Listen now (146 min) | On this episode of “Death in The Garden”, we share our film interview with Stephen Corry, former CEO of Survival International, indigenous rights activist, and author of Tribal Peoples: For Tomorrow’s World. On this episode we discuss how land theft, assimilation, and sedentarization are threatening indigenous cultures worldwide in the name of homogenizing culture under a Western colonial paradigm. We talk about how dangerous this is, and how important it is for there to be diversity of cultures and lifeways in the world. We talk about the goodness in human nature, and how shame-based propaganda that makes us hate humanity is a useful diversion which makes us more susceptible to accepting false solutions, such as industrial veganism, 30x30 proposals, and electric vehicles. Stephen dispels the Myth of Pristine Wilderness and how it’s been used to promote conservation and “protected areas” as a panacea to climate change, as well as questioning why the internet and military industrial complex are somehow immune to scrutiny within the topic of climate change. We break down the problems of individualism, consumerism, and the overall crisis of identity occurring in the West. We discuss the fragilities of the homogenized, anti-local ideology that has arisen from settler civilization, and talk about how the real solutions will be local, context specific, and grounded in relationship.
ah, i must be on the "everything this civilisation creates is secretly fascist" part of the journey... not a pleasant place to pass through, but thanks for being there with me.
Thank you thank you thank you for this extensive and exhaustive interview and communication from a a very wise man who chooses to share his learned and attentive distillation of decades. Yes yes yes to humanities cocreation of a livable earth in support of relationships and life (and death) enhancing synergies. As a 75 year old former west coast hippie I have to say that what I’ve been more and more feeling and ingesting of late is another spiral as earth shaking as we experienced then. THIS Time let us proceed and maintain our truth finding ways back to and in dwelling with the foundations of indigenous wisdom and CONTINUE to push back the manipulations of those few who benefit from our control. Keep on keeping on. Nonviolent protest is powerful. WAR (in Ukraine this time) is NOT the answer.
ah, i must be on the "everything this civilisation creates is secretly fascist" part of the journey... not a pleasant place to pass through, but thanks for being there with me.
We're happy to have you here with us as well!
Great interview. Lots of interesting insights.
Thank you so much for listening!
Thank you thank you thank you for this extensive and exhaustive interview and communication from a a very wise man who chooses to share his learned and attentive distillation of decades. Yes yes yes to humanities cocreation of a livable earth in support of relationships and life (and death) enhancing synergies. As a 75 year old former west coast hippie I have to say that what I’ve been more and more feeling and ingesting of late is another spiral as earth shaking as we experienced then. THIS Time let us proceed and maintain our truth finding ways back to and in dwelling with the foundations of indigenous wisdom and CONTINUE to push back the manipulations of those few who benefit from our control. Keep on keeping on. Nonviolent protest is powerful. WAR (in Ukraine this time) is NOT the answer.
Happy to have you as a listener, Annie!