And How It Came From Censorship. (Narrator has an accent, so turning on closed captions is recommended.)
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Without it, the state's panopticon makes us meek and compliant. Glenn Greenwald's brilliant TED Talk.
Read moreReza Aslan Schools CNN on Islamophobia
CNN news reporters ask the very controversial question, "Does Islam promote violence" to Iranian-American author and religious historian Dr. Reza Aslan from a very generalistic point of view. The interview turned into a schooling of how misconceptions of what Islam really is can turn into bigotry by keeping yourself uneducated on the topic.
Aslan trounces the know-nothings.
Read moreGreenwald vs. Maher
Bill Maher is taken apart by Glenn Greenwald for trying to absolve the US from any responsibility for the mass slaughter and destruction in Muslim countries, blaming it on Islamic fundamentalism, as if the Afghanistan and Iraq wars never happened, as if the US wasn't pushing for more war in Iran, as if it isn't intervening in Somalia and Yemen.
Greenwald instructs Maher on the truth about empire, religion, and violence.
Read moreJohn Oliver on Civil Forfeiture
Did you know police can just take your stuff if they suspect it's involved in a crime? They can! It's a shady process called "civil asset forfeiture," and it would make for a weird episode of Law and Order. See? Connect with Last Week Tonight online...
Your property is guilty until proven innocent.
Read moreScott Horton and Angela Keaton
A master class in foreign policy.
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▶ Jimmy Stewart Explains Statism and "The government is the only thing we all belong to" - YouTube →
This is from the anti-war movie Shenandoah. The main character Stewart plays refuses to side with either the union or confederate factions. In this clip a confederate officer tries to conscript his sons for military service.