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Now displaying: July, 2019

The news corporate media won't touch, stories from the front lines of our movements to fight and build and just a dash of spoken word, visual art and snark. Blend and enjoy.

Jul 26, 2019

Good news from the Grand Canyon and the problem with conflating environmental protection with indigenous issues. Next, updates from the fight against the Mountain Valley Pipeline and new research that shows just how vital stopping the fracking industry is. Finally, Iranian-American peace activist Leila Zand joins us to talk about the situation in Iran and recent developments.

 

https://intercontinentalcry.org/
https://www.facebook.com/appalachiansagainstpipelines
http://bit.ly/supportmvpresistance
https://www.fractracker.org/

Jul 19, 2019

Ongoing ICE raids are intersectional - and we have to see them in a broader context or our struggles will struggle and lose.

PLUS Ana Tiffany Devez joins us to talk fight and build in El Paso AND we apparently don't have enough fracking infrastructure.
A look at the warped thinking that perpetuates destruction and pedestals a vehemently oppressive system - and how we can creatively combat it.

 

https://www.artkillingapathy.com/blog/
https://unitedwedream.org/
https://weareheretostay.org/ifyouseeice/
https://www.instagram.com/foodnotwalls/
https://www.facebook.com/creativebrownresistance

Jul 12, 2019

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 "recovered" economy, the sadistic absurdity of wall street and what we have to do to mitigate the fall out of the coming bust.

In short, we have a much better chance of surviving the violence of capitalism through the single most anti-capitalistic thing: collaboration.

Next, Dr. Ashwin Vasan joins us to talk about an overlooked intersection between healthcare and the prison industrial complex.

https://www.vera.org/
https://www.themarshallproject.org/

http://bit.ly/ActOutNewsletter

Jul 5, 2019

An important look at the ongoing steam roller of US empire, in particular in Venezuela – yeah, remember Venezuela? Dan Kovalik joins us to look behind the propaganda and into the deep and long history of US terrorism in Venezuela and beyond.

PLUS some spoken word for this so-called "Independence Day."

 

https://twitter.com/danielmkovalik

artkillingapathy.com

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