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In this episode, Dani tells us how we can and must change our (US) society.They recommend reading Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's books, "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" and "Not 'A Nation of Immigrants': Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion" for a comprehensive history of the united states and its founding rooted in the settler-colonialist mindset. They'd also recommend watching HBO's Exterminate all the Brutes for a similar history lesson that does not sugarcoat genocide and is very graphic (so sit this one out if you're not up for that).Dani also recommend checking out the Tiny House Warrior's new comic titled, "The Fight Against the Transmountain Pipeline" for some background and history of TMX, its Indigenous-led resistance, and the oppression the Warriors face every Day. You can donate the the THW's legal defense fund on their website as well!For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out their other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by their childhood best friend, Jasmine!Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!Follow the podcast on instagram, facebook, or twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!To contact Dani, email UnderstandingKindness@protonmail.com or send them a DM on social media!To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast's patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
In this episode, Dani talks about our Water, how she's being used and abused, and what we can do about it.They recommend appreciating and being grateful for the fresh, clean Water you do have. Also, following @mmiwhoismissing on instagram and listening to Total Liberation's episode 77 called, "Water is Life: The US War Machine Poisons Hawaii" for more information on the current Water crisis on O'ahu. They recommend watching and sharing The Story of Stuff's videos titled, "The Story of Water" and "5 Things Nestle Doesn't Want You To Know" to learn more about Water privatization. And to learn more about your most-local pipeline resistance, try visiting StopLine3.org, TinyHouseWarriors.com and Secwepemculecw.org, and listening to It's Going Down's podcast episode "This is America #151". To learn about divesting yourself and your Community from supporting these projects, visit MazaskaTalks.org.You can also listen to the Warrior Life podcast, specifically episode 2 titled "Water is Life" if you'd like to hear where Dani got their inspiration to create this episode. Lastly, Dani recommends It's Going Down, a resource for anarchist, anti-fascist, and autonomous anti-capitalist and anti-colonial analysis and news.For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!Follow the podcast on instagram, facebook, or twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!To contact Dani, please email UnderstandingKindness@protonmail.com or send Dani a DM on social media!To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast's patreon or give a one-time or recurring donation on paypal! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Carole Geller Human Rights Award 2021: Kanahus Manuel & Tiny House Warriors - On November 9, 2021, Kanahus Manuel and the Tiny House Warriors were awarded the Carole Geller Human Rights Award for their role as Secwe̓pemc land defenders, taking action to protect their unceded lands - Secwepemcúĺecw. The Tiny House Warriors are a group of grassroots Indigenous leaders who, under the authority of Secwe̓pemc law, have been building tiny houses along the 518km Trans Mountain pipeline route, as a way to stop the pipeline, which poses serious risks to the health, safety and well-being of Secwe̓pemc lands, waters and people – especially women and girls. - The Carole Geller Award is given periodically to an individual or group that is involved in a particularly important human rights struggle. The award is intended to assist recipients in their continued work in organizing for social justice and human rights and is named for Carole Geller - one of Canada's pioneers in advancing the cause of human rights. - Carole Geller began her work in the human rights field in 1967 when she was the President of the Manitoba Voice of Women. She became the first Director of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission in 1973, where she promoted stronger human rights protections, affirmative action policies, and equal pay for work of equal value. In 1985 Ms. Geller became the first Executive Director of Manitoba's Pay Equity Bureau. Ms. Geller died of cancer in November 1987 and this award was started in her honour. This is the seventh time the award has been given. - Kanahus Manuel and the other Tiny House Warriors are experiencing surveillance, harassment, violence, and criminalization for their defence of human rights. It is critical to not only recognize their struggle and their important human rights work, but also support them financially as the criminalization of human rights defenders comes with significant legal costs. This award comes with $15,000 to support them and their rising legal costs. - Award Committee Members: Shelagh Day, Kathleen Ruff and Murray Dobbin (rest in peace Murray). - More information about the award and past winners: https://www.povertyandhumanrights.org/2021/11/the-carole-geller-award/ - More information about Tiny House Warriors: http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/ - Go Fund Me page for Tiny House Warriors: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-defense-fund-for-tiny-house-warriors - Tiny House Warriors contact: tinyhousewarriors@gmail.com - Kanahus Manuel Twitter handle = KanahusFreedom - Link to the shorter YouTube (video) version here https://youtu.be/x4cCQiUP2CU - - - - - - FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK @pp2cool FOLLOW ME ON IG @pam_palmater FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @Pam_Palmater - - - Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. - Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video should not be misconstrued as legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. This podcast/video represents fair political comment. - If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com - - If you would like to support my work and help keep it independent: Here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/2144345 - Here is the link for Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pampalmater -
In this episode, Dani questions her veganism. She discusses everything she's been learning about veganism and sustainability, as well as Indigenous ways of living. She recommends listening to The Bearded Vegans podcast, watching the Shelbizleee and Fairly Local Family channels on YouTube, and reading "The Story of Stuff: The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health- And How We Can Make It Better" by Annie Leonard. She also recommends "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer.She also recommends supporting the Tiny House Warriors, learning more about Secwepemcul'ecw, and checking out the Tiny House Warriors' playlist.For a glimpse into Dani's friendships, check out her other podcast, Better When Awkward, co-hosted by her childhood best friend, Jasmine!Go to UnderstandingKindness.com for transcripts, blog entries, and links to the social media accounts!Follow the podcast on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for more recommendations & posts when a new episode comes out!To contact Dani, please email understandingkindnesspodcast@gmail.com or send Dani a DM on social media!To financially support Dani & the show, visit the podcast's Patreon! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Episode 98 is by special request! It is the panel discussion from the joint book launch for Peter McFarlane & Doreen Manuel's book: "Brotherhood to Nationhood" published by Between the Lines and Pam Palmater's new book "Warrior Life" by Fernwood Publishing. The event was co-hosted by BTL and Fernwood, opened by Oyinda Alaka (Fernwood) and Chaired by David Gray-Donald (BTL). Pam Palmater, Doreen Manuel, Kanahus Manuel, and Peter McFarlane discuss the life and legacy of George Manuel, the concept of warrior life, the #LandBack movement, Tiny House Warriors and Indigenous sovereignty. FULL VIDEO version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEetjEmZHsA Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement BTL: https://btlbooks.com/book/brotherhood-to-nationhood Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pxgcZr Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence Fernwood: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life Amazon: https://amzn.to/3avA3Uo Tiny House Warriors: http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/ Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video should not be misconstrued as legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. This podcast/video represents fair political comment. If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work and help keep it independent, here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/2144345 (Audio recording with permission of BTL and Fernwood)
Listen to the 41st edition of Free City Radio podcast, this edition features an interview with Kanahus Manuel who speaks about opposing the TMX Pipeline and gives some background and context as to the ways that the Canadian government backed pipeline impacts the Indigenous peoples and lands that are being impacted by the pipeline construction. Kanahus also shares some updates on the Tiny House Warriors project and also the ideas / inspirations behind the awesome project. Info : http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com Music on this show by the great Willie Dunn, with the song The Ballad of Crowfoot, thanks to my friend Jarrett Martineau for recently playing this track on Reclaimed, inspiring this music choice today. Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Montreal and broadcasts on @radiockut
Below the Radar has partnered with the Or Galley to bring you recordings of the Gas Imaginary Conversations series. This is the second of two talks from The Gas Imaginary, presented by the Or Gallery. This event was recorded virtually on Dec. 5, 2020. In this panel, Rachel O’Reilly, Tania Willard and Kanahus Manuel—with moderation by Denise Ryner—discuss the ongoing challenges of asserting land rights and the protection of water from each of their respective contexts. The speakers address the role of artistic practices and visual culture in making such struggles resonate with communities, both at home and across distance. Tania Willard, Secwepemc Nation, works as an artist and curator within the shifting ideas of contemporary and traditional as it relates to cultural arts and production. She often engages bodies of knowledge and skills that are conceptually linked to her interest in intersections between Aboriginal and other cultures. Her curatorial work includes Beat Nation: Art Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture (http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_beat_nation.html), a national touring exhibition first presented at Vancouver Art Gallery in 2011 as well as residencies at grunt gallery and Kamloops Art Gallery. She is currently assistant professor in Creative Studies at University of British Columbia Okanagan (Kelowna BC). She also founded and operates BUSH gallery, a conceptual space for land-based art and action led by Indigenous artists. Kanahus Manuel belongs to the Secwepemc Nation and founded the Tiny House Warrior movement as part of her ongoing work as an Indigenous water and land defender. She is also a member of the Secwepemc Women’s Warrior Society. Her family has led the struggle for rights and sovereignty in Secwepemcul’ecw (territory of the Secwepemc people) for generations. Her late father Arthur Manuel, a former Secwepemc chief and residential school survivor, was an author and global champion for Indigenous rights and title in Canada and abroad. Her late grandfather George Manuel was the second president of the National Indian Brotherhood (now the Assembly of First Nations) and founding president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples. The Tiny House Warriors: Our Land Is Home Is A Part Of A Mission To Stop The Trans Mountain Pipeline From Crossing Unceded Secwepemc Territory In British Columbia. Ten Tiny Houses Will Be Built And Placed Strategically Along The 518 Km Trans Mountain Pipeline Route To Assert Secwepemc Law And Jurisdiction And Block Access To This Pipeline. Donate to Tiny House Warriors: https://www.classy.org/give/267006/#!/donation/checkout Seed is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network. The organisation is building a movement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people for climate justice with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Their vision is for a just and sustainable future with strong cultures and communities, powered by renewable energy. Donate to Seed Mob: https://www.seedmob.org.au/donate Watch the video recording of this conversation here (CC included in video): https://thegasimaginary.orgalleryprojects.org/talks/ Listen to the Gas Imaginary Conversations No. 1: https://soundcloud.com/sfuw-community-engagement/gas-imaginary-1 About The Gas Imaginary: A multi-disciplinary project using poetry, collaborative drawings, installation, moving images, and lectures to unpack the broader significance of ‘settler conceptualism’, the racial logic of the property form and fossil fuel-based labour politics as capital reaches the limits of land use. In ongoing dialogue with elders of Gooreng Gooreng country and settler women activists, where fracking was approved for mass installation in ‘Australia’, new elements of this work address the threatened destruction to 50% of the Northern Territory. Read more: https://thegasimaginary.orgalleryprojects.org/ Image: Rachel O'Reilly, INFRACTIONS, 2019, acrylic paint and marker. Photo: Dennis Ha.
Kevin Tucker is a primal anarchist writer focused on uncovering how our communal past of living in nomadic hunter-gatherer bands - without storage, without production - has shaped us. The core of Kevin’s work is to fully grasp the consequences of civilization and the ways in which it permeates and limps along. To rewild our lives, rebuild community, and resist civilization. Show Notes: Kevin's Essay 'Hooked On A Feeling': https://0ef04d88-e87a-4b86-b2a0-329aefc93f1b.filesusr.com/ugd/7f877c_398ef467b96849879911f6ce40c36e70.pdf Opioid Epidemic: https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/the-opioid-epidemic-a-fast-developing-public-health-crisis-in-the-first-world Sackler Family: https://www.forbes.com/profile/sackler/?sh=463a244c5d63 Krokodil Drug: https://www.drugs.com/illicit/krokodil.html Ayahuasca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca Sebastian Woodroffe: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sebastian-woodroffe-1.4648195 Olivia Arevalo: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Ar%C3%A9valo Francisco Pizarro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro Indigenous Action: https://www.indigenousaction.org/ Tiny House Warriors: http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/ Connect With Kevin: Kevin's Website: https://www.kevintucker.org/ Black & Green Press Website: https://www.blackandgreenpress.org/ Black & Green Instagram: @blackandgreenpress Primal Anarchy Website: https://primalanarchy.org/ Untaming Contact: FB: https://www.facebook.com/Untaming-396582437559159/ IG: @untaming_podcast Twitter: @UntamingP Email: untaming.podcast@gmail.com https://anchor.fm/emily033
Kevin Tucker is a primal anarchist writer focused on uncovering how our communal past of living in nomadic hunter-gatherer bands - without storage, without production - has shaped us. The core of Kevin’s work is to fully grasp the consequences of civilization and the ways in which it permeates and limps along. To rewild our lives, rebuild community, and resist civilization. Show Notes: Anarcho Primitivism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-primitivism John Zerzan: https://www.johnzerzan.net/ Pierre Clastres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Clastres Four Legged Human: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/four-legged-human-the-wind-roars-ferociously Kevin's Essay 'Hooked On A Feeling': https://0ef04d88-e87a-4b86-b2a0-329aefc93f1b.filesusr.com/ugd/7f877c_398ef467b96849879911f6ce40c36e70.pdf Book: Rites of Passage by Natasha Tucker: https://www.natashatucker.org/books#:~:text=Rites%20of%20Passage.,the%20death%20of%20my%20mother. Indigenous Action: https://www.indigenousaction.org/ Tiny House Warriors: http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/ Connect With Kevin: Kevin's Website: https://www.kevintucker.org/ Black & Green Press Website: https://www.blackandgreenpress.org/ Black & Green Instagram: @blackandgreenpress Primal Anarchy Website: https://primalanarchy.org/ Untaming Contact: FB: https://www.facebook.com/Untaming-396582437559159/ IG: @untaming_podcast Twitter: @UntamingP Email: untaming.podcast@gmail.com https://anchor.fm/emily033
David P Ball / Vancouver Coop Radio - The Vancouver Police Department has warned of public safety consequences of City Council refusing their requests to boost budget by millions. Instead, last week councillors froze police spending at last year's levels. On Sunday, a group of community organizers in Vancouver hosted a virtual teach-in event to strategize their next steps for the local "defund the police" movement. "All across Turtle Island, Black, Indigenous and communities of colour are all dreaming of abolishing the police," said the online event's host, Vancouver musician Tonya Aganaba, during the event. "I know I'm dreaming of abolishing the police every single night. "We're dreaming of building powerful structures, organizations and resistance strategies to build a society where all communities and members can grow and thrive … We are excited to be a part of a conversation about what we can build here in Vancouver." The budget decision went against the city staff's own recommendation to cut the police budget along with most other areas of the city budget, in the midst of the pandemic's debilitating economic shortfall. But the Vancouver Police Board said despite keeping funding the same, costs had risen meaning they would be short funding for over 60 officers next year. "The Vancouver Police Board has serious concerns regarding the decision," Board chair Barj Dhahan said on Dec. 9, "… and actually results in a $5.7 million shortfall. "A shortfall of this magnitude is extremely challenging, in particular during a global pandemic, where the police department is facing unprecedented stress in ensuring public safety in Vancouver." Speakers at the "defund the police" online event included Indigenous land defenders who spoke about police enforcement of injunctions against them, and the history of police abuse of Indigenous people's rights in B.C. and across Canada. "Anyone living in the cities, or in the rural areas, we're harassed — our safety is violated," said Mayek Manuel with Tiny House Warriors in the B.C. Interior, which is doing "direct action" to block the Trans Mountain pipeline. "Some of the things that's going to engage the police is the direct action we participate in. It does get really scary because we feel at any time we could be shot … Both RCMP and vigilantes could come shoot us dead." Desmond Cole also spoke, he's an activist and author of "The Skin We're In" and encouraged Vancouver organizers to continue pushing city council on the issue. "What I'm seeing that what's effective and urgent is the local stuff, because the police are funded by your municipality," Cole said. "Even if the municipality tells you, 'Well we get that money from the province or we get it from the feds,' they're the ones passing the budget, they're the ones controlling the dollars … They have a lot more power than they want you to believe." --- On the show today we also talk with journalist and academic Gordon Katic. The executive producer of Cited Podcast talks about his new show Darts & Letters, from public intellectuals to populism, Big Pharma's opioid decisions & social change ideas. Top photo credit: Strathcona, Vancouver, Vancouver City Police doing their thing keeping the kids areas safe by Lee Down via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)
Is your understanding of consent individualistic? Is it species-ist? If you value consent, let’s talk about robust, stronger understandings of this practice than the way it’s typically talked about within the colonial status quo. Plz share if you know anyone who could benefit from this discourse! And I would love your feedback! Let me know what you found evocative in the comments… PS- Yes, this is a lil’ snippet of my book “Pulling Weeds & Planting Seeds: on Decolonial Discernment.” Make sure to cite my intellectual production if you’re inspired by these ideas & wanna share them out! Don’t steal from BIWOC- have ethics! Don’t plagiarize or my folx will come for you. PPS- Plz help Liberation Spring on Patreon or Paypal so I can get this book published asap to support our discernment in these deadly times. Thanks. Or throw down this week for Tiny House Warriors! Patreon: www.patreon.com/liberationspring Paypal: www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_dona…2egif%3aNonHosted More at: liberationspring.com
In episode 2, Darren and I chat about a myriad of things under the umbrella of all those 'A' words, but not exclusive to them... We share about our beginnings in the activism world, as well as prison farms, prisoner rights et al. And yes, animal liberation & exploitation did inevitably get woven into the discussion! Also, is differentiation a word?!?! Darren Chang holds an MA in political theory from Queen's University 2017 and researched under the supervision of philosopher Will Kymlicka. He is a longtime activist and member of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies. Tiny House Warriors - http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com Evolve Our Prison Farms - https://evolveourprisonfarms.ca/voices/ Evolve Our Prison Farms Community Forum El Jones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyLEcWNqF-c The Dig Podcast - https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/hegemony-how-to-with-jonathan-matthew-smucker/ Books: Angela Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete Carol J. Adams - The Sexual Politics of Meat Jason Hribal - Fear of the Animal Planet Jonathon Smucker - Hegemony How-to: A Roadmap for Radicals
In Episode 62, we talk to a special group of powerful Secwepemc women from Neskonlith Indian Band. Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson, elder Alice Aby and Kanahus Manuel from Tiny House Warriors all join the podcast to talk about the Secwepemc governance, laws and their responsibility to protect their lands from the Trans Mountain pipeline. They have called on us to support them in any way we can. Link to Neskonlith's notice to media with background information: https://mediacoop.ca/story/statement-rejection-secw%C3%A9pemec-bc-government-gover/37001 Link to Tiny House Warriors: http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/ Press release demanding man camps be shut down: http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/2020/04/shut-down-the-man-camps/ When more information and links for support become available, I will post it here. Here is the YouTube video of this podcast in case you prefer video-version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-p86Fn9Cw&t=9s Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work, here is the link to my Patreon account: www.patreon.com/pampalmater My new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing is available for pre-order with a 10% discount for podcast listeners by using code warrior10 fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life (picture by Justin Brake used with permission by Kanahus Manuel)
it's the final episode of the Unsettling Canada series of conversations led by Colinda Clyne and her team. This evening, Colinda welcomes special guest, Kanahus Manuel, Art Manuel's daughter, land defender, creator of Tiny House Warriors
0:08 – Across what's called “Canada,” First Nations peoples are fighting for their land, water and way of life as multibillion-dollar corporations attempt to build pipeline projects on unceded territories. Members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation are resisting the Coastal GasLink pipeline, facing arrests while defending their ancestral territories. We speak with Molly Wickham, the spokesperson for Gidimt'en Clan, and Kanahus Manuel (@KanahusFreedom), who is from the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa Nations of the south-central interior of what's called British Columbia. Manuel is a member of the activist group Tiny House Warriors, which is rejecting the Trans Mountain pipeline. Click here to find out more about the Unist'ot'en Camp, which is a coordinated resistance to a trio of Canadian pipelines. 0:34 – Why does the Department of Homeland Security list climate activists alongside white supremacists and mass murderers in its internal documents about extremism? Journalist Adam Federman (@adamfederman), who broke the story, joins us along with Lauren Regan, executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center (@CLDC) in Eugene, Oregon. The Civil Liberties Defense Center provides legal support to environmental defenders and is representing activists arrested in 2016 for manually turning off pipeline valves to stop the flow of tar sands oil into the U.S. from Canada. 0:54 – Ever since endangered Gray Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they have thrived and spread throughout the West, including in California's Lassen and Plumas counties. In 2018 a Gray Wolf known as OR-59 was shot and killed in Northern California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the incident and has offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the shooter. KPFA's Vic Bedoian reports from Fresno. 1:08 – Palestinians are reacting furiously to President Trump's Middle East “peace” plan, and thousands have taken to the streets to reject the policies. The plan offers Palestinians no sovereignty, retains Israel's security control, rejects a Palestinian “right of return” and furthers Israel's illegal settlements. KPFA correspondent Rami Almegheri reports from Gaza and speaks with protesters. 1:15 – Historian and Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi has a new book out this week: The Hundred Years' War On Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017. He says President Trump's Middle East “peace” plan is the work of “two miscreants” — Trump, under impeachment, and Netanyahu, recently indicted — and that it flies in the face of international law and the rights of Palestinians. 1:34 – The FBI has arrested San Francisco's head of the Department of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru in a widespread corruption probe. Tim Redmond (@timredmondsf), a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years and the editor of 48hills.org, explains the investigation. 1:43 – Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich), host of Letters and Politics, gives an update on impeachment. KPFA is broadcasting impeachment proceedings every day live from 10 a.m. until the evening. The post Wet'suwet'en land defenders rise up against Canadian pipeline projects as US gov't labels environmental activists as “extremists”; Plus, Rashid Khalidi on Palestinian furor over Trump's “peace” plan appeared first on KPFA.
Tiny House Warriors: Secwepemc struggleSecwepemc land protector Kanahus Freedom on how Secwepemc people are resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion and ongoing impacts of colonialism & white supremacy by asserting their sovereignty via creative direct action campaigns, such as the Tiny House Warrior campaign.audio sourced with thanks from The Final Straw Radio on Archive.orgEarth Matters #1225 was produced by Nicky Stott
Indigenous Resistance to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion: No Borders Media feature interview with Kanahus & Mayuk Manuel -> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahusmayuk On this episode of No Borders Media, we speak to two Indigenous warriors on the frontlines of resistance to pipelines and resource extraction: Kanahus Manuel and Mayuk Manuel of the Tiny House Warriors and the Secwepemc Women Warriors. They have actively resisted the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project, which would move tar sands crude and refined oil from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. Just outside the injunction zone around the proposed pipeline expansion at Blue River, British Columbia, north of Kamloops, Kanahus and Mayuk speak to No Borders Media by phone and address several topics including: an update about current opposition efforts against 518 km of Trans Mountain pipeline corridor on Secwepemc territory, the impact of man camps used to construct the expansion, the use of wheeled tiny houses as a tactic of resistance, a recent symposium in celebration of the life and ideas of Arthur Manuel, ongoing criminalization of Land Defenders, the various flawed consultation processes to try to force through pipeline approval, and solidarity between Indigenous land defence struggles across Turtle Island. -> Listen, download and share: https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahusmayuk --------- SHOW NOTES: This interview was recorded on September 15, 2019; Kanahus & Mayuk Manuel were speaking from Blue River (Secwepemc Nation). Music: "Wake-up Song" by George Manuel Jr, recorded live in April 2015 in Neskonlith (Secwepemc Nation). The dog heard in the background during the interview is named Tsetse, named after character from Secwepemc stories. Her name means "little sister" and she is a Norwegian Elk Hound cross. BACKGROUND: Symposium: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy August 24, 2019 (Adams Lake, Secwepemc Nation) https://soundcloud.com/secwepemc-news Kanahus Manuel on resistance to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline September 1, 2018 (No Borders Media) https://soundcloud.com/nobordersmedia/kanahus DONATE: Consider a donation to support the Indigenous resistance efforts against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion: Tiny House Warriors Fundraiser www.gofundme.com/f/tinyhouse2 Secwepemc Nation Youth Network https://7genfund.abilafundraisingonline.com/donatesnyn ---------- NO BORDERS MEDIA No Borders Media is an autonomous left-wing media network. We share and create content that supports the struggles of communities in resistance, with a focus on the self-determination struggles of Indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and working class people of colour in the context of opposition to capitalism and colonialism. Some current focuses include: migrant justice, resistance to borders, anti-fascism and anarchism. We are in the early stages our independent media project. To stay in touch send us an e-mail at nobordersmedianetwork@gmail.com or look for No Borders Media on facebook, twitter and soundcloud. Much more to come in the coming weeks and months. No Borders Media fb: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/NoBordersMedia twitter: twitter.com/NoBordersMedia contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com You can download No Borders Media podcasts here: google play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Iryaoz7brmxisj3tcojm7p7bgce?t=No_Borders_Media itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/no-borders-media/id1439525381 stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/no-borders-media pocketcasts: https://pca.st/J3K9
This week, we feature two segments on the episode. First, a brief chat with Duncan of Perilous Chronicle, a site documenting prisoner resistance since from 2010 til today in the so-called U.S. & Canada. More on that project can be found at perilouschronicle.com and you can find them on twitter as @perilousprisons. Then, we spoke with Kanahus Freedom, from the Secwepemc and Ktunaxa nations, who is involved in the Tiny House Warriors struggle against the Trans Mountain Pipeline threatening the sovereignty and health of unceded Secwepemc land. Kanahus is also decolonization activist and a mother. We talk about birthing and parenting outside of the scope of Canadian colonial government, the role of construction “man camps” in genocide, and how to help struggle against TMX. You can learn more about her imprisoned husband Orlando Watley (Elk Bone) by visiting https://freeorlandowatley.org/, as well as a video of Elk Bone and Kanahus's wedding in prison. You can learn more about the case that her twin sister, Mayuk, and others are facing and more by visiting their nations website, https://www.secwepemculecw.org/ Kanahus also contributed the essay "Decolonization: The frontline struggle" to the book "Whose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization." Here is Kanahus reading the words of her father, Art Manuel, in marking 150 years of resistance to the Canadian state. The Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) will play a role in the wider genocide of indigenous people through the proliferation of so-called "Man Camps" as well as destroying the integrity and health of indigenous health. Some of these topics are touched on in the recently published Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The pipeline is now being pushed through by the Canadian Government of Justin Trudeau, announced within a week of the widely publicized Final Report located above. Announcements Sean Swain Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain recently got most of his items sent to him (albeit many damaged) from the jailers in Ohio where he was held for most of the last 28 years, which is a partial success. He still hasn't gotten the items he's bought and paid for on the JPay digital account that handles his emails, and other digital media. So, if you used to email with Sean and haven't heard from him for a while, check out his website for his current number and drop him a line as he likely doesn't have your address or past messages anymore, until people pressure JPay to transfer property from his old JPay account number to his new number. This includes nearly $1,000 in digital music, purchased and held online in a way similar to purchasing online from Apple music, only from this company that profits from prisoners and their loved ones. Also, anyone writing to Sean Swain should know that the Virginia rules for snail mail say that he can only receive up to 3 pages front and back (whether letters or photocopies) in an envelope, so if you've been writing him and getting mail turned back, consider sending more envelopes full of smaller letters! Protect Mauna Kea You may have recently seen news coverage of protesters, largely Indigenous and elder, opposing the construction of a Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, on Mauna Kea, a mountain on the Big Island of occupied Hawaii. This mountain is over a million years old and, when measured from its underwater base, is the tallest mountain on the planet. The university of California and University of Hawaii are currently attempting to build this TMT on the land, and Indigenous people along with students of both universities have been resisting this and similar efforts. This is just one instance in the long project of settler colonialism, 14 telescopes have been built on the Mauna from the years 1968 and 2002, efforts which have threatened the stability of the ecosystem and harmed a place of great spiritual significance for the Indigenous people of Hawaii. The people were not consulted in any part of this development process and have been resisting these construction efforts at every point from the earliest days. The most recent of these, the TMT, would dig a total of 7 stories down into the mountain, contaminating a sacred water source and disturbing the burial places of countless people. The current efforts against the TMT are already being likened to the resistance at Standing Rock, and over a dozen people have already been arrested by cops protecting the interests of the state and the university. As it stands now, it was stated that construction on the TMT would begin, and the Governor of Hawaii has declared a so called “state of emergency” in response to the defense of the mountain. Extra police and National Guard have been brought to the mountain to attempt to quell this resistance. Now more than ever, solidarity with those fighting for their sacred lands is paramount! To see much more information than we were able to include here, including history, analysis, a FAQ section, an open letter from students to the Universities, as well as ways to support/donate you can visit protectmaunakea.net. Facebook: www.facebook.com/protectmaunakea Twitter: https://twitter.com/protectmaunakea Instagram: https://instagram.com/protectmaunakea/ Email: protectmaunakea@gmail.com Shine White Joseph Stewart, aka “Shine White” has been transferred is the Deputy Minister of Defense White Panther Organization NC-Branch who was punished for his call for prisoners to unite across factions to participate in the 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike. He was moved around and put into solitary for this call and for writing about witnessing guards allow a mentally distressed prisoner to burn himself alive in a cell. Shine White has been moved and could probably use some caring mail. His new address is:: Joseph Stewart #0802041 22385 Mcgrits Bridge Rd Laurinburg NC 28352 Kinshasa Cox Kevin (Kinshasa) Cox, #1217063, is a Mentor and Student with the W.L.Nolen Mentorship Program, and also a party member with the New Afrikan Black Panther Party/Prison Chapter. He's been locked up in the 'hole' for what seems to be a contrived charge to endanger Mr Cox's safety and throw him into the hole. By way of backstory, it seems that Mr Cox's door was malfunctioning and CO's went over to check it. After securing the door, Officer Ricker attempted to manufacture evidence of Mr. Cox attempting to assault the CO, an incident that would have been caught on tape. Instead of check the security footage, admin is taking Officer Ricker's claim of an attempted assault and has stuck Mr. Kevin “Kinshasa” Cox in segregation. It is requested that listeners concerned with Mr. Cox's access to due process and safety contact the following NC and Scotland, Correctional Institution officials to lodge complaints and check on the safety off Mr Kevin Cox. More details will be released soon as we get them. NC DPS Phone: 910-844-3078 Superintendent Katie Poole/Assistant Superintendent Mrs. Locklear Mailing/Street Address: Scotland Correctional Institution, 22385 McGirts Bridge Road, Laurinburg, NC 28353 Scotland CI Telephone Number 919-733-2126 Fax Number: 1-(919)-715-8477 Mailing Address N.C. Department of Public Safety 4201 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N. C. 27699-4201 Street Address N.C. Department of Public Safety 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, N. C. 27604 . ... . .. Music for this episode is in our playlist and includes: Flowtilla: Stop Line Nine A Tribe Called Red: Sisters (ft. Northern Voice)
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli. This episode we welcome from the Secwepemc tribe, Kanahus Manuel, to discuss her people's battle to save their land againstTrans Mountain pipeline and expose violence against indigeous women in North America. Thank you so much for all of your support.Thank you to our sponsors:Blue Chew; Right now, we’ve got a special deal for our listeners: Visit BlueChew.com and get your first shipment FREE when use our special promo code HAT -- Just pay $5 shipping. Again, that’s B - L - U - E - CHEW dot com, promo code HAT to try it FREE.Nut Sac: NutSac is offering listeners $5 off their first purchase! To receive your discount, visit specific nutsac.com/tinfoilhat! Go too Nutsac.com and use the promo code TINFOILHATAbsoluteXracts: Check out our sponsors at ABX.org! They are the Nike of weed and have everything you might need to get lit as f@ck!BETDSI: Go to BETDSI.com and use the promocode HAT100 and they will double your deposit.We have big shows coming please check them dates out:June 21st - 23rd: Skankfest In Brooklyn July 6th: The Rec Room in Huntington Beach
In Part 2 of my interview with warrior woman Kanahus Freedom Manuel, she shares with us the importance of defending native lands and waters from the destruction of the extractive industry. She also acknowledges all the warriors all over Turtle Island doing this work for the benefit of all of us. They do this work at great risk to their own personal safety and freedom. Below is a link to the Tiny House Warriors project she mentioned: http://tinyhousewarriors.com/ (pic from Kanahus FB) If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work, here is the link to my Patreon account: www.patreon.com/pampalmater
No Borders Media presents an exclusive interview with Indigenous warrior Kanahus Manuel, in the aftermath of the recent Canada Federal Court of Appeal decision to quash approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project. The pipeline, which would move tar sands crude and refined oil from Alberta to the British Columbia Coast, has been actively opposed by diverse groups, and by varied means, including civil disobedience and direct action. The heart of the resistance has been Indigenous nations in the path of the proposed pipeline. Kanahus is active with both the Secwepemc Women Warriors and the Tiny House Warriors in resisting the Trans Mountain pipeline. For many years, she has organized against corporate exploitation of the lands of her people, including the Sun Peaks ski resort, Imperial Metals, as well as the Mount Polley mine. In this exclusive interview, the first one she has given since the Federal Court of Appeal decision, Kanahus both responds to the recent legal victory against the pipeline, and provides context and analysis about ongoing grassroots resistance to destructive resource extraction projections. She speaks to us from beside the Blue River, on the path of the proposed pipeline. This interview was recorded on September 1, 2018 by Jaggi Singh for No Borders Media. ----- No Borders Media (Toronto/Montreal) fb: www.facebook.com/NoBordersMediaNetwork soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/NoBordersMedia twitter: https://twitter.com/NoBordersMedia contact: NoBordersMediaNetwork@gmail.com
Kinder Morgan was under fire from major shareholders calling for more transparency and better environmental practices. The leader of Tiny House Warriors, Kanahus Manuel, 350.org's Clayton Thomas Muller and Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Resource Council join host Dennis Ward to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed expansion.
This week's episode only features some of the brilliant indigenous artists of Canada's First Nations. (And yes I know that Yellowknife is in the Northwest Territories, OOPS!) Tiny House Warriors Vol. 1 compilation: 40+ artists have donated their music to this album, to assist the Tiny House Warriors to complete the 10 tiny mobile homes that will protect traditional unceded Secwepemc territory from the Kinder Morgan Pipeline ExpansionAakuluk Music: The Jerry Cans & Nunuvut's ONLY label & home to all indigenous artists including The Jerry Cans, Northern Haze, The Trade-Offs, & RiitReclaimed: A weekly show on CBC all about Canada's Indigenous music scene. You can listen to all episodes here. (browser only) The playlist can be found here: https://goo.gl/KpkjH1