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This Week on The Earth Wants YOU!

Billy and Savitri have returned from Greece and introduce their new global social movement #touristsagainsttrump

We also plan for Thursdays What Would You Pack? deportee solidarity action at Foley square in Manhattan.

Later we have an interview from Greece with Daniel Wetzel a veteran of radical experimental theatre.

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We get an update from Savitri and Billy from Greece and their #touristsagainsttrump protests in Athens. The Stop Shopping Choir have a round table discussion over the action.

We have Peter Rugh from The Indypendent in the studio to discuss his recent arrest in New Jersey and their victory in getting newspaper boxes back on the streets in record time.

We also have music from Hondurus and News of the Natural World.

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Savitri and Reverend Billy are still in Greece and give us an update on their travels and how it feels to be in the philosophical basin of the world while the Trump regime rages on in the US.

Sarah Schulman joins us again for an interview about how to build a successful movement, how Act UP acted and what tactics are necessary to make some change.

We have music from Europe, a brief proverbial mention of the football World Cup, Extinctions Got Talent, News From the Natural World.

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Sarah Schulman comes in for an interview about the history of AIDS in New York and how the first step is always activism.

The Water Crisis dominates the news.

Before that we have notes from Athens sent to us by Savitri and Billy as they tour Greece.

This week we bring a bonus episode of The Earth Wants YOU! produced in collaboration with Sprouts, radio from the grassroots.

We continue the story of the Sanctuary movement in New York City. We focus on the activities of ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) in the US and how the public have reacted.

We follow the activism of immigrant rights groups in New York City such as Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, The New Sanctuary Coalition and countless others as they try stop ICE in their tracks.

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Glen Cantave joins us. Glen is the founder of Movers and Shakers a coalition that executes direct action and advocacy campaigns for marginalized communities using virtual reality, augmented reality and the creative arts. He talks about being in Charlottesville confronting white nationalists, hope in the age of Trump and how to be an effective activist.

Also this week Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir protested outside the EPA offices in New York City, we have live footage and reports.

News Of The Natural World and Extinctions Got Talent there as well as always.

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We discuss the recent death of trans refugee Roxana Hernandez who was failed by the State recently and paid the price with her life, dying in ICE custody. We demand justice.

The iconic Ashley Brockington comes in to discuss the changing face of New York City's weird and wild scene at which shes been the centre of for decades.

Reverend Billy preaches up a storm and Savitri D delivers her report from the Natural World

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Reverend Billy and Savitri D, bring in Mark and Emer, two young Irish people who flew home to vote in the recent momentous referendum to Repeal the 8th Amendment in Ireland which prohibited abortion.

We also discuss the battle to Save Union Square, the tactics which were used and the creative actions that took place.

We have the Irish Pine Martin as our extinct animal and Reverend Billy answers questions on the Trump Depression Hotline.

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We talk about Irelands upcoming referendum to Repeal the 8th ammendment, we listen to the long and scary News From the Natural World, we celebrate the Royal Wedding with a song from PJ Harvey and interview two longtime Brooklyn Activists about how to improve our neighbourhood and protest effectively.

A World Without Birdsong and Wind by The Church of Stop Shopping