White Liberalism | The Politics of Bystanding Ali Nisah 2022-06-16 | ‘White liberalism’ is often used in reference to any individual white person who demeans or condescends black and brown people under the veneer of progressivism and social justice. This video makes the case that white liberalism has little to do with an individual liberal’s skin colour. It is, in reality, a sweeping political and legal force with its own values, goals, legislative accomplishments, and supporters; a political project based on the collective hegemony of the wealthy white population, that infiltrates society through racial and economic conflict, that has outlasted one generation after the other, and that will continue to exist long after we’re all gone. From the 1960s to the present day, I analyze the devastation to black, brown, and white working communities that white liberalism has either directly caused or enabled. I also explain how the ideology has played a central role in crippling the masses’ faith in government, and in political and legal institutions as a whole. Hope you enjoyy.---Reference list: docs.google.com/document/d/19fbH65XzEA4jSbpShVdsU1npgzDYLhs4-_CqOIYefuQ00:00 196301:19 Norms, Guardrails, and Lawlessness03:06 Ideology of the Bystander: The Letter from Birmingham Jail07:44 President-elect Obama & the Promise of Change12:52 FILIBUSTER: Paralysis and Dysfunction at all Costs16:42 The Abandonment of the Labour Class18:48 2020s: Prognosis for the Future
Neoliberal Populism | How a Right Wing Regime Conquered America Ali Nisah 2023-08-25 | Neoliberal populism has been the overwhelmingly dominant form of political rhetoric within the global superpower for decades now. It is practiced and preached far and wide, on a bipartisan basis, across vastly different levers and agencies of government; even among the politicians who claim to resent populism to its core. In my view, it has also been absolutely essential to maintaining a right wing status quo within the country's domestic politics, discourse, & economy over the last 50 years. In this video, we’ll discuss a brief history of the USA's treatment of its own leftist coalitions, what neoliberal populism is, and how it built an overwhelming popular support for the country's right wing regime throughout the 70s and 80s. I hope yall enjoy---Reference list:docs.google.com/document/d/1hTwYtEV1wFQJxrDCUjXFDmeO1IT6fVALICNRV4YWH8sThe Most Successful Peoples' Political Operation in U.S. History - 00:00What Is Neoliberal Populism? - 04:06Seventies: The Regime's Beginnings - 12:06Seventies & Resentment - 16:50Eighties: The Regime's Takeover - 20:28Eighties & the Workers - 24:12Eighties & Race - 32:15Eighties & Crime - 39:42President Reagan - 47:01The Decades to Come - 48:16
talking politics and television on a Saturday night Ali Nisah 2023-08-20 | Let's talk. Follow me on tiktok if you want to hear more of my voice: alinisahlisa
The Sopranos | How Men Break Each Other (and Ourselves) Ali Nisah 2023-04-26 | This video represents a left-wing analysis of the Sopranos. A deep dive into its critique of ‘traditional’ conceptions of men and male existence, as well as how these conceptions create nothing but problems for the next generation of men and boys; at the hands of the same men they’re taught to expect to guide and care for them. Hope yall enjoyThe World of the Sopranos - 00:00A Tale of Male Life - 01:01Tony & the Hierarchy - 03:30Tony & Traditionalism - 10:46Tony, Christopher, & Addiction - 19:18The Hegemony We Work Against - 23:12
Polite Tyranny | The Tragedy of Modern Canada Ali Nisah 2022-12-30 | Common discourse suggests that Canada is a tame, pacifistic country today; that while disputes and skirmishes will always come up, and *maybe* people went too far in the past, but that TODAY, our model of society is at its core, just, free, and sound. Such is the image our lawmakers try their absolute hardest to project, across both our liberal and conservative parties, and on both a domestic and international basis. Tragically, it couldn't be further from our realityThe Big, Beautiful Image - 00:00The Truth Behind the Image - 01:25Canadian Regime - 04:21Rebutting Apologetics for the Regime 06:50Modern Canada & the Trudeau Era - 08:41The Big Girl Court - 13:20The Court & Indigenous Culture - 15:53The Court & Indigenous Economy - 17:41Grassy Narrows & the Injustice of the Provinces - 19:15A Discourse Stuck in Purgatory - 20:46The Case for Something New - 22:07---Annotated list of sources used: docs.google.com/document/d/1dxFLrZlqoVw3S6NyeSEL616Tc8Ddfxu3UOKN6Wf1rB8The contents of this video are protected under Fair Use, which allows the use of footage owned by others so long as the use is transformative; adding your own expression, commentary, criticism, and/or meaning to the original sourced clips.A great deal of footage used in this video was sourced by documentaries made by Alanis Obamsawin, a prolific, skilled Indigenous filmmaker. She’s produced a number of works covering the state of Indigenous life, from the 1980s to today. She was on the grounds of the Oka siege of 1990, capturing incredible sights of state repression that otherwise might have been lost to time entirely. I'd recommend watching her documentaries yourself. Links to some of her works are attached below.Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistanceyoutube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKs Incident at Restigoucheyoutube.com/watch?v=RdYdqF1a7S0My Name Is Kahentiiostayoutube.com/watch?v=7-0zYFL7irE Trick or Treaty?youtube.com/watch?v=kAGHDrSRd4k Hi-Ho Mistahey!youtube.com/watch?v=3uWHrw4glqU Rocks at Whiskey Trenchyoutube.com/watch?v=V3cYG2vORYc Spudwrench - Kahnawake Manyoutube.com/watch?v=hn5rrDyiKLw We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twiceyoutube.com/watch?v=Ha9RKEoiPyk Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from www.videvo.net
Better Call Saul | Why the Rule of Law Doesnt Exist Ali Nisah 2022-08-24 | The rule of law is something most people within Canadian and U.S. societies, are taught about from a young age; as a given. Judges revere it, politicians evoke its name at every turn. But when analyzing the legal world and its institutions in the canadian/american contexts, there exists ample evidence that even within societies typically seen as stable, developed, and lawful, the rule of law is a fugazi. While certain, signficant aspects of its rule can undoubtedly be fulfilled, such as relative social stability, a holistic definition of the rule of law; a guarantee that nobody is above being held accountable by a court; hasn't come close to being fulfilled. Malice, incompetence, innocence, and power all come together to deny people a fully functional legal system; primarily by shielding the law *itself* from consequences or accountability. The show Better Call Saul does a pretty good job of illustrating that point. Hope you all enjoy this videoo REFERENCES (numbers correspond to the numbers displayed on screen, when info is derived from each source):(1) The Fifth Estate: Betrayal of Trust - An episode of a CBC show on legal corruption within Canada. cbc.ca/player/play/879915587897 (2) The Teflon Robe, Part 1: Objections Overruled - A sweeping and holistic Reuters Analysis of how U.S. judges who break laws are rarely ever given their due. reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-judges-misconduct(3) Police Corruption: Exploring Police Deviance and Crime - A book by Maurice Punch, a professor and researcher, with decades of experience researching corporate crime and police criminology.(4) L.A. is investigating 50-year-old policegangs, finally - A brief exposition on the continued presence of policegangs in the LA County Sherriff's Department. reuters.com/legal/government/la-is-investigating-50-year-old-police-gangs-finally-2022-03-30(5) Excerpts of What the Commission Found: Loyalty Over Integrity - The Mollen Commission's conclusions on widespread lawlessness in the NYPD. nytimes.com/1994/07/07/nyregion/corruption-uniform-excerpts-what-commission-found-loyalty-over-integrity.html(6) The tyranny of merit: What’s become of the common good? - A book by Michael J. Sandel. Sandel argues that top law schools foster aristocracy by highly prioritizing students with the most resources. Points to the fact that in the UK, at least 70% of students who attend the most elite institutions come from families in the top 25% of the income scale, compared to just 3% from families in the lowest quarter percentile of income earners.(7) The impact of legacy status on undergraduate admissions at elite colleges and universities - An article by Michael Hurwitz that highlights the advantages that students well-connected families often receive when applying to Ivy League institutions relative to the general student population of the U.S. sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775710001676Better Cali Ali - 00:00The rule of law v. Law as an illusion - 01:03Legal Naivety (Kim) - 03:33Legal Corruption (Mike) - 14:50No Police For the Police - 21:20Jimmy & Chuck - 22:37SAUL GONE - 28:32
Breaking Bad | How the War on Drugs Traumatizes Everybody Ali Nisah 2022-04-23 | A deep dive into the biggest political drive behind Breaking Bad's stories: America's War on Drugs. How the minds of walter white, jesse pinkman, and hank minerals are warped and distorted by the sheer dystopia that is the drug war. The state's use of legal and cultural institutions to normalize treating citizens like dirt. We're gonna be looking at alll of the above and more in this video essay!An icon of a show - 00:00A cynical world - 01:36Hank - 02:51Walt - 08:45Jesse - 13:56Epilogue: El Camino - 20:05EDIT: Many of you have been asking for the name of the song that plays during the Walt intro, so here it is! I apologize for not linking it sooner. Support DJ Richter by listening to his remix below: youtube.com/watch?v=1yhAyywTZi0
The Office | How Capitalism Propagandizes Itself Ali Nisah 2022-04-05 | First video! How The Office devolved from a compelling and innovative mockumentary at its peak into a vapid, safe, politically correct sitcom by its end. As the show's answer to 'The Capitalist Question' changes through its run, the blunt satire and realism of the earlier seasons give way to overwhelmingly polished characters, one-dimensional stories, and a propaganda-esque outlook on what it means to be an employee in a capitalist world. Hope yall enjoyyy
