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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 Create...
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
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 251amazing people, we hit our fundraising goal for 2018!
David Pakman'slong-form analysis of Jordan Peterson, and more specifically the movement that has been created around him, including its ideology, shortcomings, and more.
22 min
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.
22 min
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...
20 min
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.
29 min
Threats of global catastrophe wont move people to action. Only the heart can inspire zeal.
Charles Eisenstein
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
In this speech at the Students For Liberty conference in Vancouver, B.C.Bret Weinstein discusses the inner workings of the regressive left.
68 min
Or Whatever Number You Choose
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
You may have heard by now that Amazons 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 doesnt think the vitriol is enough.
We should all be...
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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 futuristAlex Steffen:
Sally Bolger
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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
Watch on Vimeo | 3,6 million kg of food is wasted every day. 870 millionpeople could be fed only with the worlds wasted food (FAO). 800 millionpeople 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.
5 min
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; whats strange is that we dont see it that way.
Laurence Cox
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.
8 min
In front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Howard Zinn Book Festival in San Francisco earlier this month, historianMark Bray and I debatedthe value of using violence to quell the growth of neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Anti-racism trainer Molly McClure was the moderator.
George Lakey
On the great vanishing happening before our eyes
Subhankar Banerjee
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.
5 min
Buddhist Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most respected and celebrated teachers in the world.
198 min
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
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, Burgiscalls out Peterson and Shapiro forhypocrisy as they champion free speech and the need for open debate while avoiding...
28 min
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...
10 min
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 dont 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 societys security is the state and the private organizations 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 systemic...
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 Ricas 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
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
A Force More Powerfulis a documentary series on one of the 20th centurys 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.
154 min
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 Mays deal is lambasted by Remainers and Leavers alike, its 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
Our soils are in trouble. Over the past century, weve 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 whats 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
An emergency plan to meet the climate emergency
Richard Smith
INTRODUCTION TO JUST TRANSITIONIndigenous prophecy meets scientific prediction. What we have known and believed, you also now know: The Earth is out of balance. The plants are disappearing, the animals are dying, and the very weather rain, wind, fire itself reacts against...
Indigenous Environmental Network
First, you have to admit that you have a problem...
Hi there. If you are here, it is probably because you have come to the conclusion that our political system is no longer fixable by ordinary means and that some sort ofdeep structuralchanges need to be made. If you still...
Jordan Hall
To Burn or Not to Burn: In Sweden, waste incineration plants convert excess and non-recycled rubbish into energy. The Swedish government classifies this process as recycling, but is this form of waste disposal really sustainable?
27 min
Can we be addicted to ideology? Gabor Mat is an world famous expert on addiction - in his book 'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts' he talks about how addiction is best viewed not as a crime or illness but as a coping mechanism for a personal, spiritual crisis.
26 min
The most potent predictor of sexual misconduct goes beyond individual perpetrators.
Emily Peck
Why do 70% of people claim that using psychedelics was one of the most meaningful experiences of their lives? Maybe it has to do with the feeling of their ego being dissolved and tapping into the true essence of reality.
6 min
Yoga has transformed from an ancient spiritual practice into a competitive, commercialized, multi-million dollar industry. And for a practice rooted in renunciation, yoga is making some people very rich. YOGA INC. poses this question: Can yoga survive the war between the...
58 min
Mother Jones would have us pray for George H.W. Bush, who died at age 94, but also for his victims, many of whom, children included, were buried without pomp, or were simply disappeared
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
As the media memorializes George H.W. Bush, Democracy Now! looks at the lasting impact of his 1991 invasion of Iraq and the propaganda campaign that encouraged it. Although the Gulf War technically ended in February of 1991, the U.S. war on Iraq would continue for decades...
23 min
The Its okay to be white poster campaign, seen in the context of reacting to Black Lives Matter, cannot be seen as benign.
Matthew Flisfeder
Physician burnout, depression, and suicide increasingly invade discussions within the medical field. Depression and suicidearemore common among male and female physicians, with suicide rates 1.41 and 2.27 times greater than that of the general male and female populations...
Dr. Michael Pappas
Poachers have decimated the elephant population in Mozambiques Niassa National Reserve, but Niassas rangers are determined to save them from extinction.
15 min