Tune in this week as Ruby picks up where she left off last week with a rich and wide-ranging interview with Amatus Akouboo Douw & Beri Pahabol. Last week on the show, we heard from Amatus about the history of colonisation and resource extraction in West Papua, and the ongoing struggle for West Papuan freedom. This week, Beri and Amatus give us a bit more context for the current atrocities being committed against West Papuans, and reflect more broadly on the limitations of the nation state as a model for self-determination for Indigenous peoples – from Aceh, to West Papua, to the First Nations of this continent.
So find a comfy spot and sink your teeth into another powerful episode of Let’s Talk Black Power, and another important reminder that these violent systems of racism, colonialism, extraction, militarism and policing must be uprooted everywhere if they are to be defeated, once and for all. Papua Merderka, Free Palestine, Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land. Until next week…!
