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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

Call Outs, Canceling, Shaming and More: Activist Tactics That Need a 2nd Look

Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?

How to Be a Woke White Person

The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities

One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself

The Problem with Cancel Culture | Ayishat Akanbi

What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic

Calling in Call-Out Culture

Canceling | ContraPoints

Krystal Ball Interviews Contrapoints on Her Blockbuster Cancel Culture Video

The Cancel God

Things That Anarchists Say to Me in Private But Never Repeat Publicly

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

Our Relationships Keep Us Alive: Let's Prioritize Healthy Movement Dynamics

Exiting the Vampire Castle

The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame

Noam Chomksy "Calls Out" Cancel Culture

So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed

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)

Sustainable Human

How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

A Path Away From War | The Science Of Peace Systems

How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot

How Amphibians Restore Balance To The Land | Harvey Tweats

What Kids Need Most | Dr. Gabor Mate

The Opposite Of Utopia | Jeremy Rifkin

The Goal of Life is Not to Survive It | Charles Eisenstein

You Are Alive For A Reason | Clare Dubois

Why Do We Make Life So Hard? | Jon Jondai

How Devils Heal Forests | Rob Brewster

The Truth About Depression | Johann Hari

The Politics Of Belonging | George Monbiot

A New Story of the People | Charles Eisenstein

The Hungry Ghost Inside Us (with Gabor Maté)

What Comes After Capitalism? (with Yanis Varoufakis)

Redefining Family | Guruju Sri Vast

To The Ones Consumed By Darkness

The Most Brilliant Heist In History | Wendell Berry

The End of Kings | Caitlin Johnstone

Why Everyone Deserves A Basic Income | Guy Standing

The Myth Of Human Nature | Gabor Mate

A New Approach To Solving Problems | Charles Eisenstein

Reimagining Investment for the Whole Human

Earth Democracy

A Sustainable Death

The Story of the Chinese Farmer

We Societies

Gun Violence and Reform

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

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

“F*ck You, I Like Guns.”

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

Guns in America - A Six Part Series

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

A Brief History of the USA and Guns

Guns in America Vs. the Rest of the World

It's Time to Admit That Toxic Masculinity Drives Gun Violence

The State of Gun Violence in the US, Explained in 18 Charts

Prayer Won't Stop Gun Violence Because The NRA Bought Our Politicians

Are Dead Children the Price of Freedom?

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)

Most Watched Documentaries

King Corn (2007)

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For The Next 7 Generations (2009)

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Schooling the World (2010)

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Bitter Lake (2015)

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The Century of the Self (2002)

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Baraka (1992)

73,472 views

Mark Corske's Engines of Domination (2014)

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Planet of the Humans (2019)

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Werner Herzog Made a Documentary About Texting While Driving. And It's Haunting.

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Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

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This Is Neoliberalism (2020)

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The Superior Human? (2012)

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2012: Time For Change (2010)

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The Culture High (2014)

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Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream (2011)

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The Yes Men Fix The World (2009)

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Fall and Winter (2013)

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Forks Over Knives (2011)

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Earthlings (2005)

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Slavery by Another Name (2012)

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

94,726 views

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

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A Quest For Meaning (2017)

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

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

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

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

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

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

Courtland Milloy

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

David Cain

Your Life Can Be Different: 11 Things I'd Like to Tell My Younger Self

Charles Eisenstein

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

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The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Yasha Levine

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

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Ecocide: The Psychology of Environmental Destruction

Steve Taylor Ph.D.

Names and Locations of the Top 100 People Killing the Planet

Jordan Engel

How a Lack of Touch Is Destroying Men

Mark Green

Why It's Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound

Bethany Webster

The Truth About “Trailer Trash”

Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish

Emotional Literacy

The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose

The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves

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

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

No, You Don't Have to Admit You're Wrong to Apologize (And Other Apology Myths Debunked)

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

Join the Empathy Revolution!

The Steps Toward Self Empowerment

Dealing With Painful Emotions

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises

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

Empathy: Why It's Important, Why We Should Nurture It in Our Kids

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

The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities

What is the Meaning of Death? This Man Has Some Words to Share with You.

Triggered: “Planet of the Humans” & A Call for Emotional Intelligence

Documentaries from the Early Days of Films For Action

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)

A Quest for Meaning

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

Down To Earth (2020)

Ego Not Bad

Charles Eisenstein: The Two Great Stories That Give Meaning to Our Lives

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)

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

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

The Sacred Balance (2002) (trailer)

Elder Explains the Origins of the First Nation Seven Teachings

What People Are Watching Now

Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

33 mins watched this hour

Franciscan Mysticism: Becoming What You Already Are | Richard Rohr

32 mins watched this hour

Edward Said: On Orientalism (1998)

14 mins watched this hour

Where Olive Trees Weep (2024) (trailer)

10 mins watched this hour

Israel's Cheerleaders Admit It Has LOST

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Israel: Above the law? (2024)

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PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is The Mind (2010)

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The ABCs of Israel/Palestine: From “Never Again” to “There are No Uninvolved Civilians”

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Before You Have Sex, Watch This

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Slam Poetry Trio Gives Powerful Performance on National TV about the Failures of Modern Education

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Future Dreaming (2015)

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October 7th: The Whole Story Finally Revealed

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Dave Chappelle's Trans Friend | Daphne Dorman

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After I Watched This, I Put My Phone Down for the Rest of the Day

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Israelism (2023)

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Here's Every U.S. Factory Making Bombs For Israel

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Symphony of the Soil (2012)

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Obey (2013)

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The Permaculture Orchard: Beyond Organic (2018)

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Gaza Genocide: A Socialist Perspective (2024)

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Guides

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

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

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

Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change

Seven Building Blocks for a Post-Corona World

Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons

Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution

HOLY SH*T! 7 Things to Do Instead of Hoarding Toilet Paper

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

What Does It Take to Start a Worker Co-Op? A Practical Video Guide to Democratizing Our Economy

5 Guiding Principles for Social Justice

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

A Do No Harm, but Take No Sh*t Guide to Dealing With Others.

Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap For Radicals

How to Not Be Offended

The Steps Toward Self Empowerment

10 Things to Know About Nonviolent Struggle

The Feynman Technique - 3 Steps to Learning Something New

How to Resist the Pressures of Conformity

How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul

Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community

5 Steps to Turn Your Business into a Worker-owned Co-op

4 Steps to Free Yourself From Overwhelm

The Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual on The Art of Living

9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible

Lao Tzu's Four Rules for Living

A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action

The Most Amazing Guide to Leadership Ever

Guide to Building a Solidarity Network

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