Indigenous Rights

Louis Proyect lnp3 at panix.com
Mon Nov 9 06:33:37 PST 1998


I have written extensively on this. Check:

http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/mydocs/myindian.htm

At 08:35 AM 11/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Louis Proyect:
>> ...
>> 3) Defending indigenous rights: Makah, Blackfoot and Navajo are all
>> involved in extremely militant actions in defense of their traditions.
>> There should be support from the broader progressive movement.
>> ...
>
>Can someone give a precis of Marxist thought on the subject
>of indigenous rights, especially in land? The idea seems
>sort of Lockean to me.
>
>I do understand how indigenous rights fit into the _liberal_
>scheme of things -- in fact, classical liberal principles
>would give the American Indians a lot more rights than they
>now have, like the right to form independent nation-states.
>But would Marxists agree?
>
>
>

Louis Proyect (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)



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