Indigenous Activists Tom Goldtooth & Eriel Deranger on the Link Between Colonialism & Climate Crisis



Democracy Now! is broadcasting live from COP27, the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where hundreds of activists protested outside the plenary hall Thursday to demand climate justice. We speak to two Indigenous activists and land defenders at the summit, Eriel Tchekwie Deranger and Tom Goldtooth. โ€œIt is frontline communities, land defenders and Indigenous peoples that have experienced the loss of our territories at the hands of oil and gas and extractivism,โ€ says Deranger, executive director of Indigenous Climate Action and member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. โ€œColonialism has to be addressed in these hallways, and thereโ€™s been lack of political will around that,โ€ says Goldtooth, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network and member of the Dinรฉ and Dakota nations.

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37 thoughts on “Indigenous Activists Tom Goldtooth & Eriel Deranger on the Link Between Colonialism & Climate Crisis”

  1. Great job as always Amy and team Democracy Now. Indigenous tribes all of you are great examples to our world ๐ŸŒŽ Although, there are many self egoistic politicians who handle things politely, all is hypocrisy , they are uncultured and tricksters. We all must stand our ground with dignity and integrity.

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  2. These are $5 Indians , non Melinated. For the truth re: America history & Major Identity Theft, See "$5 Indians: Pay To Play".

    Main reason why INDIAN RED color crayon and NFL WASHINGTON REDSKINS NAME & LOGO were BANNED. INDIAN RED= DARK BROWN. Blessings!

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  3. AGENDA 21/2030 is part of the problem it's not the answer. Did insurance solve the health care problem? Of course not insurance is a scam created by the elites that stole control of our money to ensure they can continue to exploit the people of the Earth and rule over everybody because according to them they are the Chosen People and Manifest Destiny their right to strip us of ours and replace them with privileges allowed by their charitable generosity. Until we retake control of our own money things will only get worse.

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  4. Any company, organization or country with the word "Democracy" in its name is bogus, false, misleading, and likely run by socialists. I live in Thailand, and each of the times I visited the "People 's Democratic Republic of Laos" (its official name) I wonder at how Americans are always taken in by this ruse. It's SO blatant. What was the organization that funneled Soros' money to AOC? Democracy Now! To help socialists get elected into America's government. Get it?

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  5. How do we take back control? Because we clearly see these that these individuals that elected themselves to make decisions are never going to change their ways and give up their power. So to dismantle this entity is the only way! We are not destroying the planet they are!

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  6. Little to late…I'm glad you're covering this but come on. These climate situations are getting worse!
    Corporations are taking over and colonialism/Corptocracy is running along unstopped!

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  7. Grassroots means millions of Baby Bison running over and replenishing the soil Grasslands …poop poop poop and pee scratch up the topsoil a bit ,run on foward and be Free.
    That will stop erosion desertification and promote moisture loss on the fringes…more ๐ŸŒณ ๐ŸŒฒ ๐ŸŒด

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  8. There is the common but very true saying , "THERE ARE METHODS IN MADNESS". This ADOLF HITLER clearly proved with his tesms of scientists and a powerful military. The point here is that, GREED and above all CORPORATE GREED, clearly displahs this mental problem which seems to evade intelligent discusion. It is time to call out the true psychological profile of offenders, as being medically problematic and dangerously so. But in their methods of madness, like ADOLF HITLETR and his mighty military, they too have hundreds and thousands of employees who do their bidding and others who benefit financially from this state of insanity , whi h shows the extent of poor mental state of socidtiez worldwide as too many exist under the demands of SURVIVAL.
    The world is sadly moving to the realty of a "MAD MAX " movie.

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  9. Covid doesn't hold a candle to what WISHFUL THINKING is capable of in being a pandemic .
    The best way to accurately describe their mental makeup is REALITY DRESSED IN DRAG.
    Just like they manage to convince themselves that the "2" biological sexes can change with a thought or a feeling, they don't want oil production when that nylon tent they virtue signal from comes from petroleum.
    You simply can't be matter of fact with those who live their lives being mad at he fact.

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  10. If you can't beat them join them. THEN; The World will be all together going towards one evil way of life, who's end is the fire. Do not follow Satan for he is ever rebellious against The Most Gracious God. Will you go towards that, that cannot hear or see. Are many gods better, or The One Compassionate God. If there were many gods each would take what it has created, but as you see there's no confusion in The Heavens. More valuable then The World and everything it contains it's gold, oil, diamonds, ect. Come; Away from darknesses of evil, come; into light upon light, The World's ultimate goal. Clean the darknesses from the heart. Bear witness; There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

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  11. "COLONIALISM = DAMAGE ON LANDS, H20S, PEOPLE & OUR LIVES ACROSS THE PLANET DESPITE PROMISES MADE TO RECTIFY THE SAME" DAMAGE THEY CREATED!!!

    SEE IPC6 REPORT WHICH DISCUSSES KEEPING FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND!!!

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  12. Global warming is a hoax. The sun's interaction with the galactic current sheet is changing the environment on every planet. There have been increases of temperature on this planet far higher than what you crazies are talking about and that was before the industrial revolution. You're being played just like they did to you during the PLANDEMIC. Wake the fuck up people

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