Indigenous Rights
The U.S. Is Using COVID-19 As An Opportunity to Steal Indigenous Land
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government announced a move that would eliminate the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s jurisdiction over their own land. It is not an accident that this latest attack on Indigenous sovereignty and land is being carried out at a time when organizing and resistance are difficult, though not impossible.
Rebecca Margolies
April 5, 2020Why Socialists Must Defend Wet’suwet’en
Large areas of Canada are being brought to a halt by Indigenous people and their allies across the continent. They are organizing against the construction of a liquid natural gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory. This struggle serves as an example of the possibilities of Indigenous and non-Indigenous worker solidarity, and an object lesson in why socialists should support such efforts across the world.
Rebecca Margolies
March 4, 2020The Return of the Indigenous Struggle in Bolivia
The resistance to the right-wing coup in Bolivia has developed under the banners of the indigenous peoples. The working class needs to take up these demands as its own. We publish here the prologue to the third edition of Javo Ferreira’s book Comunidad, indigenismo y marxismo (Community, Indigenism, and Marxism).
Javo Ferreira
December 12, 2019This Thanksgiving, Don’t Celebrate Colonizers. Celebrate Indigenous Resistance.
The people of Chile, Colombia, and Bolivia are taking to the streets to protest austerity, state violence, and right-wing coups. Indigenous communities are at the forefront of these struggles. This Thanksgiving, let’s honor the resistance and strength of indigenous people in the U.S. and around the world who continue to fight against centuries of colonial discrimination, exploitation, and violence.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
November 28, 2019Indigenous Workers Build Self Defense Committees, Fight Bolivia’s Coup
After weeks of increasing right-wing protests, the Bolivian military demanded on Sunday that President Evo Morales resign. The protests had reached a fever pitch, with the police joining the side of the right-wing in the streets demanding the president’s ouster. After the police, the military and the Organization of American States (OAS) united against Morales, […]
Tatiana Cozzarelli
November 13, 2019From Standing Rock to Ecuador, Support Indigenous Resistance
Cities across the U.S. are celebrating Indigenous People’s Day on Monday. On what is formally referred to as Columbus Day, indigenous groups and activists have fought to not only expose the history of Columbus but also to honor the indigenous people who were so violently affected by Columbus “discovering” America. Columbus did not “discover” America […]
Julia Wallace
October 14, 2019As Climate Activists March, Water Protectors Are Locked Up
Millions of people throughout the world are mobilizing to confront climate change, but Red Fawn Fallis is set to spend nearly five years in jail after defending Standing Rock. As thousands of climate activists from indigenous communities and the Global South are being killed and imprisoned, the struggle for climate justice must include decolonization and anti-imperialism.
Violet Glaser
October 3, 201910 Things You Need to Know about the Fires in the Amazon
Who is behind the fires being set in the Amazon? What is happening to the people displaced because of deforestation? What consequences will this have for the environment? Here are the ten things you need to know about the fires currently consuming the Amazon basin.
Ana Rivera
September 14, 2019Standing Rock: Battle Won, But War Continues
The Standing Rock Sioux won a historic victory. Yet, the war continues. Where does the movement go from here?
Barry Sheppard
December 7, 2016Victory at Standing Rock
The Lakota Sioux people have won a momentous victory in North Dakota: Army Corps of Engineers declared it would not grant a permit to drill through their land.
Robert Belano
December 5, 2016