES, CA After forty-five minutes of public testimony urging a yes vote, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to support a resolution calling on Congress to...
Move to Amend · 5,588 views · 5 stars
Legalize Democracy is a documentary film by Dennis Trainor, Jr. about a movement to amend the U.S. Constitution so that Corporations are not considered people, and money is not considered speech. For more information about Move To Amend, visit: https://movetoamend.org
30 min · 14,347 views · 4.7 stars
Money in politics is the root of all political evil. Unite with us for a week of direct action beginning Saturday November 1, 2014 -- through and including election day in the U.S. (Nov 4th) and the Million Mask March (Nov 5th).
Step One: RSVP to our official FB event page:
March Against Corruption · 3,152 views · 4 stars
We have to nationalize the banks. We have to get rid of the government. We need to have access to the internet seen as a human right. We need to have a new Constitution," said Birgitta Jonsdottir, founder of the Icelandic Pirate Party. Jonsdottir, a lifelong political...
Carl Gibson · 5,385 views · 5 stars
As a recent poll shows the majority of Britons do not explicitly object to their countries colonial history. What was the full scale of the damage caused by empire? And how can we make amends?
10 min · 2,482 views · 4.5 stars
As the President sounds off about holy babies born and unborn, we talk about the ongoing criminalization of women who happen to get pregnant. What has been the medias role and have they done enough to make amends? Well talk to Lynn Paltrow, one of the lawyers representing...
27 min · 1,471 views · 3.5 stars
An ecological community in the Bolivian Amazon is revealed: Candelaria Madidi Ecologico. By protecting one of the most biodiverse places in the world, they aim to create an alternative model of a society.
41 min · 7,346 views · 4.8 stars
The assault on historical memory by the Trump administration is designed to obliterate our shared understanding of reality and whitewash the crimes of the past to whitewash the crimes of the present.
Chris Hedges · 449 views · unrated
Reparations for slavery have become a reinvigorated topic for public debate over the last decade. Most theorizing about reparations treats it as a social justice projecteither rooted in reconciliatory justice focused on making amends in the present, or they focus on the past...
60 min · 3,301 views · unrated
The crisis of corporate influence over American democracy is the latest subject of award-winning Internet filmmaker, Annie Leonard.
9 min · 8,599 views · 5 stars
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has defended his company's 'immoral' tax policies, saying of the internet giant's evasions to get out of paying billions of dollars: "It's called capitalism."
Craig Brown · 2,633 views · unrated
Thanks to the Supreme Court and Citizens United, the same big corporations and billionaires that destroyed our economy and caused millions of us to lose our jobs and homes, are spending obscene amounts to drown out our voices in elections and take over our government.But...
2 min · 6,767 views · 4 stars
A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.
Josh Liveright ·
1,123 views · 4 stars
Very, very few people can ever say that they are in the single most important place they could possibly be, doing the single most important thing they could possibly be doing -- that's you, here, now. You are the movement that we need if we are going to win in the few years...
Bill McKibben · 6,555 views · unrated
In this essential new feature documentary, legendary radical activist Angela Davis speaks for the first time about her 1970s imprisonment as a terrorist and conspirator, which became a flashpoint in the black liberation struggle and turned her into a revolutionary icon.
2 min · 1,404 views · 4.8 stars
When our brothers and sisters are killing each other, it is not time for us to take sides, but to take steps, with compassion and clarity, to end the carnage. We must move beyond the pro-Israel, anti-Israel narrative in the Middle East, which can lock us into a position where...
Dennis J. Kucinich · 5,773 views · 5 stars
One of the most entertaining yet unsurprising aspects of Occupy Wall St has been the response from traditional media. Whether intentionally playing dumb or genuinely clueless, the mainstream media has failed to inform the public and substantially address the key issues. But...
Tim Hjersted ·
133,769 views · 5 stars
Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed.
Wendell Berry
Helena Norberg-Hodge · 10,401 views · unrated
Are we able to stop fracking and other threats to the environment from coming into our communities? Are we able to protect local farming from sewage sludge or factory farming? Are we able to protect workers and local economies from multi-national corporations?
CELDF · 7,119 views · 5 stars
From the 23rd to the 26th of February of 1998, grassroots movements of all continents met in Geneva to launch a worldwide coordination network of resistance to the global market, a new alliance of struggle and solidarity called Peoples' Global Action against 'free' trade and...
People's Global Action · 6,226 views · 4 stars
The persecution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, MOVE members and all the radicals of four decades ago is not ancient history. It is the genesis of the present.
Chris Hedges · 9,449 views · 5 stars
InterReflections is an experimental, mixed genre narrative feature film by Peter Joseph, adapted from his book The New Human Rights Movement. The ambitious, nearly 3 hour work challenges not only contemporary thinking about society, it challenges the very art of filmmaking...
165 min · 33,497 views · 3.1 stars
Hi. Its me, Alexandra.
I know Ive been distant lately.Ivebeen avoiding you.After talking things through one night with a friend, I woke up and decided I was leaving you.
Im 26. We had a good nine year run, butIm saying goodbye. I didnt just want to up and dump you out of...
Alexandra Moga · 11,708 views · 2.8 stars
What makes a great photograph great?
2 min · 9,803 views · 4 stars
In transmitting President Richard Nixon's orders for a "massive" bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, "Anything that flies on everything that moves". As Barack Obama wages his seventh war against the Muslim world since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and...
John Pilger · 406,510 views · 4.8 stars
This was a live March 21st, 2011 TEDx [Portugal] talk by Peter Joseph called: "An Introduction to a Resource-Based Economy."
18 min · 6,931 views · 5 stars
The first Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture is delivered by veteran journalist, Bill Moyers. Citing Zinn as his inspiration, Moyers focuses on the challenges facing our democracy. He decried what he says has been a 30-year trend toward plutocracy, where the rich get richer at the...
116 min · 5,381 views · 4.7 stars
This lecture was given by Peter Joseph in New York on March 15th, Zeitgeist Day, 2010. Some audio had to be replaced due to static problems.
105 min · 14,651 views · 5 stars
My new home of West Asheville is in the news. A local coffee shop, Waking Life Espresso, closed its doors after its owners Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens were outed for hosting a misogynistic blog. In addition to repulsive and degrading comments about women and details of...
Charles Eisenstein · 10,613 views · 4.6 stars
Ted Franklin argues that climate activists must seize the time and get to work on the Green New Deal proposal.
Ted Franklin · 969 views · unrated
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Films For Action ·
7,562 views · 5 stars
It usually starts with a lack of sleep. Then I notice I'm only eating carbohydrates, and mostly things which require less than 10 minutes to prepare.
Cheyenna Weber · 7,802 views · 4.5 stars
BetweenTues 23rd and Fri 26th JuneLancashire County Council is scheduled to be considering applications for2 new fracking test siteson the Fylde Peninsular near Blackpool. We have been here before with the last attempt in Januaryending in far
3 min · 13,153 views · 4.8 stars
Spaniards threw their weight behind a Green New Deal programme by re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist party (PSOE).
Natalie Sauer · 2,840 views · unrated
If you havent been paying attention, I dont blame you for at first not believing this. After all, companies go to great lengths to greenwash their image and present themselves as progressive and environmentally responsible, even while they turn your land to deserts and your...
Exposing The Truth · 31,096 views · 4.8 stars
The coronavirus shutdown as a dress rehearsal for the reformation of late-capitalism to allow climate repair.
Eamonn Kelly ·
4,364 views · 4 stars
Humans organize themselves in groups to reach common objectives
SoFA Coop Circle · 4,870 views · unrated
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths...
Robin Wall Kimmerer · 1,320 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 · 4,999 views · 4 stars
The two main players in releasing the Pentagon Papers were Daniel Ellsberg and United States Senator Mike Gravel.
Washington's Blog · 3,885 views · 5 stars
The history of America is the one story every kid knows.
It's a story of fierce individualism and heroic personal sacrifice in the service of a dream. A story of early settlers, hungry and cold, carving a home out of the wilderness. Of visionary leaders fighting for...
Kalle Lasn · 7,371 views · 5 stars
The decision not to indict Eric Garner's killer is just the latest story in a long history of violence against black men. What response can disrupt patterns set by centuries of racism?
I am among the millions who have experienced the shock, grief, and fury of losing someone...
Fania Davis · 1,150 views · 5 stars
When billionaire presidential hopefulDonald Trump inexplicably decided this week thatboycotting Starbucksover the de-Christmas-ization of their ubiquitous red holiday coffee cup was somehow a matter of national importance, the internetexploded andAmerican mainstream...
Claire Bernish · 38,376 views · 4.1 stars
This series of writings is an experimenta new way of writing a book that inviting you all to participate in. Ive written or co-written thirteen published books over more than four decades as an author, and a number of others (we dont talk about those), and seen publishing...
Starhawk · 508 views · 5 stars
Welcome. This is James Corbett ofcorbettreport.comwith yourSunday Updatefor this 8thday of May, 2011. And now for the real news.
10 min · 4,972 views · 4 stars
A feature length documentary by Peter Joseph that presents the case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
162 min · 119,456 views · 4.7 stars
This week, Cenk Uygur sits down with Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist movement and creator of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward. The Zeitgeist movement's goal is to create global sustainability by changing established social systems. Can people save the world by changing...
49 min · 6,368 views · 4.6 stars
In this episode, Peter Joseph investigates the nature of War and human conflict; the White House declares War On Nature itself; a french chef prepares an international delicacy for the kids; Louie the Logic Gremlin returns to piss everyone off and our Man on the Street gets...
29 min · 8,563 views · 4.7 stars
An excerpt from the feature documentary by Louie Schwartzberg following notable mycologist, Paul Stamets, as he discusses the important role mushrooms play in the survival and health of the earth and human species.
2 min · 19,788 views · 5 stars
Everyone should watch this at least once. This short video by Gary Turk is a reminder of the effects of social media on our society. By connecting online, we are disconnecting offline. What are we missing from life as a result? What critical moments do we miss that we didn't...
5 min · 13,999 views · 4.8 stars
We celebrate St. Valentines Day with beloved poet IN-Qs heartwarming visions of finding lifelong love and growing young together, even at age 85. This powerful spoken word film features evocative animation to capture the hilarity and hardship of romance through life's final...
4 min · 563 views · unrated
Dear Democrats, Do not move to the center! Sincerely, Someone who has watched you do this after every election loss the past 50 years. - Robert Reich
4 min · 811 views · unrated
Let the Fire Burnis composed entirely with archival footage yet unfurls with the tension of a thriller. Jason Osders documentary recounts the steps that led to a horrific tragedy on May 13, 1985, when a longtime feud between the city of Philadelphia and the controversial...
3 min · 7,057 views · 5 stars
Ive never been punched in the face. Not in an actual fight, at least.Im not much of a fighter, I suppose More of an arguer. I dont think Im scared to get into a fight, necessarilyThere have been many times I have put myself in situations where a physical fight could easily...
Chris Boeskool · 73,651 views · 4.2 stars
On May 13, 1985, one of the most shameful, horrific attacks by U.S. police ever took place in West Philadelphia. 11 people-including five children-were killed in a deliberate massacre. A racist and political attack on a radical community group known as the MOVE Organization...
30 min · 11,303 views · 5 stars
Bill Gross, the manager of the biggest bond fund in the world, has forgotten more about bonds than most of us will ever learn. That is why the big move that PIMCO has just made is so unsettling. At one time PIMCO held more U.S. government debt than any other bond fund on...
The Economic Collapse · 4,067 views · 5 stars
So, I was trying to get my friend to read a recent issue of Adbusters magazine.
Tim Hjersted ·
16,555 views · 5 stars
Rather than follow the customary American dream, Tammy and Logan sold their home and car, and moved to a bikeable/walkable neighborhood in Sacramento, California. After reading Derrick Jensens writings, this couple used Your Money or Your Life as a means to get out of debt...
27 min · 6,723 views · 3 stars
Theres another word for lesser evilism. Its called rationality. Lesser evilism is not an illusion, its a rational position. But you dont stop with lesser evilism. You begin with it, to prevent the worst, and then you go on to deal with the fundamental roots of whats wrong...
Noam Chomsky and Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata · 6,246 views · 5 stars
The only legitimate struggle for Palestinians, it seems, is keeping quiet, allowing their lands to be plundered and their children to be starved.
Jonathan Cook · 6,435 views · unrated