On Wednesday Kevin Rudd apologised on behalf of the Australian Commonwealth Government to the Aboriginal People for the policy of enforced removal of Aboriginal children from their families. This was a policy with the intention of breeding out Aboriginal People and saw more than 50,000 children removed from their families. In some cases, [...]
Created by some of my favourite people. Deadly work crew!
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Nuff Said.
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A great friend of mine once said that he’ll listen to any music as long as it’s conscious. And I don’t reckon there’s any conscious music more real and true to spirit than the music of indigenous and grassroots resistance. All over the world there is music that unites the people and this [...]
Well I don’t, but this crew who’ve been living here for about 80,000 years do. But apparently they don’t figure in the equation too often.
Check this video
Hat tip Ana
And like Rosa I say read this! Now!
I think I saw one land rights flag during the whole APEC ‘resistance’ and certainly didn’t read anything supporting [...]
Not content just calling John Howard a racist bastard Hone Harawira has just nipped up to Alice Springs to give a bit of solidarity to the mob up there. He was over here on the Justice and Electoral Select Committee exchange and took the opportunity to wag for a bit of good ol fashion [...]
The Federal Government tabled their 400 and something page emergency bill to cover the “Intervention” in the Northern Territory. And they’re voting on it today.
So apparently all the politicians and the community will have enough time to read and thoroughly consider this bill before any decisions are made.
Whatever.
So for all of you who are as [...]
So further to the tent embassy outside the National Party conference, there was a nice street party to welcome Alexander Downer to Aotearoa.
It was like “Gidday mate (you racist prick)”
It rained, but that didn’t stop the fun.
To be considerate to the protesters the media was banned from the speech so the protest made the news [...]
Protest Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, at NZ National Party Conference.
ImagineNative Action, in collaboration with Radical Youth, is organising an action this weekend to protest the presence of Alexander Downer at the National Party Conference being held at the Langham Hotel in central Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland). We want to send a clear message to Alexander [...]
This is probably about the closest I’ll get to being nationalistic…
I had tears of joy and pride rolling down my cheeks as I watched the Maori TV coverage of the demo in Tamaki Makaurau yesterday in solidarity with the Aboriginal Nations in opposition to John Howard’s Invasion of Aboriginal Land. Mad props to the [...]
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So it’s been a year since we successfully occupied on of Australia’s most valuable piece of real estate for 60 days without a single person being arrested. We managed to maintain a drug, alcohol and violence free camp - bar the violence on the part of the police on the final night. And [...]
It’s Australia Day today. Otherwise know as Invasion Day. Otherwise (and more recently) known as Aboriginal Sovereignty Day.
So while all the white fullahs run around handing out medals and having barbies, a small minority of people in Australia get together to hold an alternative celebration.
Not a celebration of the day that Captain Cook [...]
Since I've moved to Australia I have had to adjust to the higher level of public racism. There's many reasons for it which I won't go into now, but it exists, big time.
And I'd been kinda getting used to it, not in accepting way, but I managed to stop my jaw hitting the ground [...]
Well, that had to be about one of the most fun fortnights of my whole life!
The Black GST had a few key objectives of the campaign (and a few other minor ones) and they were all met.
Firstly, the objective of the campaign was to put the Queen on notice that as sovereign head of Australia, [...]
Thought I should share this one from Scoop.
Stolen or Sharing Wealth?
By Rayna Fahey
The 2006 Commonwealth Games is an opportunity for Australia to showcase its success and wealth to the rest of the former British Empire. Such spectacles can only be held in economically secure locations and are only successful when a vibrant local culture is [...]
So if you’ve not got enough to do with the Stolenwealth Games and feel an artistic streak within you, check out the Graffitti Games.
Very Cool.
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"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
