Indigenous resistance

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This term can be used to describe the organized efforts of indigenous peoples to challenge colonizing powers that impose control over their land, resources, and cultures.

Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action #9

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We begin this issue with interventions from our readers which support, challenge or complete content from past issues. In our interviews section, Kelly Fritsch talks with disability, queer and trans activist, Eli Clare.
Sharmeen Khan and Natalie Kouri-Towe interview leading scholar Sherene Razack about her book, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims from Western Law and Politics.
In our first article, Palestine solidarity activist Ben Saifer analyses the emergence and assesses the implications of Zionist-initiated "dialogue" efforts on Canadian university campuses. Next, Kate Milley examines the organization of anti-native activism in response to the struggles of the Six Nations people on the Haldimand tract, revealing the broader, deeply entrenched racism and colonial logic of Canadian society. Finally, Chris Hurl and Kevin Walby untangle common assumptions about student movement politics in their historical analysis of The Canadian Union of Students from 1965-1969.
Our roundtables section begins with a tenth anniversary reflection on the mass mobilization against the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999. Contributors offer retrospective analyses of this pivotal moment of the anti-globalization movement. The second roundtable discussion addresses anti-Olympic organizing. We hear from activists preparing for the upcoming mobilizations against the Vancouver 2010 games, and from those who organized against the games in Salt Lake City, Turin, and Sydney.
The book reviews section features Sean Benjamin's review of Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism, and Jeff Shantz's review of The Red Army Faction, A Documentary History, Volume 1: Projectiles for the People.

Social War on Stolen Native Land

The title is written in black sans-serif text on a white background that says "Social War On Stolen Native Land", accompanied by a colour photograph of two individuals dressed in all black burning a Canadian flag at an indigenous gathering. Below, in black
A half-page colour zine detailing the perspectives, struggles, triumphs, and stories of various groups of anarchists, indigenous people of Turtle Island (specifically the occupied lands classed as "Canada") and how their struggles are interconnected. These stories come from all over "Canada", with a particular focus on articles from the west coast, and "Quebec". The zine, though compiled and released in 2016, is comprised of various blog posts and editorials from as far back as 2003, compiling over a decade and a half of indigenous stories, anarchist stories, their mutual struggles, and constructively addressing fundamental differences in their mindsets towards societal structuring, reconciliation and land back movements.

Voices: Indigenous Women on the Front Lines Speak Volume 8

Volume 8 of 9 in a series "Voices: Indigenous Women on the Front Lines", in which Indigenous Women and 2Spirit land defenders from the west of so-called canada speak in-depth about their experiences protecting their lands. Volume 8 features an interview with Unist’ot’en Hereditary Chief, Elder and Teacher Lht’at’en, also known as Doris Rosso. Includes a pamphlet of a map of Indigenous Territories written about in "Voices".

Another End of the World is Possible : Indigenous solidarity and blocking extractive infrastructure in Canada

This zine is written by several settler Anarchists about blockades as a tactic of indigenous solidarity and decolonization. The zine offers advice for anarchists who want to contribute to land defense and Canadian extractive infrastructure, using examples from the 90's and early 2000's.