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The Corporation is at the Root of our Uncivilized, Inequality-Driving, Earth-Killing Economy

The Corporation (2003)

The New Corporation (2022)

War By Other Means (1992)

The War at Home: The Untold History of Class War in the United States (2021)

Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

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The Corporation (2003)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

Schooling the World (2010)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Money & Life (2013)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Fall and Winter (2013)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

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Reflection: A Walk with Water (2022)

Ecosophia: Ecological Wisdom (2024)

Harambe (2023)

Israelism (2023)

Psychedelia: The History and Science of Mystical Experience (2021)

No Small Matter (2019) (trailer)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

Spiritually Incorrect (2020)

Bullied (2019)

Madagasikara (2020)

You Can't Evict An Idea - Occupy London On Film (2018)

The Man Card: White Male Identity Politics from Nixon to Trump (2020)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

Make Me A Man (2021)

Freak Power: the Ballot or the Bomb (2020)

Conversation Starters for Teachers & Students

Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What's Next?

Occupy Your Mind: On Power, Knowledge, and the Re-Occupation of Common Sense

We Are The People of the Apocalypse

The Demoralized Mind

Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change

Why We Need Big Picture Activism

Why Do so Many People Get Lost in Drugs Instead of Making a Life That You Don't Need to Escape From?

School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018)

6 Toxic Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Normal

Without Saying a Word This 6 Minute Clip From Samsara Will Make You Speechless

Incredible Animation Summarises Noam Chomsky's 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine

The Corporation (2003)

This Video Dispels Every "Nature VS Nurture" Myth You've Ever Heard. The Implications are Profound.

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

A People's History of the United States, Chapter 1: Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress

This Painting Captures a Disturbing Truth about the History of Our Education System

This Is What Every Young Girl Can Expect to be Bombarded with for a Lifetime, Condensed Into 1 Min

ENOUGHNESS: Restoring Balance to the Economy in the Most Awesome Way Ever

The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not to End the War or Save Lives.

Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Capitalism

Don’t Be Scared About the End of Capitalism—Be Excited to Build What Comes Next

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Five Dangerous Thoughts about Capitalism

The Iron Fist Behind the Invisible Hand: Capitalism As a State-Guaranteed System of Privilege

Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One

Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: a Culture Without Fear

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

The Real Global Threat to 21st Century Freedom Is Authoritarian Capitalism Not Democratic Socialism

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

Capitalism Is The Crisis (2011)

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Why Advocates of Freed Markets Should Embrace "Anti-Capitalism"

In a Freed Market, Who Will Stop Markets from Running Riot and Doing Crazy Things? We Will.

The Limits of Capitalism

Judge a System by the Health of Its Children

Insane Trade!

The One-Choice Election

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Films We're Hosting in The Spirit of the Gift, in Partnership with the Filmmakers

Medicating Normal: How Big Pharma Makes Healthy People Sick (2021)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

Schooling the World (2010)

Together We Grow (2022)

Beware Of Images (2016)

Imprint (2023)

Project Censored The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junk Food News (2013)

The War at Home: The Untold History of Class War in the United States (2021)

Fall and Winter (2013)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion (2020)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Surviving Earth (2014)

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Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community

100 Short Films to Expand Your Consciousness

The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names

123 Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

90 Inspiring, Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

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Films For Action

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

Panic Volkushka

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Bucky Fuller & his World Game: Intro to Saving Planets

Brainsturbator

The Next American Revolution Has Begun And This Is What It Looks Like

Dan West

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

Wisdom Pills

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

Aikido Association of America

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

George Lakey

Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words

Andrew Nikiforuk

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

Russell Means

Positive Thinking in a Dark Age: A 12-Step Guide to Gracefully Responding to a Collapsing Dominant Culture

Jim Tull

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

Thomas G. Clark

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” On Aaron Bushnell’s Action in Solidarity with Gaza

Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective

25 Mind-Twisting Optical Illusion Paintings by Rob Gonsalves

Dovas

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

Brett & Kate Mckay

Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Yasha Levine

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

Douglas Haddow

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

Culture In Decline

Culture in Decline #1: What Democracy?

Culture in Decline #2: Economics 101

Culture In Decline #3: C.V.D. - Consumption Vanity Disorder

Culture In Decline #4: The War on Nature

Culture in Decline #5: Baby Go Boom!

Culture in Decline #6: Tale of Two Worlds

Epic Documentaries

Human (2015)

Earthlings (2005)

The Corporation (2003)

Propaganda: How Western Citizens are Turned Into Compliant Slaves (2012)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

InterReflections: A Story about The Greatest Revolution of Our Time (2020)

The Century of the Self (2002)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

The Power of Nightmares (2004)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

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

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

HOME (2009)

This Is Neoliberalism (2020)

Trailers

Rediscovering Past Newtown

The Commons: Reclaiming What Is Ours (2019)

Tough Talk: Season 1, A Series About Men's Mental Health

Art Saved My Life (2014)

Killing Gaza (2018)

Singfest: The Literacy of Music (2017)

2040: Join The Regeneration (US-Only) (2020)

Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

In Our Hands: Seeding Change (2017)

The Laws of Capitalism (2022)

We Are Many (2020)

Planet Local: A Short Film Series about the Beautiful Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 3: Local Food Webs, Exploring Systems of Distribution

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 4: Local Food Processors AKA Making Delicious Food

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 5: Challenges & Solutions

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 7: A Little More Inspiration

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

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From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

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Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws (2012)

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Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)

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Aghet: A Genocide (2010)

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For The Next 7 Generations (2009)

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Origins (2014)

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How Fascism Serves Capitalism (2023)

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Living for 32: Virginia Tech, Gun Shows & Mass Shootings in America (2010)

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Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016)

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Broken by Battle (2013)

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New Member Submissions

Gaza Genocide: A Socialist Perspective (2024)

Empire Managers Explain Why This New Protest Movement Scares Them

No Refuge: Cape Cod's Coastal Crisis (2024)

Psychedelic Psilocybin Magic Truffle Veteran Retreat (2022)

Talk For Life: English as an Additional Language (2020)

Living Without: How Much is Enough?

Pinevale High - Separate, Unequal,....Undeterred.

Smartphones vs. Smart Kids: Heading Off Disaster in Teen Mental Health | Jonathan Haidt

Tomorrow (with Epilogue) (2022)

Resilience: What Makes the Soul Strong (2024)

Close-Up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter

Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020) (trailer)

How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World

The Rules of the Game Must Change | Yanis Varoufakis

The Hungry Ghost Inside Us: What Really Causes Addiction | Dr. Gabor Mate

The Illusion of Progress | Charles Eisenstein

How Advertising Creates Cultural Violence | Peter Joseph

How Humans Regenerate Earth | Dr. Lyla June

Urban Food Forest in a Public Park! – The City Food Commons

I Wrote What? Google's AI-Powered Libel Machine

Genetics Explained Who Are the Blessed Ones!

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Us Government Destroy Family

Why Julian Assange Should Be Freed | John Mearsheimer

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