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Act Out! [132] - You Live in a Bubble, Censor Dissenters, Learned Patriarchy & No NAFTA 2
You may not realize that everything you see online is, in fact, filtered. This week on Act Out!, we dive into various kinds of online censorship that are shaping our ever-more-narrowed world view.
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The TPP is Dead: The People, for Now, Have Defeated the Transnationals
The Obama administration faced reality on Friday when they recognized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would not be ratified by this Congress. The TPP is dead.
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Europe and Canada Approve CETA Corporate Trade Deal Despite Heavy Opposition
One of the driving arguments for CETA is that it will enable European firms to be more "competitive" in the Canadian market – and if that sounds eerily familiar to the promises made about NAFTA in 1994, it's because it is.
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People Vs Big Oil, Part I: Washington Victory Over Shell Oil Trains Signals A Turning Tide
Until 2016, the oil industry had been able to play trains and pipelines off each other – now, both are under relentless attack by indigenous people, public interest groups, environmental activists and a growing public consciousness.
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Act Out! [83] - Monsanto Taken to Court, A Global Food Fight, Bees & Lame Ducks
This week, Monsanto gets its day in court at the International Court of Justice in the Hague...
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Elizabeth Warren’s Latest TPP Warning Backed by 200 Legal Scholars
Warren and hundreds of legal and economic scholars are warning that the pact's Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions overturn well-established legal systems and threaten the rule of law.
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Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold
Rhetoric aside, Clinton is showing her full solidarity with Wall Street – most recently with the announcement that former Interior Secretary and oil and gas industry insider Ken Salazar will chair her transition team.
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Act Out! [64] — Forgotten Stories of Poisoned Water, Greedy Monsters & A Global Race to the Bottom
Some of the biggest issues facing our country are forgotten once the cameras switch off, but our ADD news cycle only makes us more vulnerable to repeat disasters like the Flint water crisis.
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Act Out! [62] - How to Fight the World's Dirtiest Energy, Corporate Coups & How the East Was Lost
This week on Act Out!, Break Free from fossil fuels, rebel against the fracking infrastructure, and glean some inspiration from our European anti-corporate coup comrades.
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TPP Under Fire in the U.S. As Other Countries Advance Towards Ratification
As the leading presidential candidates compete for who can bash U.S. trade policies the hardest, other countries have been pressing the gas on the secret controversial trade deal.
