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Earth Matters - A podcast by Megan Williams, Bec Horridge, Nicky Stott, Eiddwen Jeffery, Judith Peppard & Jacob Gamble. - Sundays

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"Police violence is an environmental justice issue...Abolition should be a demand of environmental justice." - Nick Estes.    This week we bring you an edited extract from a wide-ranging discussion between Indigenous academics Kim TallBear and Nick Estes, who locate the current uprising in the United States within a larger context of capitalism and colonialism, and a long history of resistance.    Guests: Kim TallBear; Nick Estes.    Links:Indigenous Resistance Against Oil Pipelines During a Pandemic [video]  The Red Nation  'Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science' by Kim TallBear.  'Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance' by Nick Estes.    Earth Matters #1248 was produced by Teishan Ahearne.