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This video plugging Avaaz.org exposes the myth of a fundamental clash between Islam and the West as a problem of politics—not cultures. It received over 1.4 million views and 37,000 comments on Youtube (right up there with Star Wars Kid), and helped secure Avaaz.org as the place for international online activism.
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Chris Hedges Live Q&A: Where Is America Going and Should You Leave?
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Why Modern Democracy Is Just a Polite Dictatorship – Plato Knew This
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The Art of Justifying Evil
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Ben Shapiro and Personal Responsibility
The Fake Prophet Of The American Oligarchy
Why the Right is Obsessed with Daddy | George Lakoff
How MAGA Evangelicals Corrupted Christianity
From Awra Amba to Ethiopia and the World (2023)
Wisdom Weavers Of The World
ENOUGHNESS, The Prequel: Indigenous Economics with Tantoo Cardinal
A Forgotten '60s Radical Movement
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The Tragic Optimist's Guide to Surviving Capitalistic Nihilism
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"Anti-Capitalism" is Capitalist
Living Without: How Much is Enough?
In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis (2024) ($20)
The Dark Side
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