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How Compassion Becomes a Wrench in the Machinery of Extremism
How Compassion Becomes a Wrench in the Machinery of Extremism
So youre saying we should just be nice to fascists.
Tim Hjersted
A Practical Guide to Chris Hedges’ Prescription for Change
A Practical Guide to Chris Hedges’ Prescription for Change
To defeat the rise of authoritarianism, Chris Hedges has called for mass movements, strikes and counterinstitutions to challenge corporate rule and revive democracy. This guide breaks down his suggestions into actionable steps.
Tim Hjersted
Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth
Community-Driven Catalysts for Degrowth
By embeddingdegrowth principlesin local, everyday practice, "Kreisler" associations offer a vision for urban provisioning beyond extraction and individualism and toward acommunal, crisis-resilient future.
Cléo Mieulet
Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable
Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals Are Surprisingly Affordable
It would be nice if all revolutions came this cheap.
Richard Eskow
Degrowth and Liberty: Being Free With Less
Degrowth and Liberty: Being Free With Less
How is freedom, a polysemantic term, understood by the majority today? What is the relationship between modern freedom and the perpetual growth system? And what kind of freedom would post-growth have to put forward?
Florent Marcellesi
Why Mushrooms Are Starting To Replace Everything
Why Mushrooms Are Starting To Replace Everything
Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics werent manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. Its turning agricultural...
16 min
We NEED To Nationalize 70% of the Economy
We NEED To Nationalize 70% of the Economy
Are corporations destroying America? From greedflation to wealth inequality, the U.S. economy is collapsing under late stage capitalism. This video explores why industries like healthcare, housing, energy, banks, and utilities should be nationalized and treated as public...
44 min
100 Ways a Green New Deal Would Make America Great
100 Ways a Green New Deal Would Make America Great
The Green New Deal is often framed as a response to climate change but whether you see it as a crisis or a hoax, the real point is what it delivers here at home: millions of good jobs, lower energy bills, stronger communities, and true energy independence. Its about...
Films For Action
Missing Words: How Can We Respond to Our Biggest Challenges If We Don't Have Words to Describe Them?
Missing Words: How Can We Respond to Our Biggest Challenges If We Don't Have Words to Describe Them?
In 2022, I did an Earth Day talk calledWords vs Reality, and it cataloged three dozen or so terms that from a systems perspective would actually require new labels. For example,fossil fuelsmight better be labeledflammable fossils, orconsumermight behuman. After reflecting...
Nate Hagens
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Have I mentioned how important I think Daniel Quinns Ishmael is? I reread it recently for the first time in a while, and was again impressed with how many important modernity-challenging ideas are packed into one novel.
Tom Murphy
The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
The Story of B by Daniel Quinn: An Overview of Key Lessons
Oh No. Is Do the Math about to get hijacked for another long series about a Daniel Quinn book, like it was for Ishmael?
Tom Murphy
Churning the Earth
Churning the Earth (2024)
In the face of widespread ecological destruction, social injustice, economic deprivation, there are powerful countercurrents. 'Ordinary' people in several parts of India are resisting the disruption of their lives by constructing alternatives in the form of sustainable...
44 min
Artificial Creativity: Has AI Stolen Our Creative Soul?
Artificial Creativity: Has AI Stolen Our Creative Soul?
In this provocative video essay, Kirby Ferguson dives headfirst into the brave new world of artificial creativity specifically, AI-generated art and the storm of wonder, fear, and ethical questions its kicking up.
23 min
Planet Local Voices Series: 33 Voices United by a Vision of Ecological Economies, Healthy Communities and Local Food Systems
Planet Local Voices Series: 33 Voices United by a Vision of Ecological Economies, Healthy Communities and Local Food Systems
Planet Local Voices is video and podcast series featuring cutting-edge thinkers, writers, movement-builders and activists from across the world, united by a planet local vision of ecological economies, healthy communities and local food systems.
445 min
Toward a Sacred Cosmology of Belonging: to Heal the World, We Don't Need Shame or Blame, We Need to Remember and Reconnect
Toward a Sacred Cosmology of Belonging: to Heal the World, We Don't Need Shame or Blame, We Need to Remember and Reconnect
In our search to understand the immense suffering caused by colonization, racism, and centuries of domination, its natural to feel anger, grief, even guilt. These are human responses to the recognition that something sacred has been desecratedthat entire peoples, cultures...
Tim Hjersted
The People's Library: An Economy Beyond Scarcity
The People's Library: An Economy Beyond Scarcity
In this video, we introduce the People's Librarya parallel economy where resources like housing, food, tools, and transportation are shared instead of hoarded, and where access is based on participation, not profit.
20 min
What If You Didn’t Need a Paycheck to Live? A Short Introduction to the People's Library
What If You Didn’t Need a Paycheck to Live? A Short Introduction to the People's Library
In this video, we explore how our dependence on paychecks to meet basic needs keeps us trapped in a cycle of survivaland how the Peoples Library offers a real, community-powered alternative.
6 min
Universal Basic Income: Answering The Common Objections
Universal Basic Income: Answering The Common Objections
Whenever the idea of a Universal Basic Income comes up, certain objections are raised almost immediately. These concerns deserve real answers. So heres five of the most common objections, addressed plainly and clearly:
Tim Hjersted
Why We Need a Workers' Bill of Rights in the Age of Automation
Why We Need a Workers' Bill of Rights in the Age of Automation
Theres a basic question hanging over the future of work that almost no one in power is asking out loud:
Tim Hjersted
Our Coming Cyberpunk Dictatorship (Snow Crash)
Our Coming Cyberpunk Dictatorship (Snow Crash)
There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there?
58 min
Free For All: The Public Library
Free For All: The Public Library (trailer)
From award-winning filmmakers comes the story of how a simple idea shaped a nation, and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen.
2 min
Localization Action Guide: 137 Actions to Resist and Renew
Localization Action Guide: 137 Actions to Resist and Renew
Join the localization movement to build resilient local economies and flourishing communities. Local Futures produced a detailed Localization Action Guide to encourage everyone to 'GO LOCAL' - anytime, anyplace. It offers tangible and tested ways for individuals, communities...
Local Futures
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again (MEGA) exists to support and amplify the movements that are actively working towards a just, regenerative, free and egalitarian world. MEGA seeks to reclaim the Earth from corporate globalization and create a society that honors all beings on the...
Films For Action
Finding the Money
Finding the Money (2023)
"A masterpiece! By far the most inspiring economics film I have ever seen. This film is a gift to humanity. Everyone should watch it." - Prof. Jason HickelAn intrepid group of economists is on a mission to flip our understanding of the national debt upside down.FINDING THE...
96 min
What If We Ran The Economy?
What If We Ran The Economy?
Can you imagine libraries of tools, clothing, and even housing? The library economy can be the bridge to an entirely new world of human flourishing. Let's explore what the library economy is, what may or may not be included, and what it might take to bring it to life.
25 min
Human and Planetary Health: Ecosystem Regeneration | Daniel Wahl
Human and Planetary Health: Ecosystem Regeneration | Daniel Wahl
In this perceptive and radical talk, Daniel Wahl PhD observes that we are standing at the dawn of the planetary era.
29 min
Why People Hate Socialism—and What It Actually Is
Why People Hate Socialism—and What It Actually Is
Socialism is one of the most vilified and misunderstood ideas in modern political discourse. The number one reason for this hatred? Most people have no idea what socialism actually is.
Tim Hjersted
This Detroit Agrihood is Transforming its Community - Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Tour
This Detroit Agrihood is Transforming its Community - Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Tour
A tour of MIUFI (Michigian Urban Farming Initiative) and interview with its manager - Quan Blunt.
13 min
65 Documentaries Inspiring the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
65 Documentaries Inspiring the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
We are living in a time of profound transition, a moment when humanity must choose its path forward. The old systemsof empire, domination, and exploitationare showing signs of weakness, and in their wake, we have the opportunity to build something far more life-affirming. A...
Tim Hjersted
The Great Simplification
The Great Simplification (2022)
This 32 minute animation - in 4 Acts - describes the backdrop for The Great Simplification - an economic/cultural transition beginning in the not-too-distant future.
33 min
The Movement We Need
The Movement We Need
It is my deepest desire to see the emergence of the movement we need right nowone that is open, welcoming, broad-based, strategic, and oriented to our core human needs, one that can gain the power to make this world more balanced, just, and kind.
Starhawk
Why I left the Democratic Party #WalkAway
Why I left the Democratic Party #WalkAway
video by OrfTwitter https://twitter.com/0rf Rumble https://rumble.com/Orf Patreon https://patreon.com/Orf Substack https://substack.com/@MattOrf Locals https://mattorfalea.locals.com Truth
10 min
Instructions for Courageous Living in a Broken World
Instructions for Courageous Living in a Broken World
In a world marked by division, inequality, and growing despair, navigating daily life with integrity and purpose can feel overwhelming. Yet, even amid this brokenness, profound change is possible through acts of radical compassion.
Tim Hjersted
Vote Like A Radical
Vote Like A Radical
Voting like a radical means voting for our movements. This election and every election, #VoteLikeARadical
5 min
The Myth of Far-Left Extremism: How Common-Sense Ethics Are Framed as Radical
The Myth of Far-Left Extremism: How Common-Sense Ethics Are Framed as Radical
The real extremists are the corporate and political elites who wear $5,000 suits and calmly explain why war, profit and greed are good on the evening news.
Tim Hjersted
The Tyranny of the Majority Myth: How Elites Tricked Us Into Fearing Democracy
The Tyranny of the Majority Myth: How Elites Tricked Us Into Fearing Democracy
Heard that old saying "democracy is the tyranny of the majority? It was propaganda invented by elites.
Tim Hjersted
How to Defeat the Billionaire Class
How to Defeat the Billionaire Class
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant and the Socialist Alternative (SA) party have, for nearly a decade, waged one of the most effective battles against the citys moneyed elites. She and the SA have adopted a series of unorthodox methods to fight the ruling oligarchs and...
Chris Hedges
A New Economy | New Business Models for a Cooperative Future
A New Economy | New Business Models for a Cooperative Future
Watch as several organizations move towards a more cooperative future by experimenting with open and non-traditional business models. Among them are a small craft-brew coop, a peer-to-peer open hardware lab and an urban agricultural social enterprise.
86 min
The REAL Tragedy of the Commons
The REAL Tragedy of the Commons
When it comes to the question of how we organise the land we inhabit and the resources therein, were presented with two paths: privatisation or nationalisation. The capitalist or the State. But an alternative exists in the commons, and it is no tragedy.
22 min
The Importance of Cultural Values for Meaningful Change
The Importance of Cultural Values for Meaningful Change
This short animation tells the story of the importance of our cultural values and their role in meaningful, durable systemic change. Join us on a journey that demonstrates the need to shift our mainstream cultural values to intrinsic values such as care, equality, creativity...
3 min
Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid Network
Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid Network
Moneyless Society's flagship boots on the ground project is Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid Network, which is just like it sounds: a monthly pop up resource hub galvanizing barrier free access and cascading shared benefit bringing the community together to meet our...
5 min
Market Fundamentalism Is Incompatible with Democracy and Leading Us Towards Fascism
Market Fundamentalism Is Incompatible with Democracy and Leading Us Towards Fascism
We need a human rights movement that challenges the orthodoxy of market capitalism, writes Peter Joseph.
Peter Joseph
The Top 250 Documentaries We Can Use to Change The World
The Top 250 Documentaries We Can Use to Change The World
Hungry for change? These documentaries light the way by showing examples of people fighting against the status quo, creating alternatives and living a more beautiful world into being.
Tim Hjersted
Worker Democracy
Worker Democracy
An overview of the evidence surrounding worker democracy. In summary: it's good, but far from perfect. Hope you enjoy the video and the new animations. - Unlearning Economics
59 min
Honest Government Ad | AI
Honest Government Ad | AI
The Government has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and its surprisingly honest and informative
4 min
Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis
Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis (2024)
This 35-minute film is a united call for a new economy, delivered by those who have committed their lives to working for systemic change.
34 min
The Power of Local: Community Solutions to Our Global Crisis
The Power of Local: Community Solutions to Our Global Crisis (2024)
This 42-minute film is bursting with examples of exciting localization initiatives across the world.
43 min
How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World
How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World
This short video urges people to spread the word about the need for an economic shift from global to local. This type of big picture activism can help tackle our social and environmental crises simultaneously.
5 min
The Interrelated Structure of Reality
The Interrelated Structure of Reality (trailer)
The work-in-progress film will be an expansive deep dive into our socioeconomic system as the interconnected root cause of all our crises. It's about the two systems that are locked in battle on planet earth: the life system, and the money system.
7 min
It's Basic
It's Basic (trailer)
When the Coronavirus Pandemic threw livelihoods into uncertainty and consequently spurred the creation of multiple direct government assistance programs, every American was given first-hand experience with the concept of Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI), an idea that has been...
3 min
Try Psychedelics, Access Transcendence | James Fadiman
Try Psychedelics, Access Transcendence | James Fadiman
Expert James Fadiman explains how psychedelics have the power to expand consciousness, enhance creativity, and deepen our connections to the world.
6 min
The Sacredness of Twoness | Lyla June Johnston
The Sacredness of Twoness | Lyla June Johnston
From the session: ONE, NOT TWO: SACRED WHOLENESS | 2018 Festival of Faiths
26 min
The Village of Lovers: a Blueprint for Creating Cultures of Peace
The Village of Lovers: a Blueprint for Creating Cultures of Peace (2025)
Globalized capitalism is destroying the biosphere while political unrest and war continue to dominate the headlines. Where might we turn for guidance in order to navigate these uncertain times?
74 min
Inside an Apache Rite of Passage Into Womanhood
Inside an Apache Rite of Passage Into Womanhood
For the Mescalero Apache Tribe, girls are not recognized as women until they have undergone the Sunrise Ceremony- an ancient, coming-of-age ceremony that lasts for four days.
12 min
Building a Beloved Community in a Time of War
Building a Beloved Community in a Time of War
Sermon for MLK Day from All Souls UU Kansas City
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan
Charles Eisenstein: Life is a Gift
Charles Eisenstein: Life is a Gift
Underneath all of the sharpest divisions, human beings of any opinion tribe can still recognize certain fundamental truths. I like to touch those sometimes, so that I myself dont get lost in the conflict. Conflict is loud. Fear is loud. Rage is loud. Bombs are loud, and so...
2 min
SolarPunk Cities: Our Last Hope?
SolarPunk Cities: Our Last Hope?
In a world where the dark, dystopian visions of Cyberpunk have long dominated our sci-fi imaginations, a new genre emerges as a beacon of hope: Solarpunk Support Dami Lee on Ko-Fi
19 min
How To Build A Solarpunk City
How To Build A Solarpunk City
"I believe our cities should belong to us. They should be cooperative, co-creative, ecological, and egalitarian spaces, by and for the people. We have so much untapped urban potential just waiting to be explored. Join me as we determine how to build a solarpunk...
42 min
Break the Endless Cycle of Violence
Break the Endless Cycle of Violence
A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.
Josh Liveright
Imprint
Imprint (2023)
What can one person do? What can a group of people do? What do we want to leave behind? In the film "Imprint" we visit 13 projects in 13 different places where committed groups work for a vibrant future. A personal and poetic depiction of what it means to be fully human in...
75 min
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