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Gillette's newest ad, 'The Best a Man Can Be', has created a social media firestorm in the last few days. Rebel Wisdom sat down to discuss the reaction, the cultural context behind it and their response to the ad. Drawing on their interviews with Warren Farrell, Cassie Jaye...
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A couple of days in the Sahara desert with the bereber people. It's just amazing how they see life.
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To advocate solidarity is not to deny the existence of injustices. However, I humbly submit that the only way we can ameliorate the legacy of hatred that has, and continues, to crater the lives of millions is through compassion and inclusion. It might feel good to rage at the...
Teodrose Fikre
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Chaos erupts in Baltimore, MD as an unarmed black man called Freddie Gray sustains fatal injuries while in police custody. The city of Baltimore is in a state of emergency, curfews are put in place, the national guard is sent out. This a documentary covering life and times in...
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Tears in the Bayou is a documentary that takes you through the madness in the inner city of Houston, Texas.
107 min
I have not found a word that captures the exact line that I am looking for. Commitment may be a bit too strong, and tends to connote “should,” thus invoking the non-choiceful energy of obligation and duty. “Intention” is not strong enough, in my mind, to carry the unwavering...
Miki Kashtan
Beyond patriarchy there is love. Real love. The kind of love that renders words inadequate and time malleable.
Simon Mont
Boost your morale with unexpected good news you won’t find in the mainstream media
EcoHustler
75 min
Introduction by Greg Albo. Presentations by:
* Steve Maher, Socialist Register Assistant Editor and Lecturer at University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
* Anna Zalik, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University.
* David Bush, RankandFile.ca and Fight for $15...
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And we wouldn’t even have to tax the rich to pay for it.
Ellen Brown
9 min
The same people who praise Wikileaks now used to call them terrorists for practicing award-winning journalism. -
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Historian Rutger Bregman found a way to end poverty. Obviously we had to ask him how!
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Robert Reich explains why we must limit the influence of donors and lobbyists on Washington.
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Robert Reich explains why the growing federal debt enriches Wall St. bankers and wealthy Americans.
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[Editor’s Note: We at Tikkun have been proud to have articles from Deena Metzger, whose novel A Rain of Night Birds was reviewed on our website by Cynthia Travis on October 11, 2018. In this piece, Metzger captures the grief and pain we all experience living at a time of...
Deena Metzger
In 2019, we must move beyond the myth of the lone individual to recognize our deep interdependence and responsibilities for one another and nature.
David Korten
87 min
"In what is becoming a field of near-identical documentaries featuring similar experts, research, and opinion, Grant Dixon’s film stands apart with its unique, homegrown feel. His in-depth exploration of the whys and wherefores behind his own health scare introduces us to the...
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In Part II of our series Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin addresses the surprise order from Trump that he was "ending the war" in Syria.
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In the first installment of this multi-part series, Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin debunks the notion that Trump is an anti-interventionist president, outlining his first two years of aggressive foreign policy that has expanded US wars and occupations.
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George Monbiot on the true and bloody legacy of Christopher Columbus
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Chris Hedges speaks about his new book, "America, the Farewell Tour."
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Hidden in the depths of the Klamath-Siskiyou mountains is a world few have seen. Complex geology, climatic conditions, and impassibly rugged river canyons have inspired some of the greatest technological feats of history — technology created by life over billions of...
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The way we grow food has become one of the largest threats to our survival as a species, yet we’ve had a simple answer for millennia…
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Ghent (Belgium) was awarded the title of ‘Transformative Action of the year 2018’ for their food policy programme which uses a food policy council to reduce food waste, bring food closer to citizens who need it and shorten the distance from source to plate.
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"Efficacy is the ability to produce a desired result. But are the results we're achieving, the ones we intent? Our intelligence is remaking the world before our eyes. What kind of future do you want to see?"
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More than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most extensive pieces of civil rights legislation, people of color across the United States still are engaged in a battle to protect their right to vote. Voting Matters follows one dynamic woman working...
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The latest UN climate talks, known as COP24, have just concluded. The supposed story this time was one of a grinding victory by the EU and developing nations over recalcitrant petro-states – Russia, the US, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. These four, condemned as “climate villains&
Nicholas Beuret
There used to be a time when climate change was a topic like any other, one that you could have discussions about. This time is long gone and so are the discussions. They all now come down to the one question: who’s side are you on? Within only a few years climate change has...
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From Trump in the U.S. to Bolsonaro in Brazil, ordinary people in large democracies are discontented and shifting right, what can progressives do about it? Cornel West in conversation with Sharmini Peries.
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What do the moon, a famous oceanographer, and California mega-fires have in common? This January 20-21, 2019, we have a rare chance to reflect on where they all intersect.
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Rapper KYLE on race, toxic masculinity, depression and being the happiest rapper alive!
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Has wokeness replaced compassion with moral superiority?
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'Living Music' is a short documentary film which offers insight into the challenges faced by teens, particularly refugees, confronted with the Juvenile Justice System and the way in which the Living Music Youth Mentorship Program has helped shape a brighter future for not...
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I am constantly amused by people who post threats on Twitter and Facebook as they warn anyone within all-caps distance that they will block or defriend anyone who dares commit the unforgivable sin of disagreeing with them. There was a time where debates advanced...
Teodrose Fikre
Ownership is often seen as a very simple concept. “Mine, not yours,” a two-year-old might tell us. The reality, however, is far more complex, as the rights of owners are far from fixed. Indeed, the concept of what ownership means is itself subject to change. For this reason...
Steve Dubb
31 min
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.
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I live across a small stream from an ancient rainforest in Wayanad, Kerala. It has a constancy that’s baffling, appearing more or less the same to me for all the years I’ve been here. The forest sustains. As do you and I. Tangled beings brought together by strange and...
Suprabha Seshan
17 min
What do you do when someone just doesn't like you? I mean really, really doesn't like you. And you know it. And what if that person, or those people, have made an open show of that dislike, without apology. What would you do?
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A network of public banks could underwrite the new New Deal in the same way President Franklin Roosevelt financed the original.
Ellen Brown
19 min
Tomas Björkman is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016), Världen vi skapar (eng. The World we Create) (2017) and, together with Lene Andersen, The Nordic Secret (2017).
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“…we lack an overarching narrative to connect the many smaller ones: a powerful ‘meta-narrative’ to serve as a new foundation for our shared symbol world that we are all co-authors of. This book has been written in search of such a narrative.” — Tomas Bjorkman, The World We...
Brent Cooper
I have felt that learning to deal with painful emotional states is one of the most important aspects of growth. It affects our love relationships and how we deal with the inevitable disappointments, losses and rejections that life brings. It also determines our ability to...
Krishnananda
Social and Environmental Justice are Inseparable.
Women and minorities are disproportionately affected by climate change, often because of social constructions that are deeply rooted in our societies around the globe. They are also essential to climate action and integral in...
Two of the most supportive things parents can do for their children are healing their own attachment trauma (thereby further developing their own neural pathways for emotional regulation and secure attachment) and reclaiming disowned parts.
Eric Bowers
Thanks to 251 amazing people, we hit our fundraising goal for 2018!
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David Pakman's long-form analysis of Jordan Peterson, and more specifically the movement that has been created around him, including its ideology, shortcomings, and more.
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Three Arrows, a Youtube channel that covers the history of the far right, describes their personal journey into the rabbit hole of anti-SJW content on Youtube.
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44 min
Platforms, Rent and Resistance in Toronto Moderated by Tanner Mirrlees.
Presentations by: * Steven Tufts (York University). * Thorben Wieditz (Unifor Local 7575).
Whether it is called the collaborative, platform, crowd-sourcing, or ‘sharing’ economy, the rise of peer-to-peer...
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A majestic journey through Japan, Korea, and the United States that turns our perceptions of food (and life) upside down in a simple and poetic way. Solutions for our most pressing social and ecological issues come from unexpected places in a bite-sized film that New York...
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This country is held together by lies. Our state religion is indoctrinated to us all as children until we can no longer use logic or rationality properly. We are schooled that we're superior to other countries for our Democracy and Freedom- though neither is true. Our...
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Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and author of his most recent book with Greg Lukianoff "The Coddling of the American Mind," joins David Pakman to discuss politics, tribalism, and much more.
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Threats of global catastrophe won’t move people to action. Only the heart can inspire zeal.
Charles Eisenstein
In times when people start to look at blockchain with undisguised contempt, a group of projects went to Latin America to spread practical knowledge about this technology. I followed them with my camera to find out that where people are struggling with specific problems, the...
Marek Osiecimski
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Decent documentary is a feature-length film on the possibilities dormant in decentralized technologies, about their potential to change societies. The subject of the movie is technology however the creators of Decent primarily focus on people – those who develop the...
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Vegan 2018: The Year A Movement Went Mainstream shows a movement in its ascendancy, painting a portrait of how more people are starting to move away from the ethical, environmental, and health horrors of animal exploitation.
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When orthodox economists first encounter the idea of degrowth, they often jump to the conclusion that the objective is to reduce GDP. And because they see GDP as equivalent to social wealth, this makes them very upset.
Jason Hickel
68 min
In this speech at the Students For Liberty conference in Vancouver, B.C. Bret Weinstein discusses the inner workings of the regressive left.
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19 min
The Toronto Workers' Theatre Group presents... ORGANIZE! EDUCATE! RESIST! A Short Play about the Metro Days of Action. Directed by Aida Jordao. Written by Craig Heron and the cast. Recorded in Toronto, 12 November 2018.
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Or Whatever Number You Choose
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Plastics are evolving like you have never seen before in our Oceans. Come along on a beachcomb with our all Aussie educator Rusty Swordfish. You might be surprised at what you find.
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I recently got an email from a friend, asking me to take a look at an alternative way of thinking about greenhouse gases. He forwarded a link to a long scroll of a webpage dense with text. My friend said he hardly understood it “beyond the fact that it refutes the science of...
Nathanael Johnson
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You may have heard by now that Amazon’s new headquarters will soon call the New York and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas home. This decision has engendered much criticism. But the Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson doesn’t think the vitriol is enough.
“We should all...
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Science and spirituality are mutually illuminating, and mutually dependent.
Satish Kumar
One of the most powerful things you can to do to change the world is to cultivate your own optimism. To quote futurist Alex Steffen:
Sally Bolger
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2018-2019 fundraising trailer for the latest Cloudcatcher Media extravaganza! Support the Chuffed fundraiser at https://chuffed.org/project/confusing or get more info at http://www.confusingthemwithourjoy.com
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The US has a surprisingly large amount of public ownership. But in order for it to truly serve the social good, it must be expanded — and democratized.
Thomas M. Hanna
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Watch on Vimeo | 3,6 million kg of food is wasted every day. 870 million people could be fed only with the world’s wasted food (FAO). 800 million people are starving around the world. 1/3 of the food ends up in the trash while 198 000 hectares are used to produce food that is...
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Prof. Wolff responds to Jordan Peterson's assertions about Marxism.
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Can we reclaim Christmas for the masses?
Ruth Kinna
To address the dramatic increase in mental and emotional distress in the U.S., we must move beyond a focus on the individual and think of well-being as a social issue.
Tabita Green
Activism is normal; what’s strange is that we don’t see it that way.
Laurence Cox
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Former US President Barack Obama admitted that the neoliberal capitalist policies he and his predecessors supported fostered the rise of the far-right and grossly exacerbated inequality.
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Prólogo is a movie by Lucas Figueroa about Silvio Gesell monetary theory.
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The smartest thing the Swedish and Norwegian left did was to avoid getting baited by their Nazi antagonists into street-fighting and mounting chaos. Instead, they modeled self-discipline and used the disruptive, nonviolent power of noncooperation to force a power shift.
George Lakey
On the great vanishing happening before our eyes
Subhankar Banerjee
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Incoming members of the US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, have both come out in favor of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement — the first House members to ever do so. Critics, however, suggest that BDS is anti-Semitic and undermines a two-state...
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Robert Reich explains why using the private sector for government services can have negative consequences.
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Buddhist Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most respected and celebrated teachers in the world.
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With Christmas coming up, household consumption will soon hit its yearly peak in many countries. Despite homely pictures of tranquility on mass-produced greeting cards, Christmas is more about frenzied shopping and overspending than peace on earth or quality time with family...
Anja Lyngbaek
1. The State of the Spirit, 2018
Rabbi Michael Lerner
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Ben Burgis, author of the upcoming book “Give Them an Argument: Logic For the Left" answers the question “Did Karl Marx Kill Millions?” During the video, Burgis calls out Peterson and Shapiro for hypocrisy as they champion free speech and the need for open debate while...
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To combat fake news, Facebook has partnered with the Atlantic Council, a think tank that represents some of the most powerful state and corporate interests in the world.
Their board of directors includes people who have misinformed the public into war and toppled...
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An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) enables full or partial ownership of a business by its employees through a pension plan or trust.
Stephanie Geller
Hi everyone. This might be another one of those serious posts, so please take a few deep breaths and eat some dark chocolate. While perusing an online group, I witnessed a conversation between several colleagues, and it was disheartening. A difference of perspectives led to...
Vu Le
As growth-driven consumer culture spurs on planetary destruction, why don’t we spring into action? Psychologist John F Schumaker says a frightening erosion of human personality lies at the heart of the problem.
John F. Schumaker
[T]he biggest enemy of society’s security is the state and the private organization’s belonging to it.
Selma Irmak, member of the Democratic Society Congress[1]
Introduction
Police arbitrariness and impunity are a common trait across the world. In the U.S. the...
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This short documentary explores the troubles women go through to live a normal life due to the cultural effects of misogyny in rural India.
Jassu Bai, 38, is a mother of five children. Her husband suffers from a medical condition that has bedridden him and cannot contribute...
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Join Green Film Fest for a free Encore Screening of Warrior Women on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the San Francisco Public Library.
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As world leaders struggle to agree on a plan to curb global emissions at the U.N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, Democracy Now! looks at Costa Rica’s plan to go fossil-free beginning next year. It will be the first country in the world to decarbonize its economy.
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(Excerpts from the keynote speech given by Professor William Robinson at the Nov 18 L.A.
William I. Robinson
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Anthony Zaragoza is a professor of political economy at Evergreen State College in Tacoma, Washington. In this episode of ThinkPeople, Zaragoza and host Alan Wartes talk about the growing grassroots movement to re-empower communities and individuals to understand and truly...
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Fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures and like many other animals, they explore, travel, socialise, hunt and play. Some species care for their young and use tools as humans do. Fish are sentient animals capable of suffering and feeling pain.
Most fish have highly...
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Ted Franklin argues that climate activists must seize the time and get to work on the Green New Deal proposal.
Ted Franklin
154 min
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. It includes six cases of movements, and each case is approximately 30 minutes long.
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When we allow ourselves to fall victim to hatred, we are doing our opponents’ work for them.
Susan L. Rhodes and Charles R. Schwenk
As the Brexit negotiations wrap up and Theresa May’s deal is lambasted by Remainers and Leavers alike, it’s still far from clear what the future holds for the United Kingdom. On March 29 2019, it is due to leave the European Union.
Joe Herbert, Newcastle University
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This dystopian science fiction short film depicts a morning of a young man in an exaggerated version of our world ruled by consumerism, technology and corporations. His decisions and actions are manipulated by an audio device, that is not just a virtual assistant, but the...
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Our soils are in trouble. Over the past century, we’ve abused them with plowing, tilling and too much fertilizer.
Matthew Wallenstein
Our food system is linked to an economic system that is fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
[Note: This essay was just published in the Fall 2019 theology journal, "Oneing," by Fr. Richard Rohr and the Center for Action and Contemplation. To order a copy, visit: www.cac.org ]
Rev. John Dear