Deathnography Podcast

In this episode, I speak with Majerle Lister (member of the Navajo Nation, host of Wósdéé Podcast, PhD at University of Arizona) about sovereignty, the history of Navajo tribal government, red-baiting, and solidarity between Indigenous and white working people. I also speak with Alexandra Lépine (Métis communist and organizer, Theory and Criticism PhD candidate at Western University) about class and colonial antagonisms in Canada, identity and the concept of “white-passing,” and the necessity of anti-fascist organizing.

***LINKS - MAJERLE***

The report discussed with Majerle, Land Reform in the Navajo Nation, can be accessed at: https://www.dinecollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Land-Reform-In-Navajo-Nation.pdf

Majerle’s podcast is called Wósdéé Podcast, it’s available on all platforms go check it out immediately.

***LINKS - ALEX***

The Red River Rebellion

https://indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/red-river-resistance/

Ipperwash

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/ipperwash_crisis/

The Northwest is Our Mother (book) by Jean Teillet:

https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443450126/the-north-west-is-our-mother/

The document “What is Canada?” by the PCR-RCP, discussed with Alex, can be accessed at: http://blogs.ubc.ca/span280/files/2015/12/what-is-canada-primer.pdf

Info on Africville, Nova Scotia:

https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-africville

Accomplices, Not Allies (zine)

https://indigenousaction.org/wp-content/uploads/accomplices-not-allies-print-friendly.pdf

Defend Your Territory (pamphlet)

https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/documentation/defend-your-territory-tactiques-et-techniques-pour-combattre-les-attaques-de-la-police

Info on The “Trucker” Convoy

https://readpassage.com/p/the-trucker-convoy-is-not-a-workers-revolt/

Info on Every Child Matters:

https://nctr.ca/education/every-child-matters/

Interview with Glen Coulthard

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/01/indigenous-left-glen-coulthard-interview/

Info on The Native People’s Caravan:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/native-people-s-caravan

Info on encampment clearing in Toronto:

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/10480091-toronto-spent-almost-2-million-to-clear-three-downtown-encampments-this-summer/

HAPPY NEW YEAR *PREVIOUSLY PATRON-ONLY CONTENT* I had a conversation with my friend Aamer of Das Criminal Podcast (https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/dascriminal). We discussed the good art vs good politics, video games as propaganda, and whether art can be a substitution for political theory (no). I recorded and edited said discussion for you to enjoy!

And here are some links: A nice little article about marxist approaches to art criticism and analysis: https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/culture/theory/item/2626-what-do-marxists-have-to-say-about-art John Berger's Ways of Seeing BBC series about historicizing art criticism: Episode 1 (all 4 episodes available on youtube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk&ab_channel=tw19751

(cover art on this podcast episode is John Berger)

David Graeber on the reactionary politics of The Dark Knight Rises and other Superhero movies: https://www.thenewinquiry.com/super-position/ Playthrough of Call of Duty Modern Warfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Wy_fjXLdc&ab_channel=MKIceAndFire

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Thank you

Henry

Socialist projects of the 20th century were the target of murderous campaigns originating in the global north. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed... but they aren't the ones getting a monument in Ottawa. A discussion with Harbinger Society Presents and Habibti Please Podcast

What is possible, politically? When are we being too idealistic? What is “realistic,” when we talk about social change? Is non-violent revolution possible?

In this episode, I speak with journalist Vincent Bevins, author of The Jakarta Method, about the mass killings of suspected communists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during the 1960s and other Washington-supported anti-communist efforts around the globe. Next, Maya Menezes, writer of a recent article “Migrant workers are the present and future of low-carbon care work” in Briarpatch magazine, tells me about Canadian dependence on migrant labour, and the insidious myth of “scarcity” undermining our political goals.

To purchase Vincent’s book:

https://vincentbevins.com/book/

Maya’s article:

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/migrant-workers-are-the-present-and-future-of-low-carbon-care-work

To support the podcast:

patreon.com/deathnography

Here is a recent conversation I had with two young researchers, Agha Saadaf and Amber Ye, who are both about to finish their undergraduate degrees in anthropology at the University of Toronto - my alma mater. They reached out to interview me for the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal, for which they are both editors. We talked about my time at u of t, ethnography and ethnology, accessibility in public scholarship, Marx & Foucault & Ruth Wilson Gilmore, private sector research, and other work experiences we’ve had.

Check out their work in Volumes 7 and 8 of the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal:

https://anthro.sa.utoronto.ca/anthropology-undergraduate-journal/