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The Long Land War / Jo Guldi

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Historian Jo Guldi joins us to discuss her Boston Review article, "The Earth for Man: Redistributing land was once central to global development efforts---and it should be today." This article is adapted from her 2022 book from Yale University Press, "The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights." You can find the article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-earth-for-man/ And the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300256680/the-long-land-war/ Jeff Dorchen delivers the first installment of a two-part "Moment of Truth." This week's Question from Hell! winner is announced. The competition this week was fierce.

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You're going to work with the.

0:02.0

I see our power in the way.

0:04.0

The last time.

0:06.0

Big attack.

0:07.0

You're welcome, Dale. deal. This is hell.

0:27.0

is hell.

0:30.0

Live from land, stolen from the Potawatomy people.

0:37.0

This is Hell. Colonial empires stole land from indigenous people worldwide for centuries, over half a millennia, and still occupy much of the land formerly occupied by the indigenous.

0:55.0

There are many who are now arguing maybe it's finally time we do something about this historic

1:00.4

injustice.

1:02.4

It's even likely that you may have at least heard about the

1:06.4

land back movement either through your own research some media outlet other than ours or maybe from the many guests who have

1:15.2

appeared on our show and mentioned it here on the show over the years. But if you

1:20.0

haven't heard or aren't certain what it is, the Landback Movement demands

1:24.0

indigenous communities have decision-making power over land. Their goal is not

1:31.5

to force those who currently live on the land to leave.

1:36.0

They believe that indigenous governance is possible, sustainable,

1:41.0

and best for all public lands.

1:45.0

And on our show, Landback came up most recently last month in early May

1:50.0

when we spoke with Ashley Dawson, co-editor of decolonized conservation.

1:54.6

Ashley summed it up as, it's a simple demand.

1:58.4

Give the stolen land back.

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