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Activist Philosophy & Reflection
Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists
“Basic Training” for Spiritual Warriors
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Not All Politics Is Identity Politics
20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing
Liberation Theory: a Working Framework
The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline
Guidelines for Alliance-Building: Working Assumptions for Winning Allies and Being an Effective Ally
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember
No Impact Man's Guide to Activism
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Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions
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The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi
The Polarization Trap
How to Disagree
Blocking Awareness and Defriending Our Way Into Group Think
There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)
How To (Not) Change Minds On The Internet
What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism
One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself
The Trap of Righteousness
How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame
Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed
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The Problem With Judgement
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Tomorrow's Children (2001)
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The Next American Revolution: Beyond Corporate Capitalism & State Socialism (2013)
The New Economics 101: True Wealth in the New Economy (2013)
The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (1997)
The Crisis of the Cultural Environment: Media & Democracy in the 21st Century (1997)
Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004)
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property (2007)
Framing An Execution: The Media & Mumia Abu-Jamal (2001)
Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)
Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001)
Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom (2003)
Capitalism Hits The Fan (2008)
Blood and Oil (2008)
Advertising & The End of The World (1997)
Happen Films: Permaculture, Living Simply, Living Joyously
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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
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Masculinity
The New Macho: One Vision Of What Mature Masculinity Looks Like In The 21st Century
'Strong Men?' Masculinity in the Modern World
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Why Men's Work? Surely We’re Over Dividing Things by Gender in the 21st Century?
'Masculinity is Essential to Society'
Maniphesto: A Manifest for a New Perspective on Gender
What Is Toxic Masculinity?
The Mask You Live In: An Exploration Of American Masculinity (2015)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity (1999) (trailer)
Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism
How I Unlearned Dangerous Lessons about Masculinity | Eldra Jackson
Tenderness, Vulnerability, and Mourning in Response to the Legacy of Patriarchy
Why Patriarchy Is Not About Men
Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma
The Complicity of Geek Masculinity on the Big Bang Theory
Is Toxic Masculinity a Mask for Anxiety?
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory
Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine
The Wisdom Within: Sacred Masculine and Sacred Feminine
Masculinity, Yet Again, Is Fragile
Healing the Divine Masculine
Positive Alternatives to Business as Usual
Not Business As Usual (2014)
Real Value (2013)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy (2018)
Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)
Money & Life (2013)
Waste = Food (2007)
Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)
Can We Do It Ourselves? (2015)
Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)
Creating Prosperous Communities: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperatives in Maleny (2002)
A Passion For Sustainability (2008)
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)
Rediscovering Our Sacred Wholeness
Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism
I Am Not Black. You Are Not White: We Are Not the Racial Labels Elites Invented to Divide Us
Traditional Gender Norms Are Imprisoning All of Us - Let's Be Whole Human Beings
3 Principles to End the Polarization of Society and Create a Healthy Culture
A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves
What Happened When 235 Incarcerated Men Stepped Into The Circle and Humanized Their Trauma Together
All I Ask Is That You See My Humanity, Which Means Seeing the Humanity in All People
Dear White People. An Open Letter to White People on Becoming Indigenous
The Greening of the Self: the Most Important Development of Modern Times
The Wisdom Within: Sacred Masculine and Sacred Feminine
Dangerous Foundations: an Argument Against the "Identity" in Identity Politics
"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
The Love We Deserve
When We Judge a Person Harshly With a Label or Dismissal, We Kill the Human Being Inside of Them
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Human (2015)
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Is It Time to Say Goodbye to the Non-Binary in Gender?
The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education
Wanted: Men Who Love
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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.
We Are Not Black
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Indigenous Wisdom for Living Responsibly
Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear
The Left's Problem Isn't Politics—It's Metaphysics
A Woman Who Makes This Statement Today Needs Revolutionary Courage
The Codes of Gender (2009) (trailer)
Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness
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