The Terrible Hypocrisy of Joe Biden & Justin Trudeau

Joe Biden may have stopped the Keystone XL pipeline but he then turned around and approved another Tar Sands pipeline that will be just as bad. So how central are indigenous rights in the fight against climate change? This question is at the forefront of climate activism, so we turn to Clayton Thomas-Muller, environmental and indigenous leader to help us answer it.

One of the most insidious legacies of colonialism is the enduring lie that indigenous peoples from the lands U.S. settlers displaced them from were poor stewards of local ecosystems. We need only look at the worsening fires in the Western United States to understand just how crucial native peoples were to the maintenance of these lands.

Native people in the Americas didn’t use European farming methods that resulted in high crop yields and often hurt top soil. Their methods were sustainable, and deeply enmeshed in the natural ecosystems that they had inhabited for many generations. As climate and farming science has developed, and the consequences of removing native people from their ancestral role as caretakers of the land has become all too plain, it's crucial to understand that giving quality land back to native communities to care for is an integral part to any serious plans to tackle climate change and worrisome farming techniques.

Francesca was joined by Clayton ThomasMüller, Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, also known as Pukatawagan, located in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Clayton is a senior campaign specialist with 350.org, as well as an award winning film director, media producer, organizer, facilitator, public speaker and author on Indigenous rights and environmental & economic justice. Find Clayton on Twitter here

Francesca was also joined on The Bitchuation Room by Babs Gray, comedian, podcaster and writer whose podcast Britney’s Gram kicked off the #FreeBritney movement. Her new pod ToxicThe Britney Spears Story examines how Britney got into this situation and is now available on Stitcher and Apple Podcasts. Her first comedy album IF I DID IT was just released with A Special Thing Records. Find Babs on Twitter here

Recorded July 18th, 2021

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