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Act Out! - Episode 3 - #BlackLivesMatter, guerrilla street art, McD's & mass surveillance

Act Out! - Episode 3 - #BlackLivesMatter, guerrilla street art, McD's & mass surveillance
Thu, 3/19/2015
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

In this week’s episode of Act Out! Eleanor breaks through the mainstream media muck, bringing you actual voices from Ferguson to rise above the white and out-of-touch. Street art, banner drops and intersection monopoly games can shift paradigms and change minds, as filmmaker and activist John Wellington Ennis proves.

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