The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
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Act Out! In Paris [6] - D12: Climate Justice Peace & Red Lines
Activists had the last word at COP21, creatively and powerfully making a stand for people and planet over profit.
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The Empire Files: 'This Ship is Sinking' Says Former Bush Official
Abby Martin interviews retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson about the unfixable corruption inside the establishment and the corporate interests driving foreign policy.
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Act Out! In Paris [5] - Culture for Climate
Art in all its iterations played a big role at COP21 – and La Gaite Lyrique is the "center of culture for climate," as explained by Anais and the ArtCOP21 team.
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Act Out! in Paris [4] - In the Zone with Women, for Climate
Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder and executive director of Women's Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN), an organization that seeks climate justice through the empowerment of women.
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Act Out! In Paris [3] - Fight the System, from Outside & Within
Tara DePorte is an expert at bringing people together – in fact, her organization, Human Impacts Institute, prides itself on joining artists with scientists to emotionalize the facts of climate change.
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Act Out! In Paris [2] - Art Not Oil, Politics Follow Culture
Art Not Oil, ClimActs and others staged creative direct actions outside the Louvre in Paris this week, urging the iconic museum to dump oil giants Total and Eni from their group of sponsors.
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Acronym TV [50] - Trump Jumps the Shark, Paris Climate Summit Ends With Protests
Activists are preparing for massive 12.12.12. protests (Dec. 12 at 12pm) as the 21st UN climate summit concludes, in the words of Chris Hedges, “with lofty rhetoric and ineffectual cosmetic reforms.”
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The Empire Files - The U.S. School That Trains Dictators & Death Squads
On Nov. 22, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Americas – otherwise known as the "School of Assassins."
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Act Out! In Paris [1] - Indigenous Solutions Put COP21 To Shame
In the midst of backdoor deals, idle chit chat and conversations over plates of endangered species and "clean coal," the Indigenous Environmental Network takes a firm stance on climate justice.
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Acronym TV [49] - #Cop21 – A Hail Mary for Humanity + 5 Things We Can Do About ISIS
2015 Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Swanson joins host Dennis Trainor, Jr. to discuss five things we can do about ISIS. And we look at the COP21 climate talks currently underway in Paris.
