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Pushing Back on Grievance Studies with Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
Pushing Back on Grievance Studies with Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying
Mike Nayna: In an attempt to expose academic fields corrupted by postmodern ideology, Helen Pluckrose, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay spent a year submitting intentionally broken papers to academic journals. Their secret project was cut short when an investigative...
21 min
Teach Us All
Teach Us All (trailer)
Sixty years after the Little Rock Nine faced violent resistance when they desegregated Central High, America's schools continue to represent the key battleground of the Civil Rights Movement. Contemporary Little Rock, New York City, and Los Angeles present a microcosm of the...
3 min
The Swedish Schoolgirl That Took Davos To Task On Climate Change
The Swedish Schoolgirl That Took Davos To Task On Climate Change (2019)
Greta and the Snowman: From Greta Thunberg to the man who's measured the weather every day for nearly half a century, it is private citizens leading the charge on climate change prevention. This report profiles these two extraordinary characters.   
27 min
What Covington Catholic Students Should Know About the Church's History With Indigenous People
What Covington Catholic Students Should Know About the Church's History With Indigenous People
Leaders at Covington diocese and Catholics in general are likely unfamiliar with the church’s brutal history in connection with Native peoples; numerous news reports on the incident have failed to acknowledge it.
Mary Annette Pember
Education, Jobs and Capitalism
Education, Jobs and Capitalism
American capitalism has a hate-love relationship with the nation’s schools. On the “hate” side is a stream of complaints from business leaders and organizations about the many students, particularly in city schools, who fail achievement tests, are high school dropouts or, if...
Gerald Coles
The Dark Side of Tulum
The Dark Side of Tulum (2019)
An independent documentary exploring both the beauty and betrayal of Tulum, Mexico - and what can be done to change it. *Available with Spanish subtitles - simply click the CC button on the video player.
31 min
Nationalism and Its Contradictions
Nationalism and Its Contradictions
Allow me to begin by stating an anthropological and genetic fact. Any conversation about so called “American” nationalism must begin with the story of human migration itself, which is a story that started in Africa: the one place where all humanity can affirm a shared genesis...
George Cassidy Payne
3 Great Untruths to Stop Telling Kids—and Ourselves | Jonathan Haidt
3 Great Untruths to Stop Telling Kids—and Ourselves | Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt explains three areas where we need to update our understanding of the world.
6 min
How Overparenting Backfired on Americans | Jonathan Haidt
How Overparenting Backfired on Americans | Jonathan Haidt
Being raised indoors might the reason young Americans struggle in the adult world. - American childhood is going, going… gone, says Professor Jonathan Haidt. - In the mid-'90s there was a sharp shift to overprotective parenting. In previous generations, kids were allowed to...
5 min
Noam Chomsky Turns 90: How a U.S. Anarchist Has More Than Survived
Noam Chomsky Turns 90: How a U.S. Anarchist Has More Than Survived
“The person who claims the legitimacy of the authority always bears the burden of justifying it. And if they can’t justify it, it’s illegitimate and should be dismantled. To tell you the truth, I don’t really understand anarchism as being much more than that.” —Noam...
Bruce E. Levine
Ripple Effect
Ripple Effect (2014)
RIPPLE EFFECT is a short documentary film that shows how essential a life skills education is to all young people. There are many issues facing our children: bullying, substance abuse, violence, lack of employability, and graduating high school. RIPPLE EFFECT demonstrates how...
35 min
There Is No Such Thing As A Bad Parent
There Is No Such Thing As A Bad Parent
Parenting is the most important role a person can fulfill in their lifetime.
George Siegal
Whose History Matters? Students Can Name Columbus, but Most Have Never Heard of the Taíno People
Whose History Matters? Students Can Name Columbus, but Most Have Never Heard of the Taíno People
Columbus’s treatment of the Taíno people meets the UN definition of genocide. But there has also been a curricular genocide — erasing the memory of the Taíno from our nation’s classrooms
Bill Bigelow
There Is More Than One Kind Of Intelligence - George Monbiot
There Is More Than One Kind Of Intelligence - George Monbiot
People’s first experience of the system is often profoundly alienating. This is not the fault of their teachers but of the system itself, which assesses us for a particular kind of intelligence. We pass or fail on ridiculously narrow criteria. I was lucky at school because I...
6 min
Bulldoze the Business School
Bulldoze the Business School
Visit the average university campus and it is likely that the newest and most ostentatious building will be occupied by the business school. The business school has the best building because it makes the biggest profits (or, euphemistically, “contribution” or “surplus”) – as...
Martin Parker
Being a White Student at a Historically Black College
Being a White Student at a Historically Black College
On this episode of 'MINORITY REPORTS,' Vice met up with Tiago, a white freshman at Morehouse College, an HBCU in Atlanta that counts Martin Luther King, Jr. and Spike Lee as alumni. We sat down with him to hear why he decided to enroll in the school, asked his peers for their...
26 min
The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education
The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education
“Anthropologists have long known that Native Americans reared courageous, respectful children without using harsh coercive controls. Nevertheless, Europeans colonizing North America tried to “civilize” indigenous children in punitive boarding schools, unaware that Natives...
Reclaiming Youth International
School Shootings: Who to Listen to Instead of Mainstream Shrinks
School Shootings: Who to Listen to Instead of Mainstream Shrinks
I have never spoken with a school shooter, but I’ve talked with many teenage boys and young men who—though behaviorally nonviolent themselves—emotionally connect with the anger, alienation, and hopelessness of school shooters.
Bruce E. Levine
Children Full of Life
Children Full of Life (2003)
What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence? - Gloria Steinem Mr. Kanamori, a teacher of a 4th grade class, teaches his students not only how to be students, but how to live. He gives them lessons on teamwork, community, the...
41 min
Reveal, Remember and Resist: the Three Rs Remixed
Reveal, Remember and Resist: the Three Rs Remixed
Passivity in the young is an obstacle to social transformation. Let’s teach kids to recognize and use their agency.
Leon Prescod
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
The Big Story: Can We Change Civilization by Changing Its Origin Story?
How did humans go from savanna-dwelling primates to moon-bouncing Tide Pod™ eaters? This is the big question that Big History has been trying to answer for millennia. Sure, other ages may have framed the question differently. Pre-Internet historian Herodotus may have asked...
Samuel Miller McDonald
Reconciling Two Incompatible Sacred Values in American Universities: Jon Haidt
Reconciling Two Incompatible Sacred Values in American Universities: Jon Haidt
Professor Haidt argues that conflicts arise at many American universities today because they are pursuing two potentially incompatible goals: truth and social justice. While Haidt thinks both goals are important, he maintains that they can come into conflict. According to...
67 min
How Social Justice Activists Took Over a College and Drove Some Professors Out
How Social Justice Activists Took Over a College and Drove Some Professors Out (2018)
Bret Weinstein left the Evergreen State College in the wake of student protests last Spring. However, internal struggles with faculty and administration over equity was happening months before this. Subverse went to Evergreen with Weinstein to hear his side of where this...
43 min
The Queen's University Talk: Jordan Peterson on The Rising Tide of Compelled Speech
The Queen's University Talk: Jordan Peterson on The Rising Tide of Compelled Speech
Jordan Peterson: "I was invited to Queen's University March 5 to give the inaugural lecture/discussion of the Liberty Lecture series, funded by Faculty of Law alumnus, Gregory Piasetzki (LLB 1980). Dr. Bruce Pardy (https://law.queensu.ca/faculty-r
106 min
My Son Was a Columbine Shooter. This is My Story.
My Son Was a Columbine Shooter. This is My Story.
Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters who committed the Columbine High School massacre, murdering 12 students and 1 teacher. She's spent years excavating every detail of her family life, trying to understand what she could have done to prevent...
16 min
Parents Need to Start Talking to Their Tweens About the Risks of Porn
Parents Need to Start Talking to Their Tweens About the Risks of Porn
Editor’s note: This article includes references to graphic sexual content that may be inappropriate for some readers.
Gail Dines
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
Why I Teach a Course Called 'White Racism'
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
Learning on the Homefront
Learning on the Homefront
What comes to many people’s minds when they think of homeschooling? Granola-eating Hippies Christian missionaries Anarchists General weirdos
Mary MacLachlan
'WASTELANDERS' - Eco-poem for kids (and bigger people!)
'WASTELANDERS' - Eco-poem for kids (and bigger people!)
My name's Kevin Latham, and this poem belongs to my 'Developing Minds' range aimed at older kids (as well as really big ones, like myself!). It's my hope that these offerings will inspire creativity and constructive thought amongst young people, whilst encouraging them to...
3 min
'SLICK' - Eco-poem for kids (and bigger people!)
'SLICK' - Eco-poem for kids (and bigger people!)
My name is Kevin Latham, and this poem belongs to my 'Developing Minds' range aimed at older kids (as well as really big ones, like myself!). It's my hope that these offerings will inspire creativity and constructive thought amongst young people, whilst encouraging them to...
2 min
ANICCA - Embracing Change
ANICCA - Embracing Change (2017)
ANICCA is a very personal, honest and inspirational documentary about key issues regarding our struggle with change: fear, courage, trust and the big challenge of accepting reality as it is. 
85 min
Know Your Stuff: The Military Industrial Complex of Israel | Dr. Shir Hever
Know Your Stuff: The Military Industrial Complex of Israel | Dr. Shir Hever
In this video Dr. Shir Hever talks about the history and evolution of the Israeli military industrial complex from the 1980s onwards until the modern era.
16 min
Why We Should Teach About the FBI’s War on the Civil Rights Movement
Why We Should Teach About the FBI’s War on the Civil Rights Movement
March 2017 marks the 46th anniversary of a dramatic moment in U.S. history. On March 8, 1971—while Muhammad Ali was fighting Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden, and as millions sat glued to their TVs watching the bout unfold—a group of peace activists broke into an FBI...
Ursula Wolfe-Rocca
Taking the Fight Against White Supremacy Into Schools
Taking the Fight Against White Supremacy Into Schools
"Eventually, we need to move beyond discussions about tearing down symbols of white supremacy, and begin to strategize about how to tear down the systems that still prop it up."
Adam Sanchez
Akala on Education and the Secret to Eternal Youth!
Akala on Education and the Secret to Eternal Youth!
We asked rapper Akala about education, didn't realise we'd find out the secret to eternal youth. Thanks Akala!
4 min
123 Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo
123 Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo
Now that there are thousands of films on Films For Action, we realized the very best gems have really become buried all across our library, and for people new to this information, we needed a more guided way to dive in. Spread across 15 core themes, this collection aims to be...
Films For Action
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Most students are told to be seen and not heard. “Democratic schools” offer a refreshing alternative.
Brian Foglia
Why We Need to Democratize Education
Why We Need to Democratize Education
Achieving comprehensive social change requires radical alteration of everything, including education. But most of the attempts to reform the educational system are limited. What is needed is a democratization of education through the introduction of alternative egalitarian...
Yavor Tarinski
John Waters Commencement Address is Priceless
John Waters Commencement Address is Priceless
John Waters' rollicking commencement speech at The Rhode Island School of Design offered up some good one-liners and a few pearls of wisdom, though phrased, quite naturally, in an irreverent way.
12 min
Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra
Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)
RE-LEARNING HOPE is the story of Unitierra, an autonomous university in Oaxaca, Mexico that is immersed in, and has emerged from, the social and indigenous movements of the region. The film tells the story of this emergence of Unitierra and its powerful critique of...
70 min
A Short History of School
A Short History of School
Very few people know the history of school. Nor do they know the real reason schools were established in the first place. Here's a short history of schools in the U.S. from the documentary Class Dismissed.
2 min
Films for Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
This collection of 123 documentaries is a map for navigating the 21st century. It is guided by the premise that we are facing a planetary emergency, and the primary role of schools today should be to prepare students to become active participants in designing the transition...
Films For Action
Kids Gone Wild - Forest Kindergartens Build Trust and Connect Children with Nature
Kids Gone Wild - Forest Kindergartens Build Trust and Connect Children with Nature
Children are running wild in the mud, climbing high into trees and playing with knives, but no one is telling them off. This is kindergarten, Danish-style.
11 min
A Design School for Planetary Collapse
A Design School for Planetary Collapse
Storm clouds gather for a future that will be turbulent and dangerous. We need designers ready for this future.
Joe Brewer
What Schools Teach Without Teaching: American Myths and Powerlessness
What Schools Teach Without Teaching: American Myths and Powerlessness
All over America, school children are completing another academic year before their summer vacation. This invites the questions, what did they learn and what did they do with what they learned?
Ralph Nader
On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom
On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom
“In Wildness is the preservation of the World.” Thoreau says it in “Walking,” and Jack Turner, in his exquisite collection of essays, The Abstract Wild,  questions how many of us have any idea what it means.   P
Carol Black
This 2-Part Primer Will Help You Think Like an Unschooler
This 2-Part Primer Will Help You Think Like an Unschooler
Many of us have difficulty explaining the concept of unschooling, life learning, or self-directed learning to those who are unfamiliar with it.  In an attempt to help unschoolers communicate their way of looking at things to the wider community, we have come up with the...
Carol Black & Neal Marlens
What Happens When You Bring Meditation to Public Schools
What Happens When You Bring Meditation to Public Schools
Classrooms all over the country are trying something new: sitting and breathing.
5 min
How The Free Market Really Works
How The Free Market Really Works
An example of how the Free Market functions, taken from the book titled 'The New Human Rights Movement,' written by Peter Joseph. 
5 min
A New Browser Plug-In Lets You Access Millions of Scientific Papers for Free
A New Browser Plug-In Lets You Access Millions of Scientific Papers for Free
Unpaywall is a web browser plug-in that brings free information to those who seek facts. The open-source service is disrupting traditional publishing by giving users access to peer-reviewed journal articles for free, and it's all totally legal.
Dom Galeon
Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope
Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope
“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” Jane Goodall
5 min
Richard Wolff Explains How & Why Bankers Want You to Stay Indebted Forever
Richard Wolff Explains How & Why Bankers Want You to Stay Indebted Forever
In this interview with Professor of Economics Emeritus (University of Massachusetts) and founder of Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff talks about bankruptcy protection, debt jubilee, students debt and the function that a credit system serves in our society today.
14 min
In Utero
In Utero (trailer)
IN UTERO is a documentary about life in the womb and its lasting impact on human development, human behavior, and the state of the world.
2 min
The Feynman Technique - 3 Steps to Learning Something New
The Feynman Technique - 3 Steps to Learning Something New
Richard Feynman was a physicist who received a nobel prize for his work in quantum electrodynamics. He was notorious for asking his mathematicians to explain concepts in simple language to test their understanding.  Here his unique technique to learn new materials: Step 1...
2 min
Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere
Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)
The future of our children, our health, and our society, will depend on how we meet the defining social challenge of our time: developing a quality, comprehensive education system. The conflicts over policy and resources have become commonplace - sowing division rather than...
69 min
Solving the Education Disparity Problem
Solving the Education Disparity Problem
Interns at our college designed this Solar Powered Projector to propose insight into the gender disparity in school attendance, and why boys are 20% more likely to attend class. 
8 min
The Feminist Library: A Short Film
The Feminist Library: A Short Film (2016)
The Feminist Library: A Short Film was made in support of the Save the Feminist Library Campaign in London (UK), documenting a crucial moment in the library's herstory as it fights for its very survival. Shortlisted for the Women's History Network Community Prize, the film...
29 min
They Screened This Documentary to 80 Villages
They Screened This Documentary to 80 Villages (trailer)
What does it mean to stand behind girls education in some of the toughest and most backward communities in India? See how non formally educated Barefoot R&D technology innovators are solving the education disparity problem by realizing the dream of education for girls in...
2 min
Strangely Like Gulag: Schooling and the Industrial Machine
Strangely Like Gulag: Schooling and the Industrial Machine
For many years, I’ve seen more and more of my rural and tribal neighbors pack their children off to school. Now, every morning between 8:00 and 9:00 am in this upwardly-mobile-yet-backward district, the country roads are full of children commuting to school, hoisting bags...
Suprabha Seshan