It’s not the ‘Red New Deal’ because it’s the same ‘Old Deal’-the fulfillment of treaty rights, land restoration, sovereignty, self-determination, decolonization, and liberation. “With this background in mind, is proposing a Red Deal. Thus, the GND and the climate justice movement in North America trace their origins to Indigenous frontline struggles. “Democratic socialist congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the main proponent of the GND, is herself a Water Protector who began her successful congressional run while she was at Standing Rock protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Indigenous movements have always been at the forefront of environmental justice struggles. A mass mobilization, one like we’ve never seen before in history, is required to save this planet. “The proposed Green New Deal legislation is a step in the right direction to combat climate change and to hold corporate polluters responsible. The Red Nation website explains the origins of the Red Deal:

The organization’s Third General Assembly formally adopted “revolutionary socialism and liberation as the primary political ideology of The Red Nation.” The document went on to “articulate the basic principles of revolutionary socialism and Marxism and its connection to Indigenous socialism and communism.”

However, with close ties to Cuba, Venezuela, and Palestinian militants, The Red Nation has some revolutionary credibility on the left. The Red Deal is the project of the New Mexico-based Native American activist organization The Red Nation-a group of fewer than 50 core members. How long will it take the DSA to bring the Red Deal into the Democratic Party? The Red Deal Now, the DSA has endorsed a related project, the “Red Deal,” which comes from even further left. The Green New Deal is supported by more than 90 members of the House of Representatives and 15 senators, including presidential candidates Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). This country’s largest Marxist organization, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), played a major role in pushing the Green New Deal into the highest reaches of the Democratic Party. By Trevor Loudon | The Epoch Times Commentary

The Red Deal by The Red Nation