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Coming up at The Action Lab

Common, Ana Tijoux & Lemon Andersen @ City Winery

July 23, 2025

7:00 pm

Join us Wednesday, July 23 at 7PM at City Winery NYC for a powerful night honoring Harry Belafonte and celebrating @common as The Action Lab’s 2025 Belafonte Fellow—a distinction recognizing artists who carry forward Belafonte’s commitment to justice through culture. Hosted by @lemon.andersen with live performances by @common , @anatijoux, @djdacel & more!

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Comedy for Organizers

In this experimental workshop, we will practice letting the absurdities, contradictions, failures, and difficulties of organizing unlock our innate and contagious powers of humor.

Salsa Saturday

Join us for a night of live Salsa music and dancing at Alewife Brewing, cohosted with Queens Rising!

The Action Lab Presents Red Watch Parties

Join us as we watch a classic lecture by Stuart Hall— delivered on the 100th anniversary of Karl Marx’s passing—in which he wrestles with Marx’s legacy, not as dogma, but as a living, breathing method for analyzing the contradictions of capitalist society.

Confronting Plutocracy: A Conversation with Juan Grabois & Itai Hagman

As global power increasingly favors the ultra-wealthy, Argentina faces intensified challenges under Javier Milei's government, which prioritizes the rich at the expense of essential social protections.

My Dying City ft. Kangalee Arts Ensemble

As part of our Artists in Action series, we’re proud to present My Dying City: The Social Justice Suicide Hour, a powerful new work-in-progress by Dennis Leroy Kangalee and the Kangalee Arts Ensemble.

Dismantling Racial Capitalism ft. Aziz Rana

Our Dismantling Racial Capitalism series continues! Join us on Friday, April 25, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Kimmel Center 909 (60 Washington Square South) for a powerful conversation with legal scholar and author Aziz Rana.

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