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F*ck That: A Guided Meditation for the Realities of Today's World
F*ck That: A Guided Meditation for the Realities of Today's World
2 min Just acknowledge that all that sh*t is f*cking b*llshit — you're here now, in this place, with your inner stillness. Take in a deep breath ... now breathe out. Just feel the f*cking nonsense float away.
The Reign of Idiots
The Reign of Idiots
Chris Hedges Donald Trump. King of the horrifingly dumb and dangerously greedy.
The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump
The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump
Chris Hedges The problem with Donald Trump is not that he is imbecilic and inept—it is that he has surrendered total power to the oligarchic and military elites. They get what they want...
What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
Katherine Reynolds Lewis Negative consequences, timeouts, and punishment just make bad behavior worse. But a new approach really works.
Daniel Quinn: a Return to Tribalism?
Daniel Quinn: a Return to Tribalism?
Alice Linsley Daniel Quinn is an observer of the failure of modern civilization and an advocate of a return to tribal values. He explores this in his book Beyond Civilization: Humanity Next...
We Can't Battle the Bigotry Stoked by Trump without a Strategy to Alleviate the Economic Misery Behind It
We Can't Battle the Bigotry Stoked by Trump without a Strategy to Alleviate the Economic Misery Behind It
Chris Hedges My relatives in Maine are deplorables. I cannot write on their behalf. I can write in their defense. They live in towns and villages that have been ravaged by...
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
Kevin A. Carson The definitive critique of our economic system since its beginning to the present day.
The Coming Collapse
The Coming Collapse
Chris Hedges It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion.
32 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See
32 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See
Tim Hjersted These documentaries expose the ugly truth about war and the governments who wage them. The US government is focused on in this collection because I am based in the US, and it...
Steven Pinker's Ideas Are Fatally Flawed. These Eight Graphs Show Why.
Steven Pinker's Ideas Are Fatally Flawed. These Eight Graphs Show Why.
Jeremy Lent It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives.
The Silencing of Dissent
The Silencing of Dissent
Chris Hedges Now that the ideology of global capitalism has been discredited, the ruling elites are turning to blacklists, internet censorship and charges of “fake news” to shut down their...
On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom
On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom
Carol Black “In Wildness is the preservation of the World.” Thoreau says it in “Walking,” and Jack Turner, in his exquisite collection of essays, The Abstra
What Is Addiction? - Gabor Maté
What Is Addiction? - Gabor Maté
3 min Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them.
Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition
Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition
Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk What if we told you that humanity is being driven to the brink of extinction by an illness? That all the poverty, the climate devastation, the perpetual war, and consumption...
America’s Treatment of Palestinians Has Grown Horrendously Cruel
America’s Treatment of Palestinians Has Grown Horrendously Cruel
Razan Azzarkani No words can describe the anger and anguish I feel as a Palestinian in America watching this unfold.
The Children’s Fire: Our Culture’s Missing, Ancient, Core Value
The Children’s Fire: Our Culture’s Missing, Ancient, Core Value
14 min “Can you imagine? Can you imagine our society if we placed the children’s fire at the center of all institutions of power in our government, in our corporations, in our...
Defend the Sacred Manifesto
Defend the Sacred Manifesto
Martin Winiecki A group of global visionaries and leaders gathered in Portugal this summer. They're publishing a manifesto laying out the possible foundation for a global alliance to defend...
Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal
Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal
Chris Agnos For the majority of the past century, a battle has been waged between two dominant ideologies – capitalism and communism.  Both competing economic systems focus on how best to...
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