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Organic gardener and vegan chef DJ CAVEM is an award-winning international recording artist and activist who uses Hip-Hop culture to inspire young people to connect to the earth by teaching them how to grow food, and cultivate healthy eating habits. Through his lyrics and gardens, DJ CAVEM is planting the seeds of the food movement extending from his hometown of Denver Colorado to across the globe.

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Activism
Taking Power Amidst the Turbulence (w/ Dylan Saba) | The Chris Hedges Report
Occupy Movement: Show Me Your True Face
Why the Russian Revolution Failed: When Rich Kids Do All the Socialism
Stupa: The Inside Story of Outsider Art (2025) ($5)
Mamdani and Democrats Score Big Wins & Conservatives Melt Down | the Daily Show
Challenging Monopoly Power: Why Local Business Is Better for People, the Planet, and Your Wallet with Stacy Mitchell
The People, United
The Secret Plan to Tank Zohran | Second Thought
"No Kings" Protests Defy GOP Expectations & Jon Gives Trump a Royal Inspection | the Daily Show
The Psychology of the Portland Green Frog
Zohran Just Reminded Me Why I Believe in Politics | Tennessee Brando
‘We Are the Majority’: Watch Mehdi’s Rousing Speech at the No Kings Protest in DC
The Teachers' Protest: How Norwegian Teachers Defeated Nazi Education (2020) ($6)
Boycott (2021)
Gen Z Protests: This Is Just the Beginning | Alice Cappelle
How To Boycott An Invasion | Matthew Cooke
Elephant Refugees (2020)
Beyond Standing Rock (2024)
What Will Socialism Look Like?
ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago. We Can Stand Up to Them | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois
The Baldies: Anti-Racist Skinheads Fighting Nazis (2021)
Stonewall Uprising (2010)
Why Online Debate Culture Ruins Real Conversation (Goose Explains)
Rachel Carson (2017)
It's Time to Fight Back Against Trump's Fascist Regime (W/ Ralph Nader) | the Chris Hedges Report
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leftists
Chris Hedges Live Q&A: Where Is America Going and Should You Leave?
The Energy is High for Revolution | Solarpunk Alana
A Leftist's Guide to Debating Capitalism
The DemFluencer-Industrial Complex Must Be Stopped
A Guide To Democratic Socialists of America
We're Breaking Up with Empire | Matthew Cooke
We Need a Civilian Climate Corps
Five Ways To Fight Trump's Fascism | Robert Reich
Amazon’s Secret Plot To Build a Data Center In the Desert
Fighting Fire with Fire: A Conversation with California Governor Gavin Newsom and Heather Cox Richardson
Documentaries about Regenerating Ecosystems, Local Economies, and Healthier, Joyful Lives
Patron Documentaries
War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)
Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition (2019)
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)
The Nature of Cities (2010)
The New Economics 101: True Wealth in the New Economy (2013)
School Circles: Democratic Schools in the Netherlands (2018)
Walled Off: Banksy, Palestine and the Struggle for Freedom (2024)
We Are Many (2020)
Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001)
The Wisdom To Survive (2014)
To The Ends of the Earth (2016)
Affluenza (1997)
Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)
Paradise with Side Effects (2004)
Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life (2011)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom (2003)
Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)
Broken On All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice (2012)
Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)
Redefining Prosperity (2018)
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)
Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)
The Great Disconnect (2020)
Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)
Overload: America's Toxic Love Story (2019)
Call Of Life: Facing The Mass Extinction (2010)
Accidental Anarchist (2017)
Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt For Our Kids' Missing Microbes (2019)
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property (2007)
Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature (2015)
The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (1997)
Spiritually Incorrect (2020)
Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)
The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017)
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)
Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)
Blood and Oil (2008)
Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017)
A Quest For Meaning (2017)
Advertising & The End of The World (1997)
Capitalism Hits The Fan (2008)
The Next American Revolution: Beyond Corporate Capitalism & State Socialism (2013)
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)
The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (2020)
The Village of Lovers: a Blueprint for Creating Cultures of Peace (2025)
Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015)
GIFT: The Imagination Creates the Future (2018)
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