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Z-Day 2015

The Rio Grande Valley Zeitgeist Movement will host its annual Z-Day event on Sunday March 15, 2015 at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. This is concert with the global Zeitgeist Movement  effort to engage the community at large with our train of thought on helping to make the world a better place for all people.

We will be screening documentary films, presenting information about a resource based economy and discussing the root causes and potential solutions to many significant social ills that face us as a global family. Please join us!

ZDay 2014 Event Videos Now Available

We would like to thank everyone who participated in and attended our recent Zday 2014 event. The global Zeitgeist Movement continues to be one of the most anticipated and significant events of the year for ours and many other chapters around the world. We are glad to see new members of the community attend and connect with us and other activists and educators in our area, and look forward to the new and exciting projects and events we can plan and attend together. Below, you will find the videos of the presentations that were given at our local event. I hope you watch them and learn more about the possibilities and importance of transitioning to a resource based economy. We look forward to upcoming opportunities to share this train of thought with more people, and we hope to see you there too!

Culture in Decline Episode 5 Released

Peter Joseph's latest episode of Culture In Decline is now available on YouTube. This installment covers the distinct culture of fear manifested by our sick society and points out the economic and political mechanisms that give rise to this multifaceted phenomenon. The numbers detailing the historical incarceration trends are shocking. Please be sure to check it out so that you can live in a little bit less fear, and help make the world a better place for all people.

Z-Day 2013 LA Main Event Videos Now Available

The Zeitgeist Movement recently held their 5th annual Z-Day main event in Los Angeles. While the event was live streamed, many people were not able to view it at that time. Fortunately, the event was recorded in high quality video and is now fully available for all to see. Please check out these interesting speakers and their remarkable insights into culture, the economy, education, science, social movements and our continuing efforts to help make the world a better place for all people!

Announcing Our 2013 Z-Day Event

The +Rio Grande Valley Zeitgeist Movement will be holding its annual Z-Day event on Sunday, March 17th, between 1:30 and 4:30, at the Dustin Michael Sekula Memorial Library in Edinburg, TX. Our event will focus on a screening and discussion of the ongoing web series +Culture in Decline, which examines major aspects and foundational assumptions of our culture and society. The major topics will include our dysfunctional economics, our corrupt political system, major value disorders and our propensity for war. While exposing these problems, we will also be exploring their potential solutions, rooted not in political or religious ideologies, but from a perspective that takes into account all people, and our technical ability to solve common human problems. We are excited to share this show with you, and engage in discussion about these and many other aspects of a culture in decline, and what we can do to help make it better for all people. We invite the public, and we hope to see you there!

Thanks to +Sopphey Vance for providing this beautiful flyer.

Culture In Decline Episode 4 Now Available

The ongoing webseries Culture In Decline, by Zeitgeist Movement founder Peter Joseph, has just released its fourth episode, entitled "War On Nature". As has been established by the series, this episode takes a closer look at the manifestation of war in a historical cultural context, and its continued and increasingly larger presence in society at large. It continues to be entertainingly irreverent and critically provocative as many common aspects of corporate media complicity and the generated propensity for conflict by the establishment is explored.


The Culture in Decline series will be the focus of our annual Z-Day event this year, as we continue to engage the public with information and media that challenges their assumptions and invites them to question their own beliefs. We will posting more about that event shortly.

TZM Exclusive: "A Tragedy of Circumstance"

Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, has issued a press release detailing the unfortunate situation regarding two people who are victims of circumstance. It is a detailed look at the history of the United States' interference and criminal conduct in the Middle East, and focuses on the situation of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Orly Weinerman, both of whom are now struggling to free themselves from their current predicament. Miss Weinerman has appealed to the Zeitgeist Movement for assistance. Below is that appeal.


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TZM Exclusive : A Tragedy of Circumstance
by Peter Joseph

-Love Story:
The love story - A staple of our history and culture. As much as
modern economic theory and the dubious claims about our supposed
“Human Nature” would have us believe that all humans are merely
selfish organisms that would rather sacrifice each other than save
each other for the sake of mere convenience, the archetypal love story
prolific in our artwork challenges all - and reminds us of our deeply
empathic and social nature – a clear characteristic of our
evolutionary psychology and perhaps even the hidden saving grace of
our evolutionary fitness as a species.

A New Reality Show: Culture In Decline

Zeitgeist film series creator and Zeitgeist Movement founder Peter Joseph is currently producing a new video series titled Culture In Decline. The first episode, titled "What Democracy?" was recently released, and examines the nature and underlying myths of democratic government in the context of a monetary system and dominance seeking society. Viewers of the Zeitgeist film series will notice many of the same themes, references and lines of thought in this episode, but with a narrower focus on the farce that is democracy. Featuring live action skits and on the street interviews, this episode, and likely the series, will provide for a much more digestible format for the average viewer that delivers critical information, analysis and satire. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with those who might otherwise not be able to watch a feature length documentary all at once. I, personally, am looking forward to future shows. Thank you for your time and attention, and I hope to see you at our upcoming Zeitgeist Media Festival event on Saturday!

Planning Our Rio Grande Valley Zeitgeist Movement Media Festival

The global Zeitgeist Media Festival event is approaching fast, and we are planning and preparing our event right here in the Rio Grande Valley. The Zeitgeist Media Festival is a celebration of art, music, advocacy and communication. We want to use the power of art and expression to help make the world a better place for all people. We are working with local performers, artists, poets and organizations to help spread a message to our community in a way that more formal settings are generally unable to. In addition to our message, we want to encourage giving back to our community by asking attendees to donate non-perishable food items to local groups like the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley and the local chapter of Food Not Bombs. While we recognize that we cannot rely upon charity to resolve the root problems, we do recognize the need to reduce what suffering we can while we can.

If you would like to help us organize and plan this event, participate or volunteer in any way, please contact us, and we will be happy to have your assistance. Thank you for your time and attention, and for joining us in our effort to help make the world a better place for all people.

Interview With Local RGV Pride Website

The Rio Grande Valley Zeitgeist Movement was recently interviewed by the local website/blog RGVPride.com. We thank them for their interest, the opportunity to reach more local community members and their desire to help make the Rio Grande Valley and the world a better place to live for all people. We welcome all readers from their site and encourage you to contact us for more information about our ongoing efforts and the progress of the Global Movement. Please feel free to leave a comment and let us know how we can help you learn about these fascinating and important ideas.

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 22

Technology Entertainment Design, or TED, is an organization that brings together interesting people from all over the world, and allows them to present ideas, experiences and performances with those who can afford to attend. In recent years, they have been posting the videos of these presentations online for all to see. Just this week, two different presentations were made at this year's event that both talk about the possibilities of an abundance based future, and the inevitable collapse of our current social and economic structures. One video appeals to optimism, to historical and technological trends, the growing efficiency of production and resource extraction and many positive developments made in recent months and years. The other video depicts a dark future, filled with chaos, depression, collapse and death. It recognizes that the current trajectory of humanity is headed towards global catastrophe, and will likely bring with it great upheaval and change, and that many people will suffer while going through it. While many people see these two presentations as diametrically opposed, many in the Zeitgeist Movement would recognize the common truth of both messages. If humanity is going to survive for any significant length of time, we will have to both change our current methods of organizing society, and develop the technologies necessary to produce access abundance. The TED presentation archives are filled with amazing and compelling videos, and I encourage you to search through their catalog to find something of interest to you, and begin to learn more about the world in which we live, and how we can all help make it better for all people.

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 21

The Zeitgeist Broadcasting Network streams original programming, relevant media and live events relating to the Zeitgeist Movement and a Resource Based Economy. Yesterday, ZBN live streamed the TEDx Ojai event in California, an event that featured both a live lecture given by Peter Joseph and a video presentation given by Jacque Fresco of the Venus Project. There was also a live musical performance and a presentation on innovative building technologies. These presentations will be available for download some time in the future, but stay tuned to ZBN for ongoing shows and videos, and future events!

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 20

Over the past decade, he internet has radically changed how people find, connect, communicate and collaborate with each other. The rapid rate of social movement awareness and adoption is directly attributable to the ability to instantaneously share information across town and around the world. Live video streams of protests and popular breakthrough film series like Zeitgeist would not be possible without the technological engineering feats of the infrastructure that is the world wide web. Social media sites and services, such as Twitter, Facebook and Google products, are increasingly vital to the rapid development and planning for these various causes, however, and that concentration of resources is causing them to become targets for the powerful and influential. Facebook, as a corporation, has recently gone public, opening themselves up to investor influence, pressuring them to further monetize their user-base, causing potential privacy issues with users of the site. Twitter recently altered their censorship policies to be in line with various governmental demands to censor undesirable information. Google's YouTube and search services have also been subject to government restrictions around the world, making it harder to share and find pertinent information. PayPal, the global payment processor that many organizations use to accept donations also has a long and growing history of abusing their powerful position by freezing assets, closing accounts and even refusing to accept donations on behalf of certain groups, like WikiLeaks, because of government pressure. Fortunately, all of these sites and services have alternatives, many of which are open source, non-corporate owned, and not adherent to arbitrary government opinion. The TZMNetwork is a social networking site for Zeitgeist Movement activists, and has recently undergone major renovation. Occupii is a similar site, mainly for Occupy Movement activists. The Diaspora* project is a general use social network that is based on an open source platform. Bitcoin is a digital currency that is not based on debt, not controlled by a government or corporate interest, and is open source, so anyone can use it. All of these, and more, are being continuously updated and improved upon by volunteers, who are working together for a better world for all people.

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 19

Several months ago, the Zeitgeist Movement held the Zeitgeist Media Festival, a global artistic expression and live performance focused event that worked with local food banks and other charitable organizations. It served to both bring awareness to the movement, reach out to the local community via local food charities and to celebrate the arts and media that help support the cause of a better world for all people. The main site for the event hosts videos of many of the performances, and will be updated with more content as more such annual events are planned. The Rio Grande Valley is home to many local artists and performers, and we look forward to hosting such an event and being able to host this incredible local talent, while hopefully working with the RGV Food Bank as well as the local chapter of Food Not Bombs. Keep watching this space for more news!

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 18

Before there was a Rio Grande Valley Zeitgeist Movement, there was RGV No State, a group dedicated to informing people in the RGV about the false institutions of government, law and other abuses of the social and economic structures that have been the foundation of the major problems we face as a species. This organization, lead by Armando Lopez and composed of many different people from all over the Valley and other parts of Texas, has helped the RGVGZM in many ways since the beginning of the chapter. Not only have they hosted the audio recordings of our meetings, but also share many audio lectures of the Venus Project's director, Jacque Fresco. These lectures, while from many years ago, still hold valuable insight into the radical social changes we seek to implement, and are worth listening to if you would like to know more about such ideas. We are grateful for their past and ongoing support, and their desire to help make the world a better place for all people.

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 17

Earlier this year, Peter Joseph engaged in a two and a half hour interview with media personality Joe Rogan. This wide ranging discussion goes over the integrated nature of social problems, various economic theories, transitional technologies and scenarios, the Occupy Wall Street Movement and many other topical issues. This is another example of the Zeitgeist Movement having a greater exposure to a wider audience, as the community that has grown around Rogan is large and growing. The social issues and discussions that Rogan has with his community is not like those had with traditional media personalities, and the message of a better world for all people is likely to resonate with them. The more people hear about the Zeitgeist Movement, it seems that more people are understanding and accepting the train of thought that is being offered.

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 16

The Zeitgeist Media Project is the website devoted to hosting, sharing and discussing media produced by, for and about the Zeitgeist Movement. It currently hosts hundreds of pages of pictures, flyers, videos, songs and written expression, each advocating a better world for all people. Everyone is able to contribute something, as everything posted to the site is meant not only for individual appreciation, but for sharing and distributing, use in awareness advocacy and events and to inspire others to contribute their own creations. I can't mention this site without also pointing out two contributions from one of our own local RGVZGM members. Many people in our chapter, and in the movement in general are highly talented artists, and we recognize their powerful and motivational expressions as necessary and beneficial to our cause.

30 Days of Zeitgeist - Day 15

The Zeitgeist Movement is a global movement, with chapters on every continent, and in many different countries around the world. One of the challenges we face as we continue to grow and reach new people, is translating the vast information resources produced from one language into many others. This is particularly a challenge with video content, which normally does not come with caption data when it is initially produced. Fortunately, there are many volunteers engaged in the effort to both transcribe original language audio and video, and translate that information to many other languages for all the world to access. One of the criticisms of social movements and information dissemination organizations receive is the lack of native language material for non-English speaking populations to consume and understand. The Zeitgeist Movement's Linguistic Team is responding to that concern and has been producing outstanding translations for many of the most important media pieces the movement creates. If you are interested in helping in this effort, please join the team as we would very much like to help spread the ideas of a better world for all people to as many different cultures as we can.