This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
human rights
Follow:
-
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.
-
In March For Our Lives, Student Rights Have Become Human Rights
By demanding the right to live, high school students across the country have articulated a concept of student rights as human rights.
-
Act Out! [150] - Expensive Bombs & Toilet Paper + the Gun Talk We’re Not Having, But Need To
Taxes are right around the corner so we felt it an apt time to talk about some of the big winners on tax day. Spoiler alert: It's not you and me.
-
Act Out! [147] - No Sanctuary: From Mothers to Mayors, Rules for Radicals & Under the Influence w/ Tarbell
This week on Act Out!, elected officials could be the next group of people rounded up and thrown in a cell. While that might sound appealing depending on the official, the reasoning behind it is nothing short of an authoritarian nightmare.
-
Act Out! [128] - Not Dreaming of DACA + When the Left Fights Together, We Win
This week on Act Out! the Left is pretty good at in-fighting – but we are also unstoppable when we put aside drama and fluff and engage in real solidarity and direct action.
-
Act Out! [116] - Pride Was a Riot + How Deaf Whales Spell Climate Change
This week on Act Out! June is pride month and as all facets of the rainbow come together to take part in the festivities, it's worth a pause and remind as to why we pride
-
For the Trump Era: Fight Not Flight
Many U.S citizens are now talking about leaving the country. Canada, Europe and New Zealand are popular scenarios. Moving abroad might be an individual solution, but the social solution is to stay and put up a fight.
-
Act Out! [81] - Under My Country’s Sky - American Bombs in Yemen
Bushra al-Fusail is a Yemeni-American who lived under the ongoing airstrikes in Yemen for months before coming, ironically, to the country that makes the destruction of hers possible.
-
Act Out! [66] - People & Planet Over Prison Profit, Future Farmers & the Sneaky Art of Change
This week, from toxic prisons to the cruelty of solitary confinement, we're digging deep into the prison industrial complex, uncovering human rights violations and highlighting the fight for both people and planet.
-
Act Out! [54] - Activist Reflections, Disarm Saudi Arabia & AIPAC, and Life in the Waste-Stream
This week, spring is in the air and so is a renewed call for justice, peace and freedom. But before we get to the front lines, let's take a look at what it means to be an activist and what makes a social movement successful.
