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The Truth About the U.S. Border | Robert Reich
The Truth About the U.S. Border | Robert Reich
The full story about immigration you aren't getting from politicians and the media. 
5 min
Could 'Modern Monetary Theory' Save the World? | Ash Sarkar meets Stephanie Kelton
Could 'Modern Monetary Theory' Save the World? | Ash Sarkar meets Stephanie Kelton
Usually the reason given for austerity, or lack of government spending on services and infrastructure is that there simply isn’t enough money - we must simply tighten our belts. The typical leftist response to this is that we should just tax the rich in order to generate the...
60 min
We Asked Our Community How We Can Make America Great Again—Here's What They Said
We Asked Our Community How We Can Make America Great Again—Here's What They Said
Last week we posed a simple question to our community on Facebook: How can we make America great again? The responses came in strong, passionate, and full of ideas. After filtering out duplicates, here are the solutions our community suggested:
Films For Action
Why Does Trump Want the US to Take Over Greenland? This Is the Real Reason
Why Does Trump Want the US to Take Over Greenland? This Is the Real Reason
Donald Trump has threatened to colonize Greenland and make it a US territory, even though 85% of people there oppose this. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical and economic reasons: the USA wants to block China from the Arctic region and to profit from the territory's natural...
28 min
Woke Fascism: Trump Aims to Crush Anti-War Protest Under Guise of Antisemitism Crackdown
Woke Fascism: Trump Aims to Crush Anti-War Protest Under Guise of Antisemitism Crackdown
"At the core of their current illiberal power grab is the weaponization of the liberal value of anti-bigotry and specifically anti-Semitism. They are stripping the rights of all freedom loving people - citizen and non - in the US in the name of targeting anti-Semitism...
11 min
The Right's Wokeness Problem
The Right's Wokeness Problem
Paul Graham’s recent essay on “wokeness” is useful—not because it offers an entirely sound analysis, but because it provides a fascinating case study in ideological blind spots. 
Tim Hjersted
Pentagon Contractors Don’t Save Lives or Money — Medicaid Does
Pentagon Contractors Don’t Save Lives or Money — Medicaid Does
Cutting life-saving services to further enrich billionaires and Pentagon contractors is the worst possible option.
Hanna Homestead
How Fascism WON in America
How Fascism WON in America
Donald Trump’s second inauguration marks a turning point: for the first time, Americans knowingly voted for an openly authoritarian leader—not in spite of his fascism, but because of it. How did the voters of the “leader of the free world” come to knowingly desire dictatorship? 
32 min
They Voted for Trump. Here’s Why They Feel Betrayed
They Voted for Trump. Here’s Why They Feel Betrayed
Two-thirds of people in California’s 22nd Congressional district rely on Medicaid. But the majority of the district also voted to elect President Trump in 2024. We went to talk to residents to see what they think about Trump’s proposed cuts to Medicaid. One Trump voter told...
8 min
Military Vet: ‘If Veterans Can Unlearn the Propaganda, There’s Hope for Humanity’
Military Vet: ‘If Veterans Can Unlearn the Propaganda, There’s Hope for Humanity’
“If veterans can unlearn the propaganda, there’s hope for humanity.” Rebecca Roberts joined the Air National Guard thinking she would help her community. Instead she got stationed at a drone base in Djibouti. This is Rebecca’s story about how her deployment to East Africa...
6 min
Does the Constitution Only Apply to Citizens? | Glenn Greenwald
Does the Constitution Only Apply to Citizens? | Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald on how the US Constitution does not confer rights on certain groups of people - but rather constrains the government from acting on persons, regardless of their citizenship.
5 min
Bernie Calls For “Major Transformation" Of Democratic Party While Ripping Chuck Schumer's Leadership
Bernie Calls For “Major Transformation" Of Democratic Party While Ripping Chuck Schumer's Leadership
Voters are mad and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is voicing his frustration with Democratic leadership (namely Chuck Schumer) as Schumer and 9 other Democratic senators sided with Donald Trump's Republicans in passing the recent funding bill. But this anger, both from...
14 min
The Illegality of Russia's War Does Not Justify Perpetual War
The Illegality of Russia's War Does Not Justify Perpetual War
The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a clear violation of international law. It meets the definition of a war crime under the UN Charter’s prohibition on the use of force, barring cases of self-defense.¹
Tim Hjersted
Musk and Rogan's Three-Hour Echo Chamber: Unpacking the Unfounded Claims
Musk and Rogan's Three-Hour Echo Chamber: Unpacking the Unfounded Claims
How a marathon conversation turned into a conspiratorial manifesto—unchecked claims about Democrats, voting, and immigration, fact-checked and debunked.
Jane Prescott
Bernie SHATTERING Records At Rock Star Rallies | The Kyle Kulinski Show
Bernie SHATTERING Records At Rock Star Rallies | The Kyle Kulinski Show
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18 min
The Harvard Sociopath Pipeline: How Liberals are Ruining America
The Harvard Sociopath Pipeline: How Liberals are Ruining America
Are Ivy League sellouts and finance bros ruining America? My video dives deep into how neoliberal elites and American liberals have turned U.S. elite institutions into factories for corporate sellouts, churning out McKinsey consultants, investment bankers, and private equity...
22 min
Why the Far Right is Always Worse Than the Far Left
Why the Far Right is Always Worse Than the Far Left
In this video, we dive deep into the complexities of extremism on both the left and right, challenging the popular "horseshoe theory" that suggests both ideologies are equally dangerous. 
23 min
MEDIA BLACKOUT: America’s Poorest Counties Devastated By Catastrophic Flooding
MEDIA BLACKOUT: America’s Poorest Counties Devastated By Catastrophic Flooding
Trump wants to demolish FEMA and says the states will take care of disasters themselves. To test this theory, we talked to the West Virginians who have been slammed by historic flooding in recent weeks. 
13 min
Elon Musk Wants to Cut Waste & Fraud. He Should Start Here
Elon Musk Wants to Cut Waste & Fraud. He Should Start Here
We found the waste Elon Musk and DOGE won’t cut: it’s defense contractors. The Department of Defense funnels $450 billion of taxpayer dollars a year to private military contractors. But Musk is too focused on cutting DEI initiatives (0.01% of the size of the defense budget)...
14 min
The Corporate Veil
The Corporate Veil
America's Hidden Transformation
Joshua Stylman
The Soviet Strategy Fueling America's Decline
The Soviet Strategy Fueling America's Decline
As our political reality gets increasingly surreal and chaotic, it’s becoming harder and harder to make sense of things. But according to the theory of hypernormalization, the lack of a coherent sense is actually the point. And if we look at how this concept was used in the...
17 min
Profiting from War: USA is World's #1 Arms Dealer, Exporting 7x More Weapons Than China, 5x Russia
Profiting from War: USA is World's #1 Arms Dealer, Exporting 7x More Weapons Than China, 5x Russia
The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The US transferred seven times more than China, and five times more than Russia. Ben Norton explains how the military-industrial complex profits from war. 
18 min
How Democrats Destroyed Civic Advocacy & Gave us Trump (w/ Ralph Nader)
How Democrats Destroyed Civic Advocacy & Gave us Trump (w/ Ralph Nader)
Full interview: Part 2.
11 min
Liberals Are Finally Coming Around to Bernie—To Unite with the Left, It's Time They Back Real Fighters
Liberals Are Finally Coming Around to Bernie—To Unite with the Left, It's Time They Back Real Fighters
The hosts of ‘Pod Save America’ talked about Bernie Sanders’s ‘Fight the Oligarchy’ tour and how effective his politics have proven to be in the latest episode of their podcast. They also pointed out that they were criticized by online leftists after showing support for...
26 min
Proposed Texas Bill Makes Being Transgender A FELONY | The Kyle Kulinski Show
Proposed Texas Bill Makes Being Transgender A FELONY | The Kyle Kulinski Show
Freedom means nothing to these extremists. If Texas really believes in "don't tread on anyone," they'll rally against this abuse of state power on principle alone.
9 min
Elon Musk Is Wrong: Without Empathy, Civilization Ceases to Be Anything Worthy of the Name
Elon Musk Is Wrong: Without Empathy, Civilization Ceases to Be Anything Worthy of the Name
Elon Musk’s attack on empathy is an old reactionary trick. First, he sets it up with a weak disclaimer:
Tim Hjersted
Chris Hedges: Normalizing Genocide and the New World Order
Chris Hedges: Normalizing Genocide and the New World Order
On March 7, 2025 Chris Hedges returned to The Sanctuary for Independent Media to present "Normalizing Genocide and the New World Order," a talk about how the world has changed since the genocide in Gaza began, how we navigate a world without rules or humanitarian law and how...
102 min
Chris Hedges: My Thoughts on Trump Moving to End the War in Ukraine
Chris Hedges: My Thoughts on Trump Moving to End the War in Ukraine
This was pulled from my last livestream, which you can watch via Part 2. 
5 min
The 'Friendship Recession' Is Killing Us.
The 'Friendship Recession' Is Killing Us.
Some thoughts about loneliness. - Fads
21 min
They 'Declared War' on Work From Home. The Results Were Awful.
They 'Declared War' on Work From Home. The Results Were Awful.
Yapping about return-to-office movements, work from home policies, remote + hybrid work and all sorts lol  
13 min
ICE Detention: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
ICE Detention: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Oliver discusses ICE detention facilities, who’s in them, who runs them, and how immigration has become another for-profit business.
25 min
Extremist US Defense Secretary Declared 'Holy War' on China, Left & Islam: Pete Hegseth's 'Crusade'
Extremist US Defense Secretary Declared 'Holy War' on China, Left & Islam: Pete Hegseth's 'Crusade'
Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a self-declared “crusader” who believes the USA is in a “holy war” against China, the left, and Islam. “Communist China will fall”, he vowed in his 2020 book “American Crusade”, promising, “Israel and America will form an even...
40 min
‘Europe Needs an Independent Foreign Policy’: Professor Jeffrey Sachs at European Parliament
‘Europe Needs an Independent Foreign Policy’: Professor Jeffrey Sachs at European Parliament
In a 21 February speech in the European Parliament, renowned professor Jeffrey Sachs presents a detailed historical and geopolitical analysis of U.S. foreign policy and its consequences, particularly in relation to NATO expansion, the Ukraine war, and European...
94 min
Elon Musk’s Comment on Empathy Is Much Worse Than You Thought
Elon Musk’s Comment on Empathy Is Much Worse Than You Thought
The short version of Elon Musk’s comment about empathy, from his interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, has been going around, like this: “empathy is ‘the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.'” That’s both misleading and inadequate given the context.
Philip N. Cohen
Democracy Is Collapsing: This 1971 Playbook Started It All
Democracy Is Collapsing: This 1971 Playbook Started It All
The Document that Created our Modern Oligarchy 
17 min
How to Reset the Board: Fixing America's Rigged Monopoly Game
How to Reset the Board: Fixing America's Rigged Monopoly Game
Alright, let’s get real. We’ve reached a point where the top 1% owns more than the bottom 90% combined. That’s not a bug in the system—it’s the system working exactly as designed. The game is rigged, and if we don’t flip the board, the house (owned by the billionaires) is...
Tim Hjersted
The Secret Reason Why Right Wing Parties Dislike Trans & LGBTQ+ People
The Secret Reason Why Right Wing Parties Dislike Trans & LGBTQ+ People
This video discusses why right-wing political parties often focus on anti-LGBTQ+ policies and rhetoric. Mark Cusack, a former political advisor and LGBTQ+ advocate, explains that these parties primarily support the interests of the wealthy and big businesses. They face a...
14 min
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to expose the unprecedented corruption of the Trump administration’s first six weeks in office. Murphy condemned Trump’s normalization of pay-to-play politics, where billionaire donors...
29 min
This Is the Biggest Tax Dodge in History
This Is the Biggest Tax Dodge in History
Nvidia’s CEO is dodging $8 billion in taxes — legally. He's using estate tax loopholes. Closing them, and taxing the ultra-wealthy, is the only thing that will stop a new American oligarchy. But Trump wants to eliminate the estate tax altogether. 
13 min
Rep Zephyr’s Speech Flips 13 Republicans Before Vote, Defeating Anti-Trans Drag Ban Bill in Montana
Rep Zephyr’s Speech Flips 13 Republicans Before Vote, Defeating Anti-Trans Drag Ban Bill in Montana
“Trust the parents to do what's right and stop these crazy bills. They're a waste of time. They're a waste of energy. We should be working on property tax relief and not doing this sort of business,” Rep Sherry Essmann said following Zephyr’s speech. 
7 min
What Happens to Capitalism When None Of Us Have Any Capital Left?
What Happens to Capitalism When None Of Us Have Any Capital Left?
Yapping about wealth inequality cause it's my roman empire.
13 min
Is Trump and the MAGA Movement Fascist?
Is Trump and the MAGA Movement Fascist?
Since the rise of the MAGA movement, people have consistently called Trump and the movement fascist. But are they? In this video, we use the frameworks of the three leading scholars of fascism; Umberto Eco, Robert Paxton, and Roger Griffin, to determine whether Trump and the...
67 min
‘IT’S WAR’: Trudeau’s BLISTERING Response To Trump’s Tariffs | The Kyle Kulinski Show
‘IT’S WAR’: Trudeau’s BLISTERING Response To Trump’s Tariffs | The Kyle Kulinski Show
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13 min
It's Revolution or Death
It's Revolution or Death (2025)
Revolution or Death is a three-part collaboration between Peter Gelderloos and subMedia. Part 1, 'Short Term Investments,’ examines the official response to the climate crisis and how it's failing. 
43 min
Why the Right is Obsessed with Daddy | George Lakoff
Why the Right is Obsessed with Daddy | George Lakoff
Have you ever asked yourself why the right talks the way it talks? George Lakoff may have the answer. - Metaphorical Matters
11 min
Trump Helps BlackRock Buy Panama Canal Ports, to Weaken China & Strengthen Wall Street
Trump Helps BlackRock Buy Panama Canal Ports, to Weaken China & Strengthen Wall Street
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is buying the ports on both sides of the Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened the Latin American country and forced it to pressure a Hong Kong company to sell its stake. Ben Norton discusses how the US government is trying...
35 min
Chris Hedges FULL SPEECH at Workers Strike Back Conference
Chris Hedges FULL SPEECH at Workers Strike Back Conference
This was a talk I gave at the Workers Strike Back conference in Seattle earlier this week. 
37 min
We're Seeing the Beginnings of Mass Noncompliance
We're Seeing the Beginnings of Mass Noncompliance
Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
Daniel Hunter
Our 2 Choices: Join the Democratic Party to Transform It, or Acquiesce to Fascism
Our 2 Choices: Join the Democratic Party to Transform It, or Acquiesce to Fascism
Because of the structure of American society and politics, the Democratic Party is the only institution positioned to challenge, defeat, and reverse the Trump administration’s ongoing destruction of our constitutional order.
Alan Minsky
How the Media Uses Language to Enable Genocide (w/ Omar El Akkad)
How the Media Uses Language to Enable Genocide (w/ Omar El Akkad)
Part 2: Full interview.
11 min
‘FASCISTS & NAZIS’: Tim Walz Says The Quiet Part Loud about Trump and Musk | The Kyle Kulinski Show
‘FASCISTS & NAZIS’: Tim Walz Says The Quiet Part Loud about Trump and Musk | The Kyle Kulinski Show
“When we get back, which we will – we'll fight – I’ll tell you what people are going to expect is they're not going to expect us to tinker around the edge with the ACA [Affordable Care Act.] They're going to expect universal health care," Walz said. 
16 min
No Other Land
No Other Land (trailer)
For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel's occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. 
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The Monsters Aren't Just in History Books. They Live Among Us. They're Everywhere
The Monsters Aren't Just in History Books. They Live Among Us. They're Everywhere
Walter Salles' new film on the disappearances of regime critics in 1970s Brazil is a powerful reminder that the ghouls who defend the slaughter in Gaza are biding their time
Jonathan Cook
Trump's Fight with Zelensky Shows US Considers Ukraine a Colony, Exploiting Its Minerals
Trump's Fight with Zelensky Shows US Considers Ukraine a Colony, Exploiting Its Minerals
Donald Trump's fight with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House reflected how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. Trump is demanding control of the country's rare earths and critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and build tech products. Trump...
37 min
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis | John Mearsheimer (2015)
The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis | John Mearsheimer (2015)
John J. Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science and Co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, assesses the causes of the present Ukraine crisis, the best way to end it, and its...
75 min
Behind Trump's Antiwar Bluster, His Goal Is to Turn Ukraine Into a Resource Colony for US Corporations
Behind Trump's Antiwar Bluster, His Goal Is to Turn Ukraine Into a Resource Colony for US Corporations
The cynical choreography of empire follows a familiar script: first, a nation is shattered by war; next, the vultures descend to divide the spoils.
Films For Action
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again (MEGA) exists to support and amplify the movements that are actively working towards a just, regenerative, free and egalitarian world. MEGA seeks to reclaim the Earth from corporate globalization and create a society that honors all beings on the...
Films For Action
Democrats: Stop Running to the Center (Code for Republican-Lite). You're Already Too Right-Wing.
Democrats: Stop Running to the Center (Code for Republican-Lite). You're Already Too Right-Wing.
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
Army Vet: “It Was a Blatant F***ing Lie.”
Army Vet: “It Was a Blatant F***ing Lie.”
“It was a blatant f***ing lie.” That’s what Jamie Santiago, a former US Army geospatial engineer, told us her message to prospective recruits was. During her service in the US occupation of Iraq, she met Iraqis who made her realize everything she was told about the war was a...
6 min
Trump’s GLOBAL Far Right Network Is Growing
Trump’s GLOBAL Far Right Network Is Growing
From Brasília to Budapest, a global network of far-right forces has grown to include parties and politicians, judges and journalists, foundations and financiers, academics and oligarchs. This is the Reactionary International — far more powerful, and far more insidious, than...
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