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How Government Works
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)
Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)
Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)
Governments Lie: Howard Zinn on Understanding Class, War, and Immigration Through History
Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)
The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)
The Power of Nightmares (2004)
The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987)
Who Rules America? (2012)
War By Other Means (1992)
The Century of the Self (2002)
The Shock Doctrine (2009)
Bitter Lake (2015)
Knock Down The House (2019)
Solidarity Theory
A Charter for the Social Solidarity Economy
The Transformative Power of Trustbuilding: Towards a Culture of Shared Responsibility
Solidarity Means to Leave No One Behind. Beyond Citizenships and Across Borders.
Solidarity Is About What You Do - Not Who You Are.
6 Portraits of the Solidarity Economy
10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy
Unlearning Together: A Quest for Those Who No Longer Want to Suppress Their Experience of the Essential
The Revolutionary Potential of Solidarity Economy
Reimagine Work: Baking Without a Boss
Dreaming Beyond Capitalism: a Culture Without Fear
Healing Our Collective Trauma: The Key to Creating a Society Based on Trust Rather Than Fear
Solidarity: Five Largely Unknown Truths about Israel, Palestine and the Occupied Territories (2020)
Connecting to "Them"
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Towards a New Co-Existence: On Reframing Our Ecological Crises
Towards a Synthesist Movement
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The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)
A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)
Fall and Winter (2013)
Money & Life (2013)
In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)
In Our Hands: Seeding Change (2017)
Trailers
PBS FRONTLINE: Money, Power and Wall Street (2012)
Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom (2003)
How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016)
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
Europe Or Die (2015)
Innovative Cattle Stations in Australia | TEDxSydney
"SHALLOW WATERS: The Public Death of Raymond Zack" - an award winning documentary by Jaime Longhi
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Diversidad: A Road Trip to Deconstruct Dinner (2011)
Here and Now (2015)
Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)
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Make Me A Man (2021)
Freak Power: the Ballot or the Bomb (2020)
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