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Hamas Speaks the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them
Hamas Speaks the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them
The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone attacks on a variety of targets from tanks to automated machine gun nests, are the familiar language of the...
Chris Hedges
Break the Endless Cycle of Violence
Break the Endless Cycle of Violence
A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.
Josh Liveright
What You Are Seeing in Gaza Is Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
What You Are Seeing in Gaza Is Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing
Seventy-five years of global inaction and Israeli impunity have led to this moment in which one of the most vulnerable populations on earth is pummeled by one of the worlds strongest military powers on a genocidal warpath.
Yumna Patel
Nonviolence Is a Light of Possibility in Times Like This: on the Current Escalation in Israel and Palestine
Nonviolence Is a Light of Possibility in Times Like This: on the Current Escalation in Israel and Palestine
"Amid all this insanity, we are deeply moved by and thankful for all Israelis and Palestinians who remain committed to nonviolence, even now that another violent chapter is opened. True courage lies in breaking the cycle of trauma, in refusing revenge, in loving in spite of...
Sabine Lichtenfels, A’ida al-Shibli, Uri Ayalon & Martin Winiecki
Murder and Hostage-Taking Will Not Bring Peace or Justice, and Neither Will Apartheid
Murder and Hostage-Taking Will Not Bring Peace or Justice, and Neither Will Apartheid
The one change will be that hardliners on all sides will have gained supportwith no lessons learnedthus sowing the seeds for another round of violence.
Dr. James J. Zogby
If Israel Reacts to Its 9/11 Like the Americans Responded to Theirs, Innocent Civilians Will Pay the Heaviest Price
If Israel Reacts to Its 9/11 Like the Americans Responded to Theirs, Innocent Civilians Will Pay the Heaviest Price
The US achieved nothing in the Middle East, but millions of civilians paid the price the same will be true now
Paul Rogers
Fascism in the Holy Land: A Revised Jewish Understanding of the State of Israel
Fascism in the Holy Land: A Revised Jewish Understanding of the State of Israel
"While Israel has had a right-wing government for much of the last 25 years, the government that took power in late 2022 has become a fascist government with little respect for the history and judicial processes of a democratic society."
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Realists of a Larger Reality: The introduction to Here Be Monsters: How To Fight Capitalism Instead of Each Other
Realists of a Larger Reality: The introduction to Here Be Monsters: How To Fight Capitalism Instead of Each Other
"Not everything that looks like liberation actually is, nor is every political idea which claims to help people actually helpful. Sometimes, we can dream up things which become nightmares. Sometimes, the left is actually out of touch with reality, with larger reality...
Rhyd Wildermuth
How the "15 Minute City" Conspiracy Theory Fooled People Into Fighting for the Status Quo
How the "15 Minute City" Conspiracy Theory Fooled People Into Fighting for the Status Quo
Tim Hjersted
Yes, Israel Is a Racist State
Yes, Israel Is a Racist State
The structure of Israeli governance is embodied with discrimination against Palestinian citizens.
Khelil Bouarrouj
How Your Sacred Lovers Within Play a Crucial Role in Your Life
How Your Sacred Lovers Within Play a Crucial Role in Your Life
Throughout history, people have described the existence of two complementary yet distinctly different principles that make up our entire universe. Some call them Yin and Yang. Some call them Mother Earth and Father Sky. Some call them left and right brain, while others refer...
Tiziana Dellarovere
Why Your Inner Male and Inner Female Have Nothing to Do With Your Gender
Why Your Inner Male and Inner Female Have Nothing to Do With Your Gender
Deep within you are two powerful allies: yourinner masculineandinner feminine. These complementary aspects of your fundamental nature, distinct from your gender identity, are a potent source of love, healing and success in the world. Each plays a crucial role in your overall...
Tiziana Dellarovere
50 Paradigm-Shifting Documentaries for a Wise Earth
50 Paradigm-Shifting Documentaries for a Wise Earth
The human journey is at a crossroads. Authoritarianism is on the rise, the biosphere is destabilizing, and the capitalist global order is driving us towards the cliff with its head stuck in quarterly profit reports. From everything we've learnedabout climate feedback loops...
Films For Action
A Decolonial Critique of the Concept of White Privilege: Why Injustice Is Not a Privilege
A Decolonial Critique of the Concept of White Privilege: Why Injustice Is Not a Privilege
Introduction Many progressive people use the concept of white privilege to analyze racism. Critique is an essential component of decolonial knowledge production. It is a way of improving our theoretical and activist work. A decolonial critique looks at the concept from the...
Sandew Hira
Utopia Isn't Just Idealistic Fantasy – It Inspires People to Change the World
Utopia Isn't Just Idealistic Fantasy – It Inspires People to Change the World
Climate breakdown, mass extinctions, and extreme inequality threaten the earths rich tapestry of life and leave our own fate increasingly uncertain. At a time of such social, political and ecological upheaval, it&rs
Heather Alberro
An Open Letter: Why I'm Leaving the Cult of Wokeness
An Open Letter: Why I'm Leaving the Cult of Wokeness
If there's one thing I'mNOTafraid of, it's being 'cancelled'.
Africa Brooke
The Dangerous Fallacy of 'Democracies' and the Need to Reinvigorate Real Democracy
The Dangerous Fallacy of 'Democracies' and the Need to Reinvigorate Real Democracy
The democracies" is just the conventional term for that bloc of states. Internally, the democrat is an enemy ~Jacques Ranciere[1] Language is a powerful tool. This holds true for politics as much as for any other aspect of social life, if not even more. And there is one...
Yavor Tarinski
Crisis Fatigue and the Co-Creation of Positive Possibilities
Crisis Fatigue and the Co-Creation of Positive Possibilities
A letter to a community organizer and networker overwhelmed by the potential impact of global crises on his community
Tom Atlee
Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
Liking a post on social media might not seem like a high-impact action. But nonprofit media groups actually depend a great deal on their readers online engagement.
Luca Goldmansour
Worker Self-Directed Enterprises: the Cure for Capitalism
Worker Self-Directed Enterprises: the Cure for Capitalism
Socialism Sucks! This blatant invective was hurled at me while I stood on a DC metro train reading Richard Wolffs new bookUnderstanding Socialism. I chuckled a bit, having heard this refrain fromInfoWarsor Turning Point warriors for years. I suppose it depends on how you...
Kevin Gustafson
Feminine Power Does Not Move the World Through Force
Feminine Power Does Not Move the World Through Force
It Tethers the Masculine Powers to Life, Directs them Toward Love, and Keeps Them Grounded in Beauty.
Charles Eisenstein
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
In his landmark provocative style, Stephen Jenkinson makes the case that we must birth a new generation of elders, one poised and willing to be true stewards of the planet and its species. Come of Age does not offer tips on how to be a better senior citizen or how to be...
Stephen Jenkinson
Brotherhood is the Medicine: How Men are Reclaiming a Masculinity in Service to Life
Brotherhood is the Medicine: How Men are Reclaiming a Masculinity in Service to Life
I learned something important about myself at an event last month, the annual convergence of a mens organization called the Sacred Sons. Though I was there as a speaker, I decided to experience it from the vantage point of a participant as well. That is how I found myself in...
Charles Eisenstein
Why Everyone Needs to Watch Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives for a Regenerative Future
Why Everyone Needs to Watch Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives for a Regenerative Future
Inhabitants is an inspiring documentary about the work many of our indigenous relatives are doing today to restore our world.
Tim Hjersted
How to Defeat the Fossil Goliath?
How to Defeat the Fossil Goliath?
The KEY question, I'm asked by students when I guest lecture about the#ClimateCrisisis 'but what can we do?' So I recently rewrote my materials to try & tackle that question head on. Feel free to adapt them. Buckle up - here's a LONG threadabout how we can fight back!
Dr. Aaron Thierry
Why Do Conspiracy Theories Flourish? Because Proven Conspiracies are Too Daunting
Why Do Conspiracy Theories Flourish? Because Proven Conspiracies are Too Daunting
The greatest conspiracies are open and notorious not theories, but practices expressed through law and policy, technology, and finance. Counterintuitively, these conspiracies are more often than not announced in publicand with a modicum of pride. Theyre dutifully reported in...
Edward Snowden
Voting, a Patriotic Duty
Voting, a Patriotic Duty
I am a black woman in America. I am a woke black woman who has been woke before woke was cool. I also love America.
Valerie Elverton-Dixon
The "No Illusions" Guide to Elections: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!
The "No Illusions" Guide to Elections: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!
This guide is for people who are ambivalent about voting in elections. It directly addresses the objections of the "don't vote" position while finding common ground. To summarize the position of this guide: "Year-round activism + voting" is the best strategy for creating the...
Tim Hjersted
Twenty Media Education Foundation Documentaries Are Coming to Films for Action!
Twenty Media Education Foundation Documentaries Are Coming to Films For Action!
Hi all. I'm thrilled to announce a new partnership with the legendary nonprofit film studio, the Media Education Foundation.
Tim Hjersted and Films For Action
What Activists Can Too Easily Forget
What Activists Can Too Easily Forget
Activism today, call it engaged citizenship, ought to have more humility than it often does, and perhaps a bit more compassion and curiosity, too. No matter how great our understanding, we'll always have something valuable to teach and something valuable to learn.
Tim Hjersted
Nonviolence Means... a Visionary Poster Series by Campaign Nonviolence & Rosie Davila
Nonviolence Means... a Visionary Poster Series by Campaign Nonviolence & Rosie Davila
In all 50 states and around the world, Campaign Nonviolence has been building a culture of active nonviolence, free from war, poverty, racism, and environmental destruction. We share skills and tools with which people can practice nonviolence toward themselves, one another...
Campaign Nonviolence, Rosie Davila
44 Reasons Why Capitalism Cannot Be Redeemed
44 Reasons Why Capitalism Cannot Be Redeemed
I have a very friendly relationship withAdam Bendell, who is very deeply involved in the world of impact investment and who has also been very interested in the work I am doing around gift economy. Over the years, he has come to events of mine and we have had some very...
Miki Kashtan
The Local Planet VS the Global Empire of Corporations
The Local Planet VS the Global Empire of Corporations
If you judge that the world is dominated by the American, Russian, Chinese or European empire, you are completely wrong. The real (silent and invisible) empire is that of the corporations (giant companies and banks) that today control practically all fields of human activity...
Victor M. Toledo
Freedom of Mind - The Root of the Social Gospel
Freedom of Mind - The Root of the Social Gospel
What we need then for the social gospel to become a reality is more of a collective awakening, with more and more people becoming free of their lesser views and motivations.
Jason.espada
The Pimps of War
The Pimps of War
The coterie of neocons and liberal interventionists who orchestrated two decades of military fiascos in the Middle East and who have never been held to account are now stoking a war with Russia.
Chris Hedges
We Must End the War in Ukraine by Challenging Evil—Not Becoming It
We Must End the War in Ukraine by Challenging Evil—Not Becoming It
What is anti-imperialism in this new era of East-West polarization?
Martin Winiecki
A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health
A Radical Approach to Psychedelics and Mental Health
The so-called psychedelic renaissance is here. Proponents claim that the drugs can alleviate an array of psychological suffering. But while they try to gain medical acceptance, they ignore the structural factors that cause suffering in the first place. We need a revolutionary...
Mike Pappas and Dimitri Mugianis
The Field of Peace
The Field of Peace
John Perkins once told me a story of bringing a group to have an audience with the Dalai Lama. A woman asked him, Is it important to pray for peace? The Dalai Lama said, Yes, praying for peace is very good, but if that is all you do you are wasting your time.
Charles Eisenstein
So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War
So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War
Major American media outlets oppose military aggression... unless the United States is doing it.
Jeff Cohen
Reunion Is Possible When We Put Healing above Victory
Reunion Is Possible When We Put Healing above Victory
I read a story the other day about a couple in Germany. They had enjoyed a harmonious marriage for more than 20 years until the time of Covid, when each adopted beliefs directly opposed to the other. Their arguments became more and more violent, until last year they split up.
Charles Eisenstein
The Paradox of Busy
The Paradox of Busy
Sometimes, when people reach out to me with requests for interviews or writing, they preface the request with, I know you must be very busy...
Charles Eisenstein
How to Convert a Business into a Worker-Owned Cooperative
How to Convert a Business into a Worker-Owned Cooperative
Cooperatives are a great way to bring democracy into the workplace. They can either be built from scratch or by converting existing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives. For retiring business owners as well as entrepreneurs, selling a business to employees is a way to...
Cat Johnson
Financial Crises and Socio-Economic Outlook in Three Documentaries
Financial Crises and Socio-Economic Outlook in Three Documentaries
1- Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Alpaslan Pasaoglu
Six Ways to Find Your Courage During Challenging Times
Six Ways to Find Your Courage During Challenging Times
Courage doesnt have to look dramatic or fearless. Sometimes it looks more like quiet perseverance.
Amy L. Eva
Thich Nhat Hanh Was One of the Great Spiritual and Activist Teachers of Our Time. Rest in Love, Dear Brother!
Thich Nhat Hanh Was One of the Great Spiritual and Activist Teachers of Our Time. Rest in Love, Dear Brother!
Beloved teacher, activist, and Zen Buddhist master, Thich Nhat Hanh, has died peacefully at 95.
Tim Hjersted
Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Dies at 95
Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Dies at 95
"He inspired so many good people to dedicate themselves to working for a more just and compassionate world."
Jessica Corbett
A Temple of This Earth: Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence
A Temple of This Earth: Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence
(This essay is the final installment of a series. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,
Charles Eisenstein
Films for Patrons: Donate $5/Mo and Gain Access to These Great Documentaries
Films for Patrons: Donate $5/Mo and Gain Access to These Great Documentaries
Films For Actionhosts the largest collection of free films related to social change online. Started by a few friends in 2006, we're a home-grown media library dedicated to empowering citizens with the knowledgeessential to creating a moreloving, just, sustainable, and...
Tim Hjersted
Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending
Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending
Our present moment is saturated in dystopian, apocalyptic fantasies of the future.
Films For Action
So-Called 'Centrists' Are Really Incredibly Dangerous Extremists
So-Called 'Centrists' Are Really Incredibly Dangerous Extremists
Their supposed "seriousness" poses a serious threat to everyone but the small group of elites whose short-term interests they actually represent.
Dr. Peter Bloom
How Militarism Fuels The Climate Crisis — And Vice Versa
How Militarism Fuels The Climate Crisis — And Vice Versa
True climate solutions must have antimilitarism at their core.
Lorah Steichen, Lindsay Koshgarian
From Columbus to Enbridge: Colonial Exploitation Continues
From Columbus to Enbridge: Colonial Exploitation Continues
It's somehow fitting ironyas Indigenous Day approaches on Oct. 11 once known by another name that a new Columbus is about to pump oil through Line 3, the last tar sands pipeline. That is the colonial-like corporation Enbridge. Maybe President Joe Biden will think about...
Winona Laduke
5 Key Things to Know About the Pandora Papers
5 Key Things to Know About the Pandora Papers
These disclosures about how the world's wealthy and powerful hide their vast fortunes will hopefully turn up the heat on the politicians that maintain the wealth-hiding status quo.
Chuck Collins
Profiteering From Vaccine Inequity: a Crime Against Humanity?
Profiteering From Vaccine Inequity: a Crime Against Humanity?
Companies and rich nations are creating a deadly Covid-19 vaccine "protection racket."
Fatima Hassan, Gavin Yamey, Kamran Abbasi
Lack of Trusted Authority Is Why Covid-19 Is Kicking Our Butts
Lack of Trusted Authority Is Why Covid-19 Is Kicking Our Butts
The resulting credibility vacuum has enabled unscrupulous politicians, agents of chaos, and other charlatans to position themselves as experts.
Steven Singer
Despite Our Despair, There's a Reality Worth Fighting For
Despite Our Despair, There's a Reality Worth Fighting For
Those who are enduring injustice, exploitation, and oppressionwhether people, animals, or ecosystemsneed us to believe that wrongs can be righted and to take action accordingly.
Zoe Weil
Please Teach Your Children About Corporate Criminals
Please Teach Your Children About Corporate Criminals
Today's school children are engulfed by corporate apps, software, and textbooks biased toward the corporate definitions of an economy and myths about "free markets."
Ralph Nader
Principles for Reversing Globalization and Creating a Future Designed for People, Not Corporations
Principles for Reversing Globalization and Creating a Future Designed for People, Not Corporations
"We live in the time of the ballyhooed Great Reset, a time following when great destruction has cleared the way to build something different or to lock in the gains of big corporations, central governments, and the super-wealthy. What vision of human development might we...
Charles Eisenstein
Big Oil Coined ‘Carbon Footprints’ to Blame Us for Their Greed. Keep Them on the Hook.
Big Oil Coined ‘Carbon Footprints’ to Blame Us for Their Greed. Keep Them on the Hook.
Climate-conscious individual choices are good but not nearly enough to save the planet. More than personal virtue, we need collective action
Rebecca Solnit
Capitalism Is What’s Burning the Planet, Not Average People
Capitalism Is What’s Burning the Planet, Not Average People
Not all humans are equally culpable in the climate chaos outlined in the latest IPCC report. Identifying the rich and powerful as the principal culprits is key to stopping further destruction.
Chris Saltmarsh