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The conversation about masculinity has long been poisoned by those who mistake dominance for strength and conquest for achievement. This corruption is not new—it is the logic of tyrants and slavemasters that men of conscience have resisted throughout history.
Tim Hjersted
The city is the solution.
Patrick Mazza
There's a pattern in left politics that's both understandable and ultimately self-defeating: we're brilliant at articulating what we oppose, but often struggle to define what we're for. We can catalog the horrors of capitalism and empire in exhaustive detail, but when pressed...
Tim Hjersted
If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.
Gabriel Hetland, Bhaskar Sunkara
We've been trained to recognize collectivism only when it wears a hammer and sickle, but by branding American empire and Christian nationalism as defenders of liberty rather than as collective projects, the propaganda renders today's most powerful authoritarian structures...
Tim Hjersted
“So you’re saying we should just be nice to fascists.”
Tim Hjersted
To defeat the rise of authoritarianism, Chris Hedges has called for mass movements, strikes and counter‑institutions to challenge corporate rule and revive democracy. This guide breaks down his suggestions into actionable steps.
Tim Hjersted
By embedding degrowth principles in local, everyday practice, "Kreisler" associations offer a vision for urban provisioning beyond extraction and individualism and toward a communal, crisis-resilient future.
Cléo Mieulet
It would be nice if all revolutions came this cheap.
Richard Eskow
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
Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics weren’t manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. It’s turning agricultural...
16 min
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
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. It’s about...
Films For Action
In 2022, I did an Earth Day talk called Words vs Reality, and it cataloged three dozen or so terms that – from a systems perspective – would actually require new labels. For example, fossil fuels might better be labeled flammable fossils, or consumer might be human. After...
Nate Hagens
Have I mentioned how important I think Daniel Quinn’s 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
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
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
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 it’s kicking up.
23 min
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
In our search to understand the immense suffering caused by colonization, racism, and centuries of domination, it’s natural to feel anger, grief, even guilt. These are human responses to the recognition that something sacred has been desecrated—that entire peoples, cultures...
Tim Hjersted
In this video, we introduce the People's Library—a 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
In this video, we explore how our dependence on paychecks to meet basic needs keeps us trapped in a cycle of survival—and how the People’s Library offers a real, community-powered alternative.
6 min
Whenever the idea of a Universal Basic Income comes up, certain objections are raised almost immediately. These concerns deserve real answers. So here’s five of the most common objections, addressed plainly and clearly:
There's a basic question hanging over the future of work that almost no one in power is asking out loud:
Tim Hjersted
There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there?
58 min
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
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 (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...
"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
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
In this perceptive and radical talk, Daniel Wahl PhD observes that we are standing at the dawn of the planetary era.
29 min
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
A tour of MIUFI (Michigian Urban Farming Initiative) and interview with its manager - Quan Blunt.
13 min
We are living in a time of profound transition, a moment when humanity must choose its path forward. The old systems—of empire, domination, and exploitation—are showing signs of weakness, and in their wake, we have the opportunity to build something far more life-affirming. A...
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
It is my deepest desire to see the emergence of the movement we need right now—one 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
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How do we nourish our hearts and fortify our spirits so we can resist despair when the world looks so grim? How do we face the suffering of the world without being crushed by it? The answer is to cultivate practices of spiritual self-defense. These 15 principles are my compass.
Tim Hjersted
Voting like a radical means voting for our movements. This election and every election, #VoteLikeARadical 📣
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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.
Heard that old saying "democracy is the tyranny of the majority? It was propaganda invented by elites.
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 city’s moneyed elites. She and the SA have adopted a series of unorthodox methods to fight the ruling oligarchs...
Chris Hedges
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
When it comes to the question of how we organise the land we inhabit and the resources therein, we’re 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
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
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
We need a human rights movement that challenges the orthodoxy of market capitalism, writes Peter Joseph.
Peter Joseph
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
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
The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative
4 min
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
This 42-minute film is bursting with examples of exciting localization initiatives across the world.
43 min
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 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
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
Expert James Fadiman explains how psychedelics have the power to expand consciousness, enhance creativity, and deepen our connections to the world.
6 min
From the session: ONE, NOT TWO: SACRED WHOLENESS | 2018 Festival of Faiths
26 min
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
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
Sermon for MLK Day from All Souls UU Kansas City
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan