bsmall2Feb 5
> As someone who has devoted decades to exposing American war crimes, corporate power, and the propaganda systems that sustain them, Chomsky deserves better than trial by association.
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/chomsky-and-epstein-what-the-evidence-actually-shows
#FilmsForAction #ChomskyAndEpstein
#TrialByAssociation #ChomskyLinks
Chomsky and Epstein: What the Evidence Actually Shows | Tim Hjersted

The recent release of emails and photos revealing new details about Noam Chomsky's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has sparked controversy across the political spectrum. Conservative and liberal outlets alike have used the photos to suggest one of the left's most influential intellectuals was "rotten...

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A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Nov 24

“The real task before us is not to defend socialism as a slogan, but to insist on democracy as a principle—economic as well as political.

A society where people control the institutions that shape their lives is neither a dream nor a danger. It is the minimal requirement for freedom.”

#Politics #USPolitics #Democracy #EconomicDemocracy #DemocracticSocialism #PeoplePower #FilmsForAction

https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-86-house-democrats-who-condemned-socialism-werent-defending-democracy-they-were-defending-concentrated-private-power/

The 86 House Democrats Who Condemned Socialism Weren’t Defending Democracy—They Were Defending Private Power | Tim Hjersted

What they voted for was not a resolution about history—it was a ritual affirmation of state ideology. A loyalty oath to the economic system that funds their campaigns, writes their legislation, and keeps their donors comfortable.

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Brian SmallJun 17, 2025
“To the Soldier Who Points a Gun at Me”

You think I’m here to die.
You think that’s all we know how to do—
bleed, bury, break.

But listen.

I grow things.
Tomatoes in rusted cans.
Hope in children who don’t know what the word means yet.
I build—walls, stories, mornings.
I fix roofs with one hand and hold my daughter’s hand with the other.

And you?
You carry a gun like it’s your purpose.
But I’ve seen men become ghosts
long before the trigger is pulled.

You call this land a threat.
I call it history .
The call to prayer. The school bell.
The pot of lentils boiling over.

Don’t mistake my softness for surrender.
I don’t need to shout to be strong.
The fig tree in my yard
has stood through three wars
without raising its voice.

You—
with your steel and fear,
your borrowed power—
you patrol streets looking for danger
and miss the beauty flowering between the cracks.

You fear death.
I fear forgetting how to live.

So if you shoot,
know this:
I wasn’t born to hate.
But I won’t vanish to make you comfortable.
I won’t flinch so you can sleep easier.

I am not your victim.
I am not your enemy.
I am the reminder
that even under occupation,
a man can love too fiercely to be erased.

  • Sameh Shahrouj

H/T Cadfa (Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association)

/HT #FilmsForAction FB account
#SamehShahrouj like #ThomasHardy
#TheManIKilled updated

NeeAnah 🇵🇷Apr 5, 2024

"Trees are like humans.
If the really big trees die, so do all humans.
If the forest dies, humanity dies. "

https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/tawai-a-voice-from-the-forest/
#filmsforaction #documentary #nomad #equalrights

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

100 minutes | Tawai is a word the nomadic hunter-gatherers of Borneo use to describe the connection they feel to their forest home. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, Bruce Parry (of...

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Show threadJo RhodesFeb 15, 2024
For those of you unfamiliar with #FilmsForAction - they have been around a very long time and sharing documentaries and films around social action on their site. Most are free but some are charged. Loads of topics like #HumanRights #IndigenousRights #AnimalRights #Activism #Sustainability #Environment #ClimateChange #Permaculture #FoodWaste #Unions #Media and much much more - they are now on @filmsforaction and here is a taster of what they do with their #Top100FilmsForAction https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-top-100-films-for-action/
The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!

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Jo RhodesFeb 15, 2024
The good folk of #FilmsForAction have joined mastodon and you can find them at @filmsforaction - a post on FB shared their frustrations about recent policy changes by meta which means things deemed political are becoming less visible. They only joined here yesterday and have not tooted yet but do follow and send them some love and boosts when they get going. Here's a @washingtonpost article they shared about the changes and why they are likely to affect a lot of journalists and anyone sharing political content.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/10/politics-meta-threads-instagram/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA3NTQxMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA4OTIzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDc1NDEyMDAsImp0aSI6ImRiZWIzOGE3LWUzODItNGE4YS1hZWRkLTI1Yjg1OTc4NTEzYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjQvMDIvMTAvcG9saXRpY3MtbWV0YS10aHJlYWRzLWluc3RhZ3JhbS8ifQ.O11zv9us4x29ddIqjEyhd9MS-s7U-b7-zGhjV9XEWC4&link_id=5&can_id=1de756302d8d248e1e4bd45426d591a3&source=email-bad-news-from-meta-and-what-you-can-do-about-it&email_referrer=email_2206409&email_subject=bad-news-from-meta-and-what-you-can-do-about-it&fbclid=IwAR3YAQkLLhifsmJyz_RbqAQYtWikkScTh3j_adGjHiF38b00dZ_FZYfzyvE
Meta turns its back on politics again, angering some news creators

Meta announced on Friday it would stop proactively recommending political content on Instagram and its upstart text-based app Threads.

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bs2Jun 16, 2022
> #Houston tops this list as home to 7 of the 100 top ecocidal planet killers, followed by #Jakarta, #Calgary, #Moscow, and #Beijing. The richest person on the list is #Russian oil magnate #VagitAlekperov, who is currently worth $20.7 billion.
> The map is in the form of a cartogram which represents the size of countries by their cumulative carbon dioxide emissions since industrialization.
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/names-and-locations-of-the-top-100-people-killing-the-planet/
#Polluters #EcoCide #TheCorporation #PlanetKillers #FilmsForAction
Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet

Just 100 companies are responsible for more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. The guys who run those companies – and they are mostly guys – have gotten rich on the backs...

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Show threadDick Smiths Fair Go SupportersMar 9, 2022

@NerdRat
Do remember the "#privatisation of govt functions is enormous." (#Obey, 2014, #FilmsForAction)

…and that was then, ie. 2014.

#blackRock #blackWater #blackStone #invertedTotalitarianism

Show threadDick Smiths Fair Go SupportersJan 19, 2021

@imattau
Here's a direct link to #Obey (2013) at #filmsForAction:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/obey-2013/

It might be a good one for people to host themselves. Today, the only thing that we would add, is "Cloudflare" to the list towards the end of the film.

Obey (2013)

51 minutes | This is a film based on the book "Death of the Liberal Class" by journalist and Pulitzer prize winner, Chris Hedges. It charts the rise of the Corporate State, and examines the future of...

Show threadDick Smiths Fair Go SupportersJun 22, 2020

@xerz
Have you seen "Take Back Your Power" (2017). Our civilisation literally doesn't know when to reduce its impact.

#takeBackYourPower #investigativeJournalism #electricGrid #documentary #film #filmsForAction #resistance #overconsumption #stimulus #bailout #perverseIncentives