num_pages: 336
description:  An essential work to be read by all non-Indigenous scholars and activists seeking solidarity with Indigenous struggles across the worldIn this highly original and much-needed book Clare Land interrogates the often fraught endeavors of activists from colonial backgrounds seeking to be politically supportive of Indigenous struggles. Blending key theoretical and practical questions Land argues that the predominant impulses which drive middle-class settler activists to support Indigenous people cannot lead to successful alliances and meaningful social change unless they are significantly transformed through a process of both public political action and critical self-reflection.Based on a wealth of in-depth original research and focussing in particular on Australia where  despite strident challenges  the vestiges of British law and cultural power have restrained the nation's emergence out of colonizing dynamics Decolonizing Solidarity provides a vital resource for those involved in Indigenous activism and scholarship.
language: English
title: Decolonizing Solidarity: Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles
publisher: Zed Books