Resistance Radio with John and Regan

Resistance Radio with John Kane 12/7/22; Three weeks after a statewide ban for Native mascots in New York!

After three weeks, the word has spread. Every small town and city newspaper has run the story and every media platform with a comment section has been flooded with people losing their minds over it.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 12/1/22; With Guest Valerie Lambert, author of ”Native Agency: Indians in the BIA”

John and Valerie go deep into the Bureau of Indian Affairs from two very different perspectives and take on the agency that is now almost completely run by Native bureaucrats.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 11/25/22; New York State Bans Native Mascots!

After a two year fight with my old high school which went from the school board to the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and then to State Supreme Court, NYSED has ordered all schools to remove Native mascots by the end of the school year.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 11/17/22; It’s National Native American Heritage Month! Who knew?

Well, we are more than half way through our "special" month. Did anyone notice. Join me for a run down on what another November has brought us.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 11/10/22; ICWA on Trial

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on a challenge to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Resistance Radio 11/3/22; Chief Harry Wallace joins me to press Governor Hochul to sign the Unmarked Burial Sites Act

The bill has passed both chambers of the NY State legislature but the Governor has failed to sign it into law. 47 other states have such a law.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 10/27/22; I don’t vote and here’s why!

First let me remind people that Native people are not characters to be mocked even for Halloween. Just don't do it!

And NO! I don't vote! I suspect the final chapter of a successful genocide is when the victims line up to cast a ballot for who will oppress them next. I will not voluntarily submit to assimilation.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 10/20/22; Land Acknowledgements: Who Are They For?

I heard this one today; "Anything you do about us without us is not for us!"

Resistance Radio with John Kane 10/13/22; All of the problems of today trace back to colonization.

The chickens have truly come home to roost! Everything from climate change to political unrest, gender inequality and racism are all direct results of the legacy of colonialism.

Resistance Radio with John Kane 10/10/22; Indigenous Peoples Day

We are broadcasting a special Indigenous Peoples Day program on WPFW. Sharing the holiday with the originator of the American Holocaust almost forces us to talk about Columbus and to do the show in the District of Columbia, a whole other bit of irony.