Resistance embodies humanity - RIF podcast ep.7 - 23 feb 2025

In this episode, we discuss how the resistance embodies humanity by discussing prisoner release scenes, including the forehead kiss and the parading of coffins. We discuss how Westerners are trapped in narcissistic systems to the point that they can only see a way out from outside, through a new political party, or in future generations. We contrast that with indigenous connection to land and community. The narcissistic poverty of Western psychology is touched upon and an alternative in rooting self-worth and connection to community in equal human worth is offered. Finally, we discuss the social network sensation : Waiting for H*m*s to come and visit our families and express solidarity for Yves Engler jailed in Montreal for calling a fascist genocidal Twitter influencer a fascist genocider!

Chapters
00:00 Intro: Resistance embodies humanity (Sacha)
04:09 Indigenous power comes from the land (Nounja)
05:19 Continuity and Connection to the Land (Benji)
08:13 Indigenous Perspectives on Hope and Responsibility (Sacha)
09:34 Right living and accountability (Nounja)
11:16 The project of mastery over everything (Benji)
13:42 The psychology of the forehead kiss (Benji)
17:04 Colonial disrespect for life and death (Nounja)
20:30 The Psychological Landscape of Colonialism
23:16 The Narcissistic Family System and Its Effects
24:43 Is their narcissism the key to the settler's "heart"? (Benji)
27:42 Learning to navigate settler colonial psychology (Nounja & Sacha)
31:15 Western narcissistic isolation vs collective connection (Benji)
34:19 Indigenous societies and ego (Nounja)
35:59 How verbal systems of unequal human worth feed colonial narcissism (Sacha & Benji)
38:51 Sources of hope for Westerners (Benji)
41:17 The colonials deny the self-determination they can't have (Sacha & Nounja)
43:28 Sumud and resistance are the process of self-determination (Sacha, Nounja & Benji)
47:26 Reorienting self-determination psychologically (Benji & Nounja)
49:54 Radical respect for self-determination (Sacha)
51:57 Wait until H***s comes to visit you and your family...
54:40 Nourishing the soil of resistance
55:50 Solidarity with Yves Engler!
57:41 RIF outro(1).mp4

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