Today we launch the official feed for the Chunka Luta Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chunka-luta-network/episodes/Ep-1-New-Directions-e2d11rb/a-aaneqt5 that is replacing the former Bands of Turtle Island pod. BOTI was started to tell the story of AIM, then I got paid to tell that story so why would I keep posting it free if Im posting it free down the line and actually well produced? The last few episodes on the feed will be that story completing a circle I started at 19, and we will start this circle with that same story; the story of Wounded Knee 1973. While documenting this story, somehow I ended up forming an International collective of Decolonial Marxists (MLs to be more correct, as to mean the scientists of Liberation) we have plenty in the pipeline for this podcast so I highly recommend following it and staying up-to-date. You can find all the links at our linktr.ee/chunkalutanetwork and find the patreon where you can gain access to content earlier than others, or the liberpay which yknow I can email the content or something early? Idk trying to figure out a work around but they dont take cuts so are urging people support there. On the linktr.ee is also a GFM to help our comrade Juche Gang, or Leaping Larry on Twitch, we already raised 3k before launching the GFM but he still needs help recovering from several storms. Supporting us monthly helps us help Indigenous families like Larry's easier, and enables professional organizing of very successful project so far; so who knows what the future will hold.
The elevator pitch is this: For only 1800 a month we would have 2 full time organizers (paid a stipend of 500 USD/month) and a transcriptionist paid at 2 USD/raw transcription audio minute to the extent their groceries and rent are paid, usually 360-400 USD, and they are always willing to help with admin tasks which has been invaluable behind the scenes this year. The last 400 is for our Media Teams needs, that is $35/month in web hosting, $35/month for a proposed newsletter and zine email thing, $105 for streamyard including taxes (im bad at math though), $100 a month for a constant stream of high quality b-roll, $20 for a Newspapers.com+ subscription, VPN, and a social media tool to allow easy cross posting for $50 a month, and another $100 for the 1 podcast a month promise we are aiming for, and all extra will be just done by me as time frees up and more of the organization is taken off my shoulders. All extra fund then gained after that go directly into organizing fundraising as they have been since restarting the patreon, and this disclaimer is a public accounting of our plans for the money and our current goals. By enable 2 full time organizers you allow another person to pursue the level of organizing capabilities as I have shown is possible over this last year. I will be taking on a second job to supplement the 1100 still needed, but I really hope people recognize how much we have accomplished as a network in a year.
The podcast covers the project briefly, and of course we plan to explain more in a episode coming out next year about everything we accomplished from the 2022 Winter Fundraiser to this current one you can also find at the linktr.ee (the Uhaul part is already paid for so now we are raising for a car, and then a storage container, and then more land to bring into trust and help an elder build a house) theres a lot of moving pieces, and so I am hoping this year in review episode will help explain things better; until then, here I will try to not mess up formatting normally Nikolai helps.
For those unaware the org and year began as I arrived home in the uhaul I raised in response to a devastating blizzard that swept the continent, literally arriving in time to celebrate New Years as we brought my son up to bed. Since then the org has grown to include over a hundred direct organizers, over a thousand associated organizers, and more sympathizers then I care to actually count as I know the number will only grow. In total we estimate around 70k to have been raised and will be hiring an accountant to handle everything that will be posted to the website for public view, bearing in mind the anonymity of individuals and censure of doxxing information. From providing the funds for a traditional ceremony, moving a house for the headsmen of the nation as well as the logs for another home, and are designing a community center we will begin actual construction of next year from which we will build a buffalo prairie to provide food FREELY to the people, and to give them away for ceremony. We will also be building food forests and community gardens to address the food insecurity, and developing a textile mill to process the 40 acres of self seeding hemp already on the land. A lot is happening beyond that but lets wait til things are more presentable before counting our chickens. However til then expect lots of photos and videos, also sorry the website is taking so long we will have update photos soon! Lastly we have a library on our linktr.ee even including the required reading for our organizers and cadre. I look forward to showing you just what we are and that we have a road to follow, thats wide enough for us all to walk to the next world together. We need only build the bridge there, and we have to do it together. As Ngugi Wa'Thiongo says "decolonization is colonizer and colonized..." we must work together to become human again, and it is by landback by which we can reclaim our humanity and dignity
