Tag: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
The Costa A cartoon the ‘free speech’ Australian would never publish
Posted by John, August 6th, 2016 - under Racism, The Australian.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Bill Leak
Comments: 1
Costa A nails it.
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Details of rallies for justice and against the torture of kids
Posted by John, July 27th, 2016 - under Racism, Rallies.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Comments: none
Details of Rallies for Justice this Saturday across Australia for the children tortured in Don Dale and all prisons.
Murrandoo Yanner gives Pauline Hanson some advice
Posted by John, July 17th, 2016 - under Murrandoo Yanner, Pauline Hanson.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Comments: 1
Aboriginal leader Murrandoo Yanner lets Pauline Hanson know what’s what.
Thomas Wales, traditional landowner, says let them stay
Posted by John, February 19th, 2016 - under Let them stay.
Tags: Aborigines, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
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Today our good mate Thomas Wales came to the Refugee Art Project studio in Parramatta. Thomas is a traditional landowner and spokesperson for the Thanakwith people in the Weipa area of far north Queensland. #LetThemStay
Invasion Day is the groundhog day of genocide
Posted by John, January 26th, 2016 - under Invasion day.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Australia Day, Genocide
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Australia Day perpetuates the country’s ‘founding’ racist myths and is part of the system that enslaves our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters and, as a consequence, all of us. In the spirit of true reconciliation let’s abolish this celebration of genocide. Let’s instead celebrate the 65000 years of indigenous history and stewardship of this land. Recognise Aboriginal sovereignty, negotiate a treaty and pay the rent. It is time to fight for justice. It is time for justice.
How about an elected council of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders to be Australia’s President?
Posted by John, January 25th, 2016 - under Invasion day, President.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
Comments: 1
Let’s ditch the Queen for a Presidential Council made up of elected representatives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Council would have the right and duty to pass or reject legislation. Membership of the Presidential Council would be decided democratically by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voters in the process of electing the Council. The Council would negotiate with the Parliament a treaty recognising prior sovereignty and paying the rent.
Stan Grant’s IQ2 Australian dream – Australian racism speech
Posted by John, January 24th, 2016 - under Racism, Stan Grant.
Tags: Aborigines, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Genocide
Comments: 2
Stan Grant tells us about the genocide and racism against Aborigines. IQ2 Racism Debate: Stan Grant
The Canberra Times quotes me in an article on our anti-Reclaim White Australia rally
Posted by John, November 23rd, 2015 - under Reclaim (white) Australia, The Canberra Times.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Anti-racist
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In an article in the Canberra Times on our anti-Reclaim Australia rally on Sunday at Parliament House, Christopher Knaus quotes me. The report itself doesn’t mention the strong Aboriginal Tent Embassy presence at the anti-Reclaim rally. Here is one of my poor photos of the 25 or so Aboriginal comrades at the beginning of the protest against racism.
Aboriginal oppression and capitalism
Posted by John, November 12th, 2015 - under Socialism.
Tags: Aborigines, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Capitalism
Comments: 7
Aboriginal dispossession served capitalist interests, argues Paddy Gibson in socialist magazine Solidarity, but Aboriginal people have remained a “problem” from the point of view of Australia’s rulers ever since. To read whole article click here.
Banning entry into Australia is not the way to fight domestic violence or anti-abortion bigotry
Posted by John, October 1st, 2015 - under Racism, Women's oppression.
Tags: Aboriginal community closures, Aborigines, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Abortion, Domestic violence
Comments: 1
Here was a great opportunity to build a united mass movement against the oppression of women and indigenous Australians. Instead the focus was on getting the state to take top down action that does absolutely nothing to address domestic violence, anti-abortion bigotry, racism or women’s oppression. This is the very state which drives and reinforces that racism and oppression. There is nothing to cheer about in banning Brown and Newman.