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Act Out! [166] - U.S. Empire's South American Toolkit
We sit down with Kevin Zeese who has recently returned from Venezuela to talk elections, economic warfare and media blockades, and we also take a look at Nicaragua which finds itself in the crosshairs.
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Act Out! [165] - Devaluing Survivors, Criminalizing Dissent & Creating Utopia
A backlog that's symptomatic of a patriarchal system that not only devalues women but devalues survivors of sexual assault.
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Act Out! [164] - Military Industrial Preschools, Corporate Slapps & Three Sisters vs. A Pipeline
The war machine is now branching out – into early childhood education. Meanwhile, Coke's bogus greenwashing, and how corporations use courts to SLAPP down their opponents.
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Act Out! [163] - How Corporate Media Protects Racists, Regulating Regulators & Fighting for Freedom After Slavery
This week on Act Out! When a regulatory institution doesn't regulate—but rather rubber stamps dirty energy projects for fossil fuel companies destroying our land, air and water—what tactics should you consider?
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Act Out! [162] - Inside the C.I.A., Facial UnRecognition & Bills for Blue Lives
Facial recognition is here, but far from being the slick Bond-style tech of tomorrow, it can't seem to recognize faces very well—and it's the hands of the untrained and apparently senile.
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Act Out! [161] - Grandmas in the Gutter, The Hidden Employment Stats & Puerto Rico’s Ongoing Disaster
This week on Act Out! UC workers strike but find a foe where the friendlies should be – an unfortunately familiar story.
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Act Out! [160] - Illegal Recycling, The Framing of Iran & The Woman at Starbucks You Didn’t Hear About
Water wars in the West are heating up – and did you know you could go to jail for more than a year for recycling? Next, Iran is on our shit list now more than ever, but why? And who actually deserves that prime spot?
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Act Out! [159] - How To Build a Direct Democracy + The Colonial Death Motto of Our Healthcare System
A grotesque and yet not altogether surprising admission from our for-profit-healthcare system. And the Trump administration has a new idea on how to further oppress and torture indigenous peoples.
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Act Out! [158] - May Day is American: Know Your History & Why May 1st Matters
A special episode dedicated to the past that built our present that'll dictate our future. We look at the upcoming bicentenary of Karl Marx's birthday, then dive deep into May 1st – International Workers' Day.
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Act Out! [157] - Capitalism vs. Mental Health, The SS “Light” and Zuck Testifies to His Employees
Detroit would rather pay goons to steal people's water than make sure people have access to water. And Orwell's got nothing on the DHS and their new media list.