Podcasts by The Red Nation Podcast
The Red Nation Podcast features discussions on Indigenous history, politics, and culture from a left perspective. Hosted by Nick Estes and Jen Marley with help from our friend and comrade Sina. The Red Nation Podcast is also the home of Red Power Hour, hosted by Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz.
Our show is entirely supported by our patrons on Patreon, support the show and get access to bonus content and other patron exclusive benefits here: Patreon.com/redmediapr
Website: therednation.org
Follow the hosts on Twitter @nickwestes and @JenMarley1680 and the Red Nation @The_Red_Nation.
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Healing Maui w/ Noelani Ahia from 2023-09-11T05:00
Last month's Maui wildfires were devastating. While mainstream media covered the s...
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Roundtable: SCOTUS and the question of Native sovereignty from 2023-07-05T05:00
*This is a preview of the latest bonus episode of The Red Nation Podcast. To listen to the entire conversation (which runs almost 90 mins!) subs...
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#TruthBack: Dispelling misinformation about the greater Chaco region from 2023-07-03T05:00
TRN Podcast co-host Jen Marley hosts a discussion with Janene Yazzie (@SixthWorldSol) and ...
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Indigenous Congress for Decolonization: El Salvador Debrief from 2023-06-26T05:00
In January 2023, TRN sent a delegation to El Salvador for the Indigenous Congress for Decolonization, which seeks to unite leaders, thinkers, Indigenous intellectuals, land defenders, and member...
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The "rediscovery" of America w/ Ned Blackhawk from 2023-06-19T05:00
US history is a contested academic discipline, especially for Native historians. Yale historian Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) has ...
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MMIWG is not a #$%&^*@ trend! from 2023-06-12T05:00
RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie discuss the award-winning podcast series Listen
Buried in the red dirt w/ Frances Hasso from 2023-05-16T04:22
*Producer's note: This is a preview of an episode I posted on my show, The East Is a Podcast. You can listen to the entire episode by subscribing to the...
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(Preview) The ocean connects us: debrief from O'ahu (pt.2) from 2023-03-21T01:26
The TRUTH Project: Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing (pt.1) from 2023-03-13T05:00
Happy Red Books Day! from 2023-02-21T09:54
Red Media is ecstatic to announce the launch of Freedom to Read!
Join Kiley and Justine as they discuss the history of Red Media and how Freedom to Read has come to fruition. Freedom to R...
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Urban Farm not Toxic Harm: Defend East Phillips w/ Joe Vital&Rachel Thunder from 2023-02-20T06:00
The city of Minneapolis wants to demolish a neighborhood warehouse to build a toxic truck yard in the historic Native and immigrant community of East Phillips. Residents are fighting back agains...
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(Preview) The Leonard Peltier Mixtape from 2023-02-06T08:00
A compilation of different clips to mark the International Day of Solidarity w...
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(Preview) Reservation Dogs Season Two from 2023-01-30T06:00
Red Power Hour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie do a deep dive into the second season of Reservation Dogs.
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(Preview) AMA 2.0 from 2023-01-23T06:00
Red Nation comrades Jen Marley, Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Melanie Yazzie take patron questions. Guest hosted by Justine Teba.
Weasel Skin Farms w/ Randy Scott from 2022-12-26T06:00
The Red Nation Podcast Tour 2022
Join Justine and Kyon in Southern Ute Territory for a tour of Weasel Skin Farms and a conversation with our comrade Randy. This episode includes thunder,...
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An Enemy Such As This: Live in Gallup from 2022-08-15T05:00:20
Red Nation comrade Melanie Yazzie hosts this live event exploring the life and legacy of Larry Casuse, featuring Ursula C. Carillo, Erika Casuse, author David Correia, and a musical performance ...
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Daddio, JC&the Spook are a toxic trio from 2022-08-08T05:00:42
RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie tackle the thorny topic of the church in light of the Pope’s highly publicized, rece...
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Daddio, JC&the Spook are a toxic trio from 2022-08-08T05:00:42
RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie tackle the thorny topic of the church in light of the Pope’s highly publicized, rece...
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(Preview) Hybrid warfare and sanctions w/ Vijay Prashad from 2022-04-05T14:56:10
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Arrows of Love from 2022-03-14T05:00:07
Red Power Hour hosts Melanie Yazzie and Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) are joined by Red Nation comrade Kiley Guy to talk about love.
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(Preview) YOTED: The Jeffery Epstein Files from 2022-03-06T06:00:55
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Fresh Banana Leaves w/ Jessica Hernandez from 2022-02-28T06:00
Jessica Hernandez (@doctora_nature) is a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest.
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Indigenous Plurinationalism w/ New Amauta (Pt.2) from 2022-02-14T06:00:33
New Amauta (@Amautanew) joins Nick Estes (@nickwestes) for a discussion on the roots of Indigenous resi...
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Wetsuweten Mixtape from 2022-02-10T06:00:16
This episode mixes smaller audio segments from 3 previous episodes on Wetsuweten resistance from January 2020, February 2020 and December 2021. This mixtape is the first in a series that combines t...
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Time for the Reverse Mayflower from 2022-01-31T06:00:09
Red Power Hour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) is joined by Jennifer Marley(@JenMarley1680) an...
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Time for the Reverse Mayflower from 2022-01-31T06:00:09
Red Power Hour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) is joined by Jennifer Marley(@JenMarley1680) an...
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The War on Terror&the “crusading society” w/ Adnan Husain (Pt.2) from 2022-01-24T06:00:50
Historian and co-host of Guerrilla History Podcast (@guerrilla_pod) Adnan Husain (@adnanahusain) see...
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In Memory of Clyde Bellecourt from 2022-01-22T06:00:53
Clyde Bellecourt was an Ojibwe leader and one of the founding members of the American Indian Movement (AIM). He gave this convocation in October 1971 to students at Augsburg University titled "C...
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Traveling While Indigenous from 2022-01-17T06:00
Red Power Hour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie kick off 2022 discussing something we all want but can’t have right now: ...
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The War on Terror&the “crusading society” w/ Adnan Husain (Pt.1) from 2022-01-10T06:00
Historian and co-host of Guerrilla History Podcast (@guerrilla_pod) Adnan Husain (@adnanahusain) ...
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(Preview) On "patriotic" socialism from 2022-01-05T06:00
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Hope is Revolutionary, Hope is Indigenous (Pt.2) from 2022-01-03T06:00
Red Power Hour is back!
RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie break down the major stories for Indigenous liberatio...
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Unsettling Mormonism w/ nic&Kobi from 2021-12-27T06:00
TRN Podcast co-hosts Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) talk to nic and Kobi a...
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Hope is Revolutionary, Hope is Indigenous (Pt.1) from 2021-12-20T06:00
Red Power Hour is back!
RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie break down the major stories for Indigenous liberatio...
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Sabino vive! The legacy of an Indigenous revolutionary w/ Fidel Acosta “Küpa” from 2021-12-13T06:00
We talk with comrade Fidel about the Yukpa Indigenous revolutionary Sabino Romero and his life, legacy, and role in the Bolivarian Revolution.
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Shut Down Red Hill, Ola I Ka Wai w/ Shelley Muneoka from 2021-12-10T20:02:03
A Navy storage facility built in Red Hill during WWII has been leaking jet fuel underground on Oʻahu for decades. Uahikea talks with Listen
(Preview) Nick Estes in conversation with Jorge Arreaza from 2021-12-08T06:00
Jorge Arreaza is the Minister of Industries and National Production in Venezuela. Red Nation Podcast co-host Nick Estes spoke to him in Caracas in late November 2021.
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COP26: 0/10 Sheep; Native Liberation: 10/10 Sheep from 2021-12-06T06:00
Red Power Hour is back! RPH host Melanie Yazzie and TRN Podcast host Jennifer Marley (@JenMarley1680) are joined by TRN comrades Justine Teba and...
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All out for Wedzin Kwa w/ Sleydo and Jen Wickham from 2021-12-01T16:20:39
Wing Chief Sleydo and Jen Wickham of Cas Yikh House in Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation discuss the ongoing struggle at Gidimt’en Checkpoint against the Coastal GasLink pipeline and RCM...
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“Be worried about now!” w/ Vijay Prashad from 2021-11-29T06:00
Director of the Tricontinental Institute (@tri_continental) Vijay Prashad (@vijayprasjad) talks...
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[ARCHIVE] National Day of Mourning: 400 years of genocide and resistance w/ Kisha&Mahtowin from 2021-11-25T15:27:16
*Episode originally posted November 2020*
Kisha James and Mahtowin Munro from United American Indians of New England talk about the importance of the National Day of Mourning and destroyi...
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[ARCHIVE] Alcatraz is not an island w/ LaNada War Jack from 2021-11-25T15:14:31
*Episode originally posted November 2019*
LaNada War Jack, a Shoshone Bannock elder and activist, explains her role in the 1969 Alcatraz occupation, a watershed moment in the Red Power mo...
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That Owl Though from 2021-11-22T06:00
Red Power Hour is back! In this episode RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz and Melanie Yazzie break down the first historic season of the FX series Reservation Dogs.
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The world’s oldest oppression w/ Valeria Reynoso from 2021-11-15T06:00
Co-host Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) talks with Valeria Reynoso about the colonial origins of the sex trade and what liberal feminist discourse ce...
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[ARCHIVE] Veterans' Day&the Demilitarization of Indian Country w/ Krystal Two Bulls from 2021-11-11T18:49:24
*Episode originally posted November 2020*
Krystal Two Bulls is a Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota anti-war veteran and organizer. For Veterans' Day, she joins us to discuss the militar...
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Throw Down Unapologetically from 2021-11-08T06:00
Red Power Hour is back!
TRN Podcast host Jennifer Marley @JenMarley1680 joins RPH host Melanie Yazzie and TRN comrades Kiley Guy and Tara ...
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Fear of a white genocide w/ Blanca Estevez and Austin Gonzalez from 2021-11-01T05:00
Blanca Estevez (@best__ev) and Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus) from the DSA International Committe...
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(Preview) Halloween (1978) from 2021-10-30T05:00
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(Preview) In defense of Bolivia and Evo Morales w/ Nick Estes from 2021-10-26T22:53:51
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Growing a Movement at X University w/ Sam Howden from 2021-10-25T05:00
Food sovereignty scholar and urban farmer Sam Howden (Red River Métis) talks with Uahikea Maile (@uahikea) about the growing movement to rename Ryerson...
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(Preview) YOTED: Red Reds, COINTELPRO, and the FBI (pt.1) from 2021-10-21T05:00
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Bolivia is medicine for the world w/ Vivi Camacho from 2021-10-18T05:00
Vivi Camacho (@LuzFloreciendo) is Quechua and the General Director of Traditional Medicine for the Plurinational State of Bolivia. She talks abo...
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Pueblo Elders panel at Native Liberation 2021 from 2021-10-11T05:00
Maurus Chino, Petuuche Gilbert, and Honorable Verna Teller share their experience doing social and political organizing and offer words of wisdom for future generations.
[ARCHIVE] A history of the American Indian Movement w/ Nick Estes from 2021-10-04T05:00
*Episode originally posted August 2020*
Nick Estes, author of "Our His...
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[ARCHIVE] The Scam of Reconciliation w/ Eva Jewell from 2021-09-30T16:39:37
*Episode originally posted January 2021*
Dr. Eva Jewell (Ma'iingan Dodem)—Anishinaabekwe from Deshkan Ziibiing with Haudenosaunee lineage—explains that Canadian reconciliation wi...
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The war on Native children w/ Rebecca Nagle from 2021-09-27T05:00
Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) talks about the new season of This Land podcast, which investigates how and why rightwing corpor...
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Honky Logic and Afghanistan from 2021-09-20T05:00
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RPH host Melanie Yazzie is joined by TRN Podcast co-hosts Jennifer Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Nick Estes ( Listen
Line 3 ain’t over w/ Tara Houska from 2021-09-13T05:00
Anishnaabe lawyer Tara Houska (@zhaabowekwe) joins us from the frontlines to discuss how the Indigenous-led fight against the Line 3 tar sands pipe...
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US frontiers as forever wars w/ Alex Aviña from 2021-09-06T05:00
Historian Alex Aviña joins us to discuss the origins of the US war on terror in frontier expansion, Indian killing, and anticommunism.
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The international struggle against Bolsonaro w/ Jacobin and Progressive International from 2021-09-02T05:00
Nathália Urban (@UrbanNathalia) interviews David Adler (@davidrkadler) and Nick Estes (Listen
We Didn’t Start the Fire - Part II from 2021-08-30T05:00
Red Power Hour is back! RPH host Melanie Yazzie is joined by TRN Podcast co-host Jennifer Marley (JenMarley1680) for part two of our two-part ser...
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Dr. Kim TallBear - "Making Love and Relations: Beyond Settler Sexualities" (2016) from 2021-08-23T05:00
In this talk, Dr. Kim TallBear (@KimTallBear) discusses the politics of Indigenous kinship in relation to settler constructs of marriage and monoga...
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#ParoPlurinacional: National Strike in Guatemala from 2021-08-17T05:00
Mayan activist Andrea Ixchiu (@Andreakomio) provides an overview of what is taking place in Guatemala, the demands of Indigenous communities such a...
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#ParoPlurinacional en Guatemala from 2021-08-17T05:00
Andrea Ixchiu, una activista maya, brinda un panorama de lo que está sucediendo en Guatemala, las demandas de las comunidades indígenas como los llamados a un gobierno plurinacional, entre otros...
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We Didn’t Start the Fire from 2021-08-16T05:00
Red Power Hour is back! The Red Nation podcast co-host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (Listen
Pueblo Revolt Day w/ Beata Tsosi-Peña from 2021-08-11T05:00
Tewa organizer, poet, and doula Beata Tsosi-Peña (@BeataTsosiePena) talks about becoming aware of nuclear colonialism in her homelands,...
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What do I write about? w/ Joseph Marshall III from 2021-08-10T05:00
In this keynote address to the Oak Lake Writers' Society, Joseph Marshall III explores the issues and concerns of tribal writers, regarding subject matter, genre, and the ever-present "who gets ...
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Do rivers have rights? w/ Faith Spotted Eagle from 2021-08-09T05:00
Ihanktonwan Dakota elder Faith Spotted Eagle talks about the history of Mnisose, the Missouri River, and what it means to be a Water Protector of the Missouri River bio-region.
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Boarding school stories w/ Mary Annette Pember from 2021-08-02T05:00
Ojibwe journalist Mary Annette Pember (@mapember) talks about deep family histories of Native boarding schools.
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Line 3 and Red Lake Treaty Camp w/ Sasha Beaulieu from 2021-07-28T05:00
Sasha Beaulieu, Red Lake Nation's Tribal Monitor, talks about the Line 3 struggle.
The day after this was filmed, Enbridge moved the drill to the river. Urgent action is needed. Here's ho...
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In Memory of Haunani-Kay Trask from 2021-07-26T05:00
Haunani-Kay Trask was the leader of the modern Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
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Just Keep Driving, Nathan! from 2021-07-19T05:00
Red Power Hour is back!
Melodie Meyer joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss Rutherford Falls, a ne...
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American Indian boarding schools w/ Denise Lajimodiere from 2021-07-12T05:00
Anishnaabe artist and scholar Denise Lajimodiere (@DLajimodiere) discusses the history US Indian boarding schools and their enduring legacies.
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No Apologies, Land Back from 2021-07-05T05:00
Red Power Hour is back! The Red Nation podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) joins RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (Listen
Seeds back, land back! w/ Kayleigh Warren and Chasity Salvador from 2021-06-28T16:34:42
Kayleigh Warren and Chasity Salvador join host Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) to discuss the reclamation of Pueblo farming practices, climate change,...
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Pride month: a queer Indigenous feminist perspective from 2021-06-21T20:30:47
Melanie, Jen (@JenMarley1680), and Kenard discuss the commodification of pride, pinkwashing, identity politics, beating pessimism, and what we sh...
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“We have to fight, or we’re going to drown” (1976) from 2021-06-14T05:00
Yet-Si Blue (Janet McCloud) was a co-founder of Women of All Red Nations. She connects Indigenous spirituality to contemporary resistance, sovereignty, and the leadership of Indigenous women. Listen
Indians watching Indians from 2021-06-07T05:00
Guests Justine Teba and Nicole Martin join #RedPowerHour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) to discuss the best and worst of indigenous people on ...
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What is imperialism? w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly (Pt.2) from 2021-05-31T05:00
Charisse Burden-Stelly (@blackleftaf) is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and host of Listen
To Palestine, with love from 2021-05-24T05:00
Join guest Justine Teba and #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss the ongoing fight for the liberation...
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Decolonization in Palestine w/ Ussama Makdisi from 2021-05-17T14:04:27
Historian Ussama Makdisi discusses about the current uprisings in Palestine and the enduring legacy of the Nakba.
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MMIWG2S+: No more red hand prints! from 2021-05-10T05:00
Red Power Hour is back!
Guests Jennifer Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Cheyenne Antonio join RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (Listen
What is imperialism? w/ Charisse Burden-Stelly (Pt.1) from 2021-05-03T05:00
Charisse Burden-Stelly (@blackleftaf) is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and host of Listen
Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation from 2021-04-30T13:50:56
Red Media is proud to present the publication of Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation.
Red Nation Rising is the first book ever to investigate and explain the ...
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The Red Deal: Decolonization or Extinction from 2021-04-26T05:00
Red Media and Common Notions are pleased to announce the publication of The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth. Authored by two dozen Indigenous revolutionaries, The Red Deal is a pol...
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Earth Day special: "Acts of war" w/ John Trudell from 2021-04-23T19:15:16
In celebration of Earth Day, we present a 1980 speech by John Trudell on revolution and loyalty to the earth.
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In Memory of Carrie Dann from 2021-04-19T05:00
On January 2nd, Western Shoshone land and treaty defender, Carrie Dann, passed on into the spirit world. This is a tribute to her life and work.
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Godzilla vs. Kong; It's an Indian Thing from 2021-04-11T04:00
Red Power Hour is reporting back from Hollow Earth! Guests Zitkato (@BandsIsland), Jennifer Marley (@J...
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#NativeReads ep. 12: The Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition w/ Sarah Hernandez from 2021-04-05T04:00
Nick Estes interviews Sicangu scholar Sarah Hernandez about the Oceti Sakowin literary tradition.
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Dances With Wolves: We Watched it so You Don't Have to from 2021-03-29T04:00
Red Power Hour is back after a two month break! Guests Zitkato (@BandsIsland) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes)...
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#NativeReads ep. 11: Our History is the Future w/ Nick Estes from 2021-03-22T06:00
Sarah Hernandez interviews Kul Wicasa historian Nick Estes about his book Our History Is The Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Res...
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"Rebellions are built on hope": Star Wars and settler colonialism from 2021-03-15T05:00
Guest host Zitkato (@BandsIsland) is joined by Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay), Demet...
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(Preview) "First and Foremost: Landback" - Prutehi Litekyan/ Save Ritidian from 2021-03-12T06:00
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Decolonizing Guam w/ Jessica Nangauta, Maria Henandez, and Monaeka Flores from 2021-03-02T06:00
We talk with organizers of Prutehi Litekyan/ Save Ritidian (PLSR) about the militarization of Guam and the Chamorro people's Listen
The myth of "sex work" w/ Esperanza Fonseca and Khara Jabola-Carolus from 2021-02-22T06:00
All walls must fall w/ Harsha Walia from 2021-02-15T05:00
Harsha Walia discusses her new book, Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism, t...
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Seven Generations of Red Power from 2021-02-13T18:19:37
Hosted by the Albuquerque Museum
This panel brings together several generations of Red Power activists from its founders to its present day pa...
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(Preview) Anne Spice - "Blood Memory" from 2021-02-11T18:46:40
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Canada is illegal w/ Karla Tait&Anne Spice from 2021-02-08T05:00
Karla Tait, a member of the Unist’ot’en House Group of the Gilseyhu Clan, joins Anne Spice, a Tlingit member of Kwanlin Dun First Nation, for a discussion on the one-year anniversary of RCMP rai...
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Public land is stolen land w/ Dina Gilio-Whitaker from 2021-02-01T05:00
Dina Gilio-Whitaker joins hosts Jen Marl...
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Settlers Gone Wild: Inauguration Hangover from 2021-01-25T05:00
Kim Tallbear, Andray Domise, and Melanie Yazzie jo...
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Hank Adams: In Memoriam from 2021-01-25T00:59:27
Hank Adams (1943-2020) was a renowned Red Power activist from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. In this recording, Adams talks to long time friend Billy Frank Jr. about the Northwest fishing war...
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The Scam of Reconciliation w/ Eva Jewell from 2021-01-18T06:00
Dr. Eva Jewell (Ma'iingan Dodem)—Anishinaabekwe from Deshkan Ziibiing with Haudenosaunee lineage—explains that Canadian reconciliation with Indigenous peoples won’t be fulfilled until 2074. Uahi...
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Settlers Gone Wild: Capitol Hill Edition from 2021-01-11T06:00
The Red Nation comrades Melanie Yazzie and Sina Rahm...
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Protecting Maunakea in a Time of COVID w/ Shelley Muneoka from 2021-01-04T06:00
Indigenous Architecture: Building Historical Consciousness from 2020-12-29T06:00
Indigenous scholars Elsa Hoover, Chris Cornelius, and Nick Estes discuss the role that architecture, infrastructure, and land play in building historical consciousness.
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Venezuela: Sanctions and Democracy from 2020-12-23T05:00
Report-back and observations on the current political situation featuring: Zoe PC, Listen
John Trudell - "Power, Authority and Tribal Genocide" (1994) from 2020-12-21T02:08:29
Happy holidays, comrades! Enjoy this special archival episode with noted Dakota poet and revolutionary, John Trudell. Pilamayaye for all the support!
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(Preview) Nothing new about (Neo)colonialism w/Lou and Nicolás from 2020-12-18T05:00
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(Preview) Anti-imperialism, policing and decolonization after the Trump presidency feat. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz from 2020-12-15T05:00
The first fifteen minutes of a webinar hosted by the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI). Please check out the e...
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“Who’z Ya People?”: Being Lumbee and Indigenous in the South (Pt. 2) from 2020-12-14T06:00
Second half of the conversation between guest host Jorden Revels and Lumbee scholar Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery exploring the social, polit...
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(Preview) YOTED: Are Indian Reservations Socialism? from 2020-12-09T01:48:35
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“Who’z Ya People?”: Being Lumbee and Indigenous in the South (Pt. 1) from 2020-12-07T07:00
Guest host Jorden Revels is joined by Lumbee scholar Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery in discussing the social, political, and cultural dynamics...
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Guatemala: #NoNosPela (Español) from 2020-12-01T12:16:31
(This episode is in Spanish!)
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Guatemala: #NoNosPela from 2020-12-01T12:14:12
Andrea Ixchíu , Floridalma Boj Lopez , and Listen
(Unlocked) I want to be YOTED w/ Lou Cornum (pt.1) from 2020-11-30T06:00
Unlocked from behind the paywall!
Lou Cornum talks about government coverups from an Indigenous perspective, covering New Mexico as a site for conspiracy theories as well as the popular T...
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[ARCHIVE] Alcatraz is not an island w/ LaNada War Jack (2019) from 2020-11-28T07:00
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LaNada War Jack, a Shoshone Bannock elder and activist, explains her role in the 1969 Alcatraz occupation, a watershed moment in the Red Power movement. Nov...
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[ARCHIVE] Alcatraz is not an island w/ LaNada War Jack (2019) from 2020-11-28T07:00
[REPOSTING FROM NOVEMBER 2019]
LaNada War Jack, a Shoshone Bannock elder and activist, explains her role in the 1969 Alcatraz occupation, a watershed moment in the Red Power movement. Nov...
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National Day of Mourning: 400 years of genocide and resistance w/ Kisha&Mahtowin from 2020-11-26T06:00
Kisha James and Mahtowin Munro from United American Indians of New England talk about the importance of the National Day of Mourning and destroying 400 years of the Pilgrim mythology.
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Sounds from Sovereignty Camp from 2020-11-25T18:59:14
The Red Nation is proud to stand with the Warriors of the Sunrise in occupying their aboriginal territory Canoe Place, desecrated by the construction of Sunrise...
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#NativeReads ep. 10: Memory Songs w/ Lydia Whirlwind Soldier from 2020-11-23T06:00
Lakota author Lydia Whirlwind Soldier talks about her collection Memory Songs
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North Carolina Keeps Breaking My Heart w/ Nick Martin from 2020-11-16T06:00
Sappony journalist Nick Martin talks about Trumpism, the elections, the politics of writing, and what it means to be Native in the South.
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Veterans' Day & the Demilitarization of Indian Country w/ Krystal Two Bulls from 2020-11-10T21:32:55
Krystal Two Bulls is a Northern Cheyenne and Oglala Lakota anti-war veteran and organizer. For Veterans' Day, she joins us to discuss the militarization of Indian Country, and how to end it.
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Post-Election Hangover Special from 2020-11-08T15:35:42
Our comrades Kumars and Roqayah from Delete Your Account Podcast, Andray from Rezistans Nwa, and J...
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(Preview) I want to be YOTED w/ Lou Cornum (pt.2) from 2020-11-05T23:45:25
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The Savage US Constitution w/ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz from 2020-11-02T06:00
Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz explains how the drafting of the US Constitution aimed to finance endless Indian wars. Next we ask whether or not the US is a democracy.
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Another left wave in Latin America? w/ Camila Escalante from 2020-10-29T00:28:22
Journalist Camila Escalante talks about the future of the left in Latin America, following the historic Bolivian elections. Listen
(Preview) I want to be YOTED w/ Lou Cornum (pt.1) from 2020-10-27T20:46:59
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Zombies! w/ Cutcha Risling Baldy from 2020-10-26T05:00
Hupa scholar Cutcha Risling Baldy gives us her theory of the zombie apocalypse.
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Victory in Bolivia! w/ Ollie Vargas from 2020-10-23T23:58:37
Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the Bolivian election and what this means for Indigenous movements and the left.
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YOTED: Debunking Ancient Aliens from 2020-10-19T05:00
Zitkato from Bands of Turtle Islands joins us to debunk the ancient aliens conspiracy theory. This is the first episode of YOTED, where we debunk ra...
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#NativeReads ep. 9: Whereas w/ Layli Long Soldier from 2020-10-17T02:17:45
Joel Waters interviews Oglala Lakota author Layli Long Soldier about her collection of poetry Whereas
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY SPECIAL 20 Point Program (Ft. Nick Estes) from 2020-10-12T17:04:46
From our friends at the Bands of Turtle Island (@BandsIsland) podcast:
In this episode Zitkato interviews Nick Estes from the Red Nation and author of Our History is the Future about the 2...
Land Back w/ Nickita Longman, Emily Riddle, & Lindsay Nixon from 2020-10-05T05:00
We talk to the Indigenous contributors and editors — Nickita Longman, Emily Riddle, Lindsay Nixon — of the Briarpatch issue on "Land Back."
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"I have seen the future" w/ Mark Tilsen from 2020-09-24T01:20:46
Lakota Water Protector and poet Mark Tilsen talks about frontline land defense and his book of poetry It Ain't Over Until We're Smoking Cigars On The Drill Pad (2019).
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(Unlocked) Bonus Episode 47: Behind the buckskin curtain pt. 2 w/ Jana Schmieding from 2020-09-23T21:28:44
Lakota writer, actor, and comedian Jana Schmieding pulls back the buckskin curtain on the politics of Natives in film and entertainment. In the second part of the interview, we review the Westworld...
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Tear down the walls w/ the O'odham Anti-Border Collective from 2020-09-21T05:00
O'odham Land Defenders Nellie Jo David, Amber Ortega, Napoleon Marrietta, and Amrah Saloman talk about resisting border imperialism and state repression.
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#NativeReads ep. 8: Anti-Indianism in Modern America w/ Elizabeth Cook-Lynn from 2020-09-16T22:52:20
Margaret Cook interviews her mother the Dakota scholar Elizabeth Cook-Lynn about her seminal book Anti-Indianism in Modern America: A View from Tatekeya's Earth.
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#AbolishAPD: Blue Leaks w/ Keegan & David from 2020-09-14T05:31:28
Researchers Keegan James Sarmiento Kloer and David Correia (@AbolishAPD) discuss Blue Leaks, a data dump that shows corporate-public partnerships between big box retailers and the Albuquerque Polic...
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(Preview) Bonus Episode 47: Behind the buckskin curtain pt. 2 w/ Jana Schmieding from 2020-09-07T21:01:59
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Behind the buckskin curtain pt. 1 w/ Jana Schmieding from 2020-09-07T03:14:21
Lakota writer, actor, and comedian Jana Schmieding pulls back the buckskin curtain on the politics of Natives in film and entertainment. In the first part of this interview, we review the final ...
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Fascism, freedom, fiction w/ Arundhati Roy from 2020-09-02T17:54:53
Indian writer Arundhati Roy talks about her new book of essays, Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
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The end of US empire? w/ Kim TallBear from 2020-08-31T05:00
Dakota scholar Kim TallBear talks about the end of US empire and what that means for Indigenous people.
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Learning & unlearning w/ Noname from 2020-08-25T04:01:30
Rapper and activist Noname joins us for wide-ranging discussion on celebrity culture, social media, the Black Radical Tradition, and so much more.
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A history of the American Indian Movement w/ Nick from 2020-08-23T19:24:22
Nick, author of "Our History is the Future" and co-founder of The Red Nat...
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A history of the American Indian Movement w/ Nick Estes from 2020-08-23T19:24:22
Nick Estes, author of "Our History is the Future" and co-founder of The R...
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#AbolishAPD: Operation Legend w/ David, Ernesto, & Selinda from 2020-08-19T05:00
David Correia, Ernesto Longa, and Selinda Guerrero talk about #AbolishAPD and Albuquerque's participation in Trump's Operation Legend.
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Uprising in Bolivia w/ Ollie Vargas from 2020-08-17T05:00
Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) from Kawsashun News (@KawsaschunNews) returns to the show to discuss the recent uprisings and calls to restore restore democracy in Bolivia.
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(TEASER) Red Power Hour launch w/ Amanda Blackhorse from 2020-08-10T22:42:17
The Red Nation Podcast announces our spinoff series, Red Power Hour hosted by Melanie Yazzie!
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#NativeReads ep. 7: Custer Died for Your Sins w/ Phil Deloria from 2020-08-10T04:19:15
Nick Estes interviews historian Phil Deloria about his father's classic book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manif...
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(Unlocked) Not "a nation of immigrants" w/ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz from 2020-08-03T05:00
Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from her forthcoming book debunking the claim that the United States is "a nation of immigrants."
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#NativeReads ep. 6: Not without Our Consent w/ Edward Valandra from 2020-07-30T05:10:03
Tasiyagnunpa Livermont Barondeau interviews Edward Valandra about his book Not without Our Consent: Lakota...
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#NativeReads ep. 5: Witness w/ Monica Braine from 2020-07-22T12:47:27
Lanniko Lee interviews Monica Braine about Witness: A Hunkpapha Historian's Strong-Heart Song of the Lakotas by Josephine...
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Washington bullets w/ Vijay Prashad from 2020-07-20T05:00
Vijay Prashad, the director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, talks about his new b...
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Oklahoma: welcome to the rez w/ Rebecca Nagle from 2020-07-14T05:00
Rebecca Nagle, Cherokee journalist and host of the This Land podcast, breaks down the recent M...
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Red Power Hour ep. 6: Colonizer down w/ Lou & Elena from 2020-07-12T16:10:27
Thoughts and prayers to colonizer statues everywhere. It's time for #LandBack.
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#NativeReads ep. 4: The Soul of the Indian w/ Kate Beane from 2020-07-06T05:00
Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan interviews Kate Beane about the book The Soul of the Indian by Ohiyesa (Dr. Charles Eastman)....
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The fourth of you lie w/ Dallas Goldtooth from 2020-07-03T05:46:34
The Lakotas are demanding the removal of Mount Rushmore and the return of the Black Hills. Meanwhile, Trump is planning a July 3 visit to the "Shrine of Democracy," a site Natives have dubbed th...
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The Jakarta Method, anticommunism, & settler colonialism w/ Vincent Bevins from 2020-06-29T05:00
Journalist @Vinncent talks about his book, T...
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(Unlocked) Bonus episode 32: Resisting Canada & the Nakba w/ Nyla Matuk from 2020-06-27T23:55:52
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Nyla Matuk talks about the volume of First Nations poetry she edited, Resisting Canada: An Anthology of Poetry (2019), and the ongoing and intertwined leg...
Black reproductive justice w/ Dominique Remy from 2020-06-22T05:00
Filmmaker & journalist Dominique Remy (@CanaryFilmmaker) talks about "pre-existing conditions" of white supremacy that structures Black, Indige...
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The Black misleadership class w/ Devyn Springer from 2020-06-16T05:00
In light of the Black-led revolt, Devyn Springer (@HalfAtlanta), journalist and host of the Groundings podcast<...
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Red Power Hour ep. 5: Fighting settler fascism w/ Justine & Brandon from 2020-06-15T05:00
Settler fascist militias are on the rise, targeting Black and Indigenous people in New Mexico. Follow @abq161 for updates on NM anti-fascist organizing.
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Who killed Berta Cáceres? w/ Nina Lakhani from 2020-06-08T05:00
Interview with journalist Nina Lahkani on her new book Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet
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Abolition & COVID-19 w/ Nicolás Cruz, Mohamed Shehk, Emmy Rakete, Ruth Wilson Gilmore from 2020-06-05T18:00
Organizing abolition amidst a pandemic and a moment of uprising.
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How do you say Two-Spirit in Ojibwe? w/ Kai Minosh Pyle from 2020-06-04T21:11:39
For Pride month, a conversation on queer history, language, and liberation in Indian Country. Hosted by Lou Cornum.
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China & US relations w/ Kevin Li, Amanda Yee, & Alex Tom from 2020-05-26T16:59:29
A critical look at the US imperialist "pivot" to China in a time of pandemic.
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#NativeReads ep. 3: Waterlily w/ Faith Spotted Eagle from 2020-05-25T16:04:10
Lanniko Lee interviews Faith Spotted Eagle about Dakota author Ella Deloria's classic novel Waterlily.
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Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza w/ Osama Tanous, Noura Erakat & Ziad Abbas from 2020-05-16T23:51:22
Amidst a global pandemic, Israeli settler colonialism hasn't stopped. A panel commemorating the Nakba, the catastrophe.
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(Unlocked) From Turtle Island to Palestine w/ Noura Erakat from 2020-05-15T14:15:23
Unlocked from behind the paywall for Nakba day.
Renowned Palestinian international human rights jurist Noura Erakat is in conversation with Melanie and Justine from the Red Nation about de...
Turtle Island Palestine mixtape vol. 1 from 2020-05-14T05:00
Remembering the Nakba, the Catastrophe. Dedicated to Faris Odeh, rest in power.
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#MMIWG, land, bodies, & consent w/ Cheyenne Antonio, Marissa Naranjo, & Melanie Yazzie from 2020-05-11T05:00
The National Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womxn and Girls is a struggle our communities face continuously and daily. An awareness day could only go so far, as our tribal c...
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#NativeReads ep. 2: The Lakota Way w/ Joseph Marshall III from 2020-05-10T05:00
Patty Bourdeaux interviews Sicangu Lakota writer Joseph Marshall about his book The Lakota Way Listen
Sanctions on Iran w/ Sima Shakhsari & Yousef Baker from 2020-05-09T04:25:39
The historic and political context of US sanctions on Iran from an anti-imperialist perspective.
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Red Power Hour ep. 4: Navajo Nation, mutual aid, & bordertowns w/ Cleo & Brandon from 2020-05-04T05:00
We focus on the Navajo Nation and the violent racism of surrounding border towns during the pandemic, what Native mutual aid is doing, and what you can do to support.
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Organizing workers w/ Zenei Cortez, Kali Akuno, & Vijay Prashad from 2020-05-02T04:24:06
This May Day special brings together international perspectives from nurses, workers cooperatives, and socialist movements.
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Alaskan Natives & the corporation w/ Maria Shaa Tlaa Williams from 2020-04-27T05:00
Tlingit professor Maria Shaa Tlaa Williams breaks down the complex history of Alaska Natives and Alaska Native Corporations.
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COVID-19 in Indian Country w/ Chief Jerry Daniels, Destiny Morris, & Janene Yazzie from 2020-04-26T05:00
How are Native people responding to COVID-19? The second part of the #FridayNightForums webinar series co-hosted with the Arab Resource & Organizing Center and the Center for Political Education...
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#NativeReads ep. 1: The Oak Writers' Society from 2020-04-25T05:00
The Oak Lake Writers Society was the first tribal writers group of its kind. The #NativeReads campaign brings together their members and the work of many tribal writers from the D/N/Lakota liter...
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How universities benefit from stolen Native land w/ Tristan Ahtone & Bobby Lee from 2020-04-20T05:00
Historian Bobby Lee and Kiowa journalist Tristan Ahtone tell the story of how large public universities benefitted from the theft and expropriation of Indigenous land.
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Venezuela & sanctions w/ Abril Viscaya & Carolina Morales from 2020-04-18T05:14:03
Two Venezuelan activists talk about US sanctions against their country for the first part of the #FridayNightForums webinar series co-hosted with the Arab Resource & Organizing Center and the Ce...
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#NoDAPL political prisoners w/ Little Feather & Leoyla Cowboy from 2020-04-13T05:00
We sit down with Little Feather and Leoyla Cowboy to talk about an untold story of #NoDAPL political prisoners.
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Red Power Hour ep. 3: Coronashock w/ Lou & Nicolás from 2020-04-07T05:00
The COVID-19 pandemic grips the world. Comrades Nicolás Cruz and Lou Cornum join us to talk about Indian Country's response, rising eco-fascism, and how the US has used the crisis to advance int...
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No shorts, no losses & the morning star of US imperialism pt. 2 w/ Walter Johnson & Tef Poe from 2020-04-06T07:00
This is Part 2 of our conversation from last week.
St. Louis, MO once rose as the morning star of US imperialism. It has also been a laboratory of racial capitalism, from Indigenous genoc...
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#StandwithMashpee: "Our sin is our existence" w/ Jessie Little Doe Baird from 2020-04-04T07:00
The Vice-Chairwoman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation tells a 400-year history of fighting existence, from the Mayflower to Trump.
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No shorts, no losses & the morning star of US imperialism pt. 1 w/ Walter Johnson & Tef Poe from 2020-03-30T07:00
St. Louis, MO once rose as the morning star of US imperialism. It has also been a laboratory of racial capitalism, from Indigenous genocide and the fur trade to the police killing of Michael Bro...
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If nurses aren't safe, we're not safe w/ Jean Ross from 2020-03-25T16:27:11
Jean Ross is the President of National Nurses United (@NationalNurses), the largest nurses union in the United States and the profession on t...
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Coronavirus in Indian Country w/ Dean Seneca from 2020-03-24T16:24:48
Dean Seneca is an epidemiologist from the Seneca Nation. He shares his expertise on how Indian Country is facing the current pandemic.
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Venezuela, US sanctions, & Coronavirus w/ Carlos Ron from 2020-03-23T06:00
Under US sanctions, Venezuela responds to Coronavirus through increased internationalism. Carlos Ron (@CarlosJRonVE), the Vice-Minister for Foreig...
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(Unlocked) Canada is an empire of feelings w/ Audra Simpson from 2020-03-16T06:00
Reconciliation is dead. But how and why did it start in Canada? Kahnawake Mohawk scholar Audra Simpson argues reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous was meant only to heal the settler an...
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Iran, Coronavirus, & US sanctions w/ Saeed Biglari from 2020-03-12T04:22:05
Saeed Biglari (@Haman_Ten) is an Iranian physician on the frontlines combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). He talks about how US sanctions have seve...
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Native veterans against war w/ Phoenix Johnson from 2020-03-09T06:00
Phoenix Johnson is a Tlingit and Haida anti-war organizer and the president of Seattle Veterans for Peace. We discuss the militarization of Indian Country and the necessity for decolonization an...
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Coronavirus & Yellow Peril w/ Amanda from 2020-03-02T07:00
Amanda (@catcontentonly) talks about the anti-Chinese racism plaguing US media coverage o...
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