You Can't Hurt the Gangsters at the Capitalist Casino by Shuffling the Chips Around to Different Bets. You Take Their Chips off the Table.

Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. There’s a better way.

Hamilton Nolan

Changing the World is SIMPOL (2021)

Ever wondered why governments aren't acting fast enough on climate and other global problems? Ever wondered what you can do? Sign on to the SIMPOL campaign at:

5 min

The Tiny House Fire Truck That Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil!

Today Happen Films is taking a tour of this incredible tiny house truck that runs on waste vegetable oil! BEV, the biosphere emergency vehicle, is the mobile home for artists Brenna Quinlan and Charlie Mgee when they're on the road traveling in Australia. The house features a...

15 min

Dreaming the Future | Kenny Ausubel

This video is part of a series called "Seeding the Field: 30 Years of Transformative Solutions," which celebrates some of the best moments of the Bioneers conference through the last 30 years. Founders Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, who organized these brilliant lectures...

3 min

The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement (2020)

Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature.

53 min

We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises

The headlines dominating the news understandably deal with the outrageous behavior of President Donald Trump and the attempted coup he inspired at our nation's Capitol.

Bernie Sanders

How 100% Clean Energy Could Power Our Cities and Towns

Grist built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we tried to transition to 100% clean energy. In the real world, it’s even more difficult. Staff reporter Shannon Osaka wrote about what it really means when cities say they’re going ‘100 percent renewable.’

6 min

Tamera: An Ecovillage for a New Humanity (2018)

Tamera is an ecovillage situated in the south of Portugal. It is a holistic peace research and education center exploring different ways of being and living on this planet. With two hundred people currently residing there, Tamera has become an iconic space of experimentation...

11 min

The Minimalists: Less Is Now (2021) (trailer)

They've built a movement out of minimalism. Longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share how our lives can be better with less. Directed by Matt D'Avella.

2 min

The Sculptured House (2020)

A film made by Ayet Alers, documenting the creation of a small natural house, following the process from the start until completion.

48 min

Our Democracy No Longer Represents the People. Here's How We Fix It (2015)

Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig makes the case that our democracy has become corrupt with money, leading to inequality that means only 0.02% of the United States population actually determines who's in power.

21 min

Both And

A Direct Route to Feeling and Experience

Josh Liveright

Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)

From Executive Producer Mark Ruffalo comes the world’s first documentary film on the Rights of Nature Movement, a “Paradigm Shifting” story where the 'Rights of Nature' has become 'capitalism’s one true opponent.'

84 min

Nowtopia: A Documentary About Economic Alternatives (2020)

The term ‘Nowtopia’ is increasingly used by both activists and academics to describe a variety of interconnected tendencies. It can, for instance, apply to seeking freedom outside the confines of wage labour, or the creation of liberated common space in the here and now.

32 min

A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)

70 years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and committed itself to fostering a peaceful society. It has been reaping the benefits ever since.

90 min

How Ranked Choice Voting Can Save American Politics

Tired of voting for the lesser of two evils? Our current election system is broken, and it yields worse and worse candidates every cycle. Ranked Choice Voting can help solve that problem.

12 min

In Our Hands: A Documentary Series about People Regenerating Their Lives & The Earth (2020)

‘In Our Hands’ / ‘En Nuestras Manos’ is a documentary series about a movement to restore ecological farming around the world. Filmmaker Matt Anderson (‘Fall and Winter’, 2013) traveled to over 40 farms and gardens in 7 countries to document the profound impact the GROW...

30 min

How America Can Leave Fossil Fuels Behind, In One Chart

VOX talked to physicist and engineer Saul Griffith, who takes us through his incredibly detailed road map for how the US could actually walk away from fossil fuels in the next 30 years.

12 min

Why Everyone Deserves A Basic Income | Guy Standing

There is a simple solution to the economic problems we face today. It’s called a universal basic income and this is the justification for it.

6 min

World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!

After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June 21, we hosted an inspiring online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of...

115 min

World Localization Day - full version. Be part of this inspirational movement for change!

259 min

Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals

2014 Book Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

Michael Hoexter

The Inner Peace Revolution

We all want peace, so why isn’t the world more peaceful? Discover the scientific evidence that points to a surprising solution.

21 min

50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything

Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded...

9 min

Worker Cooperatives: Expanding Democracy In The Workplace

For the vast majority of people, work is miserable, tedious, and meaningless. It doesn't have to be that way. Expanding workplace democracy through worker co-ops is a step in the right direction. This video was written in part by a Second Thought patron! Big thanks to Thought...

11 min

Can Universal Basic Income End Our Cultural Obsession With Work? | Philosopher Andrew Taggart

In 1948, German philosopher Josef Pieper predicted that society was headed for a dystopia he called 'Total Work'. With most of us in 2017 working too long, missing social events, working on weekends, and egging on our older years just for the retirement, practical philosopher...

9 min

#Nicecleanvote

Sport is a bipartisan attraction in America today. No matter your party, you probably enjoy engaging in or following some matchup that takes it to the mat, court, or gridiron. Before starting in team or solo competition of all kinds, opponents recognize a moment devoted to...

Josh Adler

A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History

The arc of history is long and tiresome, but the events of the past are never as far away as we would like to believe they are. To understand where we are going, we must reflect on where we’ve been. In doing so, we will find the troubles of the past are not yet laid behind us...

Matthew R. Bishop

Is Universal Basic Income The Future?

Imagine a future in which every person was afforded the basics of life. How would this change our society? Is UBI the future? – Second Thought

12 min

2040: Join The Regeneration (2020)

Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.

91 min

From Trash To Treasure: Turning Negatives Into Positives (2020)

In Lesotho—a highland country surrounded by South Africa—an artist named Nthabiseng TeReo Mohanela takes discarded materials and transforms them into unique clothing and accessories. Teaching young people the benefits of recycling and re-creation, she calls her project “From...

25 min

The Cure of the Earth

"Love of life is the guide and motivator of ecological healing on Earth. Next comes learning how to put that love into action. How do we do that for that most alive of all places, the Amazon?"

Charles Eisenstein

The Banker Ladies

Created by the Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective, The Banker Ladies tells the stories of Ginelle, Aisha, and Mabinty, three Black women in Toronto creating diverse financial services for their communities through Rotating Saving and Credit Associations (ROSCAs).

21 min

Free Films For Action - Summer 2020 Highlights

In this round-up, you'll find the links to watch 19 documentaries we wanted to highlight this summer.

Films For Action

Framing Reality: A Plan for the Future (2020)

All humans on the planet are living under an illusionary paradigm that can be compared to what was presented in the 'Matrix'. A mental prison that exists within the minds of the collective. This prison exists as the societal paradigm we have chosen to accept. That is all...

51 min

Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature

How do we get from the world of now to the society we long to live in?

Michael Nagler

Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives

After decades on the defensive, the left has once again started to embrace positive visions of the future.

Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, and Matthias Schmelzer

What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)

A small band of natural building enthusiasts and outlaws met in a field over 20 years ago at something they called a ‘colloquium’. The movement they created has grown uncontrollably ever since; reviving and innovating ancient building techniques and training thousands in the...

76 min

Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists

Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: “Yes! Who wouldn’t want to be rich?” Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is generally perceived as something good. It implies more freedom, fewer worries, more happiness, higher social...

Julia K. Steinberger, Thomas Wiedmann and Manfred Lenzen

We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism

The well-intentioned drive among white progressives to “check their privilege” or “take responsibility” for their unconscious biases won’t do much to fight racism. But forging real solidarity through concrete campaigns, protests, and movements can.

Hadas Thier

Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies

Assume that all human beings desire warm, close relationships with each other. This is also true of you and of all other white people. Assume that you are a regular white person (not an exceptional white person) and that all whites are good people, caring...

Ricky Sherover-Marcuse

What Are We Talking About When We Talk About 'A Police-Free Future'?

Over the past two weeks, our “Building a Police-Free Future: Frequently-Asked Questions” zine has been shared tens of thousands of times. That zine is a great first step, but it’s also only 1000 words long! We know people still have questions, especially when it comes to some...

MPD150

We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety

As community leaders calling for less funding for police and more funding for alternative community safety measures, we were glad to see the Star Tribune Editorial Board reflecting on the relationship between police and public safety a few weeks ago (“Defunding cops is not...

Tony Williams, Leilah Abdennabi and Sheila Nezhad

The Myth of Class Reductionism with Adolph Reed

Today Bhaskar Sunkara, editor & publisher of Jacobin magazine, is joined by professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Adolph Reed Jr., to talk about what materialist political history actually looks like and how the charge from liberals...

81 min

The War on Crime Is Really a War on the Poor - a Civilized Society Would Simply Abolish Poverty

Invest in people, not prisons.

Tim Hjersted

Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police

Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300 million. But efforts to solve

Mariame Kaba

Miki Kashtan: Exiting the Either/Or Trap - Decision Making Beyond Consensus and Command / Control

Are long, drawn-out consensus processes the only alternative to a rigid, hierarchical decision making model that reinforces unhealthy power dynamics? Trainer, facilitator and writer Miki Kashtan offers her powerful framework of Convergent Facilitation, which is a model of...

89 min

Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)

COMMUNITIES OF HOPE is a film born from a quest to discover a regenerative culture.

29 min

No More Money for the Police

Redirect it to emergency response programs that don’t kill black people.

Philip V. McHarris and Thenjiwe McHarris

We Have to Demand an End to the Social Order That Led to George Floyd's Murder

At times of widespread misery, a single incident of blatant injustice can cause enormous, unexpected outrage — outrage that then fuels far wider protests and more radical demands. This is exactly what we’ve seen across the United States since George Floyd’s murder.

Jeremy Gong

Police Abolition 101: What a World Without Cops Would Look Like

“Can we come up with a situation where there are fewer killings, and fewer collateral consequences?”

Madison Pauly

Horizontal Governing - The Virtually Incorruptible Solution to Vertical Top Down Corruption

Learn more at: https://utopiacornucopia.org/

8 min

The Answer to Police Violence Is Not 'Reform'. It's Defunding. Here's Why.

Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues – Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response

Alex S Vitale

Another Uprising Was Inevitable

This epidemic of racism is more prevalent, more real, more tangible than even a virus that is taking lives seemingly overnight. When do Black people get to rest, to be safe, to breathe?

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield

How to Fix the World

The pandemic is very quickly teaching us what’s important: health, love, food, a safe and comfortable home, creativity and learning, connectedness, and being able to get out into nature. Shouldn’t those things be the pillars around which our societies are organised? The virus...

Laura Basu

Tomorrow's Power (2019)

Local activists in Gaza, Germany, and Colombia challenge fossil-fuel dependency and power structures in a struggle for social and climate justice.

77 min

Biodiversity Now!

Progressive International Council member Carola Rackete and Dr. Claire Wordley explore the dimensions of Europe's biodiversity crisis — and how the Green New Deal can address it.

Carola Rackete and Dr. Claire Wordley

Nobody Takes the Renewable Energy Transition Seriously

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Despite all the demands from climate activists, scientists, and even policy makers, hardly a single country is taking the shift to renewable energy seriously. Even countries and regions that claim to be...

Richard Heinberg

A Degrowth Perspective on the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus (covid-19) has caused upheaval across the world, deaths of the most vulnerable, closed borders, financial market crashes, curfews and controls on group gatherings, and many more devastating effects.

Degrowth Editorial Team

Beneath Conspiracy Theories, the Class War

The danger of conspiracy theories is their ability to breed apathy and resignation, offering an easy narrative that makes people susceptible to influence and limits social change. There is another way.

Aragorn Eloff

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