Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex, an Indigenous Perspective

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accomplice, ally, ally industrial complex, indigenous, anti-colonial, indigenous peoples, decolonization

Abstract

This zine presents a strong critique of the political identity of “ally” and the activists who have built an “ally industrial complex” based on their anti-oppression credentials. Written from the context of indigenous struggles, this zine criticizes and explains several different types of “allies”: those who wish to “save” oppressed people, those who wish to use oppressed people to advance their own interests, academics, self-proclaiming allies, and more. Rather than “allies,” the zine argues instead for “accomplices” who attack colonial structures and ideals and who are realized through mutual consent and trust.

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