A Progressive Vision of Anticolonialism and Sovereignty

FEATURING NICK TILSEN - The rightwing extremist Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 argues that too much public land is not being used to its full potential and should be sold to private interests for development and fossil fuel extraction. The authors want to strengthen the U.S. military and call for increasing the army’s budget in order to “defend our nation’s sovereignty, borders, and bounty against global threats.” They also back increasing investment in weapons development and expanding nuclear arsenals.

What would a progressive vision of sovereignty look like? As climate catastrophes such as Hurricane Helene in the U.S. and Europe’s historic flooding damage communities, and as Israel with U.S. help is carrying out a genocide in Gaza and expanding its war into Lebanon and Yemen, how are Indigenous communities expressing what’s most needed to ensure sovereignty and justice?