Films For Action: Giving A Voice To The People and Perspectives That Are Changing The World

In just one week, with several strokes of a pen, Trump unleashed upon the working class in the U.S. an attack not seen in decades. From his attack on the flawed Affordable Care...

By Frank Lara · 107 views · unrated · added by Films For Action

The Lessons of Standing Rock

In mid-November of 2016, I was a Water Protector at Standing Rock. At first my goal was to play investigative journalist; documenting then writing about every detail for my...

By Michael Emero · 2,300 views · 4 stars · added by Michael Emero

An Economy of Meaning - or Bust

What economic system designs, out of all conceivable ones, might be among the best at helping us meet real needs?

By John Boik, PhD · 243 views · 3.5 stars · added by Sean Keller

Two Ways to Build Global Community

A platform co-operative approach to information, rather than the models of Facebook and legacy media, provide reason for optimism, writes Dan Hind.

By Dan Hind · 1,937 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler

How Norway Avoided Becoming a Fascist State

Instead of falling to the Nazi party, Norway broke through to a social democracy. Their history shows us polarization is nothing to despair over.

By George Lakey · 41,510 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler

What Happens When You Rebel Against the Herd

Are You Truly Living Your Life? You live, but are you living the way you want to live, or the way others want you to live? You choose, but are your choices based on...

By Sofo Archon · 25,252 views · 4.6 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Fighting Racism and the Limits of "Ally-Ship"

Khury Petersen-Smith and Brian Bean comment on a discussion in the Black Lives Matter movement about the role of white activists in the antiracist struggle.

By Khury Petersen-Smith and Brian Bean · 347 views · unrated · added by Films For Action

Surviving Capitalist Depression

We live in a toxic society filled with toxic people. Even the ones with the best hearts- including ourselves- have been raised in ignorance, with disinformation. Our examples...

By Michael Emero · 23,398 views · 4.6 stars · added by Michael Emero

Farewell to Doublespeak: Israel's Vision for the Future Is Terrifying

Empirical historical evidence combined with a little common-sense are enough to tell us the type of future options that Israel has in store for the Palestinian people...

By Ramzy Baroud · 11,418 views · unrated · added by Films For Action

How a Lack of Touch Is Destroying Men

Why Men Need More Platonic Touch in their Lives

By Mark Green · 48,777 views · 4.6 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

Runaway Inequality Elected Trump. Here's How It Can Help Defeat Him

One of the best forms of resistance will be our demand for a more equitable and humane economy

By Les Leopold · 1,767 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Reason, Creativity and Freedom: The Communalist Model

Humanity stands at a crossroads. Now, more than ever, history calls for a grassroots democracy at a global scale. If we look carefully, all the tools are at hand.

By Eleanor Finley · 4,593 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Why Black Bloc Tactics Won't Build a Successful Movement

I admit, I laughed a little too. When I first saw videos of white nationalist Richard Spencer getting punched by a protester, I thought it was funny. And even now, I’m not...

By Kazu Haga · 2,806 views · unrated · added by Tim Hjersted

All Together Now

This is how to stop demagogues and extremists: rebuild community.

By George Monbiot · 3,334 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Redneck Revolt on the Problems With White Ally Politics

A discussion about the politics of SURJ

By Redneck Revolt and others · 377 views · unrated · added by Tim Hjersted

This Mr. Men Trump Parody Is Genius!

By S4RK · 99,020 views · 4.6 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Why Are My Highly Educated Friends So Ignorant About Trade?

Trump is a disaster, but so was the TPP

By Isabel Marlens · 467 views · 3.8 stars · added by Steven Gorelick

Charles Eisenstein on The Challenge of Communicating Beyond the Boundaries of Consensus Reality

Last week I had two brushes with the mainstream of American culture and politics. The first was an appearance on a PBS television show, the Tavis Smiley show. As far as I can...

By Charles Eisenstein · 10,045 views · 4.4 stars · added by Films For Action

Introducing, The Crisis of Civilization Podcast!

Bi-weekly podcast making sense of the crisis of civilization with Nafeez Ahmed (VICE, Insurge Intelligence, Global Sustainability Institute) & Dean Puckett (Grasp The Nettle...

By Dean Puckett · 228 views · 3.5 stars · added by Dean Puckett

The White Problem

I don’t think I was born white. I think white children are manufactured.

By Quinn Norton · 1,075 views · unrated · added by Tim Hjersted

Make America Ungovernable

Donald Trump’s regime is rapidly reconfiguring the United States into an authoritarian state. All forms of dissent will soon be criminalized. Civil liberties will no longer...

By Chris Hedges · 9,106 views · 4 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

How Gift Economies Align With Our Natural Desires

All living beings share one thing in common. Each man, woman, child, bird, bee, and dog – all have just one life. For every living being, life begins and ends. We are all here...

By Chris Agnos · 2,478 views · unrated · added by Tim Hjersted

You’re Not In a Dialogue —You’re In a Power Struggle

How the rhetoric of free speech is leveraged to create space for the far right to organize violent actions, and how else to understand freedom.

By CrimethInc. · 5,511 views · 4 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

It's Not Your Speech, Milo

Understanding the UC Berkeley Protests

By CrimethInc. · 6,856 views · 4 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

All Change or No Change?

This is a story of power, but perhaps not the traditional kind. The kinds of power we are interested in are the deep currents.... the cultural forces that shape all of our...

By Martin Kirk, Jason Hickel and Joe Brewer · 1,899 views · 4.2 stars · added by Andrew Butler

True Justice Should Have Compassion in It

I believe that true justice should have compassion in it. When someone does something harmful, destructive, the destruction is done not only to the person who is the victim...

By Thich Nhat Hanh · 5,735 views · 4.2 stars · added by Films For Action

Gangsters for Capitalism: Why the US Working Class Enlists

Published as part of the Transnational Institute's State of Power 2017 report. * Through its reliance on the relationship between labour and capital, fortified by...

By Colin Jenkins · 4,915 views · 3.8 stars · added by Colin Jenkins

Why Punching Nazis in the Face Is a Bad Idea

I see all sorts of well-meaning and otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people applauding neo-Nazi Richard Spencer being punched in the face. Here’s why this is not something...

By Arno Arr Michaelis IV · 11,430 views · 3.6 stars · added by Films For Action

The Urgency of Slowing Down

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “Beyond Vietnam” speech in Harlem’s Riverside Church. In it, he spoke of...

By Kazu Haga · 3,494 views · unrated · added by Films For Action

Keep Your Spirits Up: You Can't Help the World When You're Tired and Sad

We must take care of ourselves in a way that ensures our compassion is not drained away.

By Colin Beavan · 1,097 views · 4 stars · added by Films For Action

Trump's Actions Warrant a General National Strike

Political movements rarely succeed without causing discomfort and inconvenience

By Francine Prose · 9,345 views · 4.6 stars · added by Films For Action

How a Young Woman Used Empathy to Disarm an Attacker With a Knife

Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. ~ Phillip Stanhope I’d like to illustrate how a young woman used empathy to bypass violence during her...

By Marshall Rosenberg · 2,446 views · 4 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

Where We Go From Here: 5 Key Ways to Build a Movement

From "You Are on Your Own" to "We Are All in This Together." What this moment demands is a coherent strategy and egalitarian vision that can harness the energy and outrage...

By Jules Lobel · 2,681 views · unrated · added by Tim Hjersted

Six Principles for Resisting the Presidency of Donald Trump

Drawing from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes, here are six key concepts that may prove useful to movements preparing to resist Donald Trump’s...

By The Beautiful Trouble Team · 8,813 views · unrated · added by Films For Action

First They Came for the Immigrants - And NYT Said People Should Anonymously Inform on Them

As Donald Trump issued an executive order intended to single out Muslims for immigration restrictions, many Americans searched their consciences for the right way to respond to...

By Jim Naureckas · 17,793 views · 3.8 stars · added by Films For Action

How Do I Know Good Can Overcome Ignorance, Spite and Hate? Because I've Seen It.

A tweet moves Rob Hopkins to share a personal experience from his family’s life.

By Rob Hopkins · 11,649 views · 3.8 stars · added by Films For Action

The Privilege of Not Caring Cannot Exist When True Love Is There

The notion of privilege exists because most people do not live in the spiritual dimension of life. We live in a culture that is based on a matrix of separation. I am me. You...

By Tim Hjersted · 5,621 views · 4 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

The Safety Pin and the Swastika

The frameworks of liberal identity politics and “alt-right” white nationalism are proving curiously compatible.

By Shuja Haider · 4,736 views · 4 stars · added by Films For Action

Something Better to Offer Trump Voters Tired of Waiting for Their Turn

A world free of extremes of wealth and poverty in which no one needs to stand in line for a chance at a secure and fulfilling life.

By David Korten · 1,578 views · unrated · added by Films For Action

Obama's Hidden Role in Worsening Climate Change

It should be a scandal that leftists-liberals paint Trump as a special threat, a war mongerer – not Obama who is the first president to be at war everyday of his eight years...

By Stansfield Smith · 22,090 views · 4 stars · added by Films For Action

Union Co-Operatives: What They Are and Why We Need Them

Neoliberal policies contribute to alienation, disempowerment and non-unionised jobs, but a new model for unions could break the vicious circle, argues Simon Taylor.

By Simon Taylor · 2,693 views · 3.5 stars · added by Films For Action

Deconstructing Hierarchies: On Contrived Leadership and Arbitrary Positions of Power

Bosses don't grow on trees. They don't magically appear at your job. They aren't born into their roles. They are created. They are manufactured to fulfill arbitrary positions...

By Colin Jenkins · 21,000 views · 4.5 stars · added by Colin Jenkins

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Bracing for Trump's Anti-Worker, Corporate Agenda

Rich people don’t have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still thrive materially. I am not surprised many...

By Colin Jenkins · 4,744 views · 3.7 stars · added by Colin Jenkins

Supporters 'Ecstatic' After Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence

Whistleblower to be released from military prison in May

By Nika Knight · 8,262 views · unrated · added by Tim Hjersted

Looking Forward to the Day That Nationalism Is as Reviled as Racism

Nationalism is a form of geographical racism that makes some lives matter more than others, and explicitly justifies that logic without apology. While today, not even lying...

By Tim Hjersted · 15,267 views · 3.8 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

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

One "piece of the oppressor" that I have found in myself during my inner activist journeys is my use of shame as a method of engaging with the world's problems. Having learned...

By Tim Hjersted · 9,854 views · 4 stars · added by Tim Hjersted

The Myth of Romantic Love May Be Ruining Your Health

Romantic love in Western societies is often portrayed in a stereotypical way: two yearning halves, who search for each other to find their complete, original state. Few find...

By Susanne Vosmer · 16,487 views · 3.5 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Capitalism Is the Problem

Over the last century, capitalism has repeatedly revealed its worst tendencies: instability and inequality. Instances of instability include the Great Depression (1929-1941)...

By Richard D. Wolff · 7,006 views · 3.5 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Brace for the Financial Crash of 2018

80% of the world’s oil has already peaked, and the resulting oil crunch will flatten the economy

By Nafeez Ahmed · 16,107 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler

Coping With Narcissistic Personality Disorder in the White House

I want to talk a little about narcissistic personality disorder. I’ve unfortunately had a great deal of experience with it, and I’m feeling badly for those of you who are...

By N Ziehl · 34,159 views · 3.8 stars · added by Andrew Butler