Indigenous and endogenous peoples together : Tracey Lindeman, ‘”Revolution is alive”: Canada protests spawn climate and Indigenous rights movement’, Guardian, 20/02/20 | settler colonial studies blog

Indigenous and endogenous peoples together : Tracey Lindeman, ‘”Revolution is alive”: Canada protests spawn climate and Indigenous rights movement’, Guardian, 20/02/20

01Mar20

Excerpt: Since a police raid on an Indigenous territory at the start of February, a wave of civil disobedience has surged over Canada.

Mohawks in Ontario and Quebec have erected rail blockades that paralyzed passenger and freight travel on some lines. Other protesters – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – have followed suit, blockading tracks across the country. Thirty-seven people were arrested in Toronto this week for standing on commuter tracks during evening rush hour, paralyzing the city’s Union Station.

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