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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
Learning on the Homefront
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
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
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
Technology and Its Discontents
Questioning the pro-digital consensus
Steven Gorelick
A Working-Class Response to Trump's 2018 State of the Union Address
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
The Mother Wound as a Missing Link to Understanding Misogyny
The Mother Wound as a Missing Link to Understanding Misogyny
A fascinating insight into what perpetuates patriarchy in our society, and how we can change it.
Bethany Webster
How the Capitalist Cycle Is Entering Unchartered Territory
How the Capitalist Cycle Is Entering Unchartered Territory
A major internal contradiction with capitalism is that it needs workers to also be consumers. While owners (and the system in general) constantly seek to drive down wages, they also seek to continue selling their products and services. The problem is that when workers have...
Colin Jenkins
Class Wars: the Working Class Strikes Back
Class Wars: the Working Class Strikes Back
Neoliberalism is a mature stage of capitalism - a reciprocal process of concentrated wealth taking control of the public agenda via government. Capitalist economists like Milton Friedman were instrumental in paving the way for neoliberalism. The idea gained prominence in...
Colin Jenkins
On 'Change as the One True Constant' for Those Who Can Hear Apathy Knocking
On 'Change as the One True Constant' for Those Who Can Hear Apathy Knocking
Taking a microscope to the beloved old phrase
Isla Greenwood
The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump
The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump
The problem with Donald Trump is not that he is imbecilic and ineptit is that he has surrendered total power to the oligarchic and military elites. They get what they want. They do what they want. Although the president is a one-man wrecking crew aimed at democratic norms and...
Chris Hedges
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
Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity
Between the (Gender) Lines: the Science of Transgender Identity
Think of your most noticeable feature. Maybe its your radiant smile, or your long, piano-playing fingers. Maybe its your stellar jump shot, or the way you recite Shakespearean sonnets at the drop of a hat. Or maybe its your penchant for scientific knowledge. But whatever it...
Katherine J. Wu
Thought Police for the 21st Century: Google, Facebook Suppress Left Media Under the Guise of Combating "Fake News"
Thought Police for the 21st Century: Google, Facebook Suppress Left Media Under the Guise of Combating "Fake News"
DETROITThe abolition ofnet neutralityand the use ofalgorithmsby Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter to divert readers and viewers from progressive, left-wing and anti-war sites, along with demonizing as foreign agents the journ
Chris Hedges
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
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
Why Libertarians Must Deny Climate Change, in One Short Take
Why Libertarians Must Deny Climate Change, in One Short Take
I must applaud Matt Bruenig's summing up of the inherent conflict between libertarianism and environmental issues
George Monbiot
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 doesnt 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
Livin' the Screen Life
Livin' the Screen Life
Important official legal disclaimer: This is a short work of fiction. Any resemblances to real people, people you may know, people you think you may know, etc., is entirely deliberate.
John Savage
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
A Taxonomy of Trump Tweets
A Taxonomy of Trump Tweets
Trump uses social media as a weapon to control the news cycle. It works like a charm. His tweets are tactical rather than substantive. They mostly fall into one of these four categories. The tweets either get his framing established first, knowing that whoever frames first...
George Lakoff
The Surprising Nobility of Shit: a Serious Response to President Donald Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Remarks About African Immigrants
The Surprising Nobility of Shit: a Serious Response to President Donald Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Remarks About African Immigrants
[Warning: There are some big words here. Not the best words like yours, but big words nonetheless] Bayo Akomolafe Dear President Trump, I am Nigerian, from Nigeria, a shithole non-Norwegian type country in West Africa widely considered the largest black nation on earth...
Adebayo Akomolafe
Why People Are Obsessed With Sex
Why People Are Obsessed With Sex
Sexual intercourse is one of the most beautiful experiences one can have. Through the communion of the sexual act, two personscan merge and disappear into one another and experience ecstatic moments of love moments everyone is deep down thirsty for. In those moments, the...
Sofo Archon
Averting the Apocalypse: Lessons From Costa Rica
Averting the Apocalypse: Lessons From Costa Rica
Chasing economic growth gains us nothing but global warming. We should follow the lead of tiny Costa Rica, where life expectancy is soaring
Jason Hickel
These Candidates for US Congress Want to Win in 2018 on a Platform of Decisive Climate Action
These Candidates for US Congress Want to Win in 2018 on a Platform of Decisive Climate Action
More than 100 U.S. House and Senate candidates pledge to move off fossil fuels.
Wenonah Hauter
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
A User's Guide for Evolutionary Well-Being
A User's Guide for Evolutionary Well-Being
The sacred naturalists guide to well-being
Alice Andrews
Farming for a Small Planet
Farming for a Small Planet
People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are worried. They see large-scale operations relying on corporate-supplied chemical inputs as the only high-productivity farming model. Another approach might be kinder to the environment and less risky for...
Frances Moore Lappé
Opposition to GMOs Is Neither Unscientific Nor Immoral
Opposition to GMOs Is Neither Unscientific Nor Immoral
The pro-and anti-GMO positions will remain polarized until larger questions about the future of food production are addressed.
Charles Eisenstein
The Trap of Romantic Love
The Trap of Romantic Love
How the myth of romantic love is poisoning our relationships.
Sofo Archon
The Truth About “Trailer Trash”
The Truth About “Trailer Trash”
Trailer trash remains one of the last unquestioned relics of political incorrectness in our nation. This slur rests on fundamental cultural assumptions about people who live in trailer parks: that they are simple-minded, lawless, reckless with fertility, and indifferent to...
Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish
Are You Struggling to Make Sense of the World?
Are You Struggling to Make Sense of the World?
Three steps to help you see the truth and get back on track.
Gilbert Ross
The 150-Mile Wardrobe: a Solution for One of the World’S Most Polluting Industries
The 150-Mile Wardrobe: a Solution for One of the World’S Most Polluting Industries
The Northern California Fibershed aims to skirt the rampant waste of resources in the apparel industry.
Araz Hachadourian
Films for Action's Vision for the Future
Films For Action's Vision for the Future
Films For Action is alearning library for people who want to change the world.
Films For Action
F**k Your Feelings!
F**k Your Feelings!
Look, I know you think the fact you feel upset or angry or anxious is important. That it matters. Hell, you probably think that because you feel like your face just got shat on makesyouimportant. Butit doesnt. Feelings are just thes
Mark Manson
What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?
What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?
Fifteen thousand scientists have issued a dire warning to humanity about impending collapse but virtually no-one takes notice. Ultimately, our global systems, which are designed for perpetual growth, need to be fundamentally restructured to avoid the worst-case outcome.
Jeremy Lent
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 fathers 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
The 10 Step Scheme for One-Sided Class War
The 10 Step Scheme for One-Sided Class War
Scream about the debt and deficit. Then shrink revenue by slashing taxes and spend a ton of money on wars of choice. Repeat.
Ben Schreiner
“Consciousness: Past and Present” – The oppression of women, by Artist Shqipe Kamberi
“Consciousness: Past and Present” – The oppression of women, by Artist Shqipe Kamberi
We sat down to speak to ArtistShqipe Kamberiin Pristina, Kosovo regarding her recent personal art exhibition titled Consciousness: Past and Present displayed at the National Museum of Kosovo.Shqipe began actively pursuing the arts upongraduating from the Academy of Arts at...
Njomza Miftari
The Good News
The Good News
I take my binoculars and observe the news coming from around the world. I see young people fighting for the Islamic State. I know what atrocities they commit, and the delusional ideas these actions are rooted in, yet I also know that theyre looking for the home and...
Dr. Dieter Duhm
In Defense of Degrowth
In Defense of Degrowth
Why infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible, and why the alternative can actually be beautiful.
Jason Hickel
Why Some People Resent "Do-Gooders"
Why Some People Resent "Do-Gooders"
Behaving according to ones moral principles can make others feel implicitly judged.
Juliana Breines Ph.D.
Why Capitalism Wins. and How a Simple Accounting Move Can Defeat It
Why Capitalism Wins. and How a Simple Accounting Move Can Defeat It
Notwithstanding its many flaws and centuries of criticisms, capitalism is still the dominant economic system globally. What made it so resilient?
Lorenzo Fioramonti
The Design Flaw at the Core of Humanity's Malaise
The Design Flaw at the Core of Humanity's Malaise
Recognizing the design flaws in our default programming is the first step to envisioning the world we know is possible.
Judith Schwartz
AI Has Already Taken Over - It's Called the Corporation
AI Has Already Taken Over - It's Called the Corporation
Futurists warning about the threats of AI are looking in the wrong place. Humanity is already facing an existential threat from an artificial intelligence we created hundreds of years ago. Its called the Corporation.
Jeremy Lent
Why the Documentary Must Not Be Allowed to Die
Why the Documentary Must Not Be Allowed to Die
I first understood the power of the documentary during the editing of my first film,The Quiet Mutiny.
John Pilger
How to Know When Holiday Drinking Is Hurting Your Brain
How to Know When Holiday Drinking Is Hurting Your Brain
For many, the holidays are indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Families and friends come together and enjoy food, good cheer and, often, alcohol.
Jamie Smolen
Trump: a Catalyst for the Peace Movement?
Trump: a Catalyst for the Peace Movement?
Donald Trump is the commander-in-chief of the biggest military force on Earth. There's no societal power above him, that's why he can do whatever he wants. What does he want? Or does he, perhaps, not have any own will, and is steered by other powers?
Dr. Dieter Duhm
What Happened When One Family Decided to Go Outdoors Three Hours a Day for a Year
What Happened When One Family Decided to Go Outdoors Three Hours a Day for a Year
It was the last day of a week-long holiday and although it was mid-morning we had already been to the beach. The beach had been beautiful.
Hannah Alexander
What Whales Have to Teach Humans About Capitalism
What Whales Have to Teach Humans About Capitalism
Any accounting of the commons without acknowledging the presence and interests of others will lead to their continued destruction, to our human detriment as well.
Laura Bridgeman
One Man’s Journey: How I Stopped Watching Porn for A Year and Why I’m Not Going Back
One Man’s Journey: How I Stopped Watching Porn for A Year and Why I’m Not Going Back
The surprising effects of a man's experiment with eliminating pornography from his life.
Dan Mahle
We All Live off the Land
We All Live off the Land
The other day I dreamed of a catfish being hooked in one of our lines during the 180 days I lived in the boreal forest. One of the reasons why I don't like living in civilization and eating food from the supermarket is that it is extremely easy to forget where food is coming...
Juan Pablo Quinonez
Environmental Crisis and Inner Crisis Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Environmental Crisis and Inner Crisis Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Reflections on Global Grace Day 2017
Sabine Lichtenfels
What Would the Black Panthers Think of Black Lives Matter?
What Would the Black Panthers Think of Black Lives Matter?
The black revolution is much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes. It is forcing America to face all its interrelated flawsracism, poverty, militarism, and materialism. It is exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society. It reveals...
Paul Street
The Divided States of Hypocrisy: Americans, Prisoners of Language.
The Divided States of Hypocrisy: Americans, Prisoners of Language.
We The People, in general, are a divided people. Pick any topic or issue, and there is bound to be some heated version of "Us and Them"- if not outright conflict over it. We seem to excel at creating staunch support bases for even the most unlikely of viewpoints: White...
Michael Emero
Trump and the GOP Fuel Fantasies of White Victimhood
Trump and the GOP Fuel Fantasies of White Victimhood
"To those who have been used to privilege all their lives, equality may feel like oppression."
Sonali Kolhatkar
Ending Sexual Violence Requires a New Culture
Ending Sexual Violence Requires a New Culture
It's time for a global movement working for the healing of love at the core of a humane revolution.
Dara Silverman