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Noam Chomsky's Wife Responds to Epstein Controversy

"Noam’s overly trusting nature, in this specific case, led to severe poor judgment on both our parts... we express our unrestricted solidarity with the victims," Valéria Chomsky writes.

Aaron Maté

Chomsky and Epstein: What the Evidence Shows

The recent release of emails and photos revealing new details about Noam Chomsky's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has sparked controversy across the political...

Tim Hjersted

Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency?

History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. Wake up, people.

Thom Hartmann

The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think

If you want a more progressive Democratic Party, the California governor ain't it.

Norman Solomon

Epstein, Trump and Mossad: It's Worse Than You Think

Double Down News investigates the evidence suggesting Jeffrey Epstein ran blackmail operations for Israeli intelligence, with deep ties to Donald Trump now being erased from public...

11 min

This Is Their Sick Plan to "Collapse" the Economy

The United States is waging medieval economic war. Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is "designed to collapse its already buckling economy", boasted Treasury Secretary...

27 min

When Racism Becomes Spectacle: Distraction in an Age of Climate Crisis

In the end, the question is not whether a single post is offensive—it is whether we allow cycles of warranted outrage to consume the very attention required for collective survival.

Peter Scaramuzzo

Why I Teach White History Month in February

If Whites learn about their radical history, their proud class struggles against the parasitic elites, their defiance of established religions and political powers, maybe they will stop...

Diallo Kenyatta

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Our present moment is saturated in dystopian, apocalyptic fantasies of the future.

Films For Action

Gallego Says ‘Grind the Country to a Halt’ With National Strike If Trump Tries to Rig Midterms

“We need to make sure that we have an ultimate response to that which, I believe, has to be a true national strike,” he said.

Brad Reed

Meet the Top 7 Oligarchs Controlling Your Online News

The internet has not democratized news in any meaningful way; instead, the media monopoly has simply migrated to digital spaces.

Caitlin Scialla

We Found the Radical Solution to Skyrocketing Grocery Prices

Zohran's plan for city-run grocery stores has drawn intense pushback from critics.

16 min

SECURITY CULTURE 101: How Activists Resist State Repression

In Direct Action 101: Episode 9, we break down the basics of security culture—a set of essential practices that help activists, organizers, and communities stay safe while resisting...

83 min

Why Conservatives Hate the Government but Love the Cops

The core right-wing principle is a belief in hierarchy, not the limitation of state power.

9 min

An Ideal Blueprint: The Original Black Panther Party Model and Why It Should Be Duplicated

The following is a list of attributes, both tangible and conceptual, that made the BPP an effective model for true liberty and self-determination; and, consequently, a substantial threat...

Colin Jenkins

The West's Hypocrisy Has Been Exposed: This Is How

Donald Trump's attacks on longtime US "allies" have forced Western leaders to admit their warmongering foreign policy was hypocritical. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the truth...

30 min

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

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

Adam Curtis directs this 3-part series about how humans have been colonised by the machines we have built.

174 min

How Did MLK Jr. Become a Socialist?

A forgotten network of radicals helped teach King how to organize—and how to link civil rights to economic redistribution for all

Eric Blanc

Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight

Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role.

Jackie Summers

"Whiteness" Was a Term Invented by Elites to Suppress Multi-Racial Rebellions & Divide the Working Class. It's Time to Give It Up.

Many of us have heard the arguments for discarding the faulty logic behind "white pride" but what about "whiteness" itself?

Tim Hjersted

Why Every Communist Country is a One-Party Dictatorship

Why has every communist country so far been a one-party dictatorship? Richard Wolff can’t answer this question for some reason. Neither can Freddie de Boer. Yet the answer is very...

56 min

Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)

Astronomer Carl Sagan's landmark 13-part science series takes you on an awe-inspiring cosmic journey to the edge of the Universe and back aboard the spaceship of the imagination.

780 min

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!

Tim Hjersted

How We Stop This Without Tearing America Apart | A Former Black Panther Speaks

In moments like this, fear pushes people toward anger, and anger pushes nations toward mistakes they can’t undo.

15 min

Nonviolent Movements Not Only Win — They Win Faster

Nonviolent resistance movements are not only more likely to succeed than their violent counterparts — they also tend to achieve success more quickly.

Stockholm University Communications Office

Chomsky Reassessed?

Knowing him for over half a century, I am confident that Noam’s hate for sexism, misogyny, racism, exploitation and fascism didn’t lose even a tiny fraction of its passion and clarity...

Michael Albert

Plutocracy: The History of Class War In The USA (2019)

Plutocracy, by filmmaker Scott Noble, is the first documentary series to comprehensively examine early American history through the lens of class.

560 min

Without Saying a Word This 6 Minute Clip From Samsara Will Make You Speechless

Can you put this video into words? It's a clip from the phenomenal documentary Samsara, directed by Ron Fricke, who also made Baraka. If you're interested in watching Samsara, you can

6 min

The Black Panthers Had the Right Idea

It’s kind of fitting that police officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo, murderers of Mike Brown in Missouri and Eric Garner in New York, were cleared of criminal wrong-doing in the...

Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Schooling the World (2010)

If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children.

66 min

Earthlings (2005)

EARTHLINGS is a feature-length documentary about humanity's absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our...

95 min

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

"A gripping, deeply informative account of the plunder, hypocrisy, and mass violence of plutocracy and empire; insightful, historically grounded and highly relevant to the events of...

264 min

Arming Ourselves Isn’t the Answer to Rising Authoritarianism

Firearms may feel like instruments of resistance, but they do not create the collective capacity required to confront either state or corporate power. Organized labor—strikes, boycotts...

Rachel Hoopsick

If an Owl Calls Your Name (trailer)

Streaming December 9–13, 2025.

3 min

The Incel to Alt-Right Pipeline

LJ discusses the "Incel to Alt-Right Pipeline," focusing on how online radicalization, particularly within the manosphere and incel movements, spills into real-world behavior and...

38 min

Field Notes for Cracking an Empire

How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.

Jackie Summers

The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame

Perhaps the most redeeming aspect of my father’s ministry was his tireless work to help people heal from guilt and shame. I saw the transformative impact that his efforts had on people’s...

R.L. Stephens

Roger Hallam's Guide to Revolution: How People Power Will Remake the World

This is me thinking out loud, carefully and practically, about how real political change actually happens — based on history, organising in Brixton since I was imprisoned, and a lot of...

186 min

The White Man in That Photo

Sometimes photographs deceive. Take this one, for example. It represents John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s rebellious gesture the day they won medals for the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer...

Riccardo Gazzaniga

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic...

65 min

Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements

Elon Musk was born in 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in a wealthy family under the country's racist apartheid laws. Musk's family history reveals ties to apartheid and...

25 min

Five Maps That Will Change How You See the World

Boston public schools recently announced that they will shift to using world maps based on the Peters projection, reportedly the first time a US public school district has done so. Why?...

Donald Houston, University of Portsmouth

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (2024)

Neoliberalism – a business-backed ideology committed to cutting taxes, busting trade unions, gutting government regulations, and privatizing public services – is the dominant political...

76 min

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

"My dad was an abusive alcoholic, or whatever. He'd go to the bar, come home drunk, find out I'd f-cked up at school, and he'd choke me out."

Panic Volkushka

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is a feature-length documentary by Peter Joseph that argues for a global transition away from our current monetary-based economic system toward a more...

162 min

Planet Local Voices Series: 33 Voices United by a Vision of Ecological Economies, Healthy Communities and Local Food Systems

Planet Local Voices is video and podcast series featuring cutting-edge thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world, united by a planet local vision of...

445 min

The Corporation (2003)

The Corporation is today's dominant institution, creating great wealth but also great harm. This 26 award-winning documentary examines the nature, evolution, impacts and future of the...

145 min

What the Media Is Hiding About ICE

What would it take for you to call this a crisis?In Minnesota, federal agents have killed civilians - and outside the United States, much of the world’s media is calling it what it is...

17 min

The Top 250 Documentaries We Can Use to Change The World

Hungry for change? These documentaries light the way by showing examples of people fighting against the status quo, creating alternatives and living a more beautiful world into being.

Tim Hjersted

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells...

52 min

How to Build a Real General Strike Against ICE

Minnesota shows what’s possible—here’s how we turn that spark into the kind of disruptive power that can actually stop ICE

Eric Blanc

How to Start a Revolution in 2026

Ordinary people can run society — but only if we build the structures to let them.

Roger Hallam

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

This is easily the best comic strip ever made.

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

How Algorithms Created Fascism in America (2026)

When we let algorithms and politicians decide what's true, the internet isn't the biggest casualty.... our humanity is.

405 min

The Mother Wound as a Missing Link to Understanding Misogyny

A fascinating insight into what perpetuates patriarchy in our society, and how we can change it.

Bethany Webster

HyperNormalisation (2016)

We live in a time of great uncertainty and confusion. Events keep happening that seem inexplicable and out of control. Donald Trump, Brexit, the War in Syria, the endless migrant crisis...

161 min

Water is Love (2024)

What if, in the midst of global uncertainty and ecological distress, we chose to focus our attention on the ways people come together—across cultures and continents—to care for life’s...

61 min

Walk With Me: A Journey into Mindfulness (2017) ($6)

Directed by Marc J Francis & Max Pugh, ‘Walk With Me’ is a cinematic and immersive exploration into the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.

94 min

Carnage (2017)

It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what...

65 min

How Elon Musk Got Rich: The $230 Billion Myth | The Class Room ft. Second Thought

Elon Musk spent decades building something big: himself. Musk managed to sell the world on a persona: the visionary genius billionaire working his hardest to save the the world. And it’s...

14 min

Under the Dome: Investigating China’s Smog (2015)

A controversial film by celebrity journalist Chai Jing investigating China's air pollution problems. Chai Jing started making the documentary when her as yet unborn daughter developed a...

104 min

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

For the majority of the past century, a battle has been waged between two dominant ideologies – capitalism and communism. Both competing economic systems focus on how best to allocate...

Chris Agnos

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

"The world is missing what I am ready to give: My Wisdom, My Sweetness, My Love and My hunger for Peace.""Where are you? Where are you, little girl with broken wings but full of hope?...

4 min

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

My daughter is about to turn 13 and I’ve been smoking a lot recently, and so – in the wee small hours, when my lungs feel like there’s a small mouse inside them, scratching to get out –...

Caitlin Moran

Zapatista (1999)

With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons...

55 min

The Two Reflexes That Are Breaking the Left

Values keep movements honest, while a material approach gets results, and there’s a time and place for both.

Mehran Khalili

The Power of Nightmares (2004)

The Power of Nightmares is a BBC documentary 3-part film series. The films compare the rise of the Neo-Conservative movement in the United States and the radical Islamist movement...

180 min

Frog and Toad: The Philosophy of Simple Living

In this video, I chat about the 1970s children’s book series Frog and Toad—written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel—including its helpful/wholesome themes and why it’s so cozy and...

29 min

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Have you ever encountered a baby whose gender is unknown to you?

Steve Bearman

A Leftist's Guide to Debating Capitalism

Get my Leftist Rhetoric Pocket Guide:https://www.patreon.com/posts/leftist-rhetoric-138912827?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyL...

34 min

An Introduction to Integral: A Federated, Post-Monetary Cooperative Economy

In this article, Peter Joseph presents Integral—a cooperative economy designed to replace both markets and top-down state control with an architecture of open design, time-based...

Peter Joseph

Capitalism Is The Crisis (2011)

This documentary explains the nature of capitalist crisis, visits the protests against austerity measures, and recommends revolutionary paths for the future.

100 min

Understanding Patriarchy

Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “patriarchy” in everyday life. Most men...

bell hooks

Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)

At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, and growing inequity in our country, employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and communities. SHIFT...

70 min

Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream (2011)

Wake up to your own role in creating a new future. This new perspective of the current state of our planet features top scientific, indigenous and activist minds from around the world...

90 min

The Secret of Oz (2009)

Thirteen years ago, in a documentary called "The Money Masters", we asked the question why is America going broke. It wasn't clear then that we were, but it is today. Now the question is...

110 min

Why Jordan Peterson Lost the Culture War (2026)

Jordan Peterson was once one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world. Millions turned to him for guidance in an increasingly chaotic cultural moment. But over time...

56 min

Capitalism Won't Save Us. Here's What Will. | Jason Hickel

My guest today is Jason Hickel, Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and author of two books: The Divide...

77 min

The Regenerative Revolution Is Now: 30 Documentaries About Regenerating Ecosystems, Local Economies, and Healthier, Joyful Lives

Regenerative living is a revolutionary philosophy rooted in reciprocity, creativity, and care.

Films For Action

Majestic Scorn: a City Aflame Fights Fire and ICE

Despite the specious swapping out of fascist ICE leaders seeking to quell public fury, the gutted, steadfast denizens of Minneapolis continue to show up in frigid weather to demand "ICE...

Abby Zimet

Project 2025 Explained in Schoolhouse Rock Style!

The song that could save America. Share widely.

5 min

Electronic Awakening (2012)

The film ELECTRONIC AWAKENING offers insight into the inner workings of the brain and its metaphysical connection to the repetitive beats that create a sense of oneness, unity and...

88 min

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

Opening with a powerful ‘deep time’ perspective, from the beginning of the Earth to our present moment, BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's new film recognises the fundamental...

61 min

An Urgent Warning to America, From German Grannies Against the Far Right

Dear American Citizens,

Grans-United

Apology Of An Economic Hitman (2010)

John Perkins was a prominent member of the top-secret team of “economic hit men”, who used fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, military coups and...

90 min

Four Kinds of Dystopia

The twentieth century saw four basic visions of hell on earth, or dystopia. These were:

Darren Allen

For the Lives of Others (2025)

An observational documentary following total liberation activism in Denmark, one of the world’s best democracies, where a group of activists is met with an unfiltered police response.

80 min

Debunking Gad Saad's "Suicidal Empathy" Theory

Gad Saad’s “suicidal empathy” thesis is the kind of shallow culture-war framing that sounds clever in a tweet but falls apart when you look at it seriously.

Tim Hjersted

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

"When working-class people (or their upper-class idols) argue that the rich must get richer to properly motivate the rich, but the poor must stay poor or else they will lose all...

Yasha Levine

This Is Neoliberalism | 5 Part Series (2020)

If you've ever wanted to understand what neoliberalism is, this is the video series for you.

146 min

Sicko (2007)

The words "health care" and "comedy" aren't usually found in the same sentence, but in Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore's new movie 'SiCKO,' they go together hand in...

123 min

Earth Days (2009)

On April 22, 1970, more than 20 million Americans across the country participated in celebrations and demonstrations — the largest in American history — demanding political action to...

102 min

Matriarchies Are Not Just a Reversal of Patriarchies: A Structural Analysis

Matriarchies are not just a reversal of patriarchies, with women ruling over men – as the usual misinterpretation would have it. Matriarchies are mother-centered societies. They are...

Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth

Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt For Our Kids' Missing Microbes (2019)

Allergies, obesity, asthma, diabetes, auto-immune and intestinal disorders are all on the rise, with the incidence of some diseases doubling every ten years. New research points to...

57 min

Awakening from the Meaning Crisis (2019)

Do you ever feel like we're swimming in an ocean of bullshit? This ground-breaking and viral 50-part series from John Vervaeke seeks to understand why this is so, and answer the...

3000 min

The Miseducation of the American Boy

Why boys crack up at rape jokes, think having a girlfriend is “gay,” and still can’t cry—and why we need to give them new and better models of masculinity

Peggy Orenstein

GMO OMG (2014) ($3)

GMO OMG director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert is in search of answers. How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice? And perhaps the...

84 min

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

Well I’m in the working world again. I’ve found myself a well-paying gig in the engineering industry, and life finally feels like it’s returning to normal after my nine months of traveling.

David Cain

10 Rules of Resistance for #ICEOut

Americans can learn from the anti-Nazi leaflet “10 Commandments for Danes” by denying ICE everything it needs to function.

Rivera Sun

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