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During the four days I spent in West Virginia, I was repeatedly thanked for coming to support teachers from out of state, though mostly people seemed a bit surprised that I cared. Perhaps it was because I arrived at the exact moment that most of the national media was leaving...
Kate Doyle Griffiths
Political and ideological differences prevent us from seeing that our hopes and frustrations are interconnected.
Teodrose Fikre
19 min
A new in-depth study on the consequences of canceling all student debt in the US shows that it would help the economy far more than it would cost. We talk to Stephanie Kelton, one of the study's co-authors.
10 min
This video will ask the question “Do we live in a patriarchy?” In order to answer the question we examine the ideas of three different cultural critics: Angela Nagle, Jordan Peterson, and Nina Power.
146 min
If you've ever wanted to understand what neoliberalism is, this is the video series for you.
4 min
Max Weber on The Protestant Ethic & The Spirit of Capitalism.
15 min
Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming -- and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about it? In a straightforward talk about a controversial idea, futurist Martin Ford makes the case for separating income...
If more of us could embrace “live and let live,” if we were willing to give every geographic area an opportunity to create its own utopia, Americans might be thrilled to reengage with politics. And as a country, a million local experiments would greatly improve our decision...
Michael Shuman
A major internal contradiction with capitalism is that it needs workers to also be consumers. While owners (and the system in general) constantly seek to drive down wages, they also seek to continue selling their products and services. The problem is that when workers have...
Neoliberalism is a mature stage of capitalism - a reciprocal process of concentrated wealth taking control of the public agenda via government. Capitalist economists like Milton Friedman were instrumental in paving the way for neoliberalism. The idea gained prominence in...
Starting with the most relevant at the top, these are the best documentaries that capture the spirit and motivation of the #OWS movement.
98 min
In September 2011, The Occupy Wall Street movement propelled issues of economic inequality into the spotlight. 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film goes behind the scenes of the movement, definitively revealing what happened, and why.
Chasing economic growth gains us nothing but global warming. We should follow the lead of tiny Costa Rica, where life expectancy is soaring
Jason Hickel
The Northern California Fibershed aims to skirt the rampant waste of resources in the apparel industry.
Araz Hachadourian
6 min
It has been slammed by top names in banking as a giant ponzi scheme. Yet, interest in cryptocurrencies has never been stronger. In fact the biggest of them, Bitcoin, hit an all-time high above $19,000 earlier December 2017. But the warnings are growing louder, over the risks...
Scream about the debt and deficit. Then shrink revenue by slashing taxes and spend a ton of money on wars of choice. Repeat.
Ben Schreiner
Why infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible, and why the alternative can actually be beautiful.
Jason Hickel
Notwithstanding its many flaws and centuries of criticisms, capitalism is still the dominant economic system globally. What made it so resilient?
Lorenzo Fioramonti
Recognizing the design flaws in our default programming is the first step to envisioning the world we know is possible.
Judith Schwartz
8 min
Have you ever wondered why the 40 hour work week is considered a standard working week for many? At one point, the US became very close to enacting a 30 hour work week. This video looks at the history of 'work time' in the US, and the struggles workers have faced in...
Any accounting of the commons without acknowledging the presence and interests of others will lead to their continued destruction, to our human detriment as well.
Laura Bridgeman
3 min
What is the origin of the dread so many of us experience in money matters? Where does money get its power to provoke conflict and discord? Is it even possible to live a soulful, authentic life in the presence of money? These are some of the questions this book makes a...
16 min
In this video Dr. Shir Hever talks about the history and evolution of the Israeli military industrial complex from the 1980s onwards until the modern era.
Instead of fixating on a fight between capitalism and socialism, imagine innovating a future economy that transcends old binaries.
Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk
6 min
Anti-fascism comes in all shapes and forms. Whether it be the ultra-patriotic types harking back to the legacy of WWII, the III% who put that Identity Evropa kid in a chokehold in Texas, the black bloc protester who punched out Richard Spencer, the antifa rioters who trashed...
Logan Marie Glitterbomb
The Party for Socialism and Liberation expresses our condolences and solidarity to those who have suffered the loss of loved ones, been injured, or lost their homes and other vital possessions due to the ravages of Hurricane Harvey.
PSL
And why the struggle for a new economic paradigm is about to get real
Nafeez Ahmed
45 min
Peter Joseph is the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a grassroots, worldwide organization that advocates an alternative economic system based on sustainability, cooperation and human need. His most recent book, ‘The New Human Rights Movement,’ delivers a startling exposé...
2 min
In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Americans think they live in a democracy. But their workplaces are small tyrannies.
Elizabeth Anderson
It’s time to dethrone capitalism’s single-minded directive and replace it with a more balanced logic, laying the foundations for a better, more equitable world
Martin Kirk
Tim Goulet reviews the third installment of the radical working-class history documentary Plutocracy by filmmaker Scott Noble.
Tim Goulet
Our organizing can't just speak to the everyday crises of people's lives under capitalism. It has to intervene in them.
R.L. Stephens
7 min
The European Union has been losing support among Europeans in recent years – but it's not all because of anti-immigrant attitudes.
Now that there are thousands of films on Films For Action, we realized the very best gems have really become buried all across our library, and for people new to this information, we needed a more guided way to dive in. Spread across 15 core themes, this collection aims to be...
6 min
Last week, in Denmark, Malthe and Lærke Knudson had a baby girl they named Emma. That same day, the Robinsons—Dale and Beth—had a little baby in the United States. They called her Rachel.
Right now, they’re just two little babies keeping their parents awake at night. But...
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society.
Dr. Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk
Surely the United States and Britain are democracies. After all, they have free and fair elections and representative governments; freedom of speech and association means that dissent and demonstrations are tolerated; all citizens are deemed equal before the law; and...
Mark Devenney and Clare Woodford
Fighting capitalism remains the only path toward women’s full liberation.
Erica West
The modern 'throwaway culture' was born in response to the needs of industrial capital. To move beyond it, we must rediscover the beauty of repair.
Steven Gorelick
Danny Dorling presents evidence that greater equality benefits everyone, rich and poor – and argues that it can offer us all political hope.
Danny Dorling
3 min
The economy is much more than a series of transactions: It’s about our relationships, who and what we think we are, and our view on the meaning of life itself. Our current global economy leaves too many of us struggling, and it is harming Earth’s ecosystems.
13 min
Michael Wesch meets up with
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The Museum of Capitalism in Oakland, California is dedicated to "educating this generation and future generations about the ideology, history, and legacy of capitalism." Visitors are asked to reflect on capitalism as if they resided in a post-capitalist era.
When Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate deal, the world reacted with outrage. And rightly so: the agreement represents a remarkable achievement in international diplomacy – a breakthrough after 20 years of failed climate negotiations. But as we...
Jason Hickel
There's been a lot of talk about where the Baby Boomer generation will live as they age. Several interesting, sharing-based housing alternatives such cohousing and senior villages have emerged as potential options. But what about all the businesses that Baby Boomers own? What...
Cat Johnson
Pierre Fulton was black. He was poor. He had struggled his entire life. He had been in trouble with the law as a youth. Armed robbery, drug distribution, and gun possession were all on his record. It was now 2015 and Pierre was thirty. He had turned his life around. He got a...
R.L. Stephens
24 min
Thanks to David Pakman. Get the book: http://www.thenewhumanrightsmovement.com
2 min
The first and last rule of capitalism is this: Make More Capital. And it's killing us. But we can build better systems. There are plenty of options. We can change the rules.
9 min
Doughnut Economics, the new book by Kate Raworth, is out now.
These animations tell the story of the book's seven ways to think in 60-second bites. Check out the full set as they come online at
9 min
Shock. It’s a word that has come up a lot since November— for obvious reasons.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about shock. Ten years ago, I published “The Shock Doctrine,” an investigation that spanned four decades from Pinochet’s U.S.-backed coup in 1970s Chile to...
11 min
Automation in the Information Age is different.
A complex network of local organizations helps neighbors support one another as they rebound from a dying industry.
Peter Slavin
2 min
Stewart explains Conservative economic theory in 2 minutes.
7 min
How elites on both sides of the political spectrum have undermined our social, political and environmental commons.
28 min
President Trump announced the U.S.’s intent to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement – what many said was the world’s best chance to collectively limit the impact on the planet.
The first effects of climate change are already being felt, and projections show...
4 min
Donald Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. This would blow a massive hole in the federal budget while benefitting Trump's super-rich friends and business associates.
This collection of 122 documentaries is a map for navigating the 21st century. It is guided by the premise that we are facing a planetary emergency, and the primary role of schools today should be to prepare students to become active participants in designing the transition...
The basic guaranteed income is one of those ideas, like land value taxation or the Tobin tax, that circles endlessly around. There are times when it’s obscure, and times when it’s being talked about again. It’s currently in the ascendant, and I suspect that it won’t be long...
Jeremy Williams
2 min
Comedian John Cleese is taking advantage of the huge tax breaks given to churches by founding a new one - The Church of JC Capitalist. Praise be the almighty $.
53 min
Catalonia is at the forefront of new economic thinking. They are a region rich in social currencies and in projects and people creating functioning post-capitalist societies. In June 2015, while in the midst of arranging the launch of the Exeter Pound, a local currency for...
1 min
We can't let huge corporations continue to underpay our friends and families! Today, May 23, is the day before their annual shareholder meeting-- where they make the key decisions that will impact workers across the nation for the next year. Make sure McDonald's hears you...
Shorter workweeks could help reduce accidents, combat climate change, make the genders more equal, and more, contends historian and author Rutger Bregman.
Rutger Bregman
6 min
How did he do it? And what led to this incredible victory for humanity? It's a story for the ages...
Intrigued? This clip is just an excerpt from the full movie. If you want to take things back to the very beginning, you can watch the full 30 minute movie here.
A basic income could defeat the scarcity mindset, instill a sense of solidarity and even ease the anxieties that gave us Brexit and Trump
Jason Hickel
4 min
The British media recently castigated John McDonnell for admitting he had read Karl Marx. But there’s just one problem with that - he’s never been more relevant.
5 min
Noam Chomsky talks to acTVism Munich about Free Trade Agreements such as TTIP; TPP and NAFTA.
'Giving workers a seat at the table and their fair share of the profits they help produce is one way to even up the playing field and give hardworking Americans a chance to create an economy that works for everyone'
Lauren McCauley
11 min
Give Directly, an NGO, has embarked on a pioneering economic experiment in rural Kenya. They are providing the residents of entire villages with a universal basic income through direct cash transfers.
33 min
This fantastic and entertaining documentary (full of biting satirical commentary) imagines what would happen if decades of neoliberal austerity in the UK was reversed by the democratic socialist programs of Jeremy Corbyn, who in an alternate timeline became the greatest Prime...
5 min
An example of how the Free Market functions, taken from the book titled 'The New Human Rights Movement,' written by Peter Joseph.
70 min
Award-winning filmmaker Jesse Borkowski delivers a refreshing meditation on how business can be used to create value beyond profit; connecting motivational stories from social entrepreneurs working in agriculture, apparel, insurance, and biofuel, with the captivating science...
If the rich nations in the world keep growing their economies by 2% each year and by 2050 the poorest nations catch up, the global economy of more than 9 billion people will be around 15 times larger than it is now, in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). If the global...
Samuel Alexander
How can a sustainable local community (which is to say a sustainable local economy) function? I am going to suggest a set of rules that I think such a community would have to follow. I hasten to say that I do not understand these rules as predictions; I am not interested in...
Wendell Berry
After a year of disheartening setbacks, many activists and change-makers may feel that the critical goal of transforming capitalism is slipping out of reach. Yet, having just returned from a four-week trip to many sites and gatherings working on social, economic, and...
Otto Scharmer
32 min
In this video former finance minister of Greece, professor of economics, author and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), Yanis Varoufakis, argues why the Basic Income is a necessity today. His arguments take into account a macro socio-economic...
It has been 10 long years since Congress passed legislation to raise the minimum wage. It’s time to raise it for all Americans.
Bernie Sanders and Patty Murray
New research shows that developing countries send trillions of dollars more to the west than the other way around. Why?
Jason Hickel
We can do so much better than this.
6 min
"Our economy is based on a crazy idea - the crazy idea being that we're gonna have infinite growth on a finite planet." - Paul Guilding
– Instead of the small class of capitalists controlling society, we can make our own decisions about work and social life.
Stephanie McMillan
We’re all feeling the squeeze.
What can we do? ORGANIZE!
Workers Power
It has been said that we’re living through “The Age of Loneliness.” Loneliness is “epidemic” among young adults, and even more common among the elderly, with some reporting that the numb
Planet Local
It is well known that economic inequality is rising. In most industrialised nations the distribution of wealth and income is becoming increasingly concentrated. In the United States, the top 10% of earners make more than nine times as much on average as the remainder, and in...
Nick Haslam
A universal basic income (UBI) – an idea in which the government replaces all other forms of monetary assistance (welfare, social security, etc.) with yearly stipend – has enormous potential to radically transform our current unsustainable consumer economy based on individual...
Chris Agnos
Where humanity is going, there are no roadmaps. The terrain is unlike anything we’ve seen before. The changes sweeping the Earth right now are literally planetary in scale and so filled with complexity that few among us even have a semblance of knowing what is actually going...
Joe Brewer
By reframing the economy, Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics changes our view of who we are and where we stand.
George Monbiot
Many anarchists oppose in principle such use of the political process for anarchist ends. It is unethical, they say, for anarchists to participate in the political process. Voting entails selecting a representative to exercise coercive force in our name; and appealing to such...
Kevin Carson
It defies logic, right? That the poor would pay more for basic life items, essentially ensuring that they stay in the cycle of poverty forever. But people can forget that if you are living paycheck to paycheck, then it often becomes impossible to afford buying more than one...
Hazel Garcia
This is an open call to no longer ignore the fact that our real allies are not determined by skin color, but by our social conditions. Until we start to recognize ourselves in our neighbors, we are doomed to repeat everything that's happened for the last centuries.
Redneck Revolt
2 min
This Nike ad was supposed to be inspirational. But the real meaning shows through when the ad plays the second time, with the same audio and different visuals, added by Matt Orfalea.
3 min
By making sure that everyone can participate, everyone benefits.
5 min
Rebel Diaz went to Venezuela last month, where U.S. corporate interests are waging a devastating economic war on the Venezuelan people. In the face of hyperinflation and food shortages, groups of young people are coming together to create collective alternatives for survival,
12 min
According to President Trump, Mexico is a country that sends us its criminals and rapists, and beats us on trade. In reality, they send us Coronas and TVs, and get beat by American agriculture. Why NAFTA is much more complicado than Trump thinks.
6 min
An anonymous man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the utilisation of people as objects in an everyday thing.
By redistributing economic and political power from corporate monopolies to millions of small businesses, localization has the power to revitalize the democratic process, re-rooting political power in community.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
2 min
Mhairi Black says the Tories' system of benefit sanctions is designed to victimise the most vulnerable in society. The SNP MP says the regime costs more to administer than it saves, makes those using it more likely to fall into hardship - and shifts blame from those who...
We must not give up on revolutionary optimism. It may get us some important concessions from neo-liberalism—and possibly much, much more.
Willy Mutunga