This Is Why You’re Poor
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/this-is-why-youre-poor
We’ve all heard poverty described as a “mindset” or a “moral failing,” but those claims don’t hold up to scrutiny when you start to look into it. In this episode we’ll take a look at the real...
]]>The Invention of Individual Responsibility
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-invention-of-individual-responsibility
Humans love to fix things, to find the cause of a problem, to probe, tinker, and mend. We ask, in many different ways, Why does this happen? What’s the root cause? What’s the origin? What or who...
]]>The Most Profound Insight about Poverty You’ll Ever Hear
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-most-profound-insight-about-poverty-youll-ever-hear
This is a clip from Zeitgeist: Addendum, directed by Peter Joseph. Watch the full documentary for free on Films For Action.
]]>When “Woke” Anti-Racists and Racists Actually Agree on Everything
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/when-woke-antiracists-and-racists-actually-agree-on-everything
This is comedian Ryan Long’s video with Danny Polishchuk from 2020, poking fun at the nation’s unfolding debates on race.
]]>How To Let Go And Stop Worrying (10 Stoic Tips)
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/how-to-let-go-and-stop-worrying-10-stoic-tips
Worry is a silent destroyer of lives. A demolishing internal wrecking ball that can leave even the best of us incapacitated. But it doesn’t have to produce such obvious devastating effects to...
]]>A Decolonial Critique of the Concept of White Privilege: Why Injustice Is Not a Privilege
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/a-decolonial-critique-of-the-concept-of-white-privilege-why-injustic
Introduction
Many progressive people use the concept of “white privilege” to analyze racism. Critique is an essential component of decolonial knowledge production. It is a way of improving our...
]]>How Our Lives Are Dictated
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/how-our-lives-are-dictated
Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these choices are just an illusion?
In an era where...
]]>Debunking “No One Wants To Work Anymore” | Robert Reich
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/debunking-no-one-wants-to-work-anymore-robert-reich
What corporate America says: “No one wants to work anymore.” The truth: No one wants to be exploited anymore.
]]>Honest Government Ad | Anti Protest Laws
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/honest-government-ad-anti-protest-laws
The South Australien Government has made an ad about its new anti-protest legislation and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
✊ Protect Protests in SA: ▻https://qrco.de/be1BFe
👉 Help us...
]]>Why Republicans are NOT the Party of Freedom | Robert Reich
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/why-republicans-are-not-the-party-of-freedom-robert-reich
Why is the party of “freedom” trying to ban abortion? Because it’s not actually about freedom. It’s about power.
]]>Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism | Robert Reich
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/republicans-dont-own-patriotism-robert-reich
True patriots don’t put loyalty to their political party above their love of America. True patriots don’t support an attempted coup. It’s time to stop letting Republicans claim the mantle of...
]]>Battling Race Essentialism in Student Government | Sahar Tartak
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/battling-race-essentialism-in-student-government-sahar-tartak
“Again these are kids. You don’t teach kids that they’re lousy and just [think] somehow that’s going to redeem the world and make it less racist.”
The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism...
]]>Privilege and Suffering Affects All Skin Colors | John Wood, Jr
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/privilege-and-suffering-affects-all-skin-colors-john-wood-jr
“Understanding is the foundation of empathy. In a polarized America, we need it now more than ever.” - John Wood Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels.
Join the pro-human movement at...
]]>Utopia Isn’T Just Idealistic Fantasy – It Inspires People to Change the World
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/utopia-isnt-just-idealistic-fantasy-it-inspires-people-to-change-the
Climate breakdown, mass extinctions, and extreme inequality threaten the earth’s rich tapestry of life and leave our own fate increasingly uncertain. At a time of such social, political and...
]]>Behind Closed Doors | Documentary on How West Encourages Global Corruption
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/behind-closed-doors-documentary-on-how-west-encourages-global-corrup
A Documentary about corruption in high places and those who enable it.
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are people who hold a public function and as a result present higher risks of being...
]]>Honest Government Ad | Labor
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/honest-government-ad-labor
The Australien Labor Party has made an ad and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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]]>An Open Letter: Why I’m Leaving the Cult of Wokeness
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/an-open-letter-why-im-leaving-the-cult-of-wokeness
If there’s one thing I’m NOT afraid of, it’s being ’cancelled’.
If being cancelled means me living in integrity as a human being who thinks for themselves, CANCEL ME TODAY!
I repeat; I am...
]]>Actually Color Blindness Isn’t Racist | Coleman Hughes
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/actually-color-blindness-isnt-racist-coleman-hughes
In this special video essay, I share my thoughts on the long-running national debate on color blindness. Check out the full article on my Substack. - Coleman Hughes
]]>Being Outside Changes How You Think
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/being-outside-changes-how-you-think
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]]>We the Power | The Future of Energy is Community-Owned
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/we-the-power-the-future-of-energy-is-communityowned
A film about the citizen-led community-energy movement in Europe and the visionaries lighting the way.
Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity...
]]>Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/buffalo-soldiers-fighting-on-two-fronts
BUFFALO SOLDIERS: FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS, explores the often-contradictory role played by Black soldiers throughout American history, with particular emphasis on the settling of the American West...
]]>The Media Bias Nobody is Talking About | Robert Reich
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-media-bias-nobody-is-talking-about-robert-reich
Robert Reich breaks down how the mainstream media draws a false equivalence between the right and the left and misleads the public about what’s really at stake.
The mainstream media has...
]]>American Fascism And The Groomer Panic
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/american-fascism-and-the-groomer-panic
We’ve seen a number of moral panics over the decades, and this one is no different. Come learn how the same old tropes are being recycled to animate this latest strain of American fascism. ...
]]>Crisis Fatigue and the Co-Creation of Positive Possibilities
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/crisis-fatigue-and-the-cocreation-of-positive-possibilities
Dear John,
You might consider something I’m thinking of calling crisis-fatigue. Like battle fatigue or compassion fatigue. I think its main ingredient is ambiguity-fatigue. It is exhausting to...
]]>What Red Pill Philosophy Gets Wrong
▻https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/what-red-pill-philosophy-gets-wrong
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