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Book SynopsisExplores the possibilities that indigenous thought and traditions have for emancipatory, decolonial, feminist societies beyond the state
Trade Review'Anarchists have much to learn from indigenous struggles for decolonization. This thought provoking collection of interviews with indigenous activists offers insight into points of contact, affinities and tensions.'
-- Lesley J. Wood, Professor of Sociology, York University, Toronto
'Combines rich and arresting reflections on anarchism and indigenism with an incisive analysis of the complexities, tensions and affinities of anarchist and indigenous politics. Vigorously affirming anarchism’s plurality, Dupuis-Déri and Pillet also make a powerful case for the reconfiguration of anticolonial struggle.'
-- Ruth Kinna, Loughborough University Anarchism Research Group
'Timely, finely-tuned, and establishes anarcho-indigenism as a constellation of personal, political, and theoretical relationships that are crucial for decolonizing Turtle Island and imagining new ways for Indigenous Peoples and Settlers to live and work together.'
-- Richard Day, Associate Professor, Queen's University and author of ‘Gramsci Is Dead’
'[A] vital conversation between anarchists and leading Indigenous activists and intellectuals ... who together explore the relationship between anarchist and resurgent Indigenous politics. At its best, this book is an invitation to non-indigenous anarchists to (re)consider revolutionary politics by taking up the “political histories and current lived experiences of Indigenous communities seriously”.'
-- Elaine Coburn, Director of the Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Toronto
Table of ContentsIntroduction (Francis Dupuis-Déri and Benjamin Pillet)
1. Gord Hill: Anarcho-punk — anticolonialism and anticapitalism — solidarity — political violence — anarchism as a culture — survival in the wilderness — indigeneity in the Americas
2. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: American Indian Movement (AIM) — Wounded Knee incident — Black Power and struggle against apartheid — History of New-Mexico — Marxism and colonialism — First Peoples and the working class — the Anarchists — franchise or settler colonialism
3. Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas: Anarchism and First Peoples — Colonialism and its beginnings — Nationalism and language — the reservation system — religion — complicated allyship — the warriors — political violence and its consequences — the military — Palestine, Greece, Chiapas
4. Véronique Hébert: Anarchist theater — kids — words that do not exist — what is Anarchism — Indigeneity in the Americas — the Polytechnique massacre and the Oka crisis — women and feminism — spirituality — Colonialism and Decolonialism — Cultural blending and métissage
5. Freda Huson and Toghestiy: environmentalism and traditionalism — struggles against pipelines and the oil industry — defending life and the territory — the band council system
6. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui: Discovering American Anarchism — Hawai’i — the Occupy movement — the United States context — the Mâori — Palestine — feminism and queerness — how to talk about anarchism at the university and on the radio
