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The concept of remixing involves copying, transforming, and combining existing materials to produce something new. Remixing is present everywhere, from music to memes to computer programming. What about creativity?

The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It isn't easy to think about education, or anything else when your children cannot eat. And yet, the sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the future that young people will inherit.

Julian Assange: exiled, imprisoned, convicted? After many years they came for him. What makes you think they won't be coming for you. If not for your personal freedom, then at least for your civil liberties. There is historical precedent.

 Who Are We?

It might come as a surprise but the answer to this question derives from influences many of which are beyond our control.

For instance, most of us experience attitudinal changes along a spectrum from day to day or maybe even hour to hour. This has to do with our individualized reaction to all manner of hormonal and other secretions in your body. These, in turn, are influenced by epigenetic factors triggered by both internal and external environmental conditions.

Pretoria is challenging the Israeli government’s claim to innocence, which for far too long has allowed it to act with impunity against the long-suffering Palestinians. South Africa’s quite stunning intervention is bringing legal proceedings against the state of Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, under the auspice of The Genocide Convention.

'The draft’ is a term that is associated with military service, which became poignant more than 40 years ago during the Vietnam War era. The author reflects on reinstating a draft of sorts against the backdrop of events in the 1960's and 70's.

A most comprehensive full interview with Michael Yeadon, former Vice President and Chief Science Officer of Pfizer. Mr. Yeadon outlines his position on the pandemic, the vaccine, the issue of variants, boosters and the loss of our civil liberties. It is truly an appeal to the world.

A short film about Indigenous sovereignty in Louisiana. On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.

On the origins of humanity, ancient cultures and technology, modern-day implications, and possible future application. If what Mr. Tellinger is presenting holds truth, the ramifications of his statements are huge.

Please take the time to watch the presentation in full, and make up your own mind.

Michael Tellinger being interviewed on the ancient wisdom of Ubuntu, the understanding of unity within community.

While the war in Ukraine rages on, another brews in the West African country of Niger Republic. Against this backdrop the following conversation between two gentlemen enfolds

Failed politics, failed politicians, failed people, failed states.. There seems to be no way out. Or is there? Let's see what Dave Chapelle has to say for it.

The race to the bottom in terms of economics is one for attaining the lowest cost, whilst retaining or increasing the highest margin of profit. Who is profiting from this race and at whose expense? Is it sustainable? What forces drive the race?

Max Blumenthal (GrayZone) exposes Secret UK funded program aimed at undermining Russia. In this video, acTVism Munich speaks with investigative journalist and founder of The Grayzone Max Blumenthal about his latest investigative article which exposes an elaborate scheme involving the British media, government, and intelligence community to undermine Russia.

An animated data-driven documentary about war and peace, The Fallen of World War II looks at the human cost of the second World War and sizes up the numbers to other wars in history, including trends in recent conflicts.

In her 2015 TED x Berlin Talk, Mallence Bart-Williams shared a truth that not only deeply resonated with people across the globe, but many felt compelled to share. So do we. Today Mallence's TED Talk has become an integral part of academic curricula of universities and high schools in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas as a timeless piece of essential truth.

From vases to faces, from people, to the world. The brain can switch from seeing the world from one way to a completely different way. It may not be recognisable at first but when the brain does connect the dots, it can never go back from seeing the world in just one way. We then have renewed our mind.

There are many ways for a state to project power and weaken adversaries, but proxy wars are one of the most cynical. Proxy wars devour the countries they purport to defend. They entice nations or insurgents to fight for geopolitical goals that are ultimately not in their interest. Chris Hedges on the war in Ukraine.

The global warming debate keeps on popping in and out of our news headlines. It involves us all, yet not all of us are involved. Why? Watch this UK Channel 4 documentary from 2007 for an alternate take on global warming.

Star Trek: Discovery is an American television series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman for the streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded as Paramount+). Launched in 2017, it is the seventh Star Trek series and was the first since Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005. It begins a decade before Star Trek: The Original Series and follows the crew of the USS Discovery.

Deportation of African nationals from Europe and America has come to be accepted as a norm; just as normal as you would hear folks discuss corruption in Nigeria, piracy in Somalia and fighting in the Congo.

The COVID drama that has been unfolding across the globe since early 2020, marks the start of a new era: the global war on humanity. Here’s why.

A report by CTGN Africa news channel on protests in South Africa concerning tensions between citizens and foreign residents.

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. - UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948).

The Fourth Estate mostly referred to as ‘the press’, is the guardian of veritas and has a special obligation as such when compared to ‘bloggers’. Let’s discuss why it matters and why it has this in fact an extremely important role to fulfill.

Dutch students have gathered more than 300,000 signatures needed for a referendum on the new privacy laws that will go into effect on Jan 1, 2018. The new Information Act - signed into law earlier this year - is now meeting opposition from students.

Night-club comedian and Youtube show host Jimmy Dore reports on recent developments in the case against Julian Assange. This case is underreported in the mainstream media. Jimmy Dore is one of the few in alt media that keeps us informed.

It has taken a tiny organism, SARS-CoV-2, to get even the most conservative traditionalists to accept that state institutions are essential to mobilizing national resources to protect and promote the common good. The fragilities of neoliberal economics have been laid bare.

When I'm quiet, millions of things run through my mind. When I stare at you, I wonder why I love you so much, in spite of being taken for granted. I am like salt. My presence is never remembered, but my absence makes all things tasteless.

Between 1966 and 1970, Biafra was all over the news media for those old enough to remember. What was called a war, was in fact a genocide comparable to the Rwandan genocide of the ’90s or worse. Let's fast forward from 1966 to Sept 12, 2017.

Teachers, like doctors, public workers, policemen and clergymen have an important role to fulfil in society. Some take an oath, others swear allegiance to underline the significance of their task. But what about teachers?

Net Neutrality safeguards diversity and equal opportunity. It is a matter of personal freedom. It cannot be traded against profit. It matters.

When the facts are too hard for us to bear, fiction may provide us with a comfortable alternative reality. And yet there are circumstances where both fact nor fiction matter. Because they are both beside the point.

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has downgraded South Africa's rating to 'junk' status, as the country's currency continued to slide following a major cabinet reshuffle. Let's discuss the value and merits of being labeled 'junk'.

The story of the Biafra genocide is one of the culturally incompatible and ideologically far-flung nations enclosed in a post-colonial contraption that started in the late ’60s and continues up to this day. One of the key underlying factors in the conflict may be attributed to the presence of oil. Biafra has one of the biggest if not the biggest oil reserves in Africa.

When we think about or talk about ‘freedom of speech', people’s opinions are mostly pretty clear-cut. Yes, we should be able to speak freely about what is on our mind, regardless of the topic, as long as we don’t infringe upon another human being to that same basic human right. With regard to ‘religious freedom’ or the right to exercise religious beliefs, our conversations spark heated debate.

The added complexity of markets requires not only specialized skills but also fine-tuned morals from the people involved. When the profits are privatized and the losses are socialized, you should know something is wrong.

Each day walls collapse somewhere on the planet when a tornado or earthquake strikes. Each day computer firewalls are breached and information is leaked to the outside.

Building a wall is a stopgap measure to keep that was is being feared outside, at the expense of huge building costs, maintenance, and surveillance, at the expense of a false sense of safety and security, at the expense of personal freedom and liberty to all…