In a unique format of intellectual challenge and counter-challenge prominent Indigenous people of the Americas and Marxists debate the viability of Marxism and the prevalence of ethnocentric bias in politics, culture, and social theory. The authors examine the status of Western notions of “progress” and “development” in the context of the practical realities faced by Indigenous people of the Americas in their ongoing struggle for justice and self-determination. This dialogue offers critical insights into the nature of ecological awareness and dialectics and into the possibility of constructing a social theory for decolonization.
