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Polly's Place (Salem Oregon's Enduring Peace Vigil) (2018) 11 min
The program profiles a peace vigil that has endured 25 years. The program is intended as a teaching video for peace studies and conflict resolution courses.
India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed 51 min
All our knowledge comes from nature and yet nature is a source of many mysteries.
You Can't Evict An Idea - Occupy London On Film 71 min
You Can’t 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 world are as relevant to the climate change protests today (such as Extinction...
Radical Honesty – What If We All Told The Truth? 15 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.
Zack Geist: Dispelling the Mystery of Debt 59 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...
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...
There are two ways to look at an election in America, particularly during the primary season. One is the idea that choosing a candidate is about preference. It's about who you can identify with, who seems to have the "best chance of winning" (according to the punditry and...
Stop Ecocide, Ecocide Law - Polly Higgins Interview 16 min
The late Polly Higgins, Lawyer for the Earth, calls for a change to the law to criminalise Ecocide. A film by Flying Tiger Productions www.flyingtigerproductions.co.uk
The Museum of Neoliberalism 4 min
The Museum of Neoliberalism curated by Darren Cullen and Gavin Grindon due to open in London in 2019. A film by Flying Tiger Productions. www.flyingtigerproductions.co.uk
Turn on the TV, open a social media feed, and what do you find? Scandals in the Ukraine, with arguments over whose dirty hands are more at fault. Outrage over celebrities chumming up to "rehabilitated," unprosecuted war criminals. Strategic polling and "reporting" that...
Global Climate Strike - Wells 5 min
Inspiring young people speak at the Global Climate Strike, Wells, Somerset on 20th September 2019. Film by Flying Tiger Productions. www.flyingtigerproductions.co.uk
The Race is On: Secrets and Solutions of Climate 40 min
This film shows you the shocking secrets about the global climate crisis - but also solutions we already have to avoid disaster. Everyone wants a better, brighter future, and through smart storytelling, this film opens up the climate emergency for all to take effective actions.
"The Doomsday Machine" | Interview with Daniel Ellsberg - Former Nuclear War Planner & Whistleblower 44 min
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...
We're All Human 8 min
Walking along a busy street in Edinburgh, my eye caught a sign resting at the feet of a man sitting on the pavement outside a posh hotel. It simply read, 'I am a human being.' It stopped me dead in my tracks. Kneeling down to take a closer look, I struck up a conversation...
Undeterred 2 min
Trailer for documentary film Undeterred, about militarization and community resistance on the US./ Mexico border. Directed by Eva Lewis, original score by Natalia Serna, sound mix by Cal Glover-Wessel.
Coca-Cola's plastic secrets | DW Documentary 43 min
By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in the sea. Ten tons of plastic are produced every second. Sooner or later, a tenth of that will end up in the oceans. Coca-Cola says it wants to do something about it - but does it really? In January 2018, Coca-Cola made an...
Bernie Sanders Gets Stuff Done | 5 Amazing Victories 13 min
Bernie Sanders has an incredible record of accomplishing the impossible. Here are 5 of Bernie Sanders amazing victories for everyday Americans. - Matt Orfalea
Internet Companies Must Adopt Consistent Rules and Transparent Moderation Practices Big online platforms tend to brag about their ability to filter out violent and extremist content at scale, but those same platforms refuse to provide even basic information about the...
This speech by Kira McPherson was delivered during the #ClimateStrike protest on September 20th, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Of Course You've Messed Up 6 min
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...
Ruth Zweifler and the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan | Documentary 2019 12 min
A documentary about Ruth Zweifler, Ann Arbor activist and co-founder of the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan.
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.
Do Animals have Consciousness, Emotions & a sense of Fairness? | Interview with Frans De Waal 29 min
In this interview we talk to primatologist and best selling author, Frans De Waal, about his personal journey and how the field of animal studies has evolved since he began his practice. Furthermore, we examine his most notable studies and findings and whether animals have...
Ordinary Americans can organize and win
Localism taps into a deep need for community and a sense of place. Nationalism, on the other hand, destroys our sense of interdependence with human-scale community and the living environment.
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...
We must organize to replace existing structures of power with ones capable of coping with the crisis before us.
Robert Reich: The Secret GOP Plan to Keep Power 4 min
Despite the fact that Republicans continually receive fewer raw votes in national elections, they could regain control of the House through gerrymandering.
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...
Questioning Socialism – A Constructive Debate with Marxist Richard D. Wolff 48 min
In this interview we talk to Professor of Economics Emeritus (University of Massachusetts), Marxist economist and founder of Democracy at Work, Richard D. Wolff, about neoliberalism, capitalism & socialism. In addition we question the underlying principles and methods of...
The Island's Only Taxi 8 min
Eigg is a small island off the coast of Scotland, populated mostly by sheep, the dogs that keep track of them, and the 109 local residents. You wouldn't think that such a small island would have need for a taxi service, but you'll be surprised!
9/11 Whistleblowers 128 min
“But someone would have talked,” say the self-styled skeptics who believe the government’s official conspiracy theory of 9/11. But there’s a problem with this logically fallacious non-argument. “Someone” did talk. In fact, numerous people have come out to blow the whistle on...
The Endless Growth Paradigm 6 min
These days, city living feels much more difficult than it used to be. It seems everyone has a ‘town planning’ issue or gripe. What’s yours? This animation explores why we need to break from a system of endless economic and population growth. Otherwise, our neighbourhoods will...
LA SAL DE LA TIERRA (Le sel de la terre),Sebastiao Delgado Fotografia.
“Abrazos” (Embraces) Postcards 10 min
Meet the children and director of the documentary “Abrazos,” which shows the transformational journey of a group of U.S. citizen children from Worthington who travel to Guatemala to meet their relatives for the first time.
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.
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 it’s too late.
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...
“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.”
The most powerful and important organs in the invisible government are the nation’s bloated and unaccountable intelligence agencies.
What we are witnessing is not a passive geological event but extermination by capitalism.
Amazon Rainforest Fires - Avoid This Trap | Charles Eisenstein 13 min
The grief is so strong. What do I do with that energy? I've noticed kind of a trap, a diversion, that says "take that energy and hate somebody with it. Blame somebody with it."
'Today, despite all the grim climate news, I actually feel more optimistic than ever.'
Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom’s parliament and chastised its meager response to climate change. “I want you to panic,” the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly...
The two 9/11s - 1973 Chilean coup d'état and 2001 World Trade Center Attacks 35 min
In this exclusive interview with author, Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, Peter Kuznick, we examine two historical events that took place on the 11th of September: The 1973 Chilean coup d'état and 2001 World Trade...
Documenting Hate: Charlottesville 55 min
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the resurgence of white supremacists in America. An investigation into how the violent and infamous rally in Charlottesville became a watershed moment for the white supremacist movement. Correspondent A.C. Thompson shows how some of those...
A Forgotten Craft 8 min
At the age of 39, Catherine’s world changed. She discovered the world of ancient craft of basketry weaving. She chose to listen to the voice inside. She chose to follow her passion.
The Last Fisherman 38 min
A day in the life of Kostas Divolis, the last professional fisherman on Sikinos island, Greece.
Fred Normal 1 min
This video was shot on Lesvos, Greece, during a journey documenting the refugee route through the Balkans and all the way to Germany.  Fred stands for the many people we met who choose empathy and love as the guiding principle of their actions. Thank you, Fred, for stepping...
EGEO - THE SEA FOR ME 13 min
A journey into the relationship of man and sea with a focus on the Cyclades.
Transformative Cities 2019 People's Choice Award 2 min
Are you looking for inspiration and hope in a world of crisis? Do you want to support radical change in cities? Take action now and vote for the Transformative Cities 2019 Award to show your support for a #RightToTheCity for everyone https://transformativecities.org/2019award/
Sex-crazed and trouble-prone, there's never a dull moment with goats around.
Secret to Life 9 min
"If you look at zero, you see nothing. When you look through it, you see everything."
COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required 38 min
Common Notions is a film about the Purple Thistle Centre, a youth-run arts and activism space in Vancouver, BC, and about education, learning, friendship, and youth liberation.
No Veganwashing Israeli Crimes! 92 min
A panel responds to the use of veganism to propagandize the occupation. Organized by Animal Liberation Currents and Vegans for BDS For over a decade, the nation branding campaign Brand Israel has sought to “wash” the crimes of occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing by...
All Cats Are Black 9 min
What is more important - a beautiful face or a beautiful heart? While outer beauty may turn heads at first, it is easily forgotten when the true nature is revealed. Inner beauty will be remembered. Our relationships with others will be what is cherished.
Heart Attack Survivor Thrives on Plants | Dave Willits Part 1 | Plant Power Stories 6 min
Eating what he considered to be a balanced diet and working out several times a week, Dave Willits thought he was relatively healthy. But, in early 2014, Dave suffered a massive heart attack at work. He was rushed to hospital, where he flat-lined three times and was lucky to...
Rez Golf 5 min
Deep within Navajo Nation, scattered across a dusty, sagebrush-filled desert, three relatives share their homemade golf course with the community.
As media theorists, we set out in Spring 2019 to pool our collective expertise into a short and very readable article for the mainstream press about how media treats Western foreign policy.
“United States” to Imperial America: Our Hidden Empire 40 min
The global expanse of US military bases is well-known; but it's actual territorial empire is largely hidden. The true map of America is not taught in our schools. Abby Martin interviews history Professor Daniel Immerwahr about his new book, 'How To Hide An Empire,' where he...
Jair Bolsonaro takes on the Indigenous Munduruku of the Amazon 26 min
According to this SBS documentary, Bolsonaro is called the Trump of the Tropics.   He is promising to destroy the Amazon and indigenous people within it.  In 2017, there was 57 environ
The Electronic Waste Challenge: A Global Perspective 10 min
Growing electronic waste (e-waste or WEEE) volumes from consumers are a challenge for low and middle income countries. Informal recycling of valuable and hazardous components creates an income opportunity for the poor, but poses major health and environmental risks and also...
Fantastic Fungi 80 min
When so many are struggling for connection, inspiration and hope, Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world.
They Rescued Pigs and Turkeys From Factory Farms — and Now Face Decades in Prison 22 min
In the fall of 2017, Glenn Greenwald reported on a nationwide FBI manhunt for two pigs named Lily and Lizzie. The pigs had been removed from a factory farm in Utah by animal rights activists from a group called Direct Action Everywhere. From the perspective of the activists...
From the Heart 7 min
In that space between our words, when the mind is quiet, we can hear our own heart talking to us. And that is also when we are open to communicating with animals. This is something that we are all able to do - we've just forgotten how. We need to let go of all the rational...
Prologue: this essay is written in support of my new documentary Love School.  “Oh, home, let me come home Home is whenever I’m with you.” ~Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes As I pull
Good food is key to our survival and well-being. Eating local food is a powerful solution-multiplier — it reduces our carbon footprint, pollution, and waste, while creating dignified livelihood opportunities, strengthening communities and local economies, and strengthening...
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement 56 min
Every person on earth needs food every day. Every day food is tended, harvested, transported, stored, and served up on our tables. In a very real sense, food cannot be separated from life itself. And so it has been said that changing the way we grow and eat food is one of the...
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems 63 min
‘Use and value diversity’ is one of the ten core principles of permaculture — for good reason. Studies have shown that small, diversified farms can yield more than twice as much food per acre when compared to large monocultures. Crop diversity significantly contributes to...
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 3: Local Food Webs, Exploring Systems of Distribution 53 min
When it comes to helping people and planet, the way we grow our food is important. But building a healthy “food web” — healthy connections between producers, retailers and consumers — is also key.
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 4: Local Food Processors AKA Making Delicious Food 58 min
These days, it can be difficult to find processed foods that aren’t made by mega-corporations; foods that aren’t full of added sugars, genetically modified corn, and chemicals we would rather not put in our bodies; foods that weren’t made in factories that harm the...
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 5: Challenges & Solutions 83 min
Small farms around the world may be thriving, but farmers, particularly those just starting out, face a lot of challenges. Accessing affordable land is a BIG one, along with finding start-up capital, and competing with traditional producers in the market. But so are things...
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers 45 min
For young people not raised on the land, getting into farming can seem daunting. Even for people who have worked on farms before, it is easy to feel isolated and overwhelmed when it comes to starting a farm of one’s own.
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 7: A Little More Inspiration 36 min
As we’ve seen, the food system is broken.
When fear and darkness surrounds the world, man needs to trust and act. Krisis is born in response to the present period, situating itself in the very near future. This short film questions the reason behind violence and hope, in short, the struggle between good and evil.
Yuval Noah Harari - Global or Local? 10 min
“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.”  Yuval Noah Harari
Golden Oldies 5 min
Age seems to be such a lingering factor in life, but what does it really matter? Maybe we need to stop focusing on age and numbers and deadlines – and rather start focusing on life and moments and experiences.
Joe Rogan Interviews Bernie Sanders 67 min
Bernie Sanders is a 2020 Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party and is currently serving as the U.S. Senator of Vermont.
The Land for Our Food 34 min
👎Industrial Agriculture:  - Destroys soil  - Produces tons of emissions  - Pollutes water  - Destroys biodiversity
Mindful Travel in Ladakh 14 min
In the high altitude desert of the Tibetan Plateau, Ladakhi people have carved a living from the mountains for a thousand years. Tourism in Ladakh, first commencing in 1974, has developed into a robust industry with new economic opportunities, yet has also placed growing...
The People We Don't See 5 min
"Some people are invisible. They exist, but in a sense they don't exist at all..."
Welcome to the Machine 5 min
Clara meets a machine who makes her feel like a winner. But with this machine, winning is impossible... From Cloudcatcher Media, Screenworks and Create NSW. Developed and produced under the Go Viral! initiative 2019 #DoYouFeelLikeaWinner? CLARA: Melia Naughton THE MACHINE...
The Meaning of Life - Deep Therapy for Existential Crisis and Despair (Non-Dogmatic) 3 min
Exploring the intimate relationship between self, story, and reality. Join the course at http://www.CharlesEisenstein.org/metaphysics
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From the award winning writer, director and researcher, a new documentary by Red Haircrow now in production. On the intersection of realities, identities and Indigeneity, and the concept of being enough, no matter what or who you are. Following the lives of four people...
Founder of Hillside Sanctuary in a short film by BAFTA award-winning Alex Lockwood 4 min
Wendy Valentine is the founder of Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norfolk, England. In this short film, award-winning film maker Alex Lockwood uncovers what makes a person give up their whole life to rescue animals.
Creative Chaos 7 min
We have become so reliant on the need for order and predictability. We overthink and we over analyze. But what would life be like if we let go of the need for constant control and perfection, and instead decided to embrace chaos? We might find a new world of opportunity and...
This charter was originally published in Spanish as a rallying call for Social Solidarity Economy initiatives within the Spanish territory. We have translated it to share its principles with English speaking audiences and Social Solidarity initiatives worldwide. This article...
Beyond Common Sense, most Americans know little about Thomas Paine (1737-1809). Few know that at the end of Paine’s life, he had become a pariah in U.S. society, and for many years after his death, he was either ignored or excoriated—the price he paid for The Age of...
Russell Brand & Gabor Mate | Damaged Leaders Rule The World 93 min
Russel Brand speaks with Dr. Gabor Maté on the latest episode of the Under the Skin podcast.
Donald Trump is a con artist. He is practicing one of the oldest tricks in the book, borrowing a page from every magician who seeks to fool and dazzle their audience by distracting their attention at a critical moment in the act. Trump’s trick of choice has a long history in...
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest 30 min
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, and its kaitiaki/manager of 30 years, botanist Hugh Wilson. When, in 1987, Hugh let the local community know of his plans to allow the...
Lost Nation Road 25 min
Spiritual activist Stephen Jenkinson and musician Gregory Hoskins craft a love letter to endings on the nights of grief and mystery tour.
The Curse of Abundance 69 min
Which come first, people or oil? When money and morality collide, there's only one winner. The Yasuni Park in Ecuador is a haven of biodiversity and home to indigenous tribes. It also holds a third of the country's oil reserves. Ecuador had agreed to keep the oil in the...
The Climate Emergency is finally getting the attention of the media and the U.S. (and world) body politic, as well as a growing number of politicians, activists and even U.S. farmers.
Jim Acosta Refuses to Defend Free Press & Julian Assange EXTENDED 11 min
***Full extended version*** I asked Jim Acosta about the Trump administration's unprecedented use of the Espionage Act to prosecute Julian Assange for practicing journalism. Jim Acosta promotes his book “Enemy of the People” about defending the First Amendment @ the Newseum...
Perpetual Motion 8 min
Carpe Diem - Seize the day. While every day might not be good, there is always something good in every day. Life is filled with adventures and experiences. Life is about living. Find what drives you. Find what motivates you to get up every morning. Make every last second count.
Right to Own: Giving Workers a Chance to Buy their Workplaces 2 min
Too often, when businesses are sold, workers pay the price. Our new policy proposal would guarantee workers a right of first refusal, giving them a chance to bring their workplaces under democratic ownership. Learn more at: https://thenextsystem.org/rto
Working less would massively reduce our carbon footprint, and bring many other benefits besides
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