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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.

Sep 22, 2017

This week:

we go to the front lines in Europe to dispel the myths of a squeaky green facade and hear about the tactics and actions being used to shut down and block dirty and destructive energy projects. Next, making connections and why greenwashing “over there” matters to you. Finally, how do we fight - in the capitalist line.

 

Site List:

https://www.ende-gelaende.org

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

Sep 15, 2017

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. From a deeply red state, we bring you a story of leftist organizing success.

Next up, DACA is on the chop block – So what are we looking to defend when we say Defend DACA? Community Organizer and DACA recipient Ella Mendoza joins us to critically address immigration policy in this country.

 

Site List:

https://thebodyisnotanapology.com

https://rootsofautonomousresistance.org/

http://www.teafund.org/

https://www.equalitytexas.org/

https://abortionfunds.org/

http://prochoicetexas.org/

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

Sep 8, 2017

This week on Act Out!

Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc even as the storm has died – we take a look at the capitalist machine that not only worsens storms but orchestrates the aftermath – letting history be our guide.

Next we'll shine a light on what has, is and will continue to mitigate the worst effects of both climate change and capitalism – hint: they're not afraid to punch a Nazi. 

And finally, some upcoming front line battles that YOU need to know about. 

 

Site List:

http://bit.ly/KitHarvey

https://twitter.com/ATXFlood

http://noredcross.org/

http://stopetp.org/

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/

http://protectourinternet.org/

 

Harvey Help lists:

http://bit.ly/JiasHowToHelp

http://bit.ly/TraitorRadioHowToHelp

http://bit.ly/TexasNLGHelp

Sep 1, 2017

This week on Act Out!

L'eau est la vie – water is life. From the deep bayous and what's left of the Louisiana wetlands, we take a look at the indigenous led camp standing in the way of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline – the benignly named crude oil project threatening huge swaths of waterways and some of the state's last line of defense against climate change.

And finally – lady justice stands alone – silent by a shattered throne...

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://nobbp.org/

https://www.facebook.com/LeauEstLaVie/

http://stopetp.org/

 

http://bit.ly/ActOut125

Aug 25, 2017

This week on Act Out!

An update from the pipeline resistance forest camp in Pennsylvania – and some stranger than fiction backstory on fracking, corporate malfeasance & propaganda.

Next up, we don't have to see eye-to-eye but in the wake of fascism's rise, we DO need to agree on one basic thing. 

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://bit.ly/NGLblast

https://www.facebook.com/CampWhitePinePA/

https://fundrazr.com/campwhitepine

Aug 18, 2017

This week on Act Out! a special episode where we first spoken word about what happened this past weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia - note: we will not show the video.

Next, we take a look at an old decaying pipeline, a brand new one and the company that craves more land and water – for the sake of black gold. --- We talk with two indigenous youth activists standing up to the company and taking to the water to raise awareness and build resistance: Stop Line 3 and Paddle to Protect.

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

https://www.stopline3.org

http://actout.libsyn.com/

http://www.artkillingapathy.com/performance/

 

Charlottesville Fundraising:

https://www.youcaring.com/vayouthinvolved-902691

https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-comrades-in-cville

https://www.youcaring.com/alexismorrisnoellemorris-903027

https://www.gofundme.com/our-sisters-keeper-heatherheyer

 

 

Aug 11, 2017

This week on Act Out!

It's all about cops. Or rather, how to avoid them and indeed the entire for-profit injustice system. First we take a look at how and why cops respond to various people and situations – then we dig into community alternatives to dialing 9-1-1.

Next up, today's legalized slavery ironically couched in the abolishing slavery amendment and finally, Antonio Buehler from Peaceful Streets Project talks about ending police abuse and restoring rights by protecting and serving each other.

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:
http://www.iamweubuntu.com/ 
http://peacefulstreets.com/ 
http://actout.libsyn.com/
http://www.artkillingapathy.com/performance/ 

Aug 4, 2017

This week on Act Out! 

We only have 10 years left before climate change kills us all – what's your plan? Come with us as we dive into climate change nihilism, hope and how individual choices are the last thing we need to be focusing on as doomsday looms ahead.

Next up, the federal government is over – but dry your eyes, it's for the best. Human evolution, math, geography and CalExit explain why.

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List

https://yescalifornia.org/

http://actout.libsyn.com/

http://www.artkillingapathy.com/performance/

Jul 28, 2017

This week on Act Out!

Medicare turns 52 years old this year and as organizers gear up for their 52 events for Medicares 52nd, we take another look at why Medicare for All matters and how you can join the fight.

Next up, Cultures of Resistance director Iara Lee wasn't content to just document suffering – she wanted to help. In this special interview, she outlines her work as an activist, artist and filmmaker, how art is a catalyst for change and what she's learned on the front lines of hundreds of movements for change. 

Site List:

https://freechildrenofearth.bandcamp.com

http://bit.ly/Medicare52

http://culturesofresistance.org/

 

*Note: Act Out! is primarily a video show: check out occupy.com/actout for and freespeech.org/actout for more info!

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

Jul 21, 2017

This week on Act Out!

6 months ago, people engaged in protests and blockades at Donald Trump's inauguration. Old news for some – perpetual nightmare for others. This coming week, solidarity actions are planned to bring attention to unlawful arrests, harassment and even sexual assault at the hands of the injustice system.

Next up, disabled activists rarely make the front page but their fight for our healthcare is a continuation of decades of work, and something we all need to take note of and lend our voices – and bodies to.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://defendj20resistance.org/
http://adapt.org/
http://bit.ly/ActOut84
healthoverprofit.org

Jul 14, 2017

This week on Act Out!

The G20: the history of this meeting of bankers and finance ministers turned vapid soiree for the figure heads of state in a global capitalist empire. Plus the most recent G20 protests in Hamburg – hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to stand up to all that the G20 represents --- and how they were met.

And finally, the Mariner East 2 pipeline and the community of tree dwellers at Camp White Pine standing – and sitting in its path.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List

http://bit.ly/WeAreHereFB

https://enoughisenough14.org/

http://bit.ly/2jjyeMI

https://www.facebook.com/CampWhitePinePA/

Jul 7, 2017

This week on Act Out:

A special interview with Dilar Dirik on the Rojava revolution: the roots of resisting war while building an egalitarian, feminist, flat structure society in Northern Syria.

First up tho, there are some upcoming actions that you need to know about.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click here & become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

battleforthenet.com/july12
http://bit.ly/July12Train
https://www.stoparmingisrael.org
http://bit.ly/ActOut80

Jun 23, 2017

This week, the Democrats are launching into a “Resistance Summer” - so we're launching into the history of their “resistance” and looking at present problems in this paradigm.

Next up, some good news for Standing Rock and finally,

Anna Tsouhlarakis wants to challenge you and your concept of Native American art. 

 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://bit.ly/2mualnX

http://earthjustice.org/

http://www.naveeks.com/

Jun 16, 2017

This week on Act Out!

Being proud of pride means more than just a parade. We're diving into the history of the LGBTQIA movement and talking roots, resistance, and the creeping corporatization of the fight for human, for LGBTQIA rights.

Next up, what deaf whales have to do with climate change and how “small” spills add up.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://www.nojusticenopride.org

https://skytruth.org/

 

 

Jun 9, 2017

This week:

The longer and second part of our sit down interview with anarchist, author and organizer scott crow who dives into the many facets of anarchy, the “growing up” of anarchy in the USA, the power of building vs. resisting, reactionary politics and more.

But first, a little set up for a mind shift –-- the state – in our minds, of our minds – concentrate.

 

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Site List: 

https://www.facebook.com/UptownArtHouse/

http://www.scottcrow.org/

 

 

Jun 2, 2017

This week on Act Out:

Anti-fascism – Then and Now. How did we get to this absurdity that we now call our government today? And what makes a fascist a fascist? On the flip side, what makes an anti-fascist an anti-fascist and how can we fight and build in this brave new world?

Next up, activists battle fossil fueled FERC in DC and finally, part 1 of our two part interview series with anarchist, author and organizer scott crow.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

https://beyondextremeenergy.org/
ohshitwhatnow.org
https://itsgoingdown.org/
http://www.scottcrow.org/

 

May 26, 2017

This week on Act Out!

What is free speech? What is hate speech? How does academic freedom fit into that and where? And when money is speech, can we the people ever really have – free speech?

We're diving into this and more plus some perspectives from the Black left.

NOTE: Our full interview with Black Agenda Report columnist Margaret Kimberley can be found here and is WELL worth the listen/watch. 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://bit.ly/ActOut112

blackagendareport.com

freedomrider.blogspot.com

May 19, 2017

This week:

Hold on because we are diving DEEP into the fucked fact files to bring you a list of bills, filings, laws and proposals that directly and overtly attack our first amendment rights to speech, press, assembly and petitioning our government. From state sanctioned hit and runs to laws against laughing, we are outlining a long list of creeping authoritarian style moves made to intimidate, silence and destroy those fighting for justice.

Also on the front lines, we take a look at the fight for Net Neutrality 2.0 – recent and upcoming actions plus what you can do to save the internet.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

http://bit.ly/ND_Dickbags

waterprotectorlegal.org

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40431-settler-state-repression-standing-rock-battles-continue-in-the-courts

youtube.com/redactedtonight

youtube.com/lastweektonight

http://protectourinternet.org/

www.gofccyourself.com

May 12, 2017

This week on Act Out!

A vehemently anti-woman, authoritarian theocratic regime was recently awarded a seat at the UN women's rights table - so we're taking the opportunity to really dig into the UN and see whether or not their work for human rights – really works.

Next up, May 10th is the anniversary of a landmark legal decision that set a precedent for oligarchical rule in the US. Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap of Move to Amend joins us to talk history and the present fight to end corporate personhood rights.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

https://www.unwatch.org/en/

https://movetoamend.org/

 

May 5, 2017

This week on Act Out:

We're bringing you a special one hour episode on the climate actions that happened in Washington DC this past week and weekend.

We're bringing you exclusive footage, images and interviews from the front lines of the fight for people and planet – over profit. Perspectives you may not have considered, stories you haven't heard from people and communities you haven't heard Of. From North Dakota, from the borderlands of Texas, from Washington state, the Carolinas, California, Utah, from right here in DC – from the farmer in Pennsylvania to the water protector at Standing Rock - indigenous, undocumented, black, white, young, old, and all that lies in between and beyond. From art spaces to the streets – from government agencies to the White House, it's all about people power and climate justice.

 

If you enjoy the show, please click herebecome a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

Site List:

beyondextremeenergy.org

facebook.com/CampWhitePinePA/

http://stopetp.org/

http://boldlouisiana.org

 

Apr 28, 2017

This week on Act Out!

Trump is trigger happy and making bank but is that not an American tradition – not just for commander-in-chiefs but the media lackeys sucking at the power teat?

Next up, Hamza and Intifada Street talk art in activism and finally

the march for science – what they got right and the important piece that's missing from their movement.

 

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Site List

www.marchforscience.com

www.intifadastreet.com/

 

Apr 21, 2017

This week:

the danger of absolutist thinking in a fluid and dynamic reality – i.e. the argument over whether something like a guaranteed income is worth the fight. We'll take a look at the concept and a buried study that sheds light on how it works.

Finally, Camila Thorndike joins us to talk about carbon pricing, making polluters pay, people prosper and the importance of local activism – particularly with the People's Climate March coming up.

 

Site List:

chesapeakeclimate.org/

 

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Apr 14, 2017

This week:

Justin Trudeau may seem an easy-on-the-eyes prince charming type but he is in fact this week's recipient of the low life scum award – here are 6 reasons why.

Next up, Canadian Climate System Scientist Paul Beckwith joins us to talk about climate change and the real tough solutions far beyond recycling and biking to work.

 

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Apr 7, 2017

This week:

former Black Panther Kiilu Nyasha talks racism, systemic corruption and the past and present of pointed fight & build activism.

Next, Flint is nearing its third year without clean water but it's far from the only place in the states that suffers from both poverty and poisoned water, land and air.

 

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Mar 25, 2017

This week:

You may have heard through the Wikileaks grapevine that the CIA has upped the surveillance state spy game – well, here's the scoop and what you can do, to keep spying eyes at bay.

Next up, a HUGE portion of your federal tax dollars go to war. If that doesn't sit well with you, here's one way – to resist

 

If you enjoy the show, please become a patron! A cup of coffee a month - help us keep acting out!

 

 

Site List:

www.ohshitwhatnow.org

https://ssd.eff.org/

nwtrcc.org/

 

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