Descriptions of Rational Island Publishers DVDs
BLACK & WHITE DVDS
DVD 1
DISCHARGING THE PATTERNS OF WHITE RACISM
(1 hour, 20 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Four demonstrations on discharging white racism.
DVD 2
RECLAIMING OUR POWER
(1 hour, 20 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
An early lecture and demonstrations on reclaiming one’s power.
DVD 3
CHALLENGING THE CHRONIC PATTERN
(1 hour, 26 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Lectures and demonstrations on discharging chronic patterns. (Excellent content, though visual and sound quality are uneven.)
DVD 4
COUNSELING ON CLASSIST OPPRESSION
(37 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Discharging the patterns of classist oppression (both the oppressed and oppressor roles)—two demonstrations.
DVD 5
A YOUNG PERSON’S CHALLENGE TO YOUNG PEOPLE’S OPPRESSION
(32 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
In a demonstration, a young person rejects, discharges on, and re-evaluates young people’s oppression.
DVD 6
COUNSELING ON SEXIST OPPRESSION
(1 hour, 27 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A brief lecture and five demonstrations on sexist
oppression—four with women, one with a man.
DVD 8
COUNSELING ON THE PATTERNS OF ANTI-SEMITISM (ANTI-JEWISH OPPRESSION)
(2 hours) with Harvey Jackins
The theory for understanding and combating anti-Jewish oppression. Four demonstrations—two with Jews, two with non-Jews (one an Arab).
DVD 9
A RATIONAL POLICY ON SEXUALITY
(45 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A lecture on sexuality—an important step forward.
DVD 10
THE ORIGINS OF CLASSIST OPPRESSION AND THE REMEDY
(1 hour, 25 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A lecture on the origins of and methods for dealing with classist oppression.
DVD 11
COUNSELING ON THE PATTERNS OF HOMOSEXUAL OPPRESSION
(25 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Demonstrations with a person oppressed for being homosexual, and on homophobia.
DVD 12
COUNSELING ON PHYSICAL HURTS
(50 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
The theory and practice of counseling on physical hurts.
DVD 13
THE OPPRESSION OF PHYSICALLY DIFFERENT PEOPLE
(42 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A person oppressed for having disabilities discharges internalized oppression.
DVD 14
JEWISH LIBERATION
(1 hour, 12 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Demonstrations on the beginnings of liberation from anti-Jewish oppression and on a firm commitment by a Gentile ally. Anti-Jewish oppression in world affairs.
COLOR DVDS
DVD 101
TAKING CHARGE No. 1
(1 hour, 30 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Key issues facing the RC Communities in the 1980s. Also, counseling with attention outside distress, and on ageism.
DVD 102
TAKING CHARGE No. 2
(1 hour, 30 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
The structure of the RC Communities. How we relate to each other in RC. Demonstrations on fear of nuclear holocaust and on using the women’s commitment.
DVD 103
TAKING CHARGE No. 3
(1 hour, 30 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Three frontier areas: ending the pattern of paying attention to distress, counseling with attention away from distress, and the Wygelian leaders’ group.
DVD 104
TAKING CHARGE No. 4
(1 hour, 44 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Building one’s own Community. The frontier counseling of leaders. An activists‘ commitment.
DVD 105
TAKING CHARGE No. 5
(1 hour, 15 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A talk on addictions. Also, two demonstrations: A black woman counsels on “white” and attention away from distress; and someone promises to see that everything works well. Questions and answers about recovering from anesthesia and surgery.
DVD 201
A JEWISH COMMITMENT AGAINST ISOLATION
(45 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A universal commitment for Jews, and two demonstrations—a good example of how theory and practice continually evolve in RC.
DVD 202
NO LIMITS FOR WOMEN
(2 hours) with Harvey Jackins
Demonstrations with three women that illustrate advanced work toward re-emergence.
DVD 203
COUNSELING WITH THE USE OF COMMITMENTS
(2 hours) with Harvey Jackins
Commitments, and their use for working-class people, Chicanos/as, men, women, parents, and United
Statesers.
DVD 204
THE HUMAN SIDE OF HUMAN BEINGS: AN INTRODUCTION TO RC
(1 hour, 15 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
An introduction to the theory and practice of RC.
DVD 205
THE WORLD OF WOMEN: THE NAIROBI WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
(1 hour, 20 minutes)
Diane Balser, Barbara Love, and others, on their taking RC to the United Nations Women’s Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
DVD 206
HOW A RATIONAL ORGANIZATION CAN GROW AND FUNCTION: THE RC WORLD CONFERENCE IN MONTREAL
(1 hour, 15 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
The worldwide RC Community deciding organizational and financial policy.
DVD 207
SOUND FUNDAMENTALS AND ADVANCED PROGRESS IN RC THEORY
(45 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Advanced concepts in RC spring directly from the clarification of the fundamental concepts.
DVD 208
DECISIVE COUNSELING
(40 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
What are the central elements of being excellent, decisive counselors? A report and three demonstrations.
DVD 209
THE WYGELIAN LEADERS’ GROUP
(40 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A demonstration of the simple and effective functioning of the Wygelian type of leaders’ organization.
DVD 210
WHY WOMEN MUST EMPHASIZE WOMEN’S ISSUES
(1 hour, 50 minutes) with Diane Balser
A demonstration of the necessary prioritizing of women’s issues and women reclaiming their power.
DVD 211
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
(1 hour, 5 minutes) with Diane Balser
Women’s reproductive rights. A talk, demonstrations, and questions and answers.
DVD 212
HOW PARENTS CAN COUNSEL THEIR CHILDREN
(1 hour, 50 minutes) with Tim Jackins
Questions and answers at a gather-in for parents and allies of parents.
DVD 213
MEN’S LIVES: PANEL #1
(1 hour, 54 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Five men share what it’s been like growing up male, from infancy to the present, in U.S. society.
DVD 214
NO ANCESTORS, NO DESCENDANTS
(53 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A short talk and several demonstrations. (The notion that we “descend” from each other can be dispensed with.)
DVD 215
FRONTIER COMMITMENTS
(2 hours) with Harvey Jackins
Advanced theory, and six demonstrations, on the “frontier” commitments.
DVD 216
COUNSELING THE VERY YOUNG
(1 hour, 14 minutes) with Tim Jackins and others
Tim Jackins on counseling the very young. Patty
Wipfler, Lenore Kenny, and Tim respond to questions.
DVD 217
BREAKING FREE FROM RACISM
(1 hour, 40 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Methods for white people to discharge racism and reclaim their full humanity.
DVD 218
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND BLACK PEOPLE: TWO PANELS
(1 hour, 24 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Twenty-one Co-Counselors targeted by racism answer questions and discharge. Black RCers answer questions about being Black and about being Black in Re-evaluation Counseling.
DVD 219
SUPPORTING LEADERS AND HANDLING ATTACKS
(1 hour, 20 minutes) with Tim Jackins
Why leaders get attacked and what to do about it. How to discharge our fears of handling such attacks.
DVD 220
ADVANCED RE-EMERGENCE AND FRONTIER COUNSELING
(1 hour, 55 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Planning for steady re-emergence. How to keep thinking while counseling on chronic patterns, and how to use the frontier commitments.
DVD 221
MEN AGAINST SEXISM
(1 hour, 35 minutes)
Charlie Kreiner counsels a man and several women on sexism.
DVD 222
BATTLING INTERNALIZED SEXISM
(1 hour, 20 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A woman discharges on internalized sexism.
DVD 223
FOUNDATIONS OF FAMILY WORK
(1 hour) with Tim Jackins and Chuck Esser
Talks on showing caring, common distresses that come up in family work, and moving things forward for children and their families.
DVD 224
AN INTRODUCTION TO RE-EVALUATION COUNSELING AND FAMILY WORK
(1 hour, 10 minutes) with Tim Jackins
An introduction to Co-Counseling with a focus on young children and how they heal from hurts. A description of RC family work. Questions and answers.
DVD 225
COUNSELING WITH ATTENTION AWAY FROM DISTRESS
(2 hours) with Harvey Jackins
The importance of counseling with attention away from distress. The Exchange of Roles, “Why Do You Love Me, Counselor?” the Understatement.
DVD 226
ELIMINATING WHITE RACISM NOW
(1 hour, 10 minutes) with Tim Jackins
A talk on the central importance of eliminating white racism, and a demonstration with an African-heritage woman, on racism.
DVD 227
“PAIRED COMMITMENTS”
(1 hour, 37 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
Forming “paired commitments” (in which two people make a lifelong commitment to each other and take responsibility for each other’s re-emergence).
DVD 228
“THE UNDERSTATEMENT”
(55 minutes) with Harvey Jackins
A talk on Understatements and three demonstrations illustrating the use of them.
DVD 229
UNDERSTATEMENTS (AND MORE), IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH
(2 hours) with Harvey Jackins
Several demonstrations using Understatements.
DVD 230
THE ENDING OF RACISM
(1 hour, 33 minutes)
Video interviews with twenty Co-Counselors representing African-heritage, Asian-heritage, Chicano/a, Indigenous, Latino/a, Mizrachi, Palestinian, and mixed-heritage people, showing the effects of racism on their lives and the effectiveness of RC in ending racism. A project of United to End Racism.
DVD 231
THE ROLE OF WHITE PEOPLE IN ENDING RACISM
(1 hour) with Tim Jackins
A talk at a United to End Racism workshop at the NGO Forum of the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, in Durban, South Africa, August 2001.
DVD 232
UNITED TO END RACISM
(1 hour, 24 minutes)
Undertakings and experiences of United to End Racism at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, in Durban, South Africa, August 2001.
DVD 233
REACHING NEW PEOPLE WITH OUR WORK TO END RACISM
(1 hour, 51 minutes)
Ten- to fifteen-minute segments from ten of the United to End Racism workshops at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, in Durban, South Africa, August 2001.
DVD 234
WORKING FOR MEN’S LIBERATION
(1 hour, 48 minutes) with Tim Jackins
Men’s panels, two demonstrations, and several talks on applying RC theory to men’s liberation.
DVD 235
VIEWS OF RC 2005: TALKS FROM THE PRE-WORLD AND WORLD CONFERENCES
(4 hours) with Tim Jackins
Two-DVD set of talks, for $30.
DVD 236 (RCTU 13)
RC LEADERS, ON CLASS ISSUES
(19 minutes) Talks by Tim Jackins and the four International Liberation Reference Persons who lead class-based constituencies.
DVD SET 1
HARVEY JACKINS FOUNDATION SET 1
A set of three DVDs of Harvey’s talks and demonstrations: DVD numbers 2, 8, and 9 (see descriptions under those numbers). $25
DVD SET 2
HARVEY JACKINS FOUNDATION SET 2
A set of three DVDs of Harvey’s talks and demonstrations: DVD numbers 204, 225, and 228 (see descriptions under those numbers). $25
DVD 237
AVIDEO INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF HARVEY JACKINS
A video introduction to the work of harvey Jackins
Eight excerpts from the large collection of videos of Harvey doing lectures and demonstrations, spanning the decades of RC.
DVD 238
MOVING TOWARD LIBERATION
Reports from the International Liberation Reference Persons and International Commonality Reference Persons in San Jose, California, USA, in September 2011. $15
DVD 239
NO LIMITS FOR WOMEN—BEIJING PLUS 20
(2 hours, 37 minutes)
A 2-DVD set with excerpts from seven workshops led by No Limits for Women at the UN Commission on the Status of Women Beijing Plus 20 NGO Forum, in March 2015. $25
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