The Gravel Institute

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25.07.2024 · 14:38:36 ···
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1:: Marianne Williamson: Why You're So Sad

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 10.08.2022 · 18:59:50 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· More and more people, in America and around the world, are reporting that they're depressed, lonely, or friendless. People call it a mental health crisis. What's going on? Why are so many people, especially young people, reporting problems with their mental health? Marianne Williamson, spiritual thinker and author, joins us to explain. Citations in the video. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19

2:: The Most BOMBED Country in History

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 14.07.2022 · 17:59:37 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· This documentary covers the story of the most bombed country in the history of the world: how a small, unassuming nation in Southeast Asia received two million tons of bombs from American forces – without war having ever been declared. And how it became a model for American interventions in the future. Sources in the video. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19

3:: How Oil Companies Are Scamming You

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 30.06.2022 · 17:59:29 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Gas prices - and the wider crisis of inflation they cause - have become a national crisis. In this short video, we talk about how a big part of the increase in gas prices in recent months is a result of decisions by oil and gas investors, and how a more rational way of running the oil and gas industry could both support ordinary consumers and move toward a post-oil future. Featuring Matt Bruenig. Sources in the video. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19

4:: Robert Reich Destroys Minimum Wage Myths

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 22.06.2022 · 18:00:17 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· @RBReich – former U.S. Secretary of Labor, professor at UC Berkeley, prominent economic commentator, founder of Inequality Media – joins us to talk about a crucial topic: the U.S. minimum wage. At a time when prices are growing far faster than wages, leaving workers with tighter and tighter pocketbooks, the U.S. minimum wage remains where it has been since 2007. Robert explains why common myths about the minimum wage fall short, and why raising it will help ordinary working people without contributing to inflation. Sources in the video. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19

5:: How China (Actually) Got Rich

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 09.06.2022 · 18:00:07 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· We're putting this video back up! We had to fix some stuff. The economic rise of China is usually painted as a simple story: it was poor, it implemented "the free market," and now it's rich. But that picture is a simplistic one – and it's not accurate. China's rise is a reflection of its NOT implementing the ideological dictates of "shock therapy," but in its pursuing a state-led policy of industrialization. Russia's decline can be attributed largely to Western economists steering it in the exact opposite direction in the 1990s. Isabella Weber, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, explains. CITATIONS: https://bit.ly/3OOrLrZ Join us on Patreon, and help keep our videos free: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Twitter: https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gravelinstitute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelInstitute 0:00 The Chinese Miracle 1:32 The Russian Collapse 5:32 The Chinese Path 8:25 China's Success 9:40 Credits

6:: Are Electric Cars Actually Good for the Environment?

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 26.05.2022 · 17:00:33 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Everyone knows electric cars are better for the environment than gas-powered ones. But are they actually good for the environment? We explain why automobile dependence is always a problem, whether it's electric or not. Featuring Paris Marx. Sources in the video. ERRATA: at 4:15, the text reads 26,000, when it should read 20 600. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19

7:: How France (Still) Controls Africa

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 08.04.2022 · 18:16:03 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· France's African empire ended in the 1960s...but not really. Ismael Loutfi explains. Sources here: https://bit.ly/3NVakq9 These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19 ERRATA: At 5:16 we show a map of several European countries, not just those that use the Euro. We regret the error!

8:: The LAPD Keeps Killing People

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 31.03.2022 · 17:12:57 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· A documentary about the story of the LAPD's shooting and killing Mely Corado, in the context of a pattern of other "accidental" killings by the LAPD. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute

9:: Why the FBI Catfished Me

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 29.03.2022 · 18:59:11 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· YouTube age-restricted the video so we removed 10 seconds of potentially violent footage and have a new version. It wasn't age-restricted anywhere else but YouTube has its own rules. Now it's open to watch by anyone! The story of Khalil Abu Rayyan, a pizza delivery guy in Detroit who was caught up in an FBI counterterrorism operation, catfished, and branded as a terrorist. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute

10:: How America Facilitated a Genocide in Bangladesh

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 25.03.2022 · 20:21:35 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The story of Pakistan's 1971 genocide in Bangladesh, and how America's leaders, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, helped sponsor a genocide. Sources here: https://bit.ly/36HlWvT These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Or, if you prefer, give a one-time donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/br-gi-5kmatch/?refcode=yt&amount=19

11:: How Britain Starved Ireland

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 18.03.2022 · 19:47:33 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· The untold story of Ireland’s worst tragedy. Citations: https://bit.ly/3qjiOx4 These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute And get some nice merch as well: https://merch.gravelinstitute.org/

12:: How America is Causing a Famine in Afghanistan

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 08.03.2022 · 18:00:11 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· America is creating a massive famine in Afghanistan. Millions of lives are at risk. And the U.S. is unwilling to do what Afghans are asking to end it. Masuda Sultan explains. Citations: https://bit.ly/3I6Guet These videos are 100 percent funded by small donations from people like you. And we really need your help. So if you can, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute

13:: America, Russia, and Ukraine's Far Right

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 18.02.2022 · 18:04:32 ··· ···
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14:: I Was a Lonely Pizza Guy. Then the FBI Catfished Me.

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 10.02.2022 · 19:00:07 ··· ···
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15:: Abu Zubaydah: The Fake Terrorist America Tortured

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 04.02.2022 · 19:50:25 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· This is the story of how the U.S. government made an innocent man out to be a leader of al-Qaeda – how it subjected him to "enhanced interrogation," lied about him, and kept him locked up to this very day. Ismael Loutfi explains. These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Citations Here: shorturl.at/kqAVY And get some nice merch as well: https://merch.gravelinstitute.org/

16:: How America's Best State Fell Apart

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 27.01.2022 · 18:59:35 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· Wisconsin – that most American of all U.S. states – was once a land where socialists won elected office and where “the Wisconsin Idea” represented a nation where government could be a force for good. But in the last few decades, Wisconsin – and the rest of America – has changed. The story of Wisconsin is a story of much more: it’s the story of the betrayal of America’s poor and working class. Philip Rocco, associate professor of political science at Marquette University, explains. Citations: shorturl.at/mtHK3 These videos are entirely funded by small donations. In order to expand what we do, we need your help. Please join us on Patreon if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute And get some nice merch as well: https://merch.gravelinstitute.org/ 0:00 Introduction 0:41 The Old Wisconsin 2:08 Fall 3:27 Betrayal 4:53 The Collapse 7:56 After the Fall 9:51 Credits

17:: The Most Radical Speech in Presidential History

01.01.1970 · 01:00:00 ··· 07.01.2022 · 20:30:03 ··· ···
··· ··· ··· ··· In 1944, an American president proposed a sweeping reorganization of American life: a "second Bill of Rights" that recognized not only political rights, but economic rights as well. Franklin Roosevelt's speech would today be regarded as far outside the political mainstream: but when it was proposed, it was overwhelmingly popular with ordinary Americans. Harvey Kaye, historian of the American left, explains. Citations: https://bit.ly/3K1AZjk Join us on Patreon, and help keep our videos free: https://www.patreon.com/gravelinstitute Get Institute Merch: https://gravelinstitute.org/merch Twitter: https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gravelinstitute Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelInstitute 0:00 The New Deal 1:55 Roosevelt's Speech 4:10 A Second Bill of Rights? 6:35 Conservative Reaction 7:40 Credits