Colonialism and settler-colonialism rely upon the consistent theft, resource extraction, and looting of Indigenous people’s land, goods, bodies, and lives. When you hear pundits moan and whine about the immorality of looting, what they’re usually referring to is people breaking into stores and taking goods from inside during a protest or riot. A recent example...
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A History of Coups: The U.S. Doesn’t Want Socialism To Succeed
The U.S. loves to intervene through coups to prevent socialist leaders from creating change in their own countries. And they’ve just done it again in Bolivia. The United States is—if nothing else—consistent in its obsession with remaining a power player in every country in the world. To do this, capitalist and white supremacist policies must...
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Meet the Native Women at the Heart of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
The battle to block the Dakota Access Pipeline was launched by Native Women. by Jen Deerinwater Sixty percent of the adult human body is made of water. Seventy-five to 80 percent of an infant’s body is made of water. Without clean water, no living being — plants, animals, or humans — can survive. Despite this,...