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As the COVID-19 pandemic turns the global political and economic order on its head, two vastly different futures appear possible.
Noam Chomsky
In this video the economist and co-founder of DiEM25 Yanis Varoufakis, examines the socio-economic implications of the Coronavirus. This video was originally produced by DiEM25 and republished by acTVism Munich in order to create awareness on this issue.
19 min
Since Super Tuesday, one after the other, the arms of the corporate media and Democratic establishment have been calling for Bernie Sanders to drop out. While it is true that his path to victory has greatly narrowed (there’s no sugarcoating it), right now is not the time for...
The COVID-19 public health crisis is rapidly devolving into a vast, multi-faceted crisis of social reproduction with no end in sight. How can we seize this moment to build dual power?
Woodbine
Today, new forms of solidarity, mutual aid, and common struggle are emerging in the pandemic. How will they shape tomorrow’s struggles for a post-capitalist world?
Max Haiven
Beautiful Trouble’s irreverent guide to activism in the time of pandemic
Rae Abileah and Nadine Bloch
Even before the novel coronavirus appeared, many American families were falling behind on student loans, auto loans, credit cards and other payments. America’s debt overhead was pricing its labor and industry out of world markets. A debt crisis was inevitable eventually, but...
Michael Hudson
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center...
Lynn Ungar
"For the first time in history, humanity has a story that has the potential to unite us all. As we embody the natural impulse of evolution within us, we create a powerful field connecting cocreators worldwide in a unique self symphony of human genius, innovation and synergy...
5 min
The old paradigm of separateness, patriarchal anthropocentrism, religious monopolies, and the dictatorship of the ego, among other guiding threads, have brought humanity and planetary living systems to the brink of collapse. To aspire to a possible future, it is essential to...
20 min
An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans
Stop. Just stop.
It is no longer a request. It is a mandate.
We will help you.
We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a halt
We will stop
the planes
the trains
the schools
the malls
the meetings
the frenetic...
4 min
A clip from the latest Under The Skin podcast with Dr. Gabor Mate out Saturday, March 21st only on Luminary. If you don't have the Luminary app already you can sign up here.
24 min
Despite the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on public health and the economy, the slow down of transportation and industrial production has had measurable environmental benefits.
7 min
Yes there is fear.
Richard Hendrick
This beautiful poem by Kitty O'Meara has been shared around the world already. If you haven't heard it yet, here it is in video form. So much love for this! May it be so! - Films For Action
2 min
The Biggest Little Farm chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's...
92 min
This bears repeating: Humans are not inherently toxic, sinfl or destructive. Humanity is not a cancer.
The coronavirus shutdown as a dress rehearsal for the reformation of late-capitalism to allow climate repair.
An update on Covid-19 and the coronavirus epidemic...what has it revealed so far? How is society responding to it? What can we do?
13 min
Frightening commentary has emerged among liberals committing to a protest-vote against both Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. Proponents argue that, in some undescribed way, their protest-vote will send to these front-runners the “signal” that they are not entitled to our...
Ariän El-Taher
In this video we examine how fear can be used as a tool to manipulate others, and how those in positions of power, past and present, have effectively used fear to control certain aspects of society. =================================================== Support us on Patreon...
10 min
Everybody knows what spiritual bypass is, but let's talk about political bypass. - Charles Eisenstein
8 min
Here is the major difference between those attacking Sanders and Bernie Sanders: Bernie Sanders has consistently opposed U.S. hegemony. That’s why they attack him. These people don’t care about human rights unless it fits their agenda.
10 min
“Coronavirus casts a light on every single part of our society. We will see the best of humanity and the worst of Capitalism” - Kevin Ovenden
6 min
Governments around the world are busily exploiting the coronavirus crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks.
9 min
Like all cult leaders, Trump fills a certain void for his followers. Stopping him means providing pathways to sustainable forms of spiritual fulfillment.
Michael Nagler
In this video we examine how public schools and the mainstream media have contributed to the growth of a passive citizenry, thus paving the way for the rise of tyranny. We then look at the role anti-authoritarians play in a free and flourishing society.
11 min
The Government has made an ad about the Coronavirus and its surprisingly honest and informative.
4 min
Joe Biden is a weak candidate who is more likely to lose to Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders. The best chance we have at ousting Trump is voting for Sanders in the rest of the primaries.
Will Meyer and Ashwin Ravikumar
Virtually none of the outlandish claims about Agenda 21 are true. Yet, as with all such baseless propaganda, the hysteria over it has had the effect of poisoning any kind of rational discussion of the very real challenges we face — challenges that are essential to tackle...
Heidi Beirich
A FAIR study of the democratic presidential debates clearly shows that questions for progressive candidates such as Sanders and Warren were always framed critically, while those for moderate candidates were neutral.
13 min
Esteban escaped poverty in the ghetto when he was thirteen, by running away from home and joining the FARC guerrilla movement in Colombia.
48 min
There is only one choice in this election. The consolidation of oligarchic power under Donald Trump or the consolidation of oligarchic power under Joe Biden.
Chris Hedges
Everybody's noticing how social and political conversations become more and more polarized, to the point you can hardly call it a conversation anymore. - Charles Eisenstein
13 min
The evidence is in: Joe Biden has a habit of making things up. And it’s not just wrong — it could hurt him in a general election contest against Donald Trump. According to The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan, if you think the guy who made up getting arrested in South Africa, who...
5 min
This video explores the reasons to vote for Bernie Sanders over other candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary election.
11 min
Astronomer Carl Sagan's landmark 13-part science series takes you on an awe-inspiring cosmic journey to the edge of the Universe and back aboard the spaceship of the imagination.
780 min
Biden is a huge risk for those that want to defeat Trump in November.
8 min
We are a coalition of feminists contending with both our differences and our commonality in age, race, class, religion, labor, and sexual orientation. We meet at the intersection of our fluid identities. Though our experiences are different, we share a vision of a feminist...
A Feminist Future
Trump has shown that he understands who his real and most powerful base is—the billionaire class—ever since his election.
Paul Street
Donald Trump had the perfect opponent in the 2016 election. Running as a populist billionaire taking on the Washington elite, he couldn’t have asked for a better rival in Hillary Clinton, who carried heavy political baggage and who, for many, personified the so-called...
Conor Lynch
The fascists and plutocrats are not just coming... they are already here.
Peter Bloom
"What makes nonviolence so different from violence, is the way that nonviolence seeks to address and confront root causes of problems: violence addresses the symptoms and nonviolence goes at root cause of the problem."
Paul K. Chappell
Love, Peace and the Interconnection of All Life
A healthy populace with regular access to affordable health care is the best defense against an epidemic like we now face.
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
The concentration of corporate power is driving us toward catastrophe. We need new organizational models that serve the common good.
David Korten
When there is a conflict between big business and the public good, on labor rights, consumer rights, small taxpayer respect, and environmental protections, Bernie has stood with the people.
Ralph Nader
Dr. Cornel West makes the case for Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic nominee for president at a Bernie 2020 GOTV Rally in Detroit.
8 min
A candidate who has the guts to stand up to the people who own this country. A candidate who has the guts to have a vision that American can be a land for all people. Not just a land controlled by the super rich. #FeelTheBern #Bernie2020 #BernieBeatsTrump Thanks for watching...
7 min
Nonviolence is not simply the absence of violence, but about taking a proactive stand against violence and injustice, and working to repair the harm.
Kazu Haga
We must think, act and organize locally, while simultaneously cultivating a global vision and global solidarity.
Ronnie Cummins
The culture wars give the oligarchs, both Democrats and Republicans, the cover to continue the pillage.
Chris Hedges
There is no more daunting and dangerous duo in U.S. politics than the profits-over-people corporate wing of the Democratic Party and the belligerent, bigoted, and brutal Republican Party of Donald Trump.
Roy Eidelson
"People need to see it."
‘INVISIBLE’ follows two undercover investigators, ‘Emily’ and ‘Sarah’ (their names have been changed to protect their identities), on a pig farm investigation in Europe, offering the viewer an unprecedented glimpse into a world that is deliberately...
6 min
Matriarchies are not just a reversal of patriarchies, with women ruling over men – as the usual misinterpretation would have it. Matriarchies are mother-centered societies. They are based on maternal values: care-taking, nurturing, mothering. This holds for everybody: for...
Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth
What would America's heartland be like, 10 years after we pass a Green New Deal?
8 min
How to get from here to there in the next 10 years
Christine Hanna and Berit Anderson
Most people sense that the conventional, industrial school system isn't working and that change needs to happen. But how do we transform education? In this video, Nariman Moustafa shares her "7Cs" framework for conceptualizing the bottom-up, radical shift that is taking place...
5 min
WORTH THE PRICE? is a short documentary reviewing the role of then-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) in leading the United States into the most devastating foreign policy blunder of the last twenty years.
20 min
The United States would be much better off with a multiparty, proportional representation system. But we shouldn't delude ourselves that this “one quick fix” would root out the rot that pervades America's political economy.
Chris Maisano
"It’s all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we are in between stories. The Old Story—the account of how the world came to be and how we fit into it—sustained us for a long time. It shaped our emotional attitudes, provided us with life purpose, energized...
Tim Hjersted
The following text is a translation of Marian Díez‘s impassioned closing speech at the recent convergence meeting of the World Social Forum for Transformative Economies.
Marian Díez and Guerrilla Translation
Capital is coordinated and globalized. Our struggles against injustice and oppression must be the same.
Noam Chomsky, Paul Shannon, Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar
Black Snow looks at the explosion at the Oaks Colliery in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which despite being the world's worst industrial loss of life in the 19th century, was a tragedy that remained relatively unremembered until 2015, when a group of ex-miners, trade unionists...
23 min
"When so much is at stake, not only for Black people but for all people, and all life on the planet, we feel it imperative that we step outside of our classrooms and go beyond our campuses, to speak out on the current presidential election."
Jon Queally
Welcome to the Most Corrupt Industry in the World ☠️ Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
7 min
Despite the desperate smears from center-right opponents claiming he is "divisive," the reality is that Bernie Sanders’ policies are all about unity: common needs, mutual care, and a shared future.
Christopher D. Cook
If millions of Americans started driving electric cars with Federal tax breaks and an end to gasoline subsidies, American petroleum demand would plummet.
Juan Cole
There is no time for hopelessness. Here are some ideas for what we can do – now – to fight back against the attacks we know are coming.
Ed Goddard
Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t talking about making America into Cuba or Venezuela. He’s talking about extending social guarantees like those offered in other advanced countries, such as Denmark and Sweden.
Jesse Jackson
SAVING ASSANGE is an archive-driven, compilation, internet documentary that uses extracts from news bulletins, broadcast programs, TV docs, talk shows and other online content to revise the Assange saga and argue the legal, moral and ethical case for Julian Assange and Wikileaks.
48 min
Indigenous people in Canada are giving the world a demonstration of the power of nonviolent action. The justness of their cause — defending the land from those who would destroy it for short term profit and the elimination of a habitable climate on earth — combined with their...
David Swanson
In this excerpt from LOVE SCHOOL, author and visionary Charles Eisenstein speaks to the importance of surrounding ourselves with a supportive community that can give us the courage we need to step into the unknown, into new ways of being.
6 min
"This is a poignant situation. A woman is feeling pretty beat down in a pretty dark place who loves art, but shuts down when the question "what's the point?" inevitably creeps into her mind."- Charles Eisenstein
7 min
"Run to the rescue with love, and peace will follow." - River Phoenix
3 min
The beliefs and stories that we hold are not the result of an independent choice by the neo-liberal separate self choosing from the marketplace of ideas. Belief is a collective function. The echo chamber effect can operate both ways. - Charles Eisenstein
10 min
Even if we elect a better-than-Trump, half-measures candidate, we're still not better off. Our grandchildren will curse us all the same.
Thomas Neuburger
An inside look at how Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos built one of the largest and most influential economic forces in the world — and the cost of Amazon’s convenience.
114 min
In this in-depth interview, Reverend angel Kyodo williams reflects on our widespread crisis of story, the failure of institutional religions to offer a new way forward, and her philosophy of Radical Dharma—a path to individual and collective liberation. A Sensei in the...
39 min
With climate change and biodiversity loss worsening every day, we're all asking ourselves: will humanity survive?
7 min
Why is chronic poverty tolerated in America? Is our economic system flawed? Through personal stories and insights, University of Alabama professor J. Palmer (Jim) Brown explores the problem of poverty and advocates a solution in worker ownership and cooperation.
18 min
Nonty Charity Sabic is cofounder of the international Rise Ubuntu Network, based on “ubuntu”, an indigenous South African philosophy that aims to teach and collectively remember the connection shared between humans and nature. Based in Barcelona, Sabic is involved in...
MarÍa Sanz DomÍnguez and Timothy McKeon
INHABITANTS follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted...
76 min
Attention is like a spotlight—whatever it shines on becomes brighter in the mind. This knowledge can help us build compassion, says Paul Gilbert.
Paul Gilbert
California once had more linguistic variety than all of Europe. “Language Keepers” is a 6-part series following four Indigenous communities in California who are working to revitalize their languages.
105 min
It’s time to make the profit-maximising, shareholder-controlled corporation obsolete.
Marjorie Kelly
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths...
Robin Wall Kimmerer
The ‘design’ brief to redesign the human impact on Earth from predominantly exploitative and destructive to by and large regenerative and health-generating invites us to ask fundamental questions that define the story we tell about the world and our role in it.
Innovating...
Daniel Christian Wahl
Ignore the usual fairytale. Democracy, unions, healthcare and education: these are the forces that matter
Jason Hickel
Walking along the Klamath River in Northern California, Phil Albers reflects on the Karuk language and the ancestral land of the Karuk people that surrounds it. This film premiered in the fifth issue of Emergence Magazine on "Language" as part of the six-part multimedia story...
5 min
Nearly all of Ethiopia’s original trees have disappeared, but small pockets of old-growth forest still surround Ethiopia’s churches, living arks of biodiversity amongst the brown grazing fields. In this film and essay, Jeremy Seifert and Fred Bahnson travel to Ethiopia to...
8 min
Coca-Cola killed trade unionists in Latin America. General Motors built vehicles known to catch fire. Tobacco companies suppressed cancer research. And Boeing knew that its planes were dangerous. Corporations don't care if they kill people — as long as it's profitable.
Nicole M. Aschoff
CNN and CBS do it. NPR and PBS do it. They all do it.
Jeff Cohen
Food and farming is in crisis. In just over a decade we’ve lost more than 33,000 farms from our countryside, and alongside this, bad diet is now causing more health problems than smoking! The fundamental link between people, food and the very land we stand on is being broken...
68 min
Canada invades. Invades on behalf of industry. Invades during ceremony. Canada tears us from our land. Tears us from our families, from our homes. Takes our drums away. Takes our women away. Jails us for protecting the land, for being in ceremony, for honouring our ancestors.
7 min
By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. It’s an environmental crisis that’s been in the making for nearly 70 years. Plastic pollution is now considered one of the largest environmental threats facing humans and animals globally.
55 min
The new decade is just days old, but in one respect it is already shaping up like the last one: with mass protests around the world.
Rallies for democracy overseas and
Danielle K. Kilgo
Sierra Robinson is a seventeen-year-old farmer, homeschooler, and environmental activist from Vancouver Island, BC.
12 min
Practicing Nonviolent Communication guides us to reframe the way we listen to others and express ourselves by focusing our consciousness on four areas: what we are observing, feeling, needing and what we are requesting to enrich our lives. In this context the word need...
Center for Nonviolent Communication