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What Is Fascism? | A Complete Guide (From a Former Fascist)

This in-depth video explores what fascism is, why it is so hard to define, and how people can embrace fascist ideas without recognizing themselves as fascists.

105 min

MAGA: The Great Falling Away Is Here!

This video examines the great falling away described by the Apostle Paul and argues that the current MAGA moment reflects a deep spiritual crisis within the American church.

17 min

Why Trump REALLY Kidnapped Maduro | Matt Kennard

Matt Kennard explains how the US operates as a "gangster state." With Trump openly expressing his intention to steal Venezuela's oil, we've entered a new era of "naked imperialism,"...

15 min

ICE Is Now Literally Breaking Down People’s Doors in 1930s Gestapo-Style Raids

The scene in Minneapolis looks eerily familiar to 1930s Germany. In the aftermath of ICE’s execution of Renee Good, the ICE gestapo has threatened, harassed, assaulted, and terrorized...

18 min

How Do You Share a Country With People Who Reject Reality?

In the aftermath of the Renee Good murder, it’s become brutally clear that millions of people are no longer just disagreeing on policy opinions or even values, they’re disagreeing on...

8 min

What If We Bought Land With Our Friends and Built Houses Together?

This year, my friends and I are taking on a huge project. We're going to try to build our own houses on land that we bought this summer.

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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

Why the US Is Deporting So Many People

How the American immigration police got so powerful.

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Exposed: This Is Why Trump's Venezuela Plan Will FAIL - and Blow Back on the US

Donald Trump claims he will "run" Venezuela, after he bombed it and abducted President Nicolás Maduro. However, his plan makes no sense -- and will likely blow back on the USA. Acting...

57 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

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.

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MLK: Road to Revolution and the Promised Land

Most Americans are taught a sanitized version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The man with a dream. The peaceful marcher. The national holiday.

17 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

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

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

Park Avenue: Money, Power And The American Dream (2012)

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) presents his take on the gap between rich and poor Americans in Park Avenue...

59 min

Journalist Tests ICE Recruitment; Surprised to Find Herself Hired With No Background Check

"They didn't ask very many questions." Independent journalist and U.S. military veteran Laura Jedeed recounts how she was hired as a deportation officer by Immigration and Customs...

9 min

Who Rules America? (2012)

Who Rules America? takes a comprehensive look into the governing system of the United States of America and reveals the behind-the-scene powers that rule the nation.

150 min

The Right’s Charlie Kirk Rules Don’t Apply to Renee Good, Apparently

Remember when conservatives said you’re not allowed to mock Charlie Kirk or quote him? Apparently, the respectability they demanded in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination...

19 min

Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

There is a classified America we were never meant to see. From Academy Award®-winning writer/director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick, this twelve-part documentary series looks...

570 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

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

Anonymous Issues DIRE WARNING To MAGA | The Kyle Kulinski Show

Anonymous has released a new video warning about the growing threats posed by Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk. They outline how economic policies, mass firings, and regulatory rollbacks...

11 min

How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic...

4 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

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

13TH (2016)

The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary 13TH refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...

101 min

Dirty Business: "Clean Coal" and the Battle for Our Energy Future (2009)

In the digital age, half our electricity still comes from coal. DIRTY BUSINESS is a documentary that reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories...

89 min

The CIA Coup That Broke Latin America

This is the story of how an exotic berry in Jamaica built a multinational empire: the United Fruit Company, El Pulpo, The Octopus, a corporation so powerful it could make and break nations.

39 min

The Narco-Trafficking Elite Set to Run Venezuela (w/ Maureen Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report

Marco Rubio’s personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in...

55 min

Slavery by Another Name (2012)

Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation...

85 min

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

Earth Pilgrim (2008)

A spiritual journey into the ethereal landscape of Dartmoor with Satish Kumar, the world-renowned ecologist & creator of Resurgence magazine. Through changing seasons, Satish walks the...

49 min

Project 2025 Explained in Schoolhouse Rock Style!

The song that could save America. Share widely.

5 min

The School of Life: Capitalism

Welcoming and insightful in both approach and tone, this compilation of short videos named Capitalism tackles various aspects of capitalistic ideals from a surprisingly human perspective...

97 min

Human (2015)

What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh? Cry? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery?

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Peaceful vs. Violent Resistance — What's the Answer?

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9 min

You Need To See This Incredible 17–Minute Film Set Entirely On A Teen’s Computer Screen

Noah, a short film that debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, illustrates the flitting attention span and lack of true connection in digital culture more clearly than...

17 min

Why Billionaires Want You to Be "Christian" Now (2025)

Today we uncover the global plot to install "christian nationalism" - it feels ridiculous even writing that sentence, but I mean there's no other way to describe it. Strap in!

59 min

Tough Talk: Season 1, A Series About Men's Mental Health

Tough Talk is a documentary series created to reduce the stigma surrounding men's mental health. Sam O'Sullivan is a Kiwi psychologist who gets off the beaten track and travels in his...

200 min

From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

The Kogi are the last surviving civilization from the days of the Inca and Aztec. They see themselves as the spiritual guardians of life on earth. For four centuries they lived in...

87 min

PBS FRONTLINE: Inside The Meltdown (2009)

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56 min

American-Backed Coups, Mapped

The US perfected the art of the coup to push out leaders it didn’t like and install leaders it did. In this story I go through some of the major US-led coups to explore how the US rose...

30 min

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

A Quest for Meaning is an inspiring journey that connects personal growth and social change. It tells the story of two friends, Marc and Nathanael, who leave everything behind to go...

87 min

"Socialism Always Fails": A Dishonest Claim (3 Times It Worked)

"Socialism Always Fails" is a claim I hear frequently. More often than not, when someone deploys this quip, it's meant to end any further conversation about socialism so they don't have...

12 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

Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

California once had more linguistic variety than all of Europe. “Language Keepers” is a 6-part series following four Indigenous communities in California who are working to revitalize...

105 min

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

“Once in a while a film comes along that has profound impact – this is a delicious taste of what can be.” - Polly Higgins

101 min

Incredible Animation Summarises Noam Chomsky's 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine

For decades, Noam Chomsky has been the agent provocateur when it comes to critiquing the US mainstream media. He co-authored ‘Manufacturing Consent’, a seminal work on mainstream...

5 min

Raised on Porn: The New Sex Ed (2021)

Raised on Porn exposes the ways pornography has become the new sex education for children and unpacks the dangerous lifelong implications of this global phenomenon. Through riveting...

37 min

After I Watched This, I Put My Phone Down for the Rest of the Day

Oops.

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Bitter Lake (2015)

Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there are no big stories and politicians react randomly to every new...

136 min

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story comes home to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of...

127 min

Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)

In a series of extraordinary interviews with both Palestinians and Israelis, John Pilger weaves together the issue of Palestine. He speaks to the families of suicide bombers and their...

53 min

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights

"In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident: a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established…

5 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

Erase the Borders

This week we look at the dire fuckin situation for people escaping war and abusive governments for the relative safety of the global north. On the break Rebel Diaz and Dead Prez remake...

14 min

PBS FRONTLINE: The Warning (2009)

In the midst of the 1990s bull market, one lone regulator warned about the derivatives dangers that would cause an economic meltdown nearly a decade later in the housing market. ...

55 min

Inside Job (2010)

2010 Oscar Winner for Best Documentary, 'Inside Job' provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of...

108 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

Dilbert Creator Scott Adams on Donald Trump's "Linguistic Kill Shots"

Are Trump's 'random insults' actually random? Scott Adams makes a convincing case that Trump has been highly trained in neurolinguistic programming. Donald Trump has a way with...

8 min

Holocaust Survivor to Mehdi: Trump ‘ABSOLUTELY’ Resembles 1930s Germany

In this conversation, Mehdi Hasan sits down with Stephen Kapos – an 88-year-old British-Hungarian Holocaust survivor, who was forced to go into hiding at the age of seven, was separated...

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How False Testimony and a Massive U.S. Propaganda Machine Bolstered George H.W. Bush’s War on Iraq

As the media memorializes George H.W. Bush, Democracy Now! looks at the lasting impact of his 1991 invasion of Iraq and the propaganda campaign that encouraged it. Although the Gulf War...

23 min

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

50 Years Later, Edward R. Murrow's Famous Speech Is Still a Damning Critique of The Corporate Media

Such a powerful speech by one of our all-time heroes.

37 min

The Secrets of Sugar (2013)

We've heard for years about the dangers of eating too much fat or salt. But there have never been recommended limits for sugar on Canadian food labels, despite emerging research that...

42 min

BlackRock Is Terrifying (2025)

This is not another mainstream video about BlackRock.By now, people know the public narrative:

61 min

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Funny, provocative and surprisingly accessible, MANUFACTURING CONSENT explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual and political activist...

157 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

Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia (2021)

In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought the rundown Cabana apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking spaces to make space for what today is a huge permaculture...

55 min

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

A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN

An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans Stop. Just stop. It is no longer a request. It is a mandate. We will help you. We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a...

4 min

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...

20 min

The Sacred Science (2011)

The Sacred Science is a groundbreaking documentary that captures an unprecedented glimpse into the ancient healing practices of the Amazon rainforest’s medicine men, or shamans, whose...

75 min

The Next Industrial Revolution (2002)

Chris Bedford and Shelley Morhaim made this award winning 56 minute long film on the sustainability revolution in materials and manufacturing. "The Next Industrial Revolution" tells the...

54 min

I Watched The Hamas Massacre Film. Here's My Thoughts. | Owen Jones

I was invited to watch a screening - organised by the IDF - of the Hamas atrocities committed on 7th October. Here's my response in detail.

26 min

Our Land: A 7 Part Series about Revolutionizing Our Relationship to Food & Land

We have created this series of films to celebrate and interpret intervention, undertaken by individuals and communities, to shift our food and farm economy. These episodes each address...

60 min

Secular Believers (2007)

Beliefs, and believers, come in many shapes and sizes, and not all of them can be described as religious. This program provides an introduction to a fascinating range of non-religious...

59 min

Capitalism’s Addiction To Growth Means Civilisational COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Jason Hickel

Our politicians don’t agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the pie, they assure us, and there will be more to go around.

107 min

The Power of Friendship: Social Contact and The Future of Humanity (2025)

A feature doc with George Monbiot, Sir Peter Bazalgette and Robin Dunbar that explores the current crisis in social connection, juxtaposed with its fascinating historical origins...

49 min

The Palestinian Horror Story The Media Hides From You

"I just want to wake up from this nightmare"

11 min

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

Human Resources explores the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems.

119 min

How to Make a Fascist (2025)

This epic four hour doumentary explores the "ingredients" that contributed to the rise of fascism, focusing on Germany and Italy. It argues that fascism wasn't a simple anomaly but...

239 min

The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto

The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5-hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an...

300 min

The People's Library: An Economy Beyond Scarcity

In this video, we introduce the People's Library—a parallel economy where resources like housing, food, tools, and transportation are shared instead of hoarded, and where access is based...

20 min

"It's All About the Oil, Stupid!": Mehdi Hasan on Trump Attacking Venezuela & Kidnapping Maduro

Zeteo's Mehdi Hasan outlines Donald Trump's "Donroe Doctrine," a throwback foreign policy exemplified by the Trump administration's shocking intervention in Venezuela.

19 min

Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity (trailer)

Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood...

5 min

TraumaZone

An epic documentary by British director Adam Curtis illustrating in seven parts state and decline of the Soviet Union and the development in Russia 1985–1999 using material from the BBC...

350 min

Bombshell: USA Admits Maduro Didn't Lead Cartel, but CIA Did Traffic Drugs in Venezuela

To justify bombing Venezuela and abducting President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump falsely accused him of leading the so-called "Cartel de los Soles". But the US Department of Justice was...

30 min

What Is Addiction? - Gabor Maté

Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them.

3 min

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...

52 min

I Went to Space and Discovered an Enormous Lie | Ron Garan

What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.

8 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

Miss Representation (2011) ($4)

Miss Representation is a powerful film that exposes damaging, sexist media messages that inhibit young women’s happiness, ambition, and leadership.

90 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

What Happened When 235 Incarcerated Men Stepped Into The Circle and Humanized Their Trauma Together

Unaddressed childhood trauma changes how we respond to the world and when triggered, we make choices that sometimes have devastating consequences including domestic violence, addiction...

7 min

Propaganda: How Western Citizens are Turned Into Compliant Slaves (2012)

Since it mysteriously appeared on YouTube on July 18, 2012, ‘Propaganda’ has been described as ‘1984 meets The Blair Witch Project’, ‘A mouthful of scary porridge’, and ‘Even better than...

95 min

The Black Power MixTape 1967-1975 (2011)

Swedish journalists came to the United States to document the anti-war and Black Power movements of the late 60s and early 70s. The Black Power Mixtape combines music, original 16mm...

90 min

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