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3M and Dupont carry on the legacy of colonial violence by poisoning water, wildlife, people, and Indigenous ways-of life with "forever chemicals".

Sludgefest

Mar 22, 2023

Action items:

Donate to mutual aid programs to benefit Indigenous communities at indigenousmutualaid.org.
Donate to the Western Klamath Restoration Project, a partnership of conservation researchers and the Karuk Tribe to restore their ancestral lands and fisheries.

Thank you to those who helped make Sludgefest possible:

Editor, sound designer and logo artist Shannon Rawlings (@bbytengu on Twitter). She’s a triple threat!

Background ambience and music by California Death Worm. Link to bandcamp here!

Intro and outro by PUP the Band.

You, dear listener!

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