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« À l’ère de la voiture achetée à crédit, les Indiens d’Amérique apparaissent comme le dernier refuge des humanistes et on les parque dans des réserves ! s’exclame Coze, qui ne cache ni ses espoirs ni son amertume. Alors que les Indiens sont sur ces terres depuis trois mille ans, les immigrés européens ne sont américains que depuis un siècle ou deu
... See moreKerwin Spire • Monsieur Romain Gary. Consul général de France - 1919 Outpost Drive - Los Angeles 28, California (French Edition)
Indigenous people did not despise wage labour primarily because of the effort that it entailed. Rather, they thought the work demanded by capitalists stripped life of its humanity.”
Erin Remblance • How Does Degrowth Apply to Our Minds?
We will be known as a culture that feared death
and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity
for the few and cared little for the penury of the
many. We will be known as a culture that taught
and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke
little if at all about the quality of life for
people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All
the world, in
... See moreIn all, 113 tribal nations suffered the disaster of termination; 1.4 million acres of tribal land was lost. Wealth flowed to private corporations, while many people in terminated tribes died early, in poverty. Not one tribe profited.
Louise Erdrich • The Night Watchman: A Novel
The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmereremergencemagazine.org
Indians regarded these squatters with horror. “No matter how little is left the red man, such heartless wretches will never rest content or let the Government rest until the Indians are made landless and homeless,” warned The Cherokee Advocate. “It is beyond the power of words to express the character of such men—dead to all human feeling and knowi
... See moreDaniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
Property and mastery: nothing else counts. Earth will be monetized until all trees grow in straight lines, three people own all seven continents, and every large organism is bred to be slaughtered.