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Zero Books: Why We Should Engage with Conservative Rebels
Zero Books: Why We Should Engage with Conservative Rebels
Too often the left fails to engage with conservative critics of modernity and this failure allows right-wing tropes and concepts to go unchallenged. For instance, if only the right will address the way social alienation creates a sense of meaninglessness and instability, then...
16 min
On International Women's Day Here Are 8 Steps We Can Take To Support Women And Girls
On International Women's Day Here Are 8 Steps We Can Take To Support Women And Girls
On the 8th of March - International Women's Day - here are 8 steps decision makers must take to support women and girls fighting for their rights in the most difficult places on Earth.
0 min
Radical Kindness Is Liberating
Radical Kindness Is Liberating
A few years ago, Maria Popova wrote an article on how to criticize with kindness, based on the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett. 
Tim Hjersted
Situational Assessment: What We Must Learn from 2016 to Win The Battle of Ideas
Situational Assessment: What We Must Learn from 2016 to Win The Battle of Ideas
In 2015, I took a swing at assessing the shape and state of our global challenges. Looking back, that essay is still well worth a read, but it is high time for an update. While many things have changed in the world in
Jordan Hall
A Deep-Roots Strategy to Combat Hateful Ideologies: Offer Them More of What They Truly Want
A Deep-Roots Strategy to Combat Hateful Ideologies: Offer Them More of What They Truly Want
"Influence is NOT about convincing people to want different things than they already want. It's about showing them that the way to get what they already want, is by following you." - Charlie Houpert Lately, I've been interested in exploring how we can apply this strategy to
Tim Hjersted
Learning from Game of Thrones: How Power Really Works - The Frame Game
Learning from Game of Thrones: How Power Really Works - The Frame Game
Game of Thrones is all about power games. What many people don't realize is that behind those power games are clashes of the way people see the world. There are clashes of frames. The people who can control these frames (like Tyrion Lannister and Tywin Lannister) tend to win...
12 min
How To Avoid Embarrassing Yourself In An Argument - Jordan Peterson
How To Avoid Embarrassing Yourself In An Argument - Jordan Peterson
Have you seen the Jordan Peterson and Cathy Newman debate? We've all found ourselves in conversation and felt attacked like we started off talking about one thing and then the other person twisted our words and before we knew it, we lost our cool, lost respect in their eyes...
12 min
Jordan Peterson on Political Polarization & Pepe the Frog
Jordan Peterson on Political Polarization & Pepe the Frog
Jordan Peterson sits down with the CBC’s Wendy Mesley to talk about political polarization, Pepe the Frog and his support from the far right. He has a new book called 12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos. Peterson sparked controversy in 2016, when he spoke against a...
11 min
Exposing Liberal Hypocrisy and Conservative Close-Mindedness - Van Jones
Exposing Liberal Hypocrisy and Conservative Close-Mindedness - Van Jones
The amount of political disagreement in the nation is matched only by righteous indignation. But in order to disagree without disrespecting each other, we need to look hard at our own positions, and Van Jones does just that.
16 min
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
This is the introduction to Eric Bower's book, Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places. To build successful relationships, it is essential to address the pain and emotional wounds that you carry from past relationships, particularly from your childhood relationships with
Eric Bowers
Films for Action Is Making a Big Change, and We Want You to Be Part of It!
Films For Action Is Making a Big Change, and We Want You to Be Part of It!
For all our supporters who haven't heard yet, last month we decided to make a major change to how Films For Action operates.
Films For Action
The Light of God & Communist Egalitarianism
The Light of God & Communist Egalitarianism
We will investigate the symbolic language of the Bible when it speaks of "Light' and "darkness". We will investigate it from a social-political and economic perspective. Visit or call: www.facebook.com/nmpnews www.coi.org or 716-885-2289
109 min
The Children’s Fire: Our Culture’s Missing, Ancient, Core Value
The Children’s Fire: Our Culture’s Missing, Ancient, Core Value
“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 religions, in all institutions of power, if we rekindled the children’s fire and the chiefs of those...
14 min
The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire
The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire
What is the true purpose of government? Critics would rightly say it's to control and dominate because that's the nature of every government we've known. Every government since the days of feudalism has been corrupted in some form, "captured" in other words, by monied, elite...
Tim Hjersted
How To Get Respect Without Being A Bully - Jordan Peterson
How To Get Respect Without Being A Bully - Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson recently expertly handled a debate during an interview with BBC's Channel 4 news (The video was called: Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism). And JBP did it without being a bull or being aggressive. So how do we get...
12 min
The Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” ~ Dakota proverb If you are supportive of institutions over individuals, then you better not read this. If you disregard The Native American Rule of Seven Generations, then maybe this article is not for you. If the phrase...
Ethan Indigo Smith
Why Men's Work? Surely We’re Over Dividing Things by Gender in the 21st Century?
Why Men's Work? Surely We’re Over Dividing Things by Gender in the 21st Century?
Good question. We can only speak from our experience from doing this work for many years, which is that men and women have different challenges and experiences of the world. We are all impacted by society (what some call ‘patriarchal culture’) but we are wounded in different...
Rebel Wisdom
Above With Love: Do Not Sink to the Level of People's Brokenness
Above With Love: Do Not Sink to the Level of People's Brokenness
Not one person in this world has been able to escape the clutches of being hurt in life. I never really understood the truth of that statement until I spent two years sojourning from state to state. It was in my time of tribulation and witnessing a see a sea of humanity...
Teodrose Fikre
To Belong
To Belong (2016)
A collection of poignant love stories from the areas of Wandsworth, Battersea and Tooting in London. Stories of connection, of belonging, of home and identity. A collaboration between the project A Human Love Story and the Wandsworth Fringe in 2016.
37 min
The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up!
The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017)
The Staging Post follows two Afghan Hazara refugees, Muzafar and Khadim. Stuck in Indonesia after Australia 'stopped the boats' and facing many years in limbo, they built a community and started the school which inspired a refugee education revolution.
61 min
Police Could Soon Be Financially Responsible for Misconduct Lawsuits
Police Could Soon Be Financially Responsible for Misconduct Lawsuits
When police officers are sued for corruption or brutality — and when, as more frequently happens, the case is settled — it is almost always the city that employs them that picks up the tab for the damages awarded. This may be changing, with the focus now on events in Baltimore.
Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Becoming Mr. Roger's Neighbor
Becoming Mr. Roger's Neighbor
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was a hugely important kids' show, but for more than you may think.
2 min
An Indigenous View on Oneness
An Indigenous View on Oneness
Powerful words from Indigenous Elder, Miliwanga Wurrben, on the only true way to overcome obstacles and fighting in the world.
3 min
Broken People Can't Heal the World
Broken People Can't Heal the World
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21 min
When Our Children Become Killers, Gun Reform Isn't Enough. We Need to Redesign Our Society
When Our Children Become Killers, Gun Reform Isn't Enough. We Need to Redesign Our Society
What can we do to create a culture where none of our children grow up to become killers?
Tim Hjersted
We Don't Need Social Justice Warriors, We Need Social Justice Believers
We Don't Need Social Justice Warriors, We Need Social Justice Believers
"If we pass on kindness to others in immediate circumference, we can accomplish infinitely more than we can by chanting political slogans in cordoned areas and marching in restricted protest zones."
Teodrose Fikre
Oh Wonder - All We Do
Oh Wonder - All We Do
"We believe that everyone is equal. We are all human. We all deserve the world. And we can build that equality by sharing what love, knowledge and magic we have, with others. So we reached out to filmmakers and artists around the world and asked them, “What does it mean to be...
8 min
In Focus
In Focus
Dombrowski's project 'Tropic Ice' focuses on educating people about the effects of climate change on all continents through her beautiful photographs. "They understood it completely what I wanted to say"
2 min
How to Get New Activists to Stay Engaged for the Long Haul
How to Get New Activists to Stay Engaged for the Long Haul
After a year of working with people newly mobilized by the 2016 election, one organizing lesson feels particularly clear: People need to feel part of a community that is making change in order to stay engaged for the long haul. This realization may not be surprising, but it...
Eileen Flanagan
Machiavelli’s Advice For Nice Guys and Other Good People Who Want to Make a Difference
Machiavelli’s Advice For Nice Guys and Other Good People Who Want to Make a Difference
Nice guys too often finish last; they need to read the advice of one of the wisest and most realistic thinkers in the history of philosophy: Niccolo Machiavelli. // The School of Life
6 min
'Belonging to a People and a Place' - Interview with Jamaica Stevens
'Belonging to a People and a Place' - Interview with Jamaica Stevens
We notice something percolating. Have you felt it in yourself? A rising sense that there's so much more richness and depth to this life than we are told? Are you feeling the underpinnings of discontent, fear, uncertainty, imbalance, and apathy that have become pandemic in...
5 min
Family Philosophy: a Form of Privilege or Good Fortune That We Never Talk About
Family Philosophy: a Form of Privilege or Good Fortune That We Never Talk About
Depending on where you start on this journey it can take many many years to unlearn what we are conditioned to believe by our toxic culture. 
Tim Hjersted
We Have What It Takes to Meet the Crisis of Our Democracy
We Have What It Takes to Meet the Crisis of Our Democracy
In 1999, Dee Hock, founder of Visa, quipped, “It’s far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism.” But 18 years later, pessimism can feel like the new realism.
Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen
There Is No Environment: The Earth Is Our Extended Body
There Is No Environment: The Earth Is Our Extended Body
We are living in a time of turmoil for the Earth. Species extinction, deforestation, climate change, rising sea levels, and many other problems face the planet we call home.
Dr. Barry Taylor
The Tribal Identity - Paradigm for the Next Generation
The Tribal Identity - Paradigm for the Next Generation
The next generation needs a paradigm and a code of identity that bind with a sense of purpose, community, and mission; an idea and a feeling that transcend superficial characteristics (like skin color, gender and orientation). 
25 min
Why Reconciliation and Redemption Are Central to Countering White Supremacy
Why Reconciliation and Redemption Are Central to Countering White Supremacy
It’s been a roller coaster year for Sammy Rangel, the executive director of Life After Hate — a non-profit organization that encourages people to leave violent extremist groups by offering them support and a community of other “formers.” From losing its government...
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert
Our Relationships Keep Us Alive: Let's Prioritize Healthy Movement Dynamics
Our Relationships Keep Us Alive: Let's Prioritize Healthy Movement Dynamics
This story is the second in Truthout's "Visions of 2018" series, in which activist leaders answer the question: "What would you like to see created, built, imagined or begun this year?" Each piece will focus on a bold idea for transformation, to give us fuel as the year moves...
Ejeris Dixon
A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves
A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves
“So many people are frightened by the wonder of their own presence. They are dying to tie themselves into a system, a role, or to an image, or to a predetermined identity that other people have actually settled on for them.”
Maria Popova
Daniel Ellsberg vs Chelsea Manning ("The Post" movie interviews)
Daniel Ellsberg vs Chelsea Manning ("The Post" movie interviews)
I went to the theatre to talk to people who saw the movie, “The Post”. It’s about Daniel Ellsberg’s famous “Pentagon Papers” leak that exposed the US Government’s lies about the war in Vietnam. I was curious now that people consider Daniel Ellsberg a hero, what do they think...
7 min
Beyond the Obsession with Numbers: Charles Eisenstein
Beyond the Obsession with Numbers: Charles Eisenstein
Has the time come to move beyond our obsession with measurement? Charles Eisenstein, author of several books on human culture and identity, compares science to religion, and makes the case for moving beyond the belief that only the measurable is real.
28 min
Check Your White Privilege?
Check Your White Privilege?
A significant question facing progressives today is whether the use of the term "white privilege" helps or hurts building the kind of solidarity needed to promote racial justice and reverse runaway inequality.
Les Leopold
Defend the Sacred
Defend the Sacred (2017)
Capturing the heart of a movement that is constantly evolving is difficult. How do you capture Spirit?
17 min
My Revolution: A Blazing Declaration for Inner & Global Transformation
My Revolution: A Blazing Declaration for Inner & Global Transformation
An inspiring declaration for our times. 
5 min
When We Fight, We Win
When We Fight, We Win
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
CELDF
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)
Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be part of – through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative...
85 min
Think the Women's March Wasn't Radical Enough? Do Something About It
Think the Women's March Wasn't Radical Enough? Do Something About It
It might not have been as black, brown or working class as many might have liked. But criticizing it from the sidelines doesn’t help anyone
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Films for Action: an Important Message to All Our Supporters
Films For Action: an Important Message to All Our Supporters
Hey everyone! We're excited to announce that Films For Action has launched a
Films For Action
The Failings of the American Left with Charles Derber
The Failings of the American Left with Charles Derber
Charles Derber, Author and Sociologist, discusses the failings of the American left through intersectionality. Charles is the author of Welcome to the Revolution: Universalizing Resistance for Social Justice and Democracy in Perilous Times (links to a preview of the book).
24 min
Top 15 Documentaries That Explain Why the Occupy Wall Street Movement Was Born
Top 15 Documentaries That Explain Why the Occupy Wall Street Movement Was Born
Starting with the most relevant at the top, these are the best documentaries that capture the spirit and motivation of the #OWS movement.
Tim Hjersted
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013)
In September 2011, The Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film goes behind the scenes of the movement, definitively revealing what happened, and why.
98 min
If MLK Sneezed (MLK's Last Speech)
If MLK Sneezed (MLK's Last Speech)
The night before his assassination, MLK delivered his most suspenseful, surprising, and inspiring speech — and it’s not “I Have a Dream”. In “If I Had Sneezed” MLK tells the mostly forgotten story of his near death experience — an attempt on his life, several years earlier...
5 min
Dangerous Foundations: an Argument Against the "Identity" in Identity Politics
Dangerous Foundations: an Argument Against the "Identity" in Identity Politics
This is an argument against identity politics, but it is not an argument against feminism, or queer liberation, or anti-racism work. It is instead an argument that the oppressions usually combated through identity politics — a strategy based on the affirmation of Identity —...
Imminent Rebellion
Generation Revolution
Generation Revolution (2017)
Introducing the powerful stories of London’s new generation of black and brown activists, Generation Revolution explores the successes and unexpected challenges these inspiring young people face. Motivated by the desire for a more equal future, they embark on the rewarding...
72 min
Abby Martin Meets Ahed Tamimi—Message From A Freedom Fighter
Abby Martin Meets Ahed Tamimi—Message From A Freedom Fighter
Recently, the struggle for Palestinian human rights gained international attention surrounding a new icon of resistance--16 year old Ahed Tamimi.
20 min
Empire Files: In the Deadliest Country for Unions & Social Leaders
Empire Files: In the Deadliest Country for Unions & Social Leaders
In 2017, murders of social leaders, union organizers and indigenous activists in Colombia hit a new high since the historic peace agreement. In the past three years, more than 3,000 unionists have been murdered in a disturbing new trend which threatens all social progress.
19 min
Films for Action's Vision for the Future
Films For Action's Vision for the Future
Films For Action is a learning library for people who want to change the world. 
Films For Action
Activist Erica Garner, Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27 After Heart Attack
Activist Erica Garner, Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27 After Heart Attack
She had been an outspoken advocate for police accountability since her father’s chokehold death in 2014.
Dominique Mosbergen
Does Films for Action Have Bias? - a Statement About Neutrality and Our Values
Does Films For Action Have Bias? - a Statement About Neutrality and Our Values
It's hard to believe Films For Action has been around since 2006. From our early years focusing on local film screenings in Lawrence, Kansas to our more recent years, focusing on raising awareness globally via our website and social media, our mission has been to provide a...
Films For Action
10 Amazing Social Movement Struggles in 2017 That Give Us Reason to Hope
10 Amazing Social Movement Struggles in 2017 That Give Us Reason to Hope
Despite endless capitalist greed and militarism, people are still fighting for a just world.
Nick Buxton
Debunking the Gandhi Myth: Arundhati Roy
Debunking the Gandhi Myth: Arundhati Roy
On The Laura Flanders Show: Author/activist Arundhati Roy on the Annihilation of Caste, B.R. Ambedkar and the Western myth of Mahatma Gandhi. And Glenn Greenwald addresses diversity concerns about his new media venture TheIntercept.com.
26 min