{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Return to Bandung (#39) - From Minneapolis to Iran w\/ Nick Estes","description":" ***Producer's note:&amp;nbsp; Reposting an episode Nick recorded with Return to Bandung*** In this episode, I\u2019m joined by returning guest Nick Estes\u2014associate professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota, cofounder of The Red Nation, and author of&amp;nbsp;Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance(Verso Books, 2019)\u2014to discuss last winter\u2019s federal occupation of Minnesota during the Trump Administration\u2019s \u2018Operation Metro Surge.\u2019 In this wide-ranging conversation, we attempt to complicate the artificial distinction between the \u2018domestic\u2019 and \u2018foreign\u2019 spheres, instead situating the fascist violence of Metro Surge within a larger context of both settler-colonial violence in the United States and escalating global aggression by the decaying American empire.  About the show: Return to Bandung is hosted by Pranay Somayajula, an Indian-American writer, researcher, and organizer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His work explores themes of diaspora, (inter)nationalism, anticolonial politics, and the many lives and afterlives of empire. You can learn more about Pranay and read his writing on his website, as well as on his Substack blog, culture shock.  Support Return to Bandung: If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave a review or rating, and subscribe to the show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! If you\u2019re able, please also consider supporting my work\u2014which encompasses both my writing and this podcast, as well as various other political education projects by signing up as a paid subscriber to my Substack or making a one-off contribution:   Become a paid Substack subscriber   Buy Me a Coffee    Sources and helpful links:   Nick Estes \u2014 \u2060Our History Is the Future:Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance\u2060 (Verso Books, 2019)   Pranay Somayajula \u2014 Fighting for the future in occupied Minneapolis (The Drift&amp;nbsp;newsletter, January 2026)   Minnesota 15 Anti-Repression Committee website   Return to Bandung&amp;nbsp;episode with Nick Estes on Indigenous resistance in North America (February 2025)   Adam Serwer \u2014 Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (The Atlantic, January 2026)   The Red Nation Podcast&amp;nbsp;episode with Nick Estes and Jimmy Pati\u00f1o on Red, Black, and Brown Power in the Twin Cities (August 2024)   Benjamin Prostine \u2014 \u201c\u2018Communal Sensibility\u2019: the Minneapolis Mass Strikes of 1934 and Today\u201d (Labor and Working-Class History Association, March 2026)   Nick Estes \u2014 Transcript of remarks at January 23 \u2018ICE Out of Minnesota\u2019 rally&amp;nbsp;(January 2026)   Amelia Schafer \u2014 Former Native American concentration camp lies beneath current immigration detention center (ICT News, January 2026)   Nick Estes \u2014 US Imperialism is an Indian War (Middle East Critique, October 2025)   Return to Bandung&amp;nbsp;episode with Guillaume Long on Trump\u2019s revival of the Monroe Doctrine (January 2026)   Return to Bandung&amp;nbsp;episode with Julian Go on the imperial boomerang&amp;nbsp;(February 2025)   The Red Nation Podcast&amp;nbsp;episode with Charisse Burden-Stelly on the imperial slingshot&amp;nbsp;(February 2026)   Ken Klippenstein \u2014 ICE Unloads (Substack post, January 2026)   George Jackson \u2014 Blood in My Eye (Black Classic Press, 1990)    Social links: Return to Bandung:   Twitter: \u2060twitter.com\/returntobandung\u2060   Instagram: instagram.com\/returntobandung\/\u2060   Pranay Somayajula:   Twitter: \u2060twitter.com\/p_somayajula\u2060   Instagram: \u2060instagram.com\/pranay.somayajula\/\u2060   Website: pranaysomayajula.com\/\u2060   Substack: \u2060culture-shock.xyz\/\u2060   Nick Estes:   Twitter: twitter.com\/nickwestes   Substack: nickestes.substack.com\/   The Red Nation   Website: www.therednation.org\/   Twitter: twitter.com\/The_Red_Nation   Instagram: www.instagram.com\/therednationmovement   YouTube: www.youtube.com\/c\/TheRedNation   ","author_name":"The Red Nation Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.therednation.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42366430\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/204920820"}