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Though it looks like the world is set in its ways, it is in fact eminently open to change by those who dare to swim into the stream of history.

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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
Deep Reads - Get Cozy and Dig in
Occupy Your Mind: On Power, Knowledge, and the Re-Occupation of Common Sense
The End of the Corporation?
How to Fix the World
Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change
Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community
The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege
Have You Heard of The Great Forgetting? It Happened 10,000 Years Ago & Completely Affects Your Life
A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning
When We Judge a Person Harshly With a Label or Dismissal, We Kill the Human Being Inside of Them
Why Do so Many People Get Lost in Drugs Instead of Making a Life That You Don't Need to Escape From?
A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: The Ultimate Guide to Activism That Doesn't Reproduce The Status Quo
Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure
What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
Dear White People. An Open Letter to White People on Becoming Indigenous
Can We Go to the Very Root of Violence and Be Free from It?
On the Wildness of Children: The Revolution Will Not Take Place In The Classroom
Wanted: Men Who Love
Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition
Why Tribal Societies Work: An Introduction
Five Dangerous Thoughts about Capitalism
Deconstructing Workplace Hierarchies: On Contrived Leadership and Arbitrary Positions of Power
The Whiting of Euro-Americans: A Divide and Conquer Strategy
Understanding Patriarchy
Dear Trump Voters: To Attain Freedom, We Must Name The True Root of Our Problems
You Are Still Being Lied To: Columbus and the Myth of Human Progress
Positive Thinking in a Dark Age: A 12-Step Guide to Gracefully Responding to a Collapsing Dominant Culture
Humanity Is Being Held Hostage by an Economic and Cultural Death Cult
Our Way of Life Works AMAZING for Products, But It Works TERRIBLE for People
What Martin Luther King Jr. Can Teach Us about Nonviolence
The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names
Patron Documentaries
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)
A Quest For Meaning (2017)
Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)
Broken On All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice (2012)
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property (2007)
School Circles: Democratic Schools in the Netherlands (2018)
Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
Walled Off: Banksy, Palestine and the Struggle for Freedom (2024)
Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)
Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom (2003)
A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)
Affluenza (1997)
Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)
The New Economics 101: True Wealth in the New Economy (2013)
Blood and Oil (2008)
Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition (2019)
To The Ends of the Earth (2016)
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)
Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)
Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)
GIFT: The Imagination Creates the Future (2018)
Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004)
Overload: America's Toxic Love Story (2019)
Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt For Our Kids' Missing Microbes (2019)
Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)
The Village of Lovers: a Blueprint for Creating Cultures of Peace (2025)
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)
The Great Disconnect (2020)
Paradise with Side Effects (2004)
The Next American Revolution: Beyond Corporate Capitalism & State Socialism (2013)
The Wisdom To Survive (2014)
Redefining Prosperity (2018)
Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life (2011)
We Are Many (2020)
War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)
The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (2020)
Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature (2015)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017)
Advertising & The End of The World (1997)
Call Of Life: Facing The Mass Extinction (2010)
The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (1997)
The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017)
Capitalism Hits The Fan (2008)
Spiritually Incorrect (2020)
Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001)
The Nature of Cities (2010)
Accidental Anarchist (2017)
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)
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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
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