How to Build a Progressive Movement in a Polarized Country

Whether its assault rifles, racial justice, immigration or fossil fuels, the country is rocked by conflicting narratives and rising passions. In arecent national poll, 70 percent of Americans say the political divide is at least as big as during the Vietnam War.

George Lakey

Exiting the Vampire Castle

We need to learn, or re-learn, how to build comradeship and solidarity instead of doing capitals work for it by condemning and abusing each other. This doesnt mean, of course, that we must always agree on the contrary, we must create conditions where disagreement can take...

Mark Fisher

Shame, Guilt & the Roots of Violence

During the past 35 years I have used prisons and prison mental hospitals as "laboratories" in which to investigate the causes and prevention of the various forms of violence and the relationships between these forms and to what I will call (with a nod to William James) "the...

James Gilligan

Let the (R)Evolution Come from Wisdom: 3 Insights to Help Create a World Free From Violence

What is this world weve created for our youth? 7,000 dead to gun violence since 2012?! What is that? The weight that we are leaving for our youth is unbearable to bear witness to, but if we dont what kind of world will we have created?

Tai Amri Spann-Ryan

Crossroads and Country Roads: Wildcat West Virginia and the Possibilities of a Working Class Offensive

During the four days I spent in West Virginia, I was repeatedly thanked for coming to support teachers from out of state, though mostly people seemed a bit surprised that I cared. Perhaps it was because I arrived at the exact moment that most of the national mediawas leaving...

Kate Doyle Griffiths

We've Got Ninety-Nine Problems but the Root Is ONE

Political and ideologicaldifferences prevent us from seeing that our hopes and frustrations are interconnected.

Teodrose Fikre

Scientists Find Magic Mushrooms Could Help Fight Fascism

Researchers found unlikely heroes in keeping the world from authoritarianism- magic mushrooms. Scientists from thePsychedelic Research Group at Imperial College Londonshowed thatpsilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, makes people less likely to embrace...

Paul Ratner

How to Change the Course of Human History

(at least, the part that's already happened)

David Graeber and David Wengrow

I Love Being a Woman - How to Live Our Erotic Truth

Around the world, women are searching for afemininepower they can affirm with self-confidence. This search is particularly delicate in sexuality, given the long history of violence and abuse continuing to this day. Yet, heres exactly where the true revolution needs to take...

Sabine Lichtenfels

How Can We Stop America's Deadly Epidemic of Loneliness?

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. Albert Schweitzer Loneliness is a political issueat least, it should be. Loneliness and isolation are killing us. Lest you think this is metaphoric, the statistics are chilling. In astudyfunded by the National...

Michael Bader

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

The Neurobiology of Love and Relationships

How does the Brain Respond to Love?Love has an intoxicating effect on us and understanding this mysterious effect from a scientific perspective mayhelp us navigate relationships with a little more clarity. Meditation, self-awareness and good communication skills are paramount...

Jacob Devaney

It Will Take a Political Revolution to Cure the Epidemic of Depression

What causes depression and anxiety? I have been a practicing psychologist and psychoanalyst for almost 40 years and have seen hundreds of patients suffering from both. In my experience, some factors are obvious. People who suffer from depression and anxiety have experienced...

Michael Bader

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

What Are the Six Basic Human Needs?

Are your emotional and psychological needs being fulfilled?

Chip Richards

Race Traitors Wanted: Apply Within

A Review of David Gilbert's 'Looking at the U.S. White Working Class Historically'

Colin Jenkins

A Surprising Strategy to Combat Hateful Ideologies: Offer Them More of What They Truly Want

Lately, I've been interested in exploring how we can apply this strategy to combatting white supremacy and other harmful, extremist and violent ideologies. Obviously, the goal would not be to show them how following us will help them create a white ethnostate; it would be to...

Tim Hjersted

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 woundsthat 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!

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 Children's Wellbeing Manifesto

Policy initiatives promoting healthy emotional development in children

Anne Manne, Robin Grille, Kali Wendorf

Armed and Dangerous: If Police Don’t Have to Protect the Public, What Good Are They?

In the American police state, police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.

John W. Whitehead

Elite Anxiety: The True Foreign Skullduggery Behind Election 2016

There was indeed a foreigner responsible for the election of Donald J. Trump in 2016. This is not an allegation or a supposition or any kind of conspiracy theory; it is a confirmed fact, backed up by reams and reams of documented evidence. The culpable foreigner was not named...

Chris Floyd

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

Maniphesto: A Manifest for a New Perspective on Gender

Its time to bridge the polarities and embrace the paradoxes around gender.

Maniphesto

Ultimate Guide to Getting Out of Depression

Depression is the modern plague, there is no question to that. I have been experienced it along with anxiety for 4,5 years. Worst fucking 50 months of my life. Best fucking 50 months of my life. If you are also struggling with it, dont worry and relax, just read. This is not...

Kemal Tenebris

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 fuck...

Ethan Indigo Smith

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 ways.

Rebel Wisdom

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

Globalization's Deadly Footprint

"That pollution is bad for our health will come as a surprise to no one. That pollution kills at least 9 million people every year might."

Alex Jensen

Are Dead Children the Price of Freedom?

The most common question asked on this side of the Atlantic is: Why cant they see what these weapons are doing to their country?

Christian Christensen

The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery

The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says State instead of Country (the Framers knew the difference see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was necessary to get Virginias vote. Founders Patrick...

Thom Hartmann

As the Trump Administration Retreats on Climate Change, US Cities Are Moving Forward

Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing threat, President Donald Trumps recent infrastructure plan makes no mention of the need to build resilience to rising global temperatures. Instead, it actually seeks to weaken environmental...

Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick and Maxwell Palmer

The Complex History of 'In God We Trust'

In his address to the National Prayer Breakfast on the morning of Feb. 8, President Donald Trump emphasized the centrality of faith in American life. After describing the country as a nation of believers, Trump reminded his audience that American currenc

David Mislin

Stop Seeking Revenge. Instead, Offer Forgiveness.

Forgiveness not revenge is the answer. Heres why.

Sofo Archon

South Africa to Cut Ties With Israel 'Over Abuse of Palestinians'

South Africa, a former apartheid state, has been vocal in its support for the Palestinian cause against the over 50-year-old Israeli occupation.

teleSUR

Healing the Divine Masculine

Theres been much talk and publicity recently over the plight of women subjected to all kinds of domineering, humiliating and abusive behaviour from men. This situation needs healing for sure, for both women and men, and to do this we need to inquire deep within the problem.

Richard West

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

Its really hard to talk about guns and gun violence, primarily due to the fact that the NRA has spent an insane amount of money brainwashing American citizens with catchy bumper-sticker type slogans that sound logical, but fall apart upon careful examination.

Michael E Sparks

Parents Need to Start Talking to Their Tweens About the Risks of Porn

Editors note: This article includes references to graphic sexual content that may be inappropriate for some readers.

Gail Dines

Greg Palast: How the Republicans Helped Trump Steal the Election

Intrepid reporter Greg Palast has pursued the Republicanwar on voters that the mainstream corporate media is afraid to touch.Now, Palast has just updated his DVD,The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Electionwith new footage revealing how Trump and cronies...

Greg Palast

“F*ck You, I Like Guns.”

America, can we talk? Lets just cut the shit for once and actually talk about whats going on without blustering and pretending were actually doing a good job at adulting as a country right now. Were not. Were really screwing this whole society thing up, and we have to do...

Aging Millennial Engineer

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

How Accepting Death Makes Life Richer

By accepting death, we can enjoy life more.

Sofo Archon

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

"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

5 Reasons “White Pride” is Always Racist

History tells us whiteness has always been a construct used to exclude certain groups from equal rights

Matthew Rozsa

"Morally Bankrupt" Budget: After $1.5 Trillion Gift to Rich, Trump Demands $1.7 Trillion in Safety Net Cuts

"Millions of Americans will lose access to life-saving programs because the GOP gave $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to the rich."

Jake Johnson

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

Can Psychedelics Inspire a Lasting Paradigm Shift? - Podcast with Charles Eisenstein

The Third Wave and Charles Eisenstein

It's Time to Call Economic Sanctions What They Are: War Crimes

The first pathetic pieces of wreckage from North Korean fishing boats known as ghost ships to be found this year are washing up on the coast of northern Japan. These are the storm-battered remains of fragile wooden boats with unreliable engines in which North Korean fishermen...

Patrick Cockburn

The Promise of a Million Utopias

This paper by Michael Shuman, published alongside three others, is one ofmany proposals for a systemic alternativewe have published or will be publishing here at the Next System Project. You can read it below, ordownload thePDF.We have commission

Michael Shuman

Why I Teach a Course Called 'White Racism'

The need for students to learn about racism in American society existed long before I began teaching a course called White Racism at Florida Gulf Coast University earlier this year.

Ted Thornhill

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

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

Many of us have heard the arguments fordiscardingthe faulty logic behind "white pride" but what about "whiteness" itself?

Tim Hjersted

We Have What It Takes to Meet the Crisis of Our Democracy

In 1999, Dee Hock, founder of Visa,quipped, Its 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

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

Learning on the Homefront

What comes to many peoples minds when they think of homeschooling? Granola-eating Hippies Christian missionaries Anarchists General weirdos

Mary MacLachlan

Why Reconciliation and Redemption Are Central to Countering White Supremacy

Its 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. Fromlosing its government fundingwhen the...

Sarah Freeman-Woolpert

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

Technology and Its Discontents

Questioning the pro-digital consensus

Steven Gorelick

A Working-Class Response to Trump's 2018 State of the Union Address

The wealthy have taken everything from us, and continue to find ways to take even more. It is never enough for them. And, year after year, their political puppets in both capitalist parties ensure that their rivers and avenues of unfathomable, flowing wealth never dry up or...

Colin Jenkins

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