Guest Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi discusses the condition of Vietnamese refugee settlers in Guam and Israel Palestine, as well as the solidarity between indigenous inhabitants of settler colonial states. The podcast explores the challenges faced by the indigenous people of Guam due to colonization and their ongoing fight for decolonization. It also examines the role of Guam as the first processing center for Vietnamese refugees and the complexities of the refugee settler condition. The podcast further delves into the interconnectedness between Guam, Israel-Palestine, and Vietnam, exploring the anti-colonial connections and solidarity between the Vietnamese and Palestinians. It concludes by discussing the ideological effect of Israel as a settler colonial state and the experiences of Vietnamese refugee settlers in Guam and Israel, Palestine.
Refugees from Vietnam were transported to Guam by the US after the Vietnam War, while Israel offered citizenship to Vietnamese refugees during its expanded occupation of Palestine.
This podcast explores the condition of refugee settlers and the solidarity between indigenous inhabitants of settler colonial states in Guam and Palestine.
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In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the U.S. transported refugees from Vietnam to its colonial possession Guam. In that period, Israel did something similar, offering citizenship to Vietnamese refugees, in the wake of its expanded occupation of Palestine. Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi looks at the condition of refugee settlers, as well as solidarity between the indigenous inhabitants of settler colonial states.