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The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nationwww.therednation.org
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/
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Episodes

Venezuela & sanctions w/ Abril Viscaya & Carolina Morales

Two Venezuelan activists talk about US sanctions against their country for the first part of the #FridayNightForums webinar series co-hosted with the Arab Resource & Organizing Center and the Center for Political Education. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Apr 18, 20201 hr 8 min

#NoDAPL political prisoners w/ Little Feather & Leoyla Cowboy

We sit down with Little Feather and Leoyla Cowboy to talk about an untold story of #NoDAPL political prisoners. Donate: https://www.nodaplpoliticalprisoners.org Find out more: https://waterprotectorlegal.org Support: https://patreon.com/therednation

Apr 13, 20201 hr 44 min

Coronashock w/ Lou & Nicolás

The COVID-19 pandemic grips the world. Comrades Nicolás Cruz and Lou Cornum join us to talk about Indian Country's response, rising eco-fascism, and how the US has used the crisis to advance intervention against Venezuela. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Apr 07, 20202 hr 6 min

No shorts, no losses & the morning star of US imperialism pt. 2 w/ Walter Johnson & Tef Poe

This is Part 2 of our conversation from last week. St. Louis, MO once rose as the morning star of US imperialism. It has also been a laboratory of racial capitalism, from Indigenous genocide and the fur trade to the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. We talk with historian Walter Johnson ( @abufelix12 ) and activist-artist Tef Poe ( @TefPoe ). Check out Walter's new book, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States: https://www.basicbooks.com/tit...

Apr 06, 20201 hr 9 min

No shorts, no losses & the morning star of US imperialism pt. 1 w/ Walter Johnson & Tef Poe

St. Louis, MO once rose as the morning star of US imperialism. It has also been a laboratory of racial capitalism, from Indigenous genocide and the fur trade to the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. We talk with historian Walter Johnson ( @abufelix12 ) and activist-artist Tef Poe ( @TefPoe ). Part 2 comes out next week. Check out Walter's new book, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/walter-johnson/the-...

Mar 30, 20201 hr 6 min

If nurses aren't safe, we're not safe w/ Jean Ross

Jean Ross is the President of National Nurses United ( @NationalNurses ), the largest nurses union in the United States and the profession on the frontlines battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mar 25, 202028 min

Coronavirus in Indian Country w/ Dean Seneca

Dean Seneca is an epidemiologist from the Seneca Nation. He shares his expertise on how Indian Country is facing the current pandemic. Find his work: https://www.senecascientificsolutions.com Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mar 24, 202056 min

Venezuela, US sanctions, & Coronavirus w/ Carlos Ron

Under US sanctions, Venezuela responds to Coronavirus through increased internationalism. Carlos Ron ( @CarlosJRonVE ), the Vice-Minister for Foreign Relations with North America, joins us. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mar 23, 20201 hr 21 min

(Unlocked) Canada is an empire of feelings w/ Audra Simpson

Reconciliation is dead. But how and why did it start in Canada? Kahnawake Mohawk scholar Audra Simpson argues reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous was meant only to heal the settler and to forever suspend the question of Indigenous revolution. This is a bonus episode. Subscribe on Patreon for more bonus content: www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mar 16, 202051 min

Iran, Coronavirus, & US sanctions w/ Saeed Biglari

Saeed Biglari ( @Haman_Ten ) is an Iranian physician on the frontlines combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). He talks about how US sanctions have severely impacted Iran's healthcare workers from treating patients and stopping the spread of the virus. Support us: www.patreon.com/therednation

Mar 12, 202043 min

Native veterans against war w/ Phoenix Johnson

Phoenix Johnson is a Tlingit and Haida anti-war organizer and the president of Seattle Veterans for Peace. We discuss the militarization of Indian Country and the necessity for decolonization and anti-imperialism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mar 09, 20201 hr 17 min

Coronavirus & Yellow Peril w/ Amanda

Amanda ( @catcontentonly ) talks about the anti-Chinese racism plaguing US media coverage of the Coronavirus epidemic, and its connection to US settler colonialism and imperialism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Mar 02, 202058 min

(Unlocked) Grandpa Frank & the world of paper w/ Nick

Nick Estes, the host of the Red Nation Podcast, talks about the legacy of his grandfather Frank Estes and the afterlives of allotment policy for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. This talk was part of a series of talks celebrating Oceti Sakowin writers of the Oak Lake Writers Society hosted December 2019: https://olws.squarespace.com . Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Feb 28, 202040 min

Palestine is an Indigenous struggle w/ Elena & Orien

Turtle Island is rising up! #ReconciliationisDead, #WetsuwetenStrong blockades, Tohono O'odham resist the border wall, settler elections, & Palestine! Red Nation comrades Orien LongKnife ( @beshnez ) & Elena Ortiz ( @spiritofpopay ) join the conversation. Support patreon.com/redmediapr

Feb 24, 20201 hr 53 min

Why are fake Cherokees more famous than real Cherokees? w/ Rebecca Nagle

In this wide-ranging interview, award-winning Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle ( @rebeccanagle ) debunks myths surrounding Cherokee history, culture, and people — and why these tropes have devastating consequences for all Native people. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Feb 17, 20201 hr 12 min

#WetsuwetenStrong w/ Karla Tait

Dr. Karla Tait is a member of the Gilseyhu Clan of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation and a trained psychologist who specializes in decolonizing healing. In this interview, she gives a historical and cultural context to the mass Indigenous uprising #WetsuwetenStrong that is rocking so-called Canada. She was arrested alongside other Indigenous matriarchs protecting Wet'suwet'en territory after police violently raided Unist'ot'en Camp this month. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood Support Unis'tot'en Camp...

Feb 15, 20201 hr 5 min

Venezuela & anti-imperialism w/ Onyesonwu

Onyesonwu joins us for a report-back from recent African and Indigenous delegations to Venezuela, and why the Bolivarian Revolution is leading at the forefront of the global anti-imperialist movement. Onyesonwu is an organizer with the All African People's Revolutionary Party and the All African Women's Revolutionary Union as well as an editor with Hood Communist. Read the Final Declaration of the World Conference Against Imperialism: http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/02/06/final-declaration-of-the-...

Feb 10, 202055 min

Resisting the Coup in Bolivia w/ Ollie Vargas

Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas ( @Ovargas52 ) talks about upcoming Bolivian elections and the organized Indigenous resistance against the fascist coup. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Feb 03, 202058 min

(Unlocked) Memory songs w/ Lydia Whirlwind Soldier

Sicangu Lakota elder writer Lydia Whirlwind Soldiers talks about her first book of poetry Memory Songs , the Lakota language, and writing English. This talk was part of a series of talks celebrating Oceti Sakowin writers of the Oak Lake Writers Society: https://olws.squarespace.com . For more bonus episodes like this, support the show on patreon. www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Jan 30, 202045 min

The Red Deal w/ Chey, Demetrius, & Melanie

Our first monthly show Red Power Hour features Red Nation members talking about the Red Deal: End the Occupation & Heal Our Bodies . In loving memory of Wake-Self (1989-2019) Music: Frank Waln - "What makes the red man red? (Instrumentals)" Frank Waln - "My people come from the land"...

Jan 27, 20201 hr 7 min

Lakota foods w/ Lisa & Arlo Iron Cloud

Lisa and Arlo sat down with us at their kitchen table, sharing the fun side of Indigenous food sovereignty and Lakota knowledge. Support patreon.com/redmediapr

Jan 21, 20201 hr 3 min

Fighting Trump's border wall w/ Nellie Jo David

Trump's militarizing the US-Mexico border. Tohono O'odham jurist Nellie Jo David explains complicity of both parties in this project and its connection to Israeli settler colonialism. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr Show art by Hop David: https://www.deviantart.com/hop41/gallery

Jan 13, 202051 min

No access without consent w/ Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Namoks

On Jan. 4th, 2020 the Wet'suwet'en House Chiefs representing all five clans evicted Coastal Gaslink employees from Unist'ot'en and Gidimt'en territories. Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Namoks spells out the terms of the struggle to protect Indigenous land and water and the violent invasions by Canada into the territory. Follow the struggle on Twitter: @UnistotenCamp Support Unist'ot'en Camp: http://unistoten.camp...

Jan 08, 202011 min

War with Iran? w/ Sina Rahmani

Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) is the host of the East is a Podcast . Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Jan 04, 20201 hr 18 min

Labour's defeat & Brexit, an Irish perspective w/ Eugene McCartan

In this special episode, Eugene McCartan, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, breaks down Labour's recent electoral loss, Jeremy Corbyn, #Brexit, and the anti-imperialist struggle in Ireland. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Dec 31, 201935 min

(Unlocked) Elizabeth Cook-Lynn - "In Defense of Loose Translations" (2019)

The elder Dakota writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn talks about the politics of Indigenous language, writing, the Dakota literary tradition, and her new memoir In Defense of Loose Translations: An Indian Life in an Academic World . This talk was part of a series of talks celebrating Oceti Sakowin writers of the Oak Lake Writers Society: https://olws.squarespace.com . Subscribe to the Patreon to access more shows like this: www.patreon.com/redmediapr...

Dec 31, 201947 min

Unis'tot'en Camp: no access without consent w/ Anne Spice

Tlingit scholar Anne Spice (@anne_spice) talks about the ongoing struggle against illegal incursions into traditional Wet'suwet'en territories and doing research on the frontlines. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr

Dec 16, 201949 min
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