In late August 1921, thousands of coal miners in West Virginia marched to demand union recognition, safer working conditions, and an end to company control over their lives. They were met with armed guards, state forces, and eventually federal troops in what became the largest labor uprising in U.S. history.

This song looks back on the miners’ wars not as a story of triumph, but as a reminder of the cost of organizing and the violence that was used to suppress it. It honors the workers who were killed, imprisoned, or blacklisted, and insists that workers’ rights were not granted freely, but won through struggle, sacrifice, and endurance.

Our mission is to shed light on stories that transform our world. Armed with the scientific process and the principles of veracity, Beyond Borders aims to challenge established world views, and combat fake news that has proliferated since the rise of social media. Beyond Borders episodes are globe-spanning bullet documentaries that cover a wide range of topics from science to mythology to the current events that forge the future, and many are seen through the eyes of those affecting change.

Living by the credo that reality doesn’t care what people think, we at Beyond Borders strongly believe that knowledge must be filtered through our own lenses as little as humanly possible. Hence our primary focus is to challenge the biases and mythologies that drive our lives wherever and whenever we encounter them.

Palinode is a philosophical technology collective spearheading the creation of innovative products, academic courses and philosophical events, while producing media rooted in the exploration of ideas and philosophical tradition.
In a landscape dominated by algorithmic optimization and endless engagement loops, we offer an alternative: technologies and approaches that don’t flatten thought and are capable of mediating nuance instead of eradicating it, reward intellectual risk, and invite users to think differently. Our name, Palinode, evokes a poetic retraction: a turning back to revise, not regress.

This is an excerpt from the upcoming documentary, entitled ‘The Art of Peace’, which follows the efforts of General Tarka and the High Authority for the Consolidation of Peace to fight the growing threat of terrorism in the Sahel through peaceful measures.

This video was shot at the legendary Cure Salée Festival in Ingall, Niger in September of 2019. In the vein of U2 with “Streets with No Name”, Bombino and his band set up their gear, and held this impromptu concert in the middle of the festival. Within minutes, a crowd of a thousand people gathered in a circle around him.

The Marrakech Marathon has grown to become one of the world’s most prestigious marathons, and in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The dreamscape course takes participants along the the city’s 12th-century ramparts, through the spectacular Menara gardens, and upon immaculate roads lined with lush palm trees.

The Edenic city of Marrakech offers an exceptional setting, an often mild climate in January, and a beautiful circuit that is considered among the fastest of the international marathons… The Marrakech Marathon not only aims to make the shortlist of the most prestigious international marathons of the world, but even more, to become the essential international meeting place for all the stars of this great sport.

“Morrison’s Hotel” from Grand Yukon Territory’s new EP…5 scorching canyon rock songs that journey through the soot-caked heart of Americana.

Stronger Than Bullets is an award-winning feature length documentary film that tells the story of the music revolution that exploded into being amid the 2011 Libyan uprising. The film went on to feature in scores of festivals, and garnered a number of awards. It was also part of Al Jazeera’s Witness series.

Synopsis:1985. In a brutal show of power, Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi outlaws music instruments, and orders them hurled into bonfires. Those were the years the music died…

Yet in 2011, when the people rise, the music reawakens, and the streets of Benghazi resound with a melodic fury. Libyan youth come out in droves to rock the very foundations of the regime with crunching guitars and furious beats.

But when the tyrant falls, victory soon descends into chaos, and a new tyranny emerges. The streets of Benghazi once again go silent. Yet the flame of hope cannot be dimmed, as the musicians once again prepare to challenge oppression…and strike a chord for freedom.