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The Corporation (2003)
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices (2005)
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)
The Power of Nightmares (2004)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)
Earthlings (2005)
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2007)
The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)
The Crisis of Civilization (2011)
Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003)
Oil, Smoke & Mirrors (2007)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
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
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Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness
Five Ways of Being That Can Change the World
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The Revolution Is Acceptance
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The Transformative Power of Trustbuilding: Towards a Culture of Shared Responsibility
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The War at Home: The Untold History of Class War in the United States (2021)
Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)
The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)
Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)
Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)
Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)
Rise Like Lions: OWS and the Seeds of Revolution (2011)
Emotional Literacy
The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose
The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves
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Core Nonviolence Commitments
How Faux-Feelings Are Sabotaging Your Communication Efforts
Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success
Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Speaking Up (or Listening)
A Healthy Way to Embrace Big Emotions: Take It to the Trees
The Neurochemistry Of Empathy, Explained With Claymation
The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh
Let Yourself Grieve
How Cynicism Masks Pain
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Stress: It's Not in Your Head, It's in Your Nervous System
It Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
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Brené Brown on How to Reckon with Emotion and Change Your Narrative
Why Are so Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?
11 Traits of People With High Emotional Intelligence
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Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear
Women Are Better at Expressing Emotions, Right? Why It's Not That Simple
If You Do Not Transform Your Pain, You Will Transmit It
Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger
Depression Is a Disease of Civilization: Hunter-Gatherers Hold the Key to the Cure
What Is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important?
Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution
An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma
Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma
Self-Esteem Might Boost Our Egos, But Self-Compassion Opens Our Hearts
Control is a Trap
The Demoralized Mind
The Great Grief: How to Cope With Losing Our World
The Important Difference Between Love and Being Loved
How Mindfulness Empowers Us
"I Love Being a Woman" - What Will It Take to Create a World Where Every Woman Can Say This?
The Root Cause of Addiction
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