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Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul
The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)
Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One
The Story of Stuff
"Black" and "White" Were Labels Invented in the 15th Century - Made Up to Divide Us
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)
Carl Sagan - Who Speaks for Earth?
The Story of Solutions: Why Making Real Change Starts with Changing the Game
What Is Addiction? - Gabor Maté
ENOUGHNESS: Restoring Balance to the Economy in the Most Awesome Way Ever
Jacque Fresco - A Story of Change
John Perkins Explains How Economic Hitmen Rob The World In Service of Corporate Profit
How Wolves Change Rivers
The Story of Change
This Painting Captures a Disturbing Truth about the History of Our Education System
Incredible Animation Summarises Noam Chomsky's 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine
He Didn't Always Speak. But when He Did, He Gave the Greatest Speech of All Time.
Without Saying a Word This 6 Minute Clip From Samsara Will Make You Speechless
The Most Astounding Fact about the Universe
Wake Up Call: End the Nightmare of Consumption
Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?
We Are Built To Be Kind
Charles Eisenstein: The Two Great Stories That Give Meaning to Our Lives
The Revolution Is Love! Our Movement is for the 100%
Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein
Happiness
Everything We Think We Know About Addiction Is Wrong
The Empathic Civilization (Animated)
This Is The "Living on Earth 101" Primer Every Human Needs To See. And It's Only 52 Seconds.
Elder Explains the Origins of the First Nation Seven Teachings
We Need Activism to Have More Compassion In It
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Anti-Fascist Activism & The Value of Nonviolence
Indigenous Knowledge
Guides
Activist Philosophy & Reflection
Liberation Theory: A Working Framework
What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember
No Impact Man's Guide to Activism
Working Assumptions and Guidelines for Alliance-Building
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist
Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?
Blocking Awareness and Defriending Our Way Into Group Think
9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible
The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
How To (Not) Change Minds On The Internet
How to Sustain Your Activism: What Grace Lee Boggs Would Have Taught Us
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)
Radical Kindness Is Liberating
One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself
The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame
The Trap of Righteousness
Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists
Are You Tired of the Social Justice Outrage Machine?
The Problem With Judgement
How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions
“Basic Training” for Spiritual Warriors
Why Allies Are Welcome to Criticise Social Movements
Our Activism Must Be Focused on Serving the People
What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic
My Favorite Definition of Privilege
Fighting with Non-Violence | Scilla Elworthy
How to Disagree
20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing
Bret Weinstein: How the Magic Trick is Done
5 Reasons to Build a Network of Small Groups, Rather Than a Mass Movement of Individuals
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Based Activism
Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed
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