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Archive for 'ANZAC day'
Lest we forget – the war against Aborigines has never ended
Posted by John, April 25th, 2014 - under Aboriginal deaths in custody, Aboriginal Embassy, Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Aborigines, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, ANZAC day, Genocide, War.
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ANZAC Day, the supposed symbol and celebration of the ‘nation’ denies this most obvious truth – Australian society was founded on the genocide of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and that genocide continues today. Let’s unite and fight to stop the brutal war against Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders now.
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The myth that is ANZAC Day
Posted by John, April 23rd, 2014 - under ANZAC day.
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As Tony Abbott spends $12 billion on fighter jets and cuts pensions, disability pensions, legal aid, scientific research, public service jobs, wages, spending on social services and attacks unions, remember this. We are not all in this together. ANZAC Day is cover for these attacks on poor and workers. It celebrates imperialist wars to prepare us for future wars and to justify our ruling class’s imperialist expansion in the region.
Lest we forget: the war against Aborigines has never ended
Posted by John, April 25th, 2013 - under Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, ANZAC day, War.
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Genocide against Aboriginal people is one theme that runs through the history of the last 225 years. The failure to recognise that genocide is another ongoing theme. ANZAC Day, the supposed symbol and celebration of the ‘nation’ denies this most obvious truth – Australian society was founded on the genocide of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and that genocide continues today.
The myth of ANZAC Day
Posted by John, April 24th, 2013 - under ANZAC day.
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Ruling classes around the world have their national myths. These attempt to tie working people to the capitalist class through the false idea of nationhood – a recent historical development.
The Australian version of this national myth is ANZAC day. It is supposedly the day Australia became a nation. It celebrates the defeat of Australia’s invading troops at Gallipoli in 1915.
ANZAC Day also performs another function.
War is an integral part of capitalism and imperialism. Most people’s initial reaction is to recoil from war and all the horror it brings. ANZAC Day downplays that horror and makes war acceptable.
It is propaganda to allow the ruling class to call on the next generation of workers to join the war effort if needed.
Lest we forget: the war against Aborigines has never ended
Posted by John, April 25th, 2012 - under Aboriginal Embassy, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, ANZAC day, Arab Spring.
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There are many Indigenous freedom fighters white settler society ignores; fighters who in a less racist society would be honoured for their stance and the courage of their resistance. Where are our monuments to these fallen heroes?
This ANZAC Day let’s raise a glass to Malalai Joya
Posted by John, April 24th, 2012 - under Afghanistan, ANZAC day, Imperialism, Malalai Joya.
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So this ANZAC Day, as beer companies take it over, I’ll be raising a glass – a cup of tea – to Malalai Joya and her message to the Australian and other invaders of her country, Afghanistan. Get out now.
The myth of ANZAC day
Posted by John, April 24th, 2011 - under ANZAC day.
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The first Anzac Day was an attempt to divert anger away from the capitalist class to those who were “disloyal”. It was also an important part of the pro-conscription propaganda.
The myth of Anzac Day
Posted by John, April 24th, 2010 - under ANZAC day.
Comments: 9
The first Anzac Day was an attempt to divert anger away from the capitalist class to those who were “disloyal”. It was also an important part of the pro-conscription propaganda.
ANZAC Day – what’s beer got to do with it?
Posted by Bill, April 19th, 2009 - under ANZAC day, beer.
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Does Carlton United Brewery own Anzac Day? Its advertisements link drinking VB to the day. What’s beer got to do with killing men in foreign countries for King and Empire? Presumably those scarred by the reality of war think beer (and other alcohol, and drugs, not just VB) will help them to forget. So they are replacing one horror with […]