Episode 39: Challenging Settler Colonialism in Hawaii and the Philippines with Ellen-Rae Cachola In the Context of Empire

Matt was joined by Dr. Ellen- Rae Cachola to discuss US imperialism in Hawaii and the Philippines. Dr. Cachola is a lecturer of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, and the evening supervisor and archives manager University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law. Dr. Cachola's writing on the subject of settler colonialism in the Pacific Islands can be found here. 



Discussed in this Episode:

- Dr. Cachola's background and her interest in the legacy of US imperialism in the Pacific Islands.

- The violent origins of US imperialism in these islands

- Neo-colonialism in the Philippines and the struggle from sovereignty

- The subjugation of the Philippine economy and subsequent diaspora of Filipinos

- The malignant effects of both the US military and the tourism industry in Hawaii and the Philippines

- Dr. Cachola's work on Detours, walking tours in Hawaii that are designed to teach the value of decolonization

-  The structured and sociological oppression inflicted upon colonized peoples that extends even to subjugating minds of the colonized 

- The need for solidarity and intersectionality in the struggle against US imperialism



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