We speak with Joe Xulue about the history of Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the context for the current crisis caused by France’s National Assembly passing a bill that removed electoral restrictions protecting the demographic status of the nation’s indigenous Kanaky people on May 14 2024.

Joe’s explainer in the SpinOff

This episode’s co-hosts
Joe, Josephine, Kyle

Timestamps

0:00 Introductions

2:40 What’s Happening in Kanaky

6:19 The Missing Voices of Discourse

8:42 Independance vs Decolonization 

11:44 A Brief History of Kanaky

17:01 The 80s Protest Movements

24:52 Resources and Wealth Disparity

29:43 Failed Promises of the Accord

34:41 Three Referendums and a Settler Majority

47:35 Latest Referendum and a Common Destiny

52:22 Double Standard of Violence

59:42 The Relationships of the Pacific

1:06:59 Going Forward

1:11:48 Closings

Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive

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