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Documentaries by One of Our Heroes, John Pilger (Rest in Peace)

The War You Don't See (2010)

What is Real Journalism? John Pilger Reviews His 50 Year Career

Breaking The Silence: Truth And Lies In The War On Terror (2003)

Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)

The Dirty War On The NHS (2019)

Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny (1970)

War By Other Means (1992)

The New Rulers of the World (2001)

The Coming War on China (2016)

The War On Democracy: Never Believe Anything Until It's Officially Denied (2007)

Apartheid Did Not Die (1998)

Utopia (2013)

Honest Government Ads

Honest Government Ad | 2022 Election (Season 2 Finale)

Honest Government Ads | 5 Year Special!

Honest Government Ad | We Make Everything Good Sh!t

Honest Government Ad | Net Zero by 2050 (feat. Greta)

Honest Government Ad | Climate Breakdown

Honest Government Ad | Q

Honest Government Ad | My Police State!

Honest Government Ad | TRUMP 2020

Honest Government Ad | War on Satire

Honest Government Ad | The Economy

Honest Government Ad | The Recession

Honest Government Ad | President Trump

Honest Government Ad | The Machine

Honest Government Ad | Julian Assange

Honest Government Ad | Coronavirus: Flatten The Curve

Honest Government Ad | Visit West Papua!

Visit Hawai'i - The Occupied State

Documentaries about Living the Change

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

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

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

Occupy Love (2013)

Not Business As Usual (2014)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Creating Prosperous Communities: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperatives in Maleny (2002)

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

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

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

A Passion For Sustainability (2008)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Thought-Provoking Comics

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

If You Want to Say Thank You, Don't Say Sorry - And 6 Other Examples of Beautiful Communication

Comic: How Big Media Is Killing Democracy, But The Solution Is Up To Us

Comic Strip of Alan Watts' Lecture: What If Money Was No Object?

Comic: Why You Should Turn Your Yard Into a Mini-Farm

Reclaim May Day

This Zen Comic Is Full of Timeless Life Lessons

Free Trade Explained In An Excellent Comic

On the Mindless Menace of Violence

One Comic Perfectly Sums Up Class Differences in Society

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

Comic Explaining Colonialism

Brilliant Comic of Banksy's Call To Arms Against Advertisers

This Comic Shows The Importance of Overcoming Your Fears to Achieve Your Dreams

Agenda 21: Everything you need to know about the secret U.N. plot, in one comic

What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion are Frying the Planet?

Maya Angelou - Phenomenal Woman

The Importance of Maintaining a Sense of Wonder and Excitement

Documentaries about the Israel-Palestine Conflict

With God on Our Side (2010)

The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)

Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)

Israel Vs Israel: A Film About Israeli Peace Activists (2010)

Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Life in Occupied Palestine (2009) (trailer)

The Israeli Lobby (2007)

The Zionist Story (2009)

Budrus: It Takes a Village to Unite the Most Divided People on Earth (2009)

What People Are Watching Now

Meet The Stans (2003)

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Stare Into The Lights My Pretties (2017)

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Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

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How Fascism Serves Capitalism (2023)

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The Coming War on China (2016)

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Reclaiming Their Voice: The Native American Vote in New Mexico & Beyond (2010)

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You Need To See This Incredible 17–Minute Film Set Entirely On A Teen’s Computer Screen

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What REALLY Happened on October 7

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Gratitude Revealed (2022)

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Nero's Guests

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Where Olive Trees Weep (2024) (trailer)

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Water Has a Memory (2023)

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India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)

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This Stunning Animation Beautifully Illustrates the Secret Life of Flowers

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How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

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Israelism (2023)

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Religulous (2008) (trailer)

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America the Beautiful (2007) (trailer)

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The Bloom Episode 3: New Ways of the Sacred

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Climate Change Documentaries

Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

The Troublemaker: How Extinction Rebellion Became A Global Climate Movement (2020)

Kiss the Ground (2020) (trailer)

A Climate Of Change (2014)

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free (2016)

Disruption (2014)

Do the Math (2013)

Chasing Ice (2012) (trailer)

A Burning Question: Propaganda & The Denial Of Climate Change (2012) (trailer)

Tomorrow's Power (2019)

The Carbon Rush (2019) (trailer)

Hope in a Changing Climate (2009)

Climate of Doubt (2012)

Years of Living Dangerously (2014)

Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)

How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016)

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

Out Of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change (2007)

The Wisdom To Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism & Community (trailer)

Before the Flood (2016)

The Climate Changers (2016)

Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) (trailer)

The Island President (2011) (trailer)

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

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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

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

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

Russell Means

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Films For Action

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

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

Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

Douglas Haddow

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

25 Mind-Twisting Optical Illusion Paintings by Rob Gonsalves

Dovas

Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

Brett & Kate Mckay

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

Jim Tull

Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

Thomas G. Clark

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

Michael E Sparks

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

Yasha Levine

Philosophy

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

Scientific Pantheism: Frequently Asked Questions

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Shunryu Suzuki - Essential Wisdom for the Art of Living

The Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual on The Art of Living

The Present Need of the World (1926)

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

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

The Demoralized Mind

The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)

The Art of Effortless Living: A Taoist Documentary (2019)

Elder Explains the Origins of the First Nation Seven Teachings

The Twelve: A Tale of Wisdom & Unity (2019)

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

Manifestos!

Defend the Sacred Manifesto

Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy

The Children's Wellbeing Manifesto

Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation: a Sociocratic Perspective

F-Ck Hamas. F-Ck Israel: the Gazan Youth Manifesto (2011)

An Obscure German Philosopher's Timely 1948 Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Human Dignity in a Culture of Workaholism

Manifesto on Feminism

Manifesto for a Good Life

RiP! A Remix Manifesto (2009)

Marx Is Back: A Fictional Mini-Series Based on the Communist Manifesto

Grow Food Not Lawns!

Gimme Green (2007)

Plant a Front Yard Community Garden and Meet Your Neighbors

Permaculture Has Some Incredible Solutions For Transforming Suburbia Into Resilient Communities

The Problem Is the Solution: How Permaculture-Designed Household Isolation Can Lead to Retrosuburbia

From Gangs to Gardens (2014)

Lawns Are for Suckers. Plant a Garden - for the Climate!

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

From Floating Food Forests to Vacant Lot Crops, Urban Farming Is Taking Root Across America

Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance

The Anarchist Urban Ecosystem: A Rethinking of the Urban Environment

Heal The Land, Heal The Spirit : Wanda Stewart

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Down To Earth: Small Farm Issues In a Big Farm World (2013)

Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

How Gardening Helps Students Grow

Homeless People Plant a Huge Organic Garden, and Feed an Entire Shelter

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

The Bloom Series: A Journey Through Transformational Festivals

The Bloom Episode 1: Fundamental Frequencies

The Bloom Episode 2: Practicing The New World

The Bloom Episode 3: New Ways of the Sacred

The Bloom: A Journey Through Transformational Festivals (trailer)

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Schooling the World (2010)

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

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Meet The Stans (2003)

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

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

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5 Broken Cameras (2011)

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

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Israelism (2023)

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HyperNormalisation (2016)

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

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Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

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How Fascism Serves Capitalism (2023)

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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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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

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For The Next 7 Generations (2009)

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Origins (2014)

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

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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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