The Red Nation Podcast

Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfoot) has published over thirty books and hundreds of short stories. His next book, The Angel of Indian Lake, the concluding work of the Indian Lake trilogy, will be out in March 2024. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Red Power Hour is back! A somber episode featuring Red Nation comrades Justine Teba and Demetrious Johnson reflecting on the terrors of settler colonialism in Palestine and what Native people on Turtle Island offer to their liberation struggle. You can read our statement on The Red Nation homepage Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

From 2010 to 2020, the world experienced mass protests. Yet, those protests have not brought about more democracy and freedom. Why did these protests lead to the opposite of what they supposedly demanded? In this episode, journalist Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution (2023). Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023 live episode special! TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) in conversation with Ali Abunimah, founder and Director of The Electronic Intifada, on the unprecedented events in Palestine and what lessons they offer about the nature of decolonization. Folllow Ali on Twitter and Blue Sky BDS homepage https://bdsmovement.net/ Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mohammed El-Kurd, activist and writer, discusses settler colonialism and the Palestinian/Native connection. Topics include recognizing settler colonialism, Palestinian cuisine, the importance of literature in a movement, the complexity of tribal governments, being a leftist, and reflections on the Palestinian struggle.

Radhika Desai (@raddesai) is Professor at the Department of Political Studies and Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group (YouTube channel) at the University of Manitoba. In this episode, she and TRN Podcast co-host Nick Estes discuss the waning days of the Neoliberal world system dominated by the United States. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube channel Check out her latest book, Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy (2022), available as a free PDF from the publisher. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

On Monday, September 25, the Red Nation and an alliance of community members hosted a press conference in Española, New Mexico outside the Rio Arriba County administrative building where officials are planning to restore a statue of violent Spanish colonizer Juan de Oñate to public view. Come and join us for a protest action this Thursday, September 29 at 9 am MT outside the building as the statue is unveiled. Watch the video edition on The Red Nation Podcast YouTube Channel Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

TRN podcast host Jennifer Marley and Christina Castro, founder of Three Sisters Collective, discuss the controversy surrounding the Oñate statue in Rio Arriba County, highlighting its celebration of a genocider. They also explore the exploitation of native communities through art in Santa Fe and the struggles faced by native women in achieving accountability and support.

On September 12, hundreds gathered on Piscataway lands in front of the White House to demand executive clemency for Leonard Peltier, who celebrated his 79th birthday that day. A caravan of supporters, family, and loved ones departed after ceremony from Rapid City, South Dakota en route to Washington, D.C.– a 1,600 mile journey that arrived on Monday, September 11. Speakers include: Dallas Goldtooth, Susan Harjo, Fawn R. Sharp, Nick Tilsen, Nick Estes, Kevin Sharp, and others. Read more here: https://ndncollective.org/a-stain-of-injustice-hundreds-gathered-35-arrested-in-front-of-white-house-calling-for-release-of-leonard-peltier/ For more information: https://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/freeleonardpeltiercamp https://twitter.com/PeltierHQ?s=20 https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/american-indian-movement-announces-walk-for-leonard-peltier Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Noelani Ahia, Kanaka Maoli activist and co-founder of Maui Medics Healers Hui, discusses the deep Indigenous histories lost in the news cycle of the devastating Maui wildfires. Topics include combatting disaster capitalism, Indigenous relations with land, water, and fire, and the vision for a just and sustainable future after catastrophe.