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Act Out! [160] - Illegal Recycling, The Framing of Iran & The Woman at Starbucks You Didn’t Hear About

Act Out! [160] - Illegal Recycling, The Framing of Iran & The Woman at Starbucks You Didn’t Hear About
Wed, 5/9/2018 - by Eleanor Goldfield
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

This week on Act Out!, 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? Finally, Michelle Saahene joins us to talk about the Starbucks call heard round the world. She was there and as a black woman she has a few things to say about the layers of racism manifested in that incident and beyond.

 

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