What Side Are You On?

Renowned human rights activist Michael “Mike” Wilson has borne witness to the profound human costs of poverty, racism, border policing, and the legacies of colonialism. From a childhood in the mining town of Ajo, Arizona, Wilson’s life journey led him to US military service in Central America, semin...

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मुख्य लेखकों: Wilson, Michael Steven, Lucero, José Antonio
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प्रकाशित: The University of North Carolina Press 2025
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borders
borderlands
Indigenous politics
human rights
immigration
Central America
US foreign policy
religion
environmental racism
racial capitalism
boomtowns
Manifest Destiny
missionary conquest
US Army Special Forces
militarism
Carlisle Industrial Indian School
Native boarding schools
American Indian veterans
American Indian Movement
Cold War
El Salvador
liberation theology
Presbyterian church
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Arizona
Ajo
Border Patrol
water
social justice
Ishi
Juan Dolores
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Wilson, Michael Steven
Lucero, José Antonio
What Side Are You On?
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topic Tohono O’odham
borders
borderlands
Indigenous politics
human rights
immigration
Central America
US foreign policy
religion
environmental racism
racial capitalism
boomtowns
Manifest Destiny
missionary conquest
US Army Special Forces
militarism
Carlisle Industrial Indian School
Native boarding schools
American Indian veterans
American Indian Movement
Cold War
El Salvador
liberation theology
Presbyterian church
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Arizona
Ajo
Border Patrol
water
social justice
Ishi
Juan Dolores
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borders
borderlands
Indigenous politics
human rights
immigration
Central America
US foreign policy
religion
environmental racism
racial capitalism
boomtowns
Manifest Destiny
missionary conquest
US Army Special Forces
militarism
Carlisle Industrial Indian School
Native boarding schools
American Indian veterans
American Indian Movement
Cold War
El Salvador
liberation theology
Presbyterian church
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Arizona
Ajo
Border Patrol
water
social justice
Ishi
Juan Dolores
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