What will we do with the resources that will become available once we divest from prisons, the military, the detention industry, and fossil fuels? As of 2015, military spending accounted for upwards of 54% of all discretionary spending at the federal level. We draw from Black abolitionist traditions to call for divestment away from the criminalizing, caging, and harming of human beings AND divestment away from the exploitative and extractive violence of fossil fuels.īut, divestment is only half of the equation. The Red Deal continues this call for divestment from fossil fuel industries, but we go one step further. Why would we need to divest from the pipeline, and the fossil fuel industry more generally? Because it causes widespread harm to people and the planet and, most acutely, Indigenous peoples. We’ve all heard the term “divestment.” It was a popular strategy during the NoDAPL uprising in 2016 water protectors called upon the masses to divest from the financial institutions investing in the pipeline. It is a deal with the humble people of the Earth an affirmation that colonialism and capitalism must be overturned foe this planet to be habitable for human and other-than-human relatives to live dignified lives and a pact with movements for liberation, life, and justice that must come from below and to the left.Below are the four core principles of the Red Deal that were presented at the first Red Deal coalition meeting on Jat the Larry Casuse Freedom Center in Albuqerque, New Mexico. Offering a profound vision for a decolonized society, The Red Deal is not simply a response to the Green New Deal, or a “bargain” with the elite and powerful. One-part visionary platform, one-part practical toolkit, The Red Deal is a call to action for everyone including non-Indigenous comrades and relatives who live on Indigenous land. As The Red Nation proclaims, it is time to reclaim the life and future that has been stolen, come together to confront climate disaster, and build a world where all life can thrive. “The Red Deal is a political program for the liberation that emerges from the oldest class struggle in the Americas- the fight byNative peopleto win sovereignty, autonomy, and dignity.

The Red Deal by The Red Nation