Watersheds and Pipelines in Northern Minnesota
The three major watersheds in the United States just happen to be in Minnesota. This Minnesota state map delineates the three major watersheds of the United States that happen to lie within Minnesota state boundaries. The Continental Divides delineates where water flows north, south, or east, shaped by geography and More
End US Support for Israeli Apartheid? Session 2
Wholesale theft of a country: Israel took over Palestine
Diana Johnstone: Washington’s Green Branches in Europe
"The Greens are in perfect harmony with the Biden administration’s new ideological crusade to remake the world on the American model. Echoing Russiagate, and with no evidence, the Greens accuse Russia of malevolent interference in Europe, while advocating their own beneficent interference in Russian domestic policy on behalf of some theoretical 'democratic opposition.'"
World Moves Forward on Climate, Powerful Institutions Lag Behind
"To all of the institutions currently failing us, trust me when I tell you that the time to divest is now. In another few years or perhaps, just another 365 days by the next Earth Day, the opportunity to divest while it still counts—for your morals and your money—may have already disappeared."
1000 Grandmothers by Holly Near, sung by Emma’s Revolution for Abuelas Responden
Send in 1000 Grandmothers
Remembering Father Daniel Berrigan, a Prophet of Peace
Advice to parents, teachers, priests, ministers, et al: The young people will be different if you are different. They are moved by example, as I have been.
End US Support for Israeli Apartheid? Session 1
"While Congress wrangled over modest emergency pandemic relief for Americans, the nation of Israel receives $3.8 billion annually—and even more covert aid—with barely a whisper of debate."
Whistleblowers: Plenary Panel with Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden, moderated by Amy Goodman
Snowden talks about why he decided to whistleblow and how he landed in Moscow where he now lives. Ellsberg talks about the Pentagon Papers and along the way the courage and necessity of whistleblowers.
The Heat: Oliver Stone on history of U.S. intervention
Kennedy vowed to "shatter the CIA into a thousand pieces."
Truth, Dissent & the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
In a keynote address by Daniel Ellsberg and seven roundtable discussions, presenters explored the major issues that have engaged Ellsberg’s life: the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons, antiwar resistance, the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, whistleblowing, and the wars of the 21st century.
Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By Joe Biden
"It is not until people are reintegrated into the society, not until corporate and oligarchic control over our educational, political and media systems are removed, not until we recover the ethic of the common good, that we have any hope of rebuilding the positive social bonds that foster a healthy society."
What Cold War? A Truth Commission Clip
War. Who profits? (Who dies?)
What is Ecology Democracy?
MINNEAPOLIS A Sustainable, Smaller Government - GDP VS GPI part 2/16 https://youtu.be/SwkjTOPM_5E In this series we will compare the differences between the Gross Domestic Product and the Genuine Progress Indicator and why we believe Minnesota should begin using the GPI as its primary model for measuring economic strength. This More
Why local journalism must be considered infrastructure
"A future without local journalism is as dire as a society without roads and bridges."
Do Haitian Black Lives Matter to US? by Mary Beaudoin
"The policies of neoliberalism are accelerated with what economist Naomi Klein calls the “shock doctrine,” imposed on a country when it finds itself in dire straits and is forced to go into debt, which acts as a form of bondage to international institutions."
Inside and Outside the Military Industrial Complex with Ann Wright
Ann Wright talks about discrimination against Asians and the new Cold War against Russia.
Matt Taibi: Why “Securing Democracy” Will Be Taught in Journalism Schools
“It is impossible to anticipate all the threats that you will face when confronting powerful governments.”
The Issue Ignored by the Media: How the Military Affects our Climate & Democracy
How the military sector impacts the environment, but also how the military sector itself prepares for a changed climate and also why climate movements do not focus on the role of the military in their activism.
Criminalizing Black Protest: When We Resist
"That's incredible that you were really just showing them that you left this all over Texas, left it all over the world, it's probably going to be left over Louisiana, but you were charged with terrorism. So to your point, who's the terrorist and the situation..."
Standing with Women Water Protectors, by Barbara Williams
"The proposed monstrosity would snake through 200 pristine lakes and rivers in Northern Minnesota including watersheds for the wild rice that is unique to this part of the world and has been intrinsic to the Anishinaabeg/Ojibwe way of life for centuries. A spill could permanently destroy rice beds as well as the fish and wildlife habitat."