#indigenous anarchist

[transsexualfiend]

"Voting is harm reduction" Indigenous anarchists are literally on their hands and knees begging you to stop fucking saying this but here you go. Yes a candidate is going to be chosen regardless but voting is in no way harm reduction. Like that's it. Just stop calling it that. We aren't telling you to stop voting we're telling you to stop calling it harm reduction. That's simply not what it is.

[nihilistgf]

"civilization and the state are myths colonizers keep telling themselves and forcing others to believe. it is their ritual of power, their prayer is time" - Klee Benally

[mrsblackruby]

Why are some of y’all putting so much of your focus on arguing whether or not settlers should be forced to leave a colony they ‘forcibly’ inflicted on the indigenous rather than just assuring indigenous people have human rights and equal engagement in how the land around em gets to be evolved cuz they’re involved with changing environments no matter what. Why are some of y’all so scared of land back that you actively just chose genocide, pollution, and endless imperialistic efforts instead. Like can’t you see there’s alternative outcomes that can become reality and that I personally think should and want to become reality. Whatever that fear mongering shit is a waste of time to me, in the way of all of our actual liberation it comes off really self defeating to me so I’m glad I do my best not to partake in such affairs. End Apartheid.

Indigenous rights and immigration rights aren’t opposed actually they are interlocking and both important to achieve a society that values free movement

[anarcho-catboyism]

Too be honest, probably the four most neglected topics in leftist spaces as a whole is landback/indigenous rights, nonwhite rights and experiences (black communist/anarchist movements etc.), feminism (especially radicalized militant feminism), and disability accessibility/experiences (both physical and mental(like cluster B disorders especially). Not in that order btw, I believe all 4 of those are interconnected.

My one tip for people getting into leftist spaces, no matter which one it is, is to learn about the most neglected topics especially and to listen to people apart of the above groups. It is going to frustrate the shit out of you and you're going to learn a lot of the leftists around you hold onto the Patriarchy/White Supremacy etc. But you are going to empower both yourself and those around you for the better by educating yourself.

[dailyanarchistposts]

A Green New Deal?

The ballot initiative is supported by an economic assessment from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts. It calls for large scale reductions in CO2 emissions of 20 million tons per year. By 2035, CO2 emissions would be 40 percent lower than they were in 2014.

Beyond this, the initiative would place a carbon-emissions fee on major polluters, and would use the billions of dollars in revenue collected for a series of investments in clean energy and water. The proposal would see that money directed to employers with a high-wage, labor-protection model. And significantly, money would be earmarked to be spent on the economic, environmental, and health-care restoration of those communities most negatively impacted and threatened by global climate change. Some examples of programs would include low-income energy-assistance programs and there would be job retraining and wage and benefit protections for workers in fossil-fuel-reliant industries over the course of a generation while those industries are phased out.

There will also be resources made available for Indigenous communities deeply feeling impacts of ecological crises and dealing with pressing impacts from climate change. As one example, the Quinault Indian Nation, on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula coast, is seeing its historic burial grounds and sacred sites inundated with sea water rises. Portions of its ancestral lands around the coastal villages of Taholah and Queets are already becoming uninhabitable. If ballot initiative 1631 passes, there will be more resources and funds available to protect habitat and develop greater resilience.

Supporters are calling this a Green New Deal. The idea is to use money raised through the $15 per ton fee on CO2 emissions to create so-called glide paths to full retirement for workers in fossil fuel industries within five years of retiring. So, for workers who had worked in these industries for between one and five years, there would be a year of guaranteed income, health care, and retirement contributions for every year worked by that worker. Workers who had worked in the fossil fuel industry for more than five years would be covered with a wage insurance program for up to five years to make up for any income difference between their wages in the fossil fuel industry and the new wages in a non-fossil fuel industry. The aim is to have a just transition to new work rather than simply retraining.

The Western States Petroleum Association and conservative PACs are already lining up to throw millions behind a “No on 1631” campaign. So clearly some of them see some initial costs.

[shroobles]

My mood after the debate shit show

[damnesdelamer]

At first, I thought that my difficulties in life were caused by the fact that I was Indigenous. Then, in my thirties, I dis- overed that in truth, it was because I am a woman. It took a long time before I could become a woman, I mean, an Indigenous woman. Being an Indigenous woman is twice as difficult, because you embody two converging political realities. Women are also considered a "minority" in a way, and our struggle is motivated by the need for personal and collective security. So I became a feminist. Because no one is born a feminist, you must choose to become one.

~ Véronique Hébert, Anarcho-Indigenism

[thelindenpapers]

Video Weekend

The Anarchist Audio Library --

Braiding Sweetgrass (Playlist):

[chahoolheel]

Phoenix, AZ

O’odham land

[mourntomidnight]

Made some pro Palestine art because I can’t really post this to insta unfortunately but since my parents don’t have tumblr I can

[hakaiika]

Hakaii'ka's Notes Day 4

"Any bureaucracy that domineers the working class, directing their work, setting their compensation, and deciding their production & distribution inherently reproduces a class system" -Mikhail Bakunin

[nihilistgf]

"For us green anarchism predates the term and is a way to talk about our politics (anarchist: no state, no exchange relationships, and a vigorous critique of daily life) and our spiritual life (green: earth-based, concerned with cycles not progress, not moral). For us green anarchism does not begin with a set of bearded European men but in the conditions of Turtle Island (North America). The turtle (Hah-nu-nah) is the earth, and is our life. A green perspective worth its name begins with the story of how humans came to this place. A place that was doing just fine without us. It begins with the stories that composed a social reality that was disrupted by visitors who have long outstayed their welcome." - Black Seed—An Old Green Anarchy by Aragorn!

[fiddles-ifs]

hello doctor fiddles. i am aware you are a man of the Appalachia, as a Virginia prime creature, i would like to know ur thoughts on the Great Dismal Swamp

the Great Dismal Swamp is my best friend <3

[blubberinganarchist]

In light of soon to come events I'd like to share a piece of theory written from a native perspective

[dailyanarchistposts]

Indigenous Anarchism is a concept that has been around for a long time. In fact, the anarchism practiced by many tribes in North America predates European anarchism by thousands of years. This anarchism was only recently destroyed by the forces of colonization, capitalism, and white supremacy.

Today, Anarchism is dominated by Euro-centric ideas about relations, culture, and spirituality. Anarchists in the so-called United States and Canada are predominantly white. This has shaped the anarchism of these predominantly English speaking countries in a profound way.

This is not the case with Anarchism in Latin America which, though initially influenced by Anarchists from Europe, has been shaped by the contributions and struggles of Indigenous Anarchists throughout so-called Latin America.

The Indigenous Anarchist Federation (Federación Anarquista Indígena) works to unite the unique anarchist struggle of Indigenous people in North America. It is a platform to share indigenous anarchist ideas, struggles, philosophies, and challenges.

Anarchism in North America must reflect the Indigenous peoples’ traditions that were displaced by the forces of colonialism, forced-religious conversion, militarism, and capitalism. We must be able to articulate an Anarchism that both speaks to the material realities of our relatives both living on the rez and in diaspora, all while maintaining the diverse perspectives of our peoples’ various cultures. We must create a place where these conversations can be had… where our ideas and dreams can be fleshed out. IAF strives to provide the space for this to happen.

[militankaos]

İyi geceler sevgili kent dinleyenleri.

Gerçi artık buralarda beni dinleyen birileri olduğundan şüpheliyim. Yine de, bir şeyler değişti. Her zamanki olgunun getirisi, hep değişir. Ben değiştim, toplum değişti ve ben hafifledim bugün. Toplum hafiflemedi, çünkü o yapısı gereği sürekli bir ağırlaşma eğilimindedir. Ağırlaşır toplum. Velhasıl kelam, ben değiştim ve hafifledim. Kuş gibi hafif ve güneş gibi parlağım bu gece. Ve evet, geceye rağmen. Bazı karanlıklar geldi geçti, bazı aydınlıklar. Aydınlıklarda fazla heyecanlı ve mutluydum ben, uğramadım buralara. Karanlıklarda da "karanlıklar yazılarda bile paylaşılmaz" düşüncesinden almadım elime kalemi. Paylaşılanlar çoğalır çünkü. Bir şarkı vardı,"kullandığın sözcüklere dikkat et. Hepsi ağzından gerçekleşmek üzere çıkıyorlar tamam mı?" diyordu son kısmında. Fazla güvendim ve benimsedim bunu ben. Şarkının kalanını unuttum, cımbız ile seçtim hoşuma gideni. Eh, haliyle yazı yazmaz, kürkçü dükkanına uğramaz oldum. İyi de yaptım da, yazan yazıyı ve yazmayı bırakamaz. Yani, buradayım yine. Etimle ve kemiğimle, aynı ama farklı olarak biraz da. Şarkıyı bir daha dinledim, bu sefer de hoşuma başka bir nakarat gitti. "En az 20 dil duydum kendi kulağımla, beş tanesi bildiğim. Gelip diyebilir bir Filipinli ben Çinliyim" diyordu bu sefer. Ve, evet. Bu sefer bu nakaratta durdum ben. Düşündüm ve içselleştirdim bunu. Kendi memleketimden uzakta-eskiler buna gurbette der- çok dil duydum dostum. Çok dil, çok ağız, çok lehçe. Bunların birçoğu kendi kulağımla ve bildiğim, bir kısmı ise hiç bilmediğim olarak ayrıldı. Ben bilmediklerimi yok, bildiklerimi var saydım. Bazen sayarım. Kendimi şöyle, seni böyle sayarım bazen ben. Ne sen yanlış ve de, ne ben. Anlıyor musun? Var saymalarımız ve kanılarımız değil bizi a noktasından b noktasına götüren; biziz. Bizleriz bazı yolları ve "ağızları" yaratan. Ve bizleriz sonrasında tekrardan onlara tapan, yolda yürüyen ve ağzı konuşan. Okuyucu, nerelerde ve kimlerlesin ben bilemem-bir hiçim- ama emin ol ki ne sensin yanlış ne de o karşındaki bildiğin. Gelir ve geçer durumlar arasında gelene kötü gidene üzgün bakamayız. Eski beni reddederken yeni beni iyi tanıyamam ben. Yazım dağınık ve kirli oldu. Değişen şeyler gibi değişmeyen durumlar da baki demek bu :) ve fark ettiysen, noktalama kuralları ile de barışıp onlarla da anlaştım. Dedim ki onlara "siz var olun ama ben sizi çok da önemsemeyeyim." Dadaizm yapayım biraz ve size de karşı çıkayım bir noktada. (.) Bu noktadan söz etmiyorum tabii. Yani okuyucu, buraya kadar geldiysen aklın biraz karıştı demektir. Ve bu da bu pislik yazar amacına doğru koşuyor anlamına gelir. Sevmediğimden değil, düz yazmayı sevmediğimden. Nakarata bir daha gelirsem, derim ki ben Türkçe konuşurken Kürtçe konuşmak istiyorum bu aralar. Bazı dostlarıma özendim. Ama yine de diyeyim ki sana, leyla gibi de konuşsan mecnun gibi de, Afgan da olsan İngiliz de, mülteci de olsan "kendi vatanında birer can" da anlarım ben seni. Çünkü kodlamalar yapıldı zihnimde ve mekaniğim böyle işliyor benim. Bugün Kürt'üm ben ve yarın Türk. Diğer sabaha Çinli olarak uyanabilirim. Ve Çince bilmesem de emin ol ki iyi konuşurum. Beden de dildir ve dilim de biraz bedendir benim. Ruhumu yazılarımla harmanlar ve onla da ifade ederim kendimi ben. Sen neysen oyum karşımda, ne değilsen ona ters. Ama sanma ki dengem şaşmış da neyi savunduğumu unutmuşum ben. En dengeli zamanlarımda, en dengesiz davranışlar ile dengeyi yakaladım arkadaşım. Karmaşık ve tadı acı olsa da tavsiye ederim sana da. Yine de bir tabu/yargı olmasın, deneylerimin acı sonlarının olabileceğini çıkarmayalım aklımızdan biz. Bazen 18'e, bazen 47'ye hitap ederim, bilirsin. Bilir misin? Artık öyle.