Films For Action: A Library for Changing the World

Activist Philosophy & Reflection

How to Sustain Your Activism: What Grace Lee Boggs Would Have Taught Us

Liberation Theory: a Working Framework

Not All Politics Is Identity Politics

20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing

The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline

Guidelines for Alliance-Building: Working Assumptions for Winning Allies and Being an Effective Ally

“Basic Training” for Spiritual Warriors

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists

Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde

The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities

What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember

No Impact Man's Guide to Activism

Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?

Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions

9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

The Polarization Trap

How to Disagree

Blocking Awareness and Defriending Our Way Into Group Think

There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist

Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)

How To (Not) Change Minds On The Internet

What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic

The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism

One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself

The Trap of Righteousness

How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul

The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame

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

Are You Tired of the Social Justice Outrage Machine?

Why Allies Are Welcome to Criticise Social Movements

The Problem With Judgement

Fighting with Non-Violence | Scilla Elworthy

5 Reasons to Build a Network of Small Groups, Rather Than a Mass Movement of Individuals

Principles to Guide Our Activism

10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy

Liberation Theory: a Working Framework

Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns

We’ve Got a Better World in Mind - 8 Principles for a Beautiful Future

Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction

8 Principles for a Regenerative Civilization

Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

Seven Mantras of the New Revolution

Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Despair Is Not a Strategy: 15 Principles of Hope

The (R)Evolution is Unity: Reflections on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa

How to Fix the World

The Big Picture

Fall and Winter (2013)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Why We Need Big Picture Activism

Money & Life (2013)

A New Story for Humanity (2016)

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

The Corporation (2003)

Requiem For The American Dream (2015)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($4)

The Crisis of Civilization (2011)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

The Global Brain: Peter Russell (1983)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013)

What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)

The Choice Is Ours (2016)

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)

United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)

Unity (2015)

Human (2015)

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community

Tomorrow: Take Concrete Steps To A Sustainable Future ($5)

PLANETARY (2015) ($1)

Our Mentor: Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

The Four Mantras of True Presence

Thich Nhat Hanh: No Enemies

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

We Need a Revolution; It Starts with Falling in Love with Earth

Thich Nhat Hanh: Understanding is the Key To Creating a World Without Enemies

Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

The Four Qualities of True Love

True Justice Should Have Compassion in It

Thich Nhat Hanh On Seeing Ourselves In All Beings and All Beings In Us

Do You Have Time to Love?

Systemic Racism

The History of Structural Racism in Kansas City

Putting Racism on the Table: john a. powell on Structural Racism

Systemic Racism: Is That Really a Thing?

Ending Racism by Creating a Society Where Humiliation is Replaced by Empathy, Love, Generosity and Mutual-Recognition

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

Vicious Abstraction and Systemic Racism: The Violence of False Representation and Coded Language

Why Black Lives Matter Won't Go Away: a Primer on Systemic Racism in America

Racism Is About Power, Not Unpleasant Sentiments

How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence

Akala and Frankie Boyle Discuss Structural Racism in Britain

The Racism of Mass Incarceration, Visualized

The Racism of the US Criminal Justice System in 10 Charts

The Modern Racist Paradigm (2007)

Thandeka: Why Some Anti-Racist Programs Will Fail and Others Will Succeed

Ending Racism Requires Us to Take Up Class Struggle, To Shift the Material Conditions That Gives Race Practical Meaning

The Shocking, True History of Race Baiting, From the 17th Century to the Present Day

Mean, Kind or Non: Which Type of Racist Are You?

Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003) ($5)

The New 'Black Codes'

Trending Articles

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

Films For Action - Summer 2020 Highlights

Films For Action

Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature

Michael Nagler

Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives

Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, and Matthias Schmelzer

Major Papers Urge Trump to Kill Syrians, Risk World War III

Gregory Shupak

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic

Asam Ahmad

Defiance in the Face of Oppression - Iranian Artist Atena Farghadani Defends the Right to Draw

Gavin Aung Than

Survival Of The Nicest? A Theory Of Our Origins Says Cooperation-Not Competition-Is Instinctive

Eric Michael Johnson

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

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

Permaculture

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013)

Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)

7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Seeds of Permaculture: If It's Beautiful, It's Better (2013)

All About Weeds

Permaculture Has Some Incredible Solutions For Transforming Suburbia Into Resilient Communities

Establishing a Food Forest the Permaculture Way (2008)

Intro to Permaculture

Permaculture and the Myth of Scarcity

Perma Kultcha (2010)

Permaculture: A Journey to Freedom

Planet Local: A Short Film Series about the Beautiful Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

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

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 3: Local Food Webs, Exploring Systems of Distribution

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 4: Local Food Processors AKA Making Delicious Food

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 5: Challenges & Solutions

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 7: A Little More Inspiration

Reading Library

Films For Action - Summer 2020 Highlights

Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature

Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives

Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists

A Working Definition of Racism

We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism

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

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

We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety

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

Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police

Native Americans Are Being Killed by Police at a Higher Rate Than Any Other Group

Must See Documentaries | July 2020

13TH (2016)

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

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

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

The Condor & The Eagle (2019) ($6)

Madagasikara (2020) ($4)

The Twelve: A Tale of Wisdom & Unity (2019)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019) ($5)

Within Reach (2013)

Opioids, Inc. (2020)

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

Brain Matters: Putting The First Years First (2020)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017) ($4)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015) ($2)

Beware Of Images (2016)

Denial: The First Step to Acceptance (2016)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)

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A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($4)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017) ($4)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019) ($5)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018) ($5)

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993) ($5)

Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017) ($4)

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012) ($2)

The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017) ($6)

Accidental Anarchist (2017) ($2)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Within Reach (2013)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

New Member Submissions

The Holocaust

~299~ Propaganda Stops Peace But Protesters Stop Pipelines

When You Find Yourself You Can See Everybody Else

Debb: a Journey in Realizing Wholeness

Abundant Peace السلام الحقيقي רב שלום

The Identity of Being Human לפני הכל - בן אדם! الهوية الانسانيه

TERRA BLIGHT

Raising Free People | Akilah Richards

Proud to Be Sengwer

What does community control of police look like?

No teachers, no rules: the schooling trend where kids do whatever they want | 60 Minutes Australia

KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov's Warning to America

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