Category Archives: Humanities
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Amira Hass: Inside the Occupied Territories” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges, and Anya Parampil ☮
In this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges goes inside Israel and the Occupied Territories with Amira Hass. Hass is the Haaretz Correspondent for the Occupied Territories and author of “Drinking the Sea at Gaza”. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil joins the show with a report on the public manifestations of racism in Israeli society.
INTERVIEW: “CNN Interview with Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein” / Christi Paul ☮
On CNN New Day Weekend, Christi Paul speaks with Green Party Presumptive Nominee Dr. Jill Stein about winning third-party voters.
BRITISH POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Post Vote Shame” / Jonathan Pie ☮
“Westminster is covered in blood and shit…it’s time to clean up” according to Jonathan Pie.
CHRISTIAN VALUES: “Gods Chastity Loophole (Anal Sex) by Garfunkel and Oates” ☮
A song about Christian girls who stay virgins until they’re married but have anal sex instead.
SCOTUS AND CLASS PRIVILEGE: “The Massive, Hidden Issue with the Supreme Court” / John Iadarola ☮
The Supreme Court has a lot of issues, but one area where there’s almost NO diversity could be the cause of so many others. The Supreme Court justices are simply too damn, uniformly rich.
CORPORATE WELFARE: “Roseanne Destroys Corporate Welfare in Under 90 Seconds”
EXACTLY!!!
ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY: “Recovering Our Pride” / Laura Flanders ☮
PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY: “Who are You, Really? The Puzzle of Personality” / TED TALK Vancouver, BC / February 2016 / Brian Little ☮
What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments when we transcend those traits — sometimes because our culture demands it of us, and sometimes because we demand it of ourselves. Join Little as he dissects the surprising differences between introverts and extroverts and explains why your personality may be more malleable than you think.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “There are Ways to Stop Gun Murders That Work!” / RT America / Redacted Tonight / Lee Camp, and Naomi Karavani ☮
This week Democrats in the House of Representatives staged a sit-in to call attention to gun laws. And unfortunately most of the country is still dealing with this topic like conservative babies! Naomi Karavani and Lee Camp discuss this and the efforts by inner city communities all over America.