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The Money Cult of American Christianity 38 min
The Money Cult of American Christianity
38 min · Michae Burns explores how American Christianity, particularly in its dominant evangelical form, has become deeply intertwined with capitalism, creating a "money cult" where economic...
"They Never Got the Chance" AI Imagines Lives Lost to School Shootings. Will You Hear Me Now? 1 min
"They Never Got the Chance" AI Imagines Lives Lost to School Shootings. Will You Hear Me Now?
1 min · “Will You Hear Me Now?” was created to amplify the voices of young people speaking out against gun violence in schools.
Three Parents. One Message: Listen. a Will You Hear Me Now? & Moms Bonded by Grief Short Film. 3 min
Three Parents. One Message: Listen. a Will You Hear Me Now? & Moms Bonded by Grief Short Film.
3 min · Three parents from Moms Bonded By Grief share what it means to live with loss — and to speak for their children who no longer can.
“You Only Live Once!” — Students Deliver a Message We Need to Hear Now! 1 min
“You Only Live Once!” — Students Deliver a Message We Need to Hear Now!
1 min · A first look at “You Only Live Once?” — the new song from Will You Hear Me Now?
Detroit Youth Choir on School Gun Violence Sing "Will You Hear Me Now?" 6 min
Detroit Youth Choir on School Gun Violence Sing "Will You Hear Me Now?"
6 min · Empowering kids to raise their voice against gun violence in schools.
Planet Local Voices Series: 33 Voices United by a Vision of Ecological Economies, Healthy Communities and Local Food Systems 445 min
Planet Local Voices Series: 33 Voices United by a Vision of Ecological Economies, Healthy Communities and Local Food Systems
445 min · 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...
THE SPIDER'S WEB: Britain’s Second Empire (2017) 78 min
THE SPIDER'S WEB: Britain’s Second Empire (2017)
78 min · Watch THE SPIDER'S WEB, a documentary that reveals how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. At the demise of empire, City of London financial...
Behind Closed Doors | Documentary on How The West Encourages Global Corruption 61 min
Behind Closed Doors | Documentary on How The West Encourages Global Corruption
61 min · A Documentary about corruption in high places and those who enable it.
The Man Who Knew Too Much 69 min
The Man Who Knew Too Much
69 min · A documentary film about Colin Wallace an intelligence officer who blew the whistle on fake news and was framed for a murder.
Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan 31 min
Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan
31 min · Michael Pollan's new book "How To Change Your Mind" surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of...
How Psychedelics Work: Fire the Conductor, Let the Orchestra Play | Michael Pollan 6 min
How Psychedelics Work: Fire the Conductor, Let the Orchestra Play | Michael Pollan
6 min · Michael Pollen explains the ego's "location" in the brain: It would be the default mode network, where much of your self-critical mind chatter happens. Taking psychedelics down-regulates...
The History of Structural Racism in Kansas City 13 min
The History of Structural Racism in Kansas City
13 min · Michael Wesch meets up with
The Matrix Is All Around Us: Anthropologists Call It The Social Construction of Reality 6 min
The Matrix Is All Around Us: Anthropologists Call It The Social Construction of Reality
6 min · This matrix parody is kind of mind blowing.
Moving the Giants 11 min
Moving the Giants
11 min · In 1991, arborist David Milarch had a near-death experience that inspired a personal quest to reforest our planet. He would harvest the genetics of the world's oldest trees, initiate...
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist 9 min
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
9 min · Doughnut Economics, the new book by Kate Raworth, is out now.  These animations tell the story of the book's seven ways to think in 60-second bites. Check out the full set as they come...
Going Local: the Solution-Multiplier 2 min
Going Local: the Solution-Multiplier
2 min · A 2-minute introduction to the global-to-local argument.
What If We Turned Every Window Into a Power Source? 1 min
What If We Turned Every Window Into a Power Source?
1 min · Transparent solar cell tech could transform our buildings - and make the world more sustainable.
Important Free Lesson in Economics from Cambridge University Professor 14 min
Important Free Lesson in Economics from Cambridge University Professor
14 min · Ha-Joon Chang is a professor of economics at Cambridge University and a best-selling international author. Author and journalist Owen Jones asked him to provide an argument against much...
The Problem With Saying "All Lives Matter" 2 min
The Problem With Saying "All Lives Matter"
2 min · Mic's Darnell Moore explains why "All Lives Matter" is the wrong response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Alton Sterling Is Just the Latest Example of Systematic Racism in America 2 min
Alton Sterling Is Just the Latest Example of Systematic Racism in America
2 min · At the time of this publishing, 559 people were killed by police in 2016. And disproportionately, these people were black. They include Alton Sterling — who was killed in an encounter...
Why Are People Uncomfortable With the Word "Vagina"? 2 min
Why Are People Uncomfortable With the Word "Vagina"?
2 min · A substitute teacher in Michigan was fired for using the word “vagina” in an art history class and this isn’t the first time this has happened in Michigan. Why are people so afraid of...
Why You Can't Afford a Home 3 min
Why You Can't Afford a Home
3 min · We should all be able to afford a home in an area we want to live. But for many of us in the UK, with prices spiralling way beyond incomes, this isn’t a reality.  Instead, finding...
For Native Americans in Minnesota, Food is a Sign of Oppression 9 min
For Native Americans in Minnesota, Food is a Sign of Oppression
9 min · After hundreds of years of isolation, here’s how the indigenous heroes are fighting to reclaim their cultural identity — and their health.
Meet the Activist Who Wants Women Everywhere to 'Free the Nipple' 4 min
Meet the Activist Who Wants Women Everywhere to 'Free the Nipple'
4 min · Most American cities are full of breasts. They are everywhere: On billboards. On storefronts. On
Violent Police Repression in Canada: Your Rights Under Attack 14 min
Violent Police Repression in Canada: Your Rights Under Attack
14 min · VIDEO BILINGUE / A discussion of the systemic problem of police abuse of power threatening both freedom of expression and of the press based on the events of April 3 2014 in Montreal.
The Top Censored Stories of 2014 | Interview with Mickey Huff 14 min
The Top Censored Stories of 2014 | Interview with Mickey Huff
14 min · Abby Martin interviews, Mickey Huff, Director of Project Censored, about some of the top 25 censored stories of 2014, covering everything from the lack of police brutality statistics to...
About Time - The Case For A 21 Hour Working Week 4 min
About Time - The Case For A 21 Hour Working Week
4 min · A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being...
Casa De Paz: House of Peace 6 min
Casa De Paz: House of Peace
6 min · In the Fruitvale area of Oakland, California, residents are opening their doors and their hearts, fostering peace in their neighborhood—one block at a time. Casa de Paz is one of several...
The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide 7 min
The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide
7 min · One no, many yeses. Look to join and grow the movement for localization where you live.
Culture in Decline #2: Economics 101 33 min
Culture in Decline #2: Economics 101
33 min · Please help support this Free Media Project: http://www.cultureindecline.com/support.html Subttitles: Croatian, Czech , Danish, English , Finnish , French, Greek, Hungarian , Italian ...
Printemps érable - Manifeste vidéo («Maple spring» English subtitles) 3 min
Printemps érable - Manifeste vidéo («Maple spring» English subtitles)
3 min · Click on «cc» for english subtitles. Tens of thousands of Quebec university and college students have been marching, blocking roads and bridges and loudly demonstrating for seven weeks...
How Do We, As a Society, Want to Be Remembered? 3 min
How Do We, As a Society, Want to Be Remembered?
3 min · How do we, as a society, want to be remembered? I would rather it not be this way.
Charlie Chaplin's final speech in the film "The Great Dictator" 5 min
Charlie Chaplin's final speech in the film "The Great Dictator"
5 min · Charlie Chapin's final monologue in the film "The Great Dictator".
Expose of 'Dead Peasant' Insurance Policies Too Shocking Even for GMA to Ignore 4 min
Expose of 'Dead Peasant' Insurance Policies Too Shocking Even for GMA to Ignore
4 min · From diarist alien abductee DailyKos: "Michael Moore's Capitalism, A Love Story has revealed a deep dark secret to the intrepid reporters of ABC News and the show Good Morning America ...
When the Smoke Clearz 3 min
When the Smoke Clearz
3 min · Spoken word slam on the materialistic and self-destructive nature of modern mainstream rap music, exploited, packaged, and sold by mega media corporations.
Michael Moore slams CNN for False Criticism of SICKO 11 min
Michael Moore slams CNN for False Criticism of SICKO
11 min · Moore speaks truth to power, arguing that CNN has such a lousy track record of reporting the truth about the war in Iraq and asking tough questions, that Americans should be skeptical of...
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