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The Coming War on China (2016)

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Israelism (2023)

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How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

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Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

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Born Sexy Yesterday: A Hollywood Movie Trope That Maybe Needs to Die

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Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

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Small German Town Tricks Neo-Nazis Into Marching Against Themselves

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South of The Border (2010)

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The End of Poverty (2009)

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Grass: A Marijuana History (1999)

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Belo Monte: After the Flood (2016)

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This Stunning Animation Beautifully Illustrates the Secret Life of Flowers

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Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs

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475 (2013)

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Taking Liberties (2007)

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Recipe For Change | Building an Earthship in Ushuaia (2014)

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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

Intersections of Science and Spirituality

We Need a New Story for Our Relationship with the Earth, One that Goes Beyond Science and Religion

Scientific Pantheism: Frequently Asked Questions

The Realist Approach to The Afterlife: Living On Through Memory and Deeds

Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing

The Other Way of Knowing

The Present Need of the World (1926)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

All Is Self (2019)

The Five Blind Men (And the One Who Knows He Is Blind)

Metanoia: A New Vision of Nature (2008)

Dada Krsnasevananda on "The Role of Spirituality in Modern Society"

Spiritually Incorrect (2020)

My Spirituality as an Atheist

Embracing Spirituality With a Scientific Mind

Igniting the Life Force at Our Creative Core, Bringing Spirituality into Action

Co-Creating a Peaceful World Through Love-in-Action

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

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The Corporation (2003)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Schooling the World (2010)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

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

Money & Life (2013)

Down To Earth (2020)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

Beware Of Images (2016)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005)

Double Down News

Israel is Becoming a Fascist State (2023)

Israel and The Myth of 'Self Defence'

Why Does The Media Love War So Much? | George Monbiot

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

The Problem with Cancel Culture | Ayishat Akanbi

Princes, Prostitutes, Politicians and Bribes | Andrew Feinstein

Your Slavery Is Their Freedom | George Monbiot

Is The World Really Overpopulated? | George Monbiot

Former British Soldier EXPOSES Israel War Machine

Why I OPPOSE Vaccine Mandates, COVID Passports & Big Pharma | Jeremy Corbyn

Making a Killing: How Politicians & the Arms Trade Collude to Take us to War | Andrew Feinstein

Former NATO Soldier Destroys Official Ukraine War Narrative

Capitalism is the Planet’s Cancer: Operate Before it’s too Late | George Monbiot

David Graeber on the Extreme 'Center'

The Secret to Ending Poverty | Rutger Bregman

How Dark Money Convinced You to Vote for Monsters | Peter Geoghegan

Are Black Men Not Supposed to be Happy? | KYLE

The True Legacy of Christopher Columbus: 'Western Civilisation' | George Monbiot

Why Billionaires Should Pay for the Coronavirus Crisis | Grace Blakeley

Black Lives Matter & The Question of Violence | Gary Younge

Coronavirus: How the Arms Trade is Making You Sick | Andrew Feinstein

Former British Soldier DESTROYS Official Afghanistan Narrative

People Didn't Win The Election... Wall $treet Did | Ryan Knight

Army Veteran Joe Glenton on Class War & War on Iran

Coronavirus Will Expose Capitalism Like Never Before

What the F-ck happened to Hip-Hop? (2018)

"Minneapolis was a Warzone" Frontline Report on Black Lives Matter Protests Rocking US | Jamal Green

Imperialism

The Rise of History's Biggest Empire

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

Schooling the World (2010)

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

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

What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy (2000)

Obey (2013)

War By Other Means (1992)

Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy (2020)

US Empire Exploits COVID-19 For More War

Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia

The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (2018)

The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

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

Wisdom Pills

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

Jim Tull

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

Thomas G. Clark

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words

Andrew Nikiforuk

Bucky Fuller & his World Game: Intro to Saving Planets

Brainsturbator

The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm (2012 Edition)

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

George Lakey

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

Dan West

Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander

How to Win: Lessons From the Zad

Greg Frey

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

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Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

Brett & Kate Mckay

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

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

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

Russell Means

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

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

Michael E Sparks

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

Aikido Association of America

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

50 Paradigm-Shifting Documentaries for a Wise Earth

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Communalism

Horizontal Governing - The Virtually Incorruptible Solution to Vertical Top Down Corruption

Communalism: a Liberatory Alternative to the Present System

Reason, Creativity and Freedom: The Communalist Model

Communalism: An Alternative to a World in Crisis

How to Create Democratic and Ecological Cities

10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy

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Food Fight: How Corporations Ruined Food (2012)

The Brainwashing of My Dad (2015)

Food Inc. (2008)

Gratitude Revealed (2022)

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

The Lottery of Birth (2013)

Shadows of Liberty: The Truth Behind the News Media (2012)

The True Cost: Who Pays the Real Price for Your Clothes (2015)

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

Sicko (2007)

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)

Denial: The First Step to Acceptance (2016)

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Everything Is a Remix | How Creative Commons Supports a Vibrant Culture

Everything Is A Remix (2015)

RiP! A Remix Manifesto (2009)

What is Creative Commons?

Why Use Creative Commons Licenses?

Here, Copy This Lady's Idea And Make Your Own Community A Little More Wonderful

How Peer-To-Peer (P2P) Politics Can Change the World, One City at a Time

How the "Mainstream" Media Misleads

5 Short Films, 5 Profound Lessons in Media Literacy

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

Digital Prophecies: The Medium Is the Message

Stuart Hall: Race, Gender, Class: The Politics of News

Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in News

How to Read the Signs in the News

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

PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)

Israel & Palestine Coverage

How YOU Can Help Stop Israel's Carnage In Gaza - And Support Palestinian Liberation

Israeli Politician Backs Genocide Investigation - Now They're Trying To Silence Him w/ Ofer Cassif

Israeli Destruction and Massacres Continue with US Backing | Glenn Greenwald

BBC's Racism Over Gaza Exposed By Shocking Study

The World's Most Documented Genocide in History

How Israel Could Be STOPPED By South Africa - Its Overwhelming Genocide Case Explained

Israeli Dissidents Expose Genocidal Language

Yanis Varoufakis Tells Me: Gaza Is A Genocide In Plain Sight

Chris Hedges: "The Genocide in Gaza"

I Watched The Hamas Massacre Film. Here's My Thoughts. | Owen Jones

"In My Name, I Want No Vengeance." - The Call of Michal Halev

On Israel-Gaza & the Corrupting Media Dynamic of “Audience Capture” | Glenn Greenwald

I’m Jewish. I Want a Ceasefire in Gaza. | Dave Zirin

DEBUNKED: Where Is Palestine’s MLK?

Pope Calls Israeli Army Terrorists | The Kyle Kulinski Show

'Biden Could END Gaza War With A Phone Call': Jeremy Scahill Exposes US and Israeli Claims

Don't Turn Away: This Video Shows the Reality of Israel's War on Gaza

The Hidden History of Israel: Jewish Professor Avi Shlaim meets Palestinian Author Ghada Karmi

"Self-Hating Jew" Explains Why Israel Has No Right...

Dr. Gabor Mate: This Is Genocide

Yes, Israel is an Apartheid State. Perhaps an Analogy Will Be Useful Here.

Tory MP Threatens To Prosecute UK Govt Over Israeli War Crimes

Piers Morgan is Wrong. Here's a 23 Minute Video Refuting: "That's Not Genocide"

Amnesty International Finds "Damning Evidence of War Crimes" by Israel as Gaza Death Toll Tops 6,500

Israel is a Terrorist State

Israel and The Myth of 'Self Defence'

Israel's Long War on Gaza w/Norman Finkelstein | The Chris Hedges Report

Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas (2018)

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Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

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

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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

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

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Schooling the World (2010)

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Israelism (2023)

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

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The Economics of Happiness (2011)

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TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

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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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Killing Gaza (2018)

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

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

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

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Broken by Battle (2013)

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Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016)

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

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D’autres Mondes (Other Worlds) (2004)

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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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