February 27, 2025, marked the 52nd annual Liberation Day of Wounded Knee. The AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee ’73 Four Directions March continues the legacy of the 1973 occupation, honoring the sacrifices of past generations and highlighting the ongoing fight for Indigenous rights.
Our war against imperialism is a fight for land, water, and life itself. From the Massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 where the US Army slaughtered hundreds of Lakota people, to the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation where Indigenous warriors fought the same colonial force, the struggle continues.
The same power that imprisoned Indigenous fighters Dick Marshall and Leonard Peltier alsolocks away Palestinian fighters like Ahmed Sa’adat and Marwan Barghouti. “From Turtle Island to Palestine” is more than just a recognition of our linked struggles, it is a call to join forces materially and fight side by side..
“When you pick up that gun, there are two options: Prison or death. Don’t be afraid to die. Die for your people.” — Dick Marshall
The entity—in the form of the US Army and federal agents in Wounded Knee or the Israeli Occupation Forces in Gaza—controls the land, the water, and the resources necessary for life. It is the same force that destroys ecosystems, allows Indigenous plants to go endangered, and fuels wildfires and climate change for the sake of profit. It kills those who protect the land so it can extract oil and other finite resources. From the Akkoub in Palestine to the Sage on Turtle Island, they commodify our land, destroy it, and destroy us.
This exploitation and destruction must be met with resistance. We must stand together, united in our fight against imperialism and oppression, to defend our communities and the Earth itself.
The struggle is not just about survival—it is about liberation. The sooner we recognize that our struggles are connected, the stronger we become.
As leftists living in the belly of the beast we consistently fail to see our relationship to settler colonialism. Urging us all to commit class suicide. To truly sacrafice and to understand that our liberation is bound to the liberation of all oppressed peoples.