AUDIO about Indigenous posted on July 6, 2011 by Stefan Christoff

A Mohawk perspective on the Eska Water boycott

interview with journalist Clifton Nicholas via Kanesatake

by CKUT radio

» Download file 'ckutcliftoninterview.mp3' (5.6MB)

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Listen to an interview with journalist and social activist Clifton Nicholas, from the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, on the recently launched AD campaign by Eska water corporation across Canada and the corresponding grassroots boycott campaign in response.

In this interview Nicholas outlines a critical perspective on the stereotypical imagery of First Nations people highlighted in the AD campaign and the links to contemporary struggles against colonization in Quebec and Canada. Critically this interview outlines perspectives on the social and political context of institutional racism in North America toward indigenous people and nations that continues today.

* For more information on the Eska boycott campaign visit: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Eska-Water/216362318402807

* For background context and information on struggles against colonization in Kanesatake and the broader struggles of indigenous people in contemporary 'Canada' view the NFB film by Alanis Obomsawin 'Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance' at: http://www.nfb.ca/film/kanehsatake_270_years_of_resistance/

* This interview was produced at CKUT radio for broadcast on campus / community radio stations globally by Stefan Christoff who is at: http://www.twitter.com/spirodon/