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Brisbane invasion day protest - outstanding!
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This is my fourth
#InvasionDay rally in Perth and this by far- is the biggest crowd I have seen for a Jan 26 protest. pic.twitter.com/YPQhcGHMflShow this thread -
On this day 1988 - Burnum Burnum plants the Aboriginal flag at the cliffs of Dover, claiming England for the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, exactly 200 years after Arthur Phillip claimed Australia for the British.
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British tried to wipe out the Aboriginal people. No cause for celebration. "I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the.. black people of Australia. A stronger race, a higher-grade race to put it that way, has taken their place.” Churchill
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Thousands across Australia protested
#InvasionDay, the country's national day marking the start of British colonization. Indigenous communities have lived there for over 65,000 years, but face rampant inequality and police abuse. "You are on stolen land." pic.twitter.com/ehWYnBcMPGShow this thread -
This week, a strange little coterie calling themselves the 'Australia Day Foundation UK' dusted off an old Word template and created a nice certificate for Rupert Murdoch in time for today’s Australia/
#InvasionDay controversies. But what is the Aust Day UK Foundation you ask? pic.twitter.com/DOUlrMQeILShow this thread -
400+ Indigenous Australians have died in police custody since 1991, many from negligence. No police were convicted. They are: more often targeted by police as children 10x overrepresented in prisons 1 of the world's most incarcerated communities
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Solidarity with the huge crowds across
#Australia today highlighting the shameful legacy of colonialism & genocide which commenced on#InvasionDay pic.twitter.com/5celOmfMt0 -
NOT THE QUEEN’S LAND • ALWAYS WAS ALWAYS WILL BE ABORIGINAL LAND
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Alexander Downer equating people being "offended" if we
#ChangeTheDate with the intergenerational trauma of invasion, dispossession, colonisation, massacres, Stolen Generations, deaths in custody ... is appallingly offensive.#AustraliaDay#InvasionDay#qanda -
I’ve been thinking about this letter all day. I know white people should listen to indigenous people before they speak, but fwiw it’s difficult to imagine a better way to explain
#InvasionDay to your white friends and family pic.twitter.com/H8GfqJu5pLShow this thread -
According to
#DanielAndrews,#covid19 knows the difference between#InvasionDay and#AustraliaDay. Trust the Science -
#Australia Tens of thousands of people have turned out for#InvasionDay protests around the country, an indication of the shift in attitude towards the racist celebration of "Australia Day". pic.twitter.com/PvvDpRVnarShow this thread -
‘Bad theology kills’: Senior cleric returns honour over Margaret Court decision https://www.theage.com.au/national/bad-theology-kills-senior-cleric-returns-honour-over-margaret-court-decision-20210127-p56x5k.html …
#LNPFail Anor recipient shows judgement & returns the poisoned Honour over#SloMo’s poor decsn making.#Auspol#LNPreadTheRoom#InvasionDay -
Massive crowds on Noongar country in
#Perth, Western#Australia for today’s#InvasionDay rally pic.twitter.com/Rnm2bjeie5 -
Andrews government: “don’t go to invasion day protests it’s inappropriate and unsafe” Also Andrews government: “if you’re wealthy enough to afford tennis finals tickets see you there it’ll be an incredible atmosphere!!” https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-records-no-new-local-cases-of-coronavirus-one-in-hotel-quarantine-20210130-p56y0c.html?fbclid=IwAR2m9_2ZvX9l4G8n97HKQHPBy26EuIv0GMl5xV6d3HZiKa_TxbCKUuDt72w …
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Our kids belong on country, not in custody.
#InvasionDay Join the campaign to#RaiseTheAge: http://raisetheage.org.au/changetherecord pic.twitter.com/r5WDdovq50 -
Gordon Hookey on having his first language denied to him: “I largely see that I have a license to use this English language any which way I like. I often make up my own words, misspell the words, or break it up into syllables" A must-read this
#InvasionDay http://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/design/gordon-hookey-gary-simmons.amp.html …Show this thread
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