Posts in Colonial Violence
RICHIE RESEDA on Dismantling Patriarchy /134
RICHIE RESEDA on Dismantling Patriarchy /134

Richie and Ayana examine how harmful patriarchy is to us all, why we must let go of our limited understanding of crime, the geography of prisons, and meaningful and revolutionary organizing in prisons.

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Indigenous Sovereignty, The Cost of Capitalism, Cultural Strategy, Colonial Violence, Racial Equity JusticeFor The Wildprison industrial complex, school-to-prison pipeline, police brutality, Success Stories, Charles Berry, Richie "Reseda" Edmond-Vargas, Richie Reseda, dismantling patriarchy, Initiate Justice, incarceration, mass incarceration, criminal justice policy, California, felony disenfranchisement, The Feminist on Cell Block Y, bell hooks, prison politic, for-profit prisons, Valley Fever outbreaks, Allyship Guide 1, An End to Patriarchy & PunishmentComment
RACHEL HEATON & ROXANNE WHITE on Funding, Fossil Fuels and Femicide /132
RACHEL HEATON & ROXANNE WHITE on Funding, Fossil Fuels and Femicide /132

This week’s episode seeks to shed light on the ongoing, urgent crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls or MMIWG that remains largely invisible in public life and mainstream media.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Indigenous Sovereignty, Racial Equity Justice, Activism AllyshipFor The WildMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, man camps, extractive industry violence, fossil fuel industry violence, genocide, Mother Earth, sacred lands, sacred waters, sacred women, cultural healing, indigenous rights, environmental justice, human trafficking, sex trafficking, forced sterilization, fossil fuel projects, ExtractivismComment
CINTA KAIPAT on the Militarization of Pågan and Defending Island Sovereignty /129
CINTA KAIPAT on the Militarization of Pågan and Defending Island Sovereignty /129

In the Northern Marianas, communities are resisting a future in which aerial bombardments become the norm, where amphibious-assault trainings sever communities from key fishing grounds and decimate aquatic ecosystems, and shelling, artillery, and mortars destroy sacred land.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The WildGuam, U.S. Military base, nuclear bombs, military destruction, Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll, U.S. empire, Pacific Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, aquatic ecosystems, shelling, artillery, sacred land, Refaluwash-Chamorro, Indigenous Refaluwash rights, Carolinian rights, attorney, Assistant Attorney General, CongresswomanComment
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea ⌠ENCORE⌡ /127
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea ⌠ENCORE⌡ /127

This episode is a call to the human heart. The impassioned Kurt Russo, speaking on behalf of the qwe 'lhol mechen, is one that will imprint itself on your memory as a cold hard look into the mirror of humanity.

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Colonial Violence, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Decolonization, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The Wildmother Orca, Tahlequah, tour of grief, Lummi Nation, Salish Sea, Indigenous Medicine, sacred duties, endangered marine species, marine ecology, biodiversity loss, marine mammal detention, critical species loss, A Love Song To Cascadia, Essential Listening Comments
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy ⌠ENCORE⌡ /126
LYLA JUNE on Resistance and Forgiveness in the Final Years of Patriarchy ⌠ENCORE⌡ /126

Lyla June retraces the origins of oppression of European women, men and earth-based cultures through to recent histories of genocide, inter-generational trauma, and the enduring forces that seek to destroy Indigenous women and the earth and more …

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildorigins of oppression, inter-generational trauma, earth-based cultures, genocide, resource extraction, frontline communties, cultural healing, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, global family, ceremony, prayer, cultural delusion, cultural disconnection, sacredness of women, global movementsComment
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118
Dr. VANDANA SHIVA on the Emancipation of Seed, Water and Women ⌠ENCORE⌡ /118

Dr. Shiva explores how systems of domination have been artificially constructed, the pervasiveness of GMOs in our food, the roots of violent agriculture, the importance of seed saving, cultures of violence, economies of care, and the role of women in changing paradigms.

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Colonial Violence, Food Sovereignty, Global SouthFor The Wildglobal agirculture, fossil fuel culture, monoculture farming, GMO seed, monsanto, monoculture of the mind, biodiversity, feed the world, seed saving, India, creative nature, women farmers, Stolen Harvest, Biopiracy, physicist, economies of care, violence in agriculture, Wisdom KeepersComment
ADA RECINOS on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109
ADA RECINOS on Corporate Destabilization and Local Resiliency in El Salvador /109

Ayana and Ada Recinos of EcoViva discuss the connections between ecosystem restoration, political and climate resilience, and food sovereignty in times of extreme instability.

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The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Sacrifice Zones, Globalization, Global SouthFor The Wildgenerational trauma, Dry Corridor, U.S.colonization, Central America, South America, Spanish colonization, crop failure, mangrove forest restoration, small-scale agriculture, agricultural diversity, Monsanto, GMO seed, human rights commissioner, immigrantion organizer, liberated communities, artificial borders, water rightsComment
ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en /107
ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER on Solidarity with Unist'ot'en /107

Eriel articulates how narratives that surround the developments at Unist’ot’en Camp show how colonization has deeply warped our perspective on who get labeled the heroes and villains. While the state continues to prioritize the protection and expansion of infrastructure over people, we must encourage each other to see with clear vision where the true threat lies.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, The Cost of Capitalism, Direct Action, Indigenous Sovereignty, Sacrifice ZonesFor The WildLNG Pipeline, resource expansion, Wet’suwet’en Territory, Gidumt’en territory, surveillance, frontline protectors, tools of assimilation, Canadian governments, cultural identity, Indigenous land reclamation, Indigenous governance, Indigenous sovereignty, Denesuline, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, coaltion builder, coalition builder, Frontline DefenseComment
SUBHANKAR BANERJEE on Defending Arctic Alaska /105
SUBHANKAR BANERJEE on Defending Arctic Alaska /105

Subhankar calls on us to find our connection with the Near North while clarifying many misconceptions about the current status of the Refuge and the history of extraction in Alaska. We must do these sacred grounds justice in our actions and minds.

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Multispecies Justice, More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Ancient Ice, Sacrifice Zones, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The Wildwildlife sacntuary, petro-capitalism, Arctic drilling, ocean systems, Near North, Arctic conservation, biodiversity, Porcupine caribou, beluga whales, bird migration, polar bears, wildife habitiat, breeding grounds, tundra, wetlands, mountain, photogrpaher, environmental humanities, eco-cultural activism, wild water wild iceComment
ROOTS OF LABOR BIRTH COLLECTIVE on Decolonizing Birth /102
ROOTS OF LABOR BIRTH COLLECTIVE on Decolonizing Birth /102

Explore ancestral legacies around birthing, how we can invest in reproductive rights outside of the current hetero-patriarchal capitalist white supremacist system, the womb space as a place of creation, and birthing support as a human right.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Radical Imagination, Transition TransformationFor The Wildreproductive justice, reproductive rights, justice, autonomy, legacies of violence, body liberation, honor birth, sustaining doulas, radical doulas, disposability, ancestral legacies, Ohlone Territory, solo parenting, womb space, creationComment
QUEER NATURE on Reclaiming Wild Safe Space /101
QUEER NATURE on Reclaiming Wild Safe Space /101

Join So and Pinar as they explore how tracking and trailing answer the call of our ancestral bodies and the land, what deep intimacy with the more than human world looks like, how place-based skills are tools of liberation, and how to heal community, we cannot solely be in reciprocal relationships, we must be in accountable ones as well.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, More Than Human Kin, Radical Imagination, Cultural Strategy, Multispecies Justice, Sexual Body Liberation, Transition TransformationFor The Wildqueer framework, futurist dreams, Arapaho, Ute, Cheyenne, place-based skills, naturalism, survival skills, colonial histories, Indigenous histories, deep listening, relationship building, earth systems, LGBTQI2+, QTBIPOC, community healing, ancestral bodies, Essential ListeningComment
DALLAS GOLDTOOTH on Responding to Toxic Masculinity /99
DALLAS GOLDTOOTH on Responding to Toxic Masculinity /99

Join Ayana and Dallas Goldtooth in conversation about toxic masculinity, accountability, and dismantling patriarchy as a decolonial approach.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Cultural Strategy, Design+Strategy, Indigenous Sovereignty, Radical Imagination, Sexual Body Liberation, Transition TransformationFor The Wildhealing community, dismantling patriarchy, gender binary, gender freedom, gender healing, gender harmony, settler colonialism, white supremacy, sacred masculinity, healthy masculinity, domination over nature, An End to Patriarchy & Punishment Comments
Reverand M. KALANI SOUZA on Personal Preparedness in Advance /96
Reverand M. KALANI SOUZA on Personal Preparedness in Advance /96

Ayana and Kalani discuss an “all hands on deck approach” to addressing human behavior and developing personal preparedness.

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Colonial Violence, Wisdom Keepers, Shore Ocean Communities, Transition Transformation, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildHawaiian Islands, frontline climate change, national disaster preparedness, climate chaos, adaptation, storyteller, singer, songrwriter, musician, performer, poet, philosopher, priest, political satirist, peacemaker, Wisdom KeepersComment
QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom /95
QUEEN QUET on the Survival of Sea Island Wisdom /95

Facing the onslaught of colonial terrorism towards both Black and Indigenous lives, Queen Quet's vision is lighting the way forward in troubled times. Taking on Indigenous sovereignty, land rights, and climate change resiliency plans, Queen Quet is a warrior of justice for not only her peoples, but all of humanity.

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Colonial Violence, Wisdom Keepers, Shore Ocean Communities, Transition TransformationFor The WildChieftess, Heads-of-State, Gullah/Geechee Nation, land theft, exploitive tourism, resiliency plans, indigenous sovereignty, land rights, slavery descendents, Jacksonville, African culture, colonial terrorism, computer scientist, lecturer, mathematician, historian, columnist, preservationist, environmentalist, justice advocate, film consultant, Allyship Guide 1, wild water wild ice Comments
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea /91
KURT RUSSO on the People Under the Sea /91

This episode is a call to the human heart. The impassioned Kurt Russo, speaking on behalf of the qwe lhol mechen, is one that will imprint itself on your memory as a cold hard look into the mirror of humanity.

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Colonial Violence, More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Indigenous Sovereignty, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The WildOrcas, Tahlequah, tour of grief, endangered species, Salsih Sea, Lummi Nation, Indigenous Medicine, orca calves, environmental giref, planetary community, land preservation, treaty rights, More Than Human Kin, More-Than-Human-Kin Comments
NNIMMO BASSEY on Niger Delta as Sacrifice Zone /88
NNIMMO BASSEY on Niger Delta as Sacrifice Zone /88

Our imaginary borders have tainted our relationship to fossil fuel complacence; global warming does not exist inside of borders, species extinction doesn’t follow state lines and blood is on all of our hands. As Nnimmo writes, “we thought it was oil, but it was blood.”

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Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Global South, GlobalizationFor The WildNigeria, global petrol military complex, fossil fuel industry, Oilwatch, imaginary borders, species extinction, planetary cannibalism, plastics, fossil fuel addiction, resource colony, cliamte chaos, ExtractivismComment
LEAH PENNIMAN on Land Based Liberation /72⌠ENCORE⌡
LEAH PENNIMAN on Land Based Liberation /72⌠ENCORE⌡

Leah confronts us with the harsh realities of injustice by two voices that simultaneously speak of healing, possibility, and reconciliation

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Colonial Violence, Food Sovereignty, Racial Equity JusticeFor The Wildend racism, food system justice, Soul Fire Farm, regeneration, grassroots activism, agroecology, Afro-Ecology, ecological transformation, social justice, environmental justice, sacred land, sacred relationshipsComment
DUNE LANKARD on the Day the Water Died /86
DUNE LANKARD on the Day the Water Died /86

Dune’s determination to take on lawsuits, with visionary alternatives to the status quo, has made the wildest possibilities of conservation happen in Alaska. He has turned cultural corners from the forced corporatization of native people’s relationship to their water, tree, and fish kin.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity Justice, Transition TransformationFor The Wilddisaster, conservation, environmental degradation, resource collapse, Exxon Valdez spill, Cordova, Alaska, Indigenous resource management, fossil fuels, environmental economics, A Love Song To Cascadia, Extractivism Comment
FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ on Art & Migration Know No Borders/85
FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ on Art & Migration Know No Borders/85

The effects of our collective greed are coming to a head at this time. What are we going to do in this time? What is the role of art now? Favianna stands in the heat of this fire and guides us to explore the intersection between culture, economy, climate change and pleasure activism.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Radical Imagination, Racial Equity Justice, Transition Transformation, Media ArtFor The Wildtransdisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, art interventions, migratory culture, migration, economic inequality, gender justice, ecology, mass incarceration, immigration crisis, political instabilityComment