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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The Empire Files with Abby Martin: America's War On An Idea
Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" or "communist" is a bad word – how did things get that way?
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Act Out! [33] - The empire strikes Afghanistan, Abby Martin digs deeper & NRA wants cold, dead hands
This week – it's not our fault. What?? Anything, just pick an issue, a problem, a bombing, a war crime – totally not our fault – especially that hospital thing.
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Acronym TV - Think Corporate Personhood is Bad? The TPP Will Give Us Corporate Nationhood
Leading activist and anti-TPP campaigner Kevin Zeese talks about the battle that still remains to defeat the TPP, Hillary Clinton's reversal on the deal, and the long trail of lies told by President Obama's Trade Rep Michael Froman.
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Act Out! [32] - The Sound of Science, Divest for Our future, Trade 4 People & Scream at Me
This week, it's about time we hear about climate change – but really hear it.
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Acronym TV - U.S. Bombs Doctors Without Borders Hospital – No End In Sight For War in Afghanistan
The United States marks the 15th anniversary of its military invasion and occupation of Afghanistan this week, with no end in sight.
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Acronym TV - How and Why Mass Killing Has Become Routine
How can we pretend to be mystified about gun violence within our borders when violence as a concept and as actual hardware is the #1 U.S. export?
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Acronym TV - Whole Foods To Stop Using Prison Labor, but 21st Century-Style Plantations Grow
The health food giant partners with Colorado Correctional Industries, which boasted in its 2014 annual report that the company's “success is completely dependent on the business savvy of our staff and the dedication of our inmate workforce.”
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Acronym TV - Obama and Putin Agree: Forge Peace in Syria by Waging War
At the UN on Monday, a scene not unlike a heavy-weight boxing match in Vegas played out, as the rich and famous gathered ringside to watch a long anticipated slugfest between two titans that could very well have been fixed.
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Act Out! [31] - Fasting, fracking, Medicare, money in politics & the Pope
This week, from med students to female priests, fasters to the monopoly man, we've got a helluva lineup – first up, let's talk Medicare and why it shouldn't be so ageist.
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Acronym TV - Can Pope Francis’s Climate Justice Campaign Exorcize Capitalism?
As a recovering Catholic, I watched Pope Francis's historic six-day visit to the U.S. with mixed feelings.
