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How we build a better world in the face of climate catastrophe and social collapse.
In his talk, Mike explores the two dominant mindsets of the police forces across the country - warrior versus guardian. He explains how the guardian mindset can lead to a much safer and connected community than the other.
20 min
It will take real collective action not just canceling your Prime subscription to force the company to change its labor practices
Justin Ward
The opioid addictions, the school shootings, the dronings, the prison industrial complex, the rising number of homeless, the one-crisis-after-another and for a while you might run with your fire hose, trying to put out one fire after another. But at some point you burn out...
7 min
What do suffragettes, cigarettes, Sigmund Freud, bacon and eggs with breakfast, bananas, and a coup in Guatemala all have in common? SHOPPING FOR FREEDOM explores the answer to that question and more in thisdocumentaryby United Natures Media, adapted from the podcast...
47 min
When we talk about sustainability, there's an implication there, that is present in the question "what is it that we want to sustain?" Read "Climate: A New Story" for free at CharlesEisenstein.org/books
8 min
In the days since the white supremacists marched into Charlottesville, Va., my Twitter feed has lit up with advice from black pundits, activists and even friends:
Its time to stop talking about racism with white people.
Whiteness is always protected, even at its...
Chloé Valdary
Musician and activist Pravini Baboeram presents The Uprising, a music documentary that tells the story of resistance against racism in Europe. With commentary and experiences from academics and activists, the Dutch-Indian singer/songwriter offers a decolonial perspective on...
3 min
A deep dive into a recent MAGA rally by Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
13 min
This video shows Cam attempting to implement a zero-waste lifestyle for 7 days.
11 min
Bernie Sanders faced a media blackout that helped sink his 2016 run for president. Today, the trend continues: Sanders gets less media coverage and a higher rate of negative coverage than his top rivals for the Democratic nomination in 2020. But this time, says The...
4 min
When Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas on Sept. 1, 2019, it packed winds of up to 185 miles per hour and a 20-foot storm surge. A day later, it ravaged Grand Bahama for 24 hours.
Jason von Meding, David Prevatt and Ksenia Chmutina
How to live a more sustainable life? This question generates a lot of debate that is focused on what individuals can do in order to address problems like climate change.For example, people are encouraged to shop locally, to buy organic food, to install home insulation, or to...
Kris De Decker
Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest issue that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with. Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the key backup renewable if it otherwise proves impossible to get off of...
Don Fitz
WATCH OUR MESSAGE! ACT NOW! SHARE IT! We are dedicated to planting trees that tell stories, and we are really happy to share this special work with you!The Short Film is an important message of the Indigenous Elder Mamo Rumaldo Lozano Gil guardian of the sacred site TEYUNA...
16 min
The Art of Effortless Living is a documentary based on the traditional philosophy and essential teaching of Taoism.
89 min
In this video we compile excerpts of interviews that we conducted from 2018 to 2019 pertaining to the extradition case of Julian Assange and the implications it has on press freedoms and democracy. This compilation includes analyses from Abby Martin, Jill Stein, Yanis...
32 min
"We are outraged by the ez regime's violations of Bolivians' political, civil, and human rights, and by the deplorable use of deadly violence that has led to a mounting death toll."
Jake Johnson
We must reduce carbon emissions by 40% in the next 12 years to have a 50% chance of avoiding catastrophe.
Chris Hedges
What lessons can we draw from three decades of struggles to address the existential threat of climate disruption? What do our failures reveal about the flaws of our political system and the economic nihilism of the fossil fuel industry? What strategies are most likely to lead...
25 min
Jamie Kilstein on SJWs & Tribalism
0:15 WTF is SJW?
3:35 SJWs Can Be Right-Wing Too!
10:00 Jamie Kilstein vs The Headlines
32:28 Speaking with the Enemy?
49:08 Problems with Tribalism
53:48 Outro Intro Music: Free Isaiah Rashad x J Cole Type Beat -Purpose
55 min
Educating inmates is cheaper than locking them up again, in addition to being the right thing to do. A new PBS documentary goes behind the scenes.
Mneesha Gellman/Emerson College
What happens when people work together to create solutions to the social, economic, and ecological issues we face today?
50 min
The tumbling dance of your thoughts, feelings, and sensations can polish the rough rocks of your life story into precious gemstones.
Thirty years ago, a friend of mine published a book called50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save The Earth. It described the huge environmental benefits that would result if everyone made some simple adjustments to their way of life. Six hundred thousand gallons of gas could be...
Steven Gorelick
Tawai is a word the nomadic hunter-gatherers of Borneo use to describe the connection they feel to their forest home. In this dreamy, philosophical and sociological look at life, Bruce Parry (of the BBC's Tribe, Amazon & Arctic) embarks on an immersive odyssey to explore the...
100 min
Polls show that over 70% of the country supports Medicare for All! But what does it mean? Some politicians are trying to turn to Medicare for All into a catch-all term that means any kind of health care reform. But Medicare for All means something specific: a single...
4 min
Produced by S.O.U.L. Documentary, this is a film on the lifes work of late, legendary visionary Jacque Fresco, founder of The Venus Project. The movie features never before seen archival footage and the inspirational last interview of his life.
44 min
In this talk connecting Yoruba indigenous philosophies, historical accounts of transatlantic slave crossings, new materialist/feminist insights, Bohrs scientific theory of quantum indeterminacy, Deleuzes musings about assemblages and rhizomes, and contemporary concerns with...
20 min
After I made a viral video exposing disgusting & dishonest media smears about Bernie Sanders and his supporters, I started getting smeared too. Recently, my video work from up to more than 10 years ago has been taken out of context to paint me as a racist, sexist...
9 min
This documentary, which was produced and directed by Alfred Birkegaard and Katja Gry Birkegaard Carlsen, explores how the Internet is changing the way in which we do science and create knowledge. It takes the viewer on a journey from Danish biology papers all the way to...
56 min
Humanity is a part of nature and playing our perfect role just like the bees, flowers, sharks and trees. Intelligence with feeling and compassion for our predicament.
20 min
Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars to convince the public that they aren't responsible for climate breakdown. Is it a coincidence that climate skeptics believe and share the exact same talking points?
Union of Concerned Scientists
The corporate media covers Bernie's campaign while millions of people around the country rise up. // Matt Orfalea
5 min
The remarkable creation and the senseless destruction of a precious wetland and mangrove in Barbados. SUSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClVKVfaFGUZjIcKhq2fMW_Q?sub_confirmation=1 - Website: www.graemehall.com - Facebook...
5 min
A brave social experiment looks doomed at the hands of Syrias dictator
Kenan Malik
INVASION is a new film about the Unistoten Camp, Gidimten checkpoint and the larger Wet'suwet'en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people.
18 min
This is the average Westerners life, condensed in a single minute.
1 min
A documentary on environmental racism and the successful campaign by a Kansas City community to stop a super-toxic waste dump/landfill from being cited in their community. While this program may seem dated, most of the issues raised by the program persist worldwide.
29 min
All our knowledge comes from nature and yet nature is a source of many mysteries.
51 min
You Cant Evict An Idea reveals the strengths and weaknesses of leaderless activist groups and 100% consensus decision making. The challenges inherent in using disruptive protest to change the worldare as relevant to the climate change protests today (such as Extinction...
71 min
Video essay on the ubiquity of lying, both in the stories we tell as well as in real life, and why perhaps we should try being a little more honest.
15 min
This conversation with Zack Geist addresses the phenomenon of debt, both from a theoretical standpoint and in very practical terms (at least for US listeners). Zack operates a business that liberates people from student loans and other debt. We discuss the morality of debt...
59 min
Just imagine living in an America that has the policies Bernie & Co. are pushing for. Poverty will be virtually eliminated. Medical and Student Debt Relief will be huge burdens lifted; Medicare for All and Tuition-Free College ensure that those issues never happen again...
In this interview we talk to a former U.S military analyst of the RAND corporation and whistleblower of the Pentagon papers, Daniel Ellsberg, about his personal journey and why he decided to blow the whistle in 1971. Furthermore we delve into his recent book The Doomsday...
44 min
Bernie Sanders has an incredible record of accomplishing the impossible. Here are 5 of Bernie Sanders amazing victories for everyday Americans. - Matt Orfalea
13 min
This speech by Kira McPherson was delivered during the #ClimateStrike protest on September 20th, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Kira McPherson
This is a film for those moments when we (again) hit rock bottom, when we're back in that old familiar place where nothing feels right, we hate ourselves and the future looks bleak. It's so easy to be sad - but maybe there could be another option? Maybe we could learn to make...
6 min
The Climate Trail is a "good, realistic, and sobering" free game about the post-apocalyptic world we face if we continue on our current path.
A recent discussion forum among the members of The Great Transition Network focused on The Promise and Pitfalls of Localism. My friend and colleague Brian Tokar started the discussion by noting that even though there is a resurgence of progressive action at the local level...
Helena Norberg-Hodge
The fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day of 1970 will be in 2020. As environmentalism has gone mainstream during that half-century, it has forgotten its early focus and shifted toward green capitalism. Nowhere is this more apparent than abandonment of the slogan...
Don Fitz
We must organize to replace existing structures of power with ones capable of coping with the crisis before us.
Chris Hedges
Despite the fact that Republicans continually receive fewer raw votes in national elections, they could regain control of the House through gerrymandering.
4 min
It should be no secret that I love The Dark Crystal, and have since I was a small child in the '80's. I've always found the journey to discover a path to heal what is broken, without destroying "evil," but by unifying the dark and the light within us. It's just art though...
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan
These days, city living feels much more difficult than it used to be. It seems everyone has a town planning issue or gripe. Whats yours? This animation explores why we need to break from a system of endless economic and population growth. Otherwise, our neighbourhoods will...
6 min
From cohousing and agroecology to fisheries and land trusts and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to commoning as a way to emancipate themselves from a predatory market/state system.
Free, Fair and Alive
As civilization faces an existential crisis, our leaders demonstrate their inability to respond. Theory of change shows that now is the time for radically new ideas to transform society before its too late.
Jeremy Lent
In September of 2011, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis a man who the best evidence suggested was innocent. On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered by self-appointed community guardian George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Then Michael Brown was...
Rob Urie
All things are interrelated. Everything in the universe is part of a single whole. Everything is connected in some way to everything else. It is therefore possible to understand something only if we can understand how it is connected to everything else.
Robert Koehler