The Politics of Ice Hockey: Indigenous Advocacy, BLM and Queer Hockey Fanfic (Summer Special)

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On this Summer Special, Freedom of Species presenters Claire and Nick talk hockey and social justice. We cover: how we got into ice hockey; Indigenous advocacy in hockey including calls for the Chicago team to change their name and logo; the Black Lives Matter movement; and police and military involvement in hockey. Nick and Claire continue this discussion on hockey and politics, as well as bringing in activism in other sports like cricket and Australian Rules Football, on Progressive Podcast Australia: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2023/12/24/298/ Additional links: Chicago team https://www.teenvogue.com/story/native-youth-need-safe-spaces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks_name_and_logo_controversy https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/hockey/chicago-blackhawks-stand-by-logo.html https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/australiancentre/critical-public-conversations/undoing-australia-2022/settler-memory-and-the-pitfalls-and-possibilities-of-a-third-reconstruction Goalie mask controversy ‘Wild's Marc-Andre Fleury dons Native American Heritage mask’ – article by Greg Wyshynski: https://www.espn.com.au/nhl/story/_/id/38970420/nhl-nixes-marc-andre-fleury-mask-honoring-native-americans https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/marc-andre-fleurys-mask-featuring-native-art-raises-35000-at-auction/ https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/they-re-being-racist-marc-andre-fleury-mask-designer-says-nhl-ban-ignores-indigenous-peoples/article_704413d9-4926-5315-8e6d-6a90fead7368.html https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/kraken-jerseys-for-indigenous-peoples-night-seek-to-shed-light-on-a-dark-history/ https://twitter.com/HKYIndigenous/status/1734384218380066881 BLM activism in the NHL https://www.nhl.com/news/jt-brown-reflection-on-raising-fist-2017-317734028 https://medium.com/@kchance52387/your-performative-activism-is-not-enough-how-the-nhls-shift-in-support-for-black-lives-matter-89f1f808f01a https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2020/08/27/nhl-black-lives-matter-protests-critics/ https://theleafsnation.com/news/the-nhl-and-black-lives-matter-a-year-later https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/08/tyler-seguin-ryan-reaves-matt-dumba-nhl-players-tell-why-they-protested-during-the-anthem Shane Pinto https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/explainer-the-shane-pinto-suspension-and-the-nhls-uneasy-connection-to-gambling Bearhead Sisters https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bearhead-sisters-palestine-edmonton-oilers-195908316.html#:~:text=The%20Bearhead%20Sisters%2C%20who%20performed,during%20the%20one%2Dminute%20performance https://www.facebook.com/100044570703399/posts/880436370118712 https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1724254088215605701 https://www.oilersdaily.com/This-post-caused-the-Edmonton-Oilers-some-controversy-regarding-the-latest-geopolitical-conflict-287720 Books Settler Memory: The Disavowal of Indigeneity and the Politics of Race in the United States by Kevin Bruyneel https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665238/settler-memory/ Chapter 5 - The Free Pass: The Racial Politics of Indian Team Names and Mascots (111-135) Call Me Indian by Fred Sasakamoose Life in Two Worlds by Ted Nolan Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player by Willie O'Ree All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice by Bryan Trottier Music: Seattle Kraken 2023 Goal Horn featuring Nirvana ‘Lithium’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVyjvsxLWrw ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle by John K Samson. Dear Coach’s Corner by Propagandhi: https://propagandhi.com/music/supporting-caste Mandaree Special (Chaske Fox Memorial) by The Bearhead Sisters: https://open.spotify.com/track/3tW627WWvKLyrCF4f7hask?si=c5cb4ba09304413d A reminder about our Summer Programming Schedule: 31 December: Freedom of Species replay on animal rights in Palestine. 7 January: Freedom of Species replay on the documentary Stray. 14 January: Summer Special on anti-capitalist alternatives. We return to regular Freedom of Species programming on January 21.