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The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Act Out! [218] - The Danger of Identity Politics in Climate Change + The Truth About Iran
Good news from the Grand Canyon and the problem with conflating environmental protection with indigenous issues.
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Act Out! [217] - Intersectional Raids, Calls For More Pipelines & A Creative Mind
If someone in your neighborhood is going on a rampage killing a bunch of neighbors and burying them in his backyard to the point that he's running out of room – do you say, well geez Bob, this is really a problem of mass grave space?
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[Act Out! 216] - Medicare For All Means Inmates Too + Recession Bells & The Cure for Capitalism
Do you hear that? It's a tried and true alarm bell of a coming recession. We take a look at some recent reports on this quote-un-quote recovered economy, the sadistic absurdity of wall street and what we have to do to mitigate the fall out of the coming bust.
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Act Out! [215] - No Independence from US Empire
An important look at the ongoing steam roller of US empire, in particular in Venezuela – yeah, remember Venezuela?
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Act Out! [214] - Concentration Camps Made in the USA, The Battle To Ban Poisons & Police Artillery
Legal wins against herbicides and pesticides are often just the beginning of more battles – and could fall short of the necessary change to protect our land and our soil. Next, the number of refugees worldwide is the highest its ever been, since the the UN started keeping track some 70 years ago.
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Act Out! [213] - Front Line Battles & The War of Climate Change + Chaos Investors You Never Heard Of
Updates from two front line climate fights – in the ancient forests of northern California and the harbor of New York City.
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Act Out! [212] - How The Dems Will Betray in 2020 & the Movement for a People's Party
Nick Brana, founder of the Movement for a People's Party joins us to lay out the Democratic party's playbook, based on what he's seen on the inside and built in response on the outside.
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Act Out! [211] - The Real Border Emergency, Thought Crimes & The Truth About Abortion
A look at the worsening emergency in the borderlands – hint: the migrants aren't the ones creating the emergency. Next up, they say dissent is patriotic – but they clearly haven't met the 'Muricans pushing hardcore totalitarian legislation that criminalizes protest. And finally, we speak with a doctor from Physicians for Reproductive Health about the recent escalation in anti-reproductive rights legislation.
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Act Out! [210] - Rotten Tomatoes for News + Banning Our Plastic Dumps
Try as we might, we can't hide from climate change. And now, thanks to a legally binding UN resolution, the US can't hide from its own heaps of trash. Next up, media literacy is a vital skill set – indeed, it shapes how we see every other issue. And now, there may be a way to build media literacy and hold journalists accountable...
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Act Out! [209] Nuclear Waste, Stunted Brains & Mystery Food: What We're Giving To Future Generations
A teacher's strike that's not about pay raises – but instead about almost everything else...
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By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
By infecting three of the world’s most right-wing leaders, the coronavirus underscored not only the incompetence and irresponsibility of their governments – but the truth that their brand of populism doesn't keep people safe.
Corporations are not "too big to fail" and, when they commit crimes, they are not "too big to jail." As David Whyte writes in his new book, "Ecocide: Kill the Corporation Before It Kills Us," the moment is now to rein in out-of-control corporate power.
The world has lost an incredible thinker and doer. I have lost an amazing friend. A void exists where before it was filled with David's optimism, humour and joy.
Kevin fought to bring truth every day. We must not lose this struggle.
