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Economics
Money & Life (2013)
The Corporation (2003)
This Is Neoliberalism (2020)
Fairytales of Growth (2020)
Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein (2019 Remix)
Economics for People (2019)
Not Business As Usual (2014)
Requiem For The American Dream (2015)
Real Estate 4 Ransom: Why Does Land Cost the Earth? (2012)
Real Value (2013)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)
Park Avenue: Money, Power And The American Dream (2012)
Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)
Can We Do It Ourselves? (2015)
Inside Job (2010)
The Secret of Oz (2009)
Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)
Education
Schooling the World (2010)
Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)
A Science Of Teaching (2015)
Class Dismissed: A Paper Tiger Documentary (2004)
The War on Kids (2009) (trailer)
Education For a Sustainable Future (2012)
School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018)
Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)
Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)
Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)
Brain Matters: Putting The First Years First (2020)
Ripple Effect (2014)
Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)
Being and Becoming (2014)
The Forbidden Education (2012)
Why Do These Kids Love School? (1999)
COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016)
Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)
The Martin Luther King Jr. You Don't See on TV
What Martin Luther King Jr. Can Teach Us about Nonviolence
America Hasn’t Learned a Thing: Racism, Materialism and Militarism Still Reign Supreme
The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Why I Have Mixed Feelings About MLK Day
Why We Should Love Our Enemies
Six Principles of Nonviolent Campaigns
The Promised Land Is Still Not Here
MLK: Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence (1967)
MLK was Planning Something Huge Just Weeks Before He was Assassinated
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
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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
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Voting Is a Chess Move, Not a Valentine. In Other Words: Vote to Choose Your Opponent, Then Organize!
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Ideological Hegemony: How Our Own Thoughts Became the Greatest Weapon of the Ruling Class
Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest
The Anarchist Revolt Against the Ideology of Not Voting Is Finally Taking Shape
Voting Is a Chess Move, Not the Whole Game
My Appeal to Leftists Who Won't Vote or Who Believe Voting Third Party Is a Principled Stance
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Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes
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Seeds of Permaculture: If It's Beautiful, It's Better (2013)
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Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)
Life in Occupied Palestine (2009) (trailer)
The Israeli Lobby (2007)
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Budrus: It Takes a Village to Unite the Most Divided People on Earth (2009)
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