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Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending
Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending
Our present moment is saturated in dystopian, apocalyptic fantasies of the future.
Films For Action
The Oligarchy Knows Class Warfare Is the Real Fight—Why Don't Liberals?
The Oligarchy Knows Class Warfare Is the Real Fight—Why Don't Liberals?
The Democrats and Republicans have legalized a level of greed and fraud that even heirs of the robber barons thought unsustainable.
Chris Hedges
The Pain You Feel Is Capitalism Dying
The Pain You Feel Is Capitalism Dying
I know it hurts — but what you are feeling (alongside millions of others) is the natural consequence of late-stage capitalism.
Joe Brewer
Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists
Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists
We are alienating each other with unrestrained callouts and unchecked self-righteousness. Here’s how that can stop.
Frances Lee
The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World
The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World
A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!
Tim Hjersted
How to Overthrow the Illuminati
How to Overthrow the Illuminati
This pamphlet gives an excellent analysis and debunking of conspiracy theories and proposes a practical alternative for emancipation.
Will, Chino, Saudade, Mamos
I'm an Anarchist and I Vote
I'm an Anarchist and I Vote
Greetings from Trumplandia, also known as the second congressional district of Maine, which is now polling for Donald Trump. I have called Lewiston, Maine, home since 2001 when I moved...
Ryan Conrad
Six Easy Ways to Tell If That Viral Story Is a Hoax
Six Easy Ways to Tell If That Viral Story Is a Hoax
“And so it begins … ISIS flag among refugees in Germany fighting the police,” blared the headline on the Conservative Post; “with this new leaked picture, everything seems confirmed”...
Pete Brown
The Top 10 Films on 9/11 Truth
The Top 10 Films on 9/11 Truth
9/11 has always been one of the most difficult subjects for news organizations to cover with integrity. The majority of media has forced the debate into two black and white extremes...
Films For Action
Awakening to the Blob: How The Media Mediates Our Lives
Awakening to the Blob: How The Media Mediates Our Lives
Not just a book review of Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated
Maura R. O'Connor
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
The definitive critique of our economic system since its beginning to the present day.
Kevin A. Carson
The Five Real Conspiracies You Need to Know About
The Five Real Conspiracies You Need to Know About
While millions of people are spellbound by falsehoods, actual threats go unheeded and unchecked.
Jeremy Lent
Ted Olson's Report of Phone Calls from Barbara Olson on 9/11: Three Official Denials
Ted Olson's Report of Phone Calls from Barbara Olson on 9/11: Three Official Denials
Late in the day on 9/11, CNN put out a story that began: “Barbara Olson, a conservative commentator and attorney, alerted her husband, Solicitor General Ted Olson, that the plane she was...
David Ray Griffin
Five Left-Libertarian Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For
Five Left-Libertarian Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For
A note of clarification: The "left" in left libertarian in the title exists to distinguish the solutions this article presents from the right-learning associations most people have of...
Kevin Carson
The Starfish and the Spider: 8 Principles of Decentralization
The Starfish and the Spider: 8 Principles of Decentralization
“The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations” by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom is still one of my favorite books on organizational theory and complex...
Patrick Meier
The Triumph of Triviality
The Triumph of Triviality
Clinical psychologist John F. Schumaker asks if modern consumer society is too shallow to deal with the deepening crises facing the planet.
John F. Schumaker
Health Care: An Anarchist Approach
Health Care: An Anarchist Approach
The current US debate about health-care funding can be understood as concerned with meeting the challenge of doing three things at once:
Gary Chartier
Can Porn Be Feminist? A Conversation With Erika Lust
Can Porn Be Feminist? A Conversation With Erika Lust
Feminist porn is sex on film showing women and men as sexual equals - that sex is something you do together, not just something that a man does to a woman
Harriet Williamson
The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism
The Undemocratic Reality of Capitalism
Capitalism’s hierarchy within workplaces contradicts democratic ideals. In practice, economic power undermines real democracy and freedom for most people.
Richard D. Wolff
How to Pay for the Green New Deal | Levy Economics Institute | Working Paper No. 931
How to Pay for the Green New Deal | Levy Economics Institute | Working Paper No. 931
The title mimics that of J. M. Keynes’s (1940) famous book, How to Pay for the War: A Radical Plan for the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray
"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism
"Positive Vibes Only" Is Toxic: the Danger of New Age Spiritualism
“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.” ~ Brené Brown
Justice Bartlett
How We Got Here: 17 Documentaries That Explain Why the Mass Media Is the Crisis
How We Got Here: 17 Documentaries That Explain Why the Mass Media Is the Crisis
The crisis of mass media lies at the heart of every other crisis we face today. Economic inequality, a ravaged planet, endless wars—none of these can be addressed if the public is...
Films For Action
Core Nonviolence Commitments
Core Nonviolence Commitments
I have not found a word that captures the exact line that I am looking for. Commitment may be a bit too strong, and tends to connote “should,” thus invoking the non-choiceful energy of...
Miki Kashtan
Beyond Capitalism with a Human Face: A Radically Simple Way
Beyond Capitalism with a Human Face: A Radically Simple Way
Ted Trainer is one of the wisest, boldest, and most dedicated advocates of The Simpler Way.  In 2010 he published a book called, The Transition to a Sustainable and Just World, and I...
Samuel Alexander
The Return of the Common(er)s
The Return of the Common(er)s
Now is the time to transcend the failing systems around us—not by fighting them, but by quietly building something better. This closing article explores how an alternative social and...
Michel Rauchs
A History of Beliefs about the New World Order in Popular Culture
A History of Beliefs about the New World Order in Popular Culture
As a conspiracy theory, the term New World Order or NWO refers to the emergence of a totalitarian one-world government.
various writers
The War on DEI and the Scourge of White Supremacist Politics
The War on DEI and the Scourge of White Supremacist Politics
What is unfolding is an attempt to restore racial hierarchy as common sense, to turn historical amnesia into governing logic.
Henry A. Giroux
8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and...
Bruce E. Levine
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
Ever had the feeling that your job might be made up? That the world would keep on turning if you weren’t doing that thing you do 9-5? David Graeber explored the phenomenon of bullshit...
David Graeber
From Consumerism to Climate Change: 41 Outstanding Documentaries You Have to See
From Consumerism to Climate Change: 41 Outstanding Documentaries You Have to See
Over the last 7 years, Films For Action has been cataloging an online library of the best social change films that can be watched free online. Opting for quality over quantity, the site...
Tim Hjersted
Classifying Bodies, Denying Freedoms
Classifying Bodies, Denying Freedoms
I was in my early teens when I accompanied my grandmother on a Christmas errand to deliver boxes of biscuits to each of her surviving maternal cousins. Although our extended family was...
Che Ramsden
The Joke Is on Us
The Joke Is on Us
The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism.
Chris Hedges
The Commons in Practice: Case Studies From Around the World
The Commons in Practice: Case Studies From Around the World
From alpine pastures and salmon fisheries to offshore wind farms and online encyclopedias, commons take many forms. This article explores a wide range of real-world commons that span...
Michel Rauchs
Are "Anarcho"- Capitalists Really Anarchists?
Are "Anarcho"- Capitalists Really Anarchists?
In a word, no. While "anarcho"-capitalists obviously try to associate themselves with the anarchist tradition by using the word "anarcho" or by calling themselves "anarchists" their...
Anarchist F.A.Q.
Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
I’m sipping a scummy pint of cloudy beer in the back of a trendy dive bar turned nightclub in the heart of the city’s heroin district. In front of me stand a gang of hippiesh grunge-punk...
Douglas Haddow
What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today?
What Is the Commons—And Why Does It Matter Today?
Tl;dr: For historical and cultural reasons, the Commons has remained largely overlooked or misunderstood. But today, it’s more important than ever to restore it as a vital third mode of...
Michel Rauchs
Understanding Patriarchy
Understanding Patriarchy
Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “patriarchy” in everyday life. Most men...
bell hooks
Israel’s Suicidal Rupture With the U.S.
Israel’s Suicidal Rupture With the U.S.
Israel is turning on its last important ally in an act of suicidal hubris.
Chris Hedges
Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex
Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex
Have you ever encountered a baby whose gender is unknown to you?
Steve Bearman
Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong, It's Dangerous
Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong, It's Dangerous
We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.
Stanislav Vysotsky
Tools for Growing the Commons
Tools for Growing the Commons
The true strength lies in the careful combination of these tools into multi-layered, living systems—creating the conditions not just for protection, but for long-term flourishing.
Michel Rauchs
Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal
Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal
For the majority of the past century, a battle has been waged between two dominant ideologies – capitalism and communism.  Both competing economic systems focus on how best to allocate...
Chris Agnos
Simone De Beauvoir's Political Philosophy Resonates Today
Simone De Beauvoir's Political Philosophy Resonates Today
Simone de Beauvoir is rightly best known for declaring: ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman.’ A less well-known facet of her philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her...
Skye C Cleary
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