The Red Nation Podcast

(This episode is in Spanish!) En este episodio, los tres invitados incluyen a Andrea Ixchíu (K'iche'), Floridalma Boj Lopez (K'iche') y Alejandro Flores . Los invitados conversan sobre las recientes manifestaciones y levantamientos en Guatemala, que fueron provocados por la reciente aprobación de un presupuesto que reduce el financiamiento para programas de derechos humanos y salud, pero que tiene...

Andrea Ixchíu , Floridalma Boj Lopez  , and Alejandro Flores  join guest host Giovanni Batz  to discuss the recent Guatemalan protests and uprising, which were sparked by the recent approval of a budget that reduces funding for human rights and health programs, but which have historical roots. Topics explored include why people are protesting, government repression, the impacts of the pandemic and...

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 TV show, the X-Files. As part of our YOTED special series, we talk about conspiracy theories that have infected the settler mind. Part two of this conversation is only available to Patreon subscribers. Support:  Pa...

[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. 20 marks the 50th anniversary. Support:  https://www.patreon.com/therednation  

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.  More info: http://www.uaine.org Watch the livestream: https://youtu.be/qB7Vbz0WJXc  

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 Highway. The central demand is that New York state drop it's frivolous and racist lawsuit that a judge already dismissed. This episode features songs and stories live from the camp (please excuse audio quality) Warriorsofthesunrise.wordpre...

Lakota author Lydia Whirlwind Soldier talks about her collection  Memory Songs More info:  https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/nativereads-podcast-series Music: Frank Waln - "My Stone (instrumentals)" #NativeReads:  https://www.firstnations.org/nativereads/

Sappony journalist Nick Martin talks about Trumpism, the elections, the politics of writing, and what it means to be Native in the South.  Read: https://newrepublic.com/article/160079/north-carolina-2020-election-results-trump-tillis Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation   Artwork: "The People of North Carolina" by a Haliwa-Saponi artist Karen Lynch Harley

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. Resources: https://aboutfaceveterans.org   https://landback.org   Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation

Our comrades Kumars and Roqayah from Delete Your Account Podcast , Andray from Rezistans Nwa , and Jorden join us for a post-election recap. 

A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Sign up for as little as $1 and help support the podcast. Support:  patreon.com/therednation  The second half of the conversation with Lou Cornum about government coverups from an Indigenous perspective, covering New Mexico as a site for conspiracy theories as well as the popular TV show, the X-Files.  

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. Read: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3412&context=dlj Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation

Journalist Camila Escalante talks about the future of the left in Latin America, following the historic Bolivian elections. @KawsachunNews Subscribe:  patreon.com/TheRedNation     

A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of the show. Sign up for as little as $1 and help support the podcast. Support:  patreon.com/therednation  Lou Cornum talks about government coverups from an Indigenous perspective, covering New Mexico as a site for conspiracy theories as well as the popular TV show, the X-Files. As part of our YOTED special series, we talk about co...

Hupa scholar Cutcha Risling Baldy gives us her theory of the zombie apocalypse.  More info: https://www.cutcharislingbaldy.com   Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation  

Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the Bolivian election and what this means for Indigenous movements and the left. Support: patreon.com/KawsachunNews Subscribe: patreon.com/TheRedNation  

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 racist conspiracy theories that have infected the settler mind. Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation   SOURCES Prometheus Entertainment Leak Project's Interview with Kerry Cassidy of Project Camelot CLICK AT OWN RISK, Project Camelot's About Pag...

Joel Waters interviews Oglala Lakota author Layli Long Soldier about her collection of poetry Whereas More info:  https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/nativereads-podcast-series Music: Frank Waln - "My Stone (instrumentals)" #NativeReads:  https://www.firstnations.org/nativereads/

From our friends at the Bands of Turtle Island podcast: In this episode Zitkato interviews Nick Estes from the  Red Nation  and author of Our History is the Future about the 20 Point Program of the Trail of Broken Treaties written by Hank Adams   Support:  https://www.patreon.com/therednation  

We talk to the Indigenous contributors and editors — Nickita Longman , Emily Riddle , Lindsay Nixon — of the Briarpatch issue on "Land Back."  Buy a copy here: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/issues/view/september-october-2020 Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation  

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). Find out more: https://www.marktilsen.com Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation  

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 episode "Kiksuya" (2018). Ali Nahdee on the "Aila Test": https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-the-aila-test-evaluates-representation-of-indigenous-women-in-media   Find Jana's work...

O'odham Land Defenders Nellie Jo David, Amber Ortega, Napoleon Marrietta, and Amrah Saloman talk about resisting border imperialism and state repression. Follow: https://www.facebook.com/AntiBorderCollective Read more: https://theintercept.com/2020/09/16/indigenous-activists-border-wall-protest/   Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation  

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 . Music: Frank Waln - "My Stone (instrumentals)" More info:  https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/nativereads-podcast-series #NativeReads: https://www.firstnations.org/nativereads/

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 Police Department. The privatized police database was used for political influence and so much more. Further reading: https://www.abolishapd.org/post/albuquerque-police-engaged-in-secret-intelligence-gather...