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Indigenous Stories and Perspectives
Digital Wampum: Testimony of the Iroquois | 8-Part Series
The Twelve: A Tale of Wisdom & Unity (2019)
TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)
Down To Earth (2020)
Schooling the World (2010)
Song From the Forest (2013)
Ever the Land (2015)
Aluna: A Journey to Save the World (2012)
From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)
Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)
Invasion: In an Era of Reconciliation, Indigenous Land is Being Taken at Gunpoint (2019)
PACHAKUTEC - Time of Change (2011)
Protecting Country (2018)
Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)
Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)
Honey At The Top (2016)
Seeds Of Change (2014)
Red Cry (2013)
Utopia (2013)
The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)
Videos by Second Thought
Is The State Your Enemy?
The Problem With Hyper-Individualism
The Minimum Wage Debate Explained
Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media
The Capitol Riot Explained
America's Prescription Drug Cartel
The CIA is a Terrorist Organization
Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World
Censorship and the Future of the Internet
How Ranked Choice Voting Can Save American Politics
Worker Cooperatives: Expanding Democracy In The Workplace
You're Probably Already A Socialist
Are You Really "Free" Under Capitalism?
Is Universal Basic Income The Future?
America's Two-Party Corporate Duopoly
The Blackwater Pardons, PMCs, And US Imperialism
Why American History Whitewashes Radical Figures
America's Police Problem: Brutality and Racism
America's Patriotism to Fascism Pipeline
America's Stunted Political Spectrum
Capitalism And The American Pandemic Response
Racist Statues and Revisionist History
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Should The US Be Considered A Democracy?
Emergency Powers And Creeping Authoritarianism
America's Unemployment Problem
The Importance Of Revolutionary Optimism
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The Myth Of Upward Mobility
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The Two Futures Of Automation: Capitalism VS Socialism
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The Police State & The Minimum Wage
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition: End the Drug War Now
Ending Racism Requires Us to Take Up Class Struggle, To Shift the Material Conditions That Gives Race Practical Meaning
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13 Point Human Rights-Based Revolutionary Agenda
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What Happened When 235 Incarcerated Men Stepped Into The Circle and Humanized Their Trauma Together
Sacred Activism: Mindfulness and Racial Justice
Class Conflict Between Elite Whites and Poor Whites - The Invisible Race Problem That's Killing Black Americans
Effective Collaboration
Collaboration: on the Edge of a New Paradigm? (2015)
Us Now: The Power of Open Collaboration & the Internet (2009)
Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)
Tips for Building Coalitions
Guidelines for Alliance-Building: Working Assumptions for Winning Allies and Being an Effective Ally
Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community
Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions
Reimagine Our Economy: Choose Collaboration Over Competition
Bringing People Together in “The Age of Loneliness”
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What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember
Our Job Is to Speak Out Against the War Crimes of Our Own Government and Its Allies
To My Liberal Friends Who Support Israel's War: This Is Not What Defense Looks Like
What I Learned From Reading Osama Bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America"
The Story That's Destroying the World
To See the World With Eyes Unclouded by Hate
The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire
Friendly Reminder: Humans Are Not a Virus - the Virus Is a Cultural Ideology
Why Do so Many People Get Lost in Drugs Instead of Making a Life That You Don't Need to Escape From?
When We Judge a Person Harshly With a Label or Dismissal, We Kill the Human Being Inside of Them
Ideological Hegemony: How Our Own Thoughts Became the Greatest Weapon of the Ruling Class
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism
Raising Awareness: Why We Shouldn't Take It for Granted
All I Ask Is That You See My Humanity, Which Means Seeing the Humanity in All People
The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names
One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself
When Our Children Become Killers, Gun Reform Isn't Enough. We Need to Redesign Our Society
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Traditional Gender Norms Are Imprisoning All of Us - Let's Be Whole Human Beings
Profit Is Theft: It Sounds Absurd but Here's Why
There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist
Our Culture Is Driving the World Towards Homogenization on Every Level, but We're Not Even Aware of It
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Radical Kindness Is Liberating
A Deep-Roots Strategy to Combat Hateful Ideologies: Offer Them More of What They Truly Want
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On Ending Racism and the Need for Holding Simultaneous Realities
Looking Forward to the Day That Nationalism Is as Reviled as Racism
What Social Change Activists Can Too Easily Forget
Family Philosophy: a Form of Privilege or Good Fortune That We Never Talk About
We All Suffer in This Love-Desert Society That We've Created - Is There an Alternative?
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My Favorite Definition of Privilege
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"Whiteness" Was a Term Invented by Elites to Divide the Working Class and Create Racial Hierarchy. It's Time to Give It Up.
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Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
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The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)
Money & Life (2013)
Feeding Ourselves (2017)
Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)
Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)
Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)
The Nature of Cities (2010)
In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)
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Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)
Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia (2021)
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture (2020)
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)
The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy (2018)
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (2008)
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India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)
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A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)
Communication Skills
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Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)
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8 Ways to Master the Art of Mindful Communication
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