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Maine's Public Solution to the Energy Crisis
Maine's Public Solution to the Energy Crisis
Update: 70% of Maine residents in 2024 voted against a ballot measure that would have created the first statewide consumer-owned utility in the country. What did it cost to buy 70% of of Maine voters? $37.6 million. This is how much the opposition spent to defeat the measure...
11 min
Common Ground
Common Ground (trailer)
Sobering yet hopeful, Common Ground exposes the toxic interconnections of American farming policy, politics, and health, by sharing stories of destruction and healing across the United States and beyond, and how regenerative agriculture and soil health plays a vitally...
3 min
How Israel Hijacked the U.S. Deep State
How Israel Hijacked the U.S. Deep State
The Deep State is real and has been around for a long time. Who is the Deep State and how does it function? And why does it support Israel?
28 min
The Absolute Best Transportation for Cities
The Absolute Best Transportation for Cities
Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes
36 min
United in Anger: a History of ACT UP
United in Anger: a History of ACT UP (2012) ($4)
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the...
94 min
Why WORKERS Should OWN Companies
Why WORKERS Should OWN Companies
Im Andres Acevedo, and this is The Market Exit. In this essay, I talk about one of the biggest, yet strangely overlooked, problems in modern life: the way we organize work. Today, most of us spend our lives in non-democratic companies, taking orders from managers we did not...
26 min
How To Erase a People
How To Erase a People
They did it to Native Americans, to Palestinians like my family in 1948, and now Trump wants to do it again in Gaza. It's called 'forcible transfer,' and it kills something much greater than any individual life.
22 min
The True Danger of Elon Musk
The True Danger of Elon Musk
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I unpack the true dangers of Elon Musk. Over the last decade and increasingly in the last five years, Elon Musk has descended deeper into right-wing and fascist politics. And with that descent has come the return of...
29 min
Yes, This is Project 2025 (ft. Liz Dye)
Yes, This is Project 2025 (ft. Liz Dye)
Trump denounced Project 2025, then did a Project 2025
31 min
The Dark Money Game
The Dark Money Game (trailer)
The Dark Money Game features two documentaries, Ohio Confidential and Wealth of the Wicked, both directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. The films investigate how an untraceable web of money from wealthy individuals and corporations flows through nonprofits...
3 min
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
Tide TURNS On Israel As Rightwing Newspaper And Conservatives DENOUNCE West's Shame
Tide TURNS On Israel As Rightwing Newspaper And Conservatives DENOUNCE West's Shame
Support us as we expand our challenge to our broken media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84
14 min
Donald Trump is Uniting the World Against the US
Donald Trump is Uniting the World Against the US
Donald Trump's tariff threats, trade war, and other aggressive policies are uniting the world against the United States. Meanwhile, China is deepening its cooperation with Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia, and even South Korea and Japan. Ben Norton explains.
37 min
Living With Dying
Living With Dying (2022)
Living With Dying is an intimate glimpse into the experience of facing a life limiting illness and of caring for a loved one in that situation. In honest and tender interviews, 12 residents on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia share their personal reflections on being a...
56 min
Chris Hedges: Trumpland
Chris Hedges: Trumpland
The corporate coup d'tat and collapse of American democracy began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.
16 min
Is It Too Late for Us to Slow Climate Warming? | Hannah Ritchie, PhD
Is It Too Late for Us to Slow Climate Warming? | Hannah Ritchie, PhD
I think the key point is that doesn't mean game over. That doesn't mean we're flipped into a world, and to a point of no return.
6 min
Dems, Do the Right Thing and Stop Funding Genocide
Dems, Do the Right Thing and Stop Funding Genocide
On April 3, Sen. Bernie Sanders forced votes on the floor of the Senate on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, specifically S.J. Res. 33 and 26, each intended to stop the transfer of particular weaponry to Israel.
Elizabeth West
life changed when i realized the rules are made up / my journey to an off-grid life
life changed when i realized the rules are made up / my journey to an off-grid life
reflecting on my journey to a life of peace and joy as i celebrate my 38th birthday on this beautiful planet. ~ i recently launched my Patreon! if you enjoy my videos and reflections, and would like to see a little more, or if you'd simply like to support my content creation...
7 min
Trump & Deportations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Trump & Deportations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Oliver discusses the recent deportations by the Trump administration, the conditions in the facility people are being sent to abroad, and why even Henry Winkler could be in danger of being expelled from the U.S. Yeah, even national treasure Henry Winkler.
26 min
Honest Government Ad | Peter Dutton
Honest Government Ad | Peter Dutton
Language warning! Peter Dutton has made an election ad, and its surprisingly honest and informative.
4 min
The Divided Brain
The Divided Brain (2019)
THE DIVIDED BRAIN is a mind-altering odyssey about one scientist's quest to prove a growing imbalance in our brains and to help us understand how this makes us increasingly unable to grapple with critical economic, environmental, and social issues.
79 min
No Gods, No Masters: A History of Anarchism
No Gods, No Masters: A History of Anarchism (2016)
The Russian Revolution. The Spanish Republic. The Paris Commune. The Ukrainian revolution. The Mexican Revolution. From the late 19th century until World War II, anarchists played a key role in these events and in social movements that would shape the world we live in.
157 min
How We're Restoring Ancient Forest WITHOUT Planting Trees in Madagascar
How We're Restoring Ancient Forest WITHOUT Planting Trees in Madagascar
Can you restore forests without planting trees? Technically, yes, and it might even be faster and better if you actually restore forests without planting saplings. At least in Grassland landscapes. But let us give you some context!
31 min
The People's Library: An Economy Beyond Scarcity
The People's Library: An Economy Beyond Scarcity
In this video, we introduce the People's Librarya parallel economy where resources like housing, food, tools, and transportation are shared instead of hoarded, and where access is based on participation, not profit.
20 min
What If You Didn’t Need a Paycheck to Live? A Short Introduction to the People's Library
What If You Didn’t Need a Paycheck to Live? A Short Introduction to the People's Library
In this video, we explore how our dependence on paychecks to meet basic needs keeps us trapped in a cycle of survivaland how the Peoples Library offers a real, community-powered alternative.
6 min
“Living In This Ecovillage Costs $200 per Month (All Inclusive)”
“Living In This Ecovillage Costs $200 per Month (All Inclusive)”
Ecolieu Argoumbat's mission is to enable everyone to fulfil their pontiac, living together in harmony with the living world, in service of a fairer world.
23 min
The Self-Improvement Lie
The Self-Improvement Lie
The obsession with self-improvement isnt just a personal journey its a consequence of the economic system we live under: Neoliberalism. From hustle culture to self-help podcasts I break down how market-fundamentalist thinking has infiltrated not only our institutions, but...
22 min
The Privatization Of Everything | How America Sold Itself Out
The Privatization Of Everything | How America Sold Itself Out
If youve ever paid to park at a public park, this ones for you. Shall we yap about the hollowing out of America? What happens when your water, schools, prisons, and even democracy itself get put up for sale?
75 min
100 Days of Chaos and Greed
100 Days of Chaos and Greed
Trump's first 100 day agenda has been to benefit his wealthy backers and consolidate more power in his hands all at your expense.
7 min
We Talked To Trump Voters. They Have A Warning For Him. | Ft. John Russell
We Talked To Trump Voters. They Have A Warning For Him. | Ft. John Russell
We asked Trump voters in West Virginia to reflect on the presidents first 100 days.They told us they liked that he was shaking things up. But they had a message: Dont forget the working people. We are holding the country together, and you cannot forget about us.
13 min
Is War on China Coming? The US Military Is Seriously Preparing
Is War on China Coming? The US Military Is Seriously Preparing
The US military is preparing for war on China, and has missile systems in the Philippines aimed at major Chinese cities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the USA is making "Japan into a war-fighting headquarters". Ben Norton discusses the extremely aggressive policies of...
46 min
5 Solarpunk Communities That Will Bring You Hope
5 Solarpunk Communities That Will Bring You Hope
Explore 5 sustainable ecovillages and communities that are built on the premise of building a brighter future. See these locales that are built with focuses on permaculture, and other design techniques that you can use to make your home more friendly to nature and the Earth.
20 min
Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025
Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025
This surprisingly honest Australian How To Vote Ad explains Preferential Voting for all the new first-time voters; for all the old ones who still don't get it; and for all those watching from the USA, Canada, and UK who wish they had it.
4 min
Open Reality: Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings
Open Reality: Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings
This writing began with the premise that humans are not alone in this world, and that our largest problems are rooted in imagining ourselves alone. The original focus was on climate change. During the years of writing, society fell apart in multiple ways. I found myself...
Shodo Spring
Doubling Down on Regeneration
Doubling Down on Regeneration
If youre anything like me, over the past few weeks since Donald Trumps sweeping election victory, youve been engaged in deep and prolonged reflection about what it means that such an obviously hateful, ignorant, and dangerous man won the US Presidency a second time, how bad...
Don Hall
Biden's Gaza Lies Exposed BY BOMBSHELL Investigation
Biden's Gaza Lies Exposed BY BOMBSHELL Investigation
Support us as we expand our challenge to our broken media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84
14 min
Israeli Settlers Show Louis Theroux Their Full Colours in BBC Documentary
Israeli Settlers Show Louis Theroux Their Full Colours in BBC Documentary
Novara Media discusses the insights from Louis Theroux's new BBC documentary, The Settlers.Support our work: http://novara.media/support
13 min
Israel’s War on Palestinian Children: 17,000 Killed, No Schools Left in Gaza
Israel’s War on Palestinian Children: 17,000 Killed, No Schools Left in Gaza
Ruweida Amer, a journalist and teacher from Gaza, joins the show to report on Israel's US-backed genocide of Palestinians amid relentless bombardment and the total blockade of the besieged strip.
16 min
The Fisherman and the Banker
The Fisherman and the Banker (2024) ($9)
Documentary | UK, India and USADirector: Sheena Sumaria, Executive Producer: Christopher HirdLicensed for personal at-home viewing.
85 min
To Our Establishment Friends in the Democratic Party | Bernie Sanders
To Our Establishment Friends in the Democratic Party | Bernie Sanders
@Peoples-Economy: Wow. Just watched this and... Bernie's still out here doing the work most politicians only talk about. Eleven states in eight weeks? Rallies packed with regular peoplenot just Dems but independents and even some Republicans waking up to how bad Trump's...
15 min
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
Louis Theroux: The Settlers (2025)
Fourteen years after his first visit and 2011 film The Ultra Zionists, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the West Bank.
62 min
Instagram SUSPENDED Me Over Gaza - Censorship Spirals Out Of Control
Instagram SUSPENDED Me Over Gaza - Censorship Spirals Out Of Control
Support us as we expand our challenge to our broken media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84
9 min
The Video Netanyahu Doesn't Want You To See
The Video Netanyahu Doesn't Want You To See
Support and read more from Lara Elborno: https://gazangirl.substack.com
13 min
Universal Basic Income: Answering the Common Objections
Universal Basic Income: Answering the Common Objections
Whenever the idea of a Universal Basic Income comes up, certain objections are raised almost immediately. These concerns deserve real answers. I get it - the stakes are high. Its a major shift from the economic norms weve been conditioned to accept.
Tim Hjersted
Why We Need a Workers' Bill of Rights in the Age of Automation
Why We Need a Workers' Bill of Rights in the Age of Automation
Theres a basic question hanging over the future of work that almost no one in power is asking out loud:
Tim Hjersted
Stop Blaming Immigrants. Start Blaming the Real Criminals.
Stop Blaming Immigrants. Start Blaming the Real Criminals.
Let's get something clear right off the bat: undocumented immigrants commit less crime than U.S. citizens. This isn't speculation. It's not "just one study." It's the consistent finding of virtually every serious analysis over decades. Study after study has shown that...
Tim Hjersted
America Is OCCUPIED — Here’s the Proof!
America Is OCCUPIED — Here’s the Proof!
In this segment of 51-49, James breaks down how a Jewish Congressman was ousted from a safe blue district not by voters, but by a $3 million cash dump from the pro-Israel lobby. What looks like a normal primary election is actually a quiet case study in how foreign influence...
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Planting Trees Won't Save the Planet. Protecting Forests Will.
Planting Trees Won't Save the Planet. Protecting Forests Will.
What happens when a study goes viral? After the trillion tree campaign captured the internet's imagination, YouTube sensation, MrBeast, raised 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees. But did they survive? We went to check in on them and were shocked. In this episode of...
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10 Lessons for Stronger Movements
10 Lessons for Stronger Movements
Our real opponents are the billionaires, the war profiteers, and the politicians in both parties bought by corporate moneynot the few imperfect allies we have in power, and not the ordinary people who vote or think differently from us.
Tim Hjersted
“Ultimate Grifter”: Bob Kuttner on How Trump Could Drop His Tariffs & Take Credit for Saving Economy
“Ultimate Grifter”: Bob Kuttner on How Trump Could Drop His Tariffs & Take Credit for Saving Economy
President Trump is facing increasing criticism from big businesses over his decision to launch a global trade war.
10 min
Israel’s Oldest Newspaper Tried to Smear Us. We Recorded the Whole Thing | BreakThrough News
Israel’s Oldest Newspaper Tried to Smear Us. We Recorded the Whole Thing | BreakThrough News
Israels oldest newspaper tried to run a hit piece against us. Luckily, we recorded the whole thing. Hear this Haaretz journalist try to ask gotcha questions to Kei Pritsker to try to frame The Encampments film as anti-Semitic. - BreakThrough News
12 min
Scared Sacred
Scared Sacred (2004)
In a world teetering on the edge of self-destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history.
105 min
Israel’s Eradication of Gaza’s Healthcare System (w/ Dr. Feroze Sidhwa) | The Chris Hedges Report
Israel’s Eradication of Gaza’s Healthcare System (w/ Dr. Feroze Sidhwa) | The Chris Hedges Report
Support my independent journalism at Substack: https://chrishedges.substack.com/
65 min
American Concentration Camps
American Concentration Camps
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps including those in El Salvador it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.
Chris Hedges
This Bill Could Destroy Texas Public Schools. Your State Could Be Next.
This Bill Could Destroy Texas Public Schools. Your State Could Be Next.
Texas is on the verge of passing a law that could defund public education. Vouchers send public taxpayer dollars to private schools. It could cost taxpayers $10 billion by 2030. And, it could destroy Friday Night Lights.
10 min
The Deportation-Industrial Complex Is the New War on Drugs—And It's Just as Corrupt
The Deportation-Industrial Complex Is the New War on Drugs—And It's Just as Corrupt
Spending hundreds of billions on mass deportation for non-violent civil offenses or misdemeanors is the war on drugs rebranded. And its truejust like the war on drugs, mass deportation doesnt solve the root causes of anything. It scapegoats vulnerable people, militarizes our...
Tim Hjersted
Murmurings of the Land | Stephen Jenkinson & Nathalie Roy of the Orphan Wisdom Farm
Murmurings of the Land | Stephen Jenkinson & Nathalie Roy of the Orphan Wisdom Farm (2025)
Stephen Jenkinson is a storyteller, a ceremonialist, an off-grid farmer anda "grief literacyadvocate". He's the author of many books, including prize winner "Die Wise". Jenkinson, along with his wife Nathalie Roy, is the founder of the Orphan Wisdom school, which operated in...
27 min
Why Third Parties Can't Win Elections in America
Why Third Parties Can't Win Elections in America
The deck is stacked against third party movements in the United States. If the Left wants to overthrow Trump and restore any semblance of democracy in this country, it needs to move past this notion. Any effort to build a third party hinders our ability to pursue leftist...
31 min
The Art of Justifying Evil
The Art of Justifying Evil
The way some people answer the problem of evil can be an avenue to atrocity. - DARKMATTER2525
44 min
Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She's Killed in Israeli Strike
Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She's Killed in Israeli Strike
Fatma Hassona, the 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and subject of the upcoming documentary film "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk," was killed with her family Wednesday by an Israeli missile that targeted her building in northern Gaza. The strike occurred just one...
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