MEDIA INDIGENA 199
Added 2020-03-01 20:58:18 +0000 UTCThis week: Is Alberta becoming a police-state? At least one critic thinks so, after the province’s recent introduction of Bill 1. Labelled the “Critical Infrastructure Defence Act,” the bill will, in the words of the Premier, create new “stiff penalties for anyone who riots on or seeks to impair critical economic infrastructure.” Penalties he says are necessary in light of the “general atmosphere of lawlessness” created by recent Wet'suwet'en solidarity actions across the country.
Joining host/producer Rick Harp this week to discuss the bill and why some fear its repercussions for activism (not least, Indigenous-led activism) are Ken Williams, assistant professor with the University of Alberta’s department of drama, and Brock Pitawanakwat, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at York University.
OTHER LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:
"Blockade bill has 'no place in a democratic society: AFN": Edmonton Journal
"Canadian politicians and media have invoked the spectre of “outside agitators” to infantilize and dismiss Indigenous peoples’ protests...": @Martin_Lukacs tweet thread
"Andrew Scheer and Peter MacKay’s throwback to civil-rights-era racial stereotypes": Maclean's
"Debunked: Vivian Krause’s Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative": EnergiMedia
"Fires, tear gas and arrests after yellow vest protest in Paris": AFP
"13 million USD to Ecuador for reduced deforestation": Government.no
"Ecuador’s indigenous people under threat from oil drilling": Financial Times
"Ecuador president, indigenous leaders set truce": Toronto Star
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador: IWGIA
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP): Library and Archives Canada
"What was the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples?": âpihtawikosisân
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