The Red Nation Podcast

Melanie, Jen (@JenMarley1680) , and Kenard discuss the commodification of pride, pinkwashing, identity politics, beating pessimism, and what we should do to organize queer Indigenous revolutionary politics.    Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

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. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

Guests Justine Teba and Nicole Martin join #RedPowerHour host Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) to discuss the best and worst of indigenous people on the big screen.  Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Charisse Burden-Stelly (@blackleftaf) is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and host of The Last Dope Intellectual. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr  

Join guest Justine Teba and #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie to discuss the ongoing fight for the liberation of Palestine. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Historian Ussama Makdisi discusses about the current uprisings in Palestine and the enduring legacy of the Nakba. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr    

Red Power Hour is back! Guests Jennifer Marley ( @JenMarley1680 ) and Cheyenne Antonio join RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie (@melanie_yazzie) to discuss efforts to end MMIWG2+ from a left Indigenous feminist perspective.   Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Charisse Burden-Stelly (@blackleftaf) is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and host of The Last Dope Intellectual. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel . Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr    

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 violent dynamics of bordertowns. Bordertowns are white-dominated towns and cities that operate according to the same political and spatial logics as all other American towns and cities. The difference is that thes...

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 political program for liberation that emerges from the oldest class struggle in the Americas—the Indigenous fight for decolonization. Hosted by Making Worlds Bookstore and Social Center Sponsored by Common Not...

In celebration of Earth Day, we present a 1980 speech by John Trudell on revolution and loyalty to the earth.

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.   Support: patreon.com/therednation 

Red Power Hour is reporting back from Hollow Earth! Guests Zitkato ( @BandsIsland ), Jennifer Marley ( @JenMarley1680 ) and Demetrius Johnson join #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie ( @melanie_yazzie ) to discuss Godzilla vs. Kong. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Nick Estes interviews Sicangu scholar Sarah Hernandez about the Oceti Sakowin literary tradition.   More info:  https://www.oaklakewriterssociety.com/nativereads-podcast-series #NativeReads:  https://www.firstnations.org/nativereads/

Red Power Hour is back after a two month break! Guests Zitkato (@BandsIsland) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) join #RedPowerHour co-hosts Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) and Melanie Yazzie ( @melanie_yazzie ) to break down and take down Dances With Wolves on the 30-year anniversary of its release. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr   Support Wreck Bay water relief  

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

Guest host Zitkato ( @BandsIsland ) is joined by Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ), Demetrius and Enoch to discuss how Star Wars relates to settler colonialism. Support: 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 Red Nation's work. Jessica Nangauta, Maria Henandez, and Monaeka Flores from Prutehi Litekyan respond to the question, what does decolonization mean to you? Support:  patreon.com/therednation 

We talk with organizers of Prutehi Litekyan/ Save Ritidian (PLSR) about the militarization of Guam and the Chamorro people's struggles against US imperialism.    Support: patreon.com/therednation 

Esperanza Fonseca and Khara Jabola-Carolus from AF3IRM join host Jen Marley to discuss the relationship between the sex trade, militarization, and global imperialism.   Support: patreon.com/therednation  

Harsha Walia discusses her new book, Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism , the Indian farmers' movement, and how she became an organizer.   Support: patreon.com/therednation  

Hosted by the Albuquerque Museum This panel brings together several generations of Red Power activists from its founders to its present day participants, who will comment on its legacy in New Mexico. Panel moderated by Dr. Nick Estes , guest curator for the exhibition , who is joined by Jennifer Denetdale, Simon Ortiz, and Jennifer Marley . Video

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 Red Nation's work. Support:  patreon.com/therednation  Anne Spice , a Tlingit member of Kwanlin Dun First Nation, teaches at Ryerson University in Toronto.     

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 raid on Unist'ot'en Camp.   Support: patreon.com/therednation  

Dina Gilio-Whitaker joins hosts Jen Marley and Nick Estes to discuss her book As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock (2019) and what she foresees from Biden's climate policies. Support: patreon.com/redmediapr