The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Act Out! [113] - What Is Free Speech & Who Gets It + Black Left Perspectives
While I want to see the internet stay open, is there a line to be drawn between opinion and overt threat? When does the legal system step in? How far does free speech extend in the collegiate world? What about hate speech vs. free speech?
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Act Out! [112] - How To Create Activists & How To Stop Protests + #SaveTheInternet 2.0
This week on Act Out!, we take a look at 12 bills, filings, laws and proposals that have been brought forward to directly curtail our access to free speech, press and the right to petition our government - a.k.a. the First Amendment.
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Act Out! [111] - How & Why the UN Fails + A Very Unhappy Birthday to Corporate Personhood
Given its backwards position on women's rights, it seems ludicrous that Saudi Arabia would get a seat on a UN Council tasked with upholding and forwarding women’s rights around the globe. But that is precisely what happened.
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Act Out! [110] - The People’s Climate March: Radical Art & Mainstream Paradigms
This week on Act Out! we're bringing you a special 1-hour episode on the People's Climate March actions in Washington DC last week and weekend – exclusive footage, images and interviews from the front lines of the fight for people and planet over profit.
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Act Out! [109] - War for Profit, Art for Peace & Science for Justice
This week, making bank off of death is as American a pastime as baseball – and just as media friendly.
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Act Out! [108] - If Money Worries Disappeared + Paying for (Climate) Change
We must work to become ungovernable, and this means building in our own communities and working with each other to fill the chasms made by a corporate and capitalist oligarchy.
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Act Out! [107] - Oh Canada: 6 Reasons Why Trudeau Sucks & 3 Ways to Mitigate Climate Change
This week on Act Out, his easy-on-the-eyes charm and wet pink shirt appearance at the Toronto Gay Pride Parade make Justin Trudeau look like a progressive's wet dream. Unfortunately, all he’s doing is making neoliberalism sexy again.
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Act Out! [106] - Black Panthers: Fight and Build & the Poor and Poisoned
After dissecting some recent racist bigotry, we talk to former Black Panther Kiilu Nyasha about racism, systemic corruption and the past and present of pointed fight and build activism.
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Act Out! [105] - What Vault 7 Means For You & Become a War Tax Resister
This week on Act Out, you may have heard: the CIA could be listening to your phone conversations, recording your Skype calls, and even spying on you through your TV.
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[Act Out! 104] - Wealthcare vs. Healthcare & Suing Trump Over Standing Rock
This week on Act Out, the GOP’s attempt to repeal Obamacare — kinda. In reality, the new American Health Care Act is just a shittier version of the ACA — and we give you a bullet-pointed rundown on how.