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The Martin Luther King Jr. You Don't See on TV

What Martin Luther King Jr. Can Teach Us about Nonviolence

America Hasn’t Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why I Have Mixed Feelings About MLK Day

Why We Should Love Our Enemies

Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns

The Promised Land Is Still Not Here

MLK: Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence (1967)

MLK was Planning Something Huge Just Weeks Before He was Assassinated

The Economics of Happiness

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

How a Land High in the Western Himalayas Can Help Us Understand The Crisis of The Modern World

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

Localization: a Strategic Alternative to Globalized Authoritarianism

Judge a System by the Health of Its Children

Why We Need Big Picture Activism

Resist Globally, Renew Locally

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

Insane Trade!

Our Obsolescent Economy

Trump is a Symptom of Corporate Globalization

Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won't Destroy the Environment

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)

How Globalization Fuels Terrorism and Fundamentalism

Thinking Outside the Grid

We Can’t Do It Ourselves: How Individual Change Has Limits That Can Only be Solved Collectively

To Leave or Remain: Dichotomy or Distraction?

Changing Everything Except What Needs Changing: What's Missing From The Renewable Energy Debate

Trump: The Illusion of Change

The Economics of Climate Change

The Sharing Economy: It Takes More Than a Smartphone

7 Billion for Dinner? Here's How to Feed Them

Indigenous Knowledge

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition

A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning

Dear White People. An Open Letter to White People on Becoming Indigenous

Rose Pere: We Believe In The Oneness of Everything That Exists

Rights VS Responsibilities: "In Our Language, We Don't Have a Word for Rights. We Have Words for Responsibility."

Defend the Sacred Manifesto

Indigenous Wisdom for Living Responsibly

It's Taken Thousands of Years, but Western Science Is Finally Catching up to Traditional Knowledge

Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing

Why Cultural Diversity Is as Essential to Human Survival as Biological Diversity

Arkan Lushwala Shares Indigenous Wisdom: The Earth Is Our Mother

The Other Way of Knowing

The Western Idea of Private Property Is Flawed. Indigenous Peoples Have It Right

Earth Whisperers - Papatuanuku (2009) (trailer)

Lakota Wisdom: Why Native American Truths Can Heal the World

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma

10 Quotes From an Oglala Lakota Chief That Will Make You Question Everything About Our Society

Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed

Biocultural Rights: A New Paradigm for Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources of Indigenous Communities

Red Cry (2013)

Why Tribal Societies Work: An Introduction

The Rights of Nature: Indigenous Philosophies Reframing Law

Daniel Quinn: a Return to Tribalism?

Tribal Revival: The Tribal Basis Of The Next Civilization

Maori Elder Rose Pere Speaks and Sings for the 2015 Parliament Indigenous Plenary

Imperialism

The Rise of History's Biggest Empire

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

Schooling the World (2010)

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy (2000)

Obey (2013)

War By Other Means (1992)

Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy (2020)

US Empire Exploits COVID-19 For More War

Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia

The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2018)

The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

How We Got Here: Documentaries That Explain Why Corporate Media Is the Crisis

How We Got Here: 17 Documentaries That Explain Why the Mass Media Is the Crisis

The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

Shadows of Liberty: The Truth Behind the News Media (2012)

The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (1997)

The Century of the Self (2002)

Advertising & The End of The World (1997)

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)

The Crisis of the Cultural Environment: Media & Democracy in the 21st Century (1997)

Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001)

Project Censored The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junk Food News (2013)

United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion (2020)

Propaganda: How Western Citizens are Turned Into Compliant Slaves (2012)

PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)

Orwell Rolls In His Grave (2003)

Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)

10 Films That Will Metaphorically Blow Your Mind

The Corporation (2003)

Propaganda: How Western Citizens are Turned Into Compliant Slaves (2012)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

The War at Home: The Untold History of Class War in the United States (2021)

Beware Of Images (2016)

Fall and Winter (2013)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Engines of Domination: Political Power & The Human Emergency - Director's Cut (2018)

Humanity is NOT the Problem. A Cultural Paradigm Based on Domination Is.

"We" Are Not Humanity: A Refutation of the "Humanity is a Virus" Thesis

Friendly Reminder: Humans Are Not a Virus - the Virus Is a Cultural Ideology

Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition

Engines of Domination: Political Power & The Human Emergency - Director's Cut (2018)

Humanity Is Not A Parasite

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The Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual on The Art of Living

Stephen Mitchell

It's Time to Abolish Private Health Insurance

Tim Hjersted

Why French Kids Don't have ADHD

Marilyn Wedge

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

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"Whiteness" Was a Term Invented by Elites to Suppress Multi-Racial Rebellions & Divide the Working Class. It's Time to Give It Up.

Tim Hjersted

Four Kinds of Dystopia

Darren Allen

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

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The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Panic Volkushka

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

Douglas Haddow

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won

Daniel Hunter

Worker Self-Directed Enterprises: the Cure for Capitalism

Kevin Gustafson

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

George Lakey

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

David Cain

The Top 250 Documentaries We Can Use to Inspire a More Beautiful World

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50 Documentaries Inspiring the Transition From Empire to Earth Community

Tim Hjersted

10 Life Hacks to Help You Cut Plastic Out of the Picture

Kate Good

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

UN Report Warns of Escalating Genocide in Gaza

Chris Hedges

"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism

Justice Bartlett

Pathological Consumption Has Become So Normalised That We Scarcely Notice It

George Monbiot

123 Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo

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Shame, Guilt & the Roots of Violence

James Gilligan

What Is Soft Fascism, Anyway?

Stephen Elliott-Buckley

Instructions for Courageous Living in a Broken World

Tim Hjersted

Documentaries about Living the Change

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

Occupy Love (2013)

Not Business As Usual (2014)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Creating Prosperous Communities: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperatives in Maleny (2002)

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

A Passion For Sustainability (2008)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016) (trailer)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Documentaries by Scott Noble

The War at Home: The Untold History of Class War in the United States (2021)

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

Plutocracy: The History of Class War In The USA (2019)

Rise Like Lions: OWS and the Seeds of Revolution (2011)

Films about Localization - the Solution to Globalization and Destructive, Infinite-Growth Economics

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

LOCAL: A Story Of Hope

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

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

Locally Abundant (2012)

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

Helena Norberg-Hodge: An Overview of Localization

Local Futures: Beyond the Monoculture (1998)

Local Living Economies - Protecting What We Love

Israel & Palestine Coverage

How YOU Can Help Stop Israel's Carnage In Gaza - And Support Palestinian Liberation

Israeli Politician Backs Genocide Investigation - Now They're Trying To Silence Him w/ Ofer Cassif

Israeli Destruction and Massacres Continue with US Backing | Glenn Greenwald

BBC's Racism Over Gaza Exposed By Shocking Study

The World's Most Documented Genocide in History

How Israel Could Be STOPPED By South Africa - Its Overwhelming Genocide Case Explained

Israeli Dissidents Expose Genocidal Language

Yanis Varoufakis Tells Me: Gaza Is A Genocide In Plain Sight

Chris Hedges: "The Genocide in Gaza"

I Watched The Hamas Massacre Film. Here's My Thoughts. | Owen Jones

"In My Name, I Want No Vengeance." - The Call of Michal Halev

On Israel-Gaza & the Corrupting Media Dynamic of “Audience Capture” | Glenn Greenwald

I’m Jewish. I Want a Ceasefire in Gaza. | Dave Zirin

DEBUNKED: Where Is Palestine’s MLK?

Pope Calls Israeli Army Terrorists | The Kyle Kulinski Show

'Biden Could END Gaza War With A Phone Call': Jeremy Scahill Exposes US and Israeli Claims

Don't Turn Away: This Video Shows the Reality of Israel's War on Gaza

The Hidden History of Israel: Jewish Professor Avi Shlaim meets Palestinian Author Ghada Karmi

"Self-Hating Jew" Explains Why Israel Has No Right...

Dr. Gabor Mate: This Is Genocide

Yes, Israel is an Apartheid State. Perhaps an Analogy Will Be Useful Here.

Tory MP Threatens To Prosecute UK Govt Over Israeli War Crimes

23 Minutes Refuting: "That's Not Genocide"

Amnesty International Finds "Damning Evidence of War Crimes" by Israel as Gaza Death Toll Tops 6,500

Israel is a Terrorist State

Israel and The Myth of 'Self Defence'

Israel's Long War on Gaza w/Norman Finkelstein | The Chris Hedges Report

Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas (2018)

Patriarchy and the Love We Deserve

Why Patriarchy Is Not About Men

Patriarchy and the Patriarchal Woman

Understanding Patriarchy

Tenderness, Vulnerability, and Mourning in Response to the Legacy of Patriarchy

Wanted: Men Who Love

Feminine Power Does Not Move the World Through Force

The Love We Deserve

#MeToo and Liberation for All

Okay Men, Let's Talk About Toxic Femininity

What Society Says To Men- Helly Shah | Spoken Word Poetry

The Trouble With Equality: Feminism and the Forgotten Places of Power

My Revolution: A Blazing Declaration for Inner & Global Transformation

Why Patriarchy Persists (And How We Can Change It)

Traditional Gender Norms Are Imprisoning All of Us - Let's Be Whole Human Beings

Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine

What Is Toxic Masculinity?

Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture (trailer)

Beyond Patriarchy: A Libertarian Model of the Family

The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism

The Mother Wound as a Missing Link to Understanding Misogyny

Why It's Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound

Dangerous Women Speak Truth to Power in Patriarchy's Dying Breath

Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism

Healing the Divine Masculine

The Wisdom Within: Sacred Masculine and Sacred Feminine

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