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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)

The Zeitgeist Movement | Peter Joseph

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

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

The New Human Rights Movement - Peter Joseph (2017)

Peter Joseph: Introducing a Resource Based Economy (Multi-Part Series)

The Zeitgeist Movement: Activist Orientation Presentation

Peter Joseph: "Social Pathology"

Peter Joseph: When Normality Becomes Distortion

Peter Joseph - The Revolution of Values

A Critique of Bernie Sanders "Inequality in America" Town Hall, by Peter Joseph (2018)

Peter Joseph - Critique of Jordan B. Peterson (vs Slavoj Zizek: "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism")

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph

A Quest for Meaning

Hope is a Verb

Despair Is Not a Strategy: 15 Principles of Hope

It's Hopeless, What a Relief! (A Letter for the Hopeless)

Be an Island Crystal of Hope In These Times of Profound Global Turbulence

Hope vs. Fear - Motivation for Change - Anjali Appadurai

Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope

Resilience: The Biology Of Stress And The Science Of Hope (trailer)

Strategies of Hope: How Americans Can Fight Hate Under Trump

Give Up Hope: It's The Best Chance We Have to Save Everything We Love

Rojava’s Democratic, Feminist Revolution a Source of Hope among Horror

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

The Bodhisattva’s Approach to Activism: A Little Courageous Wisdom to Face a World Gone Mad

Can Beauty Save Our Planet? | Chris Jordan

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Happen Films: Permaculture, Living Simply, Living Joyously

Together We Grow (2022)

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

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

From Finance to Farmer - Incredible Permaculture Farm Created in Just 3 Years!

Sustainable City Living on 1/10th of an Acre - Degrowth in the Suburbs

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

Beautiful Off-Grid Tiny House Truck Made From Reclaimed Materials

Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture

How A Family of 5 Creates Almost Zero Waste

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Incredibly Abundant 1-Acre Permaculture Homestead Tour

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

Living Simply in a Tiny Off-Grid Cabin

Converting an Old Van into a Home & Office on Wheels

Let's Support Farmers, Not Supermarkets - The Future of Food

Family Flourishing on an Urban 1/4 acre Permaculture Plot - Creatures of Place

Beautiful 1 Acre Small Scale Permaculture Farm

Watch a Really Cool Tiny House Get Built from Start to Finish for $2500

$420 Tiny House Made From Recycled Materials

How to Make Compost From Your Poo! - Closing the Loop

Permaculture Tours - Episode 1: Abdallah House

Most Watched Documentaries

Education For a Sustainable Future (2012)

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Rise Like Lions: OWS and the Seeds of Revolution (2011)

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

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

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PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)

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The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)

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Jeremy Bernard Corbyn: What Was Done (2017)

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Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream (2011)

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Can We Do It Ourselves? (2015)

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Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)

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Fantastic Fungi (2019)

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The Age of Stupid (2009)

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Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)

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Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days (2009)

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

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Beware Of Images (2016)

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A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

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Subconscious War (2011)

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Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)

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Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution (2008)

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HyperNormalisation (2016)

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The Power of Nightmares (2004)

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The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)

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Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003)

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

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

The End of the Corporation?

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Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change

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

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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

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Why Tribal Societies Work: An Introduction

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Deconstructing Workplace Hierarchies: On Contrived Leadership and Arbitrary Positions of Power

The Whiting of Euro-Americans: A Divide and Conquer Strategy

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You Are Still Being Lied To: Columbus and the Myth of Human Progress

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"Uh Oh, It Looks Like You've Got a Case of the Humans."

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Artist Buried Alive to Highlight Food Insecurity and Farmer Suicides in India

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How Do You Define Yourself? Do You See How Your Answer May Lead to Violence?

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Insiders Reveal the Layered Forms of Sexism in Film & Television

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The Impossible Hamster

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Incredible Array of Reactions as Animals See Themselves in a Mirror

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Homelessness Is A Sign of a Broken Society

3 min

Epic Rant Directs Anger over Brexit at the F!*£ING TORIES

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How to Repair the World

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5 Comebacks For Your Racist Relative During The Holidays

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The Sanity of 'Madness'

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Tell Congress: Stop Big Media

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How Mindfulness Empowers Us

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Rapper Lowkey Gives Firsthand Account of Grenfell Fire

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