The Red Nation Podcast
The Red Nation
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.
Theme song: "Dead Horse" by Weedrat https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/
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.
Theme song: "Dead Horse" by Weedrat https://weedrat.bandcamp.com/
Episodes
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Nov 11, 2021 • 1h 12min
[ARCHIVE] Veterans' Day & the Demilitarization of Indian Country w/ Krystal Two Bulls
*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 militarization of Indian Country, and how to end it. Resources: https://aboutfaceveterans.org https://landback.org Support: https://www.patreon.com/therednation
Nov 8, 2021 • 1h 27min
Throw Down Unapologetically
Hosts discuss their participation in the 'people versus fossil fuels' week of actions in Washington, DC. Creating a hand-painted banner representing indigenous resistance and feminism. Native women challenge police authority by chanting. Tracing indigenous issues back to historical and global contexts. Importance of building trust and community with elders.
Nov 1, 2021 • 1h 17min
Fear of a white genocide w/ Blanca Estevez and Austin Gonzalez
Blanca Estevez (@best__ev) and Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus) from the DSA International Committee (@DSA_Intl_Comm) talk about anti-imperialism in Latin America, racist "left" reactions to land back, and building working class power in the US South. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Oct 30, 2021 • 26min
(Preview) Halloween (1978)
A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of Red Media. Sign up for as little as $1 per month. Support: https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr Nick Estes (@nickwestes) and Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) from The East is a Podcast discuss John Carpenter's classic, Halloween (1978).
Oct 26, 2021 • 29min
(Preview) In defense of Bolivia and Evo Morales w/ Nick Estes
A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of Red Media. Sign up for as little as $1 per month. Support: https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr This recording comes from an internal Red Nation political education lecture on the conditions of struggle in Bolivia and what our response should be as Indigenous socialists.
Oct 25, 2021 • 1h 4min
Growing a Movement at X University w/ Sam Howden
Food sovereignty scholar and urban farmer Sam Howden (Red River Métis) talks with Uahikea Maile (@uahikea) about the growing movement to rename Ryerson University. Named after Egerton Ryerson, an architect of the Indian Residential School System in Canada, the institution—now called X University—and its memorialization of genocide is being challenged by student organizers like Sam. Follow the struggle: IG @wreckonciliation_x_university and Twitter @wreckonciliati1 Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Oct 21, 2021 • 20min
(Preview) YOTED: Red Reds, COINTELPRO, and the FBI (pt.1)
A preview of some of the great bonus content available to patrons of Red Media. Sign up for as little as $1 per month. Support: patreon.com/redmediapr In this episode, Nick and Sungmanitu look into the history of FBI surveillance and repression of social movements from an Indigenous Marxist lens.
Oct 18, 2021 • 1h 1min
Bolivia is medicine for the world w/ Vivi Camacho
Vivi Camacho (@LuzFloreciendo) is Quechua and the General Director of Traditional Medicine for the Plurinational State of Bolivia. She talks about the Bolivian project of building Indigenous socialism in the twenty first century, from the legacy of Che Guevara, to the US-backed coup in 2019, and the reconstruction of democracy today. Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 10min
Pueblo Elders panel at Native Liberation 2021
Maurus Chino, Petuuche Gilbert, and Honorable Verna Teller share their experience doing social and political organizing and offer words of wisdom for future generations. Video available on TRN Youtube channel Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
Oct 4, 2021 • 2h 46min
[ARCHIVE] A history of the American Indian Movement w/ Nick Estes
*Episode originally posted August 2020* Nick Estes, author of "Our History is the Future" and co-founder of The Red Nation, joins Breht from Rev Left Radio to discuss the history and legacy of the American Indian Movement, including the history of indigenous resistance in America, the origins and ideology of AIM, the Siege of Wounded Knee in 1973, the FBI's COINTELPRO, the Reign of Terror, and so much more. This is a collaborative project between Rev Left Radio and The Red Nation Podcast LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com Support https://www.patreon.com/redmediapr
