Nathan Samayo

Nathan Samayo

DSA at Socialism Conference 2024

Sessions featuring DSA members:

An Independent Guåhan: Indigenous Resistance and Self-Determination in the Face of US Imperialism

Sunday September 1, 2024 10:00am – 11:30am CDT

Guåhan (Guam), with its remote location in the Pacific and modest population of less than 170,000, is frequently neglected in discussions about US imperialism and decolonization. Despite this, the Chamoru people have resisted Western imperialism since Spanish colonization 400 years ago. Today, as an unincorporated territory of the US, the island is exploited by the military as the ‘tip of the spear’ in ongoing posturing with China. This panel will focus on the growing self-determination movement on Guåhan, driven by the urgent need to protect the island’s cultural heritage and fragile ecosystem from catastrophic damage wrought by US imperialism.

Featuring Aren Quenga Kerr, Nathan Samayo, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, and Monaeka Flores .