From #NoDAPL to #BlackLivesMatter and beyond
"Police violence is an environmental justice issue...Abolition should be a demand of environmental justice." - Nick Estes. This week we bring you an edited extract from a wide-ranging discussion between Indigenous academics Kim TallBear and Nick Estes, who locate the current uprising in the United States within a larger context of capitalism and colonialism, and a long history of resistance. Guests: Kim TallBear; Nick Estes. Links:Indigenous Resistance Against Oil Pipelines During a Pandemic [video] The Red Nation 'Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic…
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