Jun 30, 2015

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Media Literacy

What I Learned From Reading Osama Bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America"

14 Free Videos To Counter US Media's Dehumanization Of Palestinians

Hamas — Israel’s Useful Enemy

Israel’s Culture of Deceit

How the "15 Minute City" Conspiracy Theory Fooled People Into Fighting for the Status Quo

50 Paradigm-Shifting Documentaries for a Wise Earth

Why Do Conspiracy Theories Flourish? Because Proven Conspiracies are Too Daunting

Twenty Media Education Foundation Documentaries Are Coming to Films For Action!

We Must End the War in Ukraine by Challenging Evil—Not Becoming It

So This Is What It Looks Like When the Corporate Media Opposes a War

Lack of Trusted Authority Is Why Covid-19 Is Kicking Our Butts

Despite Our Despair, There's a Reality Worth Fighting For

Please Teach Your Children About Corporate Criminals

Big Oil Coined ‘Carbon Footprints’ to Blame Us for Their Greed. Keep Them on the Hook.

Capitalism Is What’s Burning the Planet, Not Average People

To Reason With a Madman

The Five Real Conspiracies You Need to Know About

As the George Floyd Protests Continue, Let's Be Clear Where the Violence Is Coming From

Yes, the Looting Must Stop

Don’t Fall for the Myth of the “Outside Agitator” in Racial Justice Protests

No, We Should Not Condemn Uprisings Against Police Murders Like George Floyd's

Beneath Conspiracy Theories, the Class War

The Conspiracy Myth

If You Found That ‘Plandemic’ Video Convincing, Read This Too

The Bizarre Blindspot in 'Planet of the Humans'

Why We Cling to Conspiracies in Times of Crisis

Introducing the Wire International - A Response to Media Oligarchy

The Great Giving Up (and The Film that Made It Worse)

Planet of the Humans Is the Media Literacy Exercise of the Year

The Art of Exploiting a Pandemic: From Propaganda to Profit

Normal Was Killing Us

Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence

6 Reasons Why Planet of the Humans Is a Disaster of Misinformation

Corona Crisis Reveals We Need Systemic, Not Just Individual Change

Films For Action's Statement on Planet of the Humans

Forget About Planet of the Humans

Documentaries from the Early Days of Films For Action

The Corporation (2003)

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005)

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)

The Power of Nightmares (2004)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)

Earthlings (2005)

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)

The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

The Crisis of Civilization (2011)

Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003)

Oil, Smoke & Mirrors (2007)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Principles to Guide Our Activism

10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy

Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns

8 Principles for a Regenerative Civilization

We’ve Got a Better World in Mind - 8 Principles for a Beautiful Future

Comparative Resilience: 8 Principles for Post-COVID Reconstruction

Indigenous Principles of a Just Transition

20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Liberation Theory: a Working Framework

The Bemidji Statement on Seventh Generation Guardianship

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

Seven Mantras of the New Revolution

Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions

Despair Is Not a Strategy: 15 Principles of Hope

The (R)Evolution is Unity: Reflections on the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa

How to Fix the World

Trending Articles

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

10 Quotes From an Oglala Lakota Chief That Will Make You Question Everything About Our Society

Wisdom Pills

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 30 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Panic Volkushka

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

David Cain

The Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State Terror, While Millions Die, and How This Article Was Killed

Matthew Alford, Daniel Broudy, Jeffery Klaehn, Alan MacLeod, Florian Zollmann

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

Joanna Macy on How to Prepare Internally for WHATEVER Comes Next

Joanna Macy

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

George Lakey

Profit Is Theft: It Sounds Absurd but Here's Why

Tim Hjersted

The 15 Best Documentaries About Climate Change, Free to Watch Online

Tim Hjersted

How a Lack of Touch Is Destroying Men

Mark Green

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

Michael E Sparks

Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns

David R. Blumenthal

Pathological Consumption Has Become So Normalised That We Scarcely Notice It

George Monbiot

Is It Time to Say Goodbye to the Non-Binary in Gender?

Sita Balani

How to Not Be Offended

Shemsi Prinzivalli

We All Suffer in This Love-Desert Society That We've Created - Is There an Alternative?

Tim Hjersted

If You Want to Say Thank You, Don't Say Sorry - And 6 Other Examples of Beautiful Communication

Yao Xiao

Emotional Literacy

The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose

The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves

Increasing Our Capacity to Feel Is Essential to Living Our Best Life and Connecting with Our Kids. Here's How.

Core Nonviolence Commitments

How Faux-Feelings Are Sabotaging Your Communication Efforts

Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Speaking Up (or Listening)

A Healthy Way to Embrace Big Emotions: Take It to the Trees

The Neurochemistry Of Empathy, Explained With Claymation

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

Let Yourself Grieve

How Cynicism Masks Pain

No, You Don't Have to Admit You're Wrong to Apologize (And Other Apology Myths Debunked)

Stress: It's Not in Your Head, It's in Your Nervous System

It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are

Join the Empathy Revolution!

The Steps Toward Self Empowerment

Dealing With Painful Emotions

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises

Brené Brown on How to Reckon with Emotion and Change Your Narrative

Why Are so Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?

11 Traits of People With High Emotional Intelligence

Empathy: Why It's Important, Why We Should Nurture It in Our Kids

Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear

Women Are Better at Expressing Emotions, Right? Why It's Not That Simple

If You Do Not Transform Your Pain, You Will Transmit It

Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger

Depression Is a Disease of Civilization: Hunter-Gatherers Hold the Key to the Cure

What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important?

Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution

An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma

Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma

Self-Esteem Might Boost Our Egos, But Self-Compassion Opens Our Hearts

Control is a Trap

The Demoralized Mind

The Great Grief: How to Cope With Losing Our World

The Important Difference Between Love and Being Loved

How Mindfulness Empowers Us

"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?

The Root Cause of Addiction

The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities

What is the Meaning of Death? This Man Has Some Words to Share with You.

Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence

Documentaries about the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (1997)

Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001)

A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)

War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)

The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)

Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)

The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (2020)

We Are Many (2020)

The Great Disconnect (2020)

Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)

Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Spiritually Incorrect (2020)

Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)

Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)

Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)

The Nature of Cities (2010)

Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life (2011)

School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018)

The Next American Revolution: Beyond Corporate Capitalism & State Socialism (2013)

The New Economics 101: True Wealth in the New Economy (2013)

Overload: America's Toxic Love Story (2019)

Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004)

Advertising & The End of The World (1997)

The Wisdom To Survive (2014)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

GIFT (2018)

Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition (2019)

Accidental Anarchist (2017)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Affluenza (1997)

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)

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