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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

Permaculture

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

Seeds of Permaculture: If It's Beautiful, It's Better (2013)

Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

All About Weeds

Establishing a Food Forest the Permaculture Way (2008)

Intro to Permaculture

Perma Kultcha (2010)

Films about Localization - the Solution to Globalization and Destructive, Infinite-Growth Economics

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

LOCAL: A Story Of Hope

World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

Locally Abundant (2012)

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

Helena Norberg-Hodge: An Overview of Localization

Local Futures: Beyond the Monoculture (1998)

Local Living Economies - Protecting What We Love

Most Watched Documentaries

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

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No Impact Man (2009)

125,095 views

Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

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

120,581 views

This Is Neoliberalism (2020)

94,438 views

The Age of Stupid (2009)

112,794 views

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

41,772 views

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

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

61,821 views

Human (2015)

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The Corporation (2003)

241,088 views

Sir! No Sir! The GI Movement to End the Vietnam War (2005)

49,112 views

Addicted to Plastic (2008)

56,434 views

Fall and Winter (2013)

86,844 views

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days (2009)

80,171 views

For The Next 7 Generations (2009)

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Food Inc. (2008)

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A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

41,660 views

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

73,557 views

The Norden - Police (2014)

41,459 views

Baraka (1992)

73,468 views

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

77,729 views

The Superior Human? (2012)

64,579 views

FLOW: For Love of Water (2008)

44,044 views

Foundational Knowledge For Addressing Root Causes

This Video Dispels Every "Nature VS Nurture" Myth You've Ever Heard. The Implications are Profound.

Violence Is a Preventable Brain Disorder

Shame, Guilt & the Roots of Violence

Our Way of Life Works AMAZING for Products, But It Works TERRIBLE for People

Thich Nhat Hanh: Understanding is the Key To Creating a World Without Enemies

Prof. Robert Sapolsky - The Neuroscience Behind Behavior

If We Want to End This World's Tragic Cycles of Violence, We're Going to Have to Do Something Extremely Radical

When Our Children Become Killers, Gun Reform Isn't Enough. We Need to Redesign Our Society

This Video Dispels a Great Myth about Human Nature that Will Restore Your Hope in Humanity

The Children's Wellbeing Manifesto

A Non-religious Man Virtually Eliminates Local Crime with Nothing More than a Buddha Statue

Survival Of The Nicest? A Theory Of Our Origins Says Cooperation-Not Competition-Is Instinctive

Engines of Domination: Political Power & The Human Emergency - Director's Cut (2018)

New Documentaries

Power 2 the People (2013)

The Outdoor Classroom: How to Bring a Permaculture Garden to Your School (2013)

Tribes on the Edge (2021)

Food, Inc. 2 (2024)

SiDiKi: Celebrating the Healing Powers of Music & Dance (2014)

Britain's Ultra Nationalists (2019)

Israel: Above the law? (2024)

Resilience: What Makes the Soul Strong (2024)

October 7 | Al Jazeera Investigations (2024)

The Stones Cry Out: The Story Of Palestinian Christians (2013)

In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis (2024)

The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (2021)

Walk With Me: A Journey into Mindfulness (2017)

The Amazon Changers - Cook to Empower (2019)

LAST CALL! (2022)

Frontier: The Story of the First Americans (2019)

The Sanctuary (2022)

Edward Said: The Myth Of The Clash Of Civilizations (1998)

Complicit: The Dark Realities of China's Electronics Industry (2017)

The Settlers (2016)

Edward Said: On Orientalism (1998)

Ecosophia: Ecological Wisdom (2024)

The Medicated Child (2008)

Constructing The Terrorist Threat (2017)

Now Streaming For Free

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)

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The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

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The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

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

Panic Volkushka

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

Wisdom Pills

How American Oligarchs Created the Concept of Race to Divide and Conquer the Poor

Courtland Milloy

Empire Managers Explain Why This New Protest Movement Scares Them

Caitlin Johnstone

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 37 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

The Great Forgetting: You Probably Haven't Heard About It but It Completely Affects Your Life

Deep Ecology Hub

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition

Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

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

George Lakey

Why Do so Many People Get Lost in Drugs Instead of Making a Life That You Don't Need to Escape From?

Tim Hjersted

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

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

Argentina: The Country That Monsanto Poisoned

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko

25 Mind-Twisting Optical Illusion Paintings by Rob Gonsalves

Dovas

The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling

John Taylor Gatto

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

Russell Means

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

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29 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See

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Deep Reads - Get Cozy and Dig in

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

The End of the Corporation?

How to Fix the World

Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change

Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community

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

Have You Heard of The Great Forgetting? It Happened 10,000 Years Ago & Completely Affects Your Life

A Thousand Rivers: What the Modern World has Forgotten about Children and Learning

When We Judge a Person Harshly With a Label or Dismissal, We Kill the Human Being Inside of Them

Why Do so Many People Get Lost in Drugs Instead of Making a Life That You Don't Need to Escape From?

A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves

The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism

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

Wanted: Men Who Love

Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition

Why Tribal Societies Work: An Introduction

Five Dangerous Thoughts about Capitalism

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

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

Understanding Patriarchy

To Attain Freedom, We Must Name The True Root of Our Problems

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

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

Humanity Is Being Held Hostage by an Economic and Cultural Death Cult

Our Way of Life Works AMAZING for Products, But It Works TERRIBLE for People

What Martin Luther King Jr. Can Teach Us about Nonviolence

The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names

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

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

Human (2015)

Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities

The Mask You Live In: An Exploration Of American Masculinity (2015)

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

Ode to Great Mother

Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma

The Four Qualities of True Love | Thich Nhat Hanh

"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

Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine

Identity: In & Beyond The Binary (2015)

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

Five Ways of Being That Can Change the World

Healing the Divine Masculine

The Revolution Is Acceptance

What Could Save This Planet, If Not Love?

The Transformative Power of Trustbuilding: Towards a Culture of Shared Responsibility

Identity & Empathy | Ayishat Akanbi

Documentaries from the legendary Media Education Foundation

War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)

Tomorrow's Children (2001)

This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons (2010)

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

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)

Communication Skills

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

How to Be a Great Listener

Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success

3 Essential Strategies for Integrating Life Experiences

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Speaking Up (or Listening)

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

Alan Alda on the Importance of Clear Communication

The Four Mantras of True Presence

What It Means To Communicate

How Faux-Feelings Are Sabotaging Your Communication Efforts

21 Examples of NVC Consciousness

How to Have a Good Conversation | Celeste Headlee

8 Ways to Master the Art of Mindful Communication

5 Steps to Improve Your Child's Communication Skills

Increasing Our Capacity to Feel Is Essential to Living Our Best Life and Connecting with Our Kids. Here's How.

Thich Nhat Hanh: No Enemies

The Purpose of Nonviolent Communication

Speak Up: How to Respond to Everyday Bigotry

Everyone Growing Up In Our Culture Was Taught This Game, But It's Not Making Anyone Happy

Media Literacy

United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion (2020)

Beware Of Images (2016)

Project Censored The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junk Food News (2013)

Take Back Your Attention From The Social Media Algorithms

Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media

The Social Dilemma (2020) (trailer)

Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model of News: An In-Depth Explanation

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

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

The Century of the Self (2002)

Shopping for Freedom: Escape from the Cult of Consumerism (2019)

The Fantasy of Ultimate Purpose – How Films, Series and Video Games Reveal What Really Drives Us

Stare Into The Lights My Pretties (2017)

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

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

Propaganda and The Engineering of Consent for Empire with Mark Crispin Miller

Noam Chomsky: How the Mass Media Manufactures Consent

The Creativity Delusion: There is no Genius

Corporate Jargon - Lying by Obscurity, Obscuring to Hide Corruption

How Marlboro Changed Advertising Forever

Digital Hygiene: How We Might've F--ked Our Attention Spans

Donald Trump: The Sitcom Misogynist

The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory

Stalking for Love

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

How the Media's Weapons Fetish Primes Us for War

The Miseducation of Dylann Roof

The Ugly Truth in Beauty Magazines

The News Is Center Right

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