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Act Out! [149] - Your Pipeline Fights; Polluting Along Race Lines & Invading White Spaces

Act Out! [149] - Your Pipeline Fights; Polluting Along Race Lines & Invading White Spaces

Wed, 2/21/2018

This week on Act Out! big oil and gas pay a small fine so they can keep on polluting. Next up, YOUR solidarity is needed in an upcoming week of action against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Not in the bayous? Well, you don't need to be. This affects us all. Finally, the impact of dirty energy on black and brown communities plus community organizer Maurice Cook joins us to talk white supremacy, the importance of battling racism, of recognizing black history and how to organize TOGETHER in our place and time.

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