Decolonizing Solidarity

Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles

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Decolonizing Solidarity

Dilemmas and Directions for Supporters of Indigenous Struggles

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Description

In this updated and revised version of the highly original and much-needed book, Clare Land interrogates the often fraught endeavours 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.

This edition explores an explicit definition of decolonization, along with a discussion of the development of Indigenous philosophies of decolonization; a discussion of fragility and settler futurity; and a more substantive discussion of solidarity by people of colour. It also includes a reflection on the pedagogy of solidarity politics; the book's authorship; and the ways in which Decolonizing Solidarity has enabled a further and deeper set of concerns to be raised.

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, this book provides a vital resource for those involved in Indigenous activism and scholarship.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Land Rights, Sovereignty and Black Power in Southeast Australia
2. A Political Genealogy for Contemporary Non-Indigenous Activism
3. Identity Categories: How Activists both Use and Refuse Them
4. Collaboration, Dialogue and Friendship: Always a Good Thing?
5. Acting Politically with Self-Understanding
6. A Moral and Political Framework for Non-Indigenous People's Solidarity
7. Reckoning with Complicity
Conclusion
Epilogue
Timeline
Biographies
Bibliography
Appendix: Book Club Resource Kit
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Jan 08 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 2nd
Extent 368
ISBN 9781913441043
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Clare Land

Clare Land is a long-time supporter of Indigenous…

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