Videos by Mic | Films For Action

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38 min · Michae Burns explores how American Christianity, particularly in its dominant evangelical form, has become deeply intertwined with capitalism, creating a "money cult" where economic...

80 min

Why the Future Is Post-Growth | Donnie Maclurcan on Life Beyond Capitalism

80 min · My guest today is Donnie Maclurcan, founder of the Post Growth Institute and a thinker who played a major role in my own journey. In this episode, Donnie breaks down why money...

1 min

"They Never Got the Chance" AI Imagines Lives Lost to School Shootings. Will You Hear Me Now?

1 min · “Will You Hear Me Now?” was created to amplify the voices of young people speaking out against gun violence in schools.

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Three Parents. One Message: Listen. a Will You Hear Me Now? & Moms Bonded by Grief Short Film.

3 min · Three parents from Moms Bonded By Grief share what it means to live with loss — and to speak for their children who no longer can.

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“You Only Live Once!” — Students Deliver a Message We Need to Hear Now!

1 min · A first look at “You Only Live Once?” — the new song from Will You Hear Me Now?

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Detroit Youth Choir on School Gun Violence Sing "Will You Hear Me Now?"

6 min · Empowering kids to raise their voice against gun violence in schools.

77 min

Capitalism Won't Save Us. Here's What Will. | Jason Hickel

77 min · My guest today is Jason Hickel, Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and author of two books: The Divide...

445 min

Planet Local Voices Series: 33 Voices United by a Vision of Ecological Economies, Healthy Communities and Local Food Systems

445 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...

8 min

ENOUGHNESS, The Prequel: Indigenous Economics with Tantoo Cardinal

8 min · Indigenous Economies have “values added”. Today’s economy values hoarding, greed and consumption. Using Indigenous values of sharing, cooperation and fairness with the millennial old...

19 min

How Jesus Turned Me Into A Marxist

19 min · While lots of politicians and hucksters would like you to believe that Christianity is antithetical to Marxism and Communism, they're absolutely wrong. I explain in this video about how...

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Trade Gone Mad

4 min · The blind pursuit of global trade is one of the most destructive forces in the world today, wreaking havoc on democracy, livelihoods and the environment worldwide. It's time to shine the...

4 min

The War Machine | James K. Boyce

4 min · If we want durable peace, we need to look for more than just economic expansion. James K. Boyce (@UMass.Amherst @PERIeconomics) explains how horizontal inequalities and economic policies...

59 min

Worker Democracy

59 min · 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

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How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World

5 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...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights

5 min · "In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident: a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established…

78 min

THE SPIDER'S WEB: Britain’s Second Empire (2017)

78 min · Watch THE SPIDER'S WEB, a documentary that reveals how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. At the demise of empire, City of London financial...

8 min

LOCAL: A Story Of Hope

8 min · LOCAL: A Story Of Hope, examines the root causes of our social and environmental crises - the global economy - and proposes a call to action: “re-regulate the big and global – rebuild...

69 min

The Man Who Knew Too Much

69 min · A documentary film about Colin Wallace an intelligence officer who blew the whistle on fake news and was framed for a murder.

115 min

World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!

115 min · After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June...

259 min

World Localization Day - full version. Be part of this inspirational movement for change!

259 min · After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June...

4 min

Globalization's Discontents | Joe Stiglitz

4 min · The promise of globalization is built on a lie, designed to spread risk while concentrating reward. Joe Stiglitz digs into why so many economists and policymakers have twisted the facts...

7 min

Economic Man vs Humanity: a Puppet Rap Battle

7 min · Three students challenge outdated economics by debating with their professor about the nature of humankind, with rap and puppetry. This animated film is a collaboration between economist...

Isaac Asimov on Overpopulation

0 min · This is a clip of Dr. Isaac Asimov talking about overpopulation on a 1988 episode of the program "A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers".

4 min

Learn the Language of Power | Ha-Joon Chang

4 min · “They’ve never met a poor person. They’ve never lived in deprived areas.” Ha-Joon Chang explains why economics is too important to be left to economists.

20 min

The New Feudalism

20 min · Are Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos the new feudal elite? Anand Giridharadas talks to INET President Rob Johnson about how the titans of Silicon Valley use “philanthropy” to control more...

14 min

Mindful Travel in Ladakh

14 min · In the high altitude desert of the Tibetan Plateau, Ladakhi people have carved a living from the mountains for a thousand years. Tourism in Ladakh, first commencing in 1974, has...

21 min

Pushing Back on Grievance Studies with Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

21 min · Mike Nayna: In an attempt to expose academic fields corrupted by postmodern ideology, Helen Pluckrose, Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay spent a year submitting intentionally broken...

17 min

Can "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Help Us Restore Balance to a Divided World?

17 min · "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is a masterpiece of animation. It's an incredible story with amazing characters and worthwhile themes that might just be more relevant today than ever...

26 min

Will Ruddick and Kenyan Community Currencies (HD)

26 min · This is a personal look at Community Currencies in Kenya and Will Ruddick. An amazing project that can inspire many of us who try to change the economic system from the botom up. Money...

13 min

The History of Structural Racism in Kansas City

13 min · Michael Wesch meets up with

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The Matrix Is All Around Us: Anthropologists Call It The Social Construction of Reality

6 min · This matrix parody is kind of mind blowing.

11 min

Moving the Giants

11 min · In 1991, arborist David Milarch had a near-death experience that inspired a personal quest to reforest our planet. He would harvest the genetics of the world's oldest trees, initiate...

9 min

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist

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...

89 min

Joan Muysken Lecture: "The Eurozone, Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale"

89 min · Bill Mitchell, Professor of Economics at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and a notable proponent of Modern Monetary Theory spoke during the Joan Muysken Lecture...

2 min

Going Local: the Solution-Multiplier

2 min · A 2-minute introduction to the global-to-local argument.

2 min

Queer Thanksgiving

2 min · The holidays are here - which for most people means lots of food and lots of family. But for many queer and trans people of color, the word "family" means something entirely different.

11 min

Making Sense of the Elections

11 min · With the elections weeks away, we're helping you make sense of everything from gun control to immigration reform together with policy experts and some of your favorite musicians.

1 min

What If We Turned Every Window Into a Power Source?

1 min · Transparent solar cell tech could transform our buildings - and make the world more sustainable.

14 min

Important Free Lesson in Economics from Cambridge University Professor

14 min · Ha-Joon Chang is a professor of economics at Cambridge University and a best-selling international author. Author and journalist Owen Jones asked him to provide an argument against much...

2 min

The Problem With Saying "All Lives Matter"

2 min · Mic's Darnell Moore explains why "All Lives Matter" is the wrong response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

14 min

Native American Boarding Schools - What They Took Away: Reflections on Native Boarding Schools.

14 min · Native American Boarding School Video. Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement(A.I.M) reflects on his experiences with Native boarding (residential) schools. Dennis...

20 min

Flugennock

20 min · Flugennock chronicles the art and activism of political cartoonist Mike Flugennock. Flugennock's comics have circulated for more than thirty years. Based in Washington D.C.,Flugennock's...

2 min

Alton Sterling Is Just the Latest Example of Systematic Racism in America

2 min · At the time of this publishing, 559 people were killed by police in 2016. And disproportionately, these people were black. They include Alton Sterling — who was killed in an encounter...

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Gun Laws Around the World

3 min · American exceptionalism isn't always a good thing. When it comes to mass shootings, we're definitely exceptional - with the highest number of mass shootings of any country from 1966 to...

2 min

Why Are People Uncomfortable With the Word "Vagina"?

2 min · A substitute teacher in Michigan was fired for using the word “vagina” in an art history class and this isn’t the first time this has happened in Michigan. Why are people so afraid of...

3 min

Why You Can't Afford a Home

3 min · We should all be able to afford a home in an area we want to live. But for many of us in the UK, with prices spiralling way beyond incomes, this isn’t a reality. Instead, finding...

9 min

For Native Americans in Minnesota, Food is a Sign of Oppression

9 min · After hundreds of years of isolation, here’s how the indigenous heroes are fighting to reclaim their cultural identity — and their health.

7 min

Millionaire or Felon? in America, Your Zip Code Decides

7 min · Meet the incredible Wanda James, the only black woman who owns a legal weed dispensary in Colorado. And after you meet her, meet her brother, Rick, who was thrown in jail for years for...

25 min

Greece & Europe - a story of undemocracy.

25 min · A chapter from the forthcoming film "Money Puzzles'. Filmed at 'Democracy Rising' in Athens July 2015. Full information at www.moneypuzzles.net

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COP 21: the peaceful protests in Paris you did not see on the news today.

2 min · Demonstrations are prohibited so protestors hold hands along Boulvard Voltaire. A video by Michael Chanan.

17 min

Money Puzzles - A Film About Money and Debt

17 min · Money Puzzles is a documentary film about money and debt and the widespread misunderstanding about what they are and how they function to be found in the media, everyday life and even...

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Five Ways to Challenge the Spending cuts

1 min · The most recent budget outlined £34.8 billion in cuts to government expenditure, including large tax credit cuts (£6 billion), ongoing benefit freezes (£4 billion) and reductions in...

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Brazilian MCs New Video is a Scorching Indictment of Class and Racial Prejudice

7 min · Emicida is a Brazilian MC and hip-hop artist, famous for his rap battles. This video for his new single Boa Esperança "Good Hope" is a collaboration between Emicida and domestic workers...

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Meet the Activist Who Wants Women Everywhere to 'Free the Nipple'

4 min · Most American cities are full of breasts. They are everywhere: On billboards. On storefronts. On

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Love Action 愛.行動「吸吸新鮮空氣．不要PM2.5行動」

2 min · 2 APR 2013 北京 2013年頭兩個月，北京只得四成日子空氣屬優良。國家衛生部資料顯示，中國肺癌死亡率比30年前上升了465%，且肺癌是發病率及死亡率最高的癌症。這跟空氣污染加劇有直接關係。某日，換個場地，你和我、他跟她，聚集一起，放眼城市的綠，齊齊換一種方式郊遊去。讓我們以自己的步伐，改變一刻城市風景，重新認識大自然的韻律，為更多人走在一起前，演練更多可能。

23 min

Bayo Akomolafe: An Oriki for the Times

23 min · Bayo Akomolafe is a researcher, lecturer and author, as well as Coordinator of the International Alliance for Localization. This is his plenary talk at the Economics of Happiness...

2 min

Comedian Exposes Chocolate Industry's Dark Secret

2 min · Love chocolate? Then you might want to give this clip a miss... Making a chocolate bar (and many other things like clothes, electronics and footballs) involves an unpleasant little...

14 min

Violent Police Repression in Canada: Your Rights Under Attack

14 min · VIDEO BILINGUE / A discussion of the systemic problem of police abuse of power threatening both freedom of expression and of the press based on the events of April 3 2014 in Montreal.

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Chris Hedges at the "Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis" symposium

22 min · This is Chris Hedges' talk at the November 2014 "Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis" symposium, an event sponsored by Local Futures/ISEC. For more talks from the symposium, or to learn...

14 min

The Top Censored Stories of 2014 | Interview with Mickey Huff

14 min · Abby Martin interviews, Mickey Huff, Director of Project Censored, about some of the top 25 censored stories of 2014, covering everything from the lack of police brutality statistics to...

4 min

About Time - The Case For A 21 Hour Working Week

4 min · A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being...

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Casa De Paz: House of Peace

6 min · In the Fruitvale area of Oakland, California, residents are opening their doors and their hearts, fostering peace in their neighborhood—one block at a time. Casa de Paz is one of several...

7 min

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

7 min · One no, many yeses. Look to join and grow the movement for localization where you live.

6 min

First They Came For...

6 min · Inspired by the poem by Reverend Martin Niemoller of the same name, First They Came for... is set in a not so distant future where a nondescript regime takes away innocent people while...

2 min

Russia Declares Discrimination Newest Olympic Sport

2 min · GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! SHARE THIS VIDEO & HELP END DISCRIMINATION WORLDWIDE! This video was created by THE FAIR GAMES PROJECT with funds raised independently via indiegogo.com. It...

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Culture in Decline #2: Economics 101

33 min · Please help support this Free Media Project: http://www.cultureindecline.com/support.html Subttitles: Croatian, Czech , Danish, English , Finnish , French, Greek, Hungarian , Italian ...

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Printemps érable - Manifeste vidéo («Maple spring» English subtitles)

3 min · Click on «cc» for english subtitles. Tens of thousands of Quebec university and college students have been marching, blocking roads and bridges and loudly demonstrating for seven weeks...

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How Do We, As a Society, Want to Be Remembered?

3 min · How do we, as a society, want to be remembered? I would rather it not be this way.

4 min

Human Nature

4 min · "There is an immense amount of warfare and extermination going on amidst various species; there is, at the same time, as much, or perhaps even more, of mutual support, mutual aid, and...

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Charlie Chaplin's final speech in the film "The Great Dictator"

5 min · Charlie Chapin's final monologue in the film "The Great Dictator".

2 min

Now Hear This: Network Neutrality Is Critical

2 min · Graphic designer Michael Mahaffey, in collaboration with ill.gates, wants you to listen up with his activist video about Net Neutrality. Take action at http://www.savetheinternet.com/

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Expose of 'Dead Peasant' Insurance Policies Too Shocking Even for GMA to Ignore

4 min · From diarist alien abductee DailyKos: "Michael Moore's Capitalism, A Love Story has revealed a deep dark secret to the intrepid reporters of ABC News and the show Good Morning America ...

3 min

When the Smoke Clearz

3 min · Spoken word slam on the materialistic and self-destructive nature of modern mainstream rap music, exploited, packaged, and sold by mega media corporations.

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Michael Moore slams CNN for False Criticism of SICKO

11 min · Moore speaks truth to power, arguing that CNN has such a lousy track record of reporting the truth about the war in Iraq and asking tough questions, that Americans should be skeptical of...

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