Last Updated on April 10, 2025
If there’s one thing that Occupy and the World Indigenous Peoples movements have in common, it’s fighting privatization. Like its predecessor of colonialism, neoliberalism is the greatest threat to both social democracy and indigenous sovereignty.
As we examine mobilizations from both indigenous and non-indigenous sources around the world, we see patterns of resistance that are useful in conceptualizing possibilities for victory over the forces of neoliberalism. In short, we not only support, but also learn from each other.
As noted this morning on The Real News, democratizing student union protocols was key to the successful mobilization of the Quebec student strike, now in its eleventh week. Initially mobilized around opposition to tuition increases, the strike is now involved in fighting against the cultural revolution of privatization. Defending social democracy from the neoliberal iceberg connects the students with a society that is under attack on all fronts.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
We refuse to lock our reporting behind a paywall. We don’t sell access through subscriptions.
And we don’t answer to advertisers. IC Magazine survives solely because readers like you choose to
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Thank you,
John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief
