Resistance Radio with John and Regan

Another holiday weekend to celebrate and romanticize war! Why?

The vast majority of US holidays are some celebration of war. Memorial Day is just one of many. But it kicks off the Summer season and revs us up for the 250th celebration of the United States' first war; the war for independence! But still no justice for all and still no "all men are created equal."

Does giving something a label or name make it real? And does that thing become the label or name?

I am not an "Indian" and I am not a "member" of a "tribe." Not my words and not my identity!

My second show of the week. This one from DC on WPFW. My guest is our General Manager Shayna Lonoae who is also Kanaka Maoli from Hawaii.a

We spend the hour promoting our station and discussing Hawaii and our connections.

Two weeks of the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues and no mention that the Doctrine of Christian Discovery is still in play.

Why sustain clearly racist legal doctrines today? And let's talk about language and how it affects behaviour.

Well Earth Day happened. Let me talk about how we're doing. Oh! and the 4th of July is just around the corner.

We continue to wreak havoc on the planet as we pretend 250 years of this behavior is something to celebrate.

The DNA lie! And country music is full of songs about white folks clinging to land. We tried that too.

DNA cannot determine ethnicity, origin stories or nationality. and why is it romantic for country singers to sing about refusing to sell land to developers. THAT was one of the reasons the US claimed for taking our lands.

Nothing in the 14th Amendment mentions "domiciliation" or allegiance but it still entered the SCOTUS debate!

Allegiance is literally in the definition of "citizen." But left out of the processes in the 14th Amendment, the takeover of Hawaii and the Indian Citizenship Act!

I try once again to explain why more should be outraged over Native people being cast as a subclass of human existence in the US. That is exactly what "ward" status is! 

So let's talk about birthright citizenship! It's not complicated but it may not be what you think.

Native People were NOT made citizens under the Constitution!

Are you free? What is freedom? David Harmony is my guest.

Being a "citizen" is about having an allegiance to a government in exchange for protections. Freedom is not in the definition of citizenship.